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Gwyneth Paltrow Detoxes – Again

Originally posted 07/09/2009 11:15AM

Detox diets aren't just for people on a New Year's health kick. Ask Gwyneth Paltrow.

"I am finishing the amazing three-week-long 'Clean' detox program," the Oscar winner, 36, writes in her latest GOOP newsletter. "I feel pure and happy and much lighter."

Paltrow, who earlier this year detailed a detox that she says helped her to shed unwanted holiday pounds, claims slimming down was her motivation this time, too. "I dropped the extra pounds that I had gained during a majorly [sic] fun and delicious 'relax and enjoy life phase' about a month ago," she writes.

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Robert Downey Jr. Turns 44 with A-List Bash

Originally posted 04/06/2009 04:40PM

Iron Man sure knows how to throw a birthday party! Robert Downey Jr., with wife Susan by his side, celebrated turning 44 Saturday night at Beverly Hills's Thompson Hotel, in their second level BondSt Beverly Hills Lounge.

The party of 75 guests included pals Sting and wife Trudie Styler, Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin, Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal, Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor, Jon Favreau and Sam Rockwell.

"Gwyneth and Jake talked for a while about an upcoming project," says a guest. And during the night, "Jake and Reese looked very in love. They were being super affectionate, holding hands as they sipped on glasses of wine. They laughed a lot!"

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Caught in the Act

Gwyneth Finds a Favorite New N.Y.C. Restaurant

Originally posted 03/06/2009 06:00AM

• Gwyneth Paltrow seems to have a new favorite New York City haunt: The foodie grabbed dinner at Sweetiepie in the West Village for the second time in a week with a large group, including CNN's Christiane Amanpour. The actress and her friends shared several dishes off the coffee shop-style menu, including a chopped salad. During an earlier visit, Paltrow took her children for lunch, and the family ate a tuna sandwich, some mini-cheeseburgers and fries.

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Gwyneth Paltrow Defends Her Web Site

Originally posted 02/26/2009 07:55AM

Gwyneth Paltrow is taking on critics of her lifestyle Web site, Goop.com, just days after The New York Times published an article questioning the site's relevance in light of a barrage of published swipes against its cardio-workout and pizza-recipe content. Also under attack: the site's perceived omniscient tone.

"I think the people who are criticizing it or criticizing the idea of it, don't really get it, because if they did, they would like it," Paltrow, 36, told PEOPLE Wednesday night at a New York City benefit she hosted for Bent On Learning, a non-profit organization which arranges yoga and meditation classes in the city's public schools.

Yet as The Times noted, "many critics find the enterprise fatuous and a bit puzzling." Typical is a query from Toronto's The Globe and Mail: "Why is it called Goop?" its writer asked. "Perhaps 'Any Old Load of Rubbish' and 'Learn From Me, Ungrateful Peasant' were both taken."

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Gwyneth Paltrow Overcomes Her Worst Fear

Originally posted 02/12/2009 01:45PM

Nearly overcome by a fear of dying last year when she fell ill with pneumonia, Gwyneth Paltrow said the setback reminded her of her reaction to her father's death in October 2003.

The fear, she said Tuesday at Saks Fifth Avenue's 14th Annual "Unforgettable Evening" gala – where the Oscar winner was honored for her efforts to battle cancer through her late father Bruce Paltrow's fund – "sort of swept over me to the degree that I lost my sight for a second and I nearly collapsed."

But then, "I thought of my children and what it would mean to my family," she said. "I thought about the things that I still need to accomplish, and I felt the bitter clinch of this fear wrap itself around every organ in my body until the doctor walked in and told me I was fine."

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