Rachel Weisz decides to cut down on work in favour of family

October 11th, 2009 LONDON - Actress Rachel Weisz has once again criticized aging actresses who resort to cosmetic treatment in a bid to look younger. "I think it's strange that an actress would give up the expression in her face," the Telegraph quoted her as saying.

October 8th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood actress Rachel Weisz has no problems about getting older, because she feels she is more confident and happy with herself. The 39-year-old actress isn't nervous about hitting the milestone age next March because as she has gotten older, her confidence has grown, reports list.co.uk.

September 16th, 2009 LONDON - British Singer Rachel Stevens has been named this year's winner of the Rear Of The Year award. The 'Strictly Come Dancing' star was voted as the favourite for the cheeky title, while tenor Russell Watson topped the men's category.

September 13th, 2009 LONDON - Jo Wood is glad her cheating husband Ronnie is off her hands and has even thanked his 19-year-old girlfriend for setting her free of her duties. Jo, who raised four kids with the Rolling Stone rocker during their 31-year-old relationship, said Russian cocktail waitress Ekaterina Ivanova had actually done her a favour by taking the 61-year-old away from her.

August 15th, 2009 LONDON - American actress Evan Rachel Wood's agents are said to be desperate to win back a number of film roles she had turned down to work on stalled Broadway musical 'Spider-Man'. Wood, 21, had been due to take part in the new production early next year, but rumours rife that the stage show is in trouble, and that work has been suspended as producers at Hello Entertainment battle financial problems.

August 1st, 2009 LONDON - Credit crunch-hit Brit workers are increasingly quitting the rat race, and going for what they call "fun-employment". Many workers are choosing to leave stresses and strains of work behind, while others are in search of a better work-life balance.

July 12th, 2009 LONDON - Oscar-winning actress Rachel Weisz has revealed she loves her director boyfriend Darren Aronofsky because of the honesty in their relationship. Weisz, who has been dating The Wrestler director for eight years, says their relationship works so well because they are always honest with each other and she doesn't have to pretend to be something she isn't, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

July 7th, 2009 LONDON - Actress Rachel Weisz has left no doubts on her opinion on botox, saying that she would prefer it to be banned for actors. The Constant Gardener star said that she wanted the cosmetic treatment forbidden onscreen since it came under the way of altering an actor's expression.

June 25th, 2009 LONDON - Age seems to be no deterrent for Hollywood actress Michelle Pfeiffer who wants to don a leather catsuit again to reprise her Catwoman role in a new "Batman" film. The "Stardust" actress donned the catsuit for "Batman Returns" (1992) and is willing to put it again for Gotham city's cape crusader, reports imdb.com.

June 10th, 2009 LONDON - Harry Potter star Emma Watson has joined the likes of Kate Moss, Agyness Deyn, and Rachel Weisz by becoming the new face of Burberry. Burberry is the actress' first major ad campaign and is likely to mark the start of a new career.

June 10th, 2009 LONDON - Brit singer/actress Rachel Stevens was robbed off her engagement by three thugs as she was entering her own flat on June 9. Stevens, 31, who is due to have a posh wedding in weeks with actor fianci Alex Bourne, was left badly shaken after the robbers shouted, "Give us the f***ing stuff!" and asked her to remove the ring.

June 1st, 2009 LONDON - Actors George Clooney and Tom Hanks have lent their voice to the Screen Actors Guild by urging union members to vote in favour of a new deal with Hollywood's major studios. The two, along with around 500 other actors, signed a statement on May 29 that "wholeheartedly" recommended that SAG's 120,000 members should vote "yes" on the new labour contract, reports the Daily Star.

May 21st, 2009 LONDON - Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan is set to star in his first Hollywood film alongside Oscar winning actress Kate Winslet, if reports are to be believed. Helmed by acclaimed filmmaker Pan Nalin, the film will show the funny side of an Indian mental asylum in 1947 during the partition of India.

May 18th, 2009 LONDON - Rachel Weisz' has revealed that her 85-year-old scientist-aunt was the actress' muse for her role in the new film Agora. The Mummy star said that she sought inspiration from her aunt Judith, and tried inhabiting the expert's experiences, to portray the character of Hypatia, an astronomer in ancient Alexandria in the movie.

May 13th, 2009 LONDON - British actress Rachel Weisz is loosely attached to play Hedy Lamarr, the 1940s screen siren who combined beauty with brains, in Amy Redford's indie tale 'Face Value'. The biopic centers on Lamarr's eccentric life, particularly her less publicized second career as a scientist.