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CRITICAL
ASSEMBLY ON NBC
ADDED: 7 JULY 2003
Back
in December 2001, we reported that NBC had shelved indefinity
its TV movie GROUND ZERO following
the events of September 11th.
Now
retitled CRITICAL ASSEMBLY, the movie
is due to air on Saturday 12 July, at 9pm/8pm. The network describes
it as follows:
"In
this heart-pounding NBC original movie, four globally minded college
students secretly build a nuclear device just to prove how easy
it is. However, when real terrorists steal the bomb, it's a race
against time to find and disarm it. Katherine Heigl (ROSWELL),
Kerr Smith (DAWSON'S CREEK) and Michael
Beach (THIRD BEACH) co-star."
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LOVES
COMES SOFTLY AND WUTHERING HEIGHTS, CA
ADDED:
23 APRIL 2003
According
to the NEW
YORK POST, Hallmark's original movie, LOVE
COMES SOFTLY, notched a record audience of 3.1 million
households for the channel. Katherine had the leading role as
Marty Claridge.
Meanwhile,
Katie is set to star in a modernised take on Emily Bronte's classic
novel Wuthering Heights for MTV.
WUTHERING
HEIGHTS, CA
is slated for a 6 May start in Puerto Rico and will also star
Erika Christensen (who starred alongside Shiri Appleby in SWIMFAN
and who also appeared in TRAFFIC),
Mike Vogel (TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE)
and Christopher Masterson (MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE).
The
film relocates the story to "the tumultuous Mendocino coastline"
for the story of a girl who falls for a poor musician but very
unhappily weds the scion of a wealthy family instead. BACK
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KATIE
ATTACHED TO DICK
ADDED: 13.04.03
Reuters
reports that Katie has joined the cast of UPN's VEGAS
DICK, in which she will play the daughter of a hotel
and casino owner who acts as its manager. She is the boss of the
main character, a former con man who becomes a casino detective.
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EVIL
NEVER DIES AND LOVE COMES
SOFTLY
ADDED: 31.03.03. SOURCE: TBS
SUPERSTATION
A
couple of months ago, we reported that Katherine had been cast
in a remake of Frankenstein that was being developed by
TBS.
The
station's website now has more details about the film, which premieres
in the States on 1 June:
He
was a violent criminal, destroying countless lives before being
executed for his trangressions on humanity. Now, advanced science
is giving him life once again...and the chance to enact his bloody
revenge.
Thomas
Gibson (Dharma and Greg) and Katherine Heigl (Roswell)
star in the TBS Supersation Original Movie, Evil Never Dies,
a modern-day variation on the Frankenstein story with a dark twist.
Gibson plays a police officer who loses his wife at the hands
of a brutal murderer. After being transferred to patrol duty at
a prestigious college, Gibson discovers that the now-executed
murderer is part of a professor's strange experiment that results
in his being brought back to life, his murderous drive still intact.
Heigl plays the professor's assistant.
We
also reported that Katie was starring in Love Comes Softly
for Hallmark. The TVM airs in the US on 13 April, and the channel
has now released the complete synopsis
for the production:
"A
woman's dream to forge a new life for herself on the great American
plains becomes a test of her pioneering spirit, her inner strength,
and her undying faith. By covered wagon, Marty (Katherine Heigl,
Roswell) and Aaron Claridge (Oliver Macready, That '70s
Show) have come west in search of fortune. But unforeseen
tragedy leaves Marty a widow facing bleak prospects for the future.
With a bitter winter season approaching and no safe passage back
home, she finds herself stranded yet befriended by settlers Ben
Graham (Golden Globe nominee Corbin Bernsen, L.A. Law)
and his wife Sarah (Theresa Russell, Black Widow). They
encourage her to take up widower Clark Davis (Dale Midkiff, Nancy
Drew) on his unusual offer - join him in a temporary marriage
of convenience. Marty will have a roof over her head until the
spring thaw when she can return home. In the meantime, Clark's
nine-year-old daughter Missie (Skye McCole Bartusiak, Don't
Say a Word) will have a teacher.
As
promised, the arrangement is strictly business. However, teaching
Missie, who's still grieving for her mother, becomes as challenging
as living with Clark, a man cutt off from his emotions. For three
people, each mourning someone they've lost, comfort comes from
sharing their pain and hardships. But is it enough to make two
lonely hearts recognise what they really need and want? As the
seasons pass, and Marty gets closer to the day of her departure,
she finally discovers the meaning of courage, her inner faith,
a love she never thought possible, and the bittersweet truth in
her friend Sarah's sage advice: Bloom where you're planted.
Based
on Janette Oke's cherished best-selling series of books, and written
and directed by Michael Landon, Jr., this inspiring love story
of a more innocent time is illuminated by the same warmth and
wisdom that made Little House on the Prairie such enduring
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KATIE
NEWS ROUND-UP
ADDED: 29.01.03
With
the site getting a few news updates recently, it's a good time
to round up a few news snippets about Katherine.
On
7 January, Katie attended the 2003 National Cable & Telecommunications
Association Press Tour event in Hollywood. Thirty cable networks
presented programmes to more than 130 television critics during
the three-day (January 6-8) cable portion of the "tour"
at the Hollywood Renaissance Hotel.
Katherine
was there promoting her new project Love Comes Softly,
in which she plays Marty Claridge, and which will air on 13 April
on the (US) Hallmark Channel.
Meanwhile,
the movie Wish Upon a Star, in which Katherine plays Alexis
Wheaton, will be re-issued in the US in a DVD double-pack with
Little Secrets (both were directed by Blair Treu) on 4
February.
Finally,
according to yesterday's New York Daily News: Thomas Gibson
(Dharma and Greg) will star in a remake of the classic
Frankenstein, being developed by TBS. "Former Roswell
star Katherine Heigl" will also appear in the film. BACK
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ROMY
AND MICHELE PREQUEL CASTS HEIGL
ADDED: 02.10.02. SOURCE: ZAP2IT
Katherine Heigl is going from Roswell
to Hollywood, circa 1987, reports Zap2it.
Katie
has been cast as Romy in ABC's Romy and Michele: Behind the
Velvet Rope, a prequel to the 1997 feature film Romy
and Michele's High School Reunion. Alex Breckenridge will
play Michele.
Mira
Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow played Romy and Michele, respectively,
in the movie.
Behind
the Velvet Rope
flashes back 10 years from the movie, to just after Romy and
Michele's graduation. They quickly pack their things nad leave
their hometown of Tuscon, Arizona, for the glitz of Hollywood.
There, they embark on a three-year quest to gain entrance to
the town's hottest club.
Kelly
Brook (Smallville) also stars.
In
addition to Roswell, Heigl has starred in Valentine
and My Father The Hero, among other films. She will
also star in an episode of UPN's Twilight Zone this season.
Breckenridge is a relative newcomer, with guest roles on Undeclared
and Charmed (as Michelle Miglis in A Paige From the
Past) and the movie Big Fat Liar to her credit.
Robin
Schiff, who wrote the screenplay to Romy and Michele's High
School Reunion, is writing and directing the prequel. She'll
also serve as an executive producer. BACK
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NBC
SHELVES GROUND ZERO
05.12.01
- According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the
NBC TVM Ground Zero, which stars Katie, has been shelved
indefinitely as a result of the 11 September terrorist attacks.
"I'm
disappointed," Katie said. "You don't want to
be insensitive to what went on. But I'm not sure I feel
that the movie is insensitive."
In
addition to having the unfortunate title that's been bestowed
on the site of the Twin Towers attack, Ground Zero "deals
with terrorism and nuclear weapons," explained Katie.
"But it's a different story because the terrorists are Americans
who are part of the @!#$ [sic] or militia...I play a nuclear physicist,
and three college guys lure me into helping them build a nuclear
bomb to show that if we can do it there need to be stricter laws.
Things get out of hand, and the weapon gets stolen by terrorists."
However,
Katie is hopeful that Ground Zero will eventually see the
light of day. Her research for the part included "reading
books like The Tao of Physics. We also had a physicist
on set who would talk us through the process while we were building
the bomb...But the story didn't get so detailed that everybody
can just go into their garage and build a bomb." BACK
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US
WEEKLY: KATHERINE HEIGL
03.08.01
- From US Weekly, 30 July:
Katherine
Heigl
The
22-year-old star of Roswell talks about stepping out in
Hollywood with her necesssary accessory.
Are
these glasses part of your everyday look?
I'm
nearsighted and contacts kill my eyes, so I have to wear them.
I love this pair - I can dress them up or down. The Mossimo
party [to which she wore them the night the accompanying photo
was taken] was casual, and I liked the way I looked.
Will
you wear your glasses out more often?
Definitely,
though it depends on the outfit. That night, I was wearing
dark jeans and a black turtleneck, so it worked very well.
I ended up looking a lot more intellectual, which is always good
to try to pull off.
Would
you wear the glasses even if you didn't need them?
Probably
not. It's a pain in the butt to have to remember to wear
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KATIE'S
SOPHISTICATED NEW LOOK
23.07.01
- As the photos of Katherine at the Legally Blonde premiere
show, she's sporting a new look, having cut her familiar long,
blonde hair and dieing it brown.
"I
actually did it for a role that fell through ... [that] called
for a more sophisticated look," she said, adding that she
had been lobbying The WB to let her shear her locks for a while.
The network, possibly nervous after Felicity star Keri
Russell's hair change, wouldn't have it. When word came
of the move to UPN, she said, "I just went for it.
I've been wanting to cut my hair forever! I just think it
looks better. I'm a better brunette than blonde, I think."
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KATIE
AT LEGALLY BLONDE PREMIERE
 10.07.01
- Here's a rather stylishly looking Katherine snapped at the premiere
of Legally Blonde on 26 June (unlike co-star Majandra Delfino
who was charged by E! Online's Fashion Police for the umpteenth
time).
For
more pics of Katie (and a larger size version of this one) as
well as Majandra's latest fashion disaster click here.
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US
FHM SEXIEST WOMEN POLL
08.06.01
- Katie was unable to repeat her Top 30 placing from the UK edition's
poll in the US FHM Sexiest Women poll, coming in at number
71. As with the UK poll, she was the only Roswell
regular featured and as with the UK poll, it was yet again won
by Jennifer Lopez, although season one recurring star, as well
as Buffy and Angel's Darla, Julie Benz, was placed
90th.
Here's
the magazine's blurb about Katie:
Katherine
got her humble start years ago modelling for the Sears catalogue.
Although some would argue that her rise to prominence kicked into
high gear with her compelling performance as Jade in Bride
of Chucky, it was more likely her role as superhuman Isabel
Evans on TV's Roswell that launched her to stardom.
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KATIE
MAKES FHM TOP 30
19.05.01
- Katherine was voted into 30th place in FHM's Sexiest
Women Top 100 poll, which was published yesterday (and somehow
won by Jennifer Lopez). Other sci-fi/fantasy actresses featured
include Buffy's Alyson Hannigan (10th) and Sarah Michelle
Gellar (11th), Dark Angel's Jessica Alba (19th), Angel's
Charisma Carpenter (27th) and Charmed's Alyssa Milano (57th).
Hopefully
next year's poll (or "fix" as many online posters seem
to believe it is) will see an even better performance by Katie
as well as the likes of Shiri making the Top 100.
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KATHERINE
HEIGL, HOLLYWOOD'S RISING STAR
14.05.01
- Katherine Heigl's striking looks had her modelling at a young
age and as she's gotten older her list of accomplishmnets has
grown tremendously. You've seen her in quite a few films
such as My Father The Hero, Wish Upon a Star and
Valentine but you probably know her best as Isabel on the
WB's Roswell.
Teen.com
caught up with Katie on the set of Roswell to find out
more about her life as an actress, what it's like to be on a hit
show and what she does in her "spare" time.
Click
here
to read the full article (some very mild general season 2 spoilers
for BBC2 viewers but nothing to worry about), but in the meantime,
here's an excerpt:
Teen.com:
Do you have anything in the works for your time off from Roswell?
Katie:
There are a couple of things we are working on but nothing is
definite yet. It's hard because we end work in April and
many films are starting before then so they can be out before
the strike. It's a difficult time for actors right now.
Teen.com:
Does the WB have cast parties for you guys so you can meet the
actors and actresses from the other shows?
Katie:
Sometimes, it's kind of strange at first. It's like you
have these different cliques from different shows and it's just
like high school. The shows that have been around the longest
are the seniors and they know the most people and the shows that
are just starting are the freshman. It is so much fun though.
We all got together in NY last summer for a WB party and we got
to meet all of the people who are on the same network as us.
It was strange because you felt like you should know all of these
people but you don't. There are a lot of really cool people
on some of these shows.
Teen.com:
What was making Valentine like?
Katie:
It was really crazy. I had three days to do it. My
part was only at the beginning to we didn't need much more than
that. We were also working on the show [Roswell]
at that time and I wasn't on break. I had four days off
to fly up to Vancouver, film everything and the return to work
on Roswell. Movies taken much longer to film than
TV so we had to work very long hours and cram everything into
a short amount of time. While you are doing it you wonder
how you are going to make it through i8t and aren't really enjoying
yourself. When you're done though, you are like wow, that
was huge, I can't believe I did that. It was really tiring
but I was proud of myself for getting through it.
Teen.com:
Do you feel like that's what you need to be doing right now?
Both movies and TV?
Katie:
Especially at this point in my career. It's important for
me to continuously get myself out there and keep screaming that
I'm here.
Teen.com:
Where do you want to be in your career in five years?
Katie:
I'd love to be at a place where it's easier. When a script
comes along with a role that I absolutely adore I can get it without
having to kill myself or be really disappointed if I don't get
it. A place where I have more choices and less instability.
I'd also love to be producing. I have such definitive ideas
about what I'd like to see out there and I'd like to be able to
just do it.
Teen.com:
Whom would you like to work with on a movie?
Katie:
That's easy. I would love to work with Edward Norton.
I think he is immensely talented and he is the kind of actor that
gives a lot so that you could do your best too. I think
I could learn a lot from him. I love Cate Blanchett.
I think she is another really talented woman. I just love
her power and her presence in films and how she is like a chameleon
that can do anything. It is very inspiring. I will
do whatever it takes because I want to be that good. And
then of course, Julia Roberts. She has it all. She
has the most wonderful personality, the most striking looks and
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KATIE
TARGETS GROUND ZERO
24.04.01
- NBC has given a greenlight to Leonard Goldberg's Ground Zero,
a telefilm starring Katherine Heigl and Dawson's Creek's
Kerr Smith, in a story based on James Mills' best-selling book
The Seventh Power.
The
pair play two college students who construct a nuclear bomb to
prove how much the country needs to examine its national priorities.
Betrayed by a fellow student, the bomb ends up in the hands of
a terrorist. The two students must then join forces with
the government to prevent the destruction of the San Francisco
Bay Area. BACK
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100
GIRLS STRAIGHT
TO VIDEO?
31.03.01
- Emanuelle
Chriqui Web reports that Katie's movie 100 Girls is
likely to go straight to video in the USA after all. BACK
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KATIE'S
BOOKISH NEW LOOK
 23.03.01
- Here's Katherine showing off a bookish new look with her on-screen
sibling Jason Behr at the launch party for Mossimo's spring line
and benefit for the Elizabeth Glazer Foundation in L.A.
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100
GIRLS
PICKED UP
07.03.2001
- Lions Gate has acquired
the US distribution rights to 100 Girls, a romantic comedy
in which Katherine stars alongside Jaime Pressley, Larisa Oleynik,
Marissa Ribisi and Jonathan Tucker.
Speaking
of the film, Katie told Maxim, "It's a cute movie.
I just wish I wasn't wearing only jeans and a bra in this one
scene... Because I'm leaning over this guy and shaking him, and
I didn't realize exactly what they do when you're moving around
a lot. If they were fake it'd probably look better."
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SORORITY
RULE
28.02.2001
- According to upcomingmovies.com, Katherine is set to star in
this film, due for release sometime next year. Described
as "Animal House for women with the edge of Election,"
the film is "a satirical take on the seedy underbelly of
sorority rush week as a New England college." BACK
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KATIE
AT VALENTINE PREMIERE
 10.02.2001
- Here's Katherine at the Valentine premiere in Los Angeles
on 1 February.
According
to Variety, Katie was torn between attending the premiere
and staying at home to watch Survivor: The Australian Outback,
which she described as "the perfect thing to sit with
a bunch of friends and watch and just rank on everybody ... I
might be watching it this year just to make fun of everyone,"
she said.
Guests
chowing down on burgers, quesadillas, fish sticks and rum punch
at the Maxim-hosted after-party in Hollywood's American
Legion Hall included director Jamie Blanks; stars David Boreanaz,
Jessica Capshaw, Woody Jeffreys, Denise Richards and Marley Shelton;
as well as Charisma Carpenter, Rachel Hunter, Bob Saget, Tori
Spelling, Tangi Miller (Felicity) and George Eads (CSI).
The
film's Denise Richards is the cover girl of Maxim's US
edition for February, while Jessica Cauffiel is also featured
inside.
The
film opens in the UK on 16 June. BACK
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KATIE
TALKS VALENTINE
18.01.2001
- On Sunday, January 14, David Boreanaz and Katherine Heigl appeared
at the Los Angeles Comic Book and Science Fiction Convention to
discuss their upcoming film Valentine.
Based
on the novel of the same title by Tom Savage, Valentine's
holiday-themed killer-on-the-loose plot harkens back to films
like Halloween, Friday the 13th and, of course,
My Bloody Valentine. "There is this series of
killings involving five girls," says Boreanaz, describing
the film's plot. "We don't really know who's doing
it or what's doing it."
Heigl
describes Jamie Blanks, director of Valentine, as "a
big, big horror film fan, so he kind of knew all the angles."
Boreanaz agrees, saying: "When I sat with Jamie in his office,
he had posters of Carrie and the original Halloween
on the walls."
Boreanaz
goes on to describe the "very strong vision" of Blanks,
a native of Australia who made his feature directorial debut in
1998 with the surprise hit Urban Legend. "When
I met him and he told me about it," the actor recalls, "I
said, 'What's going to distinguish this from other horror/slasher
films?' Jamie said that it's not going to be the average
'See the guy, it's spooky, he turns around and bumps into somebody
to get the jolt.'" Heigl adds: "Jamie is a really
passionate and fun director. He sets suspense very well,
and he shoots in a very Hitchcockian way."
For
the actors themselves, who have both come to prominence via television
shows, Valentine represented a welcome foray into features.
"TV is a very, very different deal than films," states
Heigl, who in Valentine plays a med student named Shelly.
"I think it's a lot harder to play the same character for
nine months of the year. It's hard to keep the character
interesting."
The
big difference between features and TV for Boreanaz (who plays
a journalist in Valentine) is the pacing. "When
you shoot a film, you shoot [script] pages a day. When you
do a series, it's eight pages a day. That's probably the
biggest difference." He adds that "Valentine
was a wonderful learning experience. And I'm still learning."
Valentine
opens in the States on February 2. If you're looking for
a sneak preview of the movie, a trailer is available on the film's
official site.
Source:
IGN.
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