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.
- Kate Hudson rocked the Venice Film Festival in this gorgeous Atelier Versace gown, which she wore to the premiere of her new flick, “The Reluctant Fundamentalist.” [LA Times]
- But this is the great thing about Hudson — she looks equally as lovely off duty in a pantsuit. [Examiner]
- Here’s a look at Hudson’s favorite restaurants in London, judging by the ones she frequents most often. [Yahoo!]
- Meanwhile, Hudson’s promo shot for “Glee” is very Fosse. [Daily Mail]
- And she’s sure got the moves in this new “Glee” preview. [Perez Hilton]
- Katie Couric says that she left her old employer CBS because she felt “constrained” and that the network higher ups were “projecting their own issues” onto her. [Daily Mail]
- The first big interview for Couric’s new talk show? Jessica Simpson. After that: Sheryl Crow, EL James, Susan Sarandon and Chelsea Handler. [Washington Post]
- A woman has earned the nickname “Kate plus 839.” For her marathoning, people. [Register Guard]
- Katherine Jenkins took to Twitter to shoot down rumors that she had an affair with David Beckham. [Access Hollywood]
- A Kate who studies internet memes! [The Next Web]
- Katrina Darling, the Playboy covergirl second cousin of Kate Middleton, doesn’t “see what the big deal is” about the naked photos of Prince Harry that surfaced this week. The red-headed Prince was snapped in the nude in a Vegas hotel room, while playing a game of strip billiards with at least one young lady. [Fox News, TMZ]
- While the world remains agog over Prince Harry’s nude photo scandal, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge looked calm and wholesome while attending the Paralympic Games. [E! Online]
- In a case of unfortunate timing, right before the scandal broke, Prince William made the public declaration he considers Prince Harry to be Kate Middleton’s “lady in waiting,” because he “he is always by her side.” [Examiner]
- Apparently, Middleton is teaching Prince Harry how to cook. [NDTV]
- Yes, there’s an app for that. “That” being “dressing like Kate Middleton.” [Fashion n' Style]
- Woo hoo! Middleton will speak in public again, this time at a Malaysian hospice center. [Press Association]
- Remember Kathleen Robertson, aka Claire on “Beverly Hills 90210?” She is back on the small screen, opposite Kelsey Grammer, in what is apparently a racy role. [AP]
- Katy Perry turned down a $20 million offer to appear on “American Idol.” [Huffington Post]
- Even better? She has broken things off with John Mayer! [ABC News]
- And went out on a candlelit dinner date with Robert Pattinson at the Soho House in Los Angeles. Will she be his rebound after the whole Kristen Stewart fiasco? [LA Times]
- Perry has gone red again in a spread in the September issue of L’Officiel Paris. Pretty, no?
- Columnist Kate Becker makes a convincing case for why you should put up $20 million to keep several of the National Science Foundation’s telescope facilities from going under. [Daily Camera]
- Kate Gosselin is feeling all emotional about the kiddos heading back to school. [Examiner]
- Over the weekend, Kate Upton cleaned up Fort Greene Park. [ESPN]
- She also eats oysters in this behind-the-scenes video from her 2012 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue. Yeah, I’m not sure why it’s being released now either. [High Snobiety]
- Chrissy Teigen, Jessica Stam and Chanel Iman are all part of Skullcandy headphones’ so-called “Supermodel Crew” along with Upton. So why is Kate the only one with multiple bikini shots? [Huffington Post]
- Here, an interview with University of Michigan guard Kate Thompson. [Go Blue]
- Kate Moss is reportedly cleaning up her act, as she prepares to try for a second child with husband Jamie Hince. [Monsters and Critics]
- However, Moss appears to have burned a bridge with jeweler David Yurman, whose designs she was accused of ripping off earlier this year. She has been replaced by Gisele Bundchen as the face of the brand. [Huffington Post]
- Here, Moss goes dark for her spread in Paris Vogue. [Fashion Indie]
- Meanwhile, her newest campaign for Mango pushes military looks for fall. Attention! [Daily Mail]
- Kate Berges makes a case for genetic testing. [NH Register]
- Kate Flannery gives her thoughts on it being the last season of her show, “The Office.” [Monsters and Critics]
- How much did Katie Holmes get in her divorce from Tom Cruise? $4.8 million over the next four years in child support. [Huffington Post]
- Oh, and Holmes gave a secret staged reading of “One Day When We Were Young” in Williamstown, Massachussets last week. [Us Weekly]
Any Kate-related news I missed? Leave it in the comments section.
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