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Gwyneth Paltrow: Moses is 'Very Specific' About Likes, Dislikes

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The definition of grace under pressure, actress Gwyneth Paltrow revealed at Tuesday night’s premiere for Valentino: The Last Emperor that she flew across the pond specifically for the event with her two children in tow — 4 ½-year-old Apple Blythe Alison and 2½-year-old Moses. “It was hectic getting ready,” she admitted. “My kids are really jet-lagged, and my son had a meltdown…But we got out the door.”

Barely! Gwyneth said that the clips used to pin her hair back as a makeup artist styled the 36-year-old Two Lovers star were a source of great concern for Moses. “He hated them,” Gwyneth said. “He was livid.” What’s more, Moses was no fan of Gwyneth’s Valentino gown, either! “He did not like it…he’s very specific.” Fortunately, from the sound of things, Apple was a more forgiving audience. Reveals Gwyneth,

“My daughter really liked it. She also chose my [pink] nail polish color.”

Apple and Moses are Gwyneth’s children with Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, whom she wed in 2003.

Two Lovers is in theaters now; Valentino: The Last Emperor is in limited release.

Source: PEOPLE

Sarah Jessica Parker Enjoys Being a Hands-On Mom

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Like most moms, Sarah Jessica Parker is painfully aware that someday she will no longer be cool enough to stand alongside son James Wilkie Broderick, 6. “Children are so cute and talkative when you get them out of bed, vulnerable blabbermouths, but when they get older they talk less,” she notes in a new interview. “As the days fly past, it’s only going to be a few more years that he likes me.” Noting that James is “borderline embarrassed” by her already, the 43-year-old Sex and the City star makes the most of their time together – employing a babysitter only when she has been left with no other choice. “I don’t delegate that job of getting my son dressed and out of the door in the morning to anyone else unless I have to,” she says.

“It’s not so much that I think I’m so incredibly interesting to be around, but I feel like I would lose out and be worse off if I didn’t do it. I’m not saying my son wakes up in the morning and is inspired by me, it’s just that I love being his mother.”

When they finally do exit their home for the quick walk to James’ school, they often have company in the form of paparazzi. “We have people following us every day,” she notes. “I don’t think my son is becoming used to it — I don’t think it’s good for him — but it is what it is.” And while she has declared previously that she would prefer a large family and has even hinted at wanting a daughter, Sarah Jessica is backing away from those statements, for she says there is no right answer to the question of whether she’ll have more children.

“No matter what you say, either it’s, ‘Poor Sarah Jessica, she wants more and hasn’t had them,’ or, if I say, ‘No, we’re quite content,’ they say, ‘What a cold, heartless, selfish…’”

Famously named the ’Unsexiest Woman Alive’ by Maxim magazine in 2007, Sarah Jessica isn’t concerned by the title. “I think a lot about how to be a better person instead,” she says. “Better wife, better mother, better friend. Those I work on.”

James is Sarah’s son with husband Matthew Broderick, whom she wed in 1997.

Source: Daily Mail

Around the Web…

A few links to close out your week:

• Do kiddie characters really need makeovers? — lilSugar
• Manufacturers move to ban drop-side cribs after injuries, deaths — MSNBC.com
• How to handle biting during breastfeeding — Boston Mamas
• UK schools experiment with delaying classes to mid-morning — CBSNews.com
• Recommended kid books for moms who work outside the home — Mommy Track’d