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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 Couric wins the Kate-book.com award for Best Holiday Sweater. [Daily Mail]
• Kate Middleton and Prince William bucked royal tradition and attended Christmas services at St. Marks Church in Englefield with Middleton’s family. [ABC News]
• Middleton, naturally, makes her Christmas cards by hand. Or at least, used to? [Huffington Post]
• Middleton’s nose has apparently become the most-requested celebrity body part at plastic surgery clinics in the UK. [The Sun]
• A detailed explanation of why Katherine Heigl does not appear in “This is 40,” the sort-of sequel to “Knocked Up.” [Hollywood Reporter]
• In this interview, Heigl calls adopting second daughter Adalaide “serendipitous.” Apparently, she thought the process would take years, but got a surprise call from her lawyer just four weeks after filing paperwork. [Yahoo Movies]
• Maybe being a bikini model is actually harder than it sounds. Kate Upton stripped down for a photo shoot in Antarctica, with the thermometer creeping to minus 35 degrees Celcius. [Mirror]
• Looks like Katie Holmes had to work the day after Christmas, too. Here she is on her way into the Music Box Theater for a post-Christmas performance of “Dead Accounts.” [Celebrity Gossip]
• Holmes told David Letterman all about blanking on her lines during a performance of the show. [Us Weekly]
• Tom Cruise appears to be moving on after his divorce from Holmes. He was reportedly seen dirty dancing with Cynthia Jorge, a Queens native who slipped the actor her number while he was dining at the Lower East Side restaurant where she works. [NY Daily News]
• Meanwhile, spies say that Holmes was flirting with a mystery man at a party who then walked her home. Her rep, however, says that this was her gay best friend. [NY Daily News]
• A great Q&A with super-producer Kathleen Kennedy, who is hoping for an Oscar for “Lincoln.” [Deadline.com]
• John Mayer reportedly spent the holidays with Katy Perry and her family. He even let Perry snap a photo of him in a Santa suit. [Huffington Post]
• Sadly, sources say that Mayer may still be keeping things going with a friend with benefits. [Perez Hilton]
• Perry says it would be beyond her wildest dreams to be nominated for an Oscar for her song “Wide Awake.” She tells USA Today, “When I was growing up and working on music, it was always a dream to win a Grammy, but Oscar was so far out of my dream sphere.”
• Meanwhile, Kate Hudson shares that her family’s holiday traditions include making snowmen and hot chocolate in Aspen, Colorado. [Us Weekly]
• She was seen exiting an Aspen grocery store doing an impressive bag-balancing job. [Perez Hilton]

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By Kate Torgovnick

It’s been a very busy two weeks. And while it meant that I wasn’t able to bring you the Week in Kate last week, I am making up for it with a special double edition today. It looks like the other Kates, Katies, Catherines and Katys of the world have been equally busy. Here, your roundup of name-specific news from the past two weeks.

• Can anyone here explain to me Kate Moss‘ beachwear in this shot taken in St. Barts this week? I just don’t get it. [Daily Mail]
• After a four-day stay, Kate Middleton left the hospital where she was being treated for acute morning sickness. Of course, her hair looked perfect. [CBS News]
• While Middleton was in the hospital, two Australian radio DJs prank called her hospital and were patched through and given actual medical information about the Duchess. The two DJs quickly issued a public apology. [NBC News]
• But sadly, the nurse who connected their call committed suicide just days after the incident. [Huffington Post]
• Apparently, the nurse left three suicide notes. [NDTV]
• Singer Morrisey bizarrely blames Middleton for the incident, which just doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. [NY Daily News]
• Meanwhile, Prince William attended The Hobbit premiere without Kate. Did I mention the movie was AWESOME? [CBS News]
• Jessica Hay is at it again. The one-time roommate of Kate Middleton says that she and Prince William will be very “hands on” parents. [Examiner.com]
• Yay! The royal family has reinstated their holiday staff party, which was discontinued in 2010. [Showbiz Spy]
• Meanwhile, Kate’s wedding dress designer—Sarah Burton, creative director of Alexander McQueen—hopes to design the Duchess’ maternity gear. [USA Today]
• And speaking of Kate’s closet, sister Pippa Middleton showed up to a book party in a purple peplum dress that the Huffington Post dubbed “a misguided attempt” to channel her sister.
• Mega producer Kathleen Kennedy shares why it took 13 years to make Lincoln, and why she considers it a thriller. [Wall Street Journal]
• Katie Lee, i.e. Billy Joel’s ex, is now casually dating Russell Crowe. [Daily Mail]
• Kate Hudson says she usually takes 5 to 15 minutes to get ready in the morning. So jealous. [Just Jared]
• Ugh, Hudson also apparently starts her holiday shopping in October. Who is this woman and why is she so efficient? [Us Weekly]
• In case you missed last week’s awesome episode of Glee (I am so back on the New Directions bus), Kate Hudson and Lea Michele performed “All That Jazz,” like Catherine Zeta-Jones and Renee Zellweger before them. This video rocks. [Perez Hilton]
• Miss Kathleen introduces us to the World’s Strongest Librarian. [Mental Floss]
• Katie Holmes has been named as having the Best Revenge Body of 2012. No, I still do not understand the term “revenge body.” [SF Gate]
• Well, Holmes did look stunning in purple at the 12-12-12 Hurricane Sandy Relief concert at Madison Square Garden. Purple? Bold choice! [Celebrity Gossip]
• The night before, Holmes hit a gala party with champagne in one hand and Diet Coke in the other. [Us Weekly]
• Katie Collier is sitting on the sidelines, watching her University of Washington teammates play. She has a knee injury. [Seattle Times]
• Kate Upton has inspired a song called “Body.” [Daily Beast]
• She also stars in this Bruce Weber film for Vogue Germany to the tune of “It Had To Be You.” [E! Online]
• Upton looks dashing on the cover of British Vogue. [Business Insider]
• And Kate Upton was also the 6th most-searched person in the U.S. this year. [Time]
• The BBC’s new head of drama is one Kate Harwood. [The Guardian]
• Katy Perry may soon be an Oscar nominee. The California Girl is on the Academy Award shortlist for Best Original Song for the track “Part of Me,” released with her concert movie last summer. Cool, but I think that’s cheating. [CelebBuzz]
• Meanwhile, Yoko Ono performed covers Perry’s “Firework.” [After Elton]
• Perry incites ire when she says “I’m not a feminist.” [Slate]
• And admits that she almost always wears Spanx. [USA Today]
• Oh no! Katy Perry had to duck to avoid ex-husband Russell Brand at lunch. [Us Weekly]
• Thought Catalog explains “How to be Mary-Kate Olsen.” Their piece begins: “Dress like an unmade bed. Wear a bush as a sweater. Wear a teepee as a coat. Lie on the side of the road and let a car mow over the edges of your outfit.”

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.

• It’s the ’90s all over again. Kate Moss has posed topless (for perhaps the 10th time this year?) with Naomi Campbell for the cover of Interview magazine. The alternate image for prudish countries, shown here, has them in black gowns and floppy hats.  [Huffington Post]
• Speaking of Moss, she headed out on the town with husband Jamie Hince, to a pop-up club sponsored by Prada. [PopSugar.com]
• Kathleen Turner directs and stars in the play “The Killing of Sister George,” currently running in Hartford, Conn. Naturally, she plays a troubled actress who is irate that her character — Sister George — has been killed off a popular radio show. [West Hartford News]
• Kate Middleton and Prince WIlliam fit in with the locals at an antiques fair in Anglesey on Tuesday. [Examiner.com]
• Apparently, Middleton is going through a bit of a homebody stage. She has also taken up embroidery. [STV Entertainment]
• Columnist Katy Burns is frustrated by the Twinkie ordeal of the past few weeks. Here, a look at what the snack food means to us. [Concord Monitor]
• Katherine Heigl put her 3,700-square-foot Los Feliz home on the market for $2.659 million. The four bedroom, 3.5 bathroom, two story Southern Colonial-style house features French doors, high ceilings, and two fireplaces with verandas overlooking manicured grounds, a swimming pool, and  spa. For that price, she’s practically giving it away. [LA Times]
• Kate Matthews, known for cartooning about cancer, shares why it’s important to joke about something that is so not funny. [Huffington Post]
• Look! It’s the first trailer for “Black Rock,” the movie starring Kate Bosworth and directed by Katie Aselton. [FirstShowing.net]
• Columnist Kathleen Parker on the “double standard in affairs.” [Washington Post]
• NBC.com has dubbed the woman formerly known as Joey Potter and Mrs. Tom Cruise Katie Holmes 2.0. [NBC Chicago]
• Holmes has devised an interesting system for signing autographs for fans after her Broadway play, “Dead Accounts.” She has security gather up playbills and signs them in the comfort of her dressing room. Hey, it’s cold outside. [Village Voice]
• Katie Roiphe has released a new book, and by the title, I think this site can get behind it. It’s called “In Praise of Messy Lives.” [NY Times]

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.

• The Kate Moss Book has finally been published. [Daily Beast]
• Speaking of Moss, she was apparently discovered at age 14 at JFK airport, while returning from a vacation in the Bahamas. Photos from her first photo shoot are now up for auction. [Time.com]
• Ellen DeGeneres says that she appreciated Kate McKinnon‘s spot on imitation of her on “SNL” last weekend. [EW]
• Speaking of that sketch, in it McKinnon/Degeneres interviews one Anne Hathaway reviving her great impersonation of Katie Holmes. [Huffington Post]
• The Kate pictured on the packaging for Kate’s Butter is a young child. But Kate herself is now 33-years-old. She is kind of like our Wendy. [Mainely Media]
• Katy Perry and John Mayer got super-snuggly at a friend’s party. [Us Weekly]
• And Perry has taken aim at Pandora. Yes, I mean the internet radio service. [NJ.com]
• Perry apparently  believes that the lucky underwear she gave to Barack Obama might have helped him win the election. [NY Daily News]
• But the best Katy Perry story of the week: she made the Daily Beast‘s list of the 8 biggest Elmo scandals. Well, at least her cleavage did.
• Kate Nash‘s new album, Girl Talk, will be out in 2013 and will be made with crowdfunded cash. In the meantime, Nash is releasing an EP to tide us over. [Consequence of Sound]
• Many are up in arms over the announcement of Star Wars: Episode VII. But apparently producer Kathleen Kennedy is signed on for it. [ComicBookMovie.com]
• Catherine Zeta-Jones is on a quest to de-stigmatize bipolar disorder. [People]
• Katie Finneran has been called “virtuosic” in the Broadway revival of “Annie.” [NY Times]

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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.

• Woo hoo! Katie Holmes is returning to Broadway in the play “Dead Accounts” this fall. [NY Times]
• Speaking of Holmes, she gave an interview to C Magazine just a day before announcing her split from Cruise. So did she drop any hints? [E! Online]
• Sales of Katie’s clothing line, Holmes & Yang, are extremely up, by the way. [LA Times]
• Kathleen Hanna, formerly of the band Bikini Kill, says we should all ask “What Would Beyonce Do?” Amen to that. [The Frisky]
• Kate Beckinsale admits that she and her husband Len Wiseman have recruited Bruce Willis to stand on the doorstep and “scare the s***” out of their daughter’s potential suitors. [Starpulse]
• Beckinsale also stunned in this one-shoulder gown this week. [Red Carpet Fashion Awards]
• A woman named Catherine Venusto has been charged with hacking into her daughter’s school’s computer, in order to change her daughter’s grades. [ABC News]
• Katy Perry‘s hair is back to black. [MTV News]
• Speaking of Perry, her ex-husband Russell Brand joked about their sex life on Howard Stern, saying, “She was very willing to do wheelchair porn. That woman spent ninety percent of our marriage in a little electric wheel chair.” [Us Magazine]
• Perry is also facing an indecency charge in India. Why? Because while onstage, she brought up Australian cricketer Doug Bollinger to show her some moves. [MTV News]
• Behold, career lessons gleaned from Katy Perry. [Forbes]
• Mary Kate Steinmiller of Teen Vogue has launched a jewelry collection. [Fashionista]
• Kate Major showed off her baby bump in a bikini, while reading an issue of Brides on the beach. [Radar Online]
• Katherine Jackson, mother of Michael, made a miraculous disappearance … and subsequent reappearance this week. [E! Online]
• Her lawyer has called the events of the past week “one gigantic misunderstanding.” [Huffington Post]
• Kate Bosworth passed on the movie “The Lifeguard,” thereby giving Kristen Bell a chance. [Just Jared]
• American swimmer Kathleen Hersey had a crazy idea for how to train for the London Olympics. She swam with the University of Texas men’s swim team, giving up her eligibility for the women’s, to push herself harder. [USA Today]

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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.