Douglas relishes second chance at fatherhood
LOS ANGELES: Michael Douglas is grateful he was given a second shot at fatherhood in his later years — because age has made him a better parent to his children with Catherine Zeta-Jones.
The actor has one son from his marriage to Diandra Luker — Cameron, 31, who is currently behind bars on drug possession charges at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City.
After his divorce from Luker, Douglas, 65, went on to marry Welsh actress Catherine Zeta-Jones in 2000. They have two children together, Dylan, nine, and Carys, six. Douglas is convinced becoming a dad again later in life has given him the chance to re-evaluate his priorities so he won’t make the same mistakes twice.
He says, “My career was the most important thing in my life, followed by marriage and children. It’s reversed now. I never anticipated starting a family and the joy of raising kids at my age. I think it’s easier for me to be a good father.”
Jessica Parker is new head of fashion brand
LOS ANGELES: Actress Sarah Jessica Parker has confirmed that she will be the president of the US fashion brand Halston.She will also take on the role of chief creative officer and will be putting her signature stamp on the brand’s designs, reports dailystar.co.uk.
Parker, who launched her own affordable apparel line “Bitten” for US retail giant Steve & Barry’s in 2007, will follow in the footsteps of Lindsay Lohan who took a job as creative consultant at French fashion house Emanuel Ungaro in 2009.
Travolta eyeing
bald look!
LONDON: Hollywood star John Travolta is considering shaving his head permanently after being amazed by the response he got from women when he went bald for his film “From Paris With Love”.
The actor is seriously considering shaving his head and wearing a goatee beard permanently because everyone including his wife Kelly Preston thought he looked much better in the film, reports contactmusic.com.
“I was a little concerned about what people might think. Not only did Kelly like it but they did an on-line survey and 99 percent of people preferred it to my usual look. I might just go bald and bearded full-time from now on,” he said.
Mischa Barton sued
over unpaid rent
NEW YORK: Mischa Barton’s landlord says the actress is refusing to pay rent on her $7,000-a-month apartment in New York City. Landlord M.R.A. Realties Inc. says in a lawsuit that Barton rebuffed efforts to collect the last three months’ worth of rent on her flat in the trendy Tribeca neighborhood. They want Barton to pay the rent and legal fees.
The 23-year-old Barton also lives in Los Angeles. The lawsuit filed Thursday says her one-year lease on the Manhattan apartment began in September.
At the time, she was in “The Beautiful Life,” a CW series about the New York modeling world. The show was canceled in September.
Barton rose to fame playing Marissa Cooper on Fox’s teen drama “The O.C.”
Wife says Polanski a ‘marvelous’ husband
n PARIS: Film director Roman Polanski’s wife said she “understands perfectly” that women have been shocked by the 32-year-old sex case revived by her husband’s sudden arrest in Switzerland.
But she added in an interview with Elle magazine appearing Friday that in the 1970s, when the crime occurred, society viewed sex and drugs in a different light.
“My personal truth is that Roman is a marvelous husband and man,” said actress Emmanuelle Seigner, 43. “He is an impeccable man and I have nothing to reproach him for.”
The 76-year-old Polanski, who has two young children, is fighting extradition to the United States. The director was initially accused of raping a 13-year-old girl after plying her with champagne and a Quaalude pill during a 1977 modeling shoot. He pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse, then fled to France on the eve of sentencing in 1978.
“My husband never believed he was above the law. The proof is that he pleaded guilty...,” she said.
I’d be a great dad, Tarantino says
LONDON: Well-known director Quentin Tarantino feels he would be a “great dad” and doesn’t rule out fatherhood at the age of 46.
Though the “Inglourious Basterds” filmmaker has been romantically linked to a string of actresses including Mira Sorvino, Julie Dreyfus and Uma Thurman, he never got married. To go by imdb.com, he is waiting for the right time.
“There was a time a few years back that I kind of had baby fever. I kind of wanted to have a kid and I kind of got over it — not that I don’t want to have kids but I just didn’t have baby fever any more. I just want to take it any way it comes... I’m really good with kids actually,” he said.
“You hear those stories like once you have kids your life is over but I actually like my life the way it is. That being said, I think I’d be a great dad. I’d like to come back and have me for a dad,” he added.
— Compiled from agencies
