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==Other ventures== Aside from acting, Zeta-Jones supports various charities and causes. She is a patron of Swansea's Longfields Day Centre for the disabled, and has made sizeable donations to the centre.<ref>{{cite news|title=Actress Pools Her Cash to Help Disabled Win Grant |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/2300-500150_162-1540293.html |work=[[Western Mail (Wales)|Western Mail]] |date=13 January 2003 |access-date=8 April 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017010826/http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-500150_162-1540293.html |archive-date=17 October 2013}}</ref> In 2001, she auctioned an outfit she wore in ''The Mask of Zorro'' (1998) to raise funds for [[HIV/AIDS in Africa|AIDS patients in Africa]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/1106741.stm |title=Aids charity auctions Zeta Jones costume |publisher=BBC News |date=8 January 2001 |access-date=8 April 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422143526/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/1106741.stm |archive-date=22 April 2016 }}</ref> In 2005, she became the ambassador of the [[National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children]] charity, and launched the Full Stop appeal in Wales to raise awareness on child abuse.<ref>{{cite news|title=Zeta Jones is charity's ambassador |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/zeta-jones-is-charitys-ambassador-7237813.html |work=[[London Evening Standard]] |date=14 October 2005 |access-date=8 April 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415114153/http://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/zeta-jones-is-charitys-ambassador-7237813.html |archive-date=15 April 2016}}</ref> She has also given her support to other charitable organisations for children such as the [[International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children]] and the [[Noah's Ark Appeal]], among others.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/958631.stm |title=Jones and Douglas back children's charity |publisher=BBC News |date=5 October 2000 |access-date=8 April 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422134718/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/958631.stm |archive-date=22 April 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/news/wales/2012-11-09/zeta-jones-renames-hospital/ |title=Catherine Zeta-Jones renames Children's Hospital for Wales |publisher=[[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] |date=9 November 2012 |access-date=8 April 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423144224/http://www.itv.com/news/wales/2012-11-09/zeta-jones-renames-hospital/ |archive-date=23 April 2016}}</ref> Zeta-Jones is also the founding host for ''A Fine Romance'', an annual charitable program that helps raise funds for the [[Motion Picture & Television Fund]], and is one of the members of the [[Cinema for Peace Foundation]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mptf.com/afineromance |title=A Fine Romance: Hollywood Loves Broadway |publisher=[[Motion Picture and Television Fund Foundation]] |access-date=8 April 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401082431/http://mptf.com/afineromance |archive-date=1 April 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinemaforpeace-foundation.com/about |title=About Cinema for Peace Foundation |publisher=[[Cinema for Peace Foundation]] |access-date=8 April 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402003602/http://www.cinemaforpeace-foundation.com/about |archive-date=2 April 2016}}</ref> Zeta-Jones briefly dabbled with a singing career in the early 1990s. In 1992, she provided her voice to the character of Palene in [[Jeff Wayne]]'s musical retelling of ''[[Spartacus (film)|Spartacus]]'', entitled ''[[Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of Spartacus]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Patterson |first=John |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2005/oct/22/1 |title=Nip it in the bud |work=The Guardian |access-date=8 April 2016 |date=22 October 2005 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417234547/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2005/oct/22/1 |archive-date=17 April 2016}}</ref> Three years later, she released her first single, "In the Arms of Love", on Wayne's Wow! Records.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/catherine-zeta-jones-mn0001598559 |title=Catherine Zeta-Jones biography |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=8 April 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160711202443/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/catherine-zeta-jones-mn0001598559 |archive-date=11 July 2016 }}</ref> She sang "[[True Love Ways]]", a duet with [[David Essex]], in 1994.<ref name="Larkin2011">{{cite book|last=Larkin |first=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC |access-date=17 September 2016 |date=2011 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=978-0-85712-595-8 |page=2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909122104/https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC |archive-date=9 September 2016}}</ref> Zeta-Jones has featured as an advertising spokeswoman for several brands and products. She was named the global ambassador for the cosmetics company [[Elizabeth Arden, Inc.]] in 2002.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/1801216.stm |title=Zeta Jones signs make-up deal |publisher=BBC News |access-date=8 April 2016 |date=4 February 2002 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422120758/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/1801216.stm |archive-date=22 April 2016 }}</ref> Also that year, she was signed on by the phone company [[T-Mobile International AG|T-Mobile]] for an estimated $10 million per year, making her the highest-paid celebrity endorser at the time.<ref>{{cite news|last=Schiller |first=Gail |url=http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising/top-10-ad-deals-84939 |title=Top 10 Ad Deals |work=[[Ad Week]] |access-date=8 April 2016 |date=24 April 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104140403/http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising/top-10-ad-deals-84939 |archive-date=4 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Catherine Zeta-Jones + T-Mobile = $20 M |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/2300-500150_162-1540293.html |publisher=[[CBS]] |access-date=9 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130326115416/http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-500150_162-1540293.html |archive-date=26 March 2013}}</ref> In 2017, Zeta-Jones launched her own line of home decoration products named Casa Zeta-Jones.<ref>{{cite news |last=Weaver |first=Hilary |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/09/catherine-zeta-jones-debuts-casa-zeta-jones |title=Catherine Zeta-Jones Lives in a Personal Old Hollywood Fantasy |work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |access-date=25 September 2017 |date=22 September 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107085344/https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/09/catherine-zeta-jones-debuts-casa-zeta-jones |archive-date=7 November 2017 }}</ref> Also that year, she featured in a theatrical production of ''[[The Children's Monologues]]'', in which she performed a monologue as a mathematically inclined young girl. The event raised funds for [[Dramatic Need]], a charity that helps African children pursue a career in the arts.<ref>{{cite news|last=Scheck|first=Frank|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/critics-notebook-an-all-star-cast-performs-childrens-monologues-at-carnegie-hall-1057993|title=Critic's Notebook: An All-Star Cast Performs 'The Children's Monologues' at Carnegie Hall|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=14 November 2017|access-date=19 November 2017|archive-date=17 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117031125/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/critics-notebook-an-all-star-cast-performs-childrens-monologues-at-carnegie-hall-1057993|url-status=live}}</ref>
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