I don't think so... :D

 

:lol:Well I trust you completely, because your The # 1 Chris Fan:D

:laugh3:

Country Strong music video:

 

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=70689

 

She looks gorgeous - plus I love those Isabel Marant leather pants!

 

source: comingsoon.net & vevo.com

^nice :) Thanks for posting. She's gorgeous. He voice is good (though i don't know how much is remastered and stuff, and i'm not a fan of country music)

Not a fan of country music, but lets face it, it's Gywneth:) she pulled it off really good. When she starts to make the Late Night talk shows to promote the movie, I wonder if she will sing?

I really hope she goes on the Ellen show again, I love that show, and the 2 of them are funny together. I also wouldn't be surprised if she gets nominated for a CMA award.

^nice :) Thanks for posting. She's gorgeous. He voice is good (though i don't know how much is remastered and stuff, and i'm not a fan of country music)

Remastered or not, if she did not have a good voice to begin with, she would still not sound good. I know I'm bias, but I really think she pulled it off. So Mazal tov, Gwyneth.

Well color me impressed. She looks like an actual musician in that video. Well done, Gwyneth. :lol:

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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Your Daily Dispatch of Celebrity Shenanigans

 

Gwyneth Goes 'Country': GOOP guru and Oscar winner Gwyneth Paltrow is flexing her vocal skills in a music video from her upcoming movie, "Country Strong." See the video for the for the film's title song, HERE! Roll Call isn't the biggest fan of country music, but we'll admit that Gwyneth's twangy little ditty had us tapping our foot! The movie is slated to hit theaters on December 22.

I hate country music, so I skipped listening to it. But didn't Chris write the Tennesee and Me song that's supposed to be in the movie? What if he gets nominated for an Academy award? Just dreaming out loud!

I hate country music, so I skipped listening to it. But didn't Chris write the Tennesee and Me song that's supposed to be in the movie? What if he gets nominated for an Academy award? Just dreaming out loud!

 

 

 

Yes he did, and since there isn't many "country" movies being made, this movies soundtrack could clean up at the CMA's, IF, Chris won for best songwriting at the Acadamy awards and that's an IF, he would make Gwyneth pick it up:lol:

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Tartine

In San Francisco’s Mission neighborhood sits Tartine, one of the most well-known and well-loved bakeries in America. There are tomes written about the perfection of the loaves and pastries, and a visit to this stunning spot cannot be more highly recommended. Baker/co-owner (and James Beard award winner) Chad Robertson has written Tartine Bread, a gorgeous cookbook that not only shares his coveted recipes, but takes you through how to do them with photography and instructions that make you feel like you are standing over his shoulder. If you or someone you know loves to bake, this book is a must. Chad has given us an exclusive recipe for whole grain seeded bread with three more recipes showing how to eat it. With him as inspiration, I am determined to try my first natural leaven!

 

Love,

gp

Chad Roberston's recipes for GOOP:Whole Grain Seeded Bread

 

Yield: 2-3 loaves

 

Chad’s Note: This is a basic light whole grain dough made using a poolish style pre-ferment and a long rise. The seed mixture adds a certain flavor profile I like, but the plain whole grain dough, without the seeds added, makes a good basic light whole wheat bread. At Tartine, we use natural leaven to make this bread, and I’ve provided that option as well. You’ll find more detailed instructions on making and maintaining your own natural leaven in our new book, Tartine Bread.

 

Poolish Pre-ferment:

The overnight poolish pre-ferment is prepared a day ahead of the dough as the flavorful leaven. After the dough is mixed, it is fermented slowly overnight in the fridge to develop even more flavor.

 

200 grams all-purpose flour: 100 grams white / 100 grams whole wheat (both all-purpose)

200 grams water (70 deg ℉)

1 gram active dry yeast

Prepare this pre-ferment the day before you will mix your dough. To make the poolish in a bowl, mix the flour, water, and yeast. Let stand at cool room temperature overnight (10-12 hours). If you are not ready to mix your dough after the 10-12 hours at room temperature, put the poolish in the fridge and use within 8 hours.

 

Natural Leaven:

If you’d like to make this dough with a natural leaven instead of a poolish pre-ferment, start by mixing together 1 cup of flour (half white, half whole wheat) in a small bowl with enough warm water to make a loose batter. Cover with cheesecloth and let sit at moderately warm room temperature (70-75 degrees ℉) for about 3 days. Uncover, and discard half of the mixture. Add another measure of your flour blend with additional water to refresh. Cover again and let sit for about 2 days. Repeat this process again—feeding once per day until the starter is rising and falling in a predictable manner. Once the starter has reached this stage, you can feed it at night before bedtime and use it to mix your dough in the morning. If using this natural starter to leaven your dough, decrease the amount to 200 grams (per kilo of flour total) and increase the water to 750 grams.

 

Dough:

85 grams seed mixture: flax, poppy, and toasted sesame

650 grams whole grain wheat flour

350 grams sifted white wheat flour

700 grams water (70 deg ℉) (750 grams if using natural leaven)

400 grams poolish pre-ferment – recipe above (200 grams if using natural leaven)

30 grams salt

At least one hour prior to mixing dough, soak the seed mixture with 85 grams of hot water to absorb water and cool to room temperature.

 

To mix the dough, add the water to a large bowl. Add the pre-ferment and stir to disperse. Add the blend of white and whole wheat flours. Using your hands, mix thoroughly until no bits of dry flour remain. Let the dough rest for 20 - 40 minutes.

After the rest, add the 30 grams of salt with the mixture of seeds and incorporate into the dough. Dipping your hands in water, continue to fold the dough on top of itself to develop the dough and dissolve the salt. You can add a splash of water to help dissolve the salt. Let the dough rise for about 3-4 hours at moderately warm room temperature (78 deg ℉) giving a dozen turns in the bowl every half-hour to continue to develop. After this initial (bulk) rise, you are ready to portion and weigh your dough into individual pieces for loaves and, after the final shaping, retard the rising for another day in the fridge to develop more flavor.

If you’d like to use the dough on the same day: portion into 2-3 pieces and shape into rounds. Place each round into a linen-lined basket and let rise at the same moderate warm room temperature for another 3-4 hours before baking.

 

If retarding the rising for another 12+ hours: cover and place in the fridge for up to 16 hours.

 

When you are ready to bake, pre-heat your oven along with a heavy Dutch oven and a tight-fitting lid to 500 deg ℉. Remove the loaves from the fridge. Carefully flip the loaf into the pre-heated Dutch oven. Place the lid on top to seal completely, and put back into the oven. Immediately turn the oven down to 470 deg ℉ and bake for about 20 minutes. Carefully remove the lid and bake out for another 20-25 minutes until deep golden brown. Remove bread to wire rack to cool.

 

If you’re baking multiple loaves, carefully wipe the Dutch oven clean with a dry kitchen towel and repeat the process beginning with pre-heating the oven.

Grilled Cheese & Onions

 

Yield: 2 sandwiches

 

2 small onions

6 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

3 inch sprig of thyme

1 bay leaf

¹⁄₂ tsp salt and pepper to taste

4 slices whole grain bread

Cheese such as cantal, gruyère, cheddar (enough for one sandwich)

2 - 3 tbsp butter

Caramelize onions: peel and slice onions thinly. Heat olive oil and sauté onions with bay leaf until soft and deeply caramelized, about 15 minutes, stirring every few minutes. Pull the leaves off the sprig of thyme and mix in. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

 

Spread the onions on one slice of bread, top with cheese and a second slice of bread. Butter the outside of the sandwiches and fry in a skillet until the cheese melts and the outside is golden brown.

 

Smoked Salmon with Herb Butter

 

Yield: 1 sandwich

 

2 tbsp unsalted butter, room temperature

1 tsp chopped tarragon

1 tsp chopped thyme

1 tsp chopped chervil

¹⁄₈ tsp salt

freshly ground pepper to taste

1 slice whole grain bread

thinly sliced smoked salmon (about ¹⁄₄ pound)

1 tsp chopped chives

Make the compound butter: in a small bowl, mix the butter, tarragon, thyme, chervil, and salt.

 

Spread on the bread, top with salmon, sprinkle the chives over the salmon, and top with second slice of bread. Grind white pepper to taste.

Late Summer Chicory Salad with Seeded Whole-Wheat Croutons

 

Serves 1

 

For the salad:

6 leaves chicory, any type

2 radish

2 small patty pan squash (also known as scallop squash or white squash)

6 sprigs purslane

12 small sprigs watercress

12 thin slices bulb of fennel

12 thin slices cucumber

6 fronds of top of fennel

1 thick slice whole wheat bread, torn into croutons, tossed in olive oil with fresh thyme and salt. Toasted on a sheet pan until golden and crisp throughout.

 

For the dressing (makes extra):

¹⁄₄ packed cup of watercress leaves

³⁄₄ cup aioli or mayonnaise

2 – 4 tbsp lemon juice

2 tbs fine Dijon style mustard

2 tbs tarragon leaves

4 stems chives or 1 scallion, white and green, 5” long

¹⁄₄ tsp salt

pepper to taste

Cook watercress in a small saucepan of salted boiling water for 30 seconds. Drain and rinse the watercress in cold water. Squeeze out excess water. Put all of the ingredients in a blender and process until smooth. If the dressing needs to be thinner, add a little bit of water and stir in until it is thin enough to drizzle on the salad. Adjust seasoning if necessary.

 

Toss all of the salad greens, shaved vegetables, herbs, and croutons together, plate, and drizzle with the dressing.

 

 

 

 

 

NEW GOOP! :D

SO GOOD!

Soundtrack preview for Country Song:

 

http://wycd.radio.com/2010/10/13/country-strong-movie-soundtrack/

 

and YES it has 'Me and Tennessee' on there (the one by Chris Martin!)

Tweeted yesterday by Cory (the guy who plays Finn):

 

 

Can't wait!

Soundtrack preview for Country Song:

 

http://wycd.radio.com/2010/10/13/country-strong-movie-soundtrack/

 

and YES it has 'Me and Tennessee' on there (the one by Chris Martin!)

 

THANKS!! :kiss:

 

I saw the trailer for the movie and it looks good!! The music video for the country strong single has also been released:

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hcO82k5rf8]YouTube - Gwyneth Paltrow "Country Strong" music video[/ame]

You know, I think she is beautiful and I am very defensive of her when people rubbish her. I also am farking jealous of her as she is married to my ideal man....lol. So it's a love/jealous thing. I have to say she looked smokin' in that Country Strong video. I totally get why Chris married her. She's a total babe. Not in a years worth of lipo/plastic surgery/Tracy Anderson/Yoga/hairdressing would I ever look even half as nice. FML. lol.

Preview The Soundtrack For ‘Country Strong’

Gwyneth is going to be on Great American Country (GAC-TV) this week in their "On the Streets" show. Friday night they showed a snip of the "Country Strong" video. Here's the link for times:

 

http://www.gactv.com/gac/shows_str/episode/0,,GAC_26158_72154,00.html

 

See, sometimes it's good to have a country fan around... :laugh3:

Omg, I love this woman.

i love this man so much

^ I see what you did thar.

Gwyneth is going to be on Great American Country (GAC-TV) this week in their "On the Streets" show. Friday night they showed a snip of the "Country Strong" video. Here's the link for times:

 

http://www.gactv.com/gac/shows_str/episode/0,,GAC_26158_72154,00.html

 

See, sometimes it's good to have a country fan around... :laugh3:

 

Thanks for the heads up. ;)

I love Gwyneth very much, hot woman. :D

Details of Gwyneth Paltrow's Glee Appearance Revealed

3 days ago by Christopher Rosen

 

"Ryan Murphy was at the Paley Center for Media in Los Angeles last night and he just so happened to discuss the upcoming Gwyneth Paltrow guest appearance on Glee. Ryan's in the middle of filming the episode with his real-life friend right now, and he was more than willing to tell everyone what he had planned for her.

 

Apparently, Gwynnie will play a "terrible" substitute teacher (which is weird, considering we had initially heard all the kids would love her), sing a song from Chicago, and "scream at a teapot while dressed as Mary Todd Lincoln." Whatever that means. Anyway, we can wait to see what Gwyneth can bring to McKinley High, so long as she doesn't mention GOOP."

 

http://www.wetpaint.com/glee/articles/details-of-gwyneth-paltrows-glee-appearance-revealed

I love Gwyneth very much, hot woman. :D

 

I totally agree with every word you said.