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Gwyneth Paltrow has opened up about her struggle with postpartum depression. The 'Iron Man' actress has revealed she struggled to cope for months after son Moses, now four, was born in April 2006.

Writing in her GOOP newsletter, Gwyneth - who also has a six-year-old daughter Apple with her husband, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin -admitted: "When my son, Moses, came into the world in 2006, I expected to have another period of euphoria following his birth, much the way I had when my daughter was born two years earlier. Instead I was confronted with one of the darkest and most painfully debilitating chapters of my life. For about five months I had, what I can see in hindsight as postnatal depression."
Gwyneth, 37, has previously revealed she suffered from the condition but only realized what was wrong with her once she had overcome it.
She said: "I didn't know I had it until after it was over. I just didn't know what was wrong with me. I felt really out of my body. I felt really disconnected. I felt really down. I felt pessimistic."
Postpartum depression - also known as postnatal depression - is caused by an imbalance of hormones in the body after a woman gives birth. Researchers have found that depression is one of the most common complications both during and after pregnancy.
In her GOOP newsletter, Gwyneth also included a piece written by 'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse' actress Bryce Dallas Howard, detailing her own battle with postpartum depression which caused her to refer to her newborn son Theo as "it".
Bryce said: "It is strange for me to recall what I was like at that time. I seemed to be suffering emotional amnesia. I couldn't genuinely cry, or laugh, or be moved by anything."
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Gwyneth Paltrow started mixing cocktails when she was just six years old.

The 'Iron Man 2' star - who has two children, Apple, six, and Moses, four, with her husband Chris Martin - learned about alcohol by making drinks for her father, film producer, Bruce Paltrow when she was a child.

She said: "I love a dirty martini. I used to make my dad his drinks when I was about six!"

Despite her career achievements, Gwyneth - who runs her own lifestyle website GOOP - claims appearing on a cookery programme has been the highlight of her working life because she is such a fan of food.

Speaking on UK TV show 'Market Kitchen', she said: "I really love eating. This is a highlight of my career."

Gwyneth Paltrow thinks wearing shorts as a 37-year-old mother-of-two is "ridiculous".

The actress - who has children Apple, five and Moses, four, with Coldplay singer Chris Martin - admits she has to work hard to maintain her trim physique, but her friend Tracy Anderson's dance workout helps her get into shape.

She said: "This 26-minute long video was an amazing start for getting the butt and legs I had always hoped for.

"This regime got me into the shape of my life and I continue to return to it when I have a specific event so that I can do ridiculous things like be a 37-year-old mother-of-two and wear shorts!"

Writing in her GOOP newsletter, Gwyneth also claims she has to diet in short spurts to get good results.

Gwyneth Paltrow thinks her marriage would be over if she worked harder.

The 'Iron Man 2' actress - who has children Apple, five, and Moses, four, with Coldplay frontman Chris Martin - says her main priority is her family and she is careful about how she balances her life so as not to jeopardise her happiness.

She said: "I worked so much in my twenties and then I had these two beautiful kids and I just wanted to be home with them.

"It's probably not the best thing for your career but my kids are my priority.

"I could throw myself into my career and then I'd probably lose my marriage.

Gwyneth Paltrow admits her marriage isn't always easy.

The 'Iron Man 2' actress - who wed Coldplay frontman Chris Martin in 2003 - says they have to work at their relationship like everyone else but both respect the commitment they made to each other.

Gwyneth - who has two children, Apple, five, and four-year-old Moses, with the 'Fix You' rocker - said: "It's honesty and support and respect. I really have an incredible amount of respect for him as a man, as a human being and as an artist. We have our ups and downs like every couple, but I think you have to make that commitment to invest in a life together and then you don't get that thing if you're single and dating or whatever."

Gwyneth also revealed she is much more relaxed with her lifestyle following years of being an a strict macrobiotic diet.

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow (pictured) stars in a new rap video. Her latest effort is far cry from her Cruisin' days with Huey Lewis for 'Duets' as Gwyneth Paltrow teams with Jimmy Fallon for a rap music video for their mock band Shazzazz on NBC's "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon."

The NY Daily News has the video of the mock band and adds: "In the video, Paltrow and Fallon sing their fictional hit song "Do It" against a background of graffiti while decked out like Run-DMC in their heyday."

More buzz from Gwyn...The Iron Man 2 star says she did 'crazy things' to get in shape for the new movie. Paltrow, 37, is reprising her role as Pepper Potts in the film, which also stars Scarlett Johansson and Robert Downey Jr. She told how her trainer made her work hard as she prepared for filming.  
Paltrow told Us Magazine: "My trainer, Tracy Anderson, basically, like, pummeled me into submission and made me do all kinds of crazy things. She really changed my body for the role." The actress put on 10 pounds of muscle to play Pepper Potts and took on intense dance routines to tone up.  
However, she said she isn't spending so much time in the gym now the movie has finished. She said: "If I'm home with my kids, I still like to do it [workout] every day, but I don't go as crazy. I will do cardio one day and legs another day."
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Gwyneth Paltrow called Robert Downey Jr. a bad kisser.

The actress locks lips with the hunk in forthcoming superhero sequel 'Iron Man 2' but the actor - who plays the title character and his alter ego Tony Stark - claims he deliberately toned down the passion to stop their smooch being "weird".

He said: "She said to me that I didn't know what I was doing, like it didn't feel good. I'm like, 'You know what? First of all, we're all friends, so what would be creepy would be if I was coming off all sexy to you-which by the way, I've done in movies and it creeps them out. So what am I going to creep you out for?' "

However, despite Gwyneth's criticism, the 45-year-old actor insists his co-star - who reprises her role as Pepper Potts in the sequel - really enjoyed their love scene.

Scarlett Johansson didn't get cast in 'Iron Man 2' just because she is a "hot chick".

The 25-year-old actress plays sexy Russian spy Black Widow in the superhero movie but her co-star Robert Downey Jr. - who plays the titular character and his alter-ego Tony Stark - insists he and director Jon Favreau didn't just want her to eye candy.

Robert said: "We were thrilled to get Scarlett and we said to her, 'You're not going to be some kind of Marvel spin-off story thing because we want a hot chick kicking a*s in this movie.' And I think we managed that."

In the sequel - which is based on the Marvel comic book series - Scarlett's character is involved in a love triangle with Tony and his assistant Pepper Potts, who is played by Gwyneth Paltrow.

Gwyneth Paltrow had "no maternal feelings" for her son Moses when he was born.

The 'Iron Man 2' actress admits she felt like a "robot" in the weeks after giving birth to her youngest child - who turned four today (08.04.10) - but refused to admit there was a problem until her husband, Coldplay singer Chris Martin, asked her about it.

She said: "At my lowest, I was a robot. I just didn't feel anything. I had no maternal feelings for him - it was awful.

"I had no thoughts of harming him, thank God, but I couldn't connect, and still, when I look pictures of him at three months old, I don't remember that time.

Madonna and her boyfriend Jesus Luz had dinner with her friends Gwyneth Paltrow and Stella McCartney in London last night (31.03.10)

The 51-year-old singer and the 23-year-old Brazilian model met up with the actress and fashion designer for a meal at a private members' club in Chelsea.

Italian fashion designer Valentino was also in attendance.

The `Celebration' hitmaker kept her signature look of an all-black ensemble for the evening, teaming a leather jacket with a pair of patterned black trousers and open toed shoes.

Pal Gwyneth copied the gothic look, with a pair of leather trousers and a dark pea-jacket.