CATCH-UP CONFIDENTIAL: Michael Douglas slams prison system, Nick Carter had first drink at 2 Michael Douglas slammed the US prison system during his Emmy's acceptance speech. Picture: Kevin Winter/Getty Images/AFP Source: AFP MICHAEL Douglas speech was one of the, er, highlights at yesterdays Emmys (Matt Damons "two-hander," anyone?), but he did manage to get a couple of poignant points across. The 68-year-old took home the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie at the awards for his stellar performance in the Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra and gave a special "shout out" to his eldest son Cameron, who is serving a 10-year sentence in prison on drug charges. "I'm hoping I'll be able to - [they'll] allow me to see him soon," Douglas said on stage about his 35-year-old son. Backstage, he elaborated on the comment. "Well, my son is in federal prison based upon - he's been a drug addict for a large part of his life and was arrested and selling drugs and is in federal prison," Douglas, said. And part of their punishments if you happen to have a slip - this is for a prisoner who is nonviolent - as about a half a million of our drug addicted prisoners are, they punish you. So for my son's case, he's spent almost two years in solitary confinement and right now I'm being told that I cannot see him for two years. It's over a year now and I'm questioning the system. Obviously, at first, I was certainly disappointed with my son, but I've reached a point now where I'm very disappointed with the system. During his speech, Douglas also thanked his wife Catherine Zeta Jones. The pair, who have two children together, recently separated, but there has been no talk of divorce. Phyllis Logan, pictured far left with her 'Downton Abbey' co-stars, said the series provides great roles for "women of a certain age." Downton Abbey star Phyllis Logan, who plays the stoic yet kind-hearted Scot Mrs Hughes, has praised the series for offering a variety of "decent" roles for older female actresses. The hit drama's fourth series, which just began screening in the UK, sees 57-year-old Logan appearing alongside Dame Maggie Smith, 78, Penelope Wilton, 67, and 60-year-old Lesley Nicole. "Decent roles don't come by with the frequency that they did when I was younger," Logan said. It's great playing a mature character. It adds something. With people like Penelope, Lesley and Maggie, it's lovely that there are women of a certain age in the series. "When I first read the script, I thought, "I would love to do this, this is going to be good." It had a bit of class. I didn't realise quite the phenomenon it was going to become but I was very anxious to get the gig. A fifth series has yet to be confirmed, but Logan said it was "quite possible," adding: "Fingers crossed. But it has to end some day. Former drug and alcohol abuser Nick Carter, pictured centre with members of the Backstreet Boys and New Kids on the Block, confessed to taking his first drink at age two. In his autobiography Facing the Music and Living to Talk About It, Backstreet Boy Nick Carter has revealed more about the shocking extent of his drug and alcohol abuse, stating that he had his first drink at the age of two. "Family legend has it that when I was two years old, I crawled into one of the Yankee Rebel's liquor storage rooms where I was caught drinking for the first time," he wrote. My parents always laughed at that. I laughed too, for a while, and then I didn't laugh at it any more. Carter says alcohol was a constant presence in his home. "My parents always stressed about money, which is another reason they turned to alcohol so much," he said. I'm shocked to see home movies taken when I was nine and ten; in them, I'm pretending to be drinking. Clearly, I'm mimicking my parents. He says his drinking escalated as he hit his teens, before moving onto hardcore drugs at 18 when he'd found fame in the Backstreet Boys. His band mates, he says, were powerless to curb his behaviour. "[They] saw me drinking and getting into trouble and all they could do was shake their heads," he said. They told me that I had the potential to be a better person and make more of my talents. They knew I had a good heart and soul and wasn't using my head. The guys warned me many times that my partying was out of control and that I was headed for serious trouble. Carter, 33, says after a long struggle, he's now committed to a healthier lifestyle. I'm not perfect now. I still slip up when it comes to drinking. But I'm alive and great things have happened for me in the last few years. I would have missed them. I'm glad I didn't. Take care of yourself so you'll be present for the great things in your life too. Kim Kardashian tweeted a photo of her hanging out with Kayne West, Oprah Winfrey and P Diddy at an Emmys bash. Has anybody told Gayle? As LA went into party mode over Emmys weekend, Kim Kardashian snapped a few photos at a mate's party and posted them to Twitter. Nothing interesting about that, except her new friend happened to be Oprah Winfrey. She joined the talk show queen and beau Kanye West at music producer Jimmy Iovine's house for a birthday bash for his girlfriend Liberty Ross. The same British model who filed for divorce from director husband Rupert Sanders earlier this year after it was revealed he'd had a fling with Kristen Stewart. "Oh, no big deal," Kardashian tweeted, sharing the photo which also included P. Diddy (of course it did). Seems Kardashian and West have been out and about without baby North. They recently enjoyed a double date with rapper Tyga and girlfriend Chyna at swanky LA eatery Hakkasan.