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Nov 10 2012
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The Week in Kate: Katie Holmes is back on Broadway, Kate Moss strikes a pose with Rihanna

By Kate Torgovnick

As per usual, it looks like the Kates, Katies, Catherines, and Katys of the world have been mighty busy this week. Here, your weekly roundup of name-specific news.

  • Katie Holmes gets lots of applause in previews for “Dead Accounts.” [People]
  • And gives this great quote in an article about the play: “I still think of myself as Midwestern. I mean, I’ve had box wine. It’s good. And it’s a lot easier to open.” [NY Times]
  • Yee haw! Kate Walsh is working on a new sitcom. It’s loosely based on her life and her co-writer is her boyfriend. [Starpulse]
  • In the meantime, she’s “making the most of every second” she has left making “Private Practice.” [Access Hollywood]
  • She also posted a pre-election video explaining exactly why she supports Barack Obama. [Examiner.com]
  • Katie Couric tours Staten Island and The Rockaways, two areas absolutely devastated by Hurricane Sandy. [Huffington Post]
  • Speaking of the hurricane, here’s a bizarre article from last Friday about the celebrities still without power in New York. Just saying’: odd angle, no? [E! Online]
  • Catherine Keener talks about learning to play the viola for her latest movie, about a string quartet falling apart on its 25th anniversary. [Chicago Sun-Times]
  • Sarah Ferguson, aka Fergie, wants people to focus on Kate Middleton‘s “great work” rather than her topless photo scandal. [Examiner.com]
  • Speaking of Middleton, Kim Kardashian wants to visit her on her upcoming trip to the UK. [Huffington Post]
  • Middleton and Prince William go on a date to see “Skyfall.” [Perez Hilton]
  • And to a fundraising dinner for their alma mater, St. Andrews University, in London. [CBS News]
  • To this event, Midleton dared to wear a drew we’ve already seen. [Us Weekly]
  • Kate and sister Pippa also made an appearance at a charity shopping event. I’m guessing that she just didn’t find a new dress she loved there. [ABC News]
  • The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were apparently thrilled by Barack Obama’s re-election and sent him a congratulations note. [Perez Hilton]
  • Some Kates who won in the election: Kate Harper was re-elected into the 61st district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Kate Brown won a second term as Secretary of State in Oregon, Kate Hogan won re-election for the Massachsetts state Senate, and Kathleen Kane was elected Pennsylvania attorney general.
  • Woo hoo! Keds has teamed up with Kate Spade. [Glamour]
  • Katherine Boo’s “Behind the Beautiful Forevers” is a National Book Award finalist. [Huffington Post]
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Oct 19 2012
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The Week in Kate: Kate Walsh gets scared by a big cat, Katie Holmes has sworn off dating actors

By Kate Torgovnick

As per usual, it looks like the Kates, Katies, Catherines, and Katys of the world have been mighty busy this week. Here, your weekly roundup of name-specific news.

  • Watch Kate Walsh be scared by a really big cat on “Ellen.” [Ellen TV]
  • A study of newspaper front pages in Great Britain found that the only women regularly featured are Kate Middleton and her sister Pippa. [Hollywood Reporter]
  • Speaking of Middleton, she reportedly loves to do karaoke. Cheryl Cole writes in her new memoir, “Kate confessed that she dressed up as me on her hen night, in a bodysuit and split trousers, and sang ‘Fight For This Love.’” [Us Weekly]
  • Vogue Australia has done the math on how much it costs to be Middleton for a year. Their final figure: $163,000. [Daily Beast]
  • And  in the randomest report of the week, Middleton reportedly … grows her own potatoes. [Examiner.com]
  • Middleton is reportedly outraged that Lisa Marie Presley doesn’t want to send her 4-year-old twins to boarding school, as is the British tradition. Yeah, not buying this feud. [Examiner.com]
  • Actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead plays a character named Kate in the new movie “Smashed,” specifically a Kate who is both an elementary school teacher and an alcoholic. [NPR]
  • An interview with the amazing Kathleen Turner. [US News & World Report]
  • Meanwhile, Turner has some words for Mitt Romney. [Current.com]
  • Looks like Kate Upton is actually dating Detroit Tiger Justin Verlander. Or at least, that’s what his grandfather says. [Examiner.com]
  • Upton tells Cosmopolitan, “I’m a little bit of a mix – a girlie girl and a tomboy. When I’m in a city, I’m girlie. But when I’m around a barn, I turn into a tomboy.” [StarPulse]
  • And the November issue of Vogue will feature Upton as shot by Steven Meisel. [Examiner.com]
  • SK-II has long been repped by Cate Blanchett. Now, they have turned their sites to Kate Bosworth. [VH1]
  • Dr. Kate Scanell on the meningitis outbreak of last week. [San Jose Mercury News]
  • Loving the work of Katherine Gray, glass-blower extraordinaire. [Press Enterprise]
  • As well as the strange sculptures crafted by Kate MacDowell—which are kind of a bizarre, surrealist spin on animal dissection. [Juxtapoz]
  • A source claims that Katie Holmes is done with actors. [Radar Online]
  • The most random list of people Katie Holmes should date next. [Huffington Post]
  • Holmes talks about why she just had to do the play “Dead Accounts.” [NY Daily News]
  • Ms. Holmes was also spotted on the subway. [Perez Hilton]
  • And chatted with Ethan Hawke on his stoop. [Us Weekly]
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Jul 20 2012
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Kate’s Television Musings: If only Marge Simpson had talked to Joey Potter in 1998

By Kate Emswiler

“These movies aren’t real. It’s ‘take 22′, the girl’s bored and the guy’s gay.  It’s celluloid propaganda.”

—Joey Potter (aka Katie Holmes) of “Dawson’s Creek” episode 3, season 1 (original air date: February 3, 1998)

Marge:   “I can’t go along with this, Homer.”
Homer:   “Marge, when I join an underground cult, I expect a little support from my family.”

—”The Simpsons” episode 13, season 9 (original air date:  February 8, 1998)

I recently saw that Netflix was streaming “Dawson’s Creek”, and for a tender and ridiculous trip down nostalgia boulevard, I highly recommend re-watching the first season in all its awkward, poorly lit, boom-mike-in-the-shot glory.  Though as a warning, it’s so terrifically ’90s, your face might get stuck twisted in perma-cringe.

I’d remembered Katie Holmes‘s character, Joey, being glib and glum, but I’d forgotten how sassy and snappish she was.  In the third episode of the first season, “Kiss”, she berates Dawson for believing in “movie magic,” insisting that real romance is not the way Hollywood depicts it.  Dawson calls her bitter and cynical and insists that when she actually falls in love with someone, she’ll believe in the “magic” too.

Smart-mouthed Joey just rolls her eyes and says, “You used to be bitter and cynical, too.  You were far more interesting.”

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Jul 13 2012
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The Week in Kate: Kate Middleton photographically assaulted again, Katie Holmes’ divorce details revealed

Kate Middleton has rotten teeth on New Republic coverBy Kate Torgovnick

As per usual, it looks like the Kates, Katies, Catherines, and Katys of the world have been mighty busy this week. Here, your weekly roundup of name-specific news.

  • The publishing of Kate Middleton’s honeymoon photos wasn’t the only nasty photo swipe that a major magazine made at the Duchess of Cambridge this week. The New Republic turned her into the poster child for rotten teeth on their cover. [TNR]
  • Speaking of Middleton, she and sister Pippa giggled lots while cheering on Brit Andy Murray in the Wimbledon final against Roger Federer. Yeah,he didn’t win. [People]
  • Courtney Stodden challenged Kate Upton to a virtual dance-off. [Celebuzz]
  • Oh, and Skinny Gossip has posted a retraction of their article in which they called her “lardy” and “a fatty.” [NY Daily News]
  • Upton also claims she wasn’t drinking beer while at a Detroit Tigers game, cheering on her maybe new boyfriend. She is only 20 after all. [TMZ]
  • Catherine Zeta-Jones promised to quit smoking when her husband was diagnosed with throat cancer. But this week, she was seen puffing away. Here’s my experience of quitting, Catherine. It’s not as hard as it sounds. [Radar Online]
  • Kate Beckinsale couldn’t stop worrying that she might actually hurt Jessica Biel while filming “Total Recall.” Beckinsale says, “I was like, ‘Oh, my God, am I gonna be the person who breaks Jessica Biel’s nose?’ I’ve only really fought with stuntmen and hairy werewolves before.” [Us Weekly]
  • Wondering how to do great underwater photography? Here, tips from Katherine Gray. [USA Today]
  • Katherine Heigl‘s advice for stress relief? Jogging and a “good stiff cocktail.” Though maybe not at the same time. [Belfast Telegraph]
  • Check out Katherine Chloe Cahoon’s web series, “Pillow Talk.” [Videogum]
  • Katie Holmes apparently jumped through many, many hoops in order to file for divorce from Tom Cruise—including using disposable cell phones and hiring lawyers in three states. [Fox News]
  • But hey, she got custody of Suri Cruise. [People]
  • And she starts filming a new movie next week. [Washington Post]
  • A brilliant story highlighting the places Holmes can go now that she is no longer Mrs. Tom Cruise nor a Scientologist. For example: to mass and high heel shopping. [The Frisky]

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Jul 10 2012
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Do we prefer Kate Holmes or Katie Holmes?

Katie Holmes or Kate Holmes?By Kate Torgovnick

I know, I know — you are sick of hearing about Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise‘s split. But I promise that the readers of this site will be interested in this twist, which I somehow managed to miss last week. Apparently, Cruise and Holmes butted heads over, of all things, her first name. While she preferred “Katie,” he pushed hard to get her to become “Kate.”

Holmes was born “Kate Noelle Holmes,” but she’s gone by “Katie” professionally since back in the “Dawson’s Creek” days. However, Cruise was apparently not so into that little “-ie.” While Holmes was pregnant with daughter Suri, Cruise explained in an interview why he had taken to calling his wife “Kate.”

“Katie is a young girl’s name,” Cruise said at the time. “Her name is Kate now – she’s a child-bearing woman.”

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Jul 06 2012
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The Week in Kate: Kate Beckinsale worried about her ‘ovaries drying up,’ an update on Katie Holmes

By Kate Torgovnick

As per usual, it looks like the Kates, Katies, Catherines, and Katys of the world have been mighty busy this week. Here, your weekly roundup of name-specific news.

  • Look! Kate Beckinsale is on the cover of Maxim, along with her “Total Recall” co-stars Jessica Biel and Colin Farrell. And yay! She didn’t have to strip down to lingerie for the honor. [Hollywire]
  • Beckinsale is also on the cover of British Glamour this month. Inside, she talks about the prospect of having baby #2. She says, “There’s absolutely part of me that goes, ‘I’d love to have a baby in the relationship I’m in, and have that experience when the relationship’s really good and exclusive,’ but I’m just not sure. At some point the decision will be made for me, when my ovaries dry up and die. We’ll see.” [Celebrity Baby Scoop]
  • Yes! Yes! Yes! Remember Katherine Helmond from “Who’s the Boss?” Of course you do—she played Mona. Here, a look at her style evolution. [Stylite]
  • Kate Bosworth‘s new JewelMint video shows the star in Tulum, Mexico. That is the sound of m jealousy. [Just Jared]
  • One reviewer’s take on “Katy Perry: Part of Me,” which opened in theaters yesterday? “Same infomercial, new shiny object.” Ouch. [Chicago Tribune]
  • Rumor alert: Kate Upton may appear on the cover of Carine Roifeldt’s new magazine, CR Fashion Book. According to a source, she is “Carine’s new Lara Stone.” [Fashionista]
  • Katherine Jenkins showed off her bikini body in Vegas for her birthday. [NY Daily News]
  • But soon after, went ultra covered-up for Wimbledon. [Daily Mail]
  • And then looked gorgeous in this blue Grecian gown at the Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards. [Mr. Paparazzi]
  • Oh yay! A profile on Kate McGarry. [San Francisco Chronicle]
  • And while we’re on the subject of interviews, here’s one with Katherine Chiljan, the author of Shakespeare Suppressed: The Uncensored Truth About Shakespeare and his Works. Sounds fascinating to me. [Words with Writers]
  • Katherine McPhee celebrated the Fourth of July in style. [I'm Not Obsessed]
  • Katherine Fish is my new fave photographer. Stunning shots! [IntlNat]

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Jul 02 2012
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9 reasons I’m sad that Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise are dunzo

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes weddingBy Kate Torgovnick

The rest of the world seems pretty happy about the fact that Katie Holmes has filed for divorce from Tom Cruise. The Telegraph titled their article on the split “Marriage Impossible?” Meanwhile, Amelia McDonell-Parry of The Frisky wrote, “Well, her contract must be up. Five years after they tied the knot in Italy, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are splitting.” Sherri Reed of The Stir took things a big step farther, writing, “Thank God, Katie Holmes has finally escaped that sham of a marriage … Run Katie run! Suri, take off your heels and run with her!”

So I know that I am in the minority in actually feel pretty bummed about this parting. Yes, Scientology freaks me out and I very much dislike the idea of religion where you buy your way in. But still, these two really did seem in love. And it’s always sad to see that end, no matter what.

After the jump, 9 reasons I’m sad that Katie and Tom are no more.

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Jun 14 2012
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Tom Cruise wears codpiece for Katie Holmes, while Catherine Zeta-Jones channels Pat Benatar

Tom Cruise as Stacee JaxxBy Kate Torgovnick

Tom Cruise kept an unusual memento from the set of “Rock of Ages”—the jewel-encrusted, dragon-shaped, codpiece that he wears as rock star lothario Stacee Jaxx in the film. And in the TMI department, Cruise has shared that he still wears the bit of costuming—which he sports in the movie during a love scene with two groupies—for his wife of five years, Katie Holmes. “Yeah, I wear it,” Cruise told E! News at the premiere of the film earlier this week. “[Katie] laughed [when she first saw it]. It’s hilarious.”

But apparently, Suri Cruise was more disturbed than amused by her dad’s flamboyant costuming in the musical, which opens in theaters tomorrow. “When I had the eyeliner on and the painted nails, she was a little taken aback by that,” Cruise told “On-Air with Ryan Seacrest” on Monday. “She was like, ‘What is happening to my daddy?’”

Another star getting a very new look for “Rock of Ages?” Catherine Zeta-Jones. The normally sultry star plays a no-fun, Bible-thumping, please-do-stop-the-music type in the film. But hey, at least she gets to sing some Pat Benatar. Hear her version of “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” after the jump.
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May 18 2012
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Tom Cruise gushes about Katie Holmes in new Playboy interview

Katie Holmes and Tom CruiseI know that, at one point in time, Playboy was all, “I read it for the articles.” But my impression was that said time had long since passed. So I was a little surprised to see that Tom Cruise, a man who does not give a ton of interviews, did a Q+A for the racy magazine’s June issue. In said interview he does talk about wife Katie Holmes, who he affectionately calls Kate. In fact, Cruise explained to Playboy why he named his P-51 Mustang fighter plane “Kiss Me Kate.” He says, “It covers two things I love most—my wife and movies.”

Oh, but he goes on to say even sweeter things about Holmes.

“She is an extraordinary person,” he says. “Everything she does, she does with this beautiful creativity. When she becomes interested in something, she doesn’t talk about it, she does it. One week I said to her, ‘You’ve been up in the middle of the night. Is everything okay?’ She smiled and then threw this thing on my desk and said, ‘I wrote this script.’ She wanted to try it, and she did. She wanted to try designing clothes, and now her line is wonderful and, to me, an example of how she just creates beautiful things in her life. She has a voice and warmth as an artist, as a mother. She’s funny and charming, and when she walks into the room, I just feel better.”

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Jan 11 2012
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Silly bloggers: Katie Holmes isn’t actually topless in these photos

Katie Holmes in "topless" H.Stern adsBehold, some headlines that were splashed yesterday above these Katie Holmes images, from an ad campaign for H.Stern Jewelers that is currently running in Brazil.

  • Katie Holmes Goes Topless in New H.Stern Jewelry Ads [Hollywood Life]
  • Whoa! Katie Holmes Strips Down in Steamy H.Stern Ads [Us Weekly]
  • Katie Holmes Goes Topless for New Ad Campaign [ABC News]
  • Katie Holmes Topless: Strips for Sexy H.Stern Campaign [Daily Mail]
  • Katie Holmes H. Stern Jewelry Ads: Truly Sexy or Just a Topless Zombie [Celebitchy]

I would simply like to point out that letting the straps of one’s bikini fall loose does not make a girl “topless.” Holmes has a top on in every single image.

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Dec 27 2011
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Tom Cruise painted “Kiss Me, Kate” on his plane

Tom Cruise's "Kiss Me, Kate" planeAnnoying thing #2 that happens when you are named Kate: you are regularly confronted with people making references to the musical “Kiss Me, Kate.” Annoying thing #1 that happens when you are named Kate: sometimes, said references are made by a person who, until that moment, you had found attractive.

But apparently Katie Holmes does not have the same aversion to the Cole Porter musical that I do. In fact, she loves it.

When recently asked about romantic things Tom Cruise has done for her, she said, “Two years ago he took me up on his P-51 Mustang, a fighter plane from World War II. He painted the words, ‘Kiss Me, Kate’ on the side.”

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Dec 24 2011
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Katie Holmes and Victoria Beckham dress like twins. On purpose.

Katie Holmes and Victoria BekchamRemember in elementary school, when you and your best friend would talk on the phone the night before school, and devise a plan to dress like twins? You’d spend at least 30 minutes going through all the items in your closet until you found something fairly generic that both of you could handle.  This was around the same time when you begged—begged!—your parents to get a phone with a cord long enough for you to pull it into your bedroom and shut the door. And when you shared “best friends” heart necklaces.

Well, Katie Holmes admits that she and bestie Victoria Beckham still do this.

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