Gwyneth...

[Mimixxx]

:lol:

[cpfan50]

It's a movie and it's part of her character's role to expose herself. Acting is her job. She was just following the script and the Director. She showed her chest in 'Shakespeare in Love' and was completely nude in 'Sylvia' so it's clear that she's not against nudity as part of her job, so I don't know why this comes as a surprise.

 

It seems like now she's older and has had a few kids it suddenly becomes shocking that she would bear her chest :confused: Or maybe it's just shocking in the US because people aren't used to seeing it? Yet it happens all the time in films, you'd think that it would be considered totally normal by now.

 

I think the newspaper in the UK are more excited than shocked :P

[branshi_baby]

Pshh, whatever.

She's a beautiful woman, but I gotta say,

Mine are better :rolleyes:

 

:laugh3:

[Mimixxx]

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[A RUSH OF VIDA]

:laugh4:

[In a telescope lens]

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

 

This was the first novel I ever read. Actually, it was read to me by my mother. We started it when I was 10 years old. The novel starts out with a young Jane, about the age I was at the time, so I was drawn in, in such a visceral way. It was the moment I really started to understand, from my little bed in a room with strawberry wallpaper, that there was a scope to the world, a past and future, that would be there for the learning and for the taking. It was a powerful and deep experience, being read those words, that story with all of its heavy imagery and emotion.

 

ok i'm sorry but that book SUCKS!!!!!!!!! I hate it! I can't stand it! I couldn't even get through it when I was forced to read it in school last year!! The only good thing was chapter 23. Actually my teacher was funny when we'd go over scenes in class cause he'd act stuff out and through the book across the room and yell in full character. that was hilarious!

But the book SUCKED! I don't even know why its taught at my school to be honest...

:thinking:

[ApproximatelyInfinite]

interesting that most of the books aren't exactly contemporary. as much as i respect the classics, i was hoping for more modern, contemporary novels (or at least ones i haven't yet read :P), because that's what i like. but i was thrilled to see the interpreter of maladies on there :nice:

[anniea89]

Gwyneth is on the cover of this months Optus televison guide. On the Road again is going to screen in Australia in Feb on the Lifestyle food channel. There's an article as well.

[chuck kottke]

Will they have Willy Nelson this time too??;)

[Kackie]

At least someone mentioned The Time Traveler's Wife, though sadly it was Madonna.

 

Since she couldn't be bothered to plug it, I will, as it's one of my favorite books of all time (lol). It's a truly beautiful story of the unlikely and dangerous romance between an ordinary woman living on an ordinary time line... and her time-challenged husband. He literally can just disappear from things at any time and travel to a different point in his own life. This, of course, causes all kinds of trouble for both of them, as he disappears and leaves her alone... and conversely, pops up in some other point of her life (like when she's a little girl). It's a beautiful book that starts off a bit confusing but sweeps you inside and keeps you going all the way to the heartbreaking ending.

 

one of my favorite books ever, and I couldn't more highly reccomend it.

 

That being said, no offense to Madonna, but I never took her for having good taste in books...

[branshi_baby]

Thu, 22 January 2009 at 11:46 pm

Gwyneth Paltrow Shares Book Recommendations

 

Gwyneth Paltrow asked a couple of her best and most literary-minded girlfriends to share their top picks for books.

 

“I always like knowing the literary preferences of people,” the 36-year-old actress says. “I think it gives a better understanding of their inner life.”

 

One of her fave books is “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Brontë. Gwyn shares, “This was the first novel I ever read. Actually, it was read to me by my mother. We started it when I was 10 years old. The novel starts out with a young Jane, about the age I was at the time, so I was drawn in, in such a visceral way. It was the moment I really started to understand, from my little bed in a room with strawberry wallpaper, that there was a scope to the world, a past and future, that would be there for the learning and for the taking. It was a powerful and deep experience, being read those words, that story with all of its heavy imagery and emotion.”

 

The other two were “Crime and Punishment” by Fyodor Dostoevsky and “The Sheltering Sky” by Paul Bowles.

 

Madonna’s favorites include “The Bad Girl” by Mario Vargas Llosa, “Shantaram” by Gregory David Roberts and “The Time Traveler’s Wife” by Audrey Niffenegger.

 

Read the full list at GOOP.com.

 

Gwyn also described the Material Mom in her newsletter, saying, “Madonna Ciccone rules the world, is a loyal friend and a terrific mother.”

 

http://justjared.buzznet.com/2009/01/22/gwyneth-paltrow-book-recommendations/

 

I really hate the comments people give, thay're so immature.

[Cobalt]

Gwyn goes topless in her new movie...

http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/944/Celebrities/article/detail/633509/2009/01/22/Gwyneth-Paltrow-ontbloot-borst-in-nieuwe-film.dhtml

 

Ugh, feels weird to see the breasts Chris likes :D

 

You might want a more clear warning on that one next time :lol: I for one, was not expecting to click that link and have an eye on Gwyneth's breasts :rolleyes:

[CMJBGBWC]

^ hahahahaha samee i opened it and i was like um woah there! :lol:

[localola86]

ok i'm sorry but that book SUCKS!!!!!!!!! I hate it! I can't stand it! I couldn't even get through it when I was forced to read it in school last year!! The only good thing was chapter 23. Actually my teacher was funny when we'd go over scenes in class cause he'd act stuff out and through the book across the room and yell in full character. that was hilarious!

But the book SUCKED! I don't even know why its taught at my school to be honest...

:thinking:

For me, it was not THAT bad since I read it to improve my English. I did read it after "Wunthering Heights," which I found more interesting.

 

Thu, 22 January 2009 at 11:46 pm

Gwyneth Paltrow Shares Book Recommendations

 

The other two were “Crime and Punishment” by Fyodor Dostoevsky and “The Sheltering Sky” by Paul Bowles.

 

ead the full list at GOOP.com.

 

http://justjared.buzznet.com/2009/01/22/gwyneth-paltrow-book-recommendations/

 

I really hate the comments people give, thay're so immature.

 

Ooooohh, "Crime and Punishment" is GOOD! A bit long, but awesome. Russian classics are great anyway. It's like being transported to another world.

 

I might go ahead and see the link.

[localola86]

I just went to see GOOP. com. Is this her website? Looks nice.

[A RUSH OF VIDA]

yes...^

[Jsalyers]

I just went to her website as well! Very and nice and put together really well, lots of interesting information there!

[Corricopatcat]

Breast. Not breasts. Where's the other one?

 

Please.

 

I was shocked when I moved to Pasadena from the south in 1973. The periodicals had completely naked women (where are the men???) at all the "news" kiosks. I got over it. I just think, if "they" are going to commercialize women, they need to get further along with the dudes. They have begun the process, but they need to start comparing their do-da's in public, the way they expect women to, which is where their vulnerability lies. That would be expose journalism! Let's hear the cheer, boys!!!!

 

By the way, the girls who display their vaginas in public are known publically or privately as "trash". NOT because there is anything wrong with vaginas. But USING it for attention is just sad. No self-respect, or drunk, or stoned or ill, or whatever. Period. And though they may come to regret it, those images will remain in the public's memories. There are consequences.

 

I am an American and what I am prudish about is violence and hardship (to the innocent: ordinary folk, the ill, children, animals, helpless or vulnerable ones). As to Gwyn's singular breast, in that photo, she looks like she is in pain, to me. She is a beautiful woman. Her post-nursing figure is beautiful, and I wish I looked that good. Go Gwyneth! (But be prudent, you see what you got here....).

[mksh24]

Hey everyone if you get HDnet Movies on your cable they are playing Two Lovers on Febuary 11th (for free) at 8 p.m. and it is pre-theater release ! :)

 

Really want to see this movie!

[marie/pims]

This family dinner menu is great for a Sunday. Get your partner (mother, friend, dog) to occupy the kids while you make the meatballs. They are not too time-consuming but do require some concentration. The meatballs can simmer away for the afternoon and you only need to make your spaghetti, garlic bread and peas later. The garlic bread takes 15 minutes and is so good, you may want to double the recipe. I have one of those colander things INSIDE my pasta pot, and if you have the same, you can drain the pasta once its cooked, put the colander back in the boiling water and throw the frozen peas in for three minutes while you are plating up the pasta. My kids like peas plain so I do a bowl for them and one for the “grownies” as my daughter calls us. It requires nothing more than a squeeze of lemon juice, torn basil, a drizzle of good olive oil and a little Maldon sea salt for good measure.

MENU:

GARLIC BREAD

JULIA’S TURKEY MEATBALLS

SPAGHETTI

STEAMED PEAS

GARLIC BREAD

 

SERVES: 4

TIME: 15 minutes

 

 

• 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) lightly salted butter, room temperature
  
• 5 cloves garlic, pushed through a press
  
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped parsley
  

 

• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  
• 1 baguette
  
• 1/2 cup finely grated parmesan
  

Preheat the oven to 375ºF.

Stir together the butter, garlic, parsley and pepper until well combined. Cut the baguette in half horizontally and spread each cut side with the garlic butter, being sure to use every last bit. Sandwich the bread back together, wrap in a sheet of tin foil and put in the oven for 10 minutes. Turn on the broiler, unwrap the bread, evenly sprinkle the parmesan over both sides of the bread and broil until the cheese is melted and browned. Check after one minute. I burn mine by accident 50% of the time, so keep an eye out! Cut into pieces and serve.

JULIA’S TURKEY MEATBALLS

 

My dear friend Julia is a fantastic cook. She once made these meatballs and I immediately asked her if I could steal the recipe.

SERVES: 4 (makes about 2 dozen small meatballs)

TIME: an hour, plus at least 20 minutes of simmering

 

 

• 2 tablespoons olive oil plus 2 additional tablespoons
  
• 1 large yellow onion, very finely diced
  
• 3 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
  
• 2 teaspoons fennel seeds
  
• coarse sea salt
  
• freshly ground pepper
  
• 1 28 oz. can whole tomatoes, pulsed in a food processor with their juice or crushed by hand
  
• 1/2 cup panko breadcrumbs
  

 

• zest of 1/2 lemon
  
• 1/4 cup finely chopped flat-leaf parsley
  
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh thyme
  
• 1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh rosemary
  
• 1 pound ground turkey (preferably dark meat)
  
• 1 egg
  
• 1 pound spaghetti, cooked just before serving
  
• 1/4 cup basil leaves, roughly torn
  

Heat two tablespoons of olive oil in a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the onion and cook for about eight minutes, sweating it without giving it too much color. When it’s soft, add the garlic and fennel seeds and season generously with salt and pepper (about a teaspoon of salt and a half teaspoon of pepper should do). Sauté for an additional three or four minutes. Remove and reserve half of this onion mixture in a large mixing bowl. Add the tomatoes and their juice to the remaining mixture in the pot, turn the heat to low and simmer while you make the meatballs. Be sure to put a little water in the tomato can, swish it around and add it to the pot (don’t waste a bit!).

To make the meatballs, combine the breadcrumbs, lemon zest, parsley, thyme and rosemary with the reserved onion mixture. Add the turkey and egg and mush it all with your hands (the best tool for this job) just until everything is well-combined, don't over mix. Form the mixture into 1-1/2" balls with your hands (of course you can make them whatever size you like). Heat the last two tablespoons of olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Making sure not to overcrowd the pan, brown the meatballs (should take about five minutes). Put the browned meatballs into the simmering tomato sauce and let them cook, shaking the pot occasionally to roll the meatballs around, for at least 20 minutes and up to an hour and a half. Taste the sauce and season with salt and pepper. Serve with spaghetti and the torn basil.

STEAMED PEAS

 

SERVES: 4

TIME: two to three minutes

 

 

• 2 cups freshly shelled or frozen peas
  
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
  
• a squeeze of lemon
  

 

• a pinch each of coarse salt and pepper
  
• a few leaves of basil, torn
  

Steam the peas for two to three minutes. Serve plain for the kids and dress with olive oil, lemon, salt, pepper and basil for the adults.

NEXT WEEK

 

Next week we ask some experts (mothers included) to express their experienced opinions on the art of raising children.

 

[Tinttis]

Chris mentioned pancakes (GOOP's pancakes are delicious!) on the radio :nice:

 

 

Great new recipes :)

[Mimixxx]

"Grownies" how cute is Apple? :D

[ApproximatelyInfinite]

oh my god, a recipie of hers involved butter :freak:. what is the world coming to? :P

 

and AWWW at apple and the grownies :nice:

[melanieau]

U2, Gwyneth Paltrow Headed to the Grammys

 

By Tiffany McGee

Originally posted Thursday January 29, 2009 12:05 PM EST

U2 Photo by: Kevin Mazur / WireImage More celebs have been confirmed for an already star-studded 2009 Grammy Awards.

 

U2, Rihanna, Kid Rock, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss are among the stars scheduled to rock the stage at the Feb. 8 show, joining previously announced Grammy-bound performers like Justin Timberlake and Paul McCartney, the Recording Academy said Thursday.

 

Also added to the lineup: Gwyneth Paltrow, Duffy and Josh Groban, who will hand out trophies. (It'll be couples night for Paltrow; her husband Chris Martin will be playing with his band, Coldplay.)

 

Actors Samuel L. Jackson, Jack Black, Simon Baker, and jazz musician Charlie Haden will also be presenters.

 

The 51st Annual Grammy Awards will be broadcast live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 8, at 8 p.m. on CBS.

 

 

So she'll be there for sure...

[ApproximatelyInfinite]

i wonder if they're just going to pretend like the other one isn't there, or if they're actually going to behave like normal people and stand within two meters of each other :dozey:.

 

at least it's confirmed, though :wacky:. i can't wait, regardless of gwyneth. i'm a sucker for awards shows.