On Monday, Gwyneth Paltrow got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It’s surprising to me that she had never gotten one before – but seeing as how everyone seems to be getting one these days, and the celebrity has to pay for it themselves (or the studio does), perhaps Gwyneth never deigned to do something so utterly pedestrian before. The studio must have pushed for it, I think. A little extra promotion, a little reminder that Gwyneth is completely normal, I guess.
The photos from the ceremony are not good, though. When I started writing this, I went back and re-read CB’s Goop story from yesterday, where CB was bitching about Gwyneth’s makeup job in an interview. This Walk of Fame ceremony was an appropriate occasion for Goopy to perhaps get her makeup professionally done, but it doesn’t look like she even cared enough to bother. AND – Gwyneth needs to stop with this “no roots” look – it washes her completely. She needs something a little darker at her scalp so that her white-blonde straw hair doesn’t completely blend in with her weak, pale, vitamin-deficient skin. Of course, the problem could totally be the low, winter sunlight not being Goopy’s friend. Something is making her look kind of haggard.
Tim McGraw was there too – he’s in Country Strong. He plays her husband. I like Tim a great deal, but what’s on his head? Is that a piece?
Photos courtesy of WENN.
wtf it looks like she’s wearing a wig. A bad one.
I never really noticed how boring her face is either. There’s just nothing interesting there.
I am beginning to think that McGraw had a little hair transplant. Which I see nothing wrong with it.
Bless his heart… he was practically bald by the time he was 30. And there is no need to be bald unless you want to.
I am all for any man buying himself a little hair if he wants it.
I think she looks great and.. NATURAL!!!
You’re just used to looking at the
plastic Kardashians….
Where the heck was Gwyneth’s husband? Families always attend Walk of Fame ceremonies.
@tuscan sun: yeah, I don’t know why they stay married. He seems to hate her
I don’t know what on earth Kaiser consumed before writing this, but I was struck by how BEAUTIFUL Gwyneth looks here! She looks SO BEEPING GORGEOUS!!!! And I’ve never thought much about her one way or the other. She looks so natural, so full of glow, so radiant and so attractive. Washout? Wtf???? Where? If thats how she looks sans makeup, I suggest she stays away from the makeup. I honestly think she is so beautiful here. Probably the best pictures I’ve seen of her. She looks radiant.
I really don’t like goop but i don’t get all the bitching about her skin. i think it looks perfectly nice and normal. at least she’s not caked in the stuff right? and i didn’t realise dark roots were desirable?
Why do I find myself feeling sorry for her, that her own husband won’t show up to celebrate her success so she has to pose with a recent male coworker?
Maybe she overdid it a teeny bit with the botox (her eyes usually close a bit more when she smiles), but haggard!? IMO she looks rosy and fresh-faced, just the platinum blonde hair looks a bit off.
Has the plastic smoothness of Kim Kardashian & Heidi Montag really warped our judgement on how women are supposed to look?
she looks so different…like her face is a little swollen. maybe it’s just cuz she’s in natural lite.
On DListed there are more photos, and Gwynnie looks, well different. I thought she was Heidi Montog when I first saw the header over there. Different angles? I don’t know, but her face looks fuller and smoother.
As far as had color, it looks more natural to have it broken up with different dimensions of color.
Has she done something to her teeth? Her smile (and face in general) looks different to me.
She was bragging about her star on Conan last night. I find her deeply annoying but she looked really beautiful. I think she looks very pretty here too.
I actually think Gwen is beautiful and looks great for her age, but once again pasty white celebrities in white dresses=GROSS
I think she looks natural, I like that she’s not wearing pounds of makeup. And real light! It’s a real photo, people. We’re being brainwashed by photoshop!
Love love love the shoes.
Gwyneth herself is…goopy.
She looks very beautiful…and very natural. I agree with those saying that our society has the preconceived notion that caked on make up looks great and is normal.
WTH is she wearing? Did she cut that up on the ride over?!
I don’t know what’s wrong with her, but it’s just fun to hate on her.She looks quite good here…I still just want to smack her in the face 🙂
plain jane
I love my Gwynnie, but she is looking a little tired in these pics I suppose and I think she had a bit of botox treatment. She is 38 however, so she can do that. Still beautiful nonetheless.
the dress looks like it’s torn out of a sheet of paper towel.
i’m so over today, and it’s barely 9am.
Fresh Botox! No doubt about it.
She looks really natural and beautiful. How nice to see a celebrity without a fake tan, orange glow and tons of make up.
There are more pictures and something about them just look funny. Don’t care about the straw head or the lack of foundation. There’s something about her forehead area on pictures I’ve seen on other sites that make me think she had some kind of tightening done but didn’t take enough rest time afterwards.
@ # 11 – Rianic: totally agree about that Heidi Montag lookalike thing Goopy is aiming for. She looks awfully plastic, maybe she should have opted for a little less ‘tox.
And her hair looks like it’s in dire need of a conditioner, even a hot oil treatment.
What a contrast to Reese Witherspoon, surrounded by her kids. Gwyneth has a recent co-star? This isn’t about your last movie, it’s about your career…it’s a once in a lifetime honor. I can’t imagine what reason she can come up with for not having her husband and kids with her.
she looks just like Eric from true blood
I think she looks great. Regarding her husband and kids – I remember interviews very early on in their marriage in which Gwyneth said her husband would never be on a red carpet or attend these kinds of things. I seem to recall that he doesn’t like them and she said he has his own very successful career and doesn’t need or want to be in situations in which he gets called Mr. Paltrow or is told to move in or out of a photo shot. Her kids are still young so I can see why she didn’t bring them either. Still don’t get all the hate for her.
@Carol, you’re right: I completely understand their desire for privacy, and I even respect that they might not want to be photographed on the red carpet all the time. BUT…
Isn’t getting a star on the walk of fame a completely different kettle of fish? And hasn’t Gwyneth been seen (and photographed) at many of her husband’s concerts? Why can’t he just suck it up and show his love and support on such a big day? It makes no sense to me.
She looks healthy and content, and strikingly beautiful and natural. I agree re: our warped perceptions…to be clear we now think that dark roots and fake-tanned/plasticy caked-on make-up is preferable?
Thanks for keeping it classy, Gwyneth, and congratulations.
Where is her husband? He should be standing next to her instead of Tim McGraw! Her mom should be there for crying out loud! Shouldnt “unkie” Steven Speilberg be present? She looks washed out (but that’s what blondes do) and sad.
If she didn’t own me forever with her comment about the Bennifer relationship (I always knew he’d end up with a stripper type. I can’t believe I dated him.) then she’d have me with her fluffy girl next door styling in Shallow Hal. She is MUCH prettier than she allows the public to see. And a much better singer than Country Strong.
i love her shoes!
i often think goop looks pretty but not here. way too much white: white, fried hair, ugly white dress and pale, weirdly shiny skin in bright sun. and did her stylist rub baby oil into her face?
Nice to see someone looking real for a change instead of a skinny waxen figure. Very pretty.
No roots look? I’ve never dyed my hair (its dark) but I always thought showing roots were a no-no. I didn’t know some people chose the root look so they don’t look washed out. is that even true?
Wow, The Great Goopy has had work done. That’s definitely filler and ‘tox face right there. She’s done it subtly (well, compared to most) but that is DEFINITELY fillers in that face.
In my world, subtle is when it’s barely noticeable that you’ve been tweaked. When I first saw GP, I thought “WTF has she done to herself?!”
Nope. Not subtle. Just scary.
I think she looks pretty – as always – but the frozen forehead is a little unnatural looking.
Both Goopy and Tim have hair trauma.
His does look like a piece and hers looks very thin (along with being washed out). Did she recently give up extensions?
Her whole outfit, hair and makeup is awful? She usually dresses/looks way better than this.
Her parents are good actors but she is medicore at best. Her entire career is an example of Nepotism at its finest but thats Hollywood for the most part.
Who are those shoes by?! I want them!
I think she looks pretty and natural here. But I agree with you about the hair. You can tell she just had it done, but it looks like she bleached it herself. It’s all one tone clear down to the root.
She looks very Botoxy (not at the Kidman level) but, she looks fresh even though it’s obvious.
Love the dress and the shoes.
LMAO@: “I am all for any man buying himself a little hair if he wants it.”
Tim should stick with his hat, that man looks sexy as hell wearing his straw cowboy hat! *Swoon*
Are Gwyneth and Chris Martin even still married? I know they strive to keep their careers separate or whatever, but you would think he would be there for her on this occasion. Damn.
Coldplay Dude is such an a-hole! If she looks washed out, it’s because she spends most of the time in bloody England with their kids.
Maybe she looks happier because she gets some time away from HER ball and chain.
I thought she looked fabulous in Iron Man I (didn’t see II). Liked the strawberry blond hair and the extra pounds-both suited her quite well.
I feel sorry for Goop, too. Hang in there!
Recent Botox and possibly dermal fillers too. I also think her single tone hair color washes her out. She doesn’t look bad, it’s just obvious she’s had some work done.
I’m so glad I wasnt in L.A on Monday, I would have been pissed if LaBrea had been closed at HLD blvd for this.
Where the hell is her husband? I actually feel sorry for her. Poor Goopy.