Catherine Zeta-Jones explains, “I’m more insecure than I ever let anyone know.”

Sometimes you protect yourself with this kind of armour that people see more than they see you.”

In 2004, Hugh Hefner begged Catherine Zeta Jones to pose for his Playboy magazine.

Lovely Catherine Zeta Jones has given the Swansea girl one of the most glamorous reputations in the world of Hollywood show business.

The movie “The Mask of Zorro” was an immediate hit with the movie critics and audiences worldwide.

Roles in films since have included “The Haunting” co-starring Liam Neeson, an uncredited part in Steven Frears’ romantic comedy “High Fidelity”, and another, “Traffic”. Also starring in “Traffic” is Catherine’s husband Michael Douglas, though they regret that they share no scenes together.

Kate Hudson’s parents were Bill Hudson and Goldie Hawn, but she was raised by step-father Kurt Russell.

“I’m not worried about my weight. If the audience is worried about my weight, I’m not doing my job as an actor. Because you’re not perfectly skinny you’re not thought to be as appealing which I think is false. Besides, who wants to be perfect? It’s so ugly.”

Kate’s first negative experience with the paparazzi occurred when she was three. Kurt took the family out to dinner for Goldie’s birthday, and as they were exiting the back of the Morroccan restaurant to avoid the crowd of cameras out front, ten people were waiting in the back, and scared her terribly. Kate ran screaming to the car, not knowing what the people wanted from them.

“When I was little, I had such a crush on Kiefer Sutherland. I had a Lost Boys poster on my wall. I met him once when I was at a hamburger joint with my dad. I don’t know if Kiefer remembers. I should never be talking about this.”

Kate Hudson never received special treatment on her parent’s movie sets, instead of being spoiled, she opted to help in the make-up trailer, costume department, and with the film crew, running errands.

Jessica Marie Alba was born on April 28, 1981, in Pomona, California. James Cameron cast Jessica Alba as the lead role in his television series – Dark Angel. Jessica’s popularity has quickly grown since then.

It’s been a busy summer for Jessica Alba. With films at the box office, and a high-profile breakup, this girl’s on top of her game.

The Fantastic Four star’s new film “The Eye” looks to be an exciting thriller and has a February 2008 release date. Alba plays a concert violinist who has been blind since childhood.

Jessica Alba continued to add to her resume as she brings back her role in the long-awaited movie, Sin City 2 scheduled for release in 2010.

The stunningly beautiful Anne Hathaway was born in Brooklyn, NY on Nov. 12, 1982, and raised in suburban Millburn, NJ.

While many Hollywood actresses were taking a more raunchy path to stardom, Anne Hathaway had a wholesome start in Hollywood, beginning her strong screen presence with breakout roles.

Actress Anne Hathaway had a humble Hollywood career start, with her memorable role in family fare “The Princess Diaries.”

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2007 has been quite a year for George Clooney. On June, George left his hand and feet prints in cement outside Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. Clooney was chosen as one of People Magazine’s annual 100 Most Beautiful People in the World, in May and in August, he was named Most Eligible Bachelor by the website Forbes.com.

On Clooney’s hopes for world peace, “The great thing about our country is we sort of fix it, otherwise women wouldn’t be voting, blacks would still be sitting in the back of the bus, and we’d still be fighting in Vietnam.”

When asked if ever wants to be a father, George replies, “I’m so selfish and I get nervous around kids, and I know I’m not ready for that kind of life. I’ve settled into a very comfortable lifestyle and I really don’t want to change things.

I’ve learnt enough about myself to know that my work is the main thing which drives me and whatever woman comes into my life is going to have deal with that, which isn’t easy.”

Faith Hill was married to a music executive named Dan Hill from 1988 to 1994, then married country-singer Tim McGraw, on October 6, 1996.

When Tim McGraw proposed to her in one of the trailers, he had to go perform, so Faith wrote her response on the mirror.

Faith is a big fan of the group Coldplay and admitted to “For Me” magazine that her biggest influence was Elvis.

On her infamous on-camera reaction to Carrie Underwood winning female vocalist of the year in 2006: “The idea that I would act disrespectful towards a fellow musician is unimaginable to me. For this to become a focus of attention given the talent gathered is utterly ridiculous. Carrie is a talented and deserving Female Vocalist of The Year.”

When asked about the image of being a country western star, “Well, you know, being that country music is the people’s music really, I mean it just speaks about real life and about truth and it tells things how they really are and I think country music fans are extremely supportive. Once they’re with you, they’re with you for life and it’s important that life revolves around family.”

It looks like there may be a new front runner on the hit show, “America’s Got Talent.” Her name is singer, Barbara Padilla. The “America’s Got Talent” Finals begin tonight and it should be an exciting competition.

Barbara Padilla put on a wonderful performance last week. She has an absolutely beautiful voice and is an enormous talent. Padilla’s high notes are unbelievably gorgeous.

Once the Top 10 were revealed, Piers Morgan who is the lead “America’s Got Talent” judge believes that Barbara Padilla is now the show’s favorite to win the competition.

Piers’ quote was, “Barbara I watched back the performance you gave last night. I can honestly say I think it was the single greatest vocal performance we’ve ever had on America’s Got Talent.”

Here is Barbara Padilla’s amazing performance from the Finals. Enjoy …..

But will Barbara Padilla win it all? Only America will decide.

Kim Cattrall

Now that the “Sex and the City” movie has been out, it’s time to profile the lovely Kim Cattrall, who plays the role of sexy middle-aged vamp Samantha.

Kim Cattrall sat down and chatted with journalists to discuss how it feels to return to Sex and the City, why she originally turned the movie down a few years ago, what Samantha means to her, and how she overcame a number of personal challenges in between the series and the movie.

Bobby’s Room, which is located in Las Vegas’ Bellagio Hotel and Casino, has long been home to the biggest poker games in the world.

But recently, those games have gotten even bigger as the world’s richest poker players like Phil Ivey, Howard Lederer, and Jennifer Harman are stepping their game up.

Most games held in this luxurious poker room feature $4,000/$8,000 blinds which are already big enough.

However, the players have recently been anteing up $8,000/$16,000 for blinds which means each hand is averaging $200,000 – $300,000 a pot. Seeing as how hands don’t take too long to play, that’s a lot of money being exchanged in a single hand.

Some of these card sharks will be heading off to major poker tournaments soon so it’s hard to see the blinds staying this high, but many predict the games will be much bigger in the future.

Attractive Kate Walsh was born October 13, 1967 in San Jose, California.

Sexy Kate Walsh as primarily a TV role player early on. This beautiful blonde (who often dyes her hair red) landed TV roles on a string of short-lived series before joining the cast of the hit show Grey’s Anatomy.

Her character Addison was a Seattle doctor who was trying to win back the husband she cheated on.

The popularity of Kate Walsh’s Grey’s Anatomy character allowed her to get a leading role on Private Practice.

Kate Walsh appears as Addison Montgomery on ABC’s Private Practice.

There’s a new celebrity sheriff in town and it’s no longer Oprah. Angelina Jolie is now the “World’s Most Powerful Celebrity” according to Forbes’ annual ranking of the world’s ultra famous – the “Celebrity 100 List”.

Angelina Jolie has been a roll with non-stop media attention and a string of several blockbuster movies.

Angelina made about $27 million in the past 12 months, driven by popular Hollywood movies including: “Kung Fu Panda”, “Wanted” and an upcoming spy thriller titled “Salt”.

It also helps that Jolie is married to Brad Pitt who is #9 on the “Celebrity 100 List”

Oprah Winfrey dropped to No. 2 on the list. The queen of media brought in $275 million over the last year, making her the list’s top earner.

Oprah continues to flourish with her popular day-time talk show “The Oprah Winfrey Show” and her monthly magazine “O”. Oprah also now has a three-year, $55 million deal with XM Satellite Radio.

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