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The magazine is Men's Health and it's the July/August Edition with Aaron Eckhart on the cover. ETA: The pictures look so much better in the magazine. ---------------------------------------------------------
Nine Rules of Romance
Katharine McPhee shows you how to hook someone who's gazing over the rainbow
The definitive moment of Katharine McPhee's memorable run on American Idol was when she sat on the stage in the spotlight, her legs folded meekly beneath her, and sang "Over the Rainbow." What an image. She had the body language of an ingenue and the voice of a woman. There was something pure about it. Something that suggested, Here's a young woman who truly believes with all her heart that somewhere there's a land where skies are blue and dreams actually can come true. It didn't hurt that she was smoking hot. Two years later, McPhee sits in a small café in that faraway land -- also known as Hollywood. And though the 24-year-old singer/actress is a Southern California girl by birth, her nervousness, her humility, her small-town sensibility create some striking contrasts. Like when she says, "At the beginning of this year, I thought, Okay, I'm going to make another record and this movie is going to come out. Great, but how will I make money until that all happens? I'm a spiritual person. I truly believe that God provides. So, next thing I knew, I got a Neutrogena contract." If Oz were Hollywood, you could see Dorothy saying something like that. The movie is the upcoming Happy Madison production The House Bunny, in which McPhee costars as a down-and-out, pregnant sorority girl. "The movie has a message, but it's still very Adam Sandler -- every character is outlandish." This year, McPhee is set to record her next album, which she says will be a departure from her self-titled first. "The first record was so rushed and so forced into a specific genre," she says. "It's completely not an example of who I am as an artist. Anybody who sings pop can sing that." She's developing her new album with the Grammy-winning producer David Foster, and it promises to reveal a truer Katharine. "We're taking our time with the record," she says. "It's amazing. It's the way a record should be made." McPhee recently married Nick Cokas, a producer who by all accounts is neither rich nor famous -- but simply the nicest, and we'd go so far as to say the luckiest, guy in Hollywood. So how do you land the woman many people (including, well, People) consider to be one of the most beautiful and talented in the world? It must be true love. "If you're really in love, there's never any question," she says. "If you're not sure on some days, then you're probably not in love." Below, McPhee gives MH her take on love, marriage, and finding your soul mate in a town full of evil witches, false wizards, and flying monkeys.
Katharine's 9 Relationship Rules
1 Be detail-oriented "I love getting a little note left in the bathroom. If she comes out in cute lingerie, take notice. She's making an effort." 2 Be self-reliant "I think we all depend on a significant other, and we think if they leave me, I'll die. But that's not true. We're all much stronger than we think we are." 3 Savor the intimacy "Being with your real love -- it's like the greatest friend you've ever had. It goes so far beyond the physical. If at the end of the day something happened and you couldn't have sex, it would be okay." 4 Think before you speak "Marriage gives you a new respect for a person. I find myself thinking, This is someone I'm going to spend my life with. I don't run my mouth off as quickly. I weigh the consequences more. I really want it to work." 5 Be her beau "If a man knows he's gorgeous, it's a turnoff. Every girl wants her guy to be the sweet down-to-earth man who grew up in the South." 6 Make her feel important "If you show interest and take time to listen, you're going to have her in the palm of your hand." 7 Make her feel really sexy "For me, it's all about little moments. Like if he tickles your neck or, when you're with another couple, secretly lets you know that he so adores you. It's not for everybody, I guess, but I love the affection." 8 Be a long-term investment "I was always a hopeless romantic. I'd immediately pose the question to myself: Do you think you're going to marry this person? I love a man who's good with kids -- so that's a good start." 9 Excel "When a man is really great at what he does, to me, that's sexy. That's so hot."
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Without a doubt one of the best interviews.
A quite revealing article with Kat opening up and sharing some very personal thoughts and feelings. And its always encouraging to hear that she is fully satisfied with how the new album is proceeding. An album truely revealing Kat artisticly would be an amazing gift to her long time fans!
super articlegreat PR
She certainly is intuitive when it comes to matters of the heart, especially for someone so young. Just another thing to love about her.
Wow, the drought is finally over. It's been too long since we've seen words that were right on about Katharine. Kudos to Men's Health writer, James Davidson who's got it absolutely right. Get him on her PR team now!
Thnx to Kevin at Katharine-McPhee.org for these other gorgeous Mark Liddell photos.
Re: the new album. I seem to recall her enthusing about the first one as well, until it came out. A year later, she sounded a bit different. But what the heck, at least this one isn't being rushed and I imagine she has more control over its content, and I think (or hope) it's being masterminded by someone who actually has her best interests in mind.
And without going into too much detail, I have to say, when I think of the article I read where Denise Richards expounded a bit on the kind of guys she was attracted to, I'm just proud to be a Katharinefan. It didn't take her 35 years, two kids, and a bunch of controversial and well publicized relationships to get her head on straight about what's important. That's why some people are fun to watch on screen, and other people are the kind you feel like voting for and helping publicize and boost their careers in any way you can. It's just night and day.
That's why some people are fun to watch on screen, and other people are the kind you feel like voting for and helping publicize and boost their careers in any way you can. It's just night and day.
I could not have said it better myself.
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