Catherine Zeta-Jones

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"Law Lords" to Adjudicate Dueling Brit Tabloids

For the 2000 wedding of Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas, British tabloid OK! had an exclusive contract with the Douglas-Jones enterprise to run dewy styled photos of the proceedings. Rival exclamatory publication Hello! scammed and ran their own photos, resulting in years of litigation between the two tabs. This week, the dispute reached Britain's highest court -- a panel of "Law Lords" in the House of Lords. OK! claims business interference, Hello! claims the journalistic right to "spoil" its rival's scoop. Concerning a particularly unflattering Hello! shot of Douglas feeding her wedding cake, Zeta-Jones says, "I don't usually like my husband shoving a spoon down my throat to be photographed." Notice the key phrase "to be photographed" -- Douglas can shove a spoon down her throat all he wants, long as it goes undocumented. So amusing that the highest British court has to waste its time with such frivolous celebrity tomfoolery. Silly foreigners! Oh, wait. more »

1:10 PM ON TUE NOV 21 2006
BY CHRIS MOHNEY
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us weekly

Stars; not SARS!

Us Weekly editor Bonnie Fuller has a suggestion for residents of her hometown Toronto to get them over SARS-related depression: "I think that if the city of Toronto could organize various celebrities to take part in an 'I Love Toronto' campaign, that would be great." We agree. In fact, we'd like to nominate the following celebrities to ship to SARS-infested Toronto: David Gest, Liza Minelli, Catherine Zeta Jones, The Strokes, Barbra Streisand, Melanie Griffith, Geraldo Rivera, Britney Spears, all available Osbournes, Catherine Zeta Jones, Mickey Rourke, Christina Aguilera, Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta Jones, Katie Couric, Tom Cruise, Nicholas Cage, Lisa Marie Presley, Catherine Zeta Jones, Michael Jackson (fish; barrel), P.Diddy, Michael Moore, Catherine Zeta Jones... Alright that's enough; if we list everyone, we'll be here all day. But don't forget Catherine Zeta Jones.
Stars to save us from SARS? [Canada.com]

5:54 PM ON TUE MAY 6 2003
BY GAWKER
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catherine zeta-jones

R.I.P. Editor's hard drive

Possible causes of death:
1. Pics of Catherine Zeta-Jones pregnant, naked and smoking. (Cannot read file, as file has been removed under threat of litigation.)
2. Anna Wintour spotted in the Pentium processor.
3. Naked pics of Paris Hilton (Overheating.)
[Ed. note—If you emailed me anything important recently, please resend to tips@gawker.com]

1:00 PM ON MON MAY 5 2003
BY GAWKER
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smoking gun

CZ Jones v. Clear Channel

The Smoking Gun reports that Catherine Zeta Jones is threatening Clear Channel Worldwide with litigation after several of their websites posted the infamous pictures of her pregnant, topless, and smoking, alleging that some of the sites still have the pics up. It should probably be noted that despite Mrs. Jones' reminder that she and her "cabana boy" spouse Michael Douglas won their lawsuit against Hello! it wasn't on the basis of a privacy violation. They had an exclusive contract with another publication for publication of their wedding photos, and Hello! ruined the exclusivity aspect. UPDATE: from a reader: "There is a magazine (Spanish language called Vanidades) that has a whole spread on the infamous pregnant-smoking picture...April edition.
Catherine Zeta Jones [TSG]

12:04 PM ON THU MAY 1 2003
BY GAWKER
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renee zellweger

Another new word: Zellweger

From a reader: "[This] has to be the corollary of your new word: Zellweger (v.) letting some random stranger have the luxury of paying for your overpriced restaurant meal. 'Man, I hit it big last night, I met this hot chick. Trouble was, she Zeta Jonesed this huge carbo dinner at Babbo, then she Zellwegered me.'"

1:19 PM ON FRI APR 25 2003
BY GAWKER
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anna wintour

Gawker stalker...now with irony!

· "2:45 PM THURSDAY - Anna Wintour zeta-jonesing on a McVeggie at the gaudy, fou-fou McDonald's on 42nd btw 8th & b'way wearing powder blue Old Navy summer dress and beaded Pearl River flip-flops. Pausing in front of Madame Tussaud's mistaken for mannequin by mid-western tourists. Poses for photos. Continues to AMC 25 where she catches matinee showing of Bringing Down The House. Refreshment stand clerk reassigned to soda machine after asking if she'd like butter on popcorn. Laughs (snickers?) inappropriately several times. Lose track of her as she sneaks into screening of What A Girl Wants."
· "Last nite- 04/24- at about 3am. Gore Vidal was in the bathroom at The Cock getting head from a 50-something Japanese guy Issey Miyaki. He flipped me off and then went back to degrading the man for his overly aggressive NYC real estate "trophy" purchases in the mid 80's. I know that it was Vidal because he used the word 'ignominious' whilst getting a blow job."

8:45 AM ON FRI APR 25 2003
BY GAWKER
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catherine zeta-jones

Zeta-Jonesing: a new word

I have decided to create a new verb. The verb shall be "Zeta-Jones," meaning "to eat ravenously, as if downing last bowl of Sally Struthers-provided rice in the midst of a famine." Example sentences: "I really, really wanted to be Anna's assistant, but I had Zeta-Jonesed one too many carb-loaded dinners at Babbo to fit into my size zero skirt. Damn you, Mario." Yes? No?

4:59 PM ON THU APR 24 2003
BY GAWKER
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gawker

Catherine Zeta Jones: the continuing saga

Hellooooo, Austrailian people who are apparently visiting Gawker from The Age. Hope you like Nicky Hilton, Tina Brown, and all things New York. A clarification: we do not have pictures of Catherine Zeta Jones half-naked, pregnant, and smoking on the site. We never did. We linked to another site that had Catherine Zeta Jones half-naked, pregnant, and smoking, but the link doesn't work anymore. We don't know why the link doesn't work anymore, because it's not our site. So for the people emailing and asking, "Why did you take the images down?": the answer is, we never had them up.

4:27 AM ON THU APR 24 2003
BY GAWKER
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catherine zeta-jones

Catherine Zeta Jones link

Re: The Catherine Zeta Jones link mentioned in Page Six this morning: We know the link's dead. We weren't hosting it, so we don't know if it was yanked. I've been told that CZJ has sent us a letter, but Gawker's publisher is on vacation in South America right now, so I haven't seen anything. And that's pretty much all I know. Back to the regularly scheduled program...

12:24 PM ON WED APR 23 2003
BY GAWKER
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catherine zeta-jones

Remainders

· Catherine Zeta-Jones "out on the terrace, half-nude, very pregnant, and sucking down a cigarette" while sunbathing. Update: pictures taken down, so link removed.
· Spring cleaning: where to send your old stuff

2:07 PM ON TUE APR 22 2003
BY GAWKER
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nerve

Straight guy walks into a gay bar

Nerve's Grant Stoddard (the straight guy) visits The Hole (the East Village gay bar) to "see how I fare as the object of carnal desire in a gay club." Grant explains his curiosity: "In the past, I've been accused of being a tad fey. First, I have an outrageous British accent, which my colonial friends tend to associate with an innate lust for cock. Second, because I hail from Mother Europe, I tend to wear snugger-fitting pants. I can't help dancing like Molly Ringwald, and I get pedicures (but only in the summer months). After seeing Chicago, I raved about Catherine Zeta-Jones and came across all 'jazz hands' for about a week."
I did it for science [Nerve]

4:47 PM ON TUE APR 8 2003
BY GAWKER
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david gest

Nice things about people

As mentioned earlier, we've decided to change our corporate motto from "if you can't say anything nice about people, start your own weblog" to "everyone is happy, pretty, and smart in their own special way." I know the similarity is confusing, as the differences are quite subtle. On that note—"Random Nice Things About People" by Gawker Editor, Liz Smith:
· David Gest and Liza Minelli: you say "dysfunctional, fucked-up relationship"; I say "highly-rated made-for-TV movie."
· Miramax chief, Harvey Weinstein: big cuddly ass-kicking teddy bear.
· Vogue Editor, Anna Wintour: Oh, to have her smooth freshly-botoxed skin!
· Catherine Zeta-Jones: How does she stuff her face with cake like that, and still manage to stay so thin? Amazing!
· Designer Zac "Perfect" Posen: the trust fund only enhances his obvious talent.
· Nicky and Paris Hilton: (Cat)walking and talking at the same time! How many other beautiful hotel-fortune heiresses can do that? Not many!

4:27 PM ON TUE APR 1 2003
BY GAWKER
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sacha choire

Oscar highlights

If you didn't watch the Oscars, don't worry. (Seriously. Don't.) Choire from East/West documented the evening in excruciating detail. Some highlights:
· "Now Queen Latifah is singing with Catherine Zeta-Jones, some song from Chicago. Is Catherine preggers? Oh wow, she is. What are she and Michael Douglas thinking? Their children are going to have to wear helmets their entire lives."
· "Best actor: hot fox Adrian Brody! Who'd a thunk? From that Nazi piano movie. His nose is huge. I think I love him. I want to have a threeway with him and Halle. The more you stare at him the hotter he gets, like some sort of pornographic 3-D drawing. Wow, that sure is a nose. If he's against the war I really want to do him and his nose. I hope it's not fake."
· "Harrison Ford is so stoned up there on stage presenting. Dude is baked. OMG. POLANSKI WINS BEST DIRECTOR! Hollywood loves its non-extradited child rapists."
The Oscars: take it in the nose [East/West]

10:02 AM ON MON MAR 24 2003
BY GAWKER
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