Brave Michael Douglas continues the fight as Danny DeVito accepts award on actor's behalf

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Taking its toll: Michael Douglas looked tired and frail as he left his Manhattan home today


Brave Michael Douglas continued to defy his cancer to carry on with normal life as he walked his daughter to school in New York today.

The 66-year-old actor is undergoing gruelling treatment to fight his throat cancer, which doctors have told him he has an 80 per cent chance of survival.

As Douglas concentrates on regaining his health, his friend Danny Devito headed to Zurich to pick up a prestigious award on his behalf.


Feeling the strain: Douglas is currently undergoing gruelling chemo treatment for throat cancer


DeVito, who co-starred with Douglas in Romancing the Stone and Jewel of the Nile, accepted the Golden Icon Award on behalf of his friend at the Zurich Film Festival.

Despite the actor's illness, DeVito kept things light-hearted, telling the audience: 'Michael is so strong. He gets better and better with every movie he makes.

'So that's why I tell him to work more.'


On the school run: He was pictured today taking daughter Carys Zeta to school


Last week Douglas's wife Catherine Zeta-Jones abandoned plans to watch the Ryder Cup after attending the grand opening ceremony.


How he was: Looking fuller-faced and healthier back in March


On Wednesday evening Zeta-Jones had said that her husband was 'doing great, given the circumstances.

She said: 'Michael's not travelling with me this weekend. He's just finishing up his treatment.

'He's holding up very, very well and everyone could not be happier with the progress. He's doing fine thanks.

'He's strong and the doctors are so happy and he's just about to complete - what anyone who's gone through it knows - a pretty gruelling eight weeks.'

While Zeta-Jones would normally have stayed with her husband to watch the golf - both love the sport - she then flew home the following morning to be with him and their two children Carys, seven, and Dylan, ten.

The Oscar-winning actress has also pulled out of a new film role so she could spend time with her husband during his health battle.

Zeta-Jones, 40, had been due to play Vivien Leigh in the film My Week With Marilyn alongside Kenneth Branagh and Michelle Williams - a part she was said to be eager to take.


An honour: Danny DeVito accepted the Golden Icon Award on behalf of Douglas, at the Zurich Film Festival in Switzerland


'He gets better and better': DeVito, with U.S. actor Frank Langella and U.S. film director and screenwriter Oliver Stone



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From road run to school run: Kate Gosselin shows off her trim figure while jogging before picking up the children

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Fitness fanatic: Kate Gosselin shows off her washboard stomach and toned figure as she goes out jogging near her home in Reading Pennsylvania yesterday


It can't be easy taking care of eight children while having to find time to maintain your enviable figure.

But Kate Gosselin manages to make it look like a breeze.

Yesterday, the mother-of eight went for a long jog near her home in Reading, Pennsylvania before picking up her children from school.

The 35-year-old reality show star showed off her washboard stomach and toned legs in a cropped grey vest top and grey shorts on her run.

At one point, the exercise seemed to be taking its toll, with Gosselin looking a little puffed out.

However, she soon recovered to pick her kids up from their school later on in the afternoon.


Mum's the word: Gosselin shepherds two of her daughters into the car after picking them up from school


Covered up in a grey T-shirt emblazoned with the slogan Nobody Ever Regretted It, Gosselin shepherded her children into the car.

It seems that Gosselin, who stars in her own reality show Kate Plus Eight, is very much getting back into her everyday routine after a holiday in Mexico at the beginning of the month.

She is now single after divorcing her husband of over ten years, Jon, earlier this year following allegations he had cheated.


Keeping order: Gosselin looked sporty in grey shorts and a T-shirt emblazoned with the slogan: Nobody Has Ever Regretted It


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Catherine Zeta Jones flies back to Michael Douglas as cancer fears grow

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Back home: Catherine Zeta Jones touched down in New York today after cutting short her visit to Wales


Fears were growing over the health of Michael Douglas last night after his wife Catherine Zeta- Jones cut short her trip to Britain and pulled out of a film.

The actress had been due to stay in Wales to watch the Ryder Cup this weekend, but yesterday she flew back to New York, where her film star husband is receiving treatment for throat cancer.

The previous evening she had indicated that she would remain in Wales for the duration of the three-day event.

But yesterday she was driven from Cardiff to London to catch her flight - as it emerged that she has put her film career on hold while Douglas, 66, continues his health battle.

Miss Zeta-Jones, 40, had been due to play Vivien Leigh in the film My Week With Marilyn alongside Kenneth Branagh and Michelle Williams - a part she was said to be eager to take.

However, she has now turned down the role because she does not want to be away from Douglas for an extended period. The Hollywood couple are both golf fanatics and Douglas had been scheduled to travel with his wife to Wales to see the Ryder Cup but had to pull out as he continued chemotherapy.


Worried: Catherine cut short her trip to the UK and has pulled out of a film to be with her husband
The Wall Street star had particularly hoped to watch the U.S. team retain golf's premier trophy against their European rivals.


Instead, he stayed in New York with their two children Carys, seven, and Dylan, ten.


Brave face: Michael Douglas in New York yesterday


On Wednesday evening Miss Zeta-Jones had said that her husband was 'doing great, given the circumstances.

She said: 'Michael's not travelling with me this weekend. He's just finishing up his treatment.

'He's holding up very, very well and everyone could not be happier with the progress. He's doing fine thanks.

'He's strong and the doctors are so happy and he's just about to complete - what anyone who's gone through it knows - a pretty gruelling eight weeks.'

Miss Zeta-Jones was speaking before hosting a pre-Ryder Cup concert at Cardiff 's Millennium Stadium.

Earlier she had discussed her husband's continued fight against the disease with Prince Charles.

'Well, wish him all my best. Positive thoughts,' the prince told her.

Miss Zeta-Jones also told how Douglas was planning to watch the tournament at the Celtic Manor course on their TV at home.

She said: 'Michael will be glued to anything that has a golf ball and a club, especially the Ryder Cup.
'Usually I would be watching it with him. I just hope the weather holds up - but we can't help any of that and we're used to it.'

Despite Miss Zeta-Jones' public comments on Wednesday night indicating that she would be staying for the tournament, her spokesman this morning insisted she had always planned to return to the US yesterday.

A spokesman said early today: 'She never said she was staying for the Ryder Cup and in fact made it clear she was only here for the opening night. Those were always the arrangements.'


Emotional: Catherine Zeta Jones fought back tears as she spoke of her husband's brave recovery at the Welcome To Wales concert at Millennium Stadium


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