it does look like she cut her hair. maybe she wanted a change. the short cut looks cute on her.

yes it is:)

http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/21695652.html#cutid1

she looked so beautiful at that event! my god, i don't think she's looked that noticably fabulous in a while. i love her hair!

Sportin a black jacket like Chris

Gwyneth Paltrow at Starbucks with a friend in London, March 19, 2008. celebutopia

 

Gwyneth is Better Than Us

 

 

The press has once again breathlessly proclaimed a celebrity Mom will take a break from her career to concentrate full-time on motherhood. Said Gwyneth Paltrow at the Prince's Trust Awards in London, "I'm not doing another film until next [autumn]. Everything is about family, I'm putting movies on a backburner."

 

Can you just see her and hubby Coldplay frontman Chris Martin going over their household budget to see if they could make it on a single income? Neither can I. Yet, why is it when I first read Gwyn's quote I was impressed? I thought to myself. "Wow, she's so amazing, what an inspiration. If Gwyneth Paltrow can take time off to be with her kids so can I!

Then I snapped out of it.

 

WTF? I personally haven't looked at Gwen and Chris' bank statements, but I'm willing to bet they're not spending their nights clipping coupons. They'll sacrifice nothing from Gwyneth's transition from superstar to SAHM.

 

Yet those supermarket tabloids continue to fall all over themselves with admiration over anything, and I mean anything, a celeb-u-mom does, as if it's the last word on perfect mothering, with lines like: "Jennifer Garner goes to a public park with her kids!" "Reese Witherspoon walks her daughter to school!" "Heidi Klum wipes her son's mouth--WITH HER OWN NAPKIN!"

 

Don't celebrities get enough applause and accolades without getting praise for things we do every day? It sounds like I'm jealous, but I'm not (OK, maybe a little) but let's spend our time admiring that Mom friend who never eats out, never buys herself anything so she can just work part-time, or that couple where one works the dayshift, the other the night so they don't have to ship their kids off to daycare.

 

http://www.momlogic.com/2008/03/gwyneths_not_so_special.php

I thought the last article I read she stated that she's ready to get back to work...

 

How confusing, lol. I haven't seen any films from her in awhile anyhow...

Shhe's in Iron Man which comes out in the summer :)

 

She looks unwell in those pictures PetitPomme posted. Happy though

PALTROW NAMED SAVE THE CHILDREN AMBASSADOR

 

Actress GWYNETH PALTROW has been appointed as an ambassador for the Save The Children charity. The Shakespeare In Love star will play an active role in the organisation's three-year plan to reduce the number of kids dying from preventable diseases around the world. Paltrow - who has two children, Apple, three, and Moses, one, with husband Chris Martin - recently announced she's "putting movies on the backburner" to spend more time at home.

 

http://www.pr-inside.com/paltrow-named-save-the-children-ambassador-r499692.htm

 

The press has once again breathlessly proclaimed a celebrity Mom will take a break from her career to concentrate full-time on motherhood. Said Gwyneth Paltrow at the Prince's Trust Awards in London, "I'm not doing another film until next [autumn]. Everything is about family, I'm putting movies on a backburner."

 

Can you just see her and hubby Coldplay frontman Chris Martin going over their household budget to see if they could make it on a single income? Neither can I. Yet, why is it when I first read Gwyn's quote I was impressed? I thought to myself. "Wow, she's so amazing, what an inspiration. If Gwyneth Paltrow can take time off to be with her kids so can I!

Then I snapped out of it.

 

WTF? I personally haven't looked at Gwen and Chris' bank statements, but I'm willing to bet they're not spending their nights clipping coupons. They'll sacrifice nothing from Gwyneth's transition from superstar to SAHM.

 

Yet those supermarket tabloids continue to fall all over themselves with admiration over anything, and I mean anything, a celeb-u-mom does, as if it's the last word on perfect mothering, with lines like: "Jennifer Garner goes to a public park with her kids!" "Reese Witherspoon walks her daughter to school!" "Heidi Klum wipes her son's mouth--WITH HER OWN NAPKIN!"

 

Don't celebrities get enough applause and accolades without getting praise for things we do every day? It sounds like I'm jealous, but I'm not (OK, maybe a little) but let's spend our time admiring that Mom friend who never eats out, never buys herself anything so she can just work part-time, or that couple where one works the dayshift, the other the night so they don't have to ship their kids off to daycare.

 

http://www.momlogic.com/2008/03/gwyneths_not_so_special.php

 

And yet... from the fifties through the early seventies, the middle class American could afford to have a stay at home Mom. Now, only the top 1% of earners can do that from choice. The community was better served and peaceful. The children learned to be polite and sociable, and they seemed to learn things that got them jobs...AND they could read and write. THere is something seriously wrong going on.

Blythe Danner Clears the Air

 

 

Blythe Danner Clears the Air

 

At last night's premiere of The Visitor at the MOMA in New York City, Blythe Danner was there to support her friend Tom McCarthy, who directed the film. Though she was also very willing to set the record straight regarding the rumors that her daughter, Oscar winner Gwyneth Paltrow's marriage to Coldplay frontman Chris Martin is on the rocks.

 

"Oh good god! It’s just tragic that people have to make up stuff and write stuff! I’ve never seen two happier parents and people. Happy, happy people," she said, "I don’t get it. They’re saying Gwyneth isn’t going to go back to work, which is a lot of BS too. She very much wants to go back to work. I think unfortunately you have to do your research and not follow the hearsay."

 

In this week's issue, we reported that the couple recently enjoyed a vacation at the celeb hot spot, Turks and Caicos. So, it seems that the duo are enjoying the paradise of marriage, where notorious surfer Chris enjoyed some waves!

 

The one thing that Blythe does get is grandmotherhood to Gwyneth's two kids Apple, 3, and Moses, 1. "What isn’t to love about being a grandmother! Everything — all the fluffy stuff! I can’t help it! The laughter and the tickling and just having the best time in the world. And just feeling so loved!"

 

She's passed on maternal spirit to Gwyneth. She tells OK!, "She's a great, wonderful actress. But motherhood is very important to her, as it was to me, and she’s finding the balance. And it’s hard to find that balance."

 

By Jocelyn Vena

 

http://www.okmagazine.com/news/view/5656

It's hillarious to read the first few posts in this thread, which were about the rumor chris and gwynnie were dating on imdb.

 

.... girls having scathing attacks on gwyneth and hoping it wasn't true.

 

ahhhhh, if only they could see into the future :P

Gwyneth's marriage strong, says mum

 

Gwyneth Paltrow's mum says her daughter's marriage is fine

 

Gwyneth Paltrow's marriage to Coldplay singer Chris Martin is not on the rocks, according to her mother, actress Blythe Danner.

 

"Oh good god! It's just tragic that people have to make up stuff and write stuff," she told OK! at the New York premiere of The Visitor.

 

Eager to set the record straight about the rumours surrounding her daughter, the Meet The Parents star added: "I've never seen two happier parents and people. I don't get it. They're saying Gwyneth isn't going to go back to work, which is a lot of BS too. She very much wants to go back to work.

 

"She's a great, wonderful actress. But motherhood is very important to her, as it was to me, and she's finding the balance. And it's hard to find that balance."

 

Blythe revealed she loves being a grandma to the couple's two children, three-year-old Apple and one-year-old Moses.

 

"What isn't to love about being a grandmother! Everything - all the fluffy stuff," she gushed.

 

"The laughter and the tickling, and just having the best time in the world. And just feeling so loved!"

 

http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/article.html?in_article_id=133254&in_page_id=7&in_a_source=

Gwyneth Paltrow signs on, reluctantly, for Iron Man

 

 

SHE'S been a Hollywood 'it' girl, a macrobiotic poster child and dated Brad Pitt, but Gwyneth Paltrow has settled into life as a rocker's wife and couldn't be happier.

Gwyneth Paltrow admits she had to be cajoled into accepting her new film role. Blissfully happy as a stay-at-home mum to daughter Apple and baby son Moses, the Oscar-winner wasn’t contemplating a return to the screen anytime soon.

 

That was until Robert Downey Jr called. He had signed on to star in Iron Man - a big-budget, big-screen version of the Marvel Comics’ superhero - and wanted a reluctant Paltrow to join him.

 

So he played his trump card and alluded to the fact that Paltrow has made a number of critically acclaimed, if not always very successful, arthouse films.

 

“Wouldn’t it be nice to be in a movie that people actually see?” he said.

 

Now, if you believe what you read, you might have thought Paltrow would’ve been a tad offended by Downey Jr’s comments. This is a girl who does have a reputation for taking herself just a little too seriously. Seems not.

 

“I was torn at first, because my babies were little and I was wondering whether I really wanted to work,” admits Paltrow, 35.

 

“But I was really tempted by Robert - he’s one of my favourite actors.

 

"And then he called and I thought, yeah, it could be fun to do something commercial for a change.

 

"And it was a great experience. I’d always wanted to work with Robert; he’s so inventive and spontaneous.”

 

Paltrow plays Virginia "Pepper" Potts, the executive assistant to Tony Stark, aka Iron Man.

 

But, Downey Jr or not, playing the secretary/love interest seems a strange part for her to choose as her comeback, especially as most of the superhero action takes place when Paltrow’s not onscreen.

 

“I’ve never been the type of actor who’s put off by the size of a role,” says Paltrow, cradling a mug of peppermint tea.

 

“Pepper’s actually the moral centre of the movie. It’s kind of like, did you ever see that show Moonlighting with Bruce Willis?

 

"They have this sexual energy and she’s kind of his conscience. It was such a fun role, it really was.”

 

We’re sitting in a grand old house in North London, not all that far from the home Paltrow shares with rockstar husband Chris Martin, Apple and Moses.

 

She’s spent the morning striking a pose and draping herself over a vintage chaise lounge for an exclusive photoshoot, and is now serenely holding court in front of me.

 

She wears a long, royal blue cardigan teamed with black leggings and blue suede ballet flats, and looks a picture of fresh-faced health.

 

If that’s what her supposed macrobiotic diet does for you, I’m straight off to buy some tofu and muesli just as soon as we’ve finished chatting.

 

Paltrow, who controversially won an Oscar for her role in 1998’s Shakespeare in Love - many felt Cate Blanchett was the more deserving recipient that year for her role in Elizabeth - admits her break from the screen wasn’t entirely down to becoming a mum.

 

“It was a combination of things,” she muses.

 

“I kind of burnt out in my 20s. I did so many films that my creative fire was low.

 

“Then I had my daughter (in May 2004) and I fell so obsessively in love with her that the idea of not being with her 24 hours a day was unthinkable. And then I wanted to give my son (born April 2006) the same attention.

 

"But when he was six months old, I started to feel the fire coming back a bit. And then Iron Man came along.”

 

She initially found leaving her kids traumatic.

 

"The first week was very hard for my daughter, because I’d never gone to work before and she didn’t understand why I was leaving.

 

But then it settled down because, when I was working, I wasn’t leaving until noon, so I was home a lot. I mean, I was tired because I was going to bed at 3am and getting up at 7am, but I don’t think they felt I wasn’t around.”

 

The process was helped by the fact that Paltrow rented her old childhood home in California for the duration of the shoot.

 

“My mother (actor Blythe Danner) had sold it, but hadn’t moved out yet, so we asked if we could push it back.

 

My father’s last project was renovating the house and, after he died, my mother never felt comfortable there. But it was a good farewell to the house – it was nice to be there one last time with the babies.”

 

As the daughter of a film and television director (the late Bruce Paltrow) and an actor, no one was particularly surprised when the young Paltrow decided to become an actor herself.

 

“When I was growing up, I would watch my mother perform in plays and I saw how ignited she was while doing it. She seemed to have so much power,” she remembers.

 

“It just seemed like the most magical, amazing job.”

 

As well as her career highs - the aforementioned Shakespeare in Love, Sliding Doors, The Talented Mr Ripley, Proof - there have undoubtedly been some lows - Shallow Hal, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Duets and View From the Top (which even Paltrow admits was a “terrible” movie.)

 

So, has her magical amazing job lived up to expectation?

 

“Oh yes. I have no regrets. I don’t regret anything in life - even my mistakes,” she says, rather primly.

 

(Perhaps now’s not the time to bring up that infamous Oscar win, where Paltrow, clad in what appeared to be an ill-fitting pink prom dress, sobbed hysterically through her acceptance speech. It was later revealed that both her beloved father and grandfather were suffering from cancer.)

 

Contrary to what you might think, she says she’s never been ambitious.

 

“My agent always says to me, ‘You have to put some more energy into your career.’ But I always felt the right thing would find me.

 

"And I still feel the same way, even though I’m now 35 years old and if I want to just do one good film a year, I have to be more responsible about reading and going to meetings and stuff like that.”

 

She smiles, then adds, “But that doesn’t come naturally to me.

 

I’m not a machine; I don’t wake up in the morning and think, what can I do to further my career? I’m more of a mellow Libran, I think.”

 

She says she’s not worried about getting older, even though she thinks the good roles will get fewer and further between.

 

“But my identity isn’t wrapped in my career or whether I’m successful,” she says, playing with her large square diamond engagement ring.

 

“It’s about other stuff, such as family. So I feel really grateful that I have these opportunities.

 

“You know, I’d be just as happy doing summer stock (America’s open-air summer theatres), doing some Chekhov play for $200 a week,” she insists.

 

“I would be happy, because it’s not about being number one for me any more. I’ve let go of all of that stuff.”

 

Paltrow, whose previous boyfriends include Brad Pitt and Ben Affleck, married Coldplay’s Martin, in December 2003.

 

The secret ceremony set the precedent for their marriage, with the pair refusing to talk about each other or appear on the red carpet together.

 

In fact, so few pictures of the couple exist that it has led to rumours their relationship is in trouble.

 

A recent report that Paltrow has had a tiny "C" for Chris tattooed on to her right thigh seems to put paid to that, for now at least.

 

"It just doesn’t feel right,” says Paltrow, of dishing out the intimate details of her marriage to the media.

 

“Our lives are private and I just don’t think it’s a good idea for a couple to put themselves out there in the world.

 

"And I’m just not into doing the red carpet with a partner. But that’s just me. I think it’s good to keep everything separate.”

 

I remind her she didn’t always feel that way and used to be photographed with previous boyfriends at award shows and the like.

 

“Singular, one partner,” she says, referring to the red-carpet pictures that exist of her and Pitt.

 

“But then I realised it wasn’t for me and I’ve never done it again.”

 

She’s not sure whether she and Martin will have more children. “I don’t know. I think I’m open to it, but then there are days when I think we’re past the baby stage and have it all sorted, so I’m not so sure.”

 

She says her husband is actually quite keen to adopt, as her friend Madonna has.

 

“We’re open to that kind of thing as well. So, we’ll just have to see where life takes us.”

One thing she is sure of, though, is how becoming a mum has transformed her life.

 

“From the moment I first saw my daughter, it was as if my life made sense.

 

"Of course, there were some things I needed to learn, but it was very instinctive. Ever since I’ve had her, I’ve felt very connected to being a mother.”

 

Talking of Madonna, the Californian-born Paltrow has also followed her friend by moving to the UK after marrying an Englishman.

 

But she insists she hasn’t turned her back on her home country.

 

Two years ago, Paltrow caused controversy in the US, when a Portuguese newspaper quoted her as saying, “The British are much more intelligent and civilized than the Americans.”

 

Paltrow insisted her words had been “completely misconstrued”.

 

And perhaps because of that, she’s at pains to point out she doesn’t think of London as home.

 

“We live here, we live in New York - I don’t feel as though I’ve given one up for the other.

 

"I’m so lucky to be able to go back and forth between America and the UK, to get to live in these amazing, different places,” she says.

 

(In case you’re wondering - or happen to be on a first-class flight between the UK and the US anytime soon - Paltrow says her kids are very well-behaved on planes.)

 

Another country that Paltrow has recently spent a lot of time in is Spain.

 

As a teenager, she lived in central Spain as an exchange student and now says, “Spain is one of the loves of my life.”

 

So much so that she’s teamed up with US celebrity chef Mario Batali to film a food show for American broadcaster PBS.

 

The pair have been travelling throughout Spain, where they’ve been sampling the country’s cuisine and culture.

 

“It’s been so much fun. We’ve had a whole lot of laughs and have been eating and drinking way too much.”

 

Hang on, is this the famously macrobiotic Paltrow talking?

 

The so-called muesli-muncher who once said she hated seeing women drunk. (“I think it’s gross. It’s such a bad look,” she said.)

 

Well, it seems Paltrow is a lot more relaxed about such matters these days.

 

“No, I definitely eat and I definitely drink. If you see the show, you’ll see how much I eat and drink,” she laughs.

 

That said, Paltrow hasn’t exactly switched to a diet of steak and fast food.

 

A vegetarian since she was 21, she says she still subscribes to the principals of macro, even if she’s ditched her macrobiotic chef.

 

“I eat organically, locally and seasonally. But I’m not stressed out about it. I do my own thing. I eat French fries, ice-cream and French cheese, and a lot of things that aren’t macrobiotic.”

 

So if she no longer follows a celebrity diet, what will she talk about when she next meets up with her old chum Madonna for a chinwag over a plate of, er, fish and chips?

 

“People are interested in my friendship with Madonna because she’s Madonna, but I’ve been friends with her for 10 years.

 

"The friends I have in my life are real friends and we talk about life and philosophy and husbands and clothes and spirituality. You know, the same things that all girlfriends talk about.”

 

She pauses, then adds, “You know, I have far more non-famous friends than famous, but no one asks me about them.”

 

It’s clear that Paltrow is in a good place in her life right now (“my 30s are definitely happier than my 20s”), but she says she still suffers from the guilts, just as the rest of us do.

 

“You know, I’m not doing enough of this, or I didn’t take care of that person, or I didn’t write a thank-you note, or I wasn’t there for lunch with my kids.

 

"But I’m pretty happy. I’m in a great place in my life. Thank God,” she says as she taps the wooden table behind her.

 

“I’ll just do my best and try not to judge myself.”

 

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23496788-5006023,00.html

:) Thank you ! what a great interview !

Gwyneth 'shocked' by hunger problem

 

Gwyneth Paltrow arrives for the Food Bank Can-Do awards

 

As one of the award recipients of the Food Bank for New York City, Gwyneth is aware of the problem of hunger affecting the world.

 

"I went to see one of the places that the Food Bank supplies the other day, and I thought to myself, the next time I complain I'm going to slap myself across the face," she said before the event at Chelsea Piers.

 

"We are all just so incredibly fortunate and there are so many people in this amazing city who can't eat. That's shocking. We should all be doing more."

 

It's a lesson the Shakespeare in Love star tries to teach her children with husband Chris Martin - three-year-old Apple and two-year-old Moses.

 

"I always try to instil that they are very lucky and that most children don't get the things that they get, and that they should be mindful. And hopefully it will stick with them," she added.

 

http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/article.html?in_article_id=138195&in_page_id=7&in_a_source=

GWYNETH PALTROW - PALTROW SLAMS BRITNEY'S PAPARAZZI

 

 

5th Annual Can-Do Awards Dinner Marking the 25th Anniversary of Food Bank For New York City

held at Chelsea Piers

New York City, USA - 07.04.08

 

GWYNETH PALTROW has launched a scathing attack on the media for hounding BRITNEY SPEARS, insisting the paparazzi are responsible for driving the troubled star over the edge.

 

The Shakespeare In Love star claims she can relate to Spears, whose every move is tabloid fodder, because her own marriage to Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has also been the subject of much press speculation of late.

 

But Paltrow admits Spears' life under the media spotlight - and her on/off relationship with snapper Adnan Ghalib - is a lot worse than her own.

 

She says, "Look at what they've done to Britney. The paparazzi and magazines have blood on their hands. They literally made her go insane.

 

"She's got classic Stockholm Syndrome - she fell in love with a paparazzo and went insane. The photographers and editors of these magazines have such bad karma. It's pretty dark."

 

http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/paltrow%20slams%20britneys%20paparazzi_1064974

Britney went insane because of her own personal issues. There is only so much that can be blamed on the paparazzi. At the end of the day, we're all responsible for our own actions.

^^ what do you know? have you ever been chased by paparazzi ?

 

but yeah I kinda agree.. personnal issues has a lot to do with it, but it's a hell lot worse when the world knows about them !!

^I agree. She already had her own issues...but I think the constant pressure from the paps would make them worse. Hard to blame them for everything though when Brit seeks out their attention half the time.

:lol: smart ones think the same !!

The attention seeking is part of Britney's condition though and having them constantly surrounding her when she's trying to overcome that won't be helping.

hard to say whose fault it is that britney is like she is today. i've seen pics of britney where she seems to enjoy interacting with paps and others where she seemed to be very annoyed... ambivalent though. who can judge the paps?

Gwyneth Paltrow’s Hottest Pink Party

 

RETTY IN PINK

Fresh-faced Gwyneth Paltrow glows at The Breast Cancer Research Foundation’s Hottest Pink Party at The Waldorf Astoria on Tuesday in New York City.

 

 

At the event, Sir Elton John performed at Waldorf-Astoria’s Grand Ballroom to honor his friend Linda Stein, a real estate broker who was slain in her apartment in October and was a member of the foundation’s advisory board.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More pics: http://justjared.buzznet.com/2008/04/08/gwyneth-paltrow-hottest-pink-party/