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Catherine Zeta-Jones beats Nicole Kidman and Kate Moss as the celebrity with biggest product endorsement contracts. According to CONTACTMUSIC.COM, Academy Award-winning Welsh actress and wife of Michael Douglas, earned $20 million from her contract with T-Mobile, in addition to her own Elizabeth Arden ad campaign.

Next in the list are Angelina Jolie and Nicole Kidman, who were apparently paid $12 million for their respective St John and Chanel ads. Catherine Zeta-Jones won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the movie Chicago in 2003. She has two children, Dylan Michael Douglas, 6, and Carys Zeta Douglas, 3. Read more!

“Three Days of Rain,” which stars Julia Roberts, Paul Rudd and Bradley Cooper, grossed a whopping $988,298 for its first full week of preview performances, according to figures released Monday by the League of American Theatres and Producers.
The eight performances, which began March 28, played to 101 percent of capacity (which includes standing room) at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, the league said. The Richard Greenberg play — Roberts’ Broadway debut — opens April 19.

Other shows playing to capacity, or better last week included “Wicked,” “Monty Python’s Spamalot,” “The Pajama Game,” “The Odd Couple” and “The Phantom of the Opera.” Although “Phantom” was helped by discount offers, the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical has demonstrated surprising box-office muscle, particularly after becoming Broadway’s longest running show last January.

Also playing to virtual capacity were such shows as “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” “Jersey Boys,” “The Lion King” and “Tarzan,” which is now in previews. Disney’s new musical opens May 10 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.