Royal Biographer Compares Meghan Markle to a 'Snow Queen' Who Put a 'Sliver of Ice' in Prince Harry's Heart - Showbiz Cheat Sheet

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex has been criticized for a lot of things — but being compared to a fictional snow queen for making Prince Harry’s heart a bit colder has to be a new one. As the dust begins to settle on the Prince Harry and Meghan royal exit drama, there is still some analysis surrounding whether Prince Harry was influenced by Meghan to make this drastic move.

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Prince Harry and Meghan announced their plan to ‘step back’

In January, the Sussexes announced their decision to “step back” from their royal duties in an effort to escape the constant public and media scrutiny they had been up against. Queen Elizabeth worked with them to finalize their plan, with the couple set to officially break their ties with the royal family beginning this spring.

The Sussexes’ most recent statement clarifying their exit, including the detail that they won’t use the “Sussex Royal” name, hasn’t sat well with royal experts.

Royal biographer Angela Levin, in writing for the Daily Mail, points out that “The language is stilted, cold and legalistic, the sentiments juvenile and angry,” adding that the statement “is an expression of childish irritation that insults the most admired person in British public life.”

Levin claims that the statement has everything to do with Meghan. “My experience of Prince Harry is that he is charismatic and intuitive, a man with impeccable manners who is full of consideration to others and lights up in the presence of those who need his help,” the biographer writes.

She adds: “What on earth has happened to that Harry? Why is he in the strange and invidious position of seeming to side with his wife over a loving family that includes the 93-year-old grandmother he dearly loves and who has been his rock?”

She believes Meghan has changed Harry

Levin further shares that the Sussexes “seem sullen and resentful” and worries about the impact Meghan has on Harry. In trying to understand how Prince Harry has changed, Levin writes: “For me, there is only one way to understand his predicament, including this latest, wrong-headed outburst. I am afraid that Meghan is an impulsive woman and, as her past behavior suggests, when she’s had enough of something or someone, she simply ‘moves on.’”

Levin then draws comparisons between Meghan and a fictional character, writing: “I am reminded of Hans Christian Andersen’s tale of The Snow Queen, as beautiful as she is cold, who leaves a sliver of ice in a young man’s heart.”

“Captive, a prisoner in her frozen desert, he is angry and indifferent to those who truly love him,” she writes.

Critics aren’t happy with their statement

Among the points in Meghan and Harry’s lengthy statement, they addressed their intention to stop using the word “royal” in the Sussex Royal brand, but their critics are annoyed with the wording.

“While The Duke and Duchess are focused on plans to establish a new non-profit organisation, given the specific UK government rules surrounding use of the word ‘Royal’, it has been therefore agreed that their non-profit organisation will not utilise the name ‘Sussex Royal’ or any other iteration of ‘Royal,’” the statement notes.

Further, the Sussexes share: “While there is not any jurisdiction by The Monarchy or Cabinet Office over the use of the word ‘Royal’ overseas, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex do not intend to use ‘Sussex Royal’ or any iteration of the word ‘Royal’ in any territory (either within the UK or otherwise) when the transition occurs Spring 2020.”

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Gabrielle Union Wore the Coolest Pastel Blue Culotte Suit - Yahoo Lifestyle

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From Marie Claire

• Gabrielle Union wore the silhouette of the moment in a pastel blue suit with wide culotte legs.
• She co-ordinated her outfit with daughter Kaavia, who wore a blue floral dress.
• Union also matched with Kaavia at husband Dwyane Wade's jersey retirement ceremony, wearing black tailoring with white details.

Another flawless outfit from one Gabrielle Union-Wade! She wore a pastel blue culotte suit, designed by Aje, in a new photo posted on Instagram Sunday, and proved once again that she's miles ahead of the fashion curve—after all, the culotte suit's been all over the runway during fashion month. And, delightfully, she co-ordinated her outfit with best celebrity baby Kaavia James Union-Wade, who wore a Peter Pan collar dress in a complementary shade of blue. Absorb their photoshoot below, and feel your Monday improve:

On Saturday, mother and daughter matched again, as they attended Dwyane Wade's jersey retirement ceremony at the Miami Heat vs. Cleveland Cavaliers game. Union wore a black dress with white collar and buttons, while Kaavia wore a tailored black jacket with white buttons and piping. Cute! The absolute cutest!

If you're in need of a little vicarious romance this morning, look no further: Wade paid tribute to his wife in an emotional speech at the jersey retirement event, and Union teared up in response. "To my wife, Gab, thank you for coming into my life and showing me that life can be different. Through you, I learned that life is really what you make it,” he said, as Entertainment Tonight reports. "Thank you for the experiences we’ve shared. Thank you for those Twitter rants."

"Thank you for calling me out when I wasn’t on top of my game," Wade continued. "And I’m not just talking about basketball—I’m speaking about life. Thank you for loving me, thank you for pushing me." Well, unsurprisingly, now I'm crying too.

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B. Smith, Restaurateur And Lifestyle Icon, Dies At 70 Of Early-Onset Alzheimer's - NPR

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The world is less generous, and less welcoming because B. Smith, former model, entertainer and lifestyle doyenne, has left it.

At age 70, Smith succumbed to early-onset Alzheimer's, which she'd been battling for years. She died Saturday at her Long Island home with family nearby.

Plenty of media have described Smith as "The Black Martha Stewart." And superficially, one could see why: both women had been models (Smith appeared on the covers of several fashion magazines, the first brown-skinned black model to be featured on Mademoiselle's cover in the 1970s.)

Both had a genius for cooking and entertaining. Both eventually built an empire based on their skills (food, decorating, entertaining, home keeping). And when people (mostly white people) called Smith the black Martha, they meant it as a compliment.

Smith saw it as well-intended, but short-sighted.

"Martha Stewart has presented herself doing the things domestics and African Americans have done for years," Smith told New York magazine in a 1997 interview. "We were always expected to redo the chairs and use everything in the garden. This is the legacy that I was left. Martha just got there first."

True, but Smith made up for that by diving into everything she did with passion.

Born to a steelworker father and a mother who was a part-time housekeeper, Barbara Elaine Smith left her Western Pennsylvania hometown of Scottsdale for a modeling career right after high school.

Barbara became B. as her modeling career took off.

After a successful career with modeling agency Wilhelmina and several lucrative corporate contracts, Smith became interested in restaurants.

She married her second husband, Dan Gasby in 1992, and together they created an empire that encompassed best-selling cookbooks, the weekly show and a lifestyle magazine that was briefly published by American Express. Eventually there were also housewares, bed linens and even an At Home with B. Smith furniture line.

Smith opened her first eponymous restaurant in Manhattan's theater district in 1986. Two more B. Smith's followed: one near her weekend home on Long Island and the other in the historic Union Station complex in Washington, D.C.

Smith had been showing signs of forgetfulness for a while. In 2013, after she lost her train of thought while she was doing a cooking demonstration on NBC's Today, she sought a doctor's opinion.

The devastating verdict: tests indicated she was in the beginning stages of early-onset Alzheimer's disease. She and Gasby went public with the news in 2014. Smith put on a brave face, and told the public she intended to live and enjoy life until she couldn't.

The B. Smith who appeared in a public service announcement the following year was a woman whose wattage had dimmed considerably. Her disease was progressing swiftly. Her famously radiant smile flashed less frequently. Her sparkling eyes looked vacant, she forgot things easily, and once became lost in Manhattan for several hours.

Despite that, she and Gasby did several interviews to educate the public and destigmatize Alzheimer's. They also wrote a book, Before I Forget, on dealing with the disease. They were determined to try to make a difference, as Alzheimer's is known to be more prevalent in women and African Americans.

The interviews tapered off, though, as Smith's condition continued to deteriorate. She lived quietly with Gasby in their weekend home on Long Island Sound. But someone else was living with them, and seeking to control the narrative.

In 2018 Gasby confirmed the rumors: he had a girlfriend, Alex Lerner, and together they were caring for Smith. Last year, on Today, Gasby explained to friend Al Roker how painful it was to watch Smith fade.

You meet and fall in love with someone, he explained, "(and they are) the perfect person for you, and you watch them slowly dissolve, and you go down with them..."

Some people understood and sympathized. Others, like The View's Sonny Hostin (who'd helped care for a grandmother with Alzheimer's) were appalled.

"I find it very disrespectful that he is with his wife and disrespecting her by being with his girlfriend in their home," an emotional Hostin told her co-hosts.

Gasby has heard his critics, and it bothers him, but he feels strongly that his life counts, too.

"I believe in the sanctity of marriage," he told the Washington Post last year, but not in 'till death do you part. If the person you love, he said, is no longer mentally or emotionally present, he doesn't believe "that you should sit there and watch your life shrivel up..." (He visited The View to face Hostin and explain his side of the story.)

It's a hard call that more and more Americans are going to have to make, as more of us are diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Last year, the Alzheimer's Association estimated 5.8 million people have the disease; 200,000 of those have early onset. As our population continues to age, the numbers continue to climb, and more caregivers will have to ask themselves: how do you honor the life of your loved one while managing to preserve your own?

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Meghan Markle's BFF Jessica Mulroney Denies Setting Up a Secret Website for the Duke and Duchess - Cosmopolitan.com

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• Meghan Markle's best friend Jessica Mulroney has denied setting up a secret website for Meghan and Prince Harry.
• The Daily Mail claimed Jessica had registered the website sussexglobalcharities.com.

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Yesterday, a Daily Mail report dropped that Meghan Markle's best friend Jessica Mulroney had allegedly registered a new domain for Meghan and Prince Harry. According to said report, Jessica "registered the website sussexglobalcharities.com last Wednesday through her charity the Shoebox Project Foundation, which supports vulnerable women." So yeah, obviously a lot of people assumed that "Sussex Global Charities" could be in the running for Harry and Meghan's new charity name.

But, turns out the Shoebox Project Foundation in question has nothing to do with Jessica—something she made clear on Twitter:

“If certain investigative journalists were to do their jobs, perhaps they would see that Shoebox Project Foundation is owned by a Mr Roy in North Carolina and has no affiliations or ties to our charity The Shoebox Project. Happy Sunday.”

Glad that's cleared up! But why do the Sussexes even need a new name, you ask? Meghan and Harry actually just announced that they won't be using the word "royal" after stepping down from the fam, which is kinda a problem considering both their website and Instagram are "Sussex Royal."

In their statement, the couple wrote:

"While The Duke and Duchess are focused on plans to establish a new non-profit organisation, given the specific UK government rules surrounding use of the word ‘Royal’, it has been therefore agreed that their non-profit organisation will not utilise the name ‘Sussex Royal’ or any other iteration of ‘Royal.’

For the above reason, the trademark applications that had been filed as protective measures and that reflected the same standard trademarking requests as done for The Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, have been removed."

They also noted that "While there is not any jurisdiction by The Monarchy or Cabinet Office over the use of the word ‘Royal’ overseas, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex do not intend to use ‘Sussex Royal’ or any iteration of the word ‘Royal’ in any territory (either within the UK or otherwise) when the transition occurs Spring 2020."

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Royal Critic Attacks Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's 'Staggering Disrespect' for Queen Elizabeth - Showbiz Cheat Sheet

Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex released a statement that provided more details about their exit from the royal family, including their agreement to give up the name “Sussex Royal.” The Sussexes’ critics have taken aim at this statement, with their most vocal critic, Piers Morgan, slamming the couple on Twitter.

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The Sussexes won’t use the ‘Sussex Royal’ name

As rumors swirled about whether the queen would ban Prince Harry and Meghan’s use of the Sussex Royal name, the couple released a statement to clear things up.

“While The Duke and Duchess are focused on plans to establish a new non-profit organisation, given the specific UK government rules surrounding the use of the word ‘Royal,’ it has been therefore agreed that their non-profit organisation will not utilise the name ‘Sussex Royal’ or any other iteration of ‘Royal,’” read the statement on the couple’s website.

“For the above reason, the trademark applications that had been filed as protective measures and that reflected the same standard trademarking requests as done for The Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, have been removed,” the statement further explained.

They continued: “While there is not any jurisdiction by The Monarchy or Cabinet Office over the use of the word ‘Royal’ overseas, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex do not intend to use ‘Sussex Royal’ or any iteration of the word ‘Royal’ in any territory (either within the UK or otherwise) when the transition occurs Spring 2020.”

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“After many months of reflection and internal discussions, we have chosen to make a transition this year in starting to carve out a progressive new role within this institution. We intend to step back as ‘senior’ members of the Royal Family and work to become financially independent, while continuing to fully support Her Majesty The Queen. It is with your encouragement, particularly over the last few years, that we feel prepared to make this adjustment. We now plan to balance our time between the United Kingdom and North America, continuing to honour our duty to The Queen, the Commonwealth, and our patronages. This geographic balance will enable us to raise our son with an appreciation for the royal tradition into which he was born, while also providing our family with the space to focus on the next chapter, including the launch of our new charitable entity. We look forward to sharing the full details of this exciting next step in due course, as we continue to collaborate with Her Majesty The Queen, The Prince of Wales, The Duke of Cambridge and all relevant parties. Until then, please accept our deepest thanks for your continued support.” – The Duke and Duchess of Sussex For more information, please visit sussexroyal.com (link in bio) Image © PA

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Morgan found the statement disrespectful

The lengthy statement the Sussexes released provided more clarity around their transition but Morgan was quick to find fault with it. “The staggering disrespect these two keep showing to the Queen is outrageous. Who the hell do they think they are?,” he tweeted.

When royal fans challenged Morgan’s thoughts on the matter, he had plenty more to say. He tweeted: “I read it in their own statement, posted to their own website last night, in which they directly dispute the Queen’s right to stop them using the ‘Royal’ tag abroad to flog themselves to bankers. I’ve never seen any royal publicly try to challenge the Queen’s authority like this.”

When another fan said to leave them alone, Morgan made his view clear, tweeting: “Pipe down you clueless, sycophantic clown. They released a lengthy statement last night directly challenging the Queen’s authority. I will continue to support Her Majesty & the Monarchy against the Sussexes’ shameful efforts to have their royal cake and eat it. End.”

Does their statement reveal how unhappy they are?

While the intention of the statement was to quiet rumors as the couple makes their official move away from the royal family, one royal expert believes it’s very telling of how unhappy the Sussexes are about the arrangement.

“The statement’s underlying message is they are very, very unhappy with this arrangement,” royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams told The Sun Online, adding, “It was completely unnecessary.”

Fitzwilliams further noted that this “may lead to future trouble — they don’t like the arrangement that is forcing them to step down as working royals and not use their titles, even though they will have them.”

He continued: “They want to use Sussex Royal but by saying the monarchy doesn’t have the power to prevent them from using it — why say that? There’s no point.”

“My hope is the bitterness they seem to feel with the current arrangement will become more positive as months progress,” Fitzwilliams shared.

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B. Smith, model-turned-TV host and lifestyle guru, dies at 70 after Alzheimer's battle - USA TODAY

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Published 1:08 PM EST Feb 23, 2020

B. Smith, one of the country's first high-profile black models who went on to become an author, restaurateur and lifestyle maven, has died after a seven-year battle with Alzheimer's disease. She was 70. 

Dan Gasby, Smith's husband and caretaker, confirmed to USA TODAY that she died Saturday at home in Long Island, New York, in a statement provided by representative Jennifer Maguire. 

"It is with great sadness that my daughter Dana and I announce the passing of my wife, Barbara Elaine Smith," Gasby wrote, thanking doctors, caretakers, friends and fans who "helped us make B. comfortable in her final days. ... Heaven is shining even brighter now that it is graced with B.'s dazzling and unforgettable smile." 

Smith began her career as a model with the Wilhemina agency before going on to host the syndicated television show "B. Smith With Style," a half-hour show about home decorating and cooking. She owned three restaurants, all called "B. Smith," wrote three cookbooks and launched several lines of home goods, including lines at Bed Bath & Beyond, La-Z-Boy and Walmart.  

Her celebrity friends and fans mourned on social media as the news spread Sunday.

"The elegance. The grace. The style," director Ava DuVernay tweeted. "#BSmith was one-of-a-kind." 

Al Roker praised Smith and Gasby for being at the forefront of Alzheimer's research for people of color, while Dr. Oz wrote that she approached her fight "with a spirit that made her light shine bright."

Following a 2013 Alzheimer's diagnosis, which she revealed in 2014, the lifestyle guru's world grew more private, though she opened up about living with the disease in a 2016 book, "Before I Forget: Love, Hope, Help and Acceptance in Our Fight Against Alzheimer’s."

“I’m still myself. I just can’t remember things as well as I once did,” she wrote in the book co-authored by husband and by Vanity Fair contributing editor Michael Shnayerson.

Smith and Gasby used the platform to raise awareness for Alzheimer's, particularly within the black community. 

“Alzheimer’s is a 21st-century civil rights issue,” Gasby told USA TODAY in 2016 in a video Skype interview with Smith at his side. “Two out of three people with Alzheimer’s disease are women. Blacks are two to three times more likely to have Alzheimer’s. … And it drives people into poverty, in many cases taking away the gains that a sizable and growing portion of people in the African-American community have made.”

Controversy ensued in Smith's later years, when Gasby sparked outrage over acknowledging his relationship with another woman as he served as his wife's caregiver. 

Gasby said in a 2019 appearance on "The View" that his wife of nearly three decades encouraged him to move on with his life after she learned of her diagnosis.

"When we got the diagnosis at Mount Sinai … she stopped me, put her hand on my arm and … she said to me, 'I want you to go on,' " Gasby said at the time. "I'm not doing anything we didn’t discuss. ... I could have easily placed her into a facility and I would not do that. This notion of vows, I’m keeping my vows. … Vows are to protect, to care for."

Contributing: Cydney Henderson and Kim Painter, USA TODAY

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Box Office: 'Sonic the Hedgehog' Speeds Past 'Call of the Wild' With $26.3M - Hollywood Reporter

In its second weekend, Paramount's blue video game hero outpaced Harrison Ford and a CGI dog to take the top spot at the North American box office.

In a tight race between Paramount's Sonic the Hedgehog and Disney's The Call of the Wild, it was the hedgehog that beat out Harrison Ford and a CGI dog at the North American box office this weekend. 

Sonic, the CGI and live-action hybrid based on the popular Sega games, zoomed past the $100 million milestone at the domestic box office after collecting $26.3 million at U.S. theaters in its second weekend, bringing its total to $106.6 million. Internationally, Sonic grossed $38.3 million in 56 markets with openings in 16 markets this weekend, including Russia, Sweden and Taiwan. 

The $87 million family film stars Jim Carrey, James Marsden and Ben Schwartz as the voice of the titular blue hero. The family movie opened with a record $70 million over Presidents Day weekend, the largest domestic opening for a video game adaptation. It dropped 35 percent in its second weekend. 

The Call of the Wild, starring Ford alongside a CGI dog in the latest cinematic adaptation of Jack London's classic novel, opened with $24.8 million at the domestic box office, surpassing early projections that placed it in the high teen millions. Internationally, the film grossed $15.4 million across 40 territories, bringing its worldwide opening to $40.2 million. 

"It's a beloved classic and somewhat of a timeless story and with Harrison's performance, it elevates the film to a level of bringing people out," Cathleen Taff, Disney's distribution chief, tells THR. 

The family movie, directed by Chris Sanders and inherited by Disney following its acquisition of Fox, boasts a hefty production budget of $125 million to $150 million before marketing. The film drew equal numbers of male and female audiences and across all ages, with 29 percent representing moviegoers 17 and under.

Looking ahead to the coming weeks, Taff hopes The Call of the Wild will continue to play to a broad audience. "We’ve see with our key cities being into some of the older skewing markets, and that audience tends to come out later so we’re excited to see that but given the response, we think the audience will also broaden out to families especially as Sonic clears itself out," she says.

Warner Bros' Margot Robbie-led DC anti-heroine movie Birds of Prey kicked up $6.7 million domestically in its third weekend, landing the third place spot in this week's box office race. Internationally, it collected another $10 million across 78 markets, bringing its worldwide total to $173.7 million. 

Sony's Bad Boys For Life collected another $5.9 million in its sixth week in theaters, taking the fourth spot. The Will Smith and Martin Lawrence action movie has grossed $191 million at the domestic box office since its release, and $379 million worldwide. The studio's Little Women adaptation from Greta Gerwig hit a milestone at the box office this weekend as it crossed $200 million worldwide.

STX and Lakeshore Entertainment's horror sequel Brahms: The Boy II, opened with $5.9 million domestically this weekend, keeping in line with projections. The audience was 53 percent female and 47 percent male, with 56 percent of moviegoers under 25. The stand-alone sequel to 2016's The Boy stars Katie Holmes, Ralph Ineson, Owain Yeoman and Christopher Convery.

Meanwhile, Neon's South Korean genre-bending thriller Parasite continues seeing a post-Oscars boost as it drummed up another $3.1 million from 1,800 screens over three days, taking its domestic box office total to $49 million. The Bong Joon Ho film has become Neon's most successful release. 

Universal Pictures' war epic 1917, which won three Oscars, grossed $4.4 million in its ninth week of release, bringing its domestic total to $152 million.

Other holdovers this weekend include Universal's romantic drama The Photograph starring Issa Rae and LaKeith Stanfield, which grossed $2.8 million in its second weekend, bringing its domestic box office haul to $17.6 million. Searchlight Pictures' Downhill, a remake of Force Majeure starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell, picked up $1.4 million in its second weekend, bringing its domestic gross to $7.4 million. 

At the specialty box office, Focus Features' period piece Emma grossed $230,000 across five theaters, with a strong per screen average of $46,000. The movie, directed by Autumn de Wilde and starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn and Bill Nighy, unsurprisingly drew more females with 69 percent of the audience being women, and also drawing an older audience, with 58 percent of the movie-goers being 35 and over. It will expand to more theaters nationwide this week.

Amazon Studios' Seberg, starring Kristen Stewart as French New Wave actress Jean Seberg, grossed $60,500 from three theaters, with a per screen average of $20,200. It will expand to over 300 theaters in the coming week. 

WarnerMedia's Impractical Jokers: The Movie, produced by Funny or Die and TruTV and based on the hidden camera reality comedy series, laughed up $2.5 million from 350 screens, with a per screen average of $5,500. Pantelion Films’ Spanish-language Las Pildoras De Mi Novio (My Boyfriend's Meds), directed by Diego Kaplan, grossed $1.4 million from 350 screens, with a per screen average of $4,000. 

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