Eugenie's wedding: This will almost certainly be the main cover story. Eugenie by herself isn't that important but Harry and Meghan, Will and Kate, George and Charlotte, not to mention the bride's grandmother the Queen, were all in attendance. One request for the editors: Feature George and Charlotte if you must, but please, please come up with something more original than "stole the show." It's been done, done, done.
Pippa Middleton: Kate's sister was at the wedding on Friday and she's due to give birth any minute
Hope Hicks: At age 29, the former White House staffer has a new, very high level job as the head of PR for Fox
Joe Giudice: Will he be deported to Italy when he gets out of prison
next year?
Selena Gomez: Some kind of a breakdown
Melania: The big 20/20 interview
Kanye West: A strange visit to the Oval Office
Jamal Khashoggi: The Saudi journalist, who had been living in the U.S. and working for the Washington Post, is now believed to have been killed by the Saudi government at their embassy in Turkey. A strange and disturbing story.
Ryan Gosling: His new movie about Neil Armstrong opened yesterday, could he possibly be the sexiest man of 2018?
Khloé Kardashian: Is her relationship with Tristan Thompson falling apart?
Kane Brown: The country singer got married last night
Sunday morning update: Bristol Palin & Dakota Meyer, and/or Jordan Kimball & Jenna Cooper. Two reality TV couples are in the news right now, at least for people who care about such things. Palin and Meyer finalized their divorce a few weeks ago, but in the delayed reality of Reality TV, their break-up is now being shown on the MTV show Teen Mom OG and they've taken to sniping at each other in real time.
Jordan and Jenna got engaged on the final episode of Bachelor In Paradise, which aired the same day Reality Steve released text messages from Jenna to another man, which appeared to indicate that she doesn't really even like Jordan and she only went on the show to build her business/brand. Jordan publicly ended the relationship, Jenna hired a lawyer, Reality Steve snarked about it on Twitter, etc. Normally I wouldn't put an "Inside Bach Nation" story like this on the Guessing Game list but now I see that Jordan is going to be on Dancing With The Stars tomorrow night, dancing as part of a trio with Grocery Joe. There are many (many) Bach Nation men out there who would would jump at the chance to be back in the national TV spotlight on Dancing. The fact that ABC picked Jordan makes me think we might be hearing more about this soon. From Jordan's Instagram:
Update #2: Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson: They've called off their engagement.
Monday morning, update #3: Meghan is pregnant, wow. Here's the text of the official announcement:
Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are very pleased to announce that The Duchess of Sussex is expecting a baby in the Spring of 2019.
Their Royal Highnesses have appreciated all of the support they have received from people around the world since their wedding in May and are delighted to be able to share this happy news with the public.
I say wow because this announcement comes just as she and Harry have started their first big international tour, a 16-day slog through Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga. If my memory is correct, Charles and Diana cancelled their first big tour when she got pregnant very soon after their wedding. On the other hand, and as I've said here in the blog before, Meghan is now 37. There's no question she and Harry needed to get on with it. I just thought they'd get the trip out of the way first.
Regardless, congratulations to the happy couple. Two big questions now. Will their child get the title of prince or princess, or will he/she have to make do with lord or lady? (My guess? Prince or princess.) And will this news bump Eugenie's wedding from the main cover story? My guess? Yes.
Tuesday morning, update #4: Princess Kate's sister Pippa gave birth yesterday, a nice tie-in to the royal baby narrative that exploded yesterday morning. (Pippa's not royal, but close enough.) Between this new baby and Meghan's pregnancy, I'm almost certain "Baby Joy" will be the main story on the new cover that comes out tomorrow, with Eugenie's wedding downgraded to a sidebar headline and a small picture. Are the Yorks annoyed that Meghan's baby news, in particular, has stomped all over Eugenie's moment in the spotlight? I've seen some stories that say yes, but after watching the royals for all these years, one thing I've learned is that the hierarchy is clear and unchanging. Meghan and Harry will always be more important than Eugenie, and Will and Kate will always be more important than Meghan and Harry. In truth, Eugenie's wedding got more coverage than I would have expected, given her place in that hierarchy, i.e., 9th in line and falling lower every time the Cambridges or the Sussexes have a baby. (Even big sis Princess Beatrice's kids, if she eventually has any, will slide into the line of succession ahead of Eugenie.) She's also outside the absolute top tier, which consists of Prince Charles, his sons and his grandchildren.
Another possibility is Melissa McCarthy, whose new movie, titled Can You Ever Forgive Me?, comes out Friday.
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Wednesday morning, update #5: See the new cover, with Meghan front and center and Princess Eugenie on the side, here.
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