Catherine Zeta Jones
- Profession: Actress
- Place/Date of Birth: Treboeth, Llangyfelach, Wales, 25 September 1969
Zeta Jones reportedly came up with the idea after learning a businessman was bottling the atmosphere in the Welsh Valleys. But entrepreneur John Gronow is remaining tight-lipped about whether the actress is a customer, saying: "I’m afraid I can’t talk about Ms Jones. I’m not allowed to." Zeta Jones has made no secret of her love for her home country.
She once revealed she wants to move out of Hollywood to her homeland and is said to have told friends she is determined her children Dylan, 4, and one-year-old Carys will call her native land home. A source claimed at the time: "She wants her kids to be privy to the upbringing that made her who she is - she loves Los Angeles but it’s all so shallow."
Catherine and Michael battling it out - Aug 05
Catherine Zeta Jones and her husband Michael Douglas will soon be battling it out - when they go head to head in a celebrity golf tournament. The Hollywood couple are keen golfers and will put their sporting talents to the test when they compete on opposite teams in ’The All Star Cup’, a celebrity version of the Ryder Cup.
The star studded event will be broadcast on TV later this month and viewers will see celebrities in ’Team America’ and ’Team Europe’ fighting to claim the winner’s cup. The celebrity pair aren’t the only celebrities who relax on the golf course, Zeta’s ’Ocean’s 12’ co-star George Clooney is so obsessed with the sport he recently organised a special golfing holiday for pals. The heartthrob and half-a-dozen long-term friends - dubbed ’The Boys’ - toured golf ranges around America in a rented bus, as part of a male bonding session.
Rich bitch - Apr 05
Catherine Zeta Jones has been tipped to take a part in Dallas, the Movie. According to reports the Welsh star is to play Pamela Ewing in a big screen adaptation of the legendary eighties TV series. Rumour has it she will be joined on set by Ocean’s Twelve co star Brad Pitt, who may play her husband, Bobby Ewing. The film will shift the action from the shoulder padded eighties to modern day Texas.
Stalking Catherine - Apr 05
A woman accused of stalking Catherine Zeta Jones has pleaded ’no contest’ in the courts. Psychology student Dawnette Knight allegedly sent numerous threats to the star but in court insisted that she had nothing more than a ’girlish crush’ on Catherine’s husband, Michael Douglas. Apparently Michael and his father, movie legend Kirk Douglas, had tried to protect Catherine from finding out about the threats, but the star found out and, as she told the court, "I’ve never had anyone say anything to me so satanic." Knight is to be observed for ninety days before returning to court for sentencing.
Filming troubles - Apr 05
Catherine Zeta Jones’ pet project has been put on hold. The movie, set in the star’s native Wales, has run in to problems due to the ailing dollar. Coming Out is a joint project between Catherine and her brother Lyndon, starring the woman herself and Scottish actor Alan Cumming and was due to start shooting this month. The shooting has now been rescheduled for later in the year.
Catherine ’Boozer’ Jones - Nov 04
Catherine proved she can hold her drink on the set of her new film Ocean’s 12.
Co-star Brad Pitt was full of admiration for the Welsh beauty, saying ’The great thing about Catherine is there is this great beauty and elegance but at the same time, she’ll drink any one of you under the table." Catherine will star as Brad’s love interest in the sequel to the highly successful remake of Ocean’s 11.
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She went on to appear in numerous little noticed films and series’, including a made for TV film, Titanic, and comic book movie The Phantom, alongside Billy Zane. It was around this time that she was picked to star with Antonio Banderas in The Mask of Zorro and Sean Connery in Entrapment. These films would make Catherine in to the Hollywood star we know today.
In 2000 she starred in Stephen Soderburgh’s Traffic with her future husband Michael Douglas. When they married later that year there was much critcism of the age difference (Douglas being 25 years her senior), however their marriage continues to go from strength to strength and they now have two children, Dylan (born in 2000) and Cerys (born in 2003).
Between babies and awards ceremonies CZJ has made a real name for herself as a leading lady in films such as The Terminal, Ocean’s Eleven and America’s Sweethearts. She has also won an Oscar for her all-singing, all-dancing part in musical Chicago whilst also working as spokeswoman for Elizabeth Arden.
updated September 2006
March 2008