Gwyneth Paltrow
Five pop culture items we missed
Today's catch: Gwyneth Paltrow is a 9/11 hero, Gerard Depardieu pees on people, and "Lone Ranger" nixes werewolves
"What do you mean we-rewolves, kemosabe?" 1. Cause of the day: Kate Winslet founds “British Anti-Cosmetic Surgery League” (for very famous people) along with Emma Thompson and Rachel Weisz. Maybe they can be like sister suffragettes and battle the Barbie Mom!
2. Celebrity story involving airlines and urine of the day: When Gerard Depardieu wasn’t allowed to use the toilet during takeoff, he peed all over fellow passengers on an Air France flight. Says Air France spokesperson: “I confirm the fact that he [Depardieu] did indeed urinate in the plane.” That is all.
3. “Gwyneth Paltrow saved my life on 9/11″ story of the day: Wait, really? I could almost forgive Paltrow for her multitude of sins if she acted heroically on Sept. 11. So let’s check it out:
“Clarke, then a 24-year-old account manager at Baseline Financial Services, was on her way to work shortly before 9 a.m. and about to jaywalk across the street to catch the 1/9 train in Tribeca when the Oscar winner abruptly cut her off in her silver Mercedes.”
Oh wait, so Paltrow almost ran over a woman, inadvertently making her late for work at the World Trade Center? Man, and here the firefighters got to take all the credit.
4. Narrowly averted train wreck of the day: Disney has split with Jerry Bruckheimer on “The Lone Ranger” movie, apparently because the director’s insistence on adding werewolves and “Indian spirits like Obi-Wan Kenobi” to the plot was getting too expensive.
5. Must read of the day: Roger Ebert’s new memoir, of which he’s posted the first several pages on his blog. It begins, “I was born inside the movie of my life,” which might be the best opening line since that Dickens book people are always quoting when they want to reference a good opening line.
Drew Grant is a staff writer for Salon. Follow her on Twitter at @videodrew. More Drew Grant.
Gwyneth Paltrow prefers crack to canned cheese
The Joan Crawford of the kitchen talks drugs, alcohol and the ultimate danger to her children -- McDonald's
Gwyneth Paltrow doesn't even own a can opener... just a knife. Everything in moderation, especially moderation. That was the truism passed down to me from my father when we would turn into the McDonald’s drive-thru and order our occasional Big Macs and Happy Meals. And despite what macrobiotic mommy dearest Gwyneth Paltrow might think, I somehow grew up without any Mc’Deformities.
During a conversation with former BBC host Jonathan Ross for the iTunes Festival earlier this week, Gwyneth confessed that she never let her kids pass through the Golden Arches, something that shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone who hears the self-confessed “foodie” talk about her healthy culinary home.
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Gwyneth Paltrow likes to point out how fat you are
Nothing but tough love from the actress, even when it's unsolicited
Gwyneth Paltrow thinks you need to drop some pounds. How does Gwyneth Paltrow get her friends and fans to keep on the healthy path to good living? Well, she has that newsletter, GOOP, and a cookbook that wasn’t half bad. She also has the amazing ability to say horrible, underminey little comments about your weight and instead of telling her to shut her macrobiotic pie hole, you’ll actually thank her! Amazing!
Take the recent case of Jenny Craig spokesperson and “Chelsea Lately” regular Ross Matthews, who recently found himself at the receiving end of Gwynnie’s tough love.
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Gwyneth Paltrow, homosexuality, the Bible and GOOP
The actress/advocate's misguided attempt to understand religious intolerance goes off track
Gwyneth turns to the holy scriptures for answers. Gwyneth Paltrow has devoted this week’s GOOP newsletter to the issue of homosexuality in the Bible. She wants to know exactly what that book says that gives people — like that Arkansas board member she saw on TV a couple of months ago — the right to tell kids they should kill themselves if they are gay. Somehow, she raises the question in a way that is not obnoxious or sanctimonious, which is hard for anyone dealing with Bible debate, but I imagine especially hard for Ms. Paltrow:
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Gwyneth Paltrow joins Twitter, “21st century”
The singer/actress/mother/chef/author finds another way to carefully monitor her contrived image
Gwyneth sets her sites on social media. Public service announcement time, so everyone huddle up: Gwyneth Paltrow is on Twitter. Expect random thoughts and commentary from the star, as well as totally “on the fly” videos taken her macrobiotic iPhone today.
Or is it even today? The account was activated this morning and her first tweet was just a link to this WhoSay video, but already I’m sensing some pre-meditated editing of Paltrow’s tweetsona. Because it looks like she’s walking around New York, and it’s 100 degrees today, definitely not pantsuit-with-a-jacket weather.
Continue Reading CloseDrew Grant is a staff writer for Salon. Follow her on Twitter at @videodrew. More Drew Grant.