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"Idol" Takes a Walk Down the Aisle

Former "American Idol" contestant, Katharine McPhee, married her longtime boyfriend in Los Angeles on Saturday. The 23-year-old wannabeen singer/actress and Nick Cokas (who is 42, by the way) were strictly platonic before Katharine auditioned for the hit reality show.

As Kat's star began to rise, so did the relationship. The two started dating and Nick became a strong support for the Suga-Mama as she struggled with the pressures of the show and her secret eating disorder. McPhee told People that "Nick is the love of my life. This is a once in a lifetime occasion and everything is just perfect." Katharine was recently dumped by her record label.


Joker Was No Laughing Matter for Heath


The NY Post reports that Heath Ledger locked himself in a London hotel for six weeks to prepare for his dark role in the upcoming Batman film. The late star became compulsive about perfecting every nuance of the twisted Joker, coming up with different voices and laughs -- he even kept a journal on what went on inside the mind of the character.

Meanwhile, friends and family of Heath Ledger -- including Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes, Sienna Miller, and Ellen DeGeneres -- gathered yesterday at the Sony lot in L.A. for a memorial service for the late actor, reports People.


The End is Near -- Studios and Writers Make a Deal


Hollywood went dark three months ago when the writers put down their laptops and walked off the set. The major sticking point for the WGA is compensation for programming distributed via the Internet, which eventually led to the complete breakdown of the talks in December.

With both parties walking away from the table (just in time for a long winter holiday), TV viewers were forced to watch reality television. Now, according to sources (via MSNBC), a tentative agreement has been reached, which could finish the script of this horror story by the end of the week.

Party Favors: Madonna Cracks the Whip ... Paula Abdul Sings ... For Celebs, One Assistant Just Won't Do


The Material Girl is still in charge. In her new music video, Madonna, 49, dresses up as a dominatrix and takes pleasure in whipping Justin Timberlake and Timbaland, says the Daily Mirror. ... All good things must come to an end. Paula Abdul is singing again on a CD for the first time since 1995 (via Yahoo News). ...In the high pressure and fast-paced world of fame, one personal assistant is not enough. The NY Post reports that some celebs employ dog nannies, wardrobe dressers, political advisers and even an eyelash technician to take care of their needs. Hard to find good help.

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16. Katherine couldn't find anyone her own age? That's soo gross. He's gonna be that weird guy at the park where you don't know if he's the Dad or the Grandpa of the kids. She's a loser anyway.

Posted at 11:48AM on Feb 3rd 2008 by Kaye

17. To the person number 9 You are so far off base Katharine is really stuck up and full of herself unlike carrie who really is a star katharine only wishes she was as sucessful as carrie. Also carrie doesnt diss her fans at concerts to make out with her boyfriend(now husband). Katharine has 1 thing going for her and thats her looks but her personality is why she bombed with her cd no one likes her because of her personality. Miss look at me my daddy will buy me anything...

Posted at 12:06PM on Feb 3rd 2008 by omg

18. its like homer simpson once said "You don’t like your job, you don’t strike. You go in every day and do it really half-assed. That’s the American way."

Posted at 12:19PM on Feb 3rd 2008 by Jeff

19. If Katherine and her boyfriend want to marry eachother, what of it? She's probably 10 years older than her bio age due to her career, and his 42 is the new 32 anyhow. Would than make her actually older than he is? Kidding.

Whether Michelle Williams feels capable to attend various multiple memorials for Heath is not for anyone else to criticize. I currently don't think she is too concerned about 'networking' with the '1000 of the people she has worked with and befriended since a very young age.' That doesn't mean she doesn't appreciate and respect their nation-wide tributes to Heath. The press has already stated that she is devastated, and obviously she might not be feeling up for it. People grieve in their own ways. Empathy, not criticism, is what's needed here, IMHO.

Madonna simply looks amazing here in TMZ's photo. She's a Pheonix, and a survivor. I'm her age, so extend major props.

Posted at 12:57PM on Feb 3rd 2008 by Random Musings

20. Ho' madonna needs her kids taken away.

Posted at 1:03PM on Feb 3rd 2008 by Sillyme

21. I'm glad to see that McPhee & her old man stayed together after she cheated on him while she was on tour.

Posted at 1:06PM on Feb 3rd 2008 by anonymous

22. If McPhee's new husband DID take a dip in the pool while they were not quite yet a serious item, he obviously found the water too cold and went back to Katherine and eventually married her. Why tell tales NOW? What's your motive? Yeah.

Posted at 1:52PM on Feb 3rd 2008 by Ugh.

23. Batman on Film reported that about Heath months ago.

Posted at 5:10PM on Feb 6th 2008 by messi

24. From the sweet innocent girl who sang God Bless The Child fighting a bulemia problem to the girl who realized her body was the way to get attention.And to think she had the nerve to say she wanted to be a role model for younger girls! Do you really think that yellow dress incident wasn’t on purpose? Do you really think she was sick as the reason for not joining the tour or was it to spend time with Nick working on his big flop Red Herring which didn’t sell enough to stay open but a few days? I do give kat alot of credit in the way she has used her fans for her own personal gain like telling you to buy her music and voting for her and other things to benefit her.In the meantime she was laughing all the way to the bank.She does have a serious mental problem in her fascination of old men, which tends the thinking that her boyfriend probably her own age before Nick left her and it hurt her and that opened the door for Nick to walk in and console her.also katfans since you know or not that dear old Nick hasn’t got a paycheck since he did a few lines years ago on the famous Ghost and Mrs Muir show,so who do you think has been supporting him?The “Last Caller” movie you heard about hasn’t started production because no one probably wants to finance a Nick Cokas film.Anyway after reviewing her comments prior to her album coming out and the comments after it came out I knew it was a matter of time before RCA would show her the door.She handled that just like her idol Hillary Clinton who also likes to change her mind alot. She was told to get into the charity game so she would gain recognition and did admirably.Anyway I could go on and on but it would run about 40 pages,so I’ll just say this.My predictions on Katharine are this:
First I predicted that RCA would drop her.2. I predict this upcoming wedding will ruin her sexy image and probably lose her sexy hair contract and further drop her off the celebrity charts.3. Probably by March you will get the news she is pregnant.4. As her money runs out you will probably see her bare it all.My advice to all of you is to find a new Idol to support as AI7 looks very interesting.Katharine had her chance and she blew it.And stop a moment and think that when katharine was 3 yrs old this ugly old man was 22? talk about robbin the cradle!!

Posted at 2:36PM on Feb 3rd 2008 by pattispage

25. Katharine McPhee has basically no talent. That is so funny she was so desperate and found a goat to get hitched because she has no future. I get chills looking at her nasty body.

Posted at 3:27PM on Feb 3rd 2008 by Dumbweighter

26. Skewed Reporting and others, I absolutely agree with you. It's creepy when a guy marries a girl young enough to be his daughter. Especially if she's the gravy train.

I don't know whether Heath getting seriously into the Joker was part of what killed him but the mind has a major effect on the body and it's possible it made it harder for him to fight off the flu.

Kelli, you'll be sending the champagne up here to Boston after we whup the Giants ass. As I said last night, the question is not whether the Pats win the game it's whether we beat the point spread. Current line is Pats by 12 despite Brady's ankle.

GO PATS

Posted at 3:37PM on Feb 3rd 2008 by Baseball Junkie

27. Correction: The Writers Guild never left the table. The AMPTP did.

Posted at 4:03PM on Feb 3rd 2008 by Chad

28. Baseball Junkie, on my way to the party. I promise to be nice when we win. CYA after the game.

Posted at 4:35PM on Feb 3rd 2008 by Kelli

29. Madonna: never had any talent, never made good music, never had any sense other than to feed off the poor dumb sheeple who think she's a goddess.

Posted at 4:42PM on Feb 3rd 2008 by the knower

30. Move over Britney, your not the only sicko. Make room for katharine mcphee

Posted at 5:34PM on Feb 3rd 2008 by pattispage

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