William, Kate, Harry welly wang
Royal toss rainboots for charity. Lamar Odom did coke. Leah Remini speaks out against Scientology.
Welly Wanging, anyone?
Monday was a fun day for England's charitably minded, fun-loving royal trio. Prince Harry, the Duke of Cambridge (may we call him William?) and Duchess Catherine (Kate, to those who know and love her) showed up for a meeting of their Charities Forum, greeting dozens of kids from organizations they sponsor.
The gathering took place at BAFTA, the British Academy of Film and Television, where the trio watched a 30-minute clip from the new "Shaun the Sheep" production "The Farmer's Llamas," sat down with kids to make mini Shauns and snowmen out of modeling clay, made a short film and took turns flinging a colorful children's rain boot at a gourd-shaped scarecrow head.
That last one, my American friends, is called welly wanging.
Now, before you get all how-dare-you-insult-anything-the- royals-do mode, take note: Welly wanging is an actual British thing, and that's what it's called, and I might just write it again. Welly wanging. There.
The sorta-sport originated in Upperthong, Holmfirth, a village in the upper center of the country, and has real competitions with actual rules, in which the Duke might want to take part, as he was the only one in his family yesterday to knock the head off the scarecrow, to the giggly delight of his bearded brother and lovely spouse.
William wanged his welly well.
Later last night, Will, Har and Kates got all dolled up for the red carpet at London's Royal Albert Hall and the world premiere of the new James Bond flick, "Spectre." In their company: the movie's stars, Daniel Craig, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris and Christoph Waltz.
The moral of this Monday tale: A second child totally frees you up for weekday revelry.
News you knew
TMZ reported that the Nye County Sheriff's Department in Nevada received results of Lamar Odom's blood test from his post-Love Ranch hospital admission. Not even remotely surprisingly, Odom's bodily fluid tested positive for cocaine.
Also, the likelihood grew that the late Bobbi Kristina Brown took the same road as mom Whitney Houston. Us Weekly obtained the transcript of a deposition of Brown's friend and former roommate Danyela Bradley in which Bradley said that her BFF smoked pot and did crack and heroin.
Scientologically speaking
Leah Remini dared utter Tom Cruise's name to ABC newsguy Dan Harris in a forthcoming (Friday) "20/20" interview, during which she talked about her lifelong membership in and difficult break from the Church of Scientology.
Also in the interview, the former Queen of "Queens" describes how her family joined the Sea Organization when she was a kid, and her devotion to L. Ron Hubbard's crazy-mixed-up cult until a couple of years ago, when she became a parent and got her head out of the sand.
Her memoir, Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology, is due out Nov. 3.
Politically speaking
Olivia Wilde dared not name Donald Trump after attending a secret showing of Robert De Niro's short, sad film, "Ellis," as in Ellis Island.
The film "made me think of the current refugee crisis," Wilde told Page Six. "[America] was a beacon of hope for so many . . . yet some in this country have developed this xenophobia that totally conflicts with what we're based on."
She went on, "The fact that we can have someone running for president who openly projects that xenophobia is really sickening, particularly when you look at a film like this and remember our roots."
Susan Sarandon and Jane Rosenthal also attended the screening.
- Daily News wire services contributed to this report.
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