Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Famouse Hollywood Cinma

Gwyneth Paltrow's hubby, Chris Martin, may get "furious" if she speaks about him publicly, but she's more than willing to open up about herself.
In a new interview with Vogue, the Oscar winner, 35, reveals she fell into a funk after the birth of her son in April 2006.
"You know, I had post[partum] depression after Moses," she tells the mag, which features her on the cover in a futuristic shot so retouched that her head no longer seems in sync with her body. "I didn't know I had it until after it was over. I just didn't know what was wrong with me."
Thankfully, Paltrow's symptoms weren't as severe as the ones experienced by the likes of Brooke Shields, who admitted to suicidal thoughts after the birth of her daughter, Rowan.
Still, Gwyneth says, "I felt really out of my body. I felt really disconnected. I felt really down ... I felt pessimistic."
(And while some of us tend to call that feeling "Monday," an estimated 80 percent of new moms experience some form of the baby blues.)
The actress, who is currently out pushing "Iron Man," believes forgoing a few of her usual wellness treatments, including acupuncture and massage, might have contributed to her gloomy mood.
"I do think it's important for mothers to take some time for themselves," she explains.
And even though she's posing for the fashion bible, Gwyn admits that in the post-Moses and Apple world, she's simplified her wardrobe to just a few essentials, such as minidresses and tights, jeans, a few coats and boots.
"It's like I want to eliminate all of the fuss," she figures. "I don't have time anymore to sit there and be like, 'What should I wear? What goes with this?'"
(That might explain how she recently ended up on the red carpet wearing a housecoat and Spartacus' used sandals.)
In other mommy news, Salma Hayek is gushing about the utter adorableness of her 6-month-old daughter, Valentina.

Salma Hayek attends a benefit for the art of Elysium in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Feb. 21
"Every night, I don't sleep, I watch her," the actress-producer reveals to the Chicago Tribune. "At some point during the night, she starts cracking up, she just laughs -- and it makes me so happy. Some babies snore, mine laughs."
Hayek, who is still breast-feeding, says motherhood has changed her priorities in life, but she declines to offer advice to other women dealing with dirty diapers and midnight feedings for the first time.
"I'm trying to do my best. I take it one day at a time," she sidesteps. "I wouldn't dare to try to tell a mom what to do because God knows when you have a baby, everyone tries to tell you what to do and they all contradict one another."
Salma, who is out promoting a partnership program between UNICEF and Pampers to provide mothers and babies in developing countries with tetanus vaccines (look for the blue "1 Pack = 1 Vaccine" stickers on the diaper packages), instead suggests the following: "Give yourself a break."
"I know for myself, I want to be supermom and work really hard, be very good at work, lose all the weight, and all the while you're not sleeping, and still putting a lot of effort into the relationship and being romantic," she says, referring to Valentina's father, French mogul Francois-Henri Pinault. "If I don't get it all right, sometimes I get frustrated."
What women need to keep in mind, rah-rahs Hayek, is that "you just did the most amazing thing a human being can do, which is give the opportunity for a new life. We should feel like queens and give ourselves a little bit more of a break."

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