Tuesday, 9 December 2014

America's pop and political royalty roll out the red carpet for William and Kate as they meet Obama and Hillary Clinton - before bumping into Beyoncé and Jay-Z courtside at basketball game

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were sat courtside for Monday's Brooklyn Nets vs Cleveland Cavaliers game
Singer Beyoncé, donning white-and-black shirt and pencil skirt, and Jay-Z were seated directly opposite them
Power couples were introduced in public view during second half of the Cavaliers' 110-88 win over the Nets
Royals later met Cavaliers' LeBron James who gifted them cupcakes and two jerseys - one for Prince George
NBA has recently announced partnership with William’s United for Wildlife organisation and a coach program
Kate donned glamorous grey coat by US designer Tory Burch with jeans; William wore a blue suit and red tie
She and Mrs Clinton bonded over motherhood, with latter explaining how she used to sing to baby Chelsea
Wills and Obama joked about the birth of Prince George and discussed the UK and US's 'special relationship'
Couple expected to visit National September 11 Memorial Museum and Memorial Reflection Pools later today

Having met with the President and a possible future president of the United States on the first leg of their American visit, it seemed only fitting that they should finish the day by rubbing shoulders with pop royalty.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge came face-to-face with Beyoncé and husband Jay-Z at a Brooklyn Nets game in New York last night, capping off a day of firsts for the Royal couple.

Earlier that day, Prince William joked with Barack Obama during his first visit to the White House's Oval Office, where he held talks with the president before giving a speech at a World Bank anti-corruption conference.

He then flew back to New York to be reunited with his pregnant wife, and together the couple attended a reception at the British Consul General's residence to recognize the work of The Tusk Trust and other partners of William's charity United for Wildlife.

During the event, Kate spoke with US Secretary of State – and potential presidential candidate - Hillary Clinton about the benefits of singing to babies and her visit earlier in the day to a children's center in Harlem.

The royal couple then finished the day in style, rubbing shoulders with U.S. pop royalty at their first NBA game.

As the crowd cheered and took photos, Prince William and Kate - who looked chic in a grey coat by U.S. designer Tory Burch, skinny jeans and black heels - were seen greeting Beyoncé and Jay-Z during the second half of the game against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

They beamed as they exchanged words with the couple, before returning to their courtside seats next to basketball legend, Dikembe Mutombo, where they were handed a box of popcorn and bottles of water. Beyoncé and Jay-Z, meanwhile, sat down in their own seats directly opposite them.

Kensington Place courtiers had previously arranged with NBA officials that the two couples would meet during the third and fourth quarters of the game at the Barclays Center, which also starred basketball royalty: the Cavaliers' LeBron James, dubbed 'King James'.

After the Cavaliers trounced the Nets 110-88, the royal couple were led backstage to meet the sport's biggest superstar. Down in the Vaults, a basement hospitality suite, they were introduced to James, who had brought them a gift-wrapped box of cup cakes from his hometown, Akron, Ohio.

Today, the royal couple are expected to visit the National September 11 Memorial Museum and the Memorial Reflection Pools, before attending The Door in NYC and the CityKids Foundation, to learn about their work on positive youth development and social learning using art.

They will then attend the Creativity is GREAT Reception at NeueHouse, celebrating the British talent in the creative industries of New York, in association with the UK Government's GREAT campaign, before Wills's attends another reception at the Empire State Building.

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Royalty meets pop: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and Beyoncé and Jay-Z, came face-to-face at a Brooklyn Nets game last night

Pre-arranged encounter: Kensington Place courtiers had already arranged with NBA officials that the two couples would meet during the third and fourth quarters of the game. Above, another perspective of the royal couple's encounter with Beyonce and her husband, Jay-Z

Greeting: As the crowd cheered, Prince William and his pregnant wife, Kate - who looked chic in a grey coat by US designer Tory Burch, skinny jeans and black heels - were seen greeting the singer and rapper before the second half of the Cleveland Cavaliers game

William and Kate are joined by Jay Z and Beyonce courtside

Beaming: Pregnant Kate beams as she exchanges words with Beyoncé, who was donning a black-and-white shirt and a pencil skirt

Security detail: There were numerous members of security in attendance as the royal couple met two high-profile figures in the pop world

Drawing a crowd: The couples' meeting attracted attention from people across the world - especially those in the Barclays Center (above)

Engrossed: Beyonce is pictured engrossed in conversation with Kate, while Prince William and Jay-Z exchange several words courtside

In public view: The singer clasped her hands together as she spoke to the Duchess, who earlier met disadvantaged children in Harlem

Center of attention: Following the meeting, the royal couple returned to their courtside seats next to basketball legend, Dikembe Mutombo

Capturing the moment: A crowd of photographers surround Prince William and his wife Kate as they meet Beyonce and husband Jay-Z

Courtside seats: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were at the home of the Brooklyn Nets to mark a unique partnership between the National Basketball Association and the couple's Royal Foundation. Above William points out something to Kate during the game

Watching the action: The royal couple, traveling without their son, were seated next to 7ft 2ins basketball star, Dikembe Mutombo (right)

Discussing the game: Kate leans in to her husband during the game at Brooklyn's Barclays Center, which the Cavaliers won 110-88

'Oooh!': William and Kate appear to be captivated by the on-court action, even gasping at one point (right) alongside Dikembe Mutombo

Sharing a joke with Mutombo: All eyes at the Barclays Center were on the Cambridges as they watced the second half of the match

Close: Kate plays with her hair as she chats to her husband during the game between the Brooklyn Nets and the Cleveland Cavaliers

Applause: The royal couple applaud as the watch the game at the Barclays Center in New York last night following several official events

Finally, this evening, Wills and Kate will attend the University of St. Andrews 600th Anniversary Dinner at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

They will then fly back to England, where they will be reunited with their son, Prince George.

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The word on the street is that Diddy laid hands on Drake and sent him to hospital...real quick! We know you're wondering, what could possibly cause such a stir between those two?
According to Page Six, Diddy and Drake got into a fight outside of Liv at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami during DJ Khaled's birthday party. Sources on the ground claim the physical altercation stemmed from a "musical" misunderstanding.
The source said, “Drake and Diddy got into it outside the club. They were arguing over the rights to a song, and got into a physical fight. Diddy claimed that Drake was using music without the proper rights.”
DJ Sam Sneaker, (he's Rick Ross' offical DJ), watched the fight go down, so he posted his own "report", claiming the fight WAS NOT about Cassie and that Drake dislocated his shoulder!

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Make Money Blogging: 20 Lessons Going from 0 to $100,000 per Month

You know everyone thinks we’re fools, right?
To most of the world, blogging is a joke.
It isn’t a career. It isn’t a way to make money. It isn’t a tool for changing the world.
It’s a hobby, a diversion, a fad that’ll come and go. Sure, you can start a blog, but don’t count on it to take you anywhere. That’s just silly.
Try telling your family or friends or coworkers you want to quit your job and make money blogging. They’ll smile politely and ask, “Does anybody really make money from that?”
Yes, they want you to have dreams. Yes, they want you to chase them. Yes, they want you to succeed.
But they also want you to be “realistic.”
If you really want to improve your life, you should get an advanced degree, write a book, or even start your own business, not hang all your hopes and dreams on some stupid little blog. There’s no money in it.
Or is there?
I’m hesitant to say this, but…

This Blog Makes $100,000 per Month

In January and February, we cleared over $100,000 per month in sales. The verdict is still out on March, but if we didn’t make it, we should be close enough.
How?
Well, I’ll tell you. Not because I want to brag (well, maybe a little), but because most of the advice out there about monetizing your blog is complete crap.
For instance, do you see any ads on this site?
No? How about e-books for sale?
None of those either, huh? In fact, you might be hard-pressed to find anything for sale at all.
There’s a reason why.
Over the past six years, I’ve had the good fortune to work with some of the smartest bloggers on the planet. I worked with Brian Clark as he built Copyblogger to a multimillion dollar brand. Neil Patel and Hiten Shah also hired me to help them launch the KISSmetrics blog, and while they’re not big on publishing revenue numbers, they did recently close a $7 million venture capital round.
Combined, I wouldn’t be surprised if both blogs have earned more than $50 million. In comparison, the $100,000 per month I’ve managed to generate is a pittance.
But everyone has to start somewhere, right?

The reason this blog has made so much money so fast is I learned from the best, and then when I left, I kept learning. Every day, I crunch numbers, read books, talk to experts, and spend at least 30 minutes in silence, staring into the distance, doing nothing but thinking.
It’s paid off. If you’ll take some of these lessons to heart, it’ll pay off for you too.
Because here’s the thing:

You’re Not a Fool. You Can Make Money Blogging.

So, you want to make a living teaching other people what you know? Nothing wrong with that.
Professors do it. So do public speakers and best-selling authors.
Hell, consulting is a $415 billion industry, and what are all those consultants doing?
Getting paid to teach.
Blogging is no different. It’s just the same old models with some rocket fuel thrown in, courtesy of social media.
In fact, we might as well call that the first lesson:

Lesson #1: You’re Not Just a Blogger

You’re an expert, a teacher, a mentor, maybe even an entrepreneur. Your blog is simply a launchpad for all those things.
Look around, and you’ll find nearly all “bloggers” who make a decent income have books, courses, a side career as a keynote speaker, or even software. That’s how they make money. Their blog is just the “freebie” they give away to attract customers or clients.

Lesson #2: Don’t Sell Advertising

Selling ads is attractive, because it’s passive income, but you can usually make 3-10X more money using the same “ad space” to sell your own products and services or even promote an affiliate product.
Pat Flynn, for example, makes about $50,000 a month in commissions from promoting Bluehost.
Here at BBT, we mostly promote our own products, but we’re also in the process of creating affiliate sales funnels for LeadPages and Stablehost, both of which offer hefty commissions (and are great products too!)

Lesson #3: Build the Funnel in Reverse

We’ve all experienced sales funnels.
A company entices you with a freebie, then they offer you something cheap but irresistible, and then they gradually sweet talk you into buying more and more expensive stuff. It’s a tried and true marketing tactic, and you should absolutely build a sales funnel for your blog.
What you might not know is you should build it in reverse.
A lot of bloggers launch a cheap e-book as their first product, and then they get frustrated when they don’t make much money. Here’s why: the real profit is at the end of the funnel, not the beginning.
Selling e-books is fine and dandy if you have half a dozen more expensive products to offer your customer afterwards, but it’s downright silly if you don’t. You’re much better off creating and selling the expensive product first, and then gradually create cheaper and cheaper products.
When you do have some less expensive products to sell, you can offer those to new people first, safe in the knowledge that you have something more profitable up your sleeve to sell them later.
Here at BBT, our products cost $9,997, $997, and $591. We’re working our way down the funnel in reverse, releasing the most expensive products first and then gradually getting cheaper and cheaper. It’s been much, much more profitable this way.

Lesson #4: There’s No Such Thing As a “Cheap” Market

“But Jon,” I can hear you spluttering. “I can’t sell a $10,000 product! My customers don’t have that much money.”
My response: you’re 98% right. Unless you’re selling exclusively to multimillionaires, the vast majority of your customer base won’t be able to afford premium products, but what’s interesting is it doesn’t matter. Often times, you can make more money selling to the 2% than you can to the entire 98% combined.
For instance, our $10,000 product is a year-long coaching program for writers – a group that’s not exactly known for their wealth, but I always fill all 10 spots within minutes of opening the program. Here’s why: I notify 40,000 writers about it. 2% of 40,000 is 800 people who might possibly buy a product in that price range. By only accepting 10, I’m creating a situation of extreme scarcity.
You can do the same thing, even if your list is much smaller. If you have 100 subscribers, chances are two of them might be willing to buy premium products or services from you, and those two will often pay you more money than the other 98 combined.

Lesson #5: By Charging Premium Prices, You Can Offer Premium Service

Feel guilty about charging that much money? You shouldn’t.
By charging premium prices, you can offer premium service, doing everything possible to help your customers get results. For example, with my coaching program, I get on the phone with students every week, review their homework, answer their questions, look at their blog, and guide them through every step of the process.
Could I put that same information in a $7 e-book? Sure, but I couldn’t give anyone one-on-one help at that price, and that’s what people who buy premium products and services are paying for.

Lesson #6: Deliberately Delay the Sale

Another big shift in thinking: rather than trying to push everyone to buy your products upfront, smart bloggers delay the sale.
I first heard this idea from Rand Fishkin over at Moz. They offer their blog readers a free trial to their Analytics and SEO software, but after studying the behavior of their customers, they noticed something interesting: people who read several blog posts before signing up for a free trial stayed customers for two or three times longer than people who didn’t.
I’ve noticed the same thing with our customers. Instead of immediately clobbering readers with sales pitches, it’s much better to give them some content first and build trust before you begin talking about your products and services. Yes, you’ll make less money in the short term, but the long-term profits go through the roof.

Lesson #7: You Are the Bottleneck

Without a doubt, time is our biggest problem as bloggers. Not only are we expected to publish a continuous stream of content on our blogs, but we also have to deal with technical issues, read books and articles about our field, create new products to sell, answer questions from readers… the list goes on and on. The further into it you go, the more clear it becomes that you can’t do everything.
So, what’s the answer?
Believe it or not, I found answers from studying manufacturing processes. If one machine is working slower than others in a plant, it can literally cost the company tens of thousands of dollars per hour. To make sure it never happens, smart plant managers are willing to spend any amount of money to eliminate bottlenecks. They have an unlimited budget, because the cost of eliminating the bottleneck never comes anywhere close to the cost of the bottleneck itself.
The same is true for us, except the solutions are often different. Instead of buying a new machine, for example, we might purchase a new type of software that automates some of our business, or we might hire a virtual assistant or programmer. It can be expensive, yes, but it’s worthwhile if it saves you enough time, because then you can dedicate that time to higher value activities.

Lesson #8: Measure The Value of Everything You Do

What are those higher value activities, exactly?
Well, it depends on your goal. If your goal is to increase traffic, for example, start measuring the visitors per hour invested. Let’s say you invest three hours in writing a post, and it brings you 100 visitors, and you invest five hours in writing a guest post that brings you 500 visitors. The first activity has an hourly rate of 33 visitors per hour. The second activity has an hourly rate of 100 visitors per hour. Guest posting, therefore, is a better use of your time than writing content on your own blog.
Granted, it’s a short-term perspective, not taking into account long-term gains, but it’s still extremely useful to start measuring your time this way. Not just for traffic, but also for subscriber growth and revenue.

Lesson #9: In the Beginning, Creating Content for Your Own Blog Is Silly

I tried to sneak this one under lesson #8, but I think it’s important enough to get its own number, even if it does get me labeled a heretic and burned at the stake. Because here’s the deal:
In the beginning, your blog is like an empty classroom. Standing in front and giving a lecture is silly, because sure, it might make you feel important, but there’s nobody listening. You’re all alone, and you can come up with the smartest, most entertaining lecture in the history of mankind, but it won’t matter, because no one else heard it.
When you first start out, writing content for your own blog is one of the least efficient ways of building your audience. You’re far better off serving a little time as a “guest lecturer” first. In other words, write guest posts for someone else’s audience, impress the hell out of them, and siphon off a portion of their readership for your own.
That’s what we did here at BBT, and it resulted in the most successful blog launch in history: 13,000 email subscribers in 60 days, before I even wrote a single blog post. We had nothing but a coming soon page and an invitation to join our email list. Sounds strange, but I can promise you it’s vastly more efficient.
You don’t have to wait until you get to 13,000 subscribers to start, but I’d advise accumulating at least a few hundred. That way, you have an audience to share your content when you start publishing posts.

Lesson #10: Don’t Waste Time on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, etc.

Here’s another shocker: you know your dream of building up a huge following on Facebook or Twitter and then using it to promote your blog? Well, it’s a dumb idea. Out of everything we’ve tested, building our own social media accounts produced the lowest visitor per hour figure. In other words, it’s quite possibly the worst way you can spend your time.
Does that mean having followers in those places is useless?
No. Facebook is nice because you can advertise to your followers. Google+ can help boost your search engine rankings. Even with those benefits though, it shouldn’t be near the top of your list for things to do. In my opinion, you shouldn’t think about them at all until you hit 10,000 subscribers, and then outsource the management of them to someone else. You can use your time more efficiently in other places, such as:

Lesson #11: Webinars Kick Butt

If you’ve been on our list for long, you know that we do a lot of webinars. Here’s why: on average, each webinar generates $40,000 per hour invested. It’s by far the most profitable thing I do. Nothing else even comes close. If you’re wondering how on earth we make that much money, all you have to do is attend one of our webinars to find out. Everything we do is on display, and you can study it, free of charge.
Interestingly, webinars are also the most effective way to build our subscriber base. When doing webinars for other people, we average 500 new email subscribers per hour invested. It’s not uncommon to gain 1,000-2,000 email subscribers from a single webinar. If we’re promoting a product, we usually make at least $10,000 too.
Translation: webinars kick butt.

Lesson #12: Longer Content Gets More Traffic

You know what else works? Long content.
It might seem strange, but on average, longer content gets much more traffic than shorter content. Not just for us, but for our students too, regardless of the niche, and here’s a post where SEO expert Neil Patel came to the same conclusion. The sweet spot seems to be about 2,000–3,000 words per post. That’s why posts here on BBT are much longer than your average blog.
Granted, content of that length also takes longer to produce, but if you measure the visitors per hour invested, longer content still wins by a mile. Assuming you’re promoting it, of course.

Lesson #13: Promote The Crap Out of Your Content

The problem is almost no one promotes their content enough. And by “promotion,” I’m not talking about sharing your own posts on Twitter and Facebook. I’m talking about blogger outreach – the process of building relationships with influencers and asking them to share your work.
At a minimum, you should spend just as much time on outreach as you do creating your own content. So, if you’re spending 10 hours a week writing blog posts, you should be spending 10 hours a week on outreach too.
Can’t do that? Then scale back how much content you’re creating. Spend five hours on writing blog posts and five hours on outreach. You’ll get better results.

Lesson #14: Ignore SEO for the First Year

Let’s get one thing straight: I’m not against SEO. Far from it. We now get tons of traffic from Google. I just think most bloggers focus on it way too early.
Again, it all comes down to time. When your blog is new, the most efficient uses of your time fall into three broad categories: building relationships with influencers (including guest blogging), creating content worth linking to, and selling your products and services. If you do those three things well, not only will your blog gain traffic and prominence, but you’ll also start getting search traffic without doing anything.
And then you can focus on other things that matter more, such as…

Lesson #15: Your Email List Is More Important Than Anything Else

In analytics, there is a principle called “the one metric that matters” (OMTM). The idea is that you find a single number that accurately predicts the success or failure of your project.
In the case of blogging, that number is the size of your email list. (Not RSS, mind you – it’s dying a slow but certain death.) In my experience, your email list is the most accurate predictor of how much money you’ll make.
Here at BBT, we make about three dollars per subscriber per month – an impressive feat, due mostly to our skill with marketing. The number isn’t important, though. The point is that I can accurately predict our sales based on the number of subscribers. So can you.
If you’re new to this, I would strive for one dollar per subscriber per month in sales. In other words, an email list of 1,000 subscribers should result in at least $1,000 per month in sales, 10,000 subscribers would result in $10,000 per month in sales, and so on.
The more subscribers you get, the more money you make. Granted, your relationship with your subscribers and the quality of your products or services and dozens of other factors still matter, but to drive revenue, focus on email list growth. To make money blogging, it’s absolutely essential.

Lesson #16: Start Selling from Day One

How long should you wait before you begin selling? 1,000 subscribers? 10,000 subscribers? More?
Nope. Start selling from day one. Here’s why:
One of the biggest factors affecting the speed of your growth is who you can hire to help you. Because you’re the bottleneck, remember? So you want to hire a virtual assistant and someone to handle all of the technical details as soon as you possibly can, but of course, that requires money. Hence the need to start selling immediately.
Now, a caveat: don’t turn your blog into a gigantic sales pitch. Nobody likes that. You should, however, be offering something your audience wants and needs. Don’t push them on it, but do make it available, and do remind them from time to time that they can purchase it.

Lesson #17: Your Product Ideas Suck

You probably have all kinds of ideas for things you can sell, right? E-books, courses, maybe an iPhone app? Or a service?
Well, here’s the bad news:
More than likely, your ideas for products suck. The good news is you’re not alone in this position. Everyone’s ideas for products suck, including mine. Here’s why:
We all tend to create products we can see people need, but they’re not aware of it yet. We think if we show them the magnitude of their problem we can convince them to buy our product or service to solve it.
If you’re Steve Jobs, you can do that, but I have more bad news for you: you’re not Steve Jobs. You’re a beginning marketer, and as a beginner, you should only be selling products that solve problems your customer already knows they have. If you have to convince them the problem exists, you’ve already lost the battle.

Lesson #18: Surveys Are Dangerous

So, how do you find what problems exist in the mind of your customer? Traditionally, the answer is a survey, but I’ll warn you: surveys are dangerous. Ask the wrong question, and you’ll get an extremely misleading answer. Use that answer to guide your venture, and you can waste years of your life, not to mention possibly going bankrupt.
If you’re a beginner, I recommend asking one and only one question: “what’s your biggest frustration with <topic> right now?” So, in my case, it would be “what’s your biggest frustration with blogging right now?” That’s it. Nothing more. Look for patterns in the answers you receive, and you’ll learn a ton about what products or services you need to create.

Lesson #19: Start with Services, Then Expand into Products

Once you find a common problem, start offering a service where you solve the problem for your audience. The reason is simple: you can start offering the service immediately. You don’t have to create a product first. You’ll also learn more about the problem as you attempt to solve it yourself.
When I started, for example, I worked as a blog traffic specialist. I was contracted with a few different advertising agencies, and every time they wanted to increase the traffic for a client’s blog, they called me. I didn’t just advise them. I did the work myself, redesigning the site, creating the content, everything.
It taught me a ton about what worked and what didn’t. It was also immediate revenue. The first month I offered my services, I made something like $5,000.
After working for more than a year as a traffic specialist, I felt I really understood the problem and how to solve it, so I created my first product: a course located at guestblogging.com. The first month, it generated something like $30,000 in sales, and now it brings in more than $250,000 per year.
It’s a wonderful product, but here’s the thing: I don’t think I could’ve created it if I hadn’t worked as a service provider first. I wouldn’t have had the knowledge or the money. Keep that in mind when you’re deciding what to offer first.

Lesson #20: Teach Others What You Learned

Now, we come to the reason for this post.
Why on earth would the CEO of the company (me) work for hours to write a post like this, sharing all our secrets? It’s closing in on 4,000 words, for God sakes!
Simple:
It’s my responsibility. If people are ever going to respect blogging as a legitimate business model, those of us who are successful have to speak up and share what we’ve learned. None of us works in a vacuum. The only way we can advance our field as a whole is to collectively share what we’ve learned.
And it is a field. There are thousands of people around the world making a living from blogging. The problem is, there’s not a repository, a central community where we can all talk and learn from each other. Over the next few months, that’s something we’re going to change.
In the meantime, could you do me a favor?
Share this post. Not just so it’ll get me traffic, but so other people can see that you really can earn a legitimate income from blogging. Maybe reading this will even help them do it.
After all, isn’t that what we’re here to do? Help people?
In the end, that’s what I love most about blogging: every article we publish, every course we create, every coaching call we do can change somebody’s life. Maybe not always in a big way, but we touch thousands upon thousands of people, and we make their lives just a little bit better. We inform them, we inspire them, we give them the roadmap for achieving their dreams.
And the best part?
We get paid for it. It’s our job.
I just wish more people knew it was a viable career. Let’s change that, shall we?

About the Author: Jon Morrow has asked repeatedly to be called “His Royal Awesomeness,” but no one listens to him. So, he settles for CEO of Boost Blog Traffic, Inc. Poor man. ;-

Buy Bieber’s boyhood abode

The Stratford, Ontario house is listed for $279,000.
That’s a pretty low price to own such an important part of human history. Who knows what kind of shenanigans Biebs got into here?

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They have arrived!

Prince William and Kate have arrived in NYC for a brief, action-packed three day visit.

The royal couple, who flew first class on a commercial British Airways flight, plan to visit the Sept. 11 memorial, the Empire State Building, a Clinton Foundation reception, a gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and attend a Brooklyn Nets game against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
William will also travel to the White House to meet with President Barack Obama.
William and Kate, who left baby Prince George at home in London, are staying at the $14,000 a night Carlyle Hotel. The hotel was a favorite of William’s mother, Diana.

Baby Tequila has arrived

The baby, a girl, is named Isabella Monroe. Presumably, she’ll go by her mom’s real last name: Nguyen.
No announcement has been made about who Isabella’s father might be, but Tila has said she will raise the child alone.
Congratulations to mother and daughter.

A very gay day for country

This is amazing news. Yesterday, country singers Ty Herndon and Billy Gilman publicly came out.
Herndon, 52, has been out to his family since he was in his 20’s, but recently decided to go more public with the news. “I realized I had an incredible story that could possibly help someone’s son or daughter or grandchild’s life not be as difficult as mine has been,” he said. “Maybe they wouldn’t have to go through as much pain and suffering. It’s time to tell my truth,” he told People magazine.
Gilman was inspired by Herndon’s bravery and posted a video of himself online, announcing that he’s also gay. He said: “It’s difficult for me to make this video, not because I’m ashamed of being a gay male artist or a gay artist or a gay person. But it’s pretty silly to know that I’m ashamed of doing this knowing that because I’m in an genre and industry that is ashamed of me for being me.”
Congratulations to both musicians for serving as role models and inspirations to their fans, especially in a musical genre that has not traditionally supported gay rights.

Billy Gilman

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Taylor Swift officially drops good-girl image

Pop princess Taylor Swift officially drop-kicked her goodie-two-shoes image at the Victoria’s Secret show in London yesterday, and she looked smokin’ hot while she did!

Swift appeared in two different lingerie sets, and showed that she can hold her own along with all the official VS Angels.
It appears that she and the models hit it off well, as they’re seen palling around in many of the event’s pictures.
Perhaps golden girl Swift has landed herself a new gig modeling?

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