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Picture

The current picture of Catherine Zeta-Jones is not the most flattering and does not do justice to her. I don't know how, but could somebody please change it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.147.124.222 (talk) 23:18, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Zeta Jones.jpg is the only free image I have. No other free license images have been contributed here or at Commons by anyone else; copyrighted non-free images cannot be used in a living person's bio on Wikipedia. JGHowes ^talk 02:46, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I agreed that the picture was not so flattering, but now it is completely gone. What happened? OnFire4Jesus (talk) 20:46, 5 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I added a new one. It's from 2005, and I'll keep an eye out for more recent ones in the future. --Nehrams2020 (talk) 06:57, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. The current picture makes her look like Michael Jackson! Can we really not find a better one? Setwisohi (talk) 10:20, 11 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

look at a beautiful actor/personality in wiki and chances are there is some comment in the discussion as to whether the picture does her justice or if she is jewish ... it's uncanny ... a picture is a picture, if it's not professionally altered or in the right light, it's still an image of her, let it be, or replace it ... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.56.86.35 (talk) 19:38, 26 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Needed "awards" paragraph

Zeta Jones just received an award of CBE (commander british empire) from prince of Wales on feb 24 , so adding an "awards" paragraph to include this award, along with numerous others is warranted. /s emp hiley selassie, imp of ethiopia sr 69.121.221.97 (talk) 18:16, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sexual orientation

I´m deleting this part because I couldn´t confirm it on the google and it´s out of place. "She confirmed her bisexuality in an interview with Hello magazine in 2003, and also revealed details of her previously unkown lesbian affair with Margaret Russell, a member of the production crew from Chicago.[12]" I think it needs a more reliable source.85.240.23.177 (talk) 18:30, 22 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Discrepancy in surname

The article name uses Zeta-Jones yet the article content uses Zeta Jones. Which is correct? - Mickraus (talk) 21:43, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

According to Britannica, she was born Jones, Catherine Zeta. At some point she added a hyphen (less reliable sources are more precise, saying that it was when she wanted a stage name). So the page is in the right place and the infobox is correct, Zeta-Jones at the top and Born: Catherine Zeta Jones at the bottom. We just need to go through and make the rest of the article consistent. Nick (talk) 15:59, 18 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've added some more hyphens except where referring to her birth name. We should change it in the lede too, if and only if she has legally changed her name. Nick (talk) 16:07, 18 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The sentence "accepting the mistake by the United States press early in her career." seems out of place and incorrect. Maybe to avoid confusion by American audiences or something similar. 70.114.25.202 (talk) 13:42, 9 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

£10?

After her parents won £10 at Bingo in the 1980s only £10? --85.181.238.41 (talk) 13:03, 31 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Birthdate

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Her birth was registered in the 4th quarter of 1969, so the date as given in the article seems correct. The England and Wales Birth Marriage and Death records include:

Name: Catherine Zeta Jones Mother's Maiden Surname: Fair Date of Registration: Oct Nov Dec 1969 Registration district: Swansea Registration county: Wales Volume Number: 8b Page Number: 4595 87.243.194.122 (talk) 00:43, 14 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Name Zeta

I removed: "The name Zeta is reportedly taken from the Henry Bath ship “Zeta” that was captained by her great-grandfather." This is not a reliable source ("reportedly" by whom? The ship company also says "reportedly" and can't know why people get names). And it is unlikeky that the captain was here great-grandfather. The ship has been build in 1865 and sold and renamed in 1872. So there would have to be at least one generation more. --88.78.120.44 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 21:38, 20 February 2012 (UTC).[reply]

Why have the Americans changed the pronunciation of her name to Zay-ta? It's Zee-ta - not Zay-ta 82.2.65.119 (talk) 19:52, 5 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Because Americans like to bastardise the English language as much as possible 86.24.21.139 (talk) 12:50, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I imagine it's more that many Americans think she's Hispanic as I think she played a Mexican or Colombian character once or twice. So they think of making it close to what it might be in Spanish. To be honest I was surprised to learn she's just Welsh/Irish myself.--T. Anthony (talk) 04:27, 12 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Why? There's loads of dark Welsh people; our ancestors come from Spain; after all. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.147.71.136 (talk) 19:52, 17 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The incorrect information about her grandmother being Greek has been re-inserted (I removed it now). See this old discussion thread for why it is incorrect - here. All Hallow's Wraith (talk) 22:22, 2 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

'Zeta' is not one of her names. It is the first half of her hyphenated last name. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.55.91.144 (talk) 16:58, 18 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong. As many people have pointed out she is Jones (surname), Catherine (1st name) Zeta (middle name). She should not be referred to as "Zeta-Jones" throughout this article but as "Jones". Compare Jamie Lee Curtis, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Paul Michael Glaser for example. Sussexonian (talk) 15:21, 27 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Former stripper?

HollyScoop website has her on a list of stars who were former strippers, this should be mentioned IMO even if it is untrue (to dispel it).Historian932 (talk) 13:29, 24 August 2013 (UTC) qyiquncajahaxcxggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee3retttttttyttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy[reply]