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GWYNETH PALTROW: 'British much more intelligent and civilized than the Americans'...
2006-12-04
Headline is Drudge's...
Oscar-winning US actress Gwyneth Paltrow feels dinner talk is far more interesting in her adopted homeland Britain than back in her native country. "I love the English lifestyle, it's not as capitalistic as America.
Yasss. Once you've got it, you don't have to worry about it, so why do the little people insist on continuing to talk about it?
"People don't talk about work and money, they talk about interesting things at dinner," she told "NS," the weekend magazine supplement of daily Portuguese newspaper Diario de Noticias on Saturday.
Interesting things like Gwyneth Paltrow, I'm guessing...
"I like living here because I don't fit into the bad side of American psychology. The British are much more intelligent and civilized than the Americans," the 34-year-old added.
While there are minor variances from area to area, the average IQ worldwide remains 100. 50 percent of everyone is below average and statistically 80 percent of everyone is middlin'. The fact that you're good looking statistically doesn't protect you from being a dipshit; in fact, statistically, 50 percent of good-looking wimmin are dipshits. That statement is based upon both psychological theory and empirical observation.
Paltrow, who won a best actress Oscar for 1998's "Shakespeare in Love," lives in London with British band Coldplay's frontman Chris Martin whom she wed in 2003.
Of course, she could fall into the upper reaches of the bell curve. That's not what I'd really expect, though, she being married to a latter day Nigel Tufnel and all. I'm guessing her dinner conversation is similar to Britney Spears'.
She said having US pop star Madonna, 48, who married British film director Guy Ritchie six years ago, nearby was another advantage to living in London. "She's like an older sister. Everything I have gone through, she went through ten times worse and ten times longer. She gives me good advice about how to say no and take care of myself," said Paltrow.
Does she slip you the tongue when she kisses you, too?
Posted by:Fred

#23  It's considered bad form Grom. Just like you going to your local bar and trashing your family. You can do it, but don't expect others to hold you in high regard. As for Paltrow, I wish her luck in her new residence, working in English movies, earning English wages.
Posted by: ed   2006-12-04 23:03  

#22  I'm with ex-jag. I think she's on the level, and besides, she's speaking socially, NOT politically. This is what I think she's talking about: in the arts world, London is A LOT more fun and A LOT more relaxed than New York or Los Angeles. Also, London is a galaxy away from all the narcissistic Hollywood crap. Actors and actresses can just go about their business like everyone else, without getting mobbed by rabid fans. It's more sane, lifestyle-wise, and some of the best actors, musicians, and so forth, enjoy living there, so there's a strong community of working actors, rather than "stars." SO CALM DOWN, EVERYONE. The fact is, the people she probably hangs out with there, ARE more intelligent than the Hollywood bimbos, and the English are indeed more "civilized," in that they have a social code of conduct that's clear, and for the upper classes, it can be pleasantly polite.

As for her daughter's name being Apple, I think it's cute--"apple of my eye" and all that. Of course I always think of a Mac computer, so it wouldn't work for me.

Gwyn's biggest problem is her relationship with Madonna. Gwyn's kind of simple and straightforward, and somewhat insecure--a lamb, while Madonna is . . . well, don't get me started.

Anyway, I would save the pirahna attacks for the terrorists.
Posted by: ex-lib   2006-12-04 22:46  

#21  I'm not convinced, exJAG. She may sound earnest but she is an oscar winning actress, after all. Personally, I'm not a big fan of her work although I've probably only seen 2 or 3 of her films. As chance would have it, I actually had the "honor" of meeting her on one occasion about 10 years ago (she went big time not long thereafter). While she didn't strike me as the sharpest knife in the drawer, she was pleasant enough.

She's your typical limousine liberal. Born into priviledge, educated at an Ivy (Columbia, IIRC), and living the charmed life. Pretty standard, really.

If you ask me, I think somebody close to her with a bit of sense still left gave her some sorely needed career advice. And she had the sense to heed it. After all, she is an American. And if there's one thing we Americans do know, stupid is as stupid does.

Just ask the dixie chicks.
Posted by: eltoroverde   2006-12-04 22:14  

#20  I read this as an indictment of Hollywood. I suspect her American dining companions are her Hollywood pals: scheming producers and directors, weasly agents and fellow members of the Film Actors Guild. I doubt she is hanging out at the VFW with Bob and Charlie from the local tool & die.

Considering the source, this is more hilarious than insulting.
Posted by: SteveS   2006-12-04 22:01  

#19  Good question.

I don't, but we have tons of Tranzis who do. Deeply, lol.
Posted by: .com   2006-12-04 21:44  

#18  we don't like other Americans going abroad and trashing us, particularly those who lucked into a life of obscene luxury we made possible.

I meant, why do you Americans care whether the rest of the World likes you?
Posted by: gromgoru   2006-12-04 21:41  

#17  Yep Gwynnie, you were just so awesome in Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow........
(sarcasm/off)

I always thought she was average looking. Her mom was better looking at the same age.
Posted by: Broadhead6   2006-12-04 20:02  

#16  Hmm. A translation problem? Maybe the press got it all wrong. Incredible, I know. But she sounds earnest.

Grom, we Americans care because we don't like other Americans going abroad and trashing us, particularly those who lucked into a life of obscene luxury we made possible.
Posted by: exJAG   2006-12-04 19:11  

#15  Smart enough not to see her movies and support a twit.
Posted by: JohnQC   2006-12-04 18:50  

#14  And you Americans care because?
Posted by: gromgoru   2006-12-04 18:49  

#13  Doesn't surprise me, the lead singer from cold play has said some pretty stupid things that made me wonder if he hasn't been reading Marx or something.

She's cute but dumb and will provide fun quotes for a long time if we're lucky.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2006-12-04 17:02  

#12  Once again, our Brit cousins have done us a great favor.

Thanks lads, you chaps can have her! Madonna too.

Ice - I think your buddy is getting gouged by about a $1.75.
Posted by: GORT   2006-12-04 15:47  

#11  I ran into a drunken Iranian salesman in London. He said Paltrow's bedroom is one of his favorite stops. $2 an hour.

So she's cheep too :)
Posted by: Icerigger   2006-12-04 14:54  

#10  She obviously hasn't spoken to prince Charlie any time lately, has she? She'd run screaming for the nearest Mickie-Dee's.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2006-12-04 14:11  

#9  She's just another oatmeal brained LLL who is embarrased to be an American.

"We are such bloody stupid, mean people, Old Sod."
Posted by: USMC6743   2006-12-04 13:33  

#8  MMMM... two words, Gwynnie. Just two words, think back and take them to heart: "Dixie Chicks"
Posted by: Sgt. Mom   2006-12-04 13:28  

#7  Got to wonder about the intelligence of an actress insulting 300 million potential fans. Oh well, I hope she enjoys her new career in London theatre.
Posted by: DMFD   2006-12-04 12:47  

#6  So let's see...

Movie star.
Marry alleged rock star.
Move to foreign country.
Name kid funny name.
Trash America in foreign paper.

Glad you like interesting people lady, cuz that's about as sterotypically dull as it gets. What's your next move, the "climbing out of the limo" crotch shot?
Posted by: tu3031   2006-12-04 12:29  

#5  That's why I much prefer pr0n starlets to actors and actresses; it's not they're more intelligent or knowledgeable, but when they talk (I won't say "open their mouths", for someone could misinterpret me), no one take them seriously, as it should be. Plus, they're generally better looking, on average.
Posted by: anonymous5089   2006-12-04 12:27  

#4  It really is time to evacuate the country when vacuos ey-jits like these two start priaisng Blairistan.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles in Blairistan   2006-12-04 12:17  

#3  It's biblical? WTF? Yeah, it may BE biblical, but only in a "bringing evil into the world for the first time" sense. Is that what's she's trying to say about her own daughter?
Posted by: BA   2006-12-04 12:02  

#2  At least I didn't name my kid "APPLE"
WTF.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwyneth_Paltrow#Personal_life

On December 5, 2003, she married Chris Martin of the British rock group Coldplay in a secret wedding ceremony in Southern California. Paltrow gave birth to their first child, Apple Blythe Alison Martin, on May 14, 2004, in London. She explained the unusual first name on Oprah, saying,

Gwyneth Paltrow
It sounded so sweet and it conjured such a lovely picture for me – you know, apples are so sweet and they're wholesome and it's biblical – and I just thought it sounded so lovely and...clean! And I just thought, "Perfect!"[2]
Posted by: Anon4021   2006-12-04 11:54  

#1  Perhaps she'd care to visit us , up north .. I can show her some whippet racing , steak n kidney pies , cheap beer . and some fat lasses wandering round town half naked with a bottle of vodka , vomiting in gutters , if shes that way inclined anyways ..

She needs to move out and away from London and that soft twat of a boyfriend , and come up north where the REAL MEN ™ reside

*chuckle*
Posted by: MacNails   2006-12-04 11:52  

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