Last week, Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones celebrated their joint birthdays! Though born 25 years apart, husband and wife Michael Douglas and Catherine-Zeta Jones were born on the same day, September 25th, and celebrate their day together every year - more so now, when the pair is stronger than ever after a reconciliation following a tough time apart!
Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones met in the set of Steven Soderbergh's film Traffic, and have been almost inseparable ever since - except for that short period last year when things got a bit rocky for a while.
On August 2013, People Magazine claimed that Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones were living separately since May of that year; later on, this was confirmed by a representative for Zeta-Jones, who said that they were taking some time apart to reevaluate and worked on their relationship; by November of 2013, they were said to have reconciled, and they were often seen together later on when Douglas went through a very successful professional streak thanks to his work in the Steven Soderberg-directed HBO film "Behind the Candelabra", where he played pop culture icon and pianist Liberace, as he was struggling between fame and his relationship with Scott Thorson (played by Matt Damon).
The Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones power couple are now back in full throttle, after a time with a tough succession of things: from Douglas' throat cancer (which was later revealed to have been tongue cancer) to Zeta-Jones' diagnosis of bipolar II disorder, which had the Chicago actress checking into the Silver Hill Hospital in New Canaan, Connecticut for treatment of the mental disorder.
In the meantime, Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones have been making news as the Oscar-winning actress was recently cast in a biopic about a Colombian cartel drug lord. Just days after she and her husband celebrated their joint birthdays: his 70th and her 45th!
