The Oscar nominations are out, with some huge surprises. Everyone
expected Return of the King to lead (eleven nominations), but few
people expected both Anthony Minghella and Cold Mountain to get shut
out of Director and Picture. Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, and Tom
Cruise also failed to get nominations. Some of the biggest surprises
are in the supporting actor/actress categories, but then you also
have Keisha Castle-Hughes from Whale Rider making Best Actress. And
whose nomination got the biggest round of applause? Johnny Depp for
Pirates of the Caribbean in Best Actor.

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It's been a while, but after a year-end hiatus, the Digest is back
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Over the last couple of weeks at the Digest, we've also had Golden
Globes predictions, a sackful of new affiliates, new Big Fish and
Chasing Liberty reviews, Van Helsing screen caps, Peter Pan
desktops, the ROTK Extended DVD preview, updates to the Sequel-
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Daily Digest newsletter: September 19, 2003

Greetin's, Salutations, and "Yar." Captain Cleolinda, Black-Hearted
Princess of the High Seas, Terror of the Spanish Main, and Wanton
Adventuress of the World Wide Web, be bringin' you an entire news
update bespoke in pirate lingo, in honor of Talk Like a Pirate Day
this very morn. Aye, 'tis true: read ye Friday's news to see the
proof of it, or sample some of the cargo:

*Top Stories*
The Bennifer be no more: 'Tis time the daft son of a biscuit-eater
sent that strumpet a-walkin' the plank!

*New Images*
Episode III: Arrrr, that be a fine mullet ye'r sportin' there, lad.

*Casting calls and future films*
G.I. Joe: Aye, the wee poppets be commandeerin' their own vehicle.

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Yeah, we were gone for a while. A long while. Can we make it up to
you with screen caps from the Return of the King trailer?

<< Superrrrrrgigante news update: We've crammed as much of the last
three weeks' news as we could into Monday's update. Along with the
current news, of course. And remember, there's no update on
Tuesdays, so the news will be back on Wednesday.
http://www.dailydigest.net/news.html

<< ROTK bootleg trailer: It was up at TheOneRing.net for a few hours
(but you can still find it online if you look; try "ROTKsynced.mov"
if you can find it). Meanwhile, we have 80 screen caps, as featured
on Dark Horizons and IGN Filmforce.
http://www.dailydigest.net/previewrotkteaser01.html

<< Reviews: Solaana has contributed a Dirty Pretty Things review.
http://www.dailydigest.net/revdirtyprettythings.html

<< Shop the Digest! We've opened a Cafe Press store to help support
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After a two-week forced hiatus (hey, it isn't every day Mr. Typo
gets married), we're back. Check out the Friday 13th (ooooo) and
Monday 16th news; Tuesdays, today included, will have no updates
because Cleo is in class.

<< Digest exclusive: White Noise gallery and teaser logo
http://www.dailydigest.net/previewwhitenoise.html

<< 500,000! Thanks to faithful readers like you guys, we've crossed
half a million hits after less than two years in operation.

<< Shop the Digest! We've opened a Cafe Press store to help support
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<< Gallery: "Big Fish" in Vanity Fair
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<< Trailer Park is back in business now that both Cleo and
Correspondent Inky are sharing the trailer review duties. Newest:
Runaway Jury, The Cat in the Hat, The Fighting Temptations, and Radio
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<< Short Attention Span Theater: Still hanging in there as the
Headline News to the Digest's CNN. Well, if Headline News also
featured random editorials and musings...
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<< Message boards: Caption contest! Greeked-out Brad Pitt's on his
cell phone on the set of Troy. What we want to know is, what's he
saying? Also: if you could have any superpower, what would it be?
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<< New wallpaper: tons for Return of the King, Matrix Reloaded, and
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Lots going on at the Digest these past two weeks:


<< Fifty First Kisses (Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore starring)
script review
http://www.dailydigest.net/previewrotk.html

<< Six new pics from Angels in America
http://www.dailydigest.net/gallery.html

<< Preview page for the independent film Ancanar with 5 exclusive
stills and a mini-interview with directors
http://www.dailydigest.net/previewancanar.html


<< Possible images of the Grey Havens--and huge text spoilers--added
to our Return of the King preview page
http://www.dailydigest.net/previewrotk.html

<< Some interesting ROTK locations (Dunharrow, Mordor crossroads,
etc.) confirmed
http://www.dailydigest.net/monday051203.html

<< Two Towers DVD up for pre-order
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<< New wallpaper: X2, Pirates of the Caribbean
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Busy week here at the Digest--in lieu of full news updates, Cleo
will be posting noteworthy items at the blog for a couple of days
while she writes a few term papers.
http://cleolinda.blogspot.com/


<< Poster contest: Hit the link and enter to win a set of three Two
Towers posters from Hollywood Dreams Online and the Daily Digest!
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<< Preview page screen caps: Trailer screen caps for Underworld
(100), The Matrix Reloaded (146), and Pirates of the Caribbean (229)
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<< Daily Digest gallery: EW Summer Preview scans, including pics
from Bruce Almighty, The Hulk, The Matrix Reloaded, Pirates of the
Caribbean, American Wedding, Charlie's Angels 2, Tomb Raider 2, LXG,
Wonderland, Down with Love, Freddy vs. Jason, Gigli, Hollywood
Homicide, Matchstick Men, Prozac Nation, Seabiscuit, S.W.A.T., and
Shrek 2.
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<< New wallpaper: Underworld, Pirates of the Caribbean
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<< New affiliates: Welsh Beauty, Keira Knightley Wavefront, Johnny
Depp Zone, WolverineandRogue.com
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We've got 220+ screen caps from the full Pirates of the Caribbean
trailer that's going up on ABC Sunday night--sneak a peek:

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Wish there'd been more of a red carpet last night at the Oscars?
Well, we've got photos of the best (and some of the worst) fashion
for you, not to mention shots from the ceremony itself and a recap
of the Daily Digest Oscar party ("No means no, Susan Sarandon!").
Once again: Brought to you by booze.
http://www.dailydigest.net/oscarplayoffs032403.html

More at the Digest:

<< Daily Digest gallery: Vanity Fair scans (Cold Mountain,
Neverland, Le Divorce)
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<< New preview pages: The Chronicles of Narnia, Eternal Sunshine of
the Spotless Mind, Underworld
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<< New wallpaper: Cold Mountain, Peter Pan, X2, League of
Extraordinary Gentlemen
http://www.dailydigest.net/wallpaper.html

<< Ask a Stupid Question: The April 2002 Vanity Fair is found!; more
Name That Song; playing through the Donnie Darko official site; a
reader tells us where the Not the Mouth of Sauron picture really
came from; is Ocean's Twelve the first sequel to a remake?; when has
Malcolm McDowell previously played Sherlock Holmes?
http://www.dailydigest.net/stupidquestion.html

<< New affiliates: Ashley Judd UK, HeathBaby.com, Martin Henderson
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The Oscars are almost upon us, so make sure you fill out your picks
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check out oscarwatch.com and their many prediction links, go over
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Huge amounts of newness at the Digest:

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Span Theater, where Cleo will often post stories before she adds
them to the night's updates, while other, wackier items are
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Only two movies are even ELIGIBLE this year for the Best Makeup
Oscar: Frida and The Time Machine. Films like Lord of the Rings: The
Two Towers, Minority Report, Harry Potter and the Chamber of
Secrets, The Hours, Austin Powers 3, Red Dragon, The Ring, Star
Wars: Attack of the Clones--all your favorites--have been
DISQUALIFIED. They're not even *eligible* to be nominated. Why? We
did a little research, and according to the Hollywood Reporter, the
Academy's logic ranges from "We've seen it before" to "We didn't see
the movie at all." All the Academy regulations say is that an
committee will make the decisions, but there are no firm guidelines
or criteria for those decisions.

As moviegoers and movie lovers, are you going to stand for this?

Let your voice be heard. Tell us which movies YOU think were at the
top of the craft this year. Our page on the Best Makeup issue and
our poll have already been featured by OscarWatch.com and
OscarWhore.com, but we want to take it to another level. Tell us
what you think, because if we make enough noise, maybe the Academy
will rethink their regulations. After all--we're not professionals,
but at least we SAW THE MOVIES.


Vote here (you can write in a choice and leave comments):
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Our "Ask a Stupid Question" column, where you can read about the
process and the see the contenders:
http://www.dailydigest.net/stupidquestion.html

The official Academy regulations on the subject:
http://www.oscars.org/74academyawards/rules/rule15.html

Keep checking the news page for updates! The poll is open until
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Hang out with the Digest as we wade through the Golden Globes pre-
show and ceremony, complete with thrills, spills, designer gowns and
all-around drunkenness. The snark is in progress and will heat up at
5 pm CST, when the E! red carpet show starts, continuing through the
6 pm NBC red carpet and then the 7 pm ceremony, so pop in now and
again to see who Joan Rivers has insulted this time.

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Big new features at the Digest for the new year:

EXCLUSIVE SCRIPT REVIEW: Baby's Breath
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IN THE NEWS: The studios send out enormous batches of images for
their 2003 previews; Gary Oldman is cast as Sirius Black and Michael
Gambon may actually still be in the running for Dumbledore in Harry
Potter; famed cinematographer Conrad L. Hall (In Cold Blood,
American Beauty, Road to Perdition) dies.

REVIEWS: Gangs of New York (2), Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers;
Lemony Snicket 1-3 (book review)
www.dailydigest.net/reviews.html

OSCARS AT THE DIGEST 2003: Cleo's desperate attempt at Golden Globes
predictions; top 10 Oscar contenders
www.dailydigest.net/oscars.html

PREVIEWS: Two Towers DVD/deleted scenes; Return of the King (both
with spoilers and a large batch of images)
www.dailydigest.net/features.html

UPDATED FEATURES: Movies We Want to See (Jan-Feb), Oscar Logic
(updated for 2003)
www.dailydigest.net/features.html

WALLPAPER: Daredevil (going up Monday); Lord of the Rings: The
Return of the King
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COMING THIS WEEK: The 2003 Cleo Awards and a big Trailer Park update



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NEW FEATURES: Special Lord of the Rings features, including...

**Two Towers "extended DVD" preview (with pics)
http://www.dailydigest.net/tttdeletedscenes

**Return of the King preview (with pics)
http://www.dailydigest.net/previewrotk

**Guide to Middle Earth (LOTR for Ijits)
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**Featured Cast: LOTR
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**Cleolinda's review
http://www.dailydigest.net/revtwotowers

** ...and Cleo and the Lovely Em nearly getting killed trying to see
the movie.
http://www.dailydigest.net/lotrtwotickets


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Viggo, Discover Kate, HulkMovie.com
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BACK FROM HIATUS: We've been updating, but somewhat sporadically due
to Cleo's graduate school schedule. After exams this week, we should
be back in business over the holidays and well into the spring
semester.

LEAKY CAULDRON @ SOTHEBY'S AUCTION: Help TLC out and donate at least
your spare change (via Paypal) to help the site win the auction for
J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" 93-word
outline. All the money raised goes to a literacy charity and, if
won, the outline will be posted on the Leaky Cauldron. DONATION
DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 12 PM EST WED. DEC. 11--tomorrow.

200,000 HITS: We'd like to thank all of our faithful readers for
helping us pass the 200K mark earlier this week.

NEW/UPDATED PAGES: LOTR for Ijits, The Cast of Harry Potter

NEW AFFILIATES: Tons--Cate Blanchett Online, CommanderBond.net,
Jackman's Landing, The Leaky Cauldron, Oscar Watch,
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Wanted to make this available to you faithful members. You can
stream the entire soundtrack at
http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=13557 (the quality's
actually not that bad on the latest free version of RealPlayer).


01. Prologue: Book II And The Escape From The Dursleys (3:31)
02. Fawkes The Phoenix (3:43)
03. The Chamber Of Secrets (3:48)
04. Gilderoy Lockhart (2:05)
05. The Flying Car (4:07)
06. Knockturn Alley (1:46)
07. Introducing Colin (1:48)
08. The Dueling Club (4:07)
09. Dobby The House Elf (3:26)
10. The Spiders (4:31)
11. Moaning Myrtle (2:05)
12. Meeting Aragog (3:18)
13. Fawkes Is Reborn (3:18)
14. Meeting Tom Riddle (3:36)
15. Cornish Pixies (2:12)
16. Polyjuice Potion (3:50)
17. Cakes For Crabbe And Goyle (3:29)
18. Dueling The Basilisk (5:01)
19. Reunion Of Friends (5:07)
20. Harry's Wondrous World (5:01)





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IN THE NEWS: New pics from Daredevil (several), X-Men 2 (15), The
Matrix (6 posters), Kill Bill (4) and the League of Extraordinary
Gentlemen (logo). Trailers for Harry Potter & Chamber of Secrets,
25th Hour, Catch Me If You Can. Phone Booth has been
shelved "indefinitely" due to the D.C. sniper. The Harry Potter
soundtrack goes online (streaming).
http://www.dailydigest.net/news.html

OPERATION CROSS-REFERENCE: A big welcome to our newest affiliate,
ManWithoutFear.com.

NEW REVIEWS: The Ring, Red Dragon
http://www.dailydigest.net/reviews.html

MOVIES YOU MAY HAVE MISSED: Hannibal
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TRAILER PARK: Madonna's "Die Another Day," Extreme Ops, Evelyn.
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NEW WALLPAPER: The Matrix sequels, Daredevil, Punch-Drunk Love, The
Ring, Beauty and the Beast, Kill Bill, LOTR: The Two Towers. Going
up this week: A Superman Pop Art-style wallpaper.
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Hey, guys. I got the most random email late last night, which said,
in part:

"The upcoming film 'The Ring' will be having nationwide screenings
during the next few weeks... We are offering a page that will allow
visitors to your site to enter in a first come, first serve FREE
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Hello Readers,

That dreadful Scooper lady isn't writing the newsletter this week
because Daddy and Harvey and Uncle Stevie called some friends who
said I could write it to set the record straight on a few things.
Aren't they the greatest?

I thought it was time you got to know the real Gwyneth
Paltrow. "There's this person called Gwyneth Paltrow running around
out there who is created by the rest of the world. She is the sum of
all this stuff that people project on her. She is make-believe. And
I am in no way connected to this particular person." I just wanted
you to hear the truth from me, instead of all those ridiculous
people who are obsessed with me, my private life, and my incredible
sense of style. I mean, "People who do not know me yet who can
conjure up all these conceptions about me. It is infuriating. The
tabloids, the gossip rags, the magazines that print nothing but
lies, lies and lies."

"It gets so bad that I wish Gwyneth Paltrow isn't my name, you
know?" Now, Dear Readers, you may notice from time to time that I
quote myself. That's right. Words within quote marks are actual
utterances by Gwyneth Paltrow, because, the way I see it, why tamper
with perfection?

Being Gwyneth Paltrow isn't as easy as you think. Being the
incredibly beautiful daughter of famous and successful parents and
dating only world-famous hotties can be really trying. I mean, back
when I was at Spence, "I felt like an outsider at times. The other
girls were mean to me at points. It was like, 'Wow, she has too
much.' "

You may have read lately that I'm dating the Crown Prince of Spain.
Well, I'm just not going to comment. "I'm just sick of all this
interest in Gwyneth Paltrow" and "I'm soooo fed up of her. It's so
tiring having to discuss Gwyneth Paltrow all the time." "If it is
not Gwyneth the daughter of somebody today, it is Gwyneth the
girlfriend of somebody tomorrow. It is all so trite."

Besides, I just can't trust people in the media. Like that mean
photographer from Harper's who got me to take off my panties. "The
photographer lied to me and said he wasn't going to put my whole
bottom in the picture, and he did."

Anyway, the most recent, most annoying case of those awful people in
the press taking what I said totally out of context occurred
recently when I made some innocent sociological observation about
how only two British men have asked me out on dates in the last few
months. I merely noted that British men "don't call, they don't pay
for dinner and they don't initiate sex." I added that "the modern
English male knows little to nothing about courtship and what he does
know frightens him. .  . I think a lot of it is down to the coldness
of British culture."

Can you believe some British people actually got all offended? So I
had to explain that, "I feel very close to the British people and
the British culture. I first went to England when I was 10 and my
mother was shooting a TV series there. So I have the advantage of
being an American who understands British culture."

Honestly. It's those vulgar Americans I can't stand. "I was at a
party [in America] with a bunch of young people and a girl came up
to me and said: 'Oh, my God! Are those Juicy Jeans?' " It was just
horrible. "I was just so shocked with the difference in the culture
and the life. I knew I had to get back to London, so I bought a
little house there. It's my pied-a-terre. It was a silly incident,
but it made me realize I can't live in America. I love London. It's
really where I feel I need to be."

I mean, really! Juicy Jeans? Has that poor young person never heard
of Versace? "Versace. Couture. It's an incredible pant. . . . Of all
of them Stellie [my dear friend Stella McCartney] makes the best
pants. I have, like, all the pants she ever made."

But don't even get me started on fashion. "Dressing is almost like
my second job." And it's not easy. Most people would be shocked to
know that I don't even use a stylist! "I don't want to be styled,
and I don't care what people think about what I wear. Imagine how
awful it would be if I dressed for other people?" I have better
taste then them, anyway. But it's a lot of work. "It's exhausting
if I'm doing junkets and putting together all these outfits and I
can never wear the same thing twice."

Then, after I do all the work, those off-the-rack types rip off my
look!! "Sometimes I see a commercial for something and I
think, 'They're totally ripping me off! I saw one the other night
for an outlet and [the model] was completely dressed up in my kind
of style. I was like 'Hey, wait a minute, that's kind of me.' It was
very my hair and very, you know, a black-sleeveless turtleneck and
some little skirt and boots. I don't know. It just reminded me of
myself."

Like that pink Ralph Lauren dress I wore to the Oscars with the
diamond princess necklace that Daddy bought me. "Afterwards, I kept
seeing that dress everywhere. BCBG knockoffs or whatever, and I was
like, 'I hate that dress.' " But yoga has helped me regain my
perspective and sense of self. "Now, when I see that dress, I die
for it. I think it's so beautiful."

But enough of all this talk of clothes. I'd rather focus on
something really significant. Like my hair. I mean, everyone is
jealous of me and thinks I don't have to work hard on anything, but
the truth is my hair is naturally brown and frizzy. "Straightening
my hair is big for me in terms of feeling confident. If I have
frizzy big hair, I feel like I have zero sex appeal and charisma. If
I have straight hair, I feel like half of my outfit battle is over."

The blond thing is central to my Gwynethness. "I really am into my
hair color." "I dyed it for a role in a film called Bounce. The
director was very tired of the blonde Gwyneth Paltrow person. And I
was, too. So [then there was] a new Gwyneth Paltrow person." "For
me, personally, I had more fun as a brunette because nobody
recognized me. So [I was] sneaking out all over the place and nobody
knew who I am. So I had more fun as a brunette."

But I'd rather be a famous neurotic blonde than a happy anonymous
brunette, so I went back to being blond. And I deal with the
unhealthy level of energy focused on me through yoga. "I thought, I
really have to work on separating myself from this public image
where people write about me and stick my picture in everything
all the time. So I just tried to do that. And yoga is super helpful
for that."

But yoga comes with its own challenges. "Two days ago, I was doing
my yoga practice and it was incredibly difficult and I started to
cry. But it was very cleansing. It was a good cry."

It also helps to hang out with my dear friend and fellow annoying
Anglophile, Madonna. Like me, Madonna also really, really hates her
incredible, worldwide fame. We chat about it while we're sitting in
the front row of the Versace fashion shows. "We're friends because
she's a fantastically interesting woman, very powerful within. We
are on similar paths in our lives -- what we eat, our yoga and stuff
like that."

"She took me to her yoga class four years ago and the teacher there
transformed my life." (The other thing that "changed my life" is
Brazilian bikini waxes.) "And then I introduced Madonna to
macrobiotics."

I eat stuff like spelt not because I want to stay reed thin. "It's
about eating cleanly. I have to do something extreme to balance the
fact that I live this extreme life." "There is nothing I really
crave. If I eat sugar, it gives me a headache. I really pay for it
now. I stopped drinking liquor. Last night I had a sip of margarita,
the combination of the liquor and the sugar .  . I was really sick
instantly. It is really hard for me now to eat bad stuff or drink
bad stuff." But sometimes, when I'm feeling wild and crazy and
hedonistic, I just cut loose. "For example, this morning I had a
papaya, which isn't macrobiotic because it's a tropical fruit. . . .
Sometimes I eat tomatoes, which aren't macrobiotic, or some
nightshade vegetables."

Besides, being fat sucks. I wore my fat suit from "Shallow Hal" out
in public once and I felt no sexual energy from men." "It was
awful." It was worse than being around British guys.

No such problem from Prince Felipe of Spain. Grace Kelly eat your
heart out. I just hope that Felipe doesn't start wearing bad
shoes. "I've hung out with guys all night and thought, "Great,' and
then you get to the shoes and it's like, 'Sorry. Goodbye. Nice to
meet you.'"

But if Felipe commits an unpardonable fashion crime, there's always
Daddy. You may find this totally shocking, but "I'm totally Daddy's
girl. You know, he's my best friend, he's just the most incredible
man ever. He's so funny. He's so open-minded. We hang out together."
Daddy took me for my first trip to Paris when I was 10 years
old. "We did all the sights and stayed at the Ritz and I could order
whatever I wanted and had, like, a Coke for breakfast. On the way
back, he said, 'Do you know why we went to Paris, just you and me,
and why Mummy and Jake stayed in London? I wanted you to see Paris
for the first time with a man who will love you for ever, no matter
what.' I'm telling you. Isn't that the best? He really is the best."

See? Now you know the real Gwyneth Paltrow. I'm just an ordinary
person like you-- only better. Ta ta for now.

Fondly (just don't get too close),

Gwynnie


P.S. Nick Nolte is a sort-of-blond. But I am soooo glad I don't have
his hair problem. Check out: http://www.msnbc.com/m/c/ct_scoop.asp?
811905.asp

P.P.S. Also, if you insist, you can catch that dreadful Scooper lady
on MSNBC Cable, on Mondays and Wednesdays at 9:50 a.m. and 4:50 or
5:50 p.m. If she says omething about me, well, just remember: That's
not the real Gwyneth Paltrow.


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