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Rabu, 14 April 2010

I've never had a problem with nudity, says proud-to-be-40 Catherine Zeta-Jones

She made a few hearts skip a beat when she peeled off her top for Antonio Banderas in Zorro.
But Catherine Zeta-Jones has largely frustrated her army of male fans by keeping a pretty modest profile in her acting roles.
However, she's no prude, as she proved by stripping off and sprawling across a bed for a racy photoshoot for an American women's magazine, Allure.
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Sultry: Catherine Zeta-Jones poses nude for Allure magazine in her raciest ever photoshoot
She shows she hasn't lost all her curves despite recent paparazzi pictures which suggested her frame was shrinking and prompted a few Catherine Zeta-Bones headlines.
CZJ says in the accompanying interview that she's proud of her body at the age of 40 - and always has been.
Mrs Michael Douglas, currently starring in Broadway show A Little Night Music in New York, was happy to drop the robe for the nude section of the shoot and says nudity is not an issue for her.
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Preened: For sexy bed hair, hairstylist Orlando Pita (above) used volumising spray on Zeta-Jones's wet hair, blew it dry, and curled it

Catherine Zeta-Jones
Getting her best side: She was pictured by photographer Michael Thompson
She then said: 'That's when your dancing days and being in theatre pay off.
'When you're doing a quick change, you don't give a s*** who sees you.'
However, while Zeta-Jones may be no shrinking violet, she revealed in an interview earlier this year how she is having to cover up more since moving to New York.
The Welsh actress told U.S. chatshow host David Letterman that she has had to stop running around her garden naked after moving from the privacy of Bermuda to bustling New York.
Zeta Jones
Behind the scenes: Catherine checks out the photographs

Catherine Zeta-Jones
Catherine Zeta-Jones
She's got it covered: Catherine graces the front of Allure magazine
She told Letterman how she used to frolic nude at the sprawling Bermuda mansion where she lived with husband Michael Douglas, 65, and their children.
But these days her al fresco fun has ended since the family moved to the Big Apple last year.
In the interview with Allure she also revealed her plans for the future with her family, saying she would love to live on a boat and sail around the world. 'I wouldn't be surprised if [we do] that.'

For the full interview with Zeta-Jones, pick up the May issue of Allure, out on April 20 or go to www.allure.com
Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta
Catherine Zeta Jones
Too slim? Catherine pictured, left, in New York yesterday and, right, looking rather more spindly while on a walk with husband Michael Douglas at the weekend

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1265800/Catherine-Zeta-Jones-Nudity-problem.html#ixzz0l5TYV6B7

I've never had a problem with nudity, says proud-to-be-40 Catherine Zeta-Jones

She made a few hearts skip a beat when she peeled off her top for Antonio Banderas in Zorro.
But Catherine Zeta-Jones has largely frustrated her army of male fans by keeping a pretty modest profile in her acting roles.
However, she's no prude, as she proved by stripping off and sprawling across a bed for a racy photoshoot for an American women's magazine, Allure.
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Sultry: Catherine Zeta-Jones poses nude for Allure magazine in her raciest ever photoshoot
She shows she hasn't lost all her curves despite recent paparazzi pictures which suggested her frame was shrinking and prompted a few Catherine Zeta-Bones headlines.
CZJ says in the accompanying interview that she's proud of her body at the age of 40 - and always has been.
Mrs Michael Douglas, currently starring in Broadway show A Little Night Music in New York, was happy to drop the robe for the nude section of the shoot and says nudity is not an issue for her.
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Preened: For sexy bed hair, hairstylist Orlando Pita (above) used volumising spray on Zeta-Jones's wet hair, blew it dry, and curled it

Catherine Zeta-Jones
Getting her best side: She was pictured by photographer Michael Thompson
She then said: 'That's when your dancing days and being in theatre pay off.
'When you're doing a quick change, you don't give a s*** who sees you.'
However, while Zeta-Jones may be no shrinking violet, she revealed in an interview earlier this year how she is having to cover up more since moving to New York.
The Welsh actress told U.S. chatshow host David Letterman that she has had to stop running around her garden naked after moving from the privacy of Bermuda to bustling New York.
Zeta Jones
Behind the scenes: Catherine checks out the photographs

Catherine Zeta-Jones
Catherine Zeta-Jones
She's got it covered: Catherine graces the front of Allure magazine
She told Letterman how she used to frolic nude at the sprawling Bermuda mansion where she lived with husband Michael Douglas, 65, and their children.
But these days her al fresco fun has ended since the family moved to the Big Apple last year.
In the interview with Allure she also revealed her plans for the future with her family, saying she would love to live on a boat and sail around the world. 'I wouldn't be surprised if [we do] that.'

For the full interview with Zeta-Jones, pick up the May issue of Allure, out on April 20 or go to www.allure.com
Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta
Catherine Zeta Jones
Too slim? Catherine pictured, left, in New York yesterday and, right, looking rather more spindly while on a walk with husband Michael Douglas at the weekend

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1265800/Catherine-Zeta-Jones-Nudity-problem.html#ixzz0l5TYV6B7

Senin, 12 April 2010

It’s Catherine Zeta-Bones... what's happened to the Welsh actress's voluptuous curves?


She is known for her shapely curves and has famously spoken out against Hollywood’s obsession with super-skinny women.
But Catherine Zeta-Jones, who once declared that she could ‘eat for Wales’, stepped out last week looking noticeably slimmer than normal after appearing on Broadway in a revival of A Little Night Music.
Chatting to fans and signing autographs after her performance in New York on Friday, the actress wore a simple black shift dress that appeared to drown her figure and revealed her thin arms and legs.
Catherine Zeta-Jones
czj
So lean: Catherine Zeta Jones looking noticeably leaner in New York after her show on Friday - and the legs again looked worrying thin yesterday

The Welsh star, 40, is normally happy to flaunt her voluptuous curves on the red carpet and tends to choose gowns with plunging necklines that emphasise her waist and hips.
But it appears her stage performances have left her rather leaner and more toned.
Her weight is known to fluctuate and at her heaviest she is said to have been 13 stone.
Actress Catherine Zeta Jones
Voluptuous: Showing off her famous curves at an awards night
When she was expecting her first child, Dylan, now nine, with her actor husband Michael Douglas, she allowed her weight to balloon, and she famously accepted her 2003 Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in Chicago when she was nine months pregnant with daughter Carys.
She later lost her pregnancy pounds by doing tough dance routines.
In the past, Zeta-Jones has spoken out against ‘scary’ Hollywood women who bow to pressure to lose weight, particularly after having a baby.
She has said: ‘I think it’s awful, this competition 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.’
But after being pictured looking thin in 2007, she had to deny reports that she was anorexic. She said her weight loss was a result of eating well.
She said at the time: ‘How could I ever, ever be anorexic? I’m just working out and not chomping down what I usually chomp down.’
Zeta-Jones is not the first actress to shed weight while appearing on the stage. Last year, Katie Holmes was pictured looking gaunt while performing in a production of All My Sons. She attributed her leanness to her workload.
Zeta-Jones has won rave reviews in the US for her role as Desiree in A Little Night Music, which is her Broadway debut. Critics have described her performances as ‘luminous’ and ‘mesmerising’.
The show opened in December and tickets to see her on stage have changed hands on auction website eBay for up to £180.

It’s Catherine Zeta-Bones... what's happened to the Welsh actress's voluptuous curves?


She is known for her shapely curves and has famously spoken out against Hollywood’s obsession with super-skinny women.
But Catherine Zeta-Jones, who once declared that she could ‘eat for Wales’, stepped out last week looking noticeably slimmer than normal after appearing on Broadway in a revival of A Little Night Music.
Chatting to fans and signing autographs after her performance in New York on Friday, the actress wore a simple black shift dress that appeared to drown her figure and revealed her thin arms and legs.
Catherine Zeta-Jones
czj
So lean: Catherine Zeta Jones looking noticeably leaner in New York after her show on Friday - and the legs again looked worrying thin yesterday

The Welsh star, 40, is normally happy to flaunt her voluptuous curves on the red carpet and tends to choose gowns with plunging necklines that emphasise her waist and hips.
But it appears her stage performances have left her rather leaner and more toned.
Her weight is known to fluctuate and at her heaviest she is said to have been 13 stone.
Actress Catherine Zeta Jones
Voluptuous: Showing off her famous curves at an awards night
When she was expecting her first child, Dylan, now nine, with her actor husband Michael Douglas, she allowed her weight to balloon, and she famously accepted her 2003 Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in Chicago when she was nine months pregnant with daughter Carys.
She later lost her pregnancy pounds by doing tough dance routines.
In the past, Zeta-Jones has spoken out against ‘scary’ Hollywood women who bow to pressure to lose weight, particularly after having a baby.
She has said: ‘I think it’s awful, this competition 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.’
But after being pictured looking thin in 2007, she had to deny reports that she was anorexic. She said her weight loss was a result of eating well.
She said at the time: ‘How could I ever, ever be anorexic? I’m just working out and not chomping down what I usually chomp down.’
Zeta-Jones is not the first actress to shed weight while appearing on the stage. Last year, Katie Holmes was pictured looking gaunt while performing in a production of All My Sons. She attributed her leanness to her workload.
Zeta-Jones has won rave reviews in the US for her role as Desiree in A Little Night Music, which is her Broadway debut. Critics have described her performances as ‘luminous’ and ‘mesmerising’.
The show opened in December and tickets to see her on stage have changed hands on auction website eBay for up to £180.

Sabtu, 08 November 2008

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Catherine Zeta-Jones (born 25 September 1969) is an Academy Award-winning Welsh actress. She was born in Wales and began her career on stage at an early age. After starring in a number of television films and small roles in films, she became famous with roles in films such as The Phantom, The Mask of Zorro and Entrapment in the mid to late 1990s.

She is married to Michael Douglas, with whom she starred in the 2000 film Traffic. Her most recent films are Ocean’s Twelve and The Legend of Zorro. She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Chicago. She has been the spokeswoman for T-Mobile since 2003.



Biography

Early life

Born Catherine Jones, in Treboeth, in the parish of Llangyfelach, a working class area of Swansea, West Glamorgan in Wales. She was the middle child of three children born to Dai Jones, a Welsh sweet factory owner, and Patricia Fair, who is of Irish-Catholic extraction. Her father has no religious interests and Catherine and her siblings were raised as Roman Catholics. After her parents won £100,000 at bingo in the 1980s, they moved to St. Andrews Drive in Mayals, an upper class area of Swansea. She attended Dumbarton House School, Swansea, where she was an average student.


One of her first performances to an audience was to friends and family at her great-aunt Faith O’Brien’s house. Catherine used the living room table as her stage. She left school early to further her acting ambition without obtaining O levels qualifications. Her name stems from those of her grandmothers; one named Katherine Fair, and the other Zeta Jones, named after a ship which her great-grandfather had sailed on.

Career

Zeta-Jones’ stage career began in childhood. She was a part of a Catholic congregation’s performing troupe before she was 10. She also starred in a London production of Annie, among other productions, such as Bugsy Malone. By 1987 she was starring in 42nd Street as Peggy Sawyer in the West End. Once the show closed, Zeta-Jones travelled to France, where she received the lead role in French director Phillippe De Broca’s 1001 Nights (also known as Sheherazade), her feature film debut.

Her exotic beauty, along with her singing and dancing ability, suggested a promising future, but it was in a straight acting role, as Mariette in the successful television adaptation of H. E. Bates’ The Darling Buds of May (1991), that she made her name. She briefly flirted with a musical career, having a part in Jeff Wayne’s 1992 Spartacus. A single, “The Appian Way”, featured her; it was released but failed to chart. She also starred in an episode of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, as well as having a role in Christopher Columbus: The Discovery.

She continued to find moderate success with a number of television projects, namely, The Return of the Native and the mini-series Catherine the Great. She also starred in Splitting Heirs, a comedy starring Eric Idle, Rick Moranis and John Cleese. In 1996, she was cast as the aviatrix “Sala” in Paramount’s big budget action film, The Phantom, based on the famous comic created by Lee Falk.

Jones starred in the CBS mini-series Titanic, which also starred Tim Curry and Peter Gallagher. Steven Spielberg, who noted her performance in the mini-series, recommended her to the director of an upcoming film, The Mask of Zorro. Jones landed a lead role in the film, alongside Antonio Banderas. The film contributed to boosting her profile. The following year she was the star of the film, Entrapment with Sean Connery. Later that year she also starred in The Haunting, alongside Liam Neeson and Lili Taylor.

In 2000 she starred in Traffic with future husband Michael Douglas. The following year she starred in America’s Sweethearts, with Julia Roberts, Billy Crystal and John Cusack. In 2003, she won an Academy Award or Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the 2002 film Chicago. Chicago also won the Academy Award for Best Film that year. On 22 October 2005, she referenced her award, as guest host on the television show Saturday Night Live, surrounded by four male dancers, mimicking the Bob Fosse-inspired Chicago-style dancing, suggesting in song that, no matter how bad she might be that night, “They Can’t Take My Oscar Away”.

In 2003 she voiced a role in Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, as well as starring in Intolerable Cruelty with George Clooney. In 2004 she was in The Terminal, as well as Ocean’s Twelve, the sequel to Ocean’s Eleven. In 2005 The Mask of Zorro returned to the big screen, with Catherine reprising her role as Elena in The Legend of Zorro. She stars in and produces the rugby-related comedy, Coming Out, which Welsh rugby star Gavin Henson will also be in.

Private life

Zeta-Jones is married to actor Michael Douglas, with whom she has two children. They were married at the Plaza Hotel in New York City on 18 November 2000. Their son, Dylan Michael Douglas, was born 8 August 2000. (Her American admirers like to think that he is named after Bob Dylan, a favourite of Douglas, while her British admirers like to think that Dylan Thomas, also born in Swansea, was the inspiration). Their daughter, Carys Zeta Douglas, was born April 20, 2003. Zeta-Jones has decided that her children will grow up aware of their Welsh heritage and has built a seaside home for her parents in her hometown of Swansea. She also wants her children to know the Welsh language (Cymraeg), although she herself is not a Welsh-speaker.

Her elder brother, David A. Jones (also known as Cameron Jones), is VP for film company, Initial Entertainment. He was an executive producer of Gangs of New York. Catherine’s younger brother Lyndon Jones is her personal manager and producer for Milkwood Films. Catherine’s parents recently moved from their Mayals property to a £2 million cliff top home two miles away, built for them by Catherine. Apart from her acting career, Zeta-Jones is also an advertising spokeswoman for the mobile phone company T-Mobile. She is currently the global spokeswoman for cosmetics giant Elizabeth Arden.

Trivia

* Has the same birthday as her husband Michael Douglas, who is 25 years her senior.
* For her role in Chicago, she specifically requested a 1920s-style short bob haircut, so her face could be seen and fans wouldn’t doubt she did all her dancing herself.
* Her shoe size is 6(UK)/8(US)/39(EUR)
* Her father’s cousin, Robert Sullivan, is married to singer Bonnie Tyler, who is also Welsh.
* During her Darling Buds of May period, Catherine also helped her cousin promote his “Lazerzone” business in Swansea by appearing as a special guest at open days.
* Once appeared on Welsh TV channel HTV teaching children how to tap dance.
* She is a resident of Bermuda.
* Was unable to attend the funeral of her grandfather, Billy Fair, as she was pregnant and unable to fly.
* Does not attend many family functions such as weddings as she does not want her presence to take the focus off the event.
* Her uncle Robert Jones owns Swansea’s Ã… koda car dealership as well as Llanelli A.F.C. football club.
* Has a niece named Jena Jones. (Daughter of Catherine’s brother David Jones) When Jena passed her GCSE exams, Catherine placed an advert in Swansea’s Evening Post newspaper to congratulate her on her multiple A* passes.
* Catherine does not speak Welsh.
* Is a former girlfriend of former Blue Peter presenter John Leslie, UK actor Angus MacFayden and Hollywood producer Jon Peters, ex-boyfriend of Barbra Streisand
* A traditional Welsh choir sang at her wedding
* Her wedding ring includes a Celtic motif and was bought in the Welsh town of Aberystwyth.
* Showing an example of her ‘down to earth’ roots, at the 2005 All*Star Cup Golf Tournament held at the Celtic Manor in Newport, Catherine surprised fellow competitors and the media by arriving at the venue in her mother’s Skoda car - driven by Michael Douglas.
* She owns the film company “Milkwood Films” that will put out Coming Out in 2006 in which she will also act, besides having the producer’s role.
* While pregnant with her second child, photos were published of Zeta-Jones smoking cigarettes on a private balcony. Afterwards, she became the target of anti-smoking and child health and welfare groups due to her reckless behavior.

Catherine Zeta-Jones Hot Sexy Celebs











Catherine Zeta-Jones (born 25 September 1969) is an Academy Award-winning Welsh actress. She was born in Wales and began her career on stage at an early age. After starring in a number of television films and small roles in films, she became famous with roles in films such as The Phantom, The Mask of Zorro and Entrapment in the mid to late 1990s.

She is married to Michael Douglas, with whom she starred in the 2000 film Traffic. Her most recent films are Ocean’s Twelve and The Legend of Zorro. She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Chicago. She has been the spokeswoman for T-Mobile since 2003.



Biography

Early life

Born Catherine Jones, in Treboeth, in the parish of Llangyfelach, a working class area of Swansea, West Glamorgan in Wales. She was the middle child of three children born to Dai Jones, a Welsh sweet factory owner, and Patricia Fair, who is of Irish-Catholic extraction. Her father has no religious interests and Catherine and her siblings were raised as Roman Catholics. After her parents won £100,000 at bingo in the 1980s, they moved to St. Andrews Drive in Mayals, an upper class area of Swansea. She attended Dumbarton House School, Swansea, where she was an average student.


One of her first performances to an audience was to friends and family at her great-aunt Faith O’Brien’s house. Catherine used the living room table as her stage. She left school early to further her acting ambition without obtaining O levels qualifications. Her name stems from those of her grandmothers; one named Katherine Fair, and the other Zeta Jones, named after a ship which her great-grandfather had sailed on.

Career

Zeta-Jones’ stage career began in childhood. She was a part of a Catholic congregation’s performing troupe before she was 10. She also starred in a London production of Annie, among other productions, such as Bugsy Malone. By 1987 she was starring in 42nd Street as Peggy Sawyer in the West End. Once the show closed, Zeta-Jones travelled to France, where she received the lead role in French director Phillippe De Broca’s 1001 Nights (also known as Sheherazade), her feature film debut.

Her exotic beauty, along with her singing and dancing ability, suggested a promising future, but it was in a straight acting role, as Mariette in the successful television adaptation of H. E. Bates’ The Darling Buds of May (1991), that she made her name. She briefly flirted with a musical career, having a part in Jeff Wayne’s 1992 Spartacus. A single, “The Appian Way”, featured her; it was released but failed to chart. She also starred in an episode of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, as well as having a role in Christopher Columbus: The Discovery.

She continued to find moderate success with a number of television projects, namely, The Return of the Native and the mini-series Catherine the Great. She also starred in Splitting Heirs, a comedy starring Eric Idle, Rick Moranis and John Cleese. In 1996, she was cast as the aviatrix “Sala” in Paramount’s big budget action film, The Phantom, based on the famous comic created by Lee Falk.

Jones starred in the CBS mini-series Titanic, which also starred Tim Curry and Peter Gallagher. Steven Spielberg, who noted her performance in the mini-series, recommended her to the director of an upcoming film, The Mask of Zorro. Jones landed a lead role in the film, alongside Antonio Banderas. The film contributed to boosting her profile. The following year she was the star of the film, Entrapment with Sean Connery. Later that year she also starred in The Haunting, alongside Liam Neeson and Lili Taylor.

In 2000 she starred in Traffic with future husband Michael Douglas. The following year she starred in America’s Sweethearts, with Julia Roberts, Billy Crystal and John Cusack. In 2003, she won an Academy Award or Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the 2002 film Chicago. Chicago also won the Academy Award for Best Film that year. On 22 October 2005, she referenced her award, as guest host on the television show Saturday Night Live, surrounded by four male dancers, mimicking the Bob Fosse-inspired Chicago-style dancing, suggesting in song that, no matter how bad she might be that night, “They Can’t Take My Oscar Away”.

In 2003 she voiced a role in Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, as well as starring in Intolerable Cruelty with George Clooney. In 2004 she was in The Terminal, as well as Ocean’s Twelve, the sequel to Ocean’s Eleven. In 2005 The Mask of Zorro returned to the big screen, with Catherine reprising her role as Elena in The Legend of Zorro. She stars in and produces the rugby-related comedy, Coming Out, which Welsh rugby star Gavin Henson will also be in.

Private life

Zeta-Jones is married to actor Michael Douglas, with whom she has two children. They were married at the Plaza Hotel in New York City on 18 November 2000. Their son, Dylan Michael Douglas, was born 8 August 2000. (Her American admirers like to think that he is named after Bob Dylan, a favourite of Douglas, while her British admirers like to think that Dylan Thomas, also born in Swansea, was the inspiration). Their daughter, Carys Zeta Douglas, was born April 20, 2003. Zeta-Jones has decided that her children will grow up aware of their Welsh heritage and has built a seaside home for her parents in her hometown of Swansea. She also wants her children to know the Welsh language (Cymraeg), although she herself is not a Welsh-speaker.

Her elder brother, David A. Jones (also known as Cameron Jones), is VP for film company, Initial Entertainment. He was an executive producer of Gangs of New York. Catherine’s younger brother Lyndon Jones is her personal manager and producer for Milkwood Films. Catherine’s parents recently moved from their Mayals property to a £2 million cliff top home two miles away, built for them by Catherine. Apart from her acting career, Zeta-Jones is also an advertising spokeswoman for the mobile phone company T-Mobile. She is currently the global spokeswoman for cosmetics giant Elizabeth Arden.

Trivia

* Has the same birthday as her husband Michael Douglas, who is 25 years her senior.
* For her role in Chicago, she specifically requested a 1920s-style short bob haircut, so her face could be seen and fans wouldn’t doubt she did all her dancing herself.
* Her shoe size is 6(UK)/8(US)/39(EUR)
* Her father’s cousin, Robert Sullivan, is married to singer Bonnie Tyler, who is also Welsh.
* During her Darling Buds of May period, Catherine also helped her cousin promote his “Lazerzone” business in Swansea by appearing as a special guest at open days.
* Once appeared on Welsh TV channel HTV teaching children how to tap dance.
* She is a resident of Bermuda.
* Was unable to attend the funeral of her grandfather, Billy Fair, as she was pregnant and unable to fly.
* Does not attend many family functions such as weddings as she does not want her presence to take the focus off the event.
* Her uncle Robert Jones owns Swansea’s Ã… koda car dealership as well as Llanelli A.F.C. football club.
* Has a niece named Jena Jones. (Daughter of Catherine’s brother David Jones) When Jena passed her GCSE exams, Catherine placed an advert in Swansea’s Evening Post newspaper to congratulate her on her multiple A* passes.
* Catherine does not speak Welsh.
* Is a former girlfriend of former Blue Peter presenter John Leslie, UK actor Angus MacFayden and Hollywood producer Jon Peters, ex-boyfriend of Barbra Streisand
* A traditional Welsh choir sang at her wedding
* Her wedding ring includes a Celtic motif and was bought in the Welsh town of Aberystwyth.
* Showing an example of her ‘down to earth’ roots, at the 2005 All*Star Cup Golf Tournament held at the Celtic Manor in Newport, Catherine surprised fellow competitors and the media by arriving at the venue in her mother’s Skoda car - driven by Michael Douglas.
* She owns the film company “Milkwood Films” that will put out Coming Out in 2006 in which she will also act, besides having the producer’s role.
* While pregnant with her second child, photos were published of Zeta-Jones smoking cigarettes on a private balcony. Afterwards, she became the target of anti-smoking and child health and welfare groups due to her reckless behavior.

Catherine Zeta-Jones Hot Sexy Celebs











Catherine Zeta-Jones (born 25 September 1969) is an Academy Award-winning Welsh actress. She was born in Wales and began her career on stage at an early age. After starring in a number of television films and small roles in films, she became famous with roles in films such as The Phantom, The Mask of Zorro and Entrapment in the mid to late 1990s.

She is married to Michael Douglas, with whom she starred in the 2000 film Traffic. Her most recent films are Ocean’s Twelve and The Legend of Zorro. She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Chicago. She has been the spokeswoman for T-Mobile since 2003.



Biography

Early life

Born Catherine Jones, in Treboeth, in the parish of Llangyfelach, a working class area of Swansea, West Glamorgan in Wales. She was the middle child of three children born to Dai Jones, a Welsh sweet factory owner, and Patricia Fair, who is of Irish-Catholic extraction. Her father has no religious interests and Catherine and her siblings were raised as Roman Catholics. After her parents won £100,000 at bingo in the 1980s, they moved to St. Andrews Drive in Mayals, an upper class area of Swansea. She attended Dumbarton House School, Swansea, where she was an average student.


One of her first performances to an audience was to friends and family at her great-aunt Faith O’Brien’s house. Catherine used the living room table as her stage. She left school early to further her acting ambition without obtaining O levels qualifications. Her name stems from those of her grandmothers; one named Katherine Fair, and the other Zeta Jones, named after a ship which her great-grandfather had sailed on.

Career

Zeta-Jones’ stage career began in childhood. She was a part of a Catholic congregation’s performing troupe before she was 10. She also starred in a London production of Annie, among other productions, such as Bugsy Malone. By 1987 she was starring in 42nd Street as Peggy Sawyer in the West End. Once the show closed, Zeta-Jones travelled to France, where she received the lead role in French director Phillippe De Broca’s 1001 Nights (also known as Sheherazade), her feature film debut.

Her exotic beauty, along with her singing and dancing ability, suggested a promising future, but it was in a straight acting role, as Mariette in the successful television adaptation of H. E. Bates’ The Darling Buds of May (1991), that she made her name. She briefly flirted with a musical career, having a part in Jeff Wayne’s 1992 Spartacus. A single, “The Appian Way”, featured her; it was released but failed to chart. She also starred in an episode of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, as well as having a role in Christopher Columbus: The Discovery.

She continued to find moderate success with a number of television projects, namely, The Return of the Native and the mini-series Catherine the Great. She also starred in Splitting Heirs, a comedy starring Eric Idle, Rick Moranis and John Cleese. In 1996, she was cast as the aviatrix “Sala” in Paramount’s big budget action film, The Phantom, based on the famous comic created by Lee Falk.

Jones starred in the CBS mini-series Titanic, which also starred Tim Curry and Peter Gallagher. Steven Spielberg, who noted her performance in the mini-series, recommended her to the director of an upcoming film, The Mask of Zorro. Jones landed a lead role in the film, alongside Antonio Banderas. The film contributed to boosting her profile. The following year she was the star of the film, Entrapment with Sean Connery. Later that year she also starred in The Haunting, alongside Liam Neeson and Lili Taylor.

In 2000 she starred in Traffic with future husband Michael Douglas. The following year she starred in America’s Sweethearts, with Julia Roberts, Billy Crystal and John Cusack. In 2003, she won an Academy Award or Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the 2002 film Chicago. Chicago also won the Academy Award for Best Film that year. On 22 October 2005, she referenced her award, as guest host on the television show Saturday Night Live, surrounded by four male dancers, mimicking the Bob Fosse-inspired Chicago-style dancing, suggesting in song that, no matter how bad she might be that night, “They Can’t Take My Oscar Away”.

In 2003 she voiced a role in Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, as well as starring in Intolerable Cruelty with George Clooney. In 2004 she was in The Terminal, as well as Ocean’s Twelve, the sequel to Ocean’s Eleven. In 2005 The Mask of Zorro returned to the big screen, with Catherine reprising her role as Elena in The Legend of Zorro. She stars in and produces the rugby-related comedy, Coming Out, which Welsh rugby star Gavin Henson will also be in.

Private life

Zeta-Jones is married to actor Michael Douglas, with whom she has two children. They were married at the Plaza Hotel in New York City on 18 November 2000. Their son, Dylan Michael Douglas, was born 8 August 2000. (Her American admirers like to think that he is named after Bob Dylan, a favourite of Douglas, while her British admirers like to think that Dylan Thomas, also born in Swansea, was the inspiration). Their daughter, Carys Zeta Douglas, was born April 20, 2003. Zeta-Jones has decided that her children will grow up aware of their Welsh heritage and has built a seaside home for her parents in her hometown of Swansea. She also wants her children to know the Welsh language (Cymraeg), although she herself is not a Welsh-speaker.

Her elder brother, David A. Jones (also known as Cameron Jones), is VP for film company, Initial Entertainment. He was an executive producer of Gangs of New York. Catherine’s younger brother Lyndon Jones is her personal manager and producer for Milkwood Films. Catherine’s parents recently moved from their Mayals property to a £2 million cliff top home two miles away, built for them by Catherine. Apart from her acting career, Zeta-Jones is also an advertising spokeswoman for the mobile phone company T-Mobile. She is currently the global spokeswoman for cosmetics giant Elizabeth Arden.

Trivia

* Has the same birthday as her husband Michael Douglas, who is 25 years her senior.
* For her role in Chicago, she specifically requested a 1920s-style short bob haircut, so her face could be seen and fans wouldn’t doubt she did all her dancing herself.
* Her shoe size is 6(UK)/8(US)/39(EUR)
* Her father’s cousin, Robert Sullivan, is married to singer Bonnie Tyler, who is also Welsh.
* During her Darling Buds of May period, Catherine also helped her cousin promote his “Lazerzone” business in Swansea by appearing as a special guest at open days.
* Once appeared on Welsh TV channel HTV teaching children how to tap dance.
* She is a resident of Bermuda.
* Was unable to attend the funeral of her grandfather, Billy Fair, as she was pregnant and unable to fly.
* Does not attend many family functions such as weddings as she does not want her presence to take the focus off the event.
* Her uncle Robert Jones owns Swansea’s Ã… koda car dealership as well as Llanelli A.F.C. football club.
* Has a niece named Jena Jones. (Daughter of Catherine’s brother David Jones) When Jena passed her GCSE exams, Catherine placed an advert in Swansea’s Evening Post newspaper to congratulate her on her multiple A* passes.
* Catherine does not speak Welsh.
* Is a former girlfriend of former Blue Peter presenter John Leslie, UK actor Angus MacFayden and Hollywood producer Jon Peters, ex-boyfriend of Barbra Streisand
* A traditional Welsh choir sang at her wedding
* Her wedding ring includes a Celtic motif and was bought in the Welsh town of Aberystwyth.
* Showing an example of her ‘down to earth’ roots, at the 2005 All*Star Cup Golf Tournament held at the Celtic Manor in Newport, Catherine surprised fellow competitors and the media by arriving at the venue in her mother’s Skoda car - driven by Michael Douglas.
* She owns the film company “Milkwood Films” that will put out Coming Out in 2006 in which she will also act, besides having the producer’s role.
* While pregnant with her second child, photos were published of Zeta-Jones smoking cigarettes on a private balcony. Afterwards, she became the target of anti-smoking and child health and welfare groups due to her reckless behavior.

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