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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.

• 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]

• Wow. Kate Hudson is a mama with a six-pack. Check her out on the beach in Greece. [Examiner]
• Oh, and here she is as Daisy Buchanan in a Great Gatsby themed photo shoot from a few years back. [Coco's Tea Party]
• Catherine Oliver describes starting the magazine Just a Bit Radical, for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth. [Huffington Post]
• Grant Show, formerly of “Melrose Place,” is engaged to one Katherine LaNasa. [People]
• Sources say that a disagreement over when to breed is what split up Katy Perry and Russell Brand. [Us Weekly]
• “Part of Me” flopped, but that doesn’t mean the concert film is over. [EW]
• Oh, apparently Perry is into the idea of playing Lucille Ball. [Perez Hilton]
• Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius gives her take on the Supreme Court upholding the Affordable Care Act. [Washington Post]
• Katherine Schwarzenegger gets a parking ticket, just like her mama. [TMZ]
• Katherine Mangu-Ward doesn’t think McDonald’s should be banned from the Olympics. [Reason.com]
• And here’s an interview with Katherine Brook, the director of the film “Face 2 Face.” [Huffington Post]

Any Kate-related news that I missed? Leave it in the comments section.