By Kate Torgovnick
As per usual, it looks like the Kates, Kathleens, Catherines, Katherines and Katies of the world have been mighty busy this week. Here, your weekly roundup of name-specific news.
- Is there anything Kate Middleton can’t do? The Duchess of Cambridge launched a Nerf rocket at an event this week. [USA Today]
- And, of course, Middleton’s latest sartorial choice caused a ruckus. A knock-off of her off-white Diamond Jubilee dress sold out within hours. [Entertainment Wise]
- What did Middleton and Prince William do after the Diamond Jubilee festivities? Why, they headed to the movies. The pair reportedly took in “The Avengers” at a Kensington movie theater. [Daily Mail]
- Katy Perry is being considered for a plum film role. The singer is in talks to play Mary Austin, Freddie Mercury’s longtime girlfriend, in an upcoming movie. Sacha Baron Cohen has already been cast as Mercury, which is SO SPOT ON. [NY Daily News]
- Speaking of Perry, she shocked fans by showing up to a sneak peak screening of her 3D movie “Part of Me.” [Sacramento Bee]
- It’s official. Kate Walsh has confirmed that she is out of “Private Practice” after the upcoming season. “This is my last season, yes,” she told Bethenny Frankel this week. “It’s been an incredible journey and an amazing ride. It’s been a long time being Addison and I feel incredibly grateful.” [CNN]
- Surprise! Catherine Greig has filed an appeal. [Boston.com]
- Katie Couric reportedly has a new boyfriend. Who is he? Who is he? [Huffington Post]
- Kate Winslet looks very soccer mom on the set of her new film, “Labor Day,” and this has me very nervous. [Celebrity Gossip]
- Speaking of Winslet, she is (almost! kind of!) being knighted. The actress will get the title of Commander of the Order of the British Empire later this month. [Starpulse]
- Was it just me, or did the dress Catherine Zeta-Jones wore to the “Rock of Ages” premiere look like a cast-off from Britney Spears’ closet? Maybe she was trying to prove she isn’t a fuddy duddy, like the one she plays in the film. [The Sun]
- Rufus and Martha Wainwright are honoring their mother, folk singer Kate McGarrigle. [The Globe and Mail]
- Katherine Heigl says that her daughter Naleigh is being “very bossy” when it comes to her newly adopted sister. [Access Hollywood]
- Kate Bosworth always looks so dashing, but she needs to ask Michael Polish to stop slicking his hair back. [Red Carpet Fashion Awards]
- Katherine McPhee wore a very Marilyn Monroe dress to her sister’s wedding last weekend. A coincidence, since she’s angling to play Monroe on Broadway on her TV show “Smash.” [Radar Online]
- Jennifer Saunders says that she has already started writing an “Absolutely Fabulous” movie, and that she is giving Kate Moss a part. Hey Jennifer, I’ve already brainstormed some ideas for you. [Vogue]
- Speaking of Moss, she explained this week that her dog is forcing her out of her habit of wearing heels. [The Frisky]
- Katie Cassidy is a CW veteran. After stints on “Melrose Place” and “Gossip Girl,” she has finally landed her own series, “Arrow,” which resumes filming this summer. [Collider]
- Kate Upton put on clothes, this time of the hipster variety, for a photo shoot with Kellan Lutz of “Twilight” fame. [Fashion Gone Rogue]
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