Gwyneth Paltrow ‘saved a life’ on 9/11

Gwyneth Paltrow inadvertently saved the life of a woman heading to work in New York's Twin Towers on the fateful morning of 9/11 - the actress almost ran the finance employee over in her car as she dashed across a road.

Lara Lundstrom Clarke was rushing to the subway station to catch her train to downtown Manhattan on September 11, 2001, when she had a close call after stepping into the road without looking.

She recalls, "It was one of those mornings that felt good, you had a little skip in your step... Then all of the sudden, a silver Mercedes SUV came barreling down towards me. I stopped and they (the car) screeched to a halt."

Clarke made eye contact with the driver - and was stunned to see the blonde behind the wheel of the vehicle was Hollywood star Paltrow.

The brief delay caused the then-24 year old to miss her train. She arriving late for work at the World Trade Centre station just moments after the first of two hijacked planes had been flown into the Big Apple landmark by terrorists.

Clarke tells TheMortonReport.com, "At that time I was annoyed at everything that had made me late that day, including Gwyneth Paltrow... (But) if I had made that train I would have been at my desk on the 77th floor of 2 World Trade Center."

She wrote a letter to Paltrow detailing her experience on the morning of the terrorist attacks and the actress' publicist reveals the star was "deeply moved" by the story.

Gwyneth Paltrow compares hubby to Pablo Picasso

Gwyneth Paltrow has compared her husband Chris Martin to Pablo Picasso.

The 'Glee' actress says her Coldplay frontman husband - who she married in 2003 - is a "musical genius" and asking him for tips on singing would be like approaching the legendary Spanish artist for painting advice.

She told American Elle magazine: "[He's] a musical genius. It's like living with Picasso and being like, 'Should I make a little something-something?'"

While Chris is a notoriously private person and often refuses to be photographed with his spouse, Gwyneth - who has two kids Apple, seven and five-year-old Moses with him - says she can understand why he doesn't want to be known as part of a celebrity couple.

She explained: "He makes music for his fans, and he doesn't want people to conjure a lame famous couple when they're getting into his music. I get it."

Gwyneth also revealed she loves "inspiring" people through her lifestyle newsletter GOOP and is delighted when people approach her for tips.

She said: "What I love is inspiring people. People come up to me and say, 'I want to have two kids and wear a bathing suit and not feel terrible about myself. I see how hard you work, and it makes me feel like I can do that too.

Source: Bang Showbiz

Gwyneth Paltrow sells lemonade, cookies

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow was seen selling lemonade with her kids to help raise funds for an animal welfare charity.

Paltrow and her daughter Apple, 7, and son Moses, 5, stood along with a group of other children near a stand and they were seen selling lemonade and chocolate chip cookies, reports people.

There was also a handwritten sign taped over a cardbox that said, "Lemonade and Snacks 1 pound each, Mony raised to RSPCA."

The RSPCA, or the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, is Britain's largest animal welfare charity.

Spears inspires Paltrow’s new movie

The media treatment of pop star Britney Spears inspired Gwyenth Paltrow starrer movie ‘Country Song’, reveals director Shana Feste.

Feste has confessed it was the ‘Toxic’ hitmaker Britney who gave her the idea for the movie, which sees Paltrow playing a country singer trying to resurrect her career while dealing with an addiction problem, reports mtv.com.

‘That’s where this movie came from. I mean, I was seeing what was happening in the media to Britney Spears,’ said Feste.

The director completed writing the script for the movie which also stars Garrett Hedlund and Leighton Meester when Michael Jackson died in 2009 and she admits the media portrayal of his death played on her mind.

‘I finished the script when Michael Jackson passed away. I think it’s tragic how we treat people who give us so much, and we love to see them knocked down to build them back up again, to knock them down again. It’s a weird fascination,’ she said. 

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