Paltrow named ‘Most Beautiful Woman’

4/25/2013
BLADE NEWS SERVICES

NEW YORK — People magazine has named Gwyneth Paltrow as the World’s Most Beautiful Woman for 2013.

The 40-year-old actress tops the magazine’s annual list of the “World’s Most Beautiful,” announced Wednesday.

Commenting on her selection, Paltrow says: “Around the house, I’m in jeans and a T-shirt. I don’t really wear makeup.”

She credits her workout routine for keeping her looking young and feeling strong.

Fonda to add prints by dad’s

LOS ANGELES — Jane Fonda is planning to shed a few tears on Saturday.

That’s when the 75-year-old Oscar winner will place her hand and footprints next to her father’s in the concrete shrine to celebrity outside Hollywood’s Chinese Theatre. Then she’ll present a special screening of the film she made with her dad, 1981’s On Golden Pond. The cement and cinematic tribute is part of the 2013 TCM Classic Film Festival, which is honoring Jane Fonda.

Bieber’s monkey staying

BERLIN — German customs authorities said Tuesday that Justin Bieber’s monkey is going nowhere for now even though the singer has apparently asked that it be removed from an animal shelter where it is staying and be placed in a zoo.

Mally, a 17-week-old capuchin monkey, was seized by customs authorities March 28 when Bieber failed to produce the required papers after landing in Munich while on tour.

Customs spokesman Thomas Meister said Mally will stay in the shelter until Bieber or someone with his power of attorney gets in touch with them directly. Bieber has until May 17 to provide Mally’s paperwork.

Madonna’s brother arrested

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Authorities say the brother of pop star Madonna needed nine stiches to his forehead after he resisted arrest in a public bathroom in northern Michigan.

Police were called Sunday night when 56-year-old Anthony Ciccone refused to leave the bathroom at the Grand Traverse County Civic Center.

Police say an officer tried to arrest Ciccone on an outstanding warrant for trespass.