One of the things we all know about Gwyneth Paltrow is that she kind of epitomizes the bubble of privilege, frequently invoking the ire of pretty much everyone else on the planet when she pulls her “I’m a mom just like you!” schtick or just basically being born on third base and acting like she hit a triple.

Paltrow has attempted to fashion herself as a bit of a hipper Martha Stewart, offering up lifestyle tips on her website GOOP and advocating foods, practices and products that are- for most families- a bit out of reach. But she always comes back around to her version of “I’m totally accessible Gwynnie!” which usually just manages to piss everyone off.

Interestingly, it seems that Paltrow has finally managed to relate to some average moms- while alienating a fair few others- speaking in a Bazaar interview on the topic of the expectations of motherhood, feminism, and the general conundrum of balance faced by many women with children nowadays. As a single mom with no choice but to work, though, I can see that even while speaking to some moms, her comments still smack a bit as being made by someone who has never had make hard choices other than Per Se or Nobu. What Paltrow said was in the context of advising a friend, and she commented:

“…I said this may not be feminist, but you have to compromise. It’s been all about you and you’re a big deal. And if you want what you’re saying you want—a family—you have to be a wife, and that is part of the equation. Gloria Steinem may string me up by my toes, but all I can do is my best, and I can do only what works for me and my family.”

Ah yes, Gloria Steinem. I remember that time she knocked on my door and gave me a stern talking to about casual use of the term “bitches and hoes.” So embarrassing, but I’m glad she is the All-Seeing Feminism Police to enforce these things. Anyway, Paltrow may have touched a nerve there with some, though others felt that it acknowledge some of what women have to think about every day, as well as the feeling that you are either being a good mom and housewife or a good feminist, but not both. Yet- in the demographic I already identified about- this part stings a little:

“I have little kids in school. I want to maintain my marriage and my family, so I have to be here when [husband and Coldplay frontman Chris Martin] comes home.”

Eep. I can only speak for myself and not all mommy bloggers- which I am only by merit of the facts people have exited my body and I blog by trade- that whether Gwyneth realizes it, that statement is loaded with judgment, double standard, sexism and yes, privilege. Especially in America- a place she’s said before she’s not too hot on- the single-income family is all but dead- and while you might identify with that statement in your heart or gasp love your career, being unable to live it (or worse, suffering the circumstance of a marriage that fell apart under strain or a child who needed you when you were in a mandatory meeting) makes you feel inadequate enough without someone with boatloads of money, a nanny and a Pilates trainer who lives at their house driving the knife a bit deeper.

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Gwyneth Paltrow isn’t your typical Hollywood leading lady, she prefers hard work and a great diet over botox and plastic surgery. The actress graces this month’s Harper’s Bazaar and she tells the magazine “I’ll take my wrinkles” while admitting “I don’t like the Botox thing.”

Gwyneth admits in the magazine that “i eat whatever I want. I like bread and cheese and wine, and that makes my life fun and enjoyable.” but she says her secret to staying fit and looking young is detoxing her body to “restart” her system. Gwyneth even sells a cleanse system on her goop.com website.

Her diet seems to work really well as she’s always fitting into body slimming dresses from Eli Saab and Stella McCartney to Emilio Pucci and Alexander McQueen.

Her biggest mistaken from time to time? In 2002 she didn’t like the way she wore her hair with the Alexander McQueen outfit, noting, “I think the hair was a mistake. I shouldn’t have had it braided.”

Gwyneth appears in the magazines March edition and you can read more from her interview at harpersbazaar.com/gwyneth.

Do you think Gwyneth Paltrow is aging gracefully or could she use a few pounds packed onto her petite frame?

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People say stupid things. For most of us, those stupid things are only heard by a handful of people. But for celebrities, well, they can spew their ignorance onto millions of people at a time.

Sense About Science (SAS), a charity which works to promote scientific knowledge, pointed out a few celebrities who made incorrect statements during 2011. Simon Cowell, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Snooki were all guilty of bad science in 2011.

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GQ typically praises the Hollywood elite for being the sexiest people on the planet, for being the most powerful, or for being the richest. But the magazine can also honors those “other” celebrities. Today GQ released “The 25 Least Influential People Alive” list, and apparently Gwyneth Paltrow and January Jones find themselves in that “other” category of celebrity.

Some choices on the list are obvious. Harold Camping, for instance, just can’t make the world end. He’s been trying for decades but every doomsday prediction has ended in embarrassment. After his last failed prediction, the rapture promising preacher has decided to retire his fire and brimstone speeches.

Some choices are less obvious, like, well, President Obama. GQ writes:

“Okay, so we’re cheating a bit with this one. He did order the raid that wiped Osama bin Laden off the face of the earth. But then he used that surplus of political capital to let everyone in Washington stick a boot in his ass. This is a man who should be the most transformational figure of the century. Hell, he promised to be that. Instead he wields all the power of a substitute teacher at night school.”

And then there are some that we can probably all agree on. After ridiculing Gwyneth’s cookbook and her endless award show appearances, GQ asks: Is it any wonder we all loved watching her die in Contagion?

Here’s the complete list of the “25 Least Influential People Alive.”

1. Tim Pawlenty
2. Princess Beatrice
3. Ed Schultz
4. Tia and Tamera Mowry
5. Team Spider-Man (Bono, the Edge, and Julie Taymor)
6. Hank Williams Jr.
7. Amy Chua
8. Steve Williams
9. Hosni Mubarak
10. January Jones
11. Harold Camping
12. Paul Reiser
13. Jeff Ashton
14. Arnold Schwarzenegger
15. Léo Apotheker
16. Gwyneth Paltrow
17. Tina Brown
18. Tila Tequila
19. Dr. Marcus Bachmann
20. Rosie Huntington-Whitely
21. Bobby Bonilla
22. Rapper Pitbull
23. Harrison Ford
24. John Boehner
25. President Obama

Who would you put on the least influential list?

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Gwyneth Paltrow is so extremely talented… in the art of self-aggrandizing.

Paltrow- who grew up the rich, blonde child of two Hollywood-connected parents, has spoken out again about her cutting-edge coming of age experiences, specifically being at the forefront of the reform of race relations in America. Paltrow’s ability to annoy and irritate by being simultaneously unaware of her privilege while condescending every other person in the rest of America is so prolific, and her recent comments about her dad’s work on an 80′s TV show as a testament to her being down-ness is so tone deaf it’s almost offensive.

HuffPo has a full battery of Paltrow’s latest comments about the cultural impact of her family, mainly due to her dad Bruce Paltrow’s show The White Shadow. (And the blog makes some notes about Paltrow’s perceptions about the show):

 ”And that show that he did — I mean, obviously we were there a lot, but it was interesting to see that culturally start to permeate. And he did a lot of ‘firsts’ on that show. He had the first interracial kiss ever. It was a good show.” (Editor’s Note: As a point of fact, the first televised interracial kiss was between William Shatner and Nichelle Nichols on “Star Trek” in 1968.)

Paltrow continues:

“I don’t want to bemoan the fact that it should’ve happened 50 years ago, because it’s here now. And it’s like the way I see it is that I have two little kids who are understanding the world in a time when Rihanna is on the cover of Vogue, and we have a black president. So their eyes are being as if they’re experiencing the world for the first time… When my daughter understood what a president was, it was a black man. It’s not like me, where I grew up with all of these old white guys one after another … Their perspective on race and everything is completely open and completely different to how it was when I was a kid.”

You can read the entirety of Paltrow’s comments over on HuffPo.

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Gwyneth Paltrow who turned 39 on Tuesday partied like it was her 21st birthday and the next day she took to the web to talk about her hard partying night.

Paltrow tweeted:

“Nursing a horrific hangover at the jfk,” while adding, “Nothing like starting an overseas flight dehydrated. Where is the dog, I need the hair.”

After her tweet gal pal Ali Wentworth tweeted back:

“Happy Hang-over!!!! Heard it was CRAZY! Next year Paris!”

To which Paltrow replied:

“I was over served, its not my fault. Or is it?”

The tweet is a bit amusing since back in 2006 Paltrow told The Guardian:

“I’m not really a drinker. Like the last time I got drunk was on holiday in Spain three years ago,” and “I think it’s gross. I really don’t like drunk women; I think it is such a bad look. I think it’s very inappropriate and I don’t like it.”

Apparently she isn’t much of an adult since she also said:

“I don’t really have drunk friends. My friends are kind of adult; they have a drink. But they hold their liquor. I think it’s incredibly embarrassing when people are drunk. It just looks so ridiculous. I find it very degrading.”

I wonder if she found her own birthday to be “incredibly embarrassing.”

What do you think about Paltrow going out to have a few drinks for her birthday? I just want to know what she had to drink to have a “horrific hangover” since she’s not typically a big drinker.

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The last time Matt Damon and Gwyneth Paltrow appeared on screen together, it was in 1999 for The Talented Mr. Ripley. The two actors were both in their 20s while they filmed the Anthony Minghella picture. Now, more than a decade later, Damon and Paltrow have reunited on the big screen for Contagion. 

Damon said that working with Paltrow this time around was a lot different than when they filmed The Talented Mr. Ripley. In the new movie, Damon and Paltrow are married in the new film. Paltrow’s character becomes sick from a mysterious virus and Damon tries to save his family.

Damon said:

“(Ripley) feels like a lifetime ago… I was reminded of just how amazing she is, she’s a really special actress. More so than anybody I’ve ever worked with, she’s got an ability to turn it on and off. Like she can just be talking about anything and then when they say, ‘Rolling,’ it’s like she snaps, she just locks in.”

Here’s the trailer for The Talented Mr. Ripley. 

Damon, who has been married to Luciana Barroso for nearly 6 years, has three kids now. The LA Times reports that Paltrow also has a few kids of her own, Apple and Moses, with Coldplay singer Chris Martin.

Paltrow said:

“Obviously a lot has changed. I have kids, I’ve grown up a lot… It was really nice to get back together with Matt and talk about old times. It was fun.”

Here’s the Contagion trailer.

They’ve aged horribly… Do you think Gwyneth Paltrow and Matt Damon still have on-screen chemistry?

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Actress Gwyneth Paltrow is preparing to play a sex addict in a new comedy, quite the departure from her recent Oscar-winning performance and cookbook creating role.

The 38-year-old A-lister has signed on to play Thanks For Sharing, where she’ll star next to Nip/Tuck star Joely Richardson and the always fun to watch Tim Robbins.

The move is being directed by The Kids are All Right screenwriter Stuart Blumberg, marking the first time he’ll step behind the camera.

Here’s the synopsis for the movie from Entertainment Weekly:

Thanks for Sharing tells the story of a group of people who bond over their sex addictions. Patrow’ll play Phoebe, a businesswoman who gets romantically involved with Joey, another addict played by Mark Ruffalo.

If you simply can’t get enough of Ruffalo and Paltrow together they are also already working together on 2012′s superhero flick The Avengers in which Ruffalo plays The Hulk and Paltrow revives her role as Pepper Potts from the Iron Man series.

Speaking of the upcoming sex addicted comedy Blumberg says:

“I couldn’t imagine actors more perfect than Gwyneth, Mark, Tim and Joely for this film,” while adding, “I can’t wait to see them bring these characters to life with their unique and formidable talents.”

Will you be heading out to theaters when Gwyneth Paltrow and Mark Ruffalo debut Thank for Sharing?  I personally am growing a little bit tired of the friends with benefits type movies that seem to be popping up on a semi-regular basis as of late.

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Lots of celebrities head out to the Hamptons on Long Island for at least part of the summer, occupying sprawling estates just a few hours east of Manhattan.

One such star is Gwyneth Paltrow- who, among other traits, is known for being a bit… snobby. When Paltrow isn’t writing about organic, artisanal and free-range foods on her blog Goop or complaining about how crass and uninteresting her fellow Americans are, she likes to kick back on an estate out in the Hamptons with her soft-rockstar husband.

Paltrow is no stranger to player haters who have complained her star power is largely due to being born to rich, famous parents. So it probably wasn’t a shock to her when a rumor began circulating she didn’t treat the help all that well when staying at her Hamptons hideaway. As the story goes, Paltrow’s maid was offered a ride to the star’s digs in the summer heat, and gladly accepted- which set the star off:

“Gwyneth was mad that the maid showed strangers where she lived,” the insider tells Us. “Gwyneth said, ‘Please don’t give my maid a ride again!’”

Reps for Paltrow deny the incident occurred, and says that Paltrow’s maid actually has a car, thank you very much. Alas, the tale probably gained traction- whether it happened or not- because the actions described sound a bit like something Paltrow could do, based on her public persona. Still, her rep insists:

“Her housekeeper has a car, and Gwyneth would never say something like that.”

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Gwyneth Paltrow is pretty well-known in the media for a certain level of snobbery, and she often speaks of her aversion to living in America due to our boring dinner party conversations and other cultural shortcomings.

A few years back in an interview in Europe, Paltrow said of her newly adopted homeland that she preferred “living [in England] because [she doesn't] fit into the bad side of American psychology. The British are much more intelligent and civilized than the Americans.” Paltrow isn’t alone in her criticism of American food, either, but she recently said in an interview that she’d “I’d rather smoke crack than eat cheese from a can.”

Paltrow also said that her kids don’t go to McDonald’s, and that she doesn’t tell them about Happy Meal toys. The actress did admit to one vice with her organic, home-cooked meals:

“I drink constantly while I’m cooking,” she says. “Wine, either colour.”

You can learn a bit more about Paltrow’s food views on her blog, Goop.

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At 38-years-old Gwyneth Paltrow looks stunning on the pages of Vanity Fair. The actress, who recently starred in several episodes of Glee posed for the magazine topless and wearing fishnets.

The revealing photo shoot also features a Louis Vuitton necklace, earrings and rings, while Paltrow covers her chest for a more modest outcome.

I challenge anyone to say Paltrow doesn’t look stunning and given her penchant for healthy living it doesn’t surprise me in the least.

You can catch the photo shoot in a special edition August issue of the magazine and I expect that particular issue to fly off the shelves for an obvious reason, which means you’ll want to run out and grab your copy as soon as possible.

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Glee star and bastion of perfection Gwyneth Paltrow has finally graced Twitter with her presence.

Paltrow is not a stranger to new media, running a blog called “Goop” with such down to Earth advice as, “…as a home cook, one of the best things I’ve ever done was to build a wood burning oven in the backyard,” and relatable experiences, like “I just took a very impromptu first trip to Marrakesh, Morocco where I fell in love with the place, it’s magic!”

Paltrow is following approximately zero people so far, but has accumulated over 15,000 followers herself. The actress turned sometimes singer has but one tweet published so far, a link to a video- which kind of suggests she doesn’t really ‘get’ Twitter yet- the 19 second clip depicts Paltrow walking down a Manhattan street and is short- but not 140 characters short.

Paltrow’s account hasn’t been verified yet, and she’s using a standard Twitter background. You can watch her first Twitter-linked video here- will you be following this celeb on Twitter?

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Do you enjoy a bit of Glee to break up the early-part-of-the week ennui?

You can give that right up. Here’s a clip of Gwyneth Paltrow bringing her irritating waspiness to the show, singing a horrible version of Cee-Lo Green’s hit “Fuck You,” the censored version. It’s awful in myriad ways, beginning with how it manages to bring the Glee kids into the hokey horribleness, heretofore rendering the guilty pleasure irredeemably cheesy and unenjoyable. It actually out-cheesies 80s musical classic Teen Witch.

Thanks, Paltrow. I was all into it, and you messed it up. Auditory and choreographical abortion below:

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The FTC has hinted in an interview with Daily Finance that the rules about fairly disclosing comps in blog posts doesn’t apply to people who happen to be awash in a sea of free goodies.

Yes, you, poor mommy blogger, must disclose a sample of baby wipes you didn’t pay for, but people who are important and better than you like Gwyneth Paltrow deserve nice things and thusly don’t have to abide by FTC disclosure rules. While celebrity endorsement has way more pull than your average blogging nobody, details like that don’t matter much to the FTC- Rich Cleland, associate director of the Federal Trade Commission’s ad division, explains the spotty logic behind the favoritism:

The average consumer, Cleland said, might well be aware that celebrities of Paltrow’s stature often receive free clothing, trips and other swag. “It is one of the issues where celebrity endorsements are a little different than person-on-the-street endorsements,” he said. “Would consumers understand that celebrities are always getting free stuff? It’s a factual question.”

Back in October when the new rules became a blogging issue, Steve suggested celebrities might be in trouble considering the new guidelines, but we can all rest easy. People like Gwyneth Paltrow can continue trading their heavily weighted words for “ridiculously lavish” vacations. Sadly, it seems the regulations do only exist to marginalize independent bloggers. Because unfair advantages cannot be allowed to stand.

[via Gawker]

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Gwyneth Paltrow is unhappy about criticism of her god-awful website Goop.

“I think the people who are criticizing it or criticizing the idea of it, don’t really get it, because if they did, they would like it,” Paltrow told People Magazine. The magazine said that Paltrow believes the criticism stems from the fact that she’s doing something new and different. “I think that people like people to stay in their ‘box’ – they like people to stay how they are.”

Actually, that’s not it, but where do you start. The longest line of text on the first page is the copyright statement. The advice is at times wacky, and the tone is regularly condescending. As one newspaper said, “Why is it called Goop? Perhaps ‘Any Old Load of Rubbish’ and ‘Learn From Me, Ungrateful Peasant’ were both taken.” It takes three clicks to read anything longer than a paragraph, despite the site adopting a minimalist look…and I could go one.

Paltrow is a talented actress, but that talent doesn’t extend to the web.

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Instead of her usual diet of choice, the Master Cleanse, she’s recommended something almost as painful from her “detox diet specialist”:

“As I do not wish to subsist on lemon water in the middle of winter, I asked my doctor, a detox diet specialist, for the guidelines he uses to achieve a good detox that is not as hallucinogenic (in a bad way) as the Master Cleanse,” she wrote. “What it came down to was this: you can detox easily and effectively while you continue to eat as long as you are cutting out the foods and other substances that interfere with the detoxification process.”

If you’re going to pull this one off, you can forget about most of what’s offered at the office canteen. I’m pretty sure a diet that cuts out anything processed (including soy), dairy, grains with gluten, shellfish, meat, nightshades (tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, and eggplants), sugar, alcohol, caffeine, and condiments will wear on you by about the third or fourth day, but you do get salads, smoothies, chicken, soups, and “lots of water,” reports People. Goodie! You can check out the scheduled seven-day plan here.

Interestingly, Gwyneth told Oprah in 2008 that she “just can’t [diet],” instead preferring to “eat what I want and not think about it.” I wonder how much weight she thinks she gained if she’s trading in the treadmill for a cleanse of almost-Master proportions?

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Page Six came out with the speculation that Gwyneth Paltrow is facing marriage difficulties and just might be heading to Divorce Town on the coattails of her friend Madonna! She was seen husband-free in Miami for the Victoria’s Secret show in Miami, where she posed it up looking severe and kind of like someone who might not be lucky in love.

The plot thickens because Gwyneth Paltrow has been seen hanging out with the Fontainebleau Resorts owner Jeff Soffer– referred to as “Miami Royalty” by Page Six– and was seen riding in his Bentley, hanging out on his yacht, and getting a private tour of the newly refurbished place.

Page Six reports that “Paltrow didn’t stay at the hotel with other guests, opting to ‘stay at a friend’s house instead for more privacy.’ While attending the Victoria’s Secret party and show, she ‘remained closed off in a private section and hung out with Soffer and Madonna paramour Alex Rodriguez.’”

A source added that “If things were so great with Chris, why wouldn’t she be with him?” Exactly!

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Madoona with David Banda in Malawi

Madoona has already one infamously adopted child from Malawi, David Banda.

Malawian official Penston Kilembe says the split with Guy, 40, means the adoption cannot be approved.
‘One fundamental condition in scrutinising adoptions is the connectedness of a family,’ he says.

Via Now

The Child Services Director then goes on to suggest that Madonna could be responsible for the divorce? On Guy Ritchie’s payroll perhaps?

‘We can’t approve a child to go into a broken family because the divorce could be the result of the behaviour of the party trying to adopt. Madonna should forget this one.’

We at the Inquisitr agree, every child should have access to a pie and sauce; its a fundamental human right.

So the innocent victim in all of this wrangling is Mercy James. Where are Madonna’s pals when you need them? We are looking at you Gwyneth Paltrow. Your brood is not very multicultural.

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Phoenix, sometimes known a Leaf Phoenix, was propelled into the spotlight when his brother River died outside the Viper Room owned by Johnny Depp. It was Joaquin Phoenix’s frantic phone call to 911 that hit the airwaves and was played over and over again.

Perhaps most famous for the movie Walk the Line where Phoenix played Johnny Cash, for which he won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Oscar. Phoenix went on to record an album of Johnny Cash covers.

Phoenix is quitting acting to pursue a career in music videos. We think working with Gwyneth Paltrow in his latest movie, Two lovers, proved too much for him.

via

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