Michael Douglas & Catherine Zeta-Jones

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from entertainment.msn.comDouglas Denies Nipping, TuckingIs Michael Douglas trying to mess with Mother Nature? Many an un-Botoxed eyebrow shot up recently after the London Sun ran pictures of the Oscar winner, 60, sporting what it claimed were "telltale signs of plastic surgery."The snaps, taken while Douglas was vacationing in Barbados with wife Catherine Zeta-Jones, 35, and their two young children, show what the paper described as a "weeping wound" (ew) by his right ear and a bandage on his left."Michael looked like he had cuts around his ears," a spywitness told the paper, adding, "He did look very strange."But a rep for the showbiz veteran pooh-poohs the nip-tuck talk, insisting there's a perfectly reasonable explanation for the cuts. The mouthpiece tells the Star that Douglas "had lesions removed from his ear," an assertion he repeats to In Touch.The actor will soon begin work on "The Sentinel," in which he stars opposite the preternaturally preserved Kim Basinger and dewy "Desperate Housewives" siren Eva Longoria.

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Why do celebrities deny having plastic surgery when everyone knows they did? Why don't they just admit it and be done with it. Their so vain and self-absorbed. Who really gives a rats ass about Michael Douglas.

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MICHAEL & CATHERINE THEIR FAMILY KERFUFFLE

April 21, 2005

Star Online

CATHERINE ZETA JONES raised eyebrows at The Beverly Hills Hotel's exclusive Polo Lounge April 13 when she showed up for dinner with a tall, dark and handsome man -- only to have husband Michael Douglas storm in during drinks and march her out the door.

An insider tells Star People that around 8 p.m., Zeta-Jones, 35, and her seemingly same aged companion were seated on the patio drinking wine.

 

"She was doing a lot of smiling and laughing," the insider says. But as they scanned their menus, Douglas, 60, arrived.

 

"He didn't look happy at all," says Star People's source. "He asked the hostess, 'Is my wife here?'and when she pointed toward the patio, he went striding out there with this grim look on his face.

 

"He walked straight up to Catherine, bent down and said a few words to her, ignoring the guy she was with," the source says. "Then he grabbed her by the arm, stood her up and escorted her out the door. It was very awkward. Catherine looked mortified."

 

The mystery man, left sitting with a "confused look on his face," paid the check and left.

 

Catherine's rep would only say she was there for a "business meeting."

 

--NEIL BLINCOW

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Michael, what goes around, comes around.

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Woman Who Threatened Zeta-Jones Sentenced By LAURA WIDES, Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES - A woman who pleaded no contest to stalking and threatening Catherine Zeta-Jones was sentenced Friday to three years in state prison, but with credit for time served, she could be behind bars for less than a year. Dawnette Knight, 35, cried silently as Superior Court Judge David Mintz read her sentence. The judge also approved a 10-year restraining order barring Knight from contact with Zeta-Jones and her family and ordered her to pay $200 in restitution. He gave her credit for 600 days served.Zeta-Jones, who won a 2003 supporting actress Oscar for her role in "Chicago," wasn't in court, but sent a letter that was read by prosecutor Debra Archuleta.Calling Knight "evil," the actress told her: "You have profoundly affected me in how I conduct my life. ... Your actions will be with me the rest of my life — how I will be constantly observing, looking over my shoulder, as I continue to bring up my children in the best possible way I can."Zeta-Jones added: "You will never be famous, you will never be infamous, you are just a criminal."Knight pleaded with Mintz for leniency and apologized to Zeta-Jones, saying: "I hope one day the victim will forgive me. I am sorry. I think about it all the time."Lawyer Richard Herman requested probation but said after the hearing that his client had received "a very kind sentence." Charged with one felony count of stalking and three felony counts of making criminal threats, she could have been sentenced to five years in prison.Knight was accused of sending more than two dozen threatening and violent letters to acquaintances of the actress, including her agent and her husband, actor Michael Douglas.One letter said: "We are going to slice her up like meat on a bone and feed her to the dogs." In another letter, Knight allegedly apologized, claiming she had been in love with Douglas.Knight was originally charged with stalking and 24 counts of making criminal threats between Oct. 2, 2003, and May 21, 2004. Twenty-one of those counts were dismissed.

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Knight pleaded with Mintz for leniency and apologized to Zeta-Jones, saying: "I hope one day the victim will forgive me. I am sorry. I think about it all the time."

This one is whacko, heard some of her testimony and who the heck says sorry to the "victim"?? :ph34r:

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Michael Douglas and wife Catherine Zeta-Jones show a united front at the premiere screening of HBO's A Father ... A Son ...Once Upon a Time in Hollywood in Beverly Hills on Thursday. The documentary chronicles the relationship between Douglas and his father, actor Kirk Douglas.

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http://breakingnews.iol.ie/entertainment/s...408646&p=y854... =185409589 Douglas: 'I don't regard Kirk as my real dad' 05/08/2005 - 08:22:48 Hollywood star Michael Douglas felt so neglected by his father Kirk during his childhood, he regards his step-dad as his real father. The Fatal Attraction actor went to live with his mother Diana and her second husband Solomon Moon when he was six, following his parents' divorce. And he has always regarded Moon as his real father, because Kirk spent most of his time away on location cementing his position as one of the biggest screen stars of his generation. However, Michael can sympathise with his father's focus on his career because he spent lots of time away from his own son Cameron, following the breakdown of his first marriage to Diandra Luker. The 60-year-old says: "I always considered my mother's new husband as my father figure. My own father was always busy on movies. He was all over the world, an absentee dad. I repeated that, unfortunately, in bringing up my own son Cameron. "He told me he was working overtime, making movies, producing - and was so self-centred that he didn't spend enough time with me and my brothers. "Much later he said his own father never spent much time with him, never gave him a pat on the back. He says he's a much better grandfather than father."

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Douglases Share Lifelong Memories

(Sunday, August 07 12:03 AM)

By Jay Bobbin

 

 

LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - It's a warm, sunny mid-July afternoon in Beverly Hills, Calif.

 

In his home, a man and his son welcome a visitor and discuss the times they've had, separately and together.

 

The father is Kirk Douglas. The son is Michael Douglas.

 

The showbiz icons are remarkably, sometimes painfully candid about their loving yet sometimes strained relationship, both in this conversation and in "A Father ... a Son ... Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," an HBO documentary debuting Saturday, Aug. 13. Directed by longtime friend Lee Grant, the 90-minute film confirms how complex the connection between two men can be -- with additional tension from fame, business and the footsteps set down by a world-famous parent.

 

A premiere screening of the documentary was staged the night before the at-home chat, although largely recovered stroke victim Kirk couldn't attend due to recent knee-replacement surgery. Michael's pleasure is clear as he tells his dad how the audience received the project ... and it's also clear that some of the issues it covers finally seem resolved for the actors.

 

Zap2it: You're both so well-acquainted with Lee Grant. Was that a factor in your comfort in talking so freely about your relationship?

 

Michael Douglas: Lee Grant was blacklisted at a key point in her life. She did "Detective Story" with Dad, and she and her insane, lovely, wacky husband -- Joe Feury -- have been great friends of ours for many years. A lot of the interview was done at their house, and Joey kept seducing Dad with a lot of good food. There was a trust factor unique with Lee that allowed us to feel we could talk.

 

Kirk Douglas: Filming the documentary was wonderful, because we both forgot about the camera and just started talking like father and son. I don't have that much opportunity to speak to my son, because he's always here or there working, so our moments of contact are limited. You take advantage of any that you can get, even if it's while making a documentary.

 

Zap2it: It's interesting how the program opens by recalling the casting of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (the 1975 movie Michael won an Oscar for producing, after Kirk gave him the rights, and after he gave Jack Nicholson the role Kirk had long coveted). Even this many years later, do the related emotions surprise you as much as it seems?

 

Kirk: Of course. You see, I'm so proud of Michael for doing something that I had attempted to do for 10 years. Within a few months, he got together a great cast, and the results are history.

 

Michael: Look, I know what a great part and what a great movie it was. I think it's only right and fair that it should be the issue it was, but love conquers all, and life goes on.

 

Zap2it: Michael, you transformed yourself from a television actor (in the series "The Streets of San Francisco") to a major film producer overnight. In the same sense that your father bucked the system -- becoming an independent producer, hiring blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo for "Spartacus," etc. -- did you consciously intend to take big chances?

 

Michael: The transition from television to feature films was more difficult back then. I think for many years, Dad built his energy on being angry, or holding a grudge. I know I'd done that for a long part of my life, because that's what keeps you going, but I don't need to do that anymore. You find other ways to motivate yourself, like Dad did with his book writing.

 

Kirk: Michael was always so far ahead. I mean, he made "The China Syndrome," then that's what happened at Three Mile Island.

 

Zap2it: Much is made in the documentary about Kirk's eye for women. Were you both surprised at the honesty of Kirk's ex-wife and current wife's remarks about that?

 

Kirk: I was shocked.

 

Michael: I know you were. That was one of the things at the screening, Dad, that so many people picked up on. It's too bad so many families can't talk to each other about issues, instead of keeping silent. One thing that isn't brought out so much in the film is that I've been blessed with great step-parents. In families of divorce, when the adults can get together, there are fewer problems.

 

Zap2it: Is it an accurate impression that some of your strongest personal ties have been to other stars?

 

Michael: You know what took the house down last night, Dad? You and Burt [Lancaster] singing "It's Great Not to Be Nominated" (in a late-1950s Academy Awards show). Seeing you two guys do that was really incredible.

 

Kirk: I miss Burt. He always said, "Kirk would be the first to admit he's a very difficult man. I would be the second." We did so many things together; we even did a song-and-dance routine at the London Palladium. We could have made lots of money in vaudeville.

 

Michael: I think the friendships of Dad's generation lasted a lot longer, but a lot of it just had to do with geography. A lot of the industry was here; if you made movies, you were in Hollywood. Now, we can live all over the world because pictures are made everywhere. It was a much closer community back then.

 

Zap2it: How satisfying is it for both of you to have had landmark screen roles, like Kirk's title part in "Spartacus" and Michael's Oscar-winning portrayal of takeover king Gordon Gekko in "Wall Street"?

 

Kirk: I think Michael was responsible for lots of the problems with the CEOs of today, because they saw "Wall Street" and were so impressed when he said, "Greed is good." Next time, Michael, don't be such a good actor when you say a line like that.

 

Michael: I hear ya, Dad. You know, you just try to do good movies. The cards are dealt to you, and you can't make up a new deck. You just play the cards you have, and you do it to the best of your ability. It's using everything you have to make something as good as it can be.

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Zeta-Jones' panic attack hell

 

 

14/09/2005 - 08:42:25

 

 

Oscar-winner Catherine Zeta-Jones suffers crippling panic attacks before

stepping in front of a camera despite her years of Hollywood experience.

 

 

The Welsh beauty, 35, has worked alongside stars including Sean Connery and

Antonio Banderas, but she insists she still finds working on a movie set

intimidating.

 

 

She says: "I still get nervous. I worry, I sweat, I want to throw up. I do

an exorcism before I can speak."

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(IMDB.COM)Zeta-Jones Corset Stunt Trickery Catherine Zeta-Jones struggled to perform stunts for movie sequel The Legend Of Zorro, because her raunchy corset and petticoat ensemble proved highly restrictive. The Entrapment star loved filming the high energy sword scenes, but felt constantly thwarted by her period costume. She says, "It's crazy. You learn the routine in sweat pants and trainers and then they put a corset on you, three petticoats, a dress over the top and high boots - it's a whole different story. I used to have to pin up my petticoat so I wouldn't trip. Those costumes are really heavy, and the corset is tight - especially after lunch!"

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'Zorro's' Zeta-Jones Scoffs at Kidnapping Tales LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - Welsh beauty Catherine Zeta-Jones says that the reports of her near-kidnapping were greatly exaggerated. In an interview with "Extra," the "Legend of Zorro" actress finally sets the record straight regarding a tabloid story that claims she was nearly abducted when some suspicious types tried to force her limousine off the road while she was in Mexico filming. "Overblown to the point of the ridiculous," says Zeta-Jones. "I had my mother calling me. I had about 50 emails and I had to get back to them because they're concerned for my safety. I am fine, thanks." Instead, she says the incident was nothing more than a fender bender. "Nothing, no spin out, no screeching," she says. The actress also denies rumors that she's pregnant, but maintains that she and husband Michael Douglas have a solid marriage. "We're just lucky. We're in love and we protect our privacy," she explains. "If I'm working, he doesn't work and vice versa. We love our children and are just kind to each other." The full interview airs on "Extra" on Monday night, Oct. 17. "Legend of Zorro," the sequel to 1998's "Mask of Zorro," also stars Antonio Banderas and opens nationwide on Friday, Oct. 28.

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(IMDB.COM)Zeta-Jones Teaches Letterman How To Swing Catherine Zeta-Jones gave American TV host David Letterman a small golfing lesson on Tuesday night, when showed him how to improve his swing. The Chicago star, who regularly indulges in the sport with her husband Michael Douglas, appeared on the comedian's chat show Late Show With David Letterman to promote her upcoming movie The Legend Of Zorro, but soon found herself showing off her golf swing at the request of Letterman. As she took a hold of her golf club, she quipped, "I have never played golf in high heels with my bosoms hanging out!"

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Catherine Zeta-Jones confirms to GLARE that she's definitely going to play sultry screen legend Lana Turner in a big-screen biopic called "Stompanato." So we asked: Is Sharon Stone (who supposedly coveted the role for years -- and is already blond) a little ticked off at her? Is Sharon getting out her ice pick? Zeta-Jones adopts a petulant voice. "Guess what?" she poses. "I really really wanted to do 'Basic Instinct 2!' " She'll have to settle for the sultry Turner, whose basic instinct was to date a mob guy named Johnny Stompanato, who was then knifed in the Turner home by her daughter -- at least, that's the official story. Many still think Turner did the slice-and-dice work on her lover. Who will play Johnny? "Keanu Reeves is still on to do it," Zeta-Jones says. "I think he'll be great." Meanwhile, Zeta-Jones says she always wanted to play Turner. "It's just a great, great role," she says, admitting she's also a bit nervous about it. "I've got it in my head that the studio will turn around halfway through filming and go, 'She doesn't look like her!' " The film will be directed by Adrian Lyne ("Fatal Attraction," "Unfaithful"). Zeta-Jones says the role of daughter Cheryl hasn't been cast. Zeta-Jones is not only watching all of Turner's old movies, she has a secret weapon in the research department -- and he often sits across from her for Sunday dinners at the Douglas pad. "My father-in-law, Kirk Douglas, is going to be my research engine," she says. "He's my Google when it comes to Lana Turner." (Douglas starred with Turner in the 1952 film "The Bad and the Beautiful.") Zeta-Jones says they won't shy away from the rougher bedroom scenes that reportedly were part of the Turner-Stompanato heat fest. "It will make for some great screen moments," she purrs. Meanwhile, Zeta-Jones locks lips with Antonio Banderas in "The Legend of Zorro," due out Oct. 28.

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Catherine Zeta-Jones Has Lost Her VoiceCategory: SOFTPEDIA NEWS :: Entertainment While promoting The Legend of Zorro, she found herself speechless one morning By: Simona Gherman, Entertainment Editor -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- While promoting her new movie The Legend of Zorro, the beautiful actress woke up one morning speechless. Because of the traveling and all the hard work, her voice had gone off."(I've had) one of the busiest weeks for the last few months and I just woke up and it went. "I was traveling to Europe and promoting Zorro and then I started talking, talking, talking for days. Then I woke up the other day - nothing. It was terrifying," she declared.After a couple of day's rest, Catherine could speak again. And, with a sense of humor, she confessed that she liked her new voice better:"It's a cross between Demi Moore and Kathleen Turner. I'd like it to stay like this, as long as it wasn't ruining my voice." Catherine Zeta Jones, chosen in 1998 one of the Most Beautiful People in the world by People magazine, married Michael Douglas in November 2000. They have two children: a son, Dylan Michael (5), and a daughter, Carys Zeta Douglas (2).Her upcoming projects include “Stompanato”(2007), a retelling of the scandalous murder of thug and wannabe actor Johnny Stompanato by Lana Turner's young daughter, Crane, and “Mostly Martha”, under the direction of Scott Hicks, due to start filming in January next year.

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(MSNBC.COM). . . Catherine Zeta-Jones, out promoting “The Legend of Zorro” reveals that her talents don’t extend to the kitchen. “Michael [Douglas, her hubby] is afraid when I’m in the kitchen,” she said. “That’s what really terrifies him, because I am a terrible cook and I’m not allowed to go in the kitchen anymore. I did actually burn a pan. It wasn’t on fire but it was smoking, and I got a little scared, and right next to the stove was a big old fire extinguisher.”

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(MSNBC.COM). . . Catherine Zeta-Jones, out promoting “The Legend of Zorro” reveals that her talents don’t extend to the kitchen. “Michael [Douglas, her hubby] is afraid when I’m in the kitchen,” she said. “That’s what really terrifies him, because I am a terrible cook and I’m not allowed to go in the kitchen anymore. I did actually burn a pan. It wasn’t on fire but it was smoking, and I got a little scared, and right next to the stove was a big old fire extinguisher.”

Finally! Something to make me like her a little. But only for a second.

[Rebelgirl 1]

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Zeta-Jones grateful for low expectations

 

 

26/10/2005 - 13:46:27

 

 

Catherine Zeta-Jones pities her husband Michael Douglas because he has spent

his life in the shadow of his famous father.

 

 

Douglas made a name for himself, despite the intimidating legacy of

Spartacus star Kirk - but Zeta-Jones is grateful she entered the industry

with no expectations.

 

 

She says: "Acting has been great to me. Michael might have a different swipe

on it because he had to live up to being the son of Kirk Douglas, but it was

a different dynamic for me.

 

 

"Nobody knew me, nobody cared. That was what I wanted to do."

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Four for Zeta-Jones

November 2, 2005 8:02 PM PST

 

 

Mother of two Catherine Zeta-Jones says that while she was raised in a

family with three children, her husband is reluctant to try for a third

baby, saying he's too old to be a father again. Zeta-Jones appeared on Ellen

DeGeneres and told the audience that Michael Douglas, her husband of five

years, "doesn't wanna be too old where I have to push him in a wheelchair as

well as a stroller. He said it, not me!" At age 61, Douglas is a full

quarter-century older than his betrothed, and his youngest child is just 2

years old.

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(MSNBC.COM)Baby weight? What baby weight?Catherine Zeta-Jones is blasting the “scary’ trend of skinny women in Hollywood. While promoting “The Legend of Zorro” in Brazil, Zeta-Jones told reporters how she got back into shape after having children. “My muscles have memory from the time I danced, and it’s quick for me to get back in shape, but I’m not fanatical,” she said, reports our translator. “I grew up with dancers, anorexia and other disorders were common, so I learned how to deal with [diets] without losing my limit. I think it’s awful, this competition in the U.S. between actresses who just had a baby, to see who’s first to get back to their normal weight. It’s insane. I find this wave of super-skinny women scary.”She also told how she deals with people flirting with her hubby Michael Douglas. “I was never a jealous woman, and if I were, I’d never tell a reporter!” she said. “I never had a fight over jealousy and regarding Michael, if a man looks at him, I’ll be angry, but if it’s a woman it’s better for me because with her, I’ll solve the problem with a sword”

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She also told how she deals with people flirting with her hubby Michael Douglas. “I was never a jealous woman, and if I were, I’d never tell a reporter!” she said. “I never had a fight over jealousy and regarding Michael, if a man looks at him, I’ll be angry, but if it’s a woman it’s better for me because with her, I’ll solve the problem with a sword”

Good thing she is not a jealous woman.

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That's because she's got a 5 million dollar penalty clause in the prenup if he cheats! I wouldn't be jealous either! LOL!

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(IMDB.COM)OK! Takes Zeta-Jones Wedding Photos Battle to the Top The ongoing court battle between rival magazines OK! and Hello! over ownership of Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones' wedding photographs is to be taken to the highest court in Britain. In May, Hello! magazine bosses won their appeal against last year's High Court judgment that ordered the glossy to pay OK! $1.9 million in damages for unauthorized pictures of the stars' 2000 wedding. The magazine's chiefs confessed they used the photos to spoil OK!'s exclusive coverage of the wedding, but argued "spoilers" are a common practice in the media industry. OK! magazine was ordered in May to repay more than $3.8 million worth of damages and costs it received from Hello! However, following a petition from OK! and the Hollywood couple, the case will now be heard at the House Of Lords in London. Last year, Douglas and Zeta-Jones were awarded $27,738 in damages from Hello! magazine, after a judge ruled the publication had breached the Traffic stars' rights of confidence.

[soho2chelsea 3]

Ooh, this reminds me of a FAVORITE Celebrity Dumb-Ass Quote I need to post right now.

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catherine without the airbrushing