As per usual, it looks like the Kates, Katies, and Katherines of the world have been mighty busy this week. Here, your weekly roundup of name-specific news.
- Kate Moss has donated this iconic portrait of herself to be auctioned for the British charity NSPCC. [Art Daily]
- 12-year-old actress Catherine Chan plays a young girl caught in a war between the Russian Mafia, the Chinese Triads, and corrupt police officers in the new action movie “Safe.” Chan says, however, that she always felt safe on set though, thanks to star Jason Statham. [NY Daily News]
- Katy Perry has sold her New York City apartment, even though she never ended up living there. And there go the chances of me and her bumping into each other on the sidewalk and sharing hair dye tips. [E! News]
- Ms. Perry is also apparently being considered for the British version of “The X Factor,” along with Nicole Scherzinger. Someone should probably remind Simon Cowell that neither of them is actually British. [Starpulse]
- In the next “Smurfs” flick, Katy Perry will do battle as Smurfette with bad girl smurf Vexi, to be voiced by Chrisina Ricci. [Perez Hilton]
- Katie Couric‘s new web show, “Katie’s Take,” has officially launched. Her first topic: veggie chips. [Yahoo!]
- Famously reclusive Kate Bush made a rare appearance this week at the South Bank Awards to collect a trophy for her new album “50 Words for Snow.” She beat out Adele and PJ Harvey. [Daily Mail]
- Princess Diana’s astrologer predicts what’s ahead this year for Kate Middleton and Prince William. [People]
- Step off, Maria Menounos. Homegirl is challenging our Katherine Jenkins on “Dancing with the Stars.” [NewsNet5]
- Catherine Keller, the director of communications for the US Chamber of Commerce is on the hunt for companies coming up with creative solutions to big problems. [Huffington Post]
- Gwyneth Paltrow has been offered the role of Sylvia Llewelyn Davies in “Finding Neverland: The Musical” on London’s West End, even though Kate Winslet made the role famous on the big screen. [Perez Hilton]
- All about Catherine of Sienna, a 14th century Christian mystic. [Living Lutheran]
- Dear Kate Upton: another video? That’s three in one week! At least this time, she is fully covered while discussing what she looks for in a guy. Her essential: that he doesn’t smell. [Page Six]
- Boo! Someone is sending threatening messages to Kate Gosselin over Twitter. [Radar Online]
Any Kate-related news this week that I missed. Add it in the comments, please!
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