The Seattle Tea was a success!

Win a Y&R set visit hosted by me!

You and a friend will have the time of your life when you get an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of the Y&R set guided by me. This magical experience is up for bid right now on CharityBuzz.com with proceeds benefiting The Hollywood Arts Council. Click here for more details and to place your bid!

Spend Christmas with me in Whoville!

Come out and celebrate Christmas with me at Universal Studios Hollywood. At 6:15 PM on Christmas Day, I'll be reading Dr. Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" as part of the Grinchmas 2011 celebration. Read more details here.

Recycle, Reuse and Rejoice!

Join me this Saturday at the Recycle, Reuse & Rejoice Celebrity Celebration in LA. Bring electronic waste items and help raise money for charity while helping the environment. I'll be there along with Kevin Sorbo ("Hercules" and "Andromeda"), Tony Denison ("The Closer"), Taylor Gray ("Nickelodeon's Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures"), Anson Williams ("Happy Days"), and Carlos Knight (Nickelodeon's "Supah Ninjas"). Admission is free with any recyclable electronic item. For location and times, visit: www.recyclereuserejoice.com.

Special guests announced for my Seattle Tea

Christian Jules LeBlanc (Michael Baldwin), Daniel Goddard (Cane Ashby), Tracey E. Bregman (Lauren Fenmore Baldwin), and Michael Muhney (Adam Newman) will be joining me at my First Annual Seattle Charity Tea on December 3 to sign autographs and participate in a Q&A session. They’ll be joined by Y&R hair and make-up experts, George Guzman and Patti Denney, who will auction off an on-the-spot makeover for one lucky winner. Click here to order your tickets today!

Tickets now on sale for Seattle Tea!

Order your tickets today for my Seattle Tea and get the best available seats at the table of your choice. The event will be emceed by Christian LeBlanc (Michael Baldwin) and will include the High Tea, appearances by other Y&R stars, an autograph session, Q&A, live auction and free prizes. Click here to reserve your tickets before they sell out!

Kate Linder: Weather Woman?

Thanks to everyone who made it out last night to the Beaux Arts Ball. Earlier in the day, I had a chance to visit the KLFY-TV studios in Lafayette for an interview and a chance to try being a weather woman. You can find pictures from my visit in this Facebook gallery.

The Beaux & the Beautiful

Come join me at the 2nd Annual Beaux Arts Ball fundraiser for UL Lafayette's College of the Arts on Wednesday, October 12, at the River Oaks Event Center in Lafayette. I'll be there to celebrate the work of my friend and colleague, Joe Stewart, the Emmy Award-winning set designer (and UL alum). Come dressed as a character from your favorite opera or soap opera — prizes will be awarded for the best. For more details or ticketing info, visit arts.louisiana.edu.

Head in the clouds

Backstage magazine recently asked for my advice on how to build an acting career while living out-of-market and having to fly in for auditions. As a flight attendant, I have some experience with that! Read my advice here.

My Emmy experience

I had a wonderful time at the Emmys this year! Be sure to visit my official Facebook page for photos of my dress, snapshots of celebs I mingled with afterward, and even a video interview I did about the future of soaps. (If you like what you see, why not "Like" my page!)

My new movie premieres this weekend!

I'm excited to announce that my new movie, Hysteria, is premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival this weekend. It's a cheeky romantic comedy about the invention of the vibrator starring Maggie Gyllenhaal, Hugh Dancy, Jonathan Pryce, Rupert Everett, Felicity Jones, and yours truly! Read more here or watch the trailer at EW.com.

Surviving the business

I'm very honored to be featured in a BroadwayBlogspot.com Special Edition interview discussing how to survive a career in show business. If you're interested in my take on auditioning, improving your skills, and staying sane, read the article here.

Shape Up America Campaign

Look for me this Saturday at the Shape Up America Health & Fitness Expo at The Grove in Los Angeles. Find all the event details here.

Uncut interview with Global News Toronto

Global News Toronto visited the Y&R set recently for a feature story, and now they've posted complete uncut interviews with me, Jeanne Cooper, Joshua Morrow and Michelle Stafford. Click here to watch, or click here to view the originally aired version.

Guests announced for Vancouver Tea

My Annual Afternoon Tea in Vancouver always includes some special guests from Y&R, and this year we're proud to announce that Christel Khalil (Lily), Christian Le Blanc (Michael), Michael Graziadei (Daniel) and Bryton James (Devon) will all be appearing. In addition, hair and make-up gurus George Guzman and Patti Denney will be on hand to give one lucky fan an on-the-spot makeover. There will also be gifts, raffles, auctions, autographs, food and much more. The Tea takes place on Saturday, July 23, at the Vancouver Marriott Pinnacle Downtown, and all proceeds go to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. Click here for complete details.

Marlee Matlin spotlights a very special event

Christian LeBlanc, Daniel Goddard and I were honored to join Marlee Matlin and the Starkey Hearing Foundation last week to give 100 hearing-impaired children and adults from Las Vegas the gift of hearing. The Y&R website has a story about the event and a photo gallery.

Congratulations to Y&R

This past weekend "The Young and the Restless" won five Daytime Emmy awards, including Outstanding Directing, Writing, Costume Design, Sound Mixing, and Multiple Camera Editing. Well deserved for such a great team!

Don't miss the Daytime Emmys this Sunday

I'll be there supporting The Young and the Restless, which is up for 20 awards this year! (Click here for a complete list of the 2011 nominees.) Also, keep an eye out for the "Daytime Gives Back" segement, which I'm participating in.