Hello! Appeals Against Court Ruling - Feb 04
Christopher Hutchings, lawyer for society gossip mag Hello! has revealed that the publication will launch an appeal later this year against the High Court Ruling that awarded rival magazine OK!, and stroppy starlet Catherine Zeta Jones, more than ?1m in damages.

The ongoing Zeta-gate saga started in 2002 when Hello! published unauthorized (and extremely blurry) snaps of the Hollywood couple on their big day, jeoparding their lucrative exclusivity deal with OK! The Douglas’s claimed that their day was ruined; their privacy had been invaded; that ?1m was ’not a lot of money’ to them - and then proceeded to show the world a snap of their newborn son...and the saga continues. Details are still to be confirmed, but it appears Hello! is not ready to say adios to the case just yet. Watch this space for updates... By Hannah Mills

Big payout for Hello - Jan 04
Catherine Zeta Jones and Michael Douglas have been awarded more than three quarters of the ?4m they spent suing Hello magazine for unauthorized wedding pictures.

Hello mag must now cough up the cash as well as swallowing the ?1m the celeb magazine spent defending the case. A spokesman for the couple and OK magazine, which paid ?1m to the couple for exclusive pictures, said Hello is facing a bill of ?5 million in all.

But a solicitor for Hello said the judge in the case had restricted the costs claim. He said ’Hello obviously faces a massive bill but when these figures are finally settled, the Douglases and OK will also be hugely out of pocket’.

Still, victory for Catherine and Michael - best not to say ’hello’ to them for a while, a simple ’hi’ should suffice...

A costly hello! - 15/11/03
It cost Hello magazine more than ?1m for publishing snatched photographs of Catherine Zeta Jones and Michael Douglas’s wedding.

The judge gave the celebrity couple a total of ?14,600 and awarded Hello!’s rival OK! ?1,033,156 for commercial damage to its exclusive coverage of the New York wedding in November 2000.

Lawyers acting for the couple hailed the award as "historic" and said they would be donating their damages to The Family Learning Centre. This is cool as ?14,600 is probably like loose change for Catherine and Million, sorry Michael Douglas!

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We like to be together! - 03/11/03
Catherine’s hubby Michael has only agreed to host the annual Nobel Peace Prize if Catherine joins him on stage.

The concert is being held in Norway, and the organisers said the the pair together was their first choice anyway, but they didn’t dare ask for both of them. When they heard of Michael’s request, they didn’t hang about long to give a resounding yes!

The couple will act as co-masters of ceremony at the December 11 concert in Oslo.

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Just call me Sue - 26/09/03
Is Catherine Zeta Jones middle name really Sue? As suing does seem to be a bit of a hobby with Mr and Mrs Douglas recently.

She is currently suing French cosmetics firm Caudalie for ?10 million, following an advertising campaign that claimed the actress "was spotted buying the complete Caudalie range of skin care" and had used the company’s anti-ageing spa in Las Vegas.