Model Helena Christensen has visited Gwyneth Paltrow at a New York hospital, just days after the actress gave birth to her second child.

According to a family spokeswoman, Paltrow gave birth to her son Moses over the weekend.

When asked by reporters who she was visiting as she left the hospital, Christensen said, "who do you think?" before laughing and adding, "The baby is gorgeous!"The model said she bought the new mother a gift. "I got her a silver gold necklace with three hearts," she said.

Mother and baby were said to be both "100 percent" healthy, but no further details about the arrival of Moses were being disclosed, spokeswoman Emily Yomtovian said.

Earlier in the day, Gwyneth's husband and Coldplay frontman Chris Martin was seen walking into Mount Sinai Hospital, striding briskly past a group of photographers without making a comment.

Paltrow, 33, and Martin, 29, have a daughter named Apple Blythe Alison Martin, who turns 2 next month.

Source: ITN

The tickets to Elbow's show Saturday at the Avalon read "all ages," but perhaps it should have been billed "for mature audiences only."

It's not that the Manchester, England-based quintet's lyrics are laced with expletives, but its thoughtful, mostly midtempo rock is not recommended for those suffering from attention deficit disorder. Elbow's music is aimed at listeners who appreciate subtle musical flourishes and clever wordplay without being hit over that head with a hammer of power chords.

That isn't a bad description of Elbow's sound. The quintet has been frequently compared to fellow Brits Coldplay, whose Chris Martin has said he borrowed from Elbow's "Grace Under Pressure" for his "Fix You." The similarity proved valid Saturday, only Garvey's vocals -- which range from a throaty monotone to a soothing higher register -- sound more like Peter Gabriel's than Martin's. While Garvey is a personable frontman, he doesn't exude the sort of charisma or showmanship that make Coldplay and Gabriel such compelling live acts.That became clear three songs into the set when singer-guitarist Guy Garvey led Elbow through "Leaders of the Free World," the title track of its recently released V2 album. In the song, Garvey's weary protagonist is "sick of working for a living" and "just ticking off the days 'til (he) dies." Yet he still has the strength to dismiss the titular leaders as "little boys throwing stones" until "they're knocking on the doors of your homes." While punk rockers may have delivered similar ethos nearly 30 years ago over machine-gun guitars and a ranting vocal, Elbow stretched it out into a simmering six-minute-plus exercise that never quite reached the boiling point, but made you believe that Garvey's narrator is at the end of his rope.

In spite of the brooding nature of some of Elbow's material, Garvey turned out to be quite the good-natured host. Apologizing for the band's absence from touring, Garvey noted that guitarist Mark Potter and his brother, Elbow keyboardist Craig, both recently became fathers. (Later in the set, he dedicated the intimate ballad "Newborn" to the new arrivals.) When a member of the audience shouted, "Dads rule!," Garvey asked, "Does that make us 'dad rock'?"

However, there were a few moments in which Elbow turned up the heat, breaking from its usual somber balladry. "Mexican Standoff," from the new album, rocked with an enticing mix of Bo Diddley and Latin-flavored beats. On another number -- which sounded like an eerie Tom Waits track, only with the gruff vocals replaced by Garvey's croon -- the bearded frontman pounded on a pair of drums while lights flashed along with the beats. Then there was the celebratory set closer "Forget Myself," which inspired fans to clap along. If Elbow can continue to come up with more songs like that, then perhaps it could really give Coldplay a run for its money.

Source: http://today.reuters.com

With his austere lifestyle, strict dietary pronouncements and commandments on the plague of unfair trade, Chris Martin has always displayed something of a penchant for Old Testament values. For the latest off-spring of the Coldplay front man and his wife, the Oscar-winning film star Gwyneth Paltrow, it is a legacy their newborn boy will bear even more publicly. Yesterday the couple announced the birth of their son, and that they had called him Moses.

The child arrived safely this weekend, according to the actress’s spokeswoman Emily Yomtobian who could neither confirm nor deny whether his passage into the world had been hastened through a Caesarean section. Ms Yomtobian would say only that he was healthy, adding: “Mum and baby are both doing well. I’m sure they are ecstatic.”

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The Campaign to Make Poverty History announced today the MTV broadcast premiere of its new campaign to reach and engage millions of Americans in the fight against global AIDS and extreme poverty.

“The “ONE Click Spot” will air as part of an MTV News report during the highly-popular “Total Request Live” on Monday, April 10 and stars some of the biggest names in music and Hollywood, including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Tom Hanks, Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz, Penelope Cruz, Gwen Stefani, Dave Matthews, Coldplay, Sean “P. Diddy” Combs, Orlando Bloom, Heidi Klum, Salma Hayek, Jewel, 50 Cent and Bono.

In the spot, each clicks their fingers to show that every three seconds, a child dies of AIDS and extreme poverty-and that millions of Americans have the power to come together as ONE and save lives in Africa and the world’s poorest countries.The :30 spots in support of ONE will continue to roll out across MTV, MTV2, MTVU and MTV Overdrive, inviting viewers to visit http://WWW.ONE.ORG to learn more about the emergency of global AIDS and extreme poverty and what they and America can do to help create hope and opportunity for the world’s poorest people.

“MTV is honored to host the ONE SPOT across our platforms in our continuing efforts to bring awareness to global AIDS and poverty,” said Ian Rowe, vice president of strategic partnerships and public affairs. “It is possible to end extreme poverty, so we hope it will be another tool to engage our audience on these dire issues and inspire them to be a part of the fight.”

The MTV broadcast builds on the success of the historic Live 8 events and airs on the one year anniversary of the 2005 premiere of the first “ONE SPOT”, seen by millions across MTV Networks and Viacom outlets. Close to 1 million people attended 2005’s Live 8 concert in Philadelphia, joining with the 3.8 billion people around the world who turned up, tuned in or logged on to ask America and the world’s leaders to deliver a historic deal on debt, HIV/AIDS and trade for Africa at the 2005 Gleneagles G8 Summit.

On a wave of support from the LIVE 8 concerts, the G8 leaders met five days later for a landmark meeting that achieved more than any G8 in history. Leaders promised $25 billion more for Africa and $50 billion more globally by 2010 and agreed to provide write off over $50 billion in crushing debt for 38 of the world’s poorest countries and give access to HIV/AIDS drugs not just to everyone who can afford them, but to everyone who needs them. The G8 also agreed to provide basic schooling for every child by 2015, giving the over 100 million children currently out of school around the world the opportunity to receive an education.

“One thing that all these leaders agree on is that to fight extreme stupid poverty, getting kids in schools is one of the best investments we can make,” said U2 lead singer and DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa) co-founder Bono.

If kept, the G8’s historic commitments could save over 4.5 million lives a year by 2010. Today, over 1 billion people live on less than $1 a day, and every day in Africa, HIV/AIDS kills 6,600 people, 8,500 people are infected with the HIV virus and 1,400 newborn babies are infected during childbirth. ONE is helping Americans raise their voices as ONE against the emergency of AIDS and extreme poverty, joining together to ask leaders to do more to change and save millions of lives in the world’s poorest countries.

ABOUT ONE: THE CAMPAIGN TO MAKE POVERTY HISTORY

ONE — http://www.one.org — is a new effort by Americans to rally Americans — ONE by ONE — to fight the emergency of global AIDS and extreme poverty. ONE is a coalition of 2 million people and over 70 of the nation’s leading relief, humanitarian and advocacy organizations. For more information, please visit: http://www.one.org

Source: usnewswire.com/

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow and Coldplay singer Chris Martin have had their second child, a boy.

Moses Martin was born during the weekend in New York, Paltrow's spokesman said.

What do you think of the name Moses? Vote in our new poll here

Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin have added to their family. Their second child, a son named Moses Martin, was born this weekend, the actress's rep tells people.com.

The Shakespeare in Love Oscar winner, 33, and her British-born Coldplay frontman husband, 29, already have a daughter, Apple, born May 14, 2004.

Moses is the name of a song Martin wrote for his wife in 2003.

More on Moses Martin here

Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow has reportedly given birth to a baby boy, report entertainmentwise.com.

According to Perez Hilton, Paltrow under went a caesarean section in a New York hospital this weekend. It is believed that she and her Coldplay husband Chris Martin have welcomed a baby boy into the world. People magazine have reported this afternoon that the happy couple have named their new baby boy Moses Martin... how very biblical!

The couple already have a young daughter, Apple who is now two.

Apple Martin has a baby brother, ET confirmed today. Superstar parents Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin welcomed their second child over the weekend.

After months of speculation about her blossoming figure, Gwyneth revealed her pregnancy in January at a Screen Actors Guild showing of 'Proof' in Beverly Hills. During an interview session following the screening, Lou Diamond Phillips announced Paltrow as a "pregnant woman," then asked her how far along she was. A smiling Gwyneth replied, "Far enough along to feel very cumbersome."

When an audience member asked how she got her hair so shiny, the Oscar winner answered, "It must be the prenatal vitamins ... I've been taking them for a few years." This is the second child for Gwyneth and her Coldplay hubby. Apple turns 2 years old in May.

More on this here

That Chris Martin. Funny guy or what? The Coldplay frontman had 'em in stitches in the US recently when he bashed out an impromptu tribute on the piano - to Maria Carey's knockers.

Chris was asked by an American reporter if he felt Maria was "on his tail" for the distinction of having 2005's best-selling album. "She's not, but one of her boobs is," he joked before going on to croon an instant tribute...

"Mariah Carey's boobs are so nice, and she don't mess around. If she had been aboard the Titanic, there's no way that ship would have gone down."

Source: mirror.co.uk

Word has gotten around that Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow are expecting again, but did you know there's another Coldplay baby on the way?

According to the band's official web site forum, Coldplay drummer Will Champion and his wife Marianne will soon be parents. In a post dated March 29th, Coldplay.com's webmaster confirmed that Will and Marianne, a teacher, are expecting their first child. The webmaster writes that the couple's pregnancy "hasn't been reported because their profile is low, but yes, it's true." She adds that Will and Marianne's baby "is due soon."

Congratulations to Will and Marianne!

Source: netmusiccountdown.com

Oscar winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow allegedly collected a $3.6m kitty for a three-minute cameo in new film 'Infamous'.

The cameo was Paltrow's first role since taking maternity leave to have her daughter Apple. The actress was allegedly able to command the massive sum because she agreed to sing one song for the film.

A source revealed to celebrity gossip magazine 'Heat': "No actress has earned this sort of money for just one day's work. When you're talking about someone as beautiful and iconic as Gwyneth making her film comeback after having her baby, then it's the performance that counts."

Top records as rated by Billboard magazine based on sales and airplay for the preceding week.

Dance Tracks:

1. "Oh Yeah, Oh Six," Yello.

2. "Ooh La La," Goldfrapp.

3. "Give Me Your Love," Carl Cox.

4. "It Makes a Difference," Kim English.

5. "Fever (L.E.X. Mixes)," Bette Midler.

6. "Glory of Life," Mink.

7. "I Want More (Cling On to Me)," Amuka.

8. "Stars Above Us," Saint Etienne.

9. "Talk," Coldplay.

10. "Sorry," Madonna.

Pictures courtesy of u2rob:

Far from my best work, but I suppose they're some okay results considering how freakin' far away we were! Let's hear it again for 12x zoom...

These are from the final night of the Coldplay Twisted Logic Tour in North America... they almost certainly won't be back until they have a new album to tour.

See all the stunning pictures here

On Monday 13th February, Coldplay performed to an intimate audience at legendary Abbey Road Studios in London as part of BBC Radio 2's Live & Exclusive season. The show will be broadcast tonight at 8.30-9.30pm [GMT].

You can listen at 97-99fm, via DAB radio or online here. It will also be available to listen to for seven days after transmission.

Discuss the gig as it broadcasts here

Coldplay's latest hit is an ode to the assets of Mariah Carey. Except you would have had to have been at the China Club on Thursday to hear its one-off performance.

Chris Martin's band was giving a private concert for winners of a contest sponsored by radio station WPLJ, when he was asked about the competition between Coldplay's "X&Y" and Carey's "The Emancipation of Mimi" for biggest-selling album of 2005. When WPLJ reporter Brad Blanks asked Martin how he felt about having Mariah on his tail, he replied: "She's not, but one of her boobs is. They do most of her work. Last week I was chased down the street by an enormous boob. I think it was hers."

Martin even made up a song on the spot, sitting at his keyboard: "Man's been traveling through space and man's been to the moon and man's spent most of his intelligence desiring Mariah Carey boobs."

As the crowd laughed, he continued: "Mariah Carey's boobs are so nice, and she don't mess around. If she had been aboard the Titanic, there's no way that ship would have gone down."

Can't wait for Mariah's response track.

More on this here [thanks radioactive_coldplayer]

Well I can’t believe it’s over. Several weeks ago I had an idea to try to do something special on the last night of the US leg of the CP tour…to say thank you and to show the guys how much their music means to their fans in the US. In the end I met some great people who showed great committment and determination to help my idea come to life. To the friends I have made I say a big thank you for your efforts…I think we accomplished what we set out to do.

The night started off great our meeting in the parking lot was great…a chance to finally meet the people behind the forum ID’s and countless emails. We had members from as far away as Florida and Ontario. Trying to figure out how we would get 12,000 signs in took a bit of figuring but again everyone stepped up and did what they had to do. As we approached the door as a group the trouble began. A very stern and assertive security guard with and intimidating russian accent shouted “you can not bring those in!!! After some smooth talking by Barbara (AiresLady) the guard agreed to ask for a decision from the top guy. After a few minutes and silent prayers they let us in!!! You can imagine the relief we felt once we got through the door. We had put to much time, effort and money into making those signs and we were not going to take no for an answer. Once in we finalized the plan and found our seats.

Read the full review here

View the pictures here

Chris was very ill for the performance with a cold, congestion and throat problems…definitely did NOT want to be there, but bravo to him and Jonny for making a go of it, making us laugh and playing a few songs for the 95 of us that were there.

Show started with Chris announcing he was ill, followed by a performance of Til Kingdom Come/Ring of Fire Medley.

The host of the show chose me to ask the first question during the first of three Q&A sessions (I had mentioned to her earlier that I’d be following the band to philly this evening) and asked, “Since Jonny has been singing Don’t Panic in concert lately, and you’re ill Chris, why not have Jonny sing the whole show…yeah, not as witty as I had intended.

Read the full review and find out the setlist here

View pictures of the performance here

United Center, Chicago, IL 31st March 2006

Invevitably, a day with no load in following a party is going to be a slow and quiet one. This is enhanced by the fact that Richard Ashcroft isn’t well today, which means no soundcheck, and no show for him. it’s by far the most Sunday-like day of the tour. There’s plenty of afternoon naps and very little activity until finally, showtime rolls around.

The ‘Powers of Ten’ footage that is shown on the rears screen during The Scientist, is a journey through outer and inner space, as the camera zooms from the far ends of the universe through solar systems and planets, to the Earth, and then down to a guy lying in a park by a lake, continuing into his skin, down to the cells and moelcules in his body. The lake just happens to be Lake Michigan. As the zoom reaches an ariel view of Chicago, there’s a cheer of recognition. With the likes of Google Earth, I guess it won’t be long before a tour shows a zoom in from space to the roof of the venue each night. For tonight though, it’s special.

The show continues the exceedingly relaxed vibe, when a beanbag and popcorn is bourght onstage for Guy at the start of the acoustic section of the show. It’s explained that this is an early birthday present. It has been provided to allow him to enjoy the first half of ‘Til Kingdom Come’, during which he doesn’t play. He sits back with a grin and a bottle of beer and proceeds to spend the majority of the song throwing popcorn at Jonny.

Source: The Coldplayer

[use a spell check next time please!]

The arguments in the case between Apple Computer and the Beatles' Apple Corps came to an end on Wednesday, with the judge promising to issue a decision in the battle over the use of the Apple logo later this month.

Apple Corps initiated the lawsuit against Apple Computer in London's High Court because it said the computer maker had violated a 1991 agreement in which both companies agreed to stay out of each others' business territory.

The record label claims that Apple Computer broke the agreement when it launched its iTunes Music Store and branded it with the now-famous logo of an apple with a bite missing from one side. Apple Corps' own logo is a green Granny Smith apple.

Read the full article here

Coldplay's Chris Martin introduced Bryan Adams, who was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame during the broadcast of the Award ceremony.

This is Chris Martin's Juno's speech:

"You better be quiet coz I can’t hear myself think. Seriously, seriously, seriously............

...........

Indira Ghandi’s grandfather once told her that there were two kinds of people in the world. Those who worked hard and those who took the credit. We try and take the credit, but this guy, we’re about to introduce, is one of the second kind of people, who works hard and [can you go a bit fast on that *laughs*].

Anyway. Tonight’s inductee into the Hall of Fame is fantastic and I love him very much and he just hugged me backstage, which was, to be honest, arousing [keep going. I’m going off script a bit. It doesn’t matter…]

He has played in over 72 countries [wow] and played for over 8 people. Oh. 88 million people with sales of so many albums, you couldn’t fit them in Canada.

He is a Grammy, Juno, American Music Award, People Magazine, Oscar winner, Golden Globe Nominee, an officer of Canadian Customs [oh no!] The Order of Canada *laughs*. He’s pretty amazing, that’s the point of this [crow go wild] Wait, wait, wait…

Any great thing, like Live8 or Live Aid, he’s always there. He’s a crucial part of it and that’s kind of all I’ve got to say about him.

He’s fantastic. He’s a National Treasure for you and for the whole world, really and whenever there’s a Canadian flag waving, he’s proud to say he’s part of that community.

He’s Bryan Adams and that’s all there is to know about him…

The newest addition to the Canadian Music Hall of Fame is Bryan Adams"

For the forthcoming show [the last in the final US leg of the Twisted Logic Tour] in Philadelphia...

The momentum is building... we have 8 people who have volunteered to print and pass out signs to hold up at the last U.S. show in Philly but we need even more!!!

The more we can get to help, the more amazing the guys will feel. This is the last Coldplay show for us in the U.S. for a very long time as they go off to create the best Coldplay album yet. Let's do all we can do to make it an unbelievable night for Chris, Johnny, Will and Guy!!!

If we all printed out a pack of paper worth of signs can you imagine what that place would look like....incredible!!!!!!!!

So far we have folks in Sec. 102, 115, 1, 7, and 8a. As you can see we have some holes and really need some help in the 100 sections. If anyone saw the pictures from the DC show where DreamOutLoud and her group passed out Happy Birthday signs for Chris it looked beautiful and Chris was visibly touched.

Lets make the Philly show one that both Coldplay and the fans won't soon forget.

To help out click here

Make plans to flee town while you can. There are black holes that suck less than this lineup. How much vile Limey crapness can one venue stand? If you don't know why Coldplay are evil, then you're evil. You also like James Blunt, U2, Morrissey and Travis. And you think the stuff on sale at Pier 1 is "classy." Ex-Verve singer "Grizzly" Dick Ashcroft once boasted to the NME that he was "in the same room" as the Beatles and Hendrix. And so he is. "Hey, boy! Move your arse! More tea and biscuits-chop chop! And clear up Mr. Hendrix's drug vomit while you're at it, you miserable little hippie toe-rag."

[source: Philadelphiaweekly.com]

So autumjoy had all these grand plans of how to wander around the city looking for the guys. Me, being the paranoid cynical type I am thought this was a little crazy and would never work. I went to the huge (amazing) Broken Social Scene concert Saturday night, and woke up Sunday hardly able to hear, and barely able to move I ached so much. As much as I really wanted to find the guys, I couldn't bear the though of moving more than a couple of feet at a time, and like I said, I didn't think we had much of a chance anyway.

Then Joy called. She'd been hanging out around the Metro Centre, and had met them all on the way into soundcheck. (I'll let her give you the details of that.) I finished getting ready and hightailed it down there myself. Guy, Will and Jonny had already left, but Chris was still inside rehearsing. There was basically no one there besides autumnjoy's family and a couple of other people. Everyone else was at the other end of the building lining the red carpet hoping to see someone...

I had made it just in time. Chris came out in that black hoodie of his. And we all went a bit crazy. I asked him to sign my arobtth cover. I'm shy to begin with, but I wasn't as tounge-tied as I was afraid of being, even though I just sort of mumbled stuff. It's strange... the sort of things I wish I could say is how that album you just signed was the first real cd I ever owned, and how it gets played twice as often as anything, and how the music changed my world and means so much to me. But of course however true that may be it's all cliches and in the end I just go along with other people's conversations.

Chris talks about how cold it is and how can we stand it out there. (The wind was ferocious that day and he was just wearing a thin hoodie) I think I said something about getting used to it and shrugging. Someone told him how they could hear the soundcheck and it sounded really good. Chris gave a typical it was crap kind of answer (have I mentioned how much I love this guy yet?) and promised it would be awesome that night. Autumnjoy's mom got up to courage to ask if she could see Chris's new haircut, to which he said something about how he was still really self-concious about it.

He was so amazingly patient with everyone, and seemed like he was in a really good mood, even if he was shivering. He posed for pictures with people, and signed autographs and stuff. Of course I was so starstruck by that point I couldn't even squeak out a request for a picture, and so he was off.

Seriously. Nicest guy in the universe.

And for the record, in spite of whatever misgivings he had about the haircut, based on what I saw at the actual Junos, I'd say its my favorite haircut of his ever. It looked perfect. No worries.

More on this here [thanks Erin]

I’m just home now (my sister wanted to go downtown to see about getting into a club where Black Eyed Peas was hosting a party… the line was around the block.. we skipped).

I had the most incredible day. I talked to Chris and Guy as they were heading in for soundcheck… soooo nice. I can’t say enough about how nice Chris is. Guy didn’t talk much, but he was sweet too. Got autographs, pictures with the boys, etc… it was … just.. unbelievable.

I’ll upload pics and vids later.

You know, there’s a reason we all love this band so much. It’s not just because they create the most incredible music in the world. Or because they’re pretty damn fine. And it’s not because they check on their fans during a performance (although, that’s a pretty big reason).

It’s because they’re so nice, and so normal. A tech guy unrelated to the coldplay tech guys came out, looked at me, said “weren’t you the one that got a pic with Coldplay?” I said yes, and he went on to praise Chris and talk about how down to earth he is and how nice and kind and friendly and warm… etc…

Thats why we love these boys. They aren’t rock stars… they’re lovely people who play and sing incredibly well.

Well, at least… that’s why I love them.

Goodnight! Like I said.. more pictures and videos to follow.. and pictures of the back of my Parachutes album (vinyl) which is scrawled with siggys now [thanks Autumnjoy]

Voting has now ended in the MTV Australia VMA Awards 2006. Coldplay are nominated in the following categories:

Album of the year

Viewers choice award

The Awards ceremony takes place on 12th April 2006 on MTV at 7pm [Thanks Nik]