Gwyneth: Mom's the Word

She's an Oscar winner among the Hollywood elite, but what Gwyneth Paltrow really values is something stardom can't provide. "My mother and father taught me that family is the most important thing," she has said. Now, as she's about to start her own, check out photos of the actress and learn more about her family values. By Lucy Maher and Serena Kappes

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Paltrow (showing her budding stomach in New York City on Dec. 1) predicted back in 1999 that she would balance acting and motherhood one day, citing actresses such as mom Blythe Danner, Meg Ryan and Jessica Lange as role models. "All of these women are working actors and they're all mothers," London's Daily Mail reported her as saying. "It's quite possible."