Talk:Kate Beckinsale
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Why would anyone remove that beautiful image of Kate? The rights are all in order, the image was posted by the photographer. Stop removing the images. If you don't like where it is, then move it, but don't just remove it. That rubbish has to stop. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.126.242.84 (talk • contribs)
- Because you're using Wikipedia to advertise your photography business, that's why. NawlinWiki 00:19, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
Removed this section:
- As a teenager she suffered junk in the trunk... king habit, with which she still struggles.
More relevant for People magazine piece than an encyclopedia article. Many women suffer from anorexia and/or smoke, unless this has some special bearing on her work as an actress, why mention it? --Lexor 07:47, 5 Oct 2003 (UTC)
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- I agree. Also, she is a work of art. We should include that. Poromenos 21:45, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Regarding Beckinsale's Burmese ancestry: the internet is rife with references to her maternal grandfather being Burmese. However, biographies of Kate's father, Richard Beckinsale, indicate that _he_ was the parent with Burmese ancestry, rather than Kate's mother, Judy Loe. So which is it? El Draque 12:41, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
You probably read about her mother being Burmese on the IMDB. That would be just another of the many howling errors, joing Jamie Lynn Discala's mother being Greek or Burt Reynolds's mother being Italian. I frankly think IMDB should become like Wikipedia and let the sensible correct the mistakes of the ignorant.
- IMDB does allow corrections - its just taht there is a delay whilst additions are "vetted". It now reads "Richard Beckinsale's maternal grandfather - her great-grandfather - was Burmese." -- Beardo 00:14, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
- Eh, for every mistake it "vetts" there are 10 it doesn't. This is why most of the junky trivia sites out there now use Wikipedia info, while once they used IMDB. This is also why IMDB needs to, well, probably outright fire anyone in charge of accepting trivia, and hire me, :) or anyone who at least cares to verify the trivia before posting it, as well as go over the info already posted, since so much is outright wrong. Mad Jack 08:16, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
Anyway, her father was 1/4th Burmese "In fact, Beckinsale is faintly sloe-eyed, and as a child she says she was "very oriental-looking". This is a legacy from her father, actor Richard Beckinsale, who was a quarter Burmese." [1]
I am going to take her out of Multiracial, Eurasian, etc. because clearly she'd be just 1/8th Burmese. Vulturell 08:45, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Relationship with Jim Norton.
I removed the Norton refernce. She isn't dating him yet. They met on the Tonight show when the both appeared and he invited her to one of his shows in New York City. Nothing further has come from this.
- Someone added it and enhances the story just to add a wiki link to Opie & Anthony. Their fans do this all over the web in a desperate attempt at getting Opie & Anthony’s name out there. Redd Dragon 03:29, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Paternal or maternal
This article claims Kate Beckinsale's grandfather was maternal Burmese, while the Kate Beckinsale article claims paternal, so which is it? One of these articles is incorrect. (For now, since on this talk page it claims maternal, I am going to switch it to that, but someone can change it if they find evidence otherwise.) Эйрон Кинни (t) 02:15, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
- Kate's maternal great-grandfather would be on HER mother's side. Not the same thing as Richard's maternal parentage. -- Beardo 05:50, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
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- And I suspect IMDB got it from a misreading of Wikipedia! (But its impossible to tell as IMDB doesn't give history). -- Beardo 23:06, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
It is a paternal connection, as shown above. MarkThomas 17:18, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
- I've just been watching an ITV documentary on her father ("The Unforgettable Richard Beckinsale") which says that he said he was 1/8th Burmese, which means that it would be one of Kate's great-great-grandparents who was Burmese. -- Arwel (talk) 16:16, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] External links
I would like to add at least one fansite link to the article, as is the case with very many other film star pages. I propose this one 1 - any other suggestions? It was previously deleted by an admin but from a discussion on the Village Pump here, this does not appear to be a formalised policy. MarkThomas 17:18, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Correct information
The movie "Haunted" is from 1995, not 2003, as stated. See at IMDB. - —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.218.208.14 (talk • contribs) on 10:37, 13 December 2006
- Indeed - that was added a little while ago. Bizarre. But you could have corrected it. -- Beardo 02:28, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Full name
Out of curiosity, where did we get the full name Kathryn Bailey Beckinsale? I've never seen that listed anywhere...
It's from the IMDB Birth Names[1] index - probably correct, most of the IMDB ones are, although alas it also does contain errors sometimes. Not seen it anywhere else at all and I have followed Ms Beckinsale for many years. MarkThomas 19:41, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
Y'know... I tried following her once... She wasn't best pleased.86.31.111.119 01:37, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Malays ?
Theb categories European-Malays and English-Malays have been added. We don't need both - but is there any source for either. The article says her ancestry is Burmese, not Malay. -- Beardo 17:37, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Sprog's name?
This page says 'Lily Mo Sheen', whereas Martin Sheen's page says 'Lily Rose Sheen'. 86.31.111.119 01:35, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
