Spin Cycle presents another installment of "All the News That's Fit to Razz" ...
• Jill Duggar, the 23-year-old daughter of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar of Arkansas and a star of the family's TLC show 19 Kids and Counting, married her fiance Derick Dillard last weekend in a ceremony attended by 1,000 guests.
Apparently no friends or distant relatives attended, as that's just the size of their nuclear family.
• Did you manage to miss ABC's Rising Star, a much-hyped singing competition starring Josh Groban, Brad Paisley, Ludacris and Kesha that debuted this week? Featuring celebrity commentary and audience voting, it's like no other show you've ever seen before!
Besides American Idol, The X Factor, The Voice, Nashville Star, Duets, The Sing-Off, America's Got Talent ....
• Winning a whopping six prizes at the Daytime Emmys -- including Best Drama Series, Best Drama Series Writing Team, Best Lead Actor (Billy Miller) and Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Amelia Heinle) -- The Young and the Restless was the top soap opera.
Although, considering As the World Turns, Guiding Light, All My Children and One Life to Live have been canceled, it's pretty much the only soap opera.
• The refurbishing of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's home -- Apartment 1A of Kensington Palace, which actually is a four-story home with some 30 rooms -- has cost about $6.6 million so far. But, according to People.com, a spokesman for the couple said, "This is the Duke and Duchess' one and only official residence. It is here that they plan to stay for many, many years to come. They were also at pains to ensure that the specification is not extravagant."
Poor royals. Hopefully they can ease such pains with a retreat at their humble second home in the country -- a 10-bedroom mansion with tennis court and pool that was a gift from Queen Elizabeth.
• Think Like a Man Too came in first at the box office last week, beating several films, including Clint Eastwood's new bio-pic about the singing Four Seasons, Jersey Boys.
So people would rather Think Like a Man than "Walk Like a Man."
• According to TMZ, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West celebrated their 1-year-old baby North West's birthday with a Coachella-theme Kidchella party, complete with rides, music, face painting -- everything a kid could want.
Everything except a new name.
• It's not just little girls who can't stop singing the Disney movie Frozen theme song. In a recent Milan concert, Eddie Vedder performed a mashup of his band Pearl Jam's hit "Daughter" with "Let It Go."
Only we'll call his version "Let It Grunge."
• Calling trust funds "albatrosses round their necks," singer Sting, worth $300 million, recently talked to The Daily Mail about his children, saying, "They have to work. All my kids know that and they rarely ask me for anything, which I really respect and appreciate. ... They have the work ethic that makes them want to succeed on their own merit." He stated that they will not receive an inheritance.
Um, then can I have it?
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Style on 06/29/2014