Rockin' Kate

"Nine" in New York December 15, 2009

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Doing Letterman, NYC December 10, 2009

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Kate on GMTV

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World Premiere of Nine in London, December 3rd 2009

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Harper's Bazaar Cover Girl

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2009 American Music Awards - Portraits, November 22

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Kate on Oprah

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Kate Hudson at the 3rd Annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute in Hollywood (November 21st 2009

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Nine” screening - November 16, 2009

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Nine goes Vogue

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Kate Hudson attends Fashion's Night Out at the Stella McCartney shop in New York (september 10)

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"The Model As Muse: Embodying Fashion" Costume Institute Gala (May 4, 2009) II

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At Cutlass screening

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NEW YORK - MAY 03: Actress Kate Hudson attends the New York screening of Kate Hudson's Glamour Reel Moments short film "Cutlass" hosted by Glamour at the Drawing Room in the Greenwich Hotel on May 3, 2009 in New York City.

Soho walk, May 1

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Inside the party !!

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Cartier red carpet

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Big Apple Babe

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Candid updates

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Out and about in NYC

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April, 27th

(Trying to update this site, it's not dead, btw!)

Easter weekend!

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Hudson Hotties

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Cutlass at TFF

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New York, NY [March 16, 2009] – The 2009 Tribeca Film Festival, presented by American Express, the founding sponsor of the Festival, today announced its line-up of short films. The Festival received 2463 short film submissions this year, and 46 have been selected for participation to be presented in six thematic programs. Among the highlights is a short narrative written and directed by Tom Everett Scott, as well as a documentary narrated by Richard Gere. Directors making return visits to the Festival include Jason DaSilva, Brian Durnin, Paula Gaitán, Ken Jacobs and Mark Street.

This year’s Festival shorts are a culmination of works from across the globe, including Cuba, Brazil, Norway, Italy, South Korea and Australia. The voices behind these works range from first-time to veteran filmmakers that include animators, graphic artists and actors taking the helm behind the camera. Collectively, through captivating narratives and gripping documentaries, they tell stories about life’s lessons drawn from dreams, desires and the coming-of-age experience.

“The films in this year’s program represent a strong showcase in the craft of short filmmaking. It's exciting that as digital content platforms continue to emerge, short films are accessible to, and being watched by an increasingly larger audience.” said Maggie Kim, Tribeca Film Festival shorts programmer.

"These six thematic programs contain elements that everyone can relate to - from growing up to dealing with work issues to being faced with irrevocable decisions. It's a solid line-up with narrative, documentary and experimental short films all of which express a unique way of storytelling in this format,” said Sharon Badal, Tribeca Film Festival shorts programmer.

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Mixed Feelings (one of the thematic programs)
Dreams and desires are contemplated and complicated in this group of shorts. Practically perfect simply isn’t enough in This Will All Make Perfect Sense Someday. Prepare for emotional turbulence in Delta’s Fly-In Movies Competition Winner. Interwoven stories with a cultural connection show the challenges of living in Nueva York. A big helping of truth is served at a dinner party in Oil Change. Mary Jane wonders if she’ll ever leave the Navajo reservation in Shimasani. Five characters collide with cosmic consequences in Of Best Intentions. In Cutlass, Robin remembers what it’s like to want something really, really badly.

· Cutlass, (USA), Narrative, New York Premiere, directed and written by Kate Hudson
· Nueva York, (USA), Narrative, World Premiere, directed and written by Manolo Celi
· Of Best Intentions, (Ireland), Narrative, New York Premiere, directed and written by Brian Durnin
· Oil Change, (USA), Narrative, New York Premiere, directed and written by Todd Luoto
· Shimasani, (USA), Narrative, World Premiere, directed and written by Blackhorse Lowe
· This Will All Make Perfect Sense Someday, (USA), Narrative, New York Premiere, directed and written by Long-Cuu Phan

* To Watch CUTLASS go here : Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.
Cast : Virginia Madsen, Dakota Fanning, Kristen Stewart, Kurt Russell, Sarah Roemer: Eve

New Nine still

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Kate and Daniel Day Lewis.

Arriving at LAX, March 6th

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Normandy Lovers

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Spotted!!!!

Kate Hudson and again boyfriend Owen Wilson in France.

Dolce & Gabbana Fall/Winter 2009-2010

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Unveiling of the "Extreme Beauty in Vogue" exhibition in Milan, Italy, March 2

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Kate and younger brother Wyatt Russell

Shopping in Milan,

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New cover!

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Here's the brand new Allure Korea feauturing a beautiful golden Kate.

Latest candids

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Coming home from France

Leaving the George V hotel.

Some more Bride Wars stills

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When in Paris

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Katie and Annie, Paris Photocall

Italian brides

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Katie and Annie at the Rome Photocall of 'Bride Wars'

Berlin brides wear black

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'Bride Wars', Berlin Photocall

ROCKIN ELLE

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People's Favorite Leading Lady

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Kate posed with her award in a Gucci gown in shades of blue.

War time in New York City !!!

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Kate wearing an Oscar de La Renta gown with her lovely costar Anne Hathaway in Christian Louboutin platforms.

*EDITED

Rachel Zoe, stylist of the night, said :

“Kate had this idea in her head. She wanted to play off the whole bridal theme of the movie and do full-on and do something over the top. It had the drama of a bridal gown but it wasn’t totally bridal. It was Annie’s idea to do a tuxedo and my initial reaction was that they were going to look like a bride and groom…and she liked that.”

Arriving to Letterman

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Arriving to David Letterman in a Pucci dress and black ties.

Fighting the cold in style

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Kate's in style

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InStyle.com has released some beautiful pictures for their newest issue featuring Kate.

Kate and Bill Hudson

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Kate was seeing leaving the wrap up party for her upcoming films Nine with her bio dad, musician Bill Hudson a few days on Maddox Night Club in London. We all know that she was raised by Gogo's partner Kurt, but it's so cute to see these two together holding hands and having a cute father/daughter time.

Bazaar Outtakes

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Ok, so thanks to my lovely Mar fro http://miss_scarlett I found these incredible inside pictures of the latest 'body' issue of Harper's Bazaar. GOOORGEOUS. Enjoy them you guys :)

LAX walk

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Kate was looking lovely in shades walking through the LAX airport with her asistant (lady with the reading glasses on the back) on december 11th.

Kate and Ry look for a Xmas tree!

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'Bride Wars' Press Conference

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The 'Bride Wars' Press Conference was held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills on December 3rd.

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Bride Wars Press Stills

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ROCKIN THE COVER

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Kate's featured on the new January cover of Harper's Bazaar, The Body Issue.

LAX madness

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LAX Airport, 25/11/2008

New picture of "Hollywood Pinups"

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This is the full version of Kate's picture featured on the new book by Timothy White, "Hollywood Pinups"

Baby Blue

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My Best Friend's Girl new stills

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First promo pic of NINE

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Oh yeah baby.

From left to right : Judi Dench, Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz, Sophia Loren, Fergie, Nicole Kidman and our very own Katie.

All in the family

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Kate and her drop dead gorgeous older brother Oliver Hudson at a Laker's game on Nov. 5th
credit to popsugar again.

All in the family

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Thanks to popsugar we have some pics of warm and cozy Katie in London, Nov 4rth.

Hollywood Pinup

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Kate feautred in the new book 'Hollywood Pinup' by Timothy White

Kate Hudson Web - The Forum

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The Kate Hudson Forum is now open !!! You can go and registed if you're interested in Kate and other stuff, hope to see you around there soon!

The girl in the hat

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Burburry BFFs

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Kate & Liv attending the Burburry Beverly Hills Store re-opening party last night.

LA babes

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Finished up with a trip to London, Kate Hudson and her son Ryder Robinson were spotted arriving at LAX Airport on Friday (October 17) following their overseas flight.

The "Bride Wars" poster is HERE

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CosmoKATE

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Girls in Black

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Attending a private dinner forLanvin Paris, held at the Sir John Soane’s Museum in Holborn.

FINALLY : The 'Bride Wars' Trailer is HERE !!!!

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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

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Sept, 15

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National Magazine Company's 30 Days of Fashion and Beauty in London

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Kate & Stella

My Best Friend's Girl World Premiere, LA

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Kate, Dance Cook and Jason Biggs in Los Angeles. She was wearing a creamed mini leather dress by Sophia Kokosalaki.

"It's a first for me because I've never been in an R-rated movie. You get to curse a lot more and you get to have a lot more freedom and it feels actually closer to what you really are. Censorship is weird sometimes, it's definitely confining so this was a lot more freedom.

I try very hard not to do it around my son. That's a big no-no. You drop something, you say a bad word, and they're like, 'Mommy, you don't say that!'"

"This was one of those sets where you are just constantly laughing and first of all Kate is just one of the funniest people I've ever met next to my wife. But Kate is a movie star and Dane is of course hilarious." Jason Biggs

Out in Santa Monica

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At a Madonna concert.

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Vuitton Babe

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Kate Hudson (in Louis Vuitton) helped host the Canadian launch of the David Babaii for WildAid haircare collection at its suite, sponsored by Ubisoft, at The Hazelton Hotel. "It felt good to be part of a creative process," Hudson said of her role in formulating the line with her longtime hair stylist. "All of the products are totally organic and sustainable. It's something I'm proud to be a part of."

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"My Best Friend's Girl"- Press Stills

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Lady in red

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Kate Hudson @ Sir Richard Branson's Unite Party during the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto, Canada, September 5

Dessert fun.

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Kate Hudson, eating with her little man Ryder, 4, at R+D Kitchen on Santa Monica's Montana Avenue on August 13th. The mother-son duo was especially playful during their meal, a source tells us. After munching on chicken salad and chatting with friends at a neighboring table, Hudson had a little fun with Ryder over dessert – dabbing his face with whipped cream! "She looked relaxed," a fellow diner says of the actress. When it was time to go, the two left with Ryder carrying the leftovers.

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Sued !

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Kate Hudson is being sued over some hair products. 220 Laboratories is suing Kate and hairstylist David Babali for fraud, misappropriation, and breach of contract.

220 insists they told Hudson and Babali about a secret ingredient the company used, volcanic ash, and they took the samples and shopped it around to find a better deal. 220 says Kate and David even used promo footage of the 220 team collecting ash with their new manufacturer, Universal.

Kate's publicist Brad Cafarelli told E! Online:

"Kate and her attorneys are only just learning of the complaint, as Kate has not yet been served. Kate does not know the plaintiffs and has never met with them or spoken with them. Her representatives believe that the claims are baseless and without merit and intend to vigorously defend the lawsuit."

According to a statement from the company’s attorney, William E. Crockett, the case against Hudson and her partner David Babaii is watertight.

“We can demonstrate that our client...invented these beauty products. David Babaii and Kate Hudson have said they invented the product. Claiming to have invented and developed a product that is delivered ready-to-go is not only breach-of-contract—it’s fraud.”

He continued, “In fairness to Ms. Hudson, she may be unaware of the products’ history, as she entered into a relationship with WildAid after the products had already been created. We are working to ensure that our client receives the compensation owed them.”

Kiss Me Ryder

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Adorable mother-son duo.

LDN KATE

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To LND

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Check out the adorable golden necklace with the letter R ! ♥

Putting the transatlantic flight behind her, Kate Hudson makes a stylish landing at London's Heathrow airport before hopping into a nearby waiting car on Wednesday.

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From LA

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Kate Hudson arriving at Los Angeles International Airport to catch a flight to London, August 1

Our hippie-meets-boho-meets-rock chic

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Beverly Hills

Beach Volley QUEEN

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While mom Kate Hudson, 29, played volleyball with a girlfriend and her husband, 4 ½-year-old Ryder Russell Robinson zoomed around in the sand and jumped breaking waves with the couple's daughter in Manhattan Beach, Calif. on Wednesday.

Soccer mom

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Lady Kate and Mr Ry ♥

Santa Monica

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W photoshoot

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{Full artcile below}

Kate will be bringing her shortfilm "Cutlass", starring Dakota Fanning and her own dad Kurt Russel to The Palm Springs ShortFest.

The short is based on one of Glamour Magazine's readers own story, and it filmed for the "Glamour Reel Moments", last year.

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Kate was seeing leaving Mozza restaurant on Ag 6th and dropping Ry off at tennis practice in Brentwood before heading over to her own pilates class at a gym in Beverly Hills : for an adorable picture of mr Ry and his tennis racquet click here.

Girl's time

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Kate Hudson was spotted at the Countrywide Classic Tennis Tournament at UCLA Tuesday joined by her close friends actress Sara Foster and jewelry designer/Tobey Maguire's wifer Jennifer Meyer.

But she wasn’t there to compete, rather she was cheering on her friend Tommy Haas. But in the end, having a hot famous blonde in the stands pulling for him wasn’t enough, as Haas lost to Donald Young in the first round.

Out and about

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NYC, Ag 4th

Doing W

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Wedding mania and Oprah—can this really be Kate Hudson?

Kate Hudson has just tumbled into the backseat of her SUV, narrowly escaping the small swarm of paparazzi awaiting her outside the downtown Manhattan spot where she was having lunch. The driver is pulling a series of turns to elude a particularly pesky photographer on a bike, but Hudson has just as quickly shifted her attention to more pressing topics. “You know how, with Martha Stewart, there’s an aesthetic consistency—like you look at it and you know: This is Martha Stewart,” she says, her eyes squinting in concentration and her voice solemn. “That’s how a wedding should be. From the ribbons on the bridal party’s bouquets to the ribbons on the place cards to the ribbons tied around the menus. Will your look be woodsy? Will it be modern? Everything. Must. Be. Consistent.”

It’s jarring to hear such instructions—delivered as they are with OCD–flavored intensity—issued from the mouth of Hudson, hippie chick of Hollywood, she of the peasant blouses and Bob Dylan references. Her mother, Goldie Hawn, has never officially married her partner of 25 years, Kurt Russell, and Hudson’s own wedding, at age 21, was an über relaxed and untraditional affair (“We didn’t even have invitations; we just called people”) in which she married a shaggy, formerly drug-addled rock star, Chris Robinson of the Black Crowes. Oh, and the marriage ended in divorce last year. She is also a woman who famously neglected to have her son’s hair cut for a full three years after his birth, not caring that he was routinely mistaken for a girl or some sort of street urchin.

Hudson, 29, blames her nuptial mania on having just finished filming Bride Wars, which she produced and stars in opposite Anne Hathaway. “Annie and I would talk about this stuff constantly—we were obsessed with The Knot!” she says, referring to the wedding Web site and magazine.

Not to worry, though. Hudson hasn’t yet morphed into the shrill neurotic she played in her 2003 box office smash, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. The bohemian Kate is still here, still clad in flowy florals (today it’s a Bally chiffon sundress), still interrupting conversation to loudly break into song and sway when a Radiohead tune comes on the speaker system. She has spent the morning making appearances all over town to promote David Babaii for WildAid, the new paraben-, sulfate- and petroleum-free hair-care line she developed in tandem with her hairstylist. “We need to start paying attention,” she says gravely, “to how we’re harming ourselves and our environment.”

It is one of the stickiest days of summer, and not 10 minutes after we sit down to lunch, the environmentally conscious hole-in-the-wall restaurant she’s chosen has a blackout. “We lost power!” Hudson yells out happily to no one in particular and giggles. Feeling sweat beads forming at my temples, I suggest that, if the electricity stays out for longer than a few minutes, we think of a plan B. “Nah, I’m cool,” she says. “As long as the gas in the kitchen is still working, so we can eat our tofu balls!”

“Kate is really comfortable with herself, and that makes everyone around her comfortable,” says comedian Dane Cook, her costar in My Best Friend’s Girl. Due out in September, it’s a vulgarity-filled romantic comedy that barely manages to stay this side of an NC-17 rating. “She’s one of the boys, in the sense that you can throw her into any situation, and there’s no ewww factor with her.”

When the ceiling fans switch back on a grueling five minutes later, Hudson barely notices. She’s too busy scarfing down edamame and talking about her favorite subject: her son, Ryder, who’s four. “He’s superathletic,” she says between bites. “I just signed him up for tennis camp. He’s very good at riding a bike—no training wheels. And he’s skiing! I was at that age too, but not as good as he is.”

Hudson was only 24 when she gave birth to Ryder, and the fact that she spent what many would consider their prime Hollywood partying years breast-feeding and packing lunches doesn’t really make much of an impression on her. “Am I gonna look back and say, God, I wish I could have gone to that… that… concert?” she asks, making the same sour-lemon face of disdain she gives repeat costar Matthew McConaughey when he says something particularly idiotic onscreen. “I’d rather be listening to my son sing songs. I’d rather be watching him sleep.”

Of course, her first years of motherhood were anything but conventional. When Ryder was a baby, he and Hudson went on tour with Robinson and his band. “I miss living on the road,” she says, flashing a devilish smile. “I’ll always miss it.” But her greater concern is making sure that Ryder feels his dad’s presence, even when he’s not around for weeks at a time. (It’s an issue that strikes close to home: Her biological father, musician Bill Hudson, was absent from her life from the time she was an infant; when she refers to her parents, she is talking about Hawn and Russell.) “We iChat with Chris constantly,” she says. “No matter what is going on in my life, relationship-wise, Chris takes absolute precedence. It’s important for Ryder to hear me say how wonderful Chris is, and how much Chris misses him.”

Romantically, though, Hudson has moved on. As anyone who’s recently passed a newsstand knows, she’s spent the past few months frolicking with new beau Lance Armstrong. Tabloids—and even The New York Times—have been reporting on the actress and the legendary cyclist in situations both naughty (making out in Cannes) and nice (they dined Brady Bunch–style with both their children and Robinson and his girlfriend in Brooklyn on Father’s Day). Hudson all but acknowledges the relationship—her barely contained excitement pretty much gives her away—although she’s trying to rein herself in, something that clearly does not come naturally. “It’s so hard for me, because I’m so open, to hold back. I could really just go on forever about this stuff,” she admits, having learned to be more discreet about new relationships. Husbands, however, ex or otherwise, are another story: “We can talk about Chris till the dogs come home. I married Chris, I had a baby with Chris, Chris will be in my life for the rest of my life. But everything else—I’ve learned that things are better left private until you’re actually planning the wedding.”

There it is again: the W word. For all her bohemian trimmings, Hudson is, it turns out, a traditional gal at heart. She loves beauty products and trading clothes with her friends. She bakes (though she won’t eat her own concoctions—she says she’s a hearty eater but doesn’t do sugar), watches Oprah and writes in a journal daily. “Years ago Oprah had this show where she said to write down three things a day that you’re thankful for and see what happens. I started doing that and couldn’t believe where it led,” Hudson says, citing short stories about sad breakups and stream-of-consciousness entries about her life as the sorts of things that now fill her pages.

Though early in her career she would chain-smoke and make blasé statements about recreational drug use, these days, she doesn’t go in for artsy pretension. To describe her recent trip to the New Museum in New York, she cobbles together a little collage on our lunch table of a used straw, a tiny ball of paper napkin, her sunglasses and the tin of desserts she has ordered to bring home for Ryder. “The art [there] is like this. And you have to stand there and say”—here, she furrows her brow—“‘I think it represents conflict.’” She gives the Goldie-clone smile, an impish grin that features teeth many a Hollywood dentist would consider too small: “It wasn’t my thing.”

Don’t confuse her breezy frocks and crusade for safer hair care with flakiness, either. As Hudson makes clear, her own and Hathaway’s characters in Bride Wars were exaggerated versions of their actual personalities. “I play the classic extrovert, and she’s the classic introvert. She sort of goes with the flow, gets a bit walked over sometimes, while I’m that got-it-all-figured-out, everything-needs-to-be-done-my-way, take-care-of-everything type. And that’s kind of how we are.”

Lynda Obst, the prolific producer who worked with Hudson on How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, calls her “a real girls’ girl. She loves women, and she knows the difference between friendships and alliances.” Obst believes this has played no small part in her box-office success with such films as You, Me, and Dupree, The Skeleton Key and Fool’s Gold. “It’s the girls’ girls who are the true stars. Because female audiences can identify the actresses who aren’t, and they don’t flock to their movies.”

Indeed, Hudson, who’s prone to earnestness, quickly gets maudlin when it comes to her family and friends. “I have a supersolid family,” she says. “We have the best time together, just a blast.” She has a couple of close male friends from high school (she name-checks actor Cash Warren and NBA star Baron Davis—“Uncle Baron in our house!” she effuses) and “a real solid group of girlfriends, about six of us who are really tight. A lot of them are from when I was little, and we’re still superclose. A solid group of girls will get you through anything—believe me, I know. I feel bad for the women who don’t believe that,” she adds. She’s surprisingly sappy about other topics too—and today, love is among them. “Every girl wants a fairy-tale ending,” says Hudson. “And I believe it’s possible. Absolutely.”

One thing she’s not sentimental about, though, is acting. Growing up, she says, she had more fun in gym class than in theater class. “Sometimes [in theater class] I just felt like, ‘Stop with the talking—just do it!’” she says, realizing aloud that she sounds like a Nike advertisement. “I don’t like to analyze; I just like to put it out there.” She still plays regular pickup games of soccer, and one gets the feeling that going head-to-head with her on the field would be a physical risk. Her figure is svelte, sure, but also, to borrow her favorite adjective, solid—she’s no fragile waif—and her demeanor is marked by a calm confidence. “She’s fearless,” says Cook, who likewise resorts to sports lingo in describing Hudson’s approach to filming My Best Friend’s Girl. “She jumps cannonball-style into the deep end.”

Perhaps the most truly free-spirited thing about Hudson is her constant pursuit of fun. It is, to her, the motivation for and solution to almost any situation—and the key to her parents’ lasting happiness. “I think it’s their trick,” she muses. “When the hard stuff starts to hit, they meet at this fun place where they can play. I think you need to find somebody you can play with.” Of course, this guiding principle is hardly a safeguard against difficult times, which Hudson understands all too well—apart from her very public divorce, she was reportedly devastated by Owen Wilson’s attempt on his life shortly after a romance between them ended, though she won’t discuss the incident publicly. She admits that her approach to life is hardly risk-free. “I have this personality—and there’s a downside to it too—but I have this thing where it’s like, okay, I’ve chosen to bungee jump off this ledge,” she says. “I have to do it. And if the cord snaps, well, I might as well enjoy the ride down.”

One suspects she loses little sleep over the common criticism that, since her Oscar-nominated turn in Almost Famous, she’s made a string of all-too-similar romantic comedies that have done little to show her range. “You never know how a movie is going to come out,” says Hudson, who has a chance to prove the doubters wrong with her next two films: Big Eyes, a drama in which she plays painter Margaret Keane, and the musical Nine, Rob Marshall’s film adaptation of the Broadway show, in which she was recently cast alongside Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard and Judi Dench. When it comes to critics, authors and musicians like her ex-husband are the ones who, she thinks, have the tougher burden. “When you are writing a book or a song, you are putting your words and your ideas out there. It’s all you. But at the end of the day, I was just a piece of the puzzle, and yeah, I’m the one who has to go out and sell [the movie]. But I can really dissociate myself from a film once I finish working on it. You have to.”

Ask Hudson about a particular film, and she’s far more likely to tell you about how much fun she had on set than about her character or process. “I laughed so hard with Jason Lee,” she says of filming Almost Famous. “My connection with him—everything about his sense of humor just got me. And Luke and Owen!” she exclaims, referencing the Wilson brothers, with whom she worked on Alex & Emma and Dupree, respectively. “Man! I can’t get through anything with those two.” Her choice of My Best Friend’s Girl was also driven by her expectation of a good time. “I’ve never laughed so hard,” she says. “I got to film in a strip club and say lots of swear words. I’ve never really gotten to curse in a movie!”

Her approach to acting might leave many of her peers cold. But it’s worth noting that she’s not the first easygoing blond to carve an impressive career out of light comedic fare—some of it good, some of it not, all of it endearing if only because its star appears to have had the time of her life making it. Hawn followed this same formula, and it turned her into an American sweetheart, even if she did subject us to Protocol. So Hudson comes by her take-nothing-too-seriously attitude rightly. “I watched my parents go through ups and downs in their careers,” she says. “At the end of every day, as soon as they walked through the door, it was about us kids. About watching Scooby Doo or The Three Amigos or whatever we were interested in. I guess that’s what you wind up emulating. I love acting, but I can be present on set, and then at the end of the day I come home, and it’s about family.

“Eventually,” she says, again flashing her mother’s smile, “it all goes away. So you just gotta keep enjoying yourself.”

West Village couple

2008-08-03T18:10:00.001-07:00

Ry and Kate ... little rocks star on tha making already with a fake tattoo!!!

Going a bit too far

2008-08-03T17:50:00.000-07:00

Ok, so, as we all expected Katie has been taking a major media bullshit after spliting from Lance. There have been awful rumors, like he dumped her because she was too needy. A "source" said Lance thought Kate was a desperate woman who couldn't be alone, without a man. That is just... I mean I won't believe that. And this other thing where she went back to this guy name Eric Lindros. I had no idea who he was but it seems their families are close friends and they have house nearby each other in Canada. But the most strange one was the Chris rumor! He's dating some other girl, but it seems they were caught 'kissing'. Check it out, according to OK! Mag :

It’s only been four days since Kate Hudson ended her relationship with Lance Armstrong — and our spies have already spotted the actress smooching in the street with her ex, Chris Robinson!

The source tells OK! that Kate arrived at tiny Teteboro Airport in New Jersey yesterday in the early afternoon and took a car with her son Ryder to her SoHo apartment, where they were met on the steps by Chris.

“They were really affectionate with each other and gave each other a kiss which lasted much longer then a platonic kiss should last — 20 seconds, maybe a little longer. Without going into all the details the kiss was more than just friends. They seemed like something more going on and were very affectionate with each other.”

A pal of Kate’s tells OK!, “She and Chris have always been close and she turns to her exes after most of her breakups.”

And just yesterday another source revealed that Kate was “holed up” with another ex, retired hockey star Eric Lindros, at her mom and dad’s place in Canada, although pals say there nothing romantic between them.

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Cmon ... seriously. Vogue scans from 2004.

LA lady

2008-08-01T09:06:00.000-07:00

Calling it quits

2008-07-30T14:48:00.000-07:00

KATE and LANCE broke up :

Sources said they tried to make it work, but the constant bickering and their travel schedules drove them apart. Hudson made a last-ditch effort last week, traveling to see her beau in Ohio for his Livestrong Summit, but "they both decided it wasn't feasible," a friend said.

Another spy said the couple had a big blowout a week ago and Armstrong stormed off - "They didn't talk for like five days." Their reps didn't return calls. "There was no drama or ugliness - They just decided to end things," a source close to the couple tells Us. "There is no hatred, just sadness."

Too bad guys, I really loved this couple. I really hope they're ok, im sure even if they weren't together for that long they had a real bond, i mean meeting the kids and the parents and etc. Im sure they can be friends again one day, they are both very great people. SAAAAD, HUGH?

Run, Kate, run

2008-07-30T12:36:00.000-07:00

Katie joined the LIVESTRONG Ride and Run, running a 5 k race on July 13th.
Thanks again to Raupi for this info and pics!! You rock.

Song for Kate

2008-07-23T11:37:00.000-07:00

The role Kate Hudson will play in her movie musical debut Nine was written especially for her.

Her Nine character - a Vogue magazine writer called Stephanie - didn’t feature in the original Broadway show.

Director Rob Marshall explains, “Her revelatory skills as a singer and a dancer lead to the creation of the role.”
Nine composer Maury Yeston has even written a new song just for Hudson.

The actress will join Daniel Day-Lewis, Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, Dame Judi Dench and Sophia Loren in the film adaptation of the hit show, inspired by Federico Fellini’s autobiographical film 8.

Javier Bardem and Catherine Zeta-Jones have already quit the project - making way for Day-Lewis and Kidman respectively.

Source.

'Skeleton Key' Rome Photocall, 2005.

Purple Haze

2008-07-23T11:34:00.000-07:00

Santa Monica-

Lady in white

2008-07-13T12:40:00.000-07:00

near a golf course, July 10th.

Meeting Levi

2008-07-10T09:19:00.000-07:00

Lance and Kate were off to the UCLA Medical Center to visit Matt McConaughey's newborn baby boy, son Levi Alves McConaughey. Lance has been friends with Mattie a long time so im sure he was pretty happy to see them both. Hopefully mr Ry will have a little playmate for the next years. Congratulations to the happy couple!

American Century Championship players party (July 9)

2008-07-10T09:06:00.000-07:00

She is wearing the loveliest pair of necklesses, a turtle and and an elephant. Gorgeous smile and apparently no make up!

Love tennis

2008-07-10T08:58:00.000-07:00

Pacific Palisades, July 8

Kate, Lance and Isabelle.

Serious family bonding!

2008-07-08T11:27:00.001-07:00

kate was seeing running around and playing with Lance's twins Isabella and Grace at tennis court in Pacific Palisades yesterday! How adorable is this, you guys ? I'm honestly loving this, I mean, looks like he was just what she needed! Plus the girls seem to adore her, look how they try to get some giggles out of her and laughing with her. Too cute. But Mr Ry was no where to be found, I wonder if he's spending time with daddy Chris, sure hope so.

Fourth of July

2008-07-06T11:13:00.000-07:00

With a asleep little darling Ry in her arms, Katie kissed her man as she celebrated 4rth of July at her friend's Courtney Cox's house. How cute she looks with that cool headband?