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Gwyneth Paltrow

March 10, 2012 by · Comments Off on Gwyneth Paltrow 

Gwyneth Paltrow, Gwyneth Kate Paltrow ( born September 27, 1972) is an American actress and singer. She made her acting debut on stage in 1990 and started appearing in films in 1991. After appearing in several films throughout the decade, Paltrow gained early notice for her work in films such as Seven (1995) and Emma (1996) (in which she played the title role).

Following the films Sliding Doors (1998) and A Perfect Murder (1998), Paltrow garnered worldwide recognition through her performance in Shakespeare in Love (1998), for which she won an Academy Award for Best Actress, a Golden Globe Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, for Outstanding Lead Actress and as a member of the Outstanding Cast. She also won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 2011 for her role as Holly Holliday on the Fox hit TV show Glee in the episode “The Substitute”.

Paltrow has portrayed supporting as well as lead roles in films such as The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Shallow Hal (2001), and Proof (2005), for which she earned a Golden Globe nomination as Best Actress in Motion Picture Drama. In 2008, she appeared in the highest-grossing movie of her career, the superhero film Iron Man (2008), and then reprised her role as Pepper Potts in its sequel, Iron Man 2 (2010). Paltrow has been the face of Estée Lauder’s Pleasures perfume since 2005. She is married to Chris Martin, the lead vocalist of Coldplay. They have two children together, Apple and Moses. She is also the face of American fashion brand Coach, owner of the lifestyle company Goop.com and author of the cookbook My Father’s Daughter: Delicious, Easy Recipes Celebrating Family & Togetherness.

Gwyneth Paltrow

December 3, 2011 by · Comments Off on Gwyneth Paltrow 

Gwyneth Paltrow, If I were on the deciding committee of one of those “end of the year” lists, I swear, I’d be fired, because, clearly, I’ve got it all wrong. First, the Kardashians wind up on Barbara Walters’ 2011 list of the “Most Fascinating People,” and now Gwyneth Paltrow winds up on GQ’s “Least Influential People of 2011″ list. Up is down. Down is up. I don’t know what’s happening anymore. Where am I?

According to StarPulse, the editors at GQ chose this list by selecting “celebrities who’ve failed to contribute something of ‘value’ to the world.” Paltrow made the cut by “unleashing her awful cookbook on the world.”

I certainly don’t claim to be president of the Gwyneth Paltrow fan club, but really? Weren’t there celebrities who contributed less than her?

I know Gwyneth Paltrow can be annoying — hell, I’ve blogged about her being annoying, but … not everybody feels this way. In fact, I have friends — perfectly normal friends — who think her cookbook is just tops. That’s influence whether we like it or not. And, sure, her lists of pretentious, totally unaffordable things are irritating to us, but to some high-falutin’ person out there, they’re useful.

I think if Gwyneth should wind up on any list this year, it should be a list of the “Most Unrelatable People.” I don’t think that exists, but if it did, she’d be perfectly suited for it. Most people can’t relate to her, but those who do, well, I’m sure she’s got some influence over them.

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