Katharine McPhee

FIRST PICS: Katharine McPhee’s Hawaiian Honeymoon

Lindsay Powers — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:13:59 -0500

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A day after their wedding, the American Idol runner-up and her husband, Nick Cokas, hit the waves

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A day after their Beverly Hills wedding, Katharine McPhee and husband, actor Nick Cokas, jetted off to Hawaii for their honeymoon.

The American Idol runner up, 23, and her husband, 42, arrived in Maui Sunday night. They’ve been photographed in beach gear, hanging around a resort.

McPhee was also spotted shopping for handbags and shoes, and later toting a bag from Gucci.

The two may have some other honeymoon plans besides shopping.

"I want to have, like, 15 babies," McPhee told Stuff last year. "I've always wanted to be pregnant.”

On Saturday, she and Cokas wed in a 45-minute service in front of 300-people — including Rumer Willis’, McPhee’s co-star in her upcoming film I Know What Boys Like, and her Idol pal, Kellie Pickler — at The Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church.

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Katharine McPhee and her new husband Nick Cokas in Hawaii for their honeymoon. February 4, 2008.

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Katharine McPhee Weds

Henry Seltzer — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 20:01:29 -0500

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The American Idol runner-up and actor Nick Cokas tied the knot Saturday in Beverly Hills

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Katharine McPhee and actor Nick Cokas wed Saturday in Beverly Hills.

Approximately 300 guests – including a gospel choir – filled the Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church for the 45-minute service.

McPhee's bridesmaids wore floor-length pink dresses.

The flowers included pink, purple, peach and white roses as well as green hydrangea and pink cherry blossoms.

Rumer Willis, McPhee's costar in the upcoming film I Know What Boys Like, was in attendance.

McPhee, 23, and Cokas, 42 – who met in 2005 when they performed in a L.A. theater production of The Ghost and Mrs. Muir – have been dating for more than a year.

They got engaged last year.

The singer has always shrugged off their 19-year age difference.

"I love [older men]," she has said. "They're just wiser, and they're less about themselves and more about you."

Though McPhee was recently dropped from her music label, she may have other plans in store.

"I want to have, like, 15 babies," she told Stuff last year. "I've always wanted to be pregnant. One year for Halloween, I decided to be pregnant, so I got this nun costume, and I put a big belly under it. I showed my parents and said I want to go to school as a pregnant nun. My dad sat me down and said, 'Katharine, you can't!'"

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Katharine McPhee and Nick Cokas at the Playstation 3 launch in Los Angeles, CA. November 8, 2006.

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Allison Corneau — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:53:04 -0500

Katharine McPhee, Taylor Hicks Dropped from Labels

Lindsay Powers — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:27:53 -0500

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ALSO: A Rolling Stone critic explains why the American Idol singers are facing career lulls

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Fallen idols, indeed.

Katharine McPhee — whose self-titled disc debuted at No. 2 (which hasn’t gone gold yet despite being released nearly a year ago) — has been dropped by her label, a rep for RCA has confirmed to Usmagazine.com.

Two days before: Taylor Hicks — who beat out McPhee on season five — was dropped by his label, J Records.

Late last year, ex-champ Ruben Studdard of season 2 also exited his contract with J Records.

What gives?

“I think the industry has seen that unless these artists can churn out strong enough original material, they don’t really have that much traction once we don’t see them on television week after week singing songs we already know and love,” Rollingstone.com editor Caryn Ganz tells Usmagazine.com.

“The majority of major-label artists fail to make a splash — the Idols may have gotten these record deals through less conventional means, but they're falling victim to the same woes now that they're playing the same game as everyone else,” she adds.

The seventh season of Idol premieres Tuesday.

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Katherine McPhee arrives at the 3rd annual Pink Party at the Viceroy Hotel on September 8th in Santa Monica, CA.

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Katharine McPhee and Rumer Willis Pledge Sorority Comedy

Megan Lynn — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:12:33 -0400

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The American Idol runner-up and Demi Moore and Bruce Willis' daughter-about-town have signed on to star in the latest from Adam Sandler's Happy Madison productions.

In the as-yet-untitled comedy, McPhee and Willis will have to muster all their acting skills in order to play "sisters" in the "lamest sorority on campus," according to The Hollywood Reporter. Their distinctively "lame" characteristics? McPhee will be a pregnant hippy and Willis a woman unwilling to remove an unnecessary backbrace.

McPhee playing pregnant? Sounds like she's practicing for the fifteen babies she's said she wants!

In addition to the Happy Madison project, both McPhee and Willis have other acting gigs lined up. The Reporter notes that McPhee has committed to indie dark-romantic-comedy The Last Caller, and Willis will join Mischa Barton and her Die Hard dad Bruce in dark comedy The Sophomore.

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Katharine McPhee at the BlackBerry Curve from AT&T Launch Party in Beverly Hills,CA. May 31, 2007 (left). Rumer Willis at the Holt Renfrew Launch Party in Canada on June 5, 2007 (right).

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Katharine McPhee Shows Us Her Stuff

Alissa R — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 13:34:33 -0400

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Katharine McPhee has entered the pose-on-a-men’s-magazine phase of her career.

One part sex kitten, one part girl next door, McPhee, 23, sits down (on a stool! wearing very little!) with the August issue of Stuff magazine to dish about dating older men and her sexy album cover.

In the interview, Katharine reveals that she was that girl freshman year who had enormous breasts while your bra was really more for decoration.

At first she gets all flirty with a winking soundbite hinting that she’s not quite as innocent as her wholesome image would have us believe.

But then she brings us back down to earth by revealing that she’s always wanted to be pregnant and have 15 babies.

What every young, horny guy loves to hear!

The interview highlights, per usual, are below…

On being McNaughty and McNice:
“There are different sides of me. On American Idol, people saw the side that is very professional and put together. But there’s this other side of me that’s outgoing, energetic, and wild—and did really stupid things in college.”

On dating older men (her boyfriend, Broadway actor Nick Cokas, is 42):
“When I turned 21, I thought it was a good age to explore. You’re no longer a teenager, so it’s OK [to date older guys]. I gravitated toward them, and I love them. They’re just wiser, and they’re less about themselves and more about you.”

On her new album cover:
“People made a big deal out of that. They said, ‘She’s a slut, blah, blah, blah.’ But I’m really not showing that much skin. It’s all suggested.”

On what younger men need to know about women:
“Women sometimes act out, and men get frustrated. They don’t get that all we want is, for a few seconds, for you to be all about the girl—to snuggle her and give her kisses and tell her ‘Your lips are so pretty today. I love your lips.’”

On being popular with the fellas:
“I was prematurely developed. As a freshman I looked like a junior; I had boobs. Some of the older kids saw me in the yearbook and said I was cute.”

On settling down:
“Oh yeah. I want to have, like, 15 babies. I’ve always wanted to be pregnant. One year for Halloween, I decided to be pregnant, so I got this nun costume, and I put a big belly under it. I showed my parents and said I want to go to school as a pregnant nun. My dad sat me down and said, “Katharine, you can’t!”

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Mini-Dress Madness

Allison Corneau — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 18:17:08 -0400

Afternoon Delights: McPheever at the Movies

Megan Lynn — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:54:20 -0400

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· Katharine McPhee will star in an indie movie, The Last Caller, which has nothing to do with the American Idol voting system.

· British television channel to air Princess Diana documentary, The Witness in the Tunnel, despite royal wishes.

· If you go see Akon, prepare for some involuntary stage-diving.

· Nicole Richie flees from an L.A. ice rink.

· Mike Tyson looks to KO the Bollywood box office.

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Katharine McPhee at the launch party for the new BlackBerry Curve from AT&T in Beverly Hills, CA. May 31, 2007.

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American Idol Snubs Katharine McPhee

Noelle Hancock — Wed, 30 May 2007 07:02:43 -0400

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Scores of American Idol alums turned out to partake in this year's season finale, but noticeably absent from the festivities was last year’s runner-up, Katharine McPhee.

Although fellow Season 5 competitors Elliot Yamin, Kellie Pickler, Taylor Hicks and Chris Daughtry all returned for guest spots this season, McPhee, 23, was missing from the rundown – and it was not by choice.

“Katharine called them herself, trying to get on the [finale],” a source close to the singer tells Us. “She’s really hurt.”

But she wasn’t the only former Idol who got dissed. When Sony/BMG president Clive Davis addressed the TV audience, he made sure to plug Taylor Hicks’ new single, but failed to mention Kelly Clarkson’s latest single or her forthcoming CD, My December, over which the two have reportedly butted heads.

McPhee's rep could not be reached, and Fox had no comment.

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Grammy Fashion Rocks!

summer — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 14:57:40 -0500

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From Katharine McPhee to Justin Timberlake, Usmagazine.com was on the party prowl this weekend to show you whose Grammy fashions won and, well, lost. Watch Us TV's Katrina Szish chat up the stars and ask the really important question: "What are you wearing?"

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