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Is Katherine Ross related to Katherine Hepburn?

No, but Katharine Hepburn did have a niece Katharine Houghton who played Hepburn's daughter in the1967 film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Katharine Houghton and Katherine Ross… (MORE)

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What are Katherine Paterson's hobbies?

her fave hobbies were playing the piano and tennis.also doing crosswords,and playing scramble with her daughter

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Who is Katherine Bennett?

Katherine is an actor who has worked with Ray Liotta and Robin Williams to name a fee. She is from Calgary,Alberta

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Did Katherine dunham have any siblings?

i only know for sure that she had a brother albert jr. that helped her begin classes at chigago uni.

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Who is Katherine Jenkins married to?

Katherine is in a relationship and unmarried, but she prefers for her private life to be kept to herself. Hope I could help!

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Katherine Jenkins belts out about the release of her tenth studio album 'Home Sweet Home', now available for purchase online and in stores.Classical crossover means well known…, popular classical music presented in a more modern way.Why is 'Home Sweet Home', an important milestone for you?It's my 10th album in 10 years & for it I have made a return to my classical roots, gone back to the style of my earlier albums & also returned to the label that signed me when I was a 23 year old schoolteacher. So much has happened in this past decade and none of that would have happened without the support from home so I wanted to give a mention to Wales in the album title.After listening to your album I was amazed at how beautiful and pure your voice is...what kind of voice training have you received?Thank you! I learned to sing in my local church choir where I was a member for 10 years. I then went on to study singing at the Royal Academy of Music in London.What is your favorite track on the album? Why?Dreaming of the Days. It's based on a piece of music written by Ludovico Einuadi. I'm a huge fan of his & previously his themes have not been allowed to be used by other people. For this album he kindly allowed me permission to add lyrics to his piece 'I giorni' and make the world's first Einaudi song.Who are some of your musical influences?I was always inspired by big female voices. I loved divas like Maria Callas, Edith Piaf, Judy Garland, Doris Day, Shirley Bassey!Do you remember the first time that you realized you enjoy singing? Did you start singing at a young age?I have been singing for as long as I can remember. My mum likes to tell people stories of how I would put on performances for family & visitors at home. My first official public performance was at the age of 4. My mother taught me a song called "Going Down the Garden to Eat Worms" complete with actions/hand gestures... Everyone laughed at me and clapped and I guess the seed was planted!You have performed many times for a variety of audiences, including for British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. What has been your most memorable performance?I would definitely say the shows for the military. The very first show I did for them was in Basra. Iraq 2004. It was Christmas Eve, I performed in an empty aircraft hanger to 4,000 soldiers who sat cross legged on the floor. From the stage I could see military aircraft landing in the background. After singing some Christmas carols, I decided to perform "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and as I got to the chorus, they all started singing along with me. It was a real lump in the throat moment.For those of us unfamiliar with the genre, what is classical crossover music? How does it compare to opera or classical music?Classical crossover means well known, popular classical music presented in a more modern way. I class myself as a crossover artist because I am classically trained but I want to share the music with a wider audience and sometimes adopt a more commercial way of promoting the music. Sometimes core classical music can seem uptight & intimidating, but with crossover we are trying to break down barriers and share the music with everyone.Have you always been passionate about classical music?I was completely unaware of classical music until about the age of 13/14. I learned to sing in church from a young age and when I eventually started having singing lessons, the teacher suggested we learn some classical music as my voice was already being trained in a lyrical way in the choir. I fell in love it with & that was the start of everything. As a result, I have always felt passionately that it's all about how you are introduced to classical music.You weren't always Britain's fastest selling mezzo-soprano -- you actually started as a schoolteacher! Why did you decide to make the career transition from teaching to music?Yes, I was a singing teacher! I was very young in my class at The Royal Academy of Music so after my undergraduate degree, I decided to take a couple of years let my voice develop more & to earn the money to return to the postgraduate opera school. I started teaching and absolutely loved it (in fact, am still in touch with many of my students). A few months into teaching I got offered my recording contract so I continued teaching for a year, whilst I made the album but when things went crazy, I felt I had to stop. I seriously hope to go back to it one day! (MORE)

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Answers with Katherine LaNasa

Katherine LaNasa is taking Hollywood by storm. Having already garnered huge successes this year with the release of Warner Bros.' smash hit summer comedy, THE CAMPAIGN (Will F…errell) and the Billy Bob Thornton directed JAYNE MANSFIELD'S CAR, which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival as well as a high profile screening at the Toronto International Film Festival this past September. LaNasa is now diving head first into her latest project, NBC's midseason drama DECEPTION (formerly INFAMOUS).You had a baby in March! How is Eloise doing?Thank you! She's good. I fell asleep yesterday while I was running lines. I was on the phone running lines with someone and the next thing I knew, the person said "Hello?". I had fallen asleep!Before you became an actress, you were a professional ballet dancer and choreographer. Why did you leave professional dance behind?I wonder if I would've become an actress sooner if that would have been available to me. I think what was always my strength in dancing was my acting ability. It's kind of interesting that I ended up being an actress. I was a better performer because I was a good actress than because I was a technically "great dancer". I think it's always helped me, actually. I think it makes me really aware of how I move my body. I think I can do some specific things with my body to create a character that maybe wouldn't come as easily to someone who wasn't a dancer... someone who wouldn't have so much body awareness.Can you tell me more about that: your movements and how you portray that on screen?It's just a matter of how someone moves. If they move on trot or if they have some tight-ass little walk, or if they're really slow. Things like that. I think I kind of create the character with their walk and their posture as much as anything else.Do you still dance for fun?I really like to dance! I haven't be going out much recently... but I like to dance. my husband and I used to have dance parties at the house all of the time. Just our own little private dance parties.You starred in The Campaign alongside Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis... two comedy giants! Were they big goofballs on set? What was it like behind the scenes?They were pretty fun. I think the funniest day was a big shot with a lot of extras, when they were doing of their debates. They both were complicit and they started doing lines from some scene the day before, where Will had come to the door, and they just started doing that as part of the debate! Everyone was so tired it took us a while to catch on! I think it was most exhilarating to just improvise as well. Will kept me on my toes and he was really fun and, let's face it... he's just the best at that. It was a great opportunity. I can't thank Jay Roach enough for giving me that job. It was really fun to work with them.You've had important roles in comedy and drama. Do you think one genre suits you better than the other one?Hmm. Well, I think being funny is really about making commentary, so I don't know. I think there's plenty of terrific dramatic actresses, but I think it's not so easy to do comedy. I can't explain it. I really enjoy comedy. I think there's plenty of dramatic actresses as good as I am. I guess, maybe I like comedy better... I don't know! I like them both. They both have exciting elements. It's really fun to just dive into a scene with someone like Will and have no idea if you're going to be able to keep up. There's a sort of excitement factor of just working in the moment like that. On the flipside, I think drama is a different kind of work. It's quieter, but it's fun to sort of feel that electricity and liveness that's in place when people are really rocking a scene, and not knowing what's going to happen with each other. It has its own rewards.Is there any comedy in Satisfaction?There's some funny stuff. I was watching a scene today. I think Matt Passmore has a lot of comedic elements. He's one of these guys that you can't really tell what he's up to when you're with him in the room but when I go to do my ADR work, I can see what he's doing. I was laughing at him today, because I was lying all over his couch, pretending like I'm a client at his work (whatever it is that he does, something with money) and his secretary comes in and I'm just lying all over his chair. She asks me if I want anything, and I don't even turn around and answer. I just say, "No. I want you to leave." You just see him register all this embarrassment. He has a way of just doing these things so subtly, but they're really funny!This year, we'll be seeing you steal the spotlight in Satisfaction, a drama that revolves around a couple that finds themselves looking for meaning in their relationship. What drew you to the show?I think that there's a voice in the show that speaks to my generation. A generation that has grown up so privileged. We're the first generation in a long time that hasn't had a draft. Things that even a generation before were a huge luxury are almost commonplace. People have pools and multiple cars and live in these big mansions. People weren't living like that, even in the 60s. So the people from the 60s, 70s and 80s, we've grown up with so many privileges and so little threat to our day to day wellbeing, which is really different than the generations before us. We had the Depression and all the wars. This generation hasn't had that at all. We've had everything, really. Plenty of food, and we live in this country in this time. I think that it really speaks to that. There's sort of an apathy about it. In a way, we haven't really had to work that hard as people in other countries have had to. I think that when you couple that with all of the distractions that you have today with social media.... You're carrying a plethora of distraction right in your pocket! You can play video games, go on Twitter, e-mail someone, have a phone call. We didn't have any of that a generation ago. There's all these ways of not being intimate and I think it's sort of created a malaise and restlessness that is addressed in the show.Do you think technology and social media have made us more disconnected to each other? Does that play a part in the characters finding themselves lost in their relationship?Yeah. I think all of that is a way of hiding. It used to be that you would come over to somebody's house, or perhaps you would write a letter. Then it became talking on the phone, and then it became typing. Now it's like not even interacting, it's just reacting to other people's posts of things. It's just a lot of facade in the Facebook and the Twitter of it. It's created false personas. Don't get me wrong, I like it because of what I do, but not everyone in the world is an actress. It's nice for me to communicate with my fans, but it wouldn't be the real way to communicate with my friends.When did you last write a letter? To whom?Well I don't really stick a letter in the mail! I have a son, and when I need to tell him something I'll put it in a letter, or e-mail it to him. Sometimes I e-mail my husband. Sometimes I just want to tell them something and it's just more permanent for them to read it, so I write them a little letter. So I guess I only write letters to the people closest to me.Satisfaction is being called the "most provocative show of the summer." Do you agree with that statement? If so, why?Hell yeah! I think Satisfaction is really fresh and really original. I've read the scripts, and particularly when you get to episode 105 or 106, it just gets crazy! It just totally explodes and the characters become really complicated. I think it starts happening in 105. My biggest episode is 106 and Stephanie Szostak is always telling me "No, it's episode 106." Right around there, in the middle of the season, it just gets complicated and fun and all the characters end up intertwining with each other and it's almost like a thriller. I think that, and the fact that I've never seen a show about this type of material before. So it's exhilarating. I look at the stuff and I still can't believe we're doing a TV show about this. One one level, it's very provocative with the fact that they're doing prostitution and all of these affairs and cheating, but on another level, it's sort about finding one's self and what you really owe to yourself and finding your life path. But there's other things too. It's kind of about a lot of other things: how people connect, how people relate to each other and show people who they really are and get their needs met. Are we all just walking around being who someone else needs us to be so that we can feel safe and secure? There's a lot of bigger questions being asked too. I'm surprised on how they're able to knit it together in this racy package.Do you think that 5 years ago, the show would have been completely rejected?I think the show falls on the heels of Breaking Bad or Weeds, where a main character is living this double life. It also has a serial soap element to it as well. The way that it's a provocative thriller at the same time.In Satisfaction, you play Adriana, a "businesswoman/pimp." Are you having fun ordering men around?I do like it. I do like it a alot! I end up getting involved with Simon in later episodes. Simon and I cross paths and it's just very fun work.What is Adriana's motivation for going into this line of work?I think that the character is a fantasy character, but if I were to try and understand her, I'd say she's a privileged person. She's very smart and probably went to a great boarding school. She's obviously well-mannered and well-bred, but I think she's just a deviant. I have a funny feeling that Adriana might just be so smart that she's bored, and I also think that she's deeply wounded. Something happened in her past that has made her a little disconnected and jaded. She definitely doesn't believe in any traditional sense of love or marriage. She's all the way on the other end of that spectrum. If you look at Heidi Fleiss, her father was a man of a lot of integrity and was well-respected. He had a lot of children, he was a doctor, and he produces a child that does something like this. I think that Adriana would fall into that same category. She was hardly someone that had to do this criminal behavior to get along.You mentioned Adriana's past. Do you think we'll get a glimpse of what happened to her in future seasons?I don't know! They haven't told me that. I just have to make up something to understand who I'm playing. So, there's different things that I have to justify. We might see her saying she only believes in one thing, but acting another way. You know how we all do that. People think "this and that is BS" but it's because they really want it, and don't have it. Is that what's going on with her? Does she really want all of these traditional things that she acts as if they're so arcane? So, we'll come to find out. I'm sort of finding out along with you. Is that really her truth? Did something just happen that she's just jaded?How can married couples keep their relationships interesting and avoid falling into the problems the show portrays?I think one of the things that the show touches on is just how kind of disconnected people can get because our lives are so busy, and we have all these other ways of not really connecting. You could put your kids to sleep, make dinner, clean up the dishes, maybe watch a TV show together and then you go to sleep. You never really turn everything off and just talk. When Grant and I get a minute to spend together, we just go to the bedroom and hang out in the bed and talk for a while. Just turn off everything. Even if it's for 30 minutes or an hour, it's nice to do. As much time as we spend together, if we didn't make an effort, that might not happen. People could feel disconnected, unheard or unappreciated. They leave their spouses prey to someone that will pay attention to them. I think it's really just about paying attention to each other. Everything needs attention. People, children, spouses, girlfriends and boyfriends, they need attention. It's really what it's about. To be heard. Someone told me once that their job as a mother was to witness and comfort their children and family. That's really kind of what it is. Being there and witnessing someone and paying attention to their lives. What's going on with them? How do they feel about their work? How do they feel about their day? How do they feel about themselves? How are they doing?How does Grant pay attention to you?Every way. We have a pretty connected life, particularly having a newborn. He makes coffee every day, and I come to him with my fears and my insecurities and he talks me through those. I bring to him things that concern me and we talk to those things together. He also does nice things for me, and takes care of me. He really show his love in that way. Even little things, like taking care of my car, going to get something that we need and dealing with it. It's nice. At the end of the day, it's all the little things. He got the baby the other day when I was beyond exhausted, and he put her to sleep without even waking me up. That was nice.Do you think it's harder in your line of work to find the balance between work and home, to find the time to pay attention?It's ok. Right now, we're making these 10 episodes, so I'm not in something that makes 30 episodes a year. Also, I'm not the lead. I think if I was Matt Passmore it might be a lot harder. It's kind of been an okay balance. I have to say, for me having this child so late in life, I find that she really balances everything. Having a new series is such a big thing that requires so much attention, and having a new baby is such a big thing that requires so much attention, that I can only be in the moment. I'm always like "now I'm gonna nurse the baby," "now I'm gonna learn my lines." I don't have time to worry about how I did it. It keeps me very present in everything. I'm oddly more relaxed than I might have been normally, because I don't have time to fret about anything! I can only go over here now and do this, then go over there and do that. I just hope that it's enough! I'm starting a new episode tomorrow. If this was a movie, I would have the script at least a month ago. I'm trying to put a shape to this. I finished yesterday afternoon and I start tomorrow morning, and I have the baby. I have such limited time to put together this new thing, so I just have to work on it as much as I can and call it enough. That's it.Do you think people will see the show and suddenly realize, "Hey! I have a wonderful spouse who I'm not paying enough attention to. This could happen to me!"?I don't know. I find it a little scary in that way. I do! I find it's kind of a reminder of that. I've been cheated on before but if I'm gonna be perfectly honest, I don't think that the relationship was in such great shape. One time that someone cheated on me, I felt like I had really been doing my best, and that was just really on them. But sometimes, it's really like "is it really a surprise?" "Did I really value it, or was I taking the relationship for granted?" And sometimes it was the latter. (MORE)

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Themed Parties: Harry Potter Halloween Party

A great Halloween party doesn't have to be scary; it can be entertaining as well. A great Harry Potter-themed Halloween party could be just the thing to make you the talk of y…our friends for months and years to come. Here are some simple steps to get your Harry Potter Halloween party off to a wicked start.A great costume party begins with what you're wearing. Dress up as your favorite Harry Potter character - and have fun with it. Whatever you decide, your night and your party is more fun when in costume.A good Harry Potter party should feel like you are in Harry's world, so your party should look the part. Decide which of the vast array of Harry Potter locales you want your party to resemble. You could make your house look like Hogwarts by adding a few portraits on the walls; for bonus points, splurge and get some talking ones. Your party should look and feel authentic to give it that extra spice.Letting your guests know beforehand about your theme should give them enough time to prepare and should help them decide just which character to portray. Each guest should come dressed in their own Harry Potter-themed costume. The invitations can also set the party up right when you use Harry Potter-themed mailers. You may not be able to book the Weird Sisters, but you can easily obtain some of the wonderful Harry Potter soundtracks. They add a good Harry Potter vibe to your party and get your guests in the Harry Potter frame of mind.There are quite a few Harry Potter-themed candy and dish recipes available online that can give authenticity to your party. Every Flavor Beans are a definite must, as well as some homemade butterbeer. Some pumpkin pasties may keep your guests full and happy as well.A good Harry Potter Halloween party wouldn't be complete without a few fun party games for your guests to play. Set up a game in your backyard using a few brooms and a small ball, and have your guests try to sweep the ball into opposing nets. Another idea is to set up a mock potions class, and have your guests brew something mysterious.At the end of the night, your guests should be pretty tired and full. Send them home with a gift bag full of Harry Potter swag. A few Every Flavor Beans, a plastic wand or maybe a baggie full of slime from potions class could make a nice touch to make your party last long after you shut your door for the night.With all these suggestions, your Harry Potter Halloween Party is sure to be a magical experience. Good food, good music and lots of things to keep your guests entertained are the perfect combination for a successful Halloween theme party.Joanne Rowling began writing Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in 1990. Only 500 copies were printed for the book's release in 1997. Bloomsbury Press was afraid that boys would not want to read a book written by a woman, so they suggested that she use her initials instead of her name on the book.A great Halloween party doesn't have to be scary; it can be entertaining as well. A great Harry Potter-themed Halloween party could be the ticket to making you the talk of your friends for months and years to come. (MORE)

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Reading Harry Potter Book Six with Your Children

Book Six of Harry potter, titled "Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince," is the penultimate book in the series. Reading through the series with your children is a wonderful …bonding experience, and you get to share the wonder of this amazing fantasy series with the next generation. Make reading a family tradition with Harry Potter.Well before you get to book six of Harry Potter, make a schedule. Starting with the first book, decide how much you intend to read in a session and how often. One option is to make it a nightly reading with a chapter a night. To make it last longer, stretch it out to one chapter a week, reading on the same night each week. This gives both you and your children something to look forward to each week.It does not have to be anything big or fancy, but do a little something special that only happens while reading is taking place. If you read each night, try letting your child wear lens-less glasses that look like Harry's or dress up in a robe. If it is a once a week event, do something a little larger, like baking cookies or making other foods mentioned in the book to eat while reading. If you have the talent, using different voices for the characters is a fun experience for the kids.Harry Potter is a series noted by midnight releases and speed-readings after years of waiting for the next book during its original run. Recreate the excitement for your children by limiting their access to Harry Potter. Keep the books out of reach and hidden away so they are unable to read ahead. This way, your children have time to guess and theorize about what happens next and each chapter is a family event.By the time your reading reaches "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," your children have grown with Harry Potter and the other characters in their journey from a simple children's novel in "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," to a much darker series starting with "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire." Due to this progression, your children do not need to be sheltered from what you may deem bad or dark parts of the book. Have the full experience with your children, and do not avoid darker sections.Harry Potter is a series that introduced a generation to reading. Keep the magic and the excitement alive through your children as you read through the series with them. As you finish the individual books, watch the movies with your children, as well, but only after the book is finished to avoid spoilers.Improve your child's reading and listening comprehension skills by discussing themes and actions that are missing from the movie when compared to the storyline of the book. (MORE)

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Who is Katherine shepler?

Katherine Shepler is a child actress. Her career began with the Hallmark Channel movie, "Front of the Class", where she played a lead role as a child with cancer named Heather… (MORE)

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Is The Doll's House by Katherine Mansfield?

Yes, The Doll's House is by Katherine Mansfield

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How do you say Katherine?

Katherine is said as kath-er-rine Katherine is broken in to 3 chucks think of dividing it to 3 parts

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Does Damon love Katherine or Elena?

Damon loves Katherine back when she was alive, but because Elena Gilbert looks exactly like her he fights over Elena with stephan(but ofcourse,stephan wins) :-)

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What is Katherine in French?

I believe the most common French spelling is Catherine-- one often used in English. As far as I know, the only significant difference is pronunciation. Two French pronunciatio… (MORE)

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