NEW YORK — You knew it was coming: Sarah Palin wants to tell her side, planning to publish a memoir with HarperCollins next spring — just as she comes up for re-election.
"There's been so much written about and spoken about in the mainstream media and in the anonymous blogosphere world, that this will be a wonderful, refreshing chance for me to get to tell my story," the Alaska governor and 2008 vice presidential candidate said yesterday.
Palin's memoir will cover her life, from her childhood in Alaska and last year's campaign to her political beliefs and the pregnancy of her teen daughter.
MISS CALIFORNIA USA KEEPING TITLE
NEW YORK — Miss California USA can retain her crown despite controversies over semi-nude photos she posed for as a teen and her promotional activities while reigning as Miss California USA for a group opposing same-sex marriage, pageant owner Donald Trump said at a press conference yesterday. The teen photos of Carrie Prejean surfaced recently and prompted a review of her title, since contestants are required to disclose such matters before the pageant.
HER MAJESTY'S WARDROBE MALFUNCTION
LONDON — Catherine Masters had always wanted to meet British royalty. So when Prince William made a surprise visit Friday to Masters' nursing home near Oxford, the 109-year-old couldn't resist giving him a fashion tip for his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth.
Like all British centenarians, Masters received a birthday card from the queen when she turned 100, 105 and every year thereafter. But each card pictures her majesty in the same yellow dress. Masters told the Oxford Mail newspaper she advised William that the queen should be pictured in a new dress: "I think either a blue one or white one would be nice."
HAWAI'I POET PERFORMS AT WHITE HOUSE
Youth Speaks Hawai'i slam poet Jamaica Osorio performed for President Obama last night at the White House. The performance was part of a night that celebrated poetry, music and spoken word. Other performers included Joshua Bennett, James Earl Jones, Eric Lewis, Mayda Del Valle and Esperanza Spalding.
Osorio, 18, a Kamehameha Schools graduate and freshman at Stanford University, performed a poem she wrote entitled "Kumulipo." The Palolo Valley resident was among five Hawai'i teens who won first place at the Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival last year in Washington, D.C.
— Zenaida Serrano
