All posts tagged: Marie

Lisa Marie Presley’s wild revelations about Michael Jackson unearthed after explosive new biopic

Lisa Marie Presley’s wild revelations about Michael Jackson unearthed after explosive new biopic

Published by Daniella Wilson

The release of the highly anticipated Michael Jackson biopic has reignited fascination with the King of Pop’s private life, and now, some of the most intimate and surprising comments ever made by his late ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley are now being resurfaced. The film, Michael, which charts the meteoric rise of Michael Jackson from his early days with the Jackson 5 to global superstardom, has prompted fans to revisit the couple’s whirlwind romance, and the revelations are nothing short of extraordinary. In her posthumous memoir, From Here to the Great Unknown, completed by her daughter Riley Keough, Lisa Marie opened up like never before about her brief but intense marriage to the Thriller singer, whom she wed in 1994. © Sygma via Getty ImagesLisa Marie Presley and Michael Jackson pose at The Chateau de Versailles in 1994 Among the most startling claims was her assertion that Michael told her he was “still a virgin” when they began dating,  a confession she admitted left her deeply unsettled at the time. “I was terrified because I didn’t …

Meet Christine Marie, the Hero of Netflix’s Trust Me The False Prophet

Meet Christine Marie, the Hero of Netflix’s Trust Me The False Prophet

Published by Daniella Wilson

Jesus Christ (of Latter-Day Saints), there are some terrible things (still) going on within the FLDS community. Netflix‘s Trust Me: The False Prophet (2026) is a four-part documentary series that captured the rise of Samuel Bateman, the self-proclaimed heir to convicted child abuser Warren Jeffs’ Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS). If you thought Jeffs was a bad guy, well, you’re right, but cult expert and sexual abuse survivor Dr. Christine Marie tells The Hollywood Reporter her friends inside the community say Bateman was even worse. A decade before Rachel Dretzin‘s 2022 Netflix docuseries Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey, which chronicled Jeffs’ crimes against children, arrest and life-plus-20-years sentencing, Marie, who has a PhD in psychology and a specialty in media psychology, and her videographer husband Tolga Katas moved to the tiny community of Short Creek, Utah, to help. They ended up helping more than they ever could have imagined. Over several years there, the couple went undercover, kind of, to infiltrate Bateman’s cult and expose his despicable behavior. After gaining Bateman’s …

Daughter of Egypt by Marie Benedict

Daughter of Egypt by Marie Benedict

Published by Jenni Sidey

Some historical novels feel like postcards from the past — pretty, well-composed, and immediately forgettable. Daughter of Egypt by Marie Benedict is not that kind of book. It is the kind that lingers like sand between the pages, the kind that makes you want to pull up a map of the Valley of the Kings or lose an afternoon to the mysteries of ancient Egypt. New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict once again proves she is one of the genre’s most essential voices — a writer who doesn’t simply dramatize history but argues passionately for the women history chose to forget. Two Timelines, One Unforgettable Obsession The novel operates on two parallel planes of time that are in constant, quiet conversation. The first follows Lady Evelyn Herbert — daughter of Lord Carnarvon of Highclere Castle — in 1920s England and Egypt. Evelyn is not the kind of aristocratic young woman society expects her to be. Tutored informally by the famed archaeologist Howard Carter, she possesses a scholarly command of ancient dynasties, hieroglyphics, and artifact …

Princess Marie of Denmark’s deliberate timing for family upheaval with two kids revealed

Princess Marie of Denmark’s deliberate timing for family upheaval with two kids revealed

Published by Daniella Wilson

Princess Marie of Denmark has been living in the United States with her husband, Prince Joachim, and their two children, Count Henrik, 16, and Countess Athena, 14, of Monpezat, but the family has shared that they are set to move back to their homeland. In an interview with the Danish magazine BILLED-BLADET earlier this week, Princess Marie, 50, who was born in Paris, confirmed the family’s upheaval, revealing: “I’m looking forward to getting back to my work and my patronages. And getting back to Denmark. And what happens after that, time will tell. We are really looking forward to it. It has been really exciting to be out of the country and be able to support Denmark abroad.” © Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty ImaPrince Joachim and Princess Marie are set to move back to Denmark Princess Marie’s reasoning behind move to Denmark The princess also revealed that the family of four would be making the move in August 2027 – and for a particular reason. She explained that she wants Count Henrik to finish high …

When Paris Hilton Partied Like Marie Antoinette

When Paris Hilton Partied Like Marie Antoinette

Published by Sam Flores

But actually, it didn’t. Months later, in May, Hilton hosted a final bash at London’s iconic Stork Rooms, arriving in what became one of the most defining looks of the early 2000s: a backless Julien McDonald chain-mail mini dress and rhinestone choker. This was the night that produced the now-legendary Paris Hilton glitterati shot—the one that would live on in endless best party dresses lists. Hilton was no longer on the club scene: She was the main event. That’s hot. In her memoir, Hilton herself calls her party tour “possibly the greatest twenty-first birthday celebration since Marie Antoinette.” She didn’t know it then, but in just a few years—like Marie Antoinette before her—Hilton, too, would go from “It girl” to scapegoat. Even as a frightened, 14-year-old child bride shipped off from Austria to marry a stranger, Marie Antoinette always had that je ne sais quoi. Though she came from enemy turf, the French court was instantly charmed by her beauty, style, and grace. Beyond Versailles, the public also adored her at first, seeing its future …

The House | “A magnificent visual experience”: Baroness Blackstone reviews ‘Marie Antoinette Style’

The House | “A magnificent visual experience”: Baroness Blackstone reviews ‘Marie Antoinette Style’

Published by Sam Flores

V&A: Marie Antoinette Style | © Victoria and Albert Museum, London 4 min read18 December Startling, absurd and even touching, the V&A’s exhibition is opulent and imaginatively displayed – but it fails in its attempt to reframe Marie Antoinette as an early celebrity style icon How many French queens are there whose name we can remember? Very few, I suspect, as there were no French equivalents to Elizabeth I or Victoria. How many have we even heard of? There is one exception: we have all heard of Marie Antoinette, the wife of Louis XVI, who was guillotined during the French Revolution along with key figures from the king’s court, many aristocrats, and Antoinette herself. Her grisly end, and her personal unpopularity that preceded it, may be the main reasons why we are aware of her. Antoinette à la rose, by Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun, 1783 | Image: © Château de Versailles, Dist. Grand Palais RMN / Christophe Fouin Most of us are also aware of her fate as part of a dynastic …