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09/17/2006 8:02 AM	Alert
Hi all, As most of you know, Katharine's fanbase is going to put together the most robust, expansive effort a fan base has ever done for their icon. It will be called Katpedia.com. It's an online encyclopedia documenting everything about Katharine's career. It will have chapters on each week of AI, with text, photos, video. It will have specific chapters on things such as bulimia, the Dr. Keith Show, The Ghost of Mrs. Muir. The objective is to document history and preserve it forever. The web is a tangled place. Forums are messy. We want to organize everything we've come across about Katharine from the web and on forums in one spot. We want to make sure nothing slips into oblivion, never to be found again. Phase I of the process with be just knowing our "personnel." Our human resources as a fan base. Phase II will be identifying what tasks need to be completed, and then making task requests to people based on their strengths. We want to make sure we use everyone to their strengths. Allow them to contribute in the manner they want to contribute. Moreover, we want to make sure nobody is assigned too much work. It is crucial to us that nobody has to bear to big of a burden, and any efforts you put into this project are manageable. We are hoping for 100 volunteers, and are already planning an easy web-based/email-based system to allow us to all easily know what tasks have been requested of us, know what tasks other people are working on, know what tasks have been completed, etc etc. Our objective is to make this as simple and userfriendly as possible, with no more technical experise required than you need to operate in this forum. We want to archive every photo we can, every magazine scan, every television and radio interview we can. We want to transcribe televised interview and break down articles based on category. So for instance, if Katharine in an article mentions the yellow dress, we want you to be able to cut and paste that text into a form online and add it to the category "Yellow Dress." When one of our writers writes about the Yellow Dress (yes it gets its own chapter), they simply can pull up the Yellow Dress and instantly have reseach at their finger tips to integrate. We are documenting history as it happened, so nothing will be lost. This is a wonderful way to allow people to celebrate Katharine, because to know her is to love her. I am sure we can educate people all over the world what a courageous, sweet, talented girl she is. What we're looking to do now is to create a list of skills/areas of expertise/areas one excels at or enjoys that we can list as "checkable" boxes on the volunteer registration form that will be going up this week. So we need YOUR feedback as to what these categories should be. It can be ripping videos, treasure hunting (googling and finding stuff), writing, uploading pictures, resizing pictures, magazine scans, owning DIVX videos, collecting/owning TV interviews. Since this is such a huge project we basically need to identify every possible facet of the operation, so we can then know our personnel, and can divide up work in an efficient and fruitful manner. If everyone can brainstorm and provide us with a list of skills/areas of expertise/areas one excels at or enjoys, it would be very helpful to the process of creating a volunteer database. I don't just mean what you personally do best, but what all the different types of things people can do. When you think about those things, try to break them down. For instance, photos may be that you want to collect photos or that you are good at croping photos. or that you have a huge online Kat photo album. Try to really get in depth because we want to make sure when people sign up, they can be specific about what they can bring/want to bring to the project. Knowing our personnel will be a huge asset once we get the ball rolling. Thanks so much.

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09/17/2006 11:00 AM	Alert
Kenneth, here is information if you need any help. I have a degree in art, and I am a freelance artist besides being the branch supervisor at our local library. My email address is tejames84@yahoo.com.

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09/17/2006 11:06 AM	Alert
Thanks Trina. We will have a volunteer page for you to sign up. For now I was hoping we could get lists of different skills that we should make available for people to put a check mark next to when they signup. IE: Writing Editing Graphic Design HTML Cropping Photos with Adobe Ripping Videos Gathering Videos Gathering Photos Human Resources/Coordinating with People Collecting Magazine Scans Collecting Fan Photos etc etc

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09/17/2006 11:14 AM	Alert
Kenneth, Like I said I would love to at least submit a header for the site. Some other things that I could do is crop photos, resize them, the the background out of them, basically anything with Adobe Photshop would be my favorite things to do, I could also catagorize articles or photos. My email is lauren_arndt17@yahoo.com if you need anything like that. Some things that maybe other people might want to do are: - Type up TV interviews - Keep a list of when Kat will be in Magazines or on TV - A list of Kat's top songs, what place they were on Charts - A list of any auditions that she might be attending - Create a Photo gallery of her Hope that I can help!

Kat Pack #1422 Kat's Comment to me: "Lauren, don't worry about your gift and not getting on time. That is sooo sweet but you didn't have to do that. I really appreciate it. I read your comment and it really touched me. I'm happy you enjoyed your first season of Idol. I mostly thank you for all your support. It means more than anything. I just love that people are enjoying the music. Keep in touch and thanks again. Cute page too! kat" Spark Plug #548

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09/17/2006 11:44 AM	Alert
Hey! I'd love to help. I can translate things from english to portuguese, since we want the site to be enjoyed by any fan, even the international fans who doesn't speak english. And Bella can help me with that. I can resize pictures too, and if anyone needs help with posting, i can do that too. Anyway, here's my e-mail paula_laurentino@hotmail.com . I'll do my best.

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09/17/2006 12:03 PM	Alert
Ken, I'd love to help! I can resize picture, googling and finding stuff, and I can translate things from English to Indonesian.. This is my email, evelyn_ppp@yahoo.com I'll do my best!

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09/17/2006 12:34 PM	Alert
Hey Kenneth, I think you already know what I love to do. But anyways, I can help with: Video Editing (If needed), Ripping Videos, Gathering Videos.. Anything to do with videos really :p

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising everytime we fall"

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09/17/2006 12:51 PM	Alert
The following is what I have extracted from the above so far. Please copy it into your post and add your item to the appropriate category or create a new category. At the end of the day we want the last post to contain all the skills mentioned in this thread so we do not need to go back through it! We sill be creating a signup form where you will check the skills you possess. At that time we will be asking for your contact information. All we require now is a list of necessary skills to put into the sign up form. Basic Photo Manipulation - captures from websites Basic Photo Manipulation - resizing Basic Photo Manipulation - cropping Basic Photo Manipulation - scanning Advanced Photo Manipulation - blends Advanced Photo Manipulation - Animated Gifs Advanced Photo Manipulation - Captures from video Advanced Photo Manipulation - Flash Advanced Photo Manipulation - photo galleries Basic Video Manipulation - ripping Basic Video Manipulation - converting Advanced Video Manipulation - TIVO and upload to internet Advanced Video Manipulation - montages Advanced Audio Manipulation - ripping radio interviews Advanced Audio Manipulation - recording radio interviews Advanced Audio Manipulation - ripping audio from video Advanced Audio Manipulation - manipluatiing audio - cleaning up, cropping, effects etc. Basic File Handling - zipping/unzipping files Basic File Handling - uploading to internet Basic File Handling - downloading from internet Translation - Portugese Translation - Indonesian Transcribe - TV/Video Transcribe - scans, magazines, newspapers Research Maintain Kats Kalendar - concerts Research Maintain Kats Kalendar - tv Research Maintain Kats Kalendar - magazine Research Maintain Kats Kalendar - newspaper Research Maintain Kats Kalendar - auditions Research Find streaming videos Research Find photos Research Find magazine articles Research Find newspaper articles Human Resources/Coordinating People Contacting people online Website HTML Website CSS Website javascript

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09/17/2006 12:54 PM	Alert
Thanks Phee, I just put together some more ideas... Programing -- HTML -- CSS -- Javascript -- Building Pages -- Content Management System -- Internal Database Graphics -- Making Headers -- Making Buttons -- Making Templates/Website Comps video -- Gathering -- Ripping -- Transcribing to text -- AI Performance Video -- AI Extra Video -- TV Show Video -- Concert Video -- Video Player Text -- Writing -- Editing -- Transcribing Video and Audio -- Publishing Articles -- Gathering -- Categorizing Article Content for Research Database -- Web Links -- Magazine Scans -- Official AI Magazine -- Hollywood Magazines -- Newspapers Photos -- Gathering Photos -- Cropping -- Crediting -- Resizing -- Making Photo Galleries -- American Idol Photos -- Concert Photos -- Fan Encounter Photos -- Red Carpet Photos -- Behind the Scenes of AI Photos -- Pre-Idol Photos -- Post Idol Photos (big sexy, today show, etc) Audio -- Collecting Files -- Converting Files -- Engineering Files -- Audio Player -- Gathering Radio Interviews -- Transcribing Radio Interviews Message Boards IDF KMF AI Capturing Relavent Posts relating to each event (top 7 week, Bulimia, etc) while also looking for media that slips through the crack. Kat Fan Websites Looking for media that slips through the cracks.

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09/17/2006 12:58 PM	Alert
okay, so now we have 2 lists! Can someone combine ken's and my list into 1!

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09/17/2006 1:01 PM	Alert
Yeah, I will.

Kat Pack #1422 Kat's Comment to me: "Lauren, don't worry about your gift and not getting on time. That is sooo sweet but you didn't have to do that. I really appreciate it. I read your comment and it really touched me. I'm happy you enjoyed your first season of Idol. I mostly thank you for all your support. It means more than anything. I just love that people are enjoying the music. Keep in touch and thanks again. Cute page too! kat" Spark Plug #548

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09/17/2006 1:20 PM	Alert
Photos -- Gathering Photos -- Cropping -- Crediting -- Resizing -- Making Photo Galleries -- American Idol Photos -- Concert Photos -- Fan Encounter Photos -- Red Carpet Photos -- Behind the Scenes of AI Photos -- Pre-Idol Photos -- Post Idol Photos (big sexy, today show, etc) - captures from websites - blends - Animated Gifs - Captures from video - Flash - photo galleries Video - ripping - converting - TIVO and upload to internet - montages -- Transcribing to text -- AI Performance Video -- AI Extra Video -- TV Show Video -- Concert Video -- Video Player Audio - ripping radio interviews - recording radio interviews - ripping audio from video - manipluatiing audio - cleaning up, cropping, effects etc. -- Collecting Files -- Converting Files -- Engineering Files -- Audio Player -- Transcribing Radio Interviews Graphics -- Making Headers -- Making Buttons -- Making Templates/Website Comps Programing -- HTML -- CSS -- Javascript -- Building Pages -- Content Management System -- Internal Database Basic File Handling - zipping/unzipping files - uploading to internet - downloading from internet Translation - Portugese - Indonesian Transcribe - TV/Video - scans, magazines, newspapers Research Find: - streaming videos - photos - magazine articles - newspaper articles Human Resources/Coordinating People Contacting people online Text -- Writing -- Editing -- Transcribing Video and Audio -- Publishing Articles -- Gathering -- Categorizing Article Content for Research Database -- Web Links -- Magazine Scans -- Official AI Magazine -- Hollywood Magazines -- Newspapers Message Boards - IDF - KMF - AI Capturing Relavent Posts relating to each event (top 7 week, Bulimia, etc) while also looking for media that slips through the crack. Kat Fan Websites Looking for media that slips through the cracks. Kat's Calender - Tv - Auditions - Newspapers - Radio - Releases

Kat Pack #1422 Kat's Comment to me: "Lauren, don't worry about your gift and not getting on time. That is sooo sweet but you didn't have to do that. I really appreciate it. I read your comment and it really touched me. I'm happy you enjoyed your first season of Idol. I mostly thank you for all your support. It means more than anything. I just love that people are enjoying the music. Keep in touch and thanks again. Cute page too! kat" Spark Plug #548

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09/17/2006 2:28 PM	Alert
thanks!

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09/17/2006 3:02 PM	Alert
sure no problem!

Kat Pack #1422 Kat's Comment to me: "Lauren, don't worry about your gift and not getting on time. That is sooo sweet but you didn't have to do that. I really appreciate it. I read your comment and it really touched me. I'm happy you enjoyed your first season of Idol. I mostly thank you for all your support. It means more than anything. I just love that people are enjoying the music. Keep in touch and thanks again. Cute page too! kat" Spark Plug #548

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09/17/2006 3:52 PM	Alert
I could translate things to Spanish! Katharine has an amazing Fanbase in south america! i'll be glad to help just ask!

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09/17/2006 4:22 PM	Alert
Terrific katfan_argentina!!!!!

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09/17/2006 4:30 PM	Alert
So... we already have 4 languages to work with! English, portuguese, indonesian and spanish. Awesome!!! =D

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09/17/2006 5:26 PM	Alert
As I said before, I have most of her performances on AI here in Divx format... there's also a couple of them in HD, which is even better =) So I'll be glad to contribute with that. And as Paulie said, I'll help with Portuguese translations =) I can download and upload stuff too... I'll think if there's something else I can do!

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09/17/2006 8:18 PM	Alert
I can do anything Photo related. I have a ton of Kat images on my computer already bw the Phee site and the Katsconcerts site. Blends, animated gifs, montages, crop, size, what ever.....just let me know. zamonzie

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09/18/2006 12:50 AM	Alert
well...i have well over a 1000, probably 2000 or more, pics of kat on my computer...just collected from when idol started...i am great at correspondence--i saw that as a category...um--i can crop, resize, and edit photos...though i am SURE that others are way better at things like that than i am, because i have seen some HD pics and videos online that are great, so there's that. um...i am willing to do whatever needs to be done as far as anything really! ha i love to search for things and FIND THEM...ha and i love to try to keep people up to date on things as well--though i know that many people find things out before i do as far as appearances and so forth, so there are probably better people than me for that as well. i have every episode of idol recorded from the beginning of season 5 to the end, and then every kat appearance afterwards that was aired, except the early show--didn't catch that one unfortunately. there are so many categories for this, it's insane, so whatever it takes, count me in! i think this is a great idea to make sure the most accurate information is out there so people are not led astray when wanting to know something or see something about kat--should be and sounds like fun! just e-mail me with any questions--i'll get back to you probably right away or at least that same day!

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09/18/2006 1:48 AM	Alert
Well, I could probably do a little of everything on that list if I had more time (other than media capturing--because I don't have the software). But I'll keep it simple and whittle it down to three basic things I can supply: Writing (I hear a chorus of "D'oh's"! ), graphic art work that involves making headers/banners and photo cropping, and then scanning of things from magazines or other publications. My scanner, though, needs to be upgraded (it's not a digital scanner)--so maybe that should be passed on to someone else who has a better scanner. We obviously want the best possible scans on Katpedia. I hope you'll get 100 volunteers for this project, because it's the only way something this monumental will get underway. Though I don't think we have that many regulars here on the board. Most of the people who post every day probably only equals about 20 or 30 people. So that means the volunteers who signed up here might end up having more to do than they intended. While I want to volunteer as much as possible--I am pressed for time most days until the late-night hours. Most of my contributions would have to be at off-hours that others will have to help pick up the slack during the times I'm not available at all. Creating things over time that can be used later works the best for me (i.e. making headers/banners, writing things in advance, etc.) If that sort of creative work from me can apply to this--then it'll make it a lot easier on my end. I guess there's no real deadlines involved in this project, so I hope that scenario I mentioned is workable. Once we start getting to work on these things and figure out how much time it'll involve, I can probably add on to doing more depending on how easy it is with the other things. But I have a feeling that since we may get less than 100 volunteers--it might involve a lot more work for some people. However, that's fine as long as it doesn't interfere with people's lives. And I think we all have those, right? Again, this is really an incredible idea, Ken--and I hope it can turn into how a lot of us envision it.

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09/18/2006 2:35 AM	Alert
I already posted on the other one but... Anything to do with writing I can do, finding pictures, interviews, all that stuff...I can do that. I can cap pictures from videos although I'm guessing we have other better than me at that. Basically, I'll be a part of the writing crew. And yeah, that we'll probably just be going as fast as we can...that's good. Don't want to deal with deadlines on this.

"I saw Katharine McPhee when there were about 12 contestants left on American Idol. She blew me away. I loved her grace, her style, her poise, her voice and her hair! I wanted her to be the face of Sexy Hair because she represented everything that I had in my head for the brand: youth, beauty, talent, class, a young sophistication, and sexiness." -- Jim Morrison, CEO of Sexy Hair Products.

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09/18/2006 3:53 AM	Alert
a little confused here as always... seems to be a bit chaotic... anways, I can do a lot of the stuff mentioned on the list, except for programming and with some thing I believe others are just better... anyways, everything with uploading, downloading, ripping, pics, vids, writing, organizing... and for the future, if anything pops up in Europe... I'm here LOL can't think of anything more to say right now but I'm definitely with you on this project

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Posted By Katharine06idol on 09/18/2006 12:50 AM well...i have well over a 1000, probably 2000 or more, pics of kat on my computer...just collected from when idol started...i am great at correspondence--i saw that as a category...um--i can crop, resize, and edit photos...though i am SURE that others are way better at things like that than i am, because i have seen some HD pics and videos online that are great, so there's that. um...i am willing to do whatever needs to be done as far as anything really! ha i love to search for things and FIND THEM...ha and i love to try to keep people up to date on things as well--though i know that many people find things out before i do as far as appearances and so forth, so there are probably better people than me for that as well. i have every episode of idol recorded from the beginning of season 5 to the end, and then every kat appearance afterwards that was aired, except the early show--didn't catch that one unfortunately. there are so many categories for this, it's insane, so whatever it takes, count me in! i think this is a great idea to make sure the most accurate information is out there so people are not led astray when wanting to know something or see something about kat--should be and sounds like fun! just e-mail me with any questions--i'll get back to you probably right away or at least that same day! Well we are lucky to have you. Just supplying assets is a big deal.

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Posted By Gregoriancant on 09/18/2006 1:48 AM
Well, I could probably do a little of everything on that list if I had more time (other than media capturing--because I don't have the software). But I'll keep it simple and whittle it down to three basic things I can supply: Writing (I hear a chorus of "D'oh's"!

), graphic art work that involves making headers/banners and photo cropping, and then scanning of things from magazines or other publications. My scanner, though, needs to be upgraded (it's not a digital scanner)--so maybe that should be passed on to someone else who has a better scanner. We obviously want the best possible scans on Katpedia.

I hope you'll get 100 volunteers for this project, because it's the only way something this monumental will get underway. Though I don't think we have that many regulars here on the board. Most of the people who post every day probably only equals about 20 or 30 people. So that means the volunteers who signed up here might end up having more to do than they intended. While I want to volunteer as much as possible--I am pressed for time most days until the late-night hours. Most of my contributions would have to be at off-hours that others will have to help pick up the slack during the times I'm not available at all. Creating things over time that can be used later works the best for me (i.e. making headers/banners, writing things in advance, etc.)

If that sort of creative work from me can apply to this--then it'll make it a lot easier on my end. I guess there's no real deadlines involved in this project, so I hope that scenario I mentioned is workable.

Once we start getting to work on these things and figure out how much time it'll involve, I can probably add on to doing more depending on how easy it is with the other things. But I have a feeling that since we may get less than 100 volunteers--it might involve a lot more work for some people. However, that's fine as long as it doesn't interfere with people's lives. And I think we all have those, right?

Again, this is really an incredible idea, Ken--and I hope it can turn into how a lot of us envision it.

Greg, you'll probably be asked to write some stuff and maybe research as well. The plan is to create a database where text can be put into a dialogue box and then a category can be selected from a drop down menu. When the writer goes to write about something, the whole team of researchers have basically done all the research for them.

Research will be the biggest and most important effort. If we can have that database than we are golden. There are 1400 pages on the AI boards to go through (we'll divide it up as signifcantly as we can) and I don't want people reading every thread, but going to each page and looking for interesting threads.

Yesterday, I went through 2 pages of IDF and 20 pages of AI.com. I just put stuff in notepad for now. Here's what I saved (it will be entered into a database in a cleaner fashion once that's up)

Entertainment Weekly Interview, Katharine & some of the top 12

http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1171870_3_0_,00.html

Odds Makers High on Katharine to win AI, Latest from PinnacleSports
Mar 10th 2006, 4:30 PM

Just a tidbit...

The recent odds update at PinnacleSports.com now show Katharine as the 2nd favorite to win

the competition behind Chris Daughtry (+306). Katharine's odds have dropped from +640 to +480

in the last day. That means before you would've risked $100 to win $640, now you're risking

$100 to win $480. The next person behind Katharine is Mandisa at +601.

Pinnacle Sports became the first sportsbook in the world to offer betting on the hit reality

series by offering individual odds on the final 24 Idol contestants in mid-February. With

three weeks of performances and betting now done, Chris Daughtry has emerged as the favorite

to win the major record deal at 7/2 odds after originally opening at 8/1. Originally deemed a

47/1 long shot by the oddsmakers, Pinnacle Sportsm now lists Mandisa with the second-best

odds at 11/2. After opening as the early favorites to win the competition, Ace Young and

Katharine McPhee remain solid contenders at 6/1 odds.

Odds To Win American Idol *All odds subject to change*

Contestant- Current Odds - Opening Odds

Chris Daughtry- 7/2- 8/1

Mandisa- 11/2- 47/1

Ace Young- 6/1- 7/2

Katharine McPhee- 6/1-- 4/1

Taylor Hicks- 15/2- 10/1

Elliott Yamin - 9/1 - 65/1

Kellie Pickler - 10/1 - 8/1

Lisa Tucker - 11/1 - 11/1

Paris Bennett - 13/1 - 5/1

Kevin Covais - 40/1 - 65/1

Bucky Covington - 50/1 - 65/1

Melissa McGhee - 60/1 - 65/1

SOURCE PinnacleSports

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Funny Story, Katharine's fellow contestants fear her

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Secrets of the 12 'Idol' Finalists

Funny Story, Katharine's fellow contestants fear her


Secrets of the 12 'Idol' Finalists

link: http://tmz.aol.com/article2?id=20060310141809990001

11. Katharine McPhee: For Katharine, the best story is how her fellow contestants fear her.

They constantly talk about what a disaster it would be if they ever chose the same song Kat

picked. Fear is definitely the operative word.
11. Katharine McPhee: For Katharine, the best story is how her fellow contestants fear her.

They constantly talk about what a disaster it would be if they ever chose the same song Kat

picked. Fear is definitely the operative word.

Crytal Stark on Katharine

Which female performer impressed you?
CS: Mandisa and Katharine (McPhee) did really great. Mandisa's song (Chaka Khan — "I'm Every

Woman") — it's a risk to try to pull off Chaka Khan/Whitney Houston and she did it.

Katharine, hers was really solid and strong and fun, but I did think she played it safe. I'm

thinking, "Was she scared because of what happened last week?"

http://www.azstarnet.com/dailystar/accent/119436.php flowers.gif

Kat At Top 12 Party
http://idolforums.com/index.php?showtopic=407051

http://myspace-174.vo.llnwd.net/00216/47/13/216843174_l.jpg

http://sanfernandosun.com/stories/story.as...BStories%5D=430

To actress Katharine McPhee, who plays Annie Oakley for her first professional performance,

the revised version of the play offers a stronger portrayal of the legendary shooting ace.

“For me, when I saw the movie (adapted from the original musical) I found it had a lot of

stereotypical things about Indians, but women too,” she said.

Mc Phee, of Sherman Oaks, said she noticed the underlying message of the older play was for

women to be put in their place.

In both the original and the revised play, Annie is pressured to give up her dream of

becoming Buffalo Bill’s Wild West’s gun-slinging star to be with her rival and love interest

Frank Butler.

“At the end of it, Good old Annie gives up her dreams to be with her man,” she said, “But in

our show we make sure both lovers sacrifice something so they can be together. It’s more

about equality.”

McPhee promises theatergoers will still see a very strong-willed and fiery Annie Oakley when

the musical opens.

“What’s good about the story is that Annie decides she’s not going to be the way Frank wants

her to be, she says ‘No I’m going to be my own person, my own star.’”

Top 12 Week -- Stevie Wonder
http://idolforums.com/index.php?showtopic=408539

She just talked about what a great experience it was, how exciting it was that Stevie was

going to be there tonight, she didn't know what song Kat was singing but that she was really

happy about it. Um, they've been really busy this week with the stylists, song, fod

commercial, and she THINKS they're singing with Stevie but isn't 100% sure. Ummers, she's

gotten letters and support from fans, one mentioned her smile made her happy and her mom

thought that was a great compliment and...she will be in the audience this week...I don't

know what else lol.

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Fan ENCOUNTER CHERRY BLOSSOM TOP 12
http://idolforums.com/index.php?showtopic=408721
So, I didn't go, But I talked to Katharine!!!

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Ok, so as most of you know I was supposed to go to the AI rehearsal taping today. Well, I

didn't sad.gif

At around 4am I woke up to go wait in the line, but as I went stumbling through my kitchen

without any lights, I slipped on what seemed like a dish towel and end