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1. https://www.instagram.com/p/BtY6KM4Hqxn/?hl=en 2. 957,337 likes tombrady Family and Football ❤️❤️ #LFG irunwhereverwhenever Beautiful picture! 😍🥰 I have a feeling today ...🥇♒️🙌🏾 blocka_larenca And kiss ur son In the mouth😂 acmanman Behind every successful man stands a woman. jaybo_456 🐐Let's Get This Dub Babyyyy thenestboise Great hero, Greatest Quarterback, great family! We love you in Idaho! allofherlvn ❤️ Brady clan debi_offtheriver Yes you can. Yes you will.... Let's Go!!! dahlia_home_decor ❤️ let’s do it! You got this jairohler Let’s go!!!!! stephanierubyor Let’s goooooooo!!! hayden_foard You got this binhfranklin Lets goooooo binhfranklin @teddypallen good vibes 🙏 itsnathsalles good luck today ♥️💙 chrystikuver2825 Go Brady & Pats Get #6 amy.vella robbie rotten head ass @knazaridis king_joku__tut @tombrady you best win my nigga tom sapshlove6s Good luck 🍀👍🏼 😍 johnny00c Rams shouldn’t even be there. Dodgiest pass interference call ever. 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Com’on bro.. you can’t justify liking that pussy grabbing fool 1ryzeer UNFINISHED BUSINESS! acalamassi It's very good for you serre_like_iphone You suck! aapplejjacks Good luck Mr. Brady jessicae3430 Good luck tonight jessy.sft Let‘s go!💪🏻❤️ 1 DAY AGO 3. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/03/us-infrastructure-is-crumbling-and-it-needs-big-money-to-fix-it-asce.html 4. logo logo MARKETS BUSINESS CNBC TV MENU US infrastructure is crumbling, and it needs lots of money to fix it: Civil engineer group Tesla CEO and entrepreneur Elon Musk sees commuters using a system of high-speed tunnels below ground in Los Angeles and other cities to beat the traffic. In a recent interview with CNBC, the head of the American Society of Civil Engineers agreed that the ambitious idea is no pipe dream, but it needs vast sums of federal funding to become a reality. Trent Gillies | @trentCNBC Published 3 Hours Ago CNBC.com Building the future Elon Musk has tunnel vision, and its giving several cities similar ideas. The Tesla CEO and entrepreneur sees commuters using a system of high-speed tunnels below ground in Los Angeles and other cities to beat the traffic. In a recent interview with CNBC, the head of the American Society of Civil Engineers agreed that the ambitious idea is no pipe dream. "It's absolutely viable. It's the infrastructure of the future," ASCE Executive Director Tom Smith said about The Boring Company's proposed underground transportation network. "There's a lot of innovation that's sustainable that we can use, hyperloop and tunneling is one example, " Smith told CNBC's "On The Money" in a recent interview. But while he saw the opportunity for successful future projects, the ASCE gave the United States a current overall grade of "D+" in its most recent "Infrastructure Report Card" in 2017. Smith acknowledged that a "D+" is a "very lousy score." The poor grade "reflects unfortunately, a failure to invest in our infrastructure in the United States. We've been relying on the work that was done by former generations," he said. "And there's an investment that we need to make to make sure we're protecting future generations going forward." Smith explained the ASCE has a panel of civil engineers who analyze federal government data in 16 categories, releasing the "report card" every four years. "We're looking at aviation, bridges, roads, transit, dams, levees, schools, parks, solid waste, drinking water, waste water," he told CNBC. "Unfortunately, 12 out of 16 categories are in the "D" range, which is "poor" or "at-risk", which is really reflecting a lot of our infrastructure being at the end of its useful life." Smith said the ASCE calculated a $2 trillion dollar infrastructure funding gap between 2015 and 2025. He added that about half of that is for surface transportation, which includes transit, roads, bridges and rail. In the ASCE's report card, transit scored a "D –", the nation's roads rated a "D", and bridges got a "C+", but the organization did reveal some positive news. "The highest grade right now is in the rail category. And I think that reflects freight rail with a lot of private investment," Smith stated. "But on the passenger side, I think that's really bringing that score down. We need a lot of investment there." 'This is a bipartisan issue' It all raises a central question: Who will pay? "It certainly needs to be federal tax dollars," Smith explained. "It needs to be state and local tax dollars. And it also needs to be private investment." Smith said he believes "the dialogue has changed, the conversation is changing" around infrastructure spending and that more people are "recognizing this is a real problem. Fortunately, President Trump as well as Speaker Pelosi have both talked about infrastructure. This is a bipartisan issue." In terms of funding, the ASCE recommends "increasing the federal gas tax, is the easiest short-term solution," Smith said. That could be a tall order amid strong political opposition to making it more expensive for drivers to fuel their cars. The federal excise tax on gasoline has remained at 18.4 cents per gallon since 1993. "But ultimately," Smith said, "the people who use infrastructure, and that's all of us, we have to pay for it. We have to recognize that." He added: "In some ways this maybe is a culture change, we need to recognize how important our infrastructure is for our quality of life. We need to be willing to invest in it, and pay for it. " On the Money airs on CNBC Saturdays at 5:30 am ET, or check listings for air times in local markets. 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Support us The Guardian - Back to home News Opinion Sport Culture Lifestyle Menu Juan Guaidó Venezuelan opposition leader urges China to abandon Maduro Call from Juan Guaidó comes after Beijing hints support may not be everlasting Tom Phillips in Caracas Sun 3 Feb 2019 12.45 EST Last modified on Sun 3 Feb 2019 14.10 EST Juan Guaidó, the opposition politician leading the push to topple Nicolás Maduro, has urged one of the Venezuelan president’s key international backers, China, to abandon him. His remark comes after Beijing said it hoped to continue working with Caracas “no matter how the situation evolves”, suggesting China was now preparing for a future without Maduro. In an interview with the South China Morning Post, Guaidó said China, which under Maduro and his predecessor Hugo Chávez became Venezuela’s biggest foreign creditor, had “extraordinary potential” to help rebuild his economically stricken nation. European nations set to recognise Juan Guaidó as Venezuela's leader “Maduro is increasingly isolated and is largely acting alone,” Guaidó said, calling China “a fundamental global player with whom we would like to relaunch our relationship”. He added that Beijing had seen up close Maduro’s “plundering of our state resources”. Last month Guaidó declared himself Venezuela’s legitimate interim president, a move recognised by Washington and others. His comments come after China’s foreign ministry, which officially continues to back Maduro, hinted its support for the president may not be everlasting. “No matter how the situation evolves, China-Venezuela cooperation should not be undermined,” a spokesman, Geng Shuang, told reporters on Friday on the eve of the latest round of mass protests in Venezuela against Maduro. Protesters on a street in Venezuela Opposition activists protest against the government in Caracas. Photograph: Federico Parra/AFP/Getty Images China is estimated to have given Venezuela up to $62bn (£47bn) of loans since 2007 in an attempt to secure oil resources, construction contracts and a geopolitical foothold in a region the US has long considered its “backyard”. Experts believe that, to Beijing’s exasperation, almost half has yet to be repaid. According to the Wall Street Journal, the Chinese ambassador to Venezuela, Li Baorong, congratulated Maduro on his new term at a function in a Caracas hotel last month and said China opposed “hegemonism and interventionism”. “We insist on our policy of non-interference in other countries’ internal affairs,” he said. Venezuela’s vice-president, Delcy Rodríguez, thanked Li and China for standing against Donald Trump’s “imperial madness”, adding: “All the oil China needs, Venezuela has.” But Margaret Myers, the director of the China and Latin America programme at the US-based thinktank Inter-American Dialogue, said Beijing had become increasing aware the situation in Venezuela was “unsustainable” and it was unlikely to mourn Maduro’s political passing, if it came. “I don’t think there is any love lost over Maduro. They find the relationship to be a very challenging one,” she said, pointing to increased contact between Chinese officials and Venezuela’s opposition since Chávez’s 2013 death. “My sense is that the Chinese government, although they would never say so, is hoping for a quick resolution to this and even for a new leadership that would be perhaps a better partner, even if it is an opposition one.” Myers added: “The Chinese relationship with Venezuela is a very opportunistic and pragmatic one … They are not in any way tied to working with chavistas. They don’t have an ideological preference here. It is more a matter of maintaining stability and maintaining strong ties and working with whatever new government to ensure some form of payment for the loans they have distributed so far.” Nicolás Maduro, right, with the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, during a visit to China in 2014. Photograph: EPA Guaidó told the Sunday Morning Post he also hoped to work with Beijing: “We are ready to begin a constructive relationship and dialogue with China as soon as possible.” On Sunday, protesters who poured on to the country’s streets the previous day expressed optimism that their campaign to force out Maduro was advancing. Sol Castro Sánchez, a retired university professor, said: “It is always very encouraging to know that … there are still people coming out and protesting their refusal to live under these conditions. The people are fed up. They are sick and tired of living like this.” But there are also fears the political crisis could descend into conflict. In an interview with CBS broadcast on Sunday, Trump repeated his assertion that a US military intervention was possible if Maduro refused to budge. “Certainly it’s something that’s on the – … it’s an option.” Such threats have stirred fears over the potential for a proxy war in Venezuela, pitting China or Russia against the US. “The Republic [of Venezuela] stands at the gates of a suicidal war … The situation is extreme. We are in the pre-war phase,” wrote the columnist Félix Cordero Peraza in El Universal newspaper. Myers said she thought Beijing was unlikely to become embroiled in a confrontation with the Trump administration over the country. “If there was interest in getting into a toss-up or conflict over Venezuela with the US, we would see far more aggressive actions or statements on the part of China. And we haven’t seen that thus far … I don’t think they are interested in ruffling US feathers,” she said. 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All rights reserved. 7. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/think/amp/ncna966196 8. Opinion, Analysis, Essays HOT TAKE David A. Andelman Russia monopolizes headlines, but China's threat to the U.S. goes way beyond the trade war Whether the Trump White House will listen to the U.S. intelligence community's warnings remains unclear, however. China's Chang'e-4 lunar probe landed on the far side of the moon in January 2019.China National Space Administration via CNS / AFP - Getty Images file SHARE THIS — Feb. 2, 2019, 8:48 PM ET By David A. Andelman, Executive director of The RedLines Project Top-level Chinese and American negotiators sat down for two days of important meetings last week seeking to resolve the two country’s lingering trade dispute. It is becoming increasingly clear, however, that China’s threat extends far beyond economics. The country's efforts to penetrate American society and gain influence are insidious — and growing. At a joint appearance before the Senate Select Intelligence Committee and in a report issued by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the heads of the major U.S. intelligence agencies lumped Russia and China together as a joint threat. Indeed, with the termination of the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty — or INF Treaty — between the U.S. and Russia, there are fewer and fewer constraints left to prevent an arms race between the world's largest nuclear powers. China’s efforts to penetrate American society and gain influence are insidious — and growing. Still, intelligence heads seemed particularly worried about Chinese activities. “The Chinese counterintelligence threat is more deep, more diverse, more vexing, more challenging, more comprehensive and more concerning than any counterintelligence threat I can think of,” FBI Director Christopher Wray testified. SIGN UP FOR THE THINK WEEKLY NEWSLETTER HERE Dan Coats, the director of national intelligence, agreed: “China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea increasingly use cyber operations to threaten both minds and machines in an expanding number of ways — to steal information, to influence our citizens, or to disrupt critical infrastructure. Moscow's relationship with Beijing is closer than it's been in many decades.” The official intelligence written report goes even further: “China remains the most active strategic competitor responsible for cyber espionage against the US Government, corporations, and allies. It is improving its cyber attack capabilities and altering information online, shaping Chinese views and potentially the views of U.S. citizens.” China has many different kinds of weapons in its arsenal, some more obvious than others. Last July, it launched its highest-resolution spy satellite, Gaofen-11. U.S. military intelligence believes it also has a host of ground-based anti-satellite missiles capable of targeting American spy and communications satellites. And on January 3, China successfully landed its Chang'e-4 lunar explorer on the "dark" side of the moon, the a global first. “The space dream is part of the dream to make China stronger,” said President Xi Jinping. In 2017, China opened its first overseas military base in Djibouti, not far from the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait that controls access to the Red Sea and coast of Yemen. Yemen is currently in the throes of a brutal civil war that’s pitting American-backed Saudi Arabian forces against Iranian-backed insurgents. And China also reportedly tested the world’s most powerful naval gun that uses electromagnetic energy, not gunpowder, to propel its rounds with precision to a target more than 120 miles away at 1.6 miles per second. The weapon may be ready for deployment as soon as 2025, sources told CNBC. The outlines of the next generation of warfare is already taking shape. VIEW THIS GRAPHIC ON NBCNEWS.COM The American intelligence community appears especially concerned by China’s patience. Chinese ambitions seems to be part of a much broader strategy — one that goes far beyond military capabilities and seeks to “significantly expand China’s penetration of the economies and political systems” of the U.S. and the West, according to the intelligence report. Some of this expanded espionage appears focused on colleges and universities. “The use of nontraditional collectors, especially in the academic setting, whether it’s professors, scientists, students, we see in almost every field office that the FBI has around the country,” the FBI’s Wray said in 2018. “It’s not just in major cities. It’s in small ones as well. It’s across basically every discipline.” The problem is that the current round of trade talks left little space for discussion of these questions. Two Chinese-government controlled institutions in particular have attracted the attention of federal officials — the Chinese Students and Scholars Associations and the Confucius Institutes. The latter organization is located on over 100 campuses across the U.S. According to Senate testimony on Tuesday, there are at least 300 Confucius Institutes around the world, all run by China’s Ministry of Education, which Chinese President Xi Jinping wants to remain under the control of the Communist Party. “The Confucius Institute is an appealing brand for expanding our culture abroad,” Li Changchun, a former member of China’s ruling politburo, said in a speech in Beijing back in 2011. “It has made an important contribution toward improving our soft power.” In the U.S., at least 15 such institutes have been closed by their host colleges in the past few years. As Penn State University Dean Susan Welch observed in 2014, “several of our goals are not consistent with those of the Office of Chinese Languages Council International, known as the Hanban, which provides support to Confucius Institutes throughout the world.” The problem is that the current round of trade talks left little space for discussion of these questions. And President Donald Trump himself has repeatedly downplayed the advice of his intelligence experts — although typically when Russia is the topic, not China. Obviously, not every Chinese student in the United States is a spy, something Trump advisor Stephen Miller unhelpfully seemed to suggest last year when he urged a ban on all Chinese student visas. Of equally questionable value has been the State Department’s restriction on visas granted to Chinese students in such critical fields as robotics, aviation and high-tech manufacturing. Might we not gain as much from their insights and quick minds as we might risk losing to a potential enemy? Related Europe is listening to Trump's 'America First' rhetoric — and learning not to rely on the United States anymore When decisions like these are seemingly driven by prejudice, not considered policy, America sends an incredibly troubling message to Chinese students and China itself. This is not how you demonstrate to visitors and immigrants the benefits of a democratic way of life. Ultimately, whether the Trump White House has the capacity to really combat this threat remains unclear. It can start by listening to the warnings being issued by experts in the intelligence community. China is unquestionably a formidable adversary, which the United States must learn to challenge in a clear-eyed fashion and without exaggeration. David A. Andelman David A. Andelman is executive director of the Red Lines Project. Andelman was formerly a correspondent for The New York Times and CBS News in Europe and Asia. His commentaries won the Deadline Club Award for Best Opinion Writing this year. He is the author of three books, most recently "A Shattered Peace: Versailles 1919 and the Price We Pay Today." MORE FROM ABOUT CONTACT CAREERS PRIVACY POLICY TERMS OF SERVICE SITEMAP ADVERTISE ADCHOICES © 2019 NBC UNIVERSAL 9. Obviously, not every Chinese student in the United States is a spy, something Trump advisor Stephen Miller unhelpfully seemed to suggest last year when he urged a ban on all Chinese student visas. Of equally questionable value has been the State Department’s restriction on visas granted to Chinese students in such critical fields as robotics, aviation and high-tech manufacturing. Might we not gain as much from their insights and quick minds as we might risk losing to a potential enemy? Related 10. China is unquestionably a formidable adversary, which the United States must learn to challenge in a clear-eyed fashion and without exaggeration. 11. https://goo.gl/images/Eseb8U 12. https://tomandlorenzo.com/2018/06/cate-blanchett-in-aouadi-paris-at-the-american-film-institutes-2018-life-achievement-award-gala-tribute/cate-blanchett-afi-2018-lawggc-red-carpet-fashion-aouadi-paris-tom-lorenzo-site-3/ 13. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jun/13/cate-blanchett-to-debut-at-national-theatre-in-new-martin-crimp-play 14. Skip to main content The Guardian - Back to home Contribute Sign in News Opinion Sport Culture Lifestyle News Opinion Sport Culture Lifestyle What term do you want to search?Search with google Make a contribution Subscribe US edition Search jobs Digital Archive The Guardian app Video Podcasts Pictures Newsletters Inside the Guardian Guardian Weekly Crosswords Facebook Twitter Film Books Music Art & design TV & radio Stage Classical Games More Stage Cate Blanchett to debut at National Theatre in new Martin Crimp play Actor is cast opposite Stephen Dillane in production to be directed by Katie Mitchell Mark Brown Arts correspondent Wed 13 Jun 2018 07.59 EDT First published on Wed 13 Jun 2018 07.58 EDT This article is over 7 months old Shares 509 Cate Blanchett Cate Blanchett is to return to the UK stage for the first time in seven years when she makes her debut at the National Theatre in a new play by Martin Crimp. It was announced on Wednesday that the Australian actor, who lives with her family in East Sussex, has been cast with Stephen Dillane in a production to be directed by Katie Mitchell. Advertisement Blanchett is an experienced stage actor and with her husband, Andrew Upton, was in charge of the Sydney Theatre Company from 2008-2013. But the actor has been best known in recent years for her movie roles, including , , the Hobbit films and . Her last UK stage appearance was at . Crimp’s play is called When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other – Twelve Variations on Samuel Richardson’s Pamela. , a kind of 18th-century Fifty Shades of Grey, is an epistolary novel about a young maid terrorised and imprisoned by a libertine nobleman. It caused a sensation after it was published in 1740 with its theme of love and marriage across the social divide. The National Theatre said Crimp was using Pamela as a provocation with five characters acting out “a dangerous game of sexual domination and resistance”. It said the play would break through “the surface of contemporary debate to explore the messy, often violent nature of desire, and the fluid, complicated roles that men and women play”. Ocean's 8 review – starry cast can't steal enough attention in all-female reboot 2 out of 5 stars. Read more Blanchett’s co-star Dillane, who played Stannis Baratheon in Game of Thrones and Viscount Halifax in The Darkest Hour, is returning to the National for the first time since The Coast of Utopia in 2002 and reuniting with Mitchell after productions which include Endgame, Uncle Vanya, The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd and Four Quartets. Mitchell, regarded by some as a theatre visionary and one of Britain’s finest living stage directors, has not directed at the National since the brutally shocking production of Cleansed in 2016. She said: “It’s great to be working with Martin again on this powerful new text and to continue my special collaboration with Stephen Dillane. At the same time I’m delighted to welcome Cate Blanchett to the National, and look forward to developing a new working relationship with this extraordinary actor.” Blanchett had been rumoured to be starring in a forthcoming West End production of All About Eve, directed by Ivo van Hove, but reportedly withdrew because of a scheduling conflict. The National Theatre said more information on the Crimp play, which opens in January 2019, would be announced in the autumn when tickets go on sale. As 2019 begins… … we’re asking readers to make a new year contribution in support of The Guardian’s independent journalism. More people are reading and supporting our independent, investigative reporting than ever before. 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MORE STORIES Fifty but frozen in time: How Jennifer Aniston, Cate Blanchett, Jennifer Lopez, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Renee Zellweger - who all hit the big five-oh this year - have managed to keep ageing at bay By Caroline Graham In Hollywood For The Mail On Sunday 23:14 02 Feb 2019, updated 15:51 03 Feb 2019 1.5k shares 1.3k comments Latest From MailOnline femail Conor McGregor and his 18-month-old son wear matching purple suits at Super Bowl... as MMA fighter s... femail North West sings during Sunday church services before a wide-eyed Kim Kardashian sneaks a photo of K... Some of Hollywood's biggest stars are set to celebrate turning 50 this year They include Jennifer Aniston, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Jennifer Lopez Here, we examine how these icons have pulled off looking 50 but frozen in time They were born in 1969, the year man first walked on the moon. Now some of Hollywood’s biggest female stars are set to celebrate a historic milestone of their own – turning 50. Jennifer Aniston, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renee Zellweger and Jennifer Lopez will take a giant leap for womankind this year as they reach their half-century looking as toned and sexy as women decades younger. Aniston will be first to hit the landmark later this month. The Mail on Sunday has learned she will celebrate in style with a ‘Fabulous At 50’ party for which all her friends have been asked to record a message that will be unveiled during a This Is Your Life-style tribute. ADVERTISEMENT But before she indulges in her favourite margaritas, Aniston will start her day with her latest passion – an hour in the boxing ring, sparring with her (much younger) male trainer. At 30: Jennifer Aniston, the Friends star who credits her lack of wrinkles to her ‘Greek genes’ Aniston, who turns 50 on February 11, recently listed her top beauty tips as ‘water, sleep and sunscreen’ ‘Jen is someone who is always looking to step it up and boxing is her newest craze,’ says a source. ‘She’s always mixing it up but she never stops working at making herself better on the outside and the inside. She says she feels more confident in her body than when she was in her 20s.’ Hollywood stylist Phillip Bloch, 58, has worked with many of the women on these pages and says their secret is two-fold: ‘They have all the benefits of modern technology at their fingertips. There have been huge steps in anti-ageing potions, lotions, injections, diets and workouts. It takes a team of stylists, nutritionists, beauticians and trainers to look this good. ‘But that takes nothing away from these women. They’ve worked their butts off to stay youthful and they deserve the credit. For our parents’ generation, 50 was over the hill. You were supposed to let yourself go, put on your slippers and become invisible. But now 50 really is the new 30.’ Jennifer Lopez Starts every day chanting: ‘I’m youthful and timeless’ Jennifer Lopez has just finished a ten-day, no-sugar, no-carbs challenge which she shared enthusiastically with her millions of fans on social media, along with jaw-dropping selfies of her rock-hard abs and flawless skin. The singer credits her Latin genes for her lack of wrinkles but she also sticks to a rigorous diet of no alcohol or coffee, and downs at least three litres of water a day. She avoids the sun too, preferring to use fake tan, and slathers on Dr Hauschka Rose Day Cream (£28.40) and Sjal’s Saphir Concentrate, a £125 ‘liquid silk’ facial oil enhanced with Himalayan blue sapphires and aquamarines which, the manufacturer promises, offers ‘a sublime energy, scent and texture’. Lopez starts each day chanting an affirmative mantra while looking at herself in a full-length mirror as she repeats: ‘I am youthful and timeless.’ ‘I tell myself that every day, a few times a day,’ she says. ‘It sounds like cliched bull****, but it’s not. Age is all in your mind. Look at Jane Fonda.’ (A jaw-dropping 81.) At 30: Jennifer Lopez credits her Latin genes for her lack of wrinkles but she also sticks to a rigorous diet of no alcohol or coffee 1.5k shares RELATED ARTICLES Aquarius children born between January 20 and February 18 are more likely to become a celebrity than anyone other star sign Is PICKLE JUICE the next wellness craze? Celebrities and sports stars are drinking vinegars to curb cravings, boost digestion and prevent cramp - but you need to be brave to try it Lopez, who turns 50 on July 24, keeps her famous gravity-defying bottom in shape by working out at least four times a week Stylist Bloch, who has worked with the singer and actress for the past three decades, says: ‘Jennifer surrounds herself with young people. She knows the latest music, is ahead of the fashion curve, and reads up on the latest health and fitness trends. She works harder than anyone in the room to know exactly what is going on. ADVERTISEMENT ‘She never thinks of herself in terms of a number or age. When you see her on stage, she’s dancing alongside twentysomethings and holding her own easily.’ Lopez went grey in her 20s, so she pops into celebrity hair colourist Rita Hazan’s New York salon at least once a month. If work takes her on the road, her colourist will fly to her wherever she is. Her style has developed over time. While she was once known for her penchant for velour tracksuits, her favourite designers are now Gucci and Lanvin. She loves Herve Leger’s trademark skin-tight bandage dresses. The star keeps her famous gravity-defying bottom in shape by working out at least four times a week, often with boyfriend, former baseball player Alex Rodriguez, who is seven years her junior. The pair claim to have several personal trainers for sessions in kickboxing, pilates, yoga and gym sessions. Catherine Zeta-Jones £16 face cream and a £2.99 lip liner Welsh-born Catherine Zeta-Jones was a bare-faced ingenue when she first hit our TV screens in The Darling Buds Of May in 1991. But since marrying Michael Douglas and winning an Oscar for Chicago, she has become firmly A-list with a beauty regime and £50,000 walk-in wardrobe to prove it. Zeta-Jones has denied having any plastic surgery and swears the secret to her eternal youth lies in budget beauty products including Moroccan argan oil, which she slathers on her face and hair before she goes to bed. At 30: Catherine Zeta-Jones was a bare-faced ingenue when she first hit our TV screens Zeta-Jones, who turns 50 on September 25, has denied having any plastic surgery and swears the secret to her eternal youth lies in budget beauty products including Moroccan argan oil She uses Elizabeth Arden’s Eight Hour Cream (£16) and sticks to a no-alcohol, low-carb diet ‘which keeps my body free of inflammation inside and out’. Her favourite lip liner is by Rimmel (in Tiramisu) and costs just £2.99. She started out on the West End stage and still incorporates regular tap-dancing lessons into her daily workouts at her home gym. Her tastes in clothes and bags are less modest. Last December, she gave her Instagram fans a ‘live’ tour through her sprawling black-lacquered walk-in wardrobe, which showed a weakness for Chanel bags, Hermes scarves and Christian Louboutin stilettos. Jennifer Aniston Greek genes... and £400 laser treatments She has been a tabloid staple thanks to her turbulent marriages to Brad Pitt and Justin Theroux but one thing that has never changed is Jennifer Aniston’s girl-next-door good looks. ADVERTISEMENT She credits her lack of wrinkles to her ‘Greek genes’ but her complexion is no doubt helped by monthly £400 Clear And Brilliant laser treatments, which use pulsating beams of light to remove layers of skin. Not every part of her regime is costly however: she recently listed her top beauty tips as ‘water, sleep and sunscreen’ and says she washes her face every morning with a budget-friendly £2.27 Neutrogena Face Cleansing Bar. Although she created a cult following among women with ‘The Rachel’ haircut in Friends, these days Aniston keeps her longer waves in immaculate shape with trims every six weeks by long-time LA hairdresser Chris McMillan (who invented The Rachel). He also touches up her baby blonde highlights once a month. Aniston has spoken about using a Unite 7 Seconds Detangler (£16.99), which she spritzes on her hair before leaving it to dry naturally. She has one of the most enviable bodies on the planet and looks the same in a bikini as she did a decade ago. She credits her physique to yoga as well as a diet of lean protein with plenty of fruits and vegetables. She claims to snack on frozen grapes and, for a treat, likes Mexican food washed down with margaritas. ‘I eat well and I work out, but I also indulge when I want to.’ She recently discovered boxing, working out with Leyon Azubuike, founder of LA studio Gloveworx. Renee Zellweger A six-year break at her 40-acre farm As Bridget Jones, the chain-smoking, chardonnay-swilling singleton she brought to life on the big screen, Renee Zellweger bemoaned ‘smug marrieds’ and her ‘wobbly bits’. But as she approaches her half-century, the Oscar-winner has been repeatedly forced to deny she has gone under the surgeon’s knife to maintain her looks. In an open letter, she said: ‘I did not make a decision to alter my face and have surgery on my eyes. The fact is of no true import to anyone but… that it became a public conversation is disconcerting.’ She added: ‘Perhaps I look different. Who doesn’t as they get older?’ Zellweger blamed her changing looks on her ‘hectic schedule’, saying she lost weight rapidly and experienced puffy skin because she made ‘bad choices’ that ‘didn’t allow for taking care of myself’. At 30: As Bridget Jones, the chain-smoking, chardonnay-swilling singleton she brought to life on the big screen, Renee Zellweger bemoaned ‘smug marrieds’ and her ‘wobbly bits’ Zellweger, who turns 50 on April 25, took a six-year break from Hollywood and retreated to her 40-acre farm in Connecticut and a beach house in the Hamptons before returning for the final Bridget Jones instalment in 2016 It can’t have helped that she had to gain weight for the three Bridget Jones films. An avid runner, she now maintains her trim figure with a mostly vegetarian diet. She took a six-year break from Hollywood and retreated to her 40-acre farm in Connecticut and a beach house in the Hamptons before returning for the final Bridget Jones instalment in 2016. But as soon as she finished promoting that film, she vanished into the shadows once more. She has not been photographed on a red carpet for more than a year, something Hollywood insiders say is intentional. One told The Mail on Sunday: ‘Renee is in a good place in life but she finds the endless scrutiny over her looks, her weight, everything, just exhausting.’ In a rare interview to promote the last Bridget film, she said: ‘I’ve never seen the maturation of a woman as a negative thing. I’ve never seen a woman stepping into her more powerful self as negative.’ Cate Blanchett Stem cells from Korean babies Australian Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett is a timeless beauty. But when it comes to keeping her porcelain skin in tip-top condition, she has a rather unusual secret – she once had a ‘fore facial’ using stem cells taken from Korean newborns. Cate told how she and Sandra Bullock, 54, her Oceans 8 co-star, both tried the facial – called the Hollywood Epidermal Growth Factor – last year with skincare guru Georgia Louise. At 30: Australian Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett once had a ‘fore facial’ using stem cells taken from Korean newborns Blanchett, who turns 50 on May 14, puts her complexion down to her mother keeping her out of the sun and says: ‘In the end, if you have all that stuff [surgery] done you just see the work’ It uses a serum – derived from cells taken from the ‘freshly removed foreskin of newborn babies in Korea’ according to the facialist’s website – and is said to help ‘build collagen and elastin and make skin appear younger and glowing’. Blanchett – currently raising eyebrows in the risque ‘sexploitation’ play When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other in the West End – has described herself as ‘avidly’ anti-plastic surgery. 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When Zellweger attended Elle's Women in Hollywood Awards in Beverly Hills Monday, people asked, "What happened to her face?" The Academy Award winner, 45, addressed the speculation Tuesday. "I'm glad folks think I look different! I'm living a different, happy, more fulfilling life, and I'm thrilled that perhaps it shows," says Zellweger, who last appeared in 2010's My Own Love Song. Though she thinks discussions about her appearance are "silly," she tells People, "It seems the folks who come digging around for some nefarious truth which doesn't exist won't get off my porch until I answer the door." Zellweger, who next stars in The Whole Truth, doesn't understand the hubbub. "My friends say that I look peaceful. I am healthy," she says. "For a long time I wasn't doing such a good job with that. I took on a schedule that is not realistically sustainable and didn't allow for taking care of myself. Rather than stopping to recalibrate, I kept running until I was depleted and made bad choices about how to conceal the exhaustion. I was aware of the chaos and finally chose different things." NEWS: Renée Zellweger is selling her Connecticut country home What changed? "I did work that allows for being still, making a home, loving someone, learning new things, growing as a creative person and finally growing into myself," says Zellweger, who's still dating Doyle Bramhall II, 45. "People don't know me in my 40s," adds Zellweger, who famously gained weight for her roles in 2001's Bridget Jones's Diary and 2004's Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. "People don't know me [as] healthy for a while. Perhaps I look different. Who doesn't as they get older?! Ha. But I am different. I'm happy." It certainly looks like it. NEWS: Renée Zellweger responds to anorexia rumors Zellweger tends to avoid the limelight, though she agreed to attend the Elle Women in Hollywood Awards to honor her friend and co-star Gugu Mbatha-Raw. "I met Gugu last summer," Zellweger told the crowd. "She was on a bike with a basket and she was pedaling through the French Quarter about to brave that famous Southern summer swelter. She was exploring New Orleans for the first time. My first impressions: She's a great beauty in ballet flats and a fedora. She's independent and curious and wildly articulate. Hilarious. She was just a modern-day Audrey Hepburn." Zellweger continued, "To know her is to immediately warm to her. She brightens the set every day with her radiance, her unconditional kindness. And to work with her is really to know the gratifying experience of creating with an inspired, accomplished partner." 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