Britney Spears Was Inspiration For Gwyneth Paltrow For ‘Country Strong’

 Britney Spears Was Inspiration For Gwyneth Paltrow For ‘Country Strong’

Something tells me Britney Spears will take this story about as well as Lindsay Lohan took Gwyneth Paltrow’s mocking of her on ‘Glee.’ Anyway, according to Fox News’ Pop Tarts, Gwyneth’s character was partly inspired by Britney’s very public problems for Gwyneth’s character’s comeback in her new movie, ‘Country Strong.’

“You see a lot of these themes in real life, while I was writing the script a lot of those things that were happening with Britney Spears were very public,” writer/director Shana Feste revealed to FOX411’s Pop Tarts. “She was shaving her head, and I saw how fixated we are as a society in building people up to see their downfall and then the pleasure we take in building them up again.

Gwyneth herself said that she turned to her friend, singer Beyonce, for advice about performing.

“I picked the brains of my girl singer friends more.  I obsessively watched Beyonce perform, she is ‘it’ in terms of a performer – if I could just get a little bit of that abandon she has on stage, that’s what I was really focusing on,” Paltrow explained.

And actually, Gwyneth’s public persona is so different from Britney’s that the film studio president initially balked at the thought of Gwyneth taking the part!

“He thought everyone was so crazy because I was so wrong,” she said. ‘When you think ‘country superstar drink addict’ maybe you don’t think of me, but it’s in there… I haven’t been macrobiotic for a long time now, drinking country singer is much closer to the real me!”

OK, Gwyneth. Something tells me there’s a BIG difference between eating a macrobiotic diet and alcoholism- LOL.

Are you looking forward to seeing Gwyneth in ‘Country Strong‘?

Gwyneth Paltrow Really Got Into Her ‘Country Strong’ Character

 Gwyneth Paltrow Really Got Into Her ‘Country Strong’ Character

Gwyneth Paltrow sounds like she was pretty fun to work with on the set of ‘Country Strong’! According to US Weekly, the actress really got into character during filming, by basically being drunk all the time!

Gwyneth Paltrow appeared on the Rachael Ray show and said;

“You just get really drunk all the time. Which is awesome!”
“At least I did anyway, it’s not very professional,”
“There’s a Bloody Mary at 10 a.m. and keep it going all day!”

Wow, she’s a better woman that I am to be able to do that and work! Gwyneth Paltrow certainly has been making the publicity rounds, trying to drum up buzz for this movie, and I think its working! It definitely is on my wish list of movies to see now. Country Strong opens this weekend, do you think you’ll go see it?

Gwyneth Paltrow On The Cover Of Good Housekeeping

 Gwyneth Paltrow On The Cover Of Good Housekeeping

Gwyneth Paltrow has been making the publicity rounds to help promote her new movie, Country Strong, and the GOOP author opens up in the February issue of Good Housekeeping. In the issue the actress/singer opens up about her famous husband, suffering through postpartum depression, and learning to play an instrument for her latest movie.

On Why She’s Seldom Photographed with Husband

“If I’m looking grumpy in public or if Chris and I leave a restaurant separately, it’s only because we don’t want to encourage photographers.”

About her Husband Chris Martin

“I definitely have to coax things out of him when we talk. You know, he’s British, so it’s a different lexicon totally. But you have to communicate. Otherwise there’s no relationship.”

“I can depend on him. He makes me laugh. He’s really appreciative of me. You know, he makes me feel special.”

“It’s weird, because we’re famous people, but I think our values are primarily family-oriented. We’re not swept up in the whole thing of it.”

On Her Experience with Postpartum Depression after Moses Was Born

“I felt like a zombie. I couldn’t access my heart. I couldn’t access my emotions. I couldn’t connect. It was terrible, it was the exact opposite of what had happened when Apple was born. With her, I was on cloud nine. I couldn’t believe it wasn’t the same. I just thought it meant I was a terrible mother and a terrible person.”

“About four months into it, Chris came to me and said, ‘Something’s wrong. Something’s wrong.’ I kept saying, ‘No, no, I’m fine.’ But Chris identified it, and that sort of burst the bubble.”

 “The hardest part for me was acknowledging the problem. I thought postpartum depression meant you were sobbing every single day and incapable of looking after a child. But there are different shades of it and depths of it, which is why I think it’s so important for women to talk about it. It was a trying time. I felt like a failure.”

On Learning to Play Guitar for Country Strong

“It was so much fun to pick up a new skill. I can be a perfectionist, so I really practiced. And between Chris’s help and the director needing me to be prepared, I was totally ready when the time came.”

You can read more of Gwyneth’s interview with Good Housekeeping in the February issue.

Gwyneth Paltrow Tells Rachael Ray: “Tom Cruise Was An Amazing Kisser”

 Gwyneth Paltrow Tells Rachael Ray: “Tom Cruise Was An Amazing Kisser”

Gwyneth Paltrow is out promoting her new flick “Country Strong” and took some time to sit down with Rachael Ray to dish about her children, Oscars, and her best movie co-star kiss.
On her which of her male co-stars is the best kisser:

I did a little cameo once at the beginning of “Austin Powers 3” I think it was, and I got to make out with Tom Cruise. He was an amazing kisser!

She shares what her kids, Moses and Apple, got for Christmas:

“A lot of Ben 10 for my son, a lot of Transformers, puzzles, Power Rangers. My daughter is all Calico Critters. Do you know these things? They’re like these little family of animals and they have a little family of hedgehogs, there’s a family of rabbits. You know, there’s all this stuff that comes with it. She’s obsessed with them! I have to say, my son is like finding the iPhone and finding Mario Brothers on the iPhone and I’m just worried that he’s going to be like a gamer and I’ll never get him to talk to me!”

On her kids’ personalities:

My son is really shy, but he sings all day long. But really quietly. And my daughter, she’s sort of more chatty and she’s really funny and she’s a great story teller. And they’re both very musical, they love music. They’re really into pop music, like top 40. They’re always singing Dynamite, all the time!

Rachael Ray asks her if she’d consider putting out an album and singing at the Oscars:

The answer is, I really don’t know. I’ve had such an incredible time doing this singing and it’s been so great, I don’t know how I would do it. I am definitely thinking about it, but I haven’t saddled on how I would do it.

RR: Would you be comfortable doing a big performance at the Oscars?

Maybe with some Xanax! I’ve learned never to say never at this point in my career. If you told me that I would’ve been playing the Country Music Awards, I would have said never.

You can catch the full interview when the show airs this Friday!

Gwyneth Paltrow Dishes On Dating Brad Pitt And Ben Affleck

 Gwyneth Paltrow Dishes On Dating Brad Pitt And Ben Affleck

‘Country Strong‘ star Gwyneth Paltrow did a special for the E! channel, and in it she talked about her high-profile romances with Brad Pitt and Ben Affleck. (Check out the pictures of Gwyneth with Brad and Ben alone: brings back memories!)

“It was strange to be part of a public couple,” she says in the interview.

I bet that’s at least part of the reason why we very rarely see Gwyneth with her husband, Chris Martin.
Gwyneth also said it wasn’t as easy making it in Hollywood as some people may think, despite being the daughter of Bruce Paltrow and Blythe Danner.

“We could have paid for everything and had a spoiled kid,” mother Danner says. “[But] I think it’s really important for people to work hard.”

Paltrow admits: “I would say ‘Dad, I can’t go out to dinner, I have no money,’ and he would say ‘you’re welcome to come over here and eat at our house anytime, but I’m not giving you money for your social life.’”

That must be at least partly why Gwyneth is so grounded .

Gwyneth Paltrow Opens Up About ‘Hollywood Walk Of Fame’ Star

 

 Gwyneth Paltrow Opens Up About ‘Hollywood Walk Of Fame’ Star

Last night, INO posted pictures of Gwyneth Paltrow receiving her ‘Hollywood Walk of Fame’ star. It’s about time the actress claimed her spot!! This morning we finally received a quote of what she said during her acceptance speech.

“I’m proud my grandchildren can one day come and see my name on the sidewalk. “I think I am going to get in the car and burst into tears. It just means so much to me to see all the people that I really love, and who have been supportive of me forever. I feel so honored I can’t believe it. “This city is so much a part of my heart and soul. I don’t think I would be here were it not for my family and friends.”

Aw – that’s nice to hear. I’m sure her children don’t really understand how special a ‘Hollywood Walk of Fame’ star really is, but in a few years they will. (imnotobsessed)