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A close-knit circle of girlfriends, including 90210 star Sara Foster and video producer Juliana Roberts, helps keep Kate grounded. "I don't know what I'd do without my girlfriends," she says. "Let's be honest, I don't care how much you're in love with any man, you need to have your girlfriends to talk to. Without them, we're alone. I don't want to talk to a man about some of the things I feel." christian louboutin shoes

Her thoughts on plastic surgery likely fall into that girls-only category. "If I need to go under the knife," Kate says, "I'm the first one to say I should. But nowadays when you go into a dermatologist's office, they have so many things. What else are they going to come up with? We're gonna end up going into a tank one day and coming out with, like, the perfect face," she says, laughing. christian shoes

Meanwhile, her career has continued to flourish. And now Nine (which stars a powerhouse of talents, including Daniel Day-Lewis, Penélope Cruz, Nicole Kidman, Sophia Loren, and Judi Dench), which casts Kate as Stephanie Necrophuros, a magazine editor and sexpot, promises to show audiences a whole new side to her. "Kate's a life force," Kidman says. "I think what's compelling about her is that she truly sparkles." louboutin shoes

Kate sings and dances in the film -- a first for her. "I love it," she says. Asked to show off her skills, she laughs and then breaks out into a few bars of the Aretha Franklin classic "Ain't No Way." Her voice is melodic and sure. "I'd like to do more musical theater," she says.

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TAICHUNG, Taiwan, Dec 21 AP - China's senior Taiwan envoy has told his hosts that Beijing wants to "move down the road of peace", a day after tens of thousands of Taiwanese demonstrators blasted the government for its China-friendly policies. (TAIWAN CHINA Update sent at 18:01, 348 words.) links of london

ASIA: WA Buddhist temple banned after ordination of female monks

BANGKOK, Dec 21 AAP - Thai Buddhist religious authorities have backed moves by a Buddhist temple community in eastern Thailand to expel a Western Australian-based monastery after the ordination of two women in October. (THAI TEMPLE sent at 16:57, 438 words.)

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ASIA: Hundreds gather for rebel's funeral in Indonesia's Papua

TIMIKA, Indonesia, Dec 21 AFP - Some 600 people have attended the funeral of slain Papuan rebel leader Kelly Kwalik, as anti-Indonesian sentiment ran high in the restive province following days of protests. (INDON KWALIK sent at 16:49, 435 words.) Charm Bracelet

UK: Papers on British palaces' upkeep could be released

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