News for Feb. 21, 2005

Watts' And The Big Four-0

2/21/05, 6:08 pm EST - Xoanon

For five of Hollywood's top actresses — Halle Berry, 38; Julia Roberts, 37; Nicole Kidman, 37; Naomi Watts, 36; and Catherine Zeta-Jones, 35 — that number looms like a bright red stop sign. It's the age when, historically, desirable roles for women begin drying up. When good scripts stop rolling in. And when fresh-faced twenty-somethings begin to grab coveted roles. But Kidman, Roberts, Berry, Zeta-Jones and Watts — all either Oscar winners or Oscar nominees — stand a chance of beating Hollywood's odds for several reasons, experts say. [More]