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Michael Douglas To Play Liberace
Originally posted 09/15/2009 09:00AM
Michael Douglas is taking a sharp turn from his usual roles to tackle the lead in a film biography of the campy musical performer Liberace, and Matt Damon is playing his longtime lover, director Steven Soderbergh confirmed.
"We've already done some costume and wardrobe tests on Michael, and they're very, very, very good." Soderbergh told a French newspaper at the Deauville Film Festival. "I swear to you, Michael amazed me. He crushed it."
Born Wladziu Valentino, the flamboyant, piano-playing Liberace, nicknamed "Mr. Showmanship" and "Glitter Man," was a staple of early 1950s television, and was an institution in Las Vegas until his death from AIDS in 1987. At his height, he made more money than Elvis and The Beatles.
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Michael Douglas Coping with Son's Arrest
Originally posted 09/10/2009 02:00PM
It's a parent's worst nightmare. Michael Douglas's son Cameron faces a potential life sentence for alleged drug dealing.
"I'm holding up fine," the actor PEOPLE at the New York City premiere of his new film, Beyond a Reasonable Doubt. "It's a very difficult situation and painful, as I'm sure any mother or father of a substance abuser knows. So we're doing the best we can."
Cameron, 30, was arrested July 28 and charged with dealing methamphetamine, also known as crystal meth. He was released on bail and confined to a New York apartment, but a judge later sent him to the Metropolitan Correctional Center after authorities discovered that his girlfriend, Kelly Sott, attempted to smuggle him heroin hidden inside an electric toothbrush.
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Michael Douglas's Family Devastated by Son's Behavior
Originally posted 08/12/2009 03:55PM
With Cameron Douglas now behind bars facing drug trafficking charges, his parents Michael Douglas and Diandra Douglas addressed their son's arrest for the first time.
"We are devastated about the recent behavior of our son Cameron. Any family who has dealt with substance abuse knows how difficult it can be," says the statement released Wednesday by the actor's spokesperson.
Cameron is being held at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City after he violated the terms of his home detention by allegedly asking his girlfriend to bring him an electric toothbrush with heroin stashed in it, a corrections center spokesperson tells PEOPLE.
Douglas, 30, had been released on bail and confined to a Manhattan apartment after his arrest on charges of distributing methamphetamine, also known as crystal meth.
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INSIDE STORY: The Drug Case Against Michael Douglas's Son
Originally posted 08/09/2009 08:50AM
Cameron Douglas was careful to use aliases, code words, rented mailboxes and disposable phones, but in the end the son of Oscar winner Michael Douglas was done in by former friends and associates to help save their own skin.
A 10-page complaint written and filed by the New York State Drug Enforcement Agency was unsealed against Douglas – who was arrested earlier this week on methamphetamine charges – and painted a portrait of the 31-year-old as a drug dealer who over the last three years sold a huge amount of crystal meth, often out of posh hotels in New York and Los Angeles using FedEx to move money and drugs across the country.
Douglas, a sometimes actor and producer who worked as a deejay in clubs in New York and L.A., would use his one-time assistant to make introductions to potential buyers of large amounts of methamphetamine, the complaint said.
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Michael Douglas's Son Arrested on Drug Charge
Originally posted 08/04/2009 07:30AM
Michael Douglas's son Cameron Douglas has been arrested in New York on a drug charge, according to reports.
Douglas, 30, was arrested at the Hotel Gansevoort in Manhattan and faces a methamphetamine-dealing charge, according to the Associated Press.
Michael Douglas was out of the country and unavailable for comment. His longtime rep declined to comment to PEOPLE.
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Douglas: I Was Misquoted on Brad & Angelina
Originally posted 04/10/2006 02:25PM
Michael Douglas is now saying he was misquoted by a magazine that said he made inflammatory remarks about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.
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Michael Douglas Judges Brad & Angelina
Originally posted 03/15/2006 08:20AM
Michael Douglas is doing some heavy Brangelina bashing.
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Magazine Appeals Zeta-Jones Photos Ruling
Originally posted 12/09/2004 02:00PM
It's back to court for the case that pitted Catherine Zeta-Jones and her husband Michael Douglas against British celebrity magazine Hello!
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Alleged Zeta-Jones Stalker Makes Love Claim
Originally posted 09/14/2004 09:00AM
Dawnette Knight, accused of stalking Catherine-Zeta Jones and making death threats against the star, insinuated in the courtroom Monday that she had an extramarital affair with Zeta-Jones's husband, Michael Douglas, reports the New York Post.
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Alleged Zeta-Jones Stalker Fit for Trial
Originally posted 08/17/2004 08:00AM
Dawnette Knight, accused of stalking and threatening Catherine Zeta-Jones, is mentally fit to stand trial, says court-appointed psychiatrist Dr. Kal Sharma.
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