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VIDEO: Harry Connick Jr. Duets with His Daughter

Originally posted 12/03/2008 12:55PM



Singer Harry Connick Jr.'s 11-year-old daughter, Kate, made her national singing debut on NBC's Today show Wednesday, joining her dad on the holiday classic, "Winter Wonderland."

Connick, who has two other daughters, Georgia, 12, and Charlotte, 6, with wife Jill Goodacre, beamed as he watched his middle child perform.

Kate's surprisingly natural, relaxed-sounding voice – the opposite of so many young singers who try to belt like Mariah, or whose voices are touched up with special effects in the studio – is featured on Connick's new CD, What a Night! A Christmas Album.

Working with his daughter "brought back some nice memories," Connick says on his Web site, "because I was about Kate's age when I did my first recording.”

Harry Connick Jr.'s Love Letter to New Orleans

Originally posted 11/05/2007 02:00PM


In his recent commercials for Lincoln, Harry Connick Jr. does more than endorse the MKX crossover vehicle – he endorses his hometown of New Orleans and its struggle to rebuild following Hurricane Katrina.

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Harry Connick Jr. | Harry Connick Jr.

Harry Connick Jr.

Originally posted 05/18/2006 06:00PM

When NBC's Will & Grace ends its eight-year run Thursday, another relationship will bow out as well: Leo & Grace. Harry Connick Jr., who plays ex-husband Dr. Leo Markus, will return for the finale to a pregnant Grace (Debra Messing) – but will he stay? The 38-year-old Connick, who recently earned a Tony nomination for his starring role in The Pajama Game and is married to model Jill Goodacre, talked to PEOPLE about Leo and Grace's future, his favorite moments and being the best kisser.

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Eva's Early B-Day Bash | Eva Longoria-Parker

Eva's Early B-Day Bash

Originally posted 03/08/2006 06:00AM

Her birthday is more than a week away, but that didn't stop Eva Longoria from starting the celebration early with friends and family at Italian eatery Bella in Hollywood. There the Desperate Housewife – who turns 31 on March 15 – was given a bunch of balloons and a vase of long-stemmed roses, and while she worked the room of 25, she got lots of hugs from her partygoing pals, including actor Mario Lopez. The only important person missing? Beau Tony Parker.

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Connick Asks Feds for Hurricane Money | Harry Connick Jr.

Connick Asks Feds for Hurricane Money

Originally posted 10/07/2005 08:00AM

Harry Connick Jr. went to Washington Thursday to urge lawmakers to spare no expense in rebuilding his hometown of New Orleans and making Gulf Coast citizens safe in their homes.

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Halle Berry Finalizes Split from Benet | Eric Benet, Halle Berry

Halle Berry Finalizes Split from Benet

Originally posted 01/10/2005 08:00AM

SETTLED: Halle Berry, 38, officially became single last Monday, after successfully settling with former husband Eric Benet and finalizing their divorce. TV's Celebrity Justice reports that the Catwoman star will retain her Beverly Hills mansion, while Benet has moved to Studio City, Calif., in the San Fernando Valley. Benet, an R&B singer, reportedly wanted to challenge the couple's prenuptial agreement, but that did not occur, the show reports, adding that Berry will pay no spousal support.

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Jessica Simpson Samples Britney | Jessica Simpson

Jessica Simpson Samples Britney

Originally posted 11/29/2004 06:00AM

Turns out pop star Jessica Simpson, who recently started the Dessert body scent line, is curious to see how other celebrity products match up to hers. The Newlyweds star was spotted last week in a Baton Rouge, La., mall taking a whiff of Britney Spears's new perfume, Curious. "She smelled Britney Spears," a Foley's store sales associate tells PEOPLE, though Simpson didn't end up buying any. Another sales clerk says the truly curious ones were the shoppers scrambling to get a glimpse of Simpson, who was being followed by her ubiquitous MTV camera crew. "They had to sneak her down the hall, people were chasing her," she says. "When Britney's here, it's almost like nobody cares anymore. But people were lined up to see Jessica when they heard she was here." Simpson is in Louisiana shooting the film version of the '80s TV sitcom The Dukes of Hazzard.

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Connick, Bacon to Join 'Will & Grace'

Originally posted 08/01/2002 12:30PM

Grace Adler's knight in shining armor turns out to be Harry Connick Jr., who's joining the NBC sitcom, as is Jack's adored Kevin Bacon.

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CONNICK IN SHACKLES

Originally posted 06/16/1999 12:00AM

Hobbled by leg irons and bound in handcuffs, Harry Connick Jr. was dragged into a prison lockdown unit to do his time: two days. The actor-crooner was doing research for an upcoming role as an inmate when he was put in prison clothes and restrained for his trip to Camp J, a solitary unit at notorious Louisiana State Penitentiary. An unshaven Connick, who had planned to do three days in solitary, signaled to get out a day early, saying "it was too quiet" and "the food wasn't too good," said Warden Burl Cain. "The inmates didn't know who he was," Cain said. "They nicknamed him 'Youngster.'"

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