Kate Middleton is a hot commodity, but unfortunately, she doesn’t agree to do magazine covers. Most glossies get this and any picture of her on their covers is obviously not a result of a photo shoot.

Marie Claire’s South Africa edition scoffs at this. The magazine not only photoshopped Middleton onto their most recent cover, but also made it look like she was posing for the title.

“We have honored her [Middleton] with a fan-art tribute, dressing her up in clothes by South African designers and placing her in all sorts of fun, everyday situations,” Aspasia Karras, Marie Claire South Africa’s editor-in-chief, said, according to Us Weekly.

We’re sure Middleton is very honored.

The latest issue of The New Republic features a cover story about the dour state of Britain’s government, so naturally they plastered Kate Middleton on the cover sporting some rotting teeth.

If the British invade, we’ll all know who to blame.

In this week’s episode of “5 Things You Need to Know This Week,” Herman Cain sings about sexual harassment, Justin Bieber has a baby with Kate Middleton (I think I have that right), and nobody seems to know the whereabouts of Matt Lauer. Plus, we debut the 1st annual “Where in the World is ‘Five Things You Need to Know This Week?’”

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Get the strawberries and cream ready, or perhaps the shepherds pie.  

Showing that the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton isn’t just a worldwide affair, but also a “local” event, several New York reporters and anchors are off to London to provide coverage.

WABC/Channel 7 is sending Liz Cho and Kemberly Richardson. They will start filing reports across the Atlantic on Easter Sunday.

WCBS/Channel 2 is assigning veteran Dana Tyler to Westminster Abbey. She’ll also begin her live reports on Easter Sunday.

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Janet Ozzard can’t seem to stray too far from New York magazine.  According to WWD’s Memo Pad, Ozzard’s byline appeared on nymag.com on Tuesday — just nine months after her departure to become editor-in-chief at DailyCandy.  Ozzard’s short-lived DailyCandy stint ended earlier this month and her name had not resurfaced until she published an article in yesterday’s fashion section of nymag.com, The Cut.

Ozzard has signed on to help nymag.com with slide show editing for the holiday season.  Tuesday’s two paragraph piece on the dress Kate Middleton wore during her and Prince William’s engagement announcement begs the question: Is Ozzard back at New York magazine in a full-time role?  For a definitive answer, readers will have to keep their eyes open for more of her bylines in the coming days.