Song:Bette Davis Eyes
Album:Duets: Original Soundtrack
Actress Gwyneth Paltrow won a Best Actress Oscar for the 1998 film Shakespeare in Love. She was a big star until she became a mother in 2006 and decided to stay home. These days she is active on TV as the filming schedule is better for her family. She has sung in two films, the 2000 film Duets and the 2010 film Country Strong. She was born Sept. 27, 1972 in Los Angeles. Her parents are director Bruce Paltrow and actress Blythe Danner. She got into acting in the early 90s. She was noticed in the 1993 film Flesh and Bone and the 1995 film Seven. But the film that made her a star was the 1996 film adaptation of the Jane Austen novel Emma. Director Douglas McGrath says he saw Gwyneth in Flesh and Bone. After that she starred in several successful films especially the 1998 film Shakespeare in Love for which she won an Oscar. The 2000 film Duets was directed by Gwyneth's father Bruce Paltrow. It was the only time she worked with him and Duets was his final film before his 2002 death. He was best known for the TV shows The White Shadow and St. Elsewhere. Apparently he had trouble getting financing for Duets and Gwyneth's star power helped with that. Duets is about karaoke competitions. Huey Lewis and Gwyneth play father and daughter and they sing the Smokey Robinson song Cruisin'. Gwyneth's cover of Bette Davis Eyes was released as a single. And the soundtrack album is available. Most of the actors did their own singing. I haven't seen Duets but it didn't do well with critics or at the box office. Gwyneth's other singing appearances were in the TV series Glee and the 2010 film Country Strong. She met her current husband producer Brad Falchuk on the set of Glee. Gwyneth has appeared as Pepper Potts in Marvel films. She currently appears in the Netflix series The Politician playing the mother of the lead character played by Ben Platt. She also owns the wellness company Goop which has been accused of deceptive marketing. She produced a six part Goop docuseries for Netflix. Here's Gwyneth Paltrow performing Bette Davis Eyes in the 2000 film Duets.
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