Catherine Zeta-Jones’ strange animal print: lovely or trashy?

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Here are some nice photos of Catherine Zeta-Jones with her gramps. I mean, her husband, Michael Douglas. They attended the 2010 Monte Cristo Award Honoring Harold Prince last night in New York. What do you think of Catherine’s tiger print? I was confused at first, and CB and I were trying to figure out if this is really a tiger print, and we think it is. It could have been totally cheap, but it kind of works on Catherine. She classes it up, and plus, the dress is an appropriate length and she accessorized beautifully. She ended up making tiger-print look elegant. Who knew?

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Now, is this the figure of a woman who spends half her life dieting? I don’t know. She looks like she has a lovely figure, but she looks like a woman who eats bread and drinks wine, you know? I know some people rolled their eyes at her statement a few weeks ago that she doesn’t “do diets” and that she’s a “broad girl,” but I kind of believe her. She eats! Now, as for the questions many of us have about her actual age… perhaps we’ll never know. But allegedly we are looking at a woman who is younger than Nicole Kidman, Halle Berry, Renee Zellweger, Julia Roberts and Jennifer Aniston. Really?

Also, guess who else was at the event last night? The magnificent Angela Lansbury! She looks amazing, doesn’t she?

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Catherine & Michael at the O’Neill Theatre Center 2010 Monte Cristo Award ceremony in New York on April 5, 2010. Credit: WENN.

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  1. snowball says:

    She looks mid to late 40’s to me. The dress is nice on her, but only because she’s with her grandpa (and I’m not taking it back). She does have a nice figure, but because I’m attributing it to being a lovely socialite in her late 40’s who goes to charming parties with her aging rich family and generally just sitting around smoking cigarettes from one of those long holders all day long, drinking wine and waving away the butler who keeps approaching her with a princess phone and a tray of hors d’ouevres.

    The dress, in black and white on a younger woman, would look like a test pattern on an old television.

    Mrs. Fletcher!!!

  2. vic says:

    Snowball is funny. Like the dress. Older than she admits.

  3. Erin says:

    I totally think she looks like a woman who has spent half her life dieting. She has several children and is at least in her mid-40s, and let’s not forget that the camera adds 10 lbs. I don’t care what she says – I think this woman would do ANYTHING to stay thin and attractive.
    That dress is fine, but it looks kind of old-ladyish to me.

  4. canadianchick says:

    Angela Lansbury looks more age appropriate for Michael Douglas.Amgela looks fab! The dress on Zeta Jones is okay. She was on The View the other day, I find her personality kinda cold. Maybe she’s more reserved due to flashing her bb accidentally while on Broadway.

  5. Melanie says:

    My guess is about 48. She looks good in that dress though. I think she is kind of glam.

  6. Hautie says:

    I love this dress.

    It is a great dress that fits her well. And I completely agree with it being accessorized beautifully.

    And she is one of the very few ladies in the media that understands why you need to powder your face. No awful greasy shine on her face.

    Plus she looks great for being a lady of 45. 🙂

  7. Crash2GO2 says:

    The dress would be OK if the pattern was smaller, or the fabric was not shiny. But large shiny animal print? Ahem. I think not.

    She’s gorgeous, and has a lovely womanly dancer’s figure. I prefer her take on aging to Madonna’s, that’s for sure.

  8. Kaboom says:

    She strongly reminds me of the Queen of Sweden in those pictures.

  9. CYANN says:

    She’s hot, the dress is hot, her body’s hot but he is not!

  10. Hel says:

    Catherine looks good, but Angela looks amazing!

  11. NJMDPS says:

    Certainly not trashy………just frumpy. Does nothing for her.

  12. bros says:

    the print looks more like loose ikat to me and not a tiger print.

  13. scout says:

    Catherine’s dress in anything but trashy! It is very lovely, tasteful, flattering. She looks good but older. Angela looks incredible! Not a day older than when I recall her on Murder she Wrote! Love her as an acrtess and a person.

  14. miranda says:

    She definitely dresses late 40s, but, since her UK TV career started in her late teens, I’m sure she’s the 40 she claims to be – it’s pretty hard to pass for fresh-faced 18 when you’re pushing 30! I’m guessing she’s choosing outfits to try and narrow the age gap to her husband, but it’s a shame when you remember how fabulously old-school glam she was when she first broke through in Hollywood.

  15. Fluffy Kitten Tail says:

    I think she looks nice. So does Angela!

  16. Rianna says:

    I really love her in that outfit. I think it really suits her.

  17. anon says:

    outfit is nice enough. i believe her when she says she diets. some people have to work harder than others. perhaps she just gains weight very easily. she looks mid forties to me. a very good mid forties but i don’t know what age she’s supposed to be. ps angela lansbury is freakin awesome. i love murder she wrote

  18. ViktoryGin says:

    Based on her astrology, I think she’s the age she says she is. Not everyone can age like Halle Berry.

  19. islandgirl says:

    I live in Bermuda where Michael and Catherine were based for years…can confirm she looks alot skinnier (close to bobble head status) and younger in person.

    From what I hear, she definitely likes a few drinks, and is very rarely seen eating – even when she’s out “to dinner”.

  20. Granger says:

    I think people are confusing “dieting” with “watching what you eat.” There’s a difference between starving yourself to stay thin, and simply choosing your foods carefully so your weight doesn’t constantly fluctuate. It amazes me that people think it’s impossible to be slender without being obsessive! If you eat well and exercise regularly — i.e., if you burn as many calories in a day as you consume — than you can afford to indulge in chips, wine and chocolate every now and then. I still think CZJ is telling the truth when she says that’s how she maintains her figure.

  21. Brooke says:

    Meticulously preserved but older than she claims; I think we have another delusional/vain Demi Moore here. She thinks nobody noticed that she’s at least 15lbs lighter than she’s ever been and her breasts are two cups bigger, but NOW she decides to come out about how ‘normal’ and ‘broad’ she is? Gimme a f-cking break. Anyone can look this good with the Douglas fortune funding her beauty regimen.

  22. bros says:

    she actually is pretty broad. she is one of those V shapes with very skinny legs and a thick torso with broad shoulders and a large bosom. she carries all her weight in her stomach and chest. there are plenty of women like this. terri hatcher is another V shape with slightly less weight.

  23. Sudini says:

    Angela Landsbury looks awesome. Good for her.

    I think KZJ’s dress is totally appropriate. It’s not too blatant in that “cheetah” or “leopard” kind of way. More abstract and sophisticated.

  24. ligeia says:

    looks great in my opinion. dont see how is it trashy in the least, its long and non revealing.

  25. worldly world says:

    The dress is Oscar De La Renta I believe and she looks amazing in it. She is naturally gorgeous unlike some of her mentioned contemporaries who are botoxed to death, have nose jobs and have borrid plumped up lips. There was never speculation about her age until she married Michael Douglas who is 25 years her senior. She is a very hot, very young looking 40. Anyone would be thrilled to look like her, including all you negative nellies. Jealous???

  26. Moops says:

    @bros – I agree completely re: her “V” shape. I’ve always heard it called an “apple” body, vs. the more common “pear” shape. Apples keep their weight in their torso, not in the legs or ass (or their arms, sometimes). Good for the boobs, bad for the gut and butt (they tend to have flat, granny-bottoms). When Apples gain weight, they DO look like my Granny – pigeon-chested with a dowager’s hump (of fat, not osteoporosis) and skinny, knobby knees. Needless to say, the Apples in Hollywood tend to stay scary-skinny, since it minimizes the effect. Angelina Jolie is a perfect example, as is Teri Hatcher (like you said). Sherry Shepard is a good example of a heavier Apple.

  27. Novaraen says:

    I don’t know why we comment about her weight…she looks fine and the dress looks fine too. I personally wouldn’t wear it…but on her it looks appropriate.

  28. meme says:

    love the whole outfit. she’s gorgeous

  29. Tia C says:

    @ worldly world: Thank you!! Took the words right off my keyboard, LOL.

    She is 40. DOB: 9/25/69. She will be 41 in September. This is what a very good looking 40 year old woman looks like. Odds are she has not had botox, and this is why the negative nellies think she looks older. She just has more class than many others in Hollywood and is aging gracefully.

  30. Feebee says:

    She pulls off the dress, it looks great on her.

    As for her age I believe she’s 40… let’s look at your comparisons: Nicole Kidman, botoxer by the look of things, I don’t see how Nicole looks younger… Halle Berry, not fair to compare her to anyone, genetic goddess… Renee Zellweger, ha! She could pass for 50 what are you on about?… Julia Roberts, meh, who cares… and Jennifer Aniston, no kids and lots of time and money on looking after Jennifer, no excuse to look 40.

    If Lindsay Lohan can be 20-whatever and look 40, why can’t CZJ be 40 and look 40?

  31. Leek says:

    Feebee– I was buying in to CZJ lying about her age but after your analysis I think I will agree with you.

  32. Alarmjaguar says:

    Angela Lansbury rocks! I’m so happy to see her out and about and doing well!

  33. Diva says:

    I’m with Feebee. I think the only reason she seems older IS because of the way she dresses. You compare her with Aniston, same age, but Aniston dresses very young and, uh, sporty, while CZJ dresses much more elegantly, even when casual. She doesn’t seem to strive to be eternally 21. Which makes sense because she’s married to eternally 121.

  34. Solveig says:

    Was Jessica Fletcher really there (where’s the corpse?) or it is just a poster?
    Catherine’s dress is not ugly but she looks very haggard and unclassy lately.

  35. Maritza says:

    She looks very fit and proper like a lady her age should. It’s nice to see her marriage has last so long.

  36. JD says:

    She is probably 45 and looks 50, this dress is not helping her looks. She looks like a golddigger out walking her sugardaddy.

  37. Red Folder says:

    I still think CZJ is *at least* 5 years older than she says. And I think that age is starting to catch up to her, because I’m sorry she is not 40. If she’s 40 it’s a hard 40.

    I see women everyday around this age who look much “fresher” and more youthful than CZJ. There are many of her contemporaries in H’wood who look younger than she does even though they are older.

    CZJ needs to get on TWitter and get up with Demi Moore and find out who does her work. Because at 46 or 47 Demi is running circles around CZJ.

    Ooooh you think maybe cuz Demi is married to a much younger man and CZJ is married to a much older man that is has affected their looks? Interesting. . . .

  38. Jeri says:

    That movie with Sean Connery and Zeta-Jones playing thieves.

    Her in the catsuit stretching & climbing over & under the lasers – that scene was hot! I’m not easily impressed by movies but her body in those scenes is memorable.

    I would say one of the sexiest leading lady scenes in movies.

  39. ogechi says:

    yummy

  40. Mel says:

    She looks sensational! So classy

  41. Daisy says:

    CZJ will be 41 in September. I’m from her hometown. She’s definitely not lying about her age.

  42. the truth says:

    angela looks like a corpse, lol and michael looks like he is ready to become a corpse, some people just dont age very well….

  43. Maravilha says:

    I think the dress suits her, but she is looking old! She used to be so gorgeous! Only five years ago she looked amazing. I think it is because she has lost weight and being skinny doesn’t suit her. And also she dresses old for her age.

  44. Paula says:

    I thought CZJ had a great figure before she had children. Now her once famously fit legs are a little too skinny, and her implants only worsen the top-heavy look.

  45. prissa says:

    @ Moops
    I totally lol’d at your comment about Apple’s in Hollywood. The visual it gave me was too funnt. Thanks!

  46. Ana says:

    She would look younger with better makeup. Her makeup is so serious…she could go lighter on it and look closer to her (alleged) age.

    Her hands and feet still look pretty young….but I guess we will never know.

  47. Ana says:

    Where do all my comments keep going?

  48. Cea says:

    She looks a lot older than 40.
    I know women in their forties that look younger.

    Catherine is a smoker, so maybe that has something to do with her pre mature aging.

  49. Confuzzle says:

    Angela <3

  50. lolo says:

    I like it, it’s high fashion in Europe. I have a similar dress, probably a lot cheaper though…

  51. lolo says:

    She won’t be able to lie about her age much longer. Just wait and listen, or see.

  52. Kitty2000 says:

    Honestly, I was going to post and say that she was only a few months younger than me and I don’t look 40 either, but holy shit I just looked at some recent photos of myself and I look waaaay older than her. Damn. So seriously, she looks great for her age.