Gwyneth Paltrow expecting baby
( 2003-12-05 11:38) (Agencies)
Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow is expecting a baby next summer with
her rocker boyfriend, Chris Martin, representatives for the couple said
Wednesday.
 "Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin are pleased to confirm
that they are expecting their first child next summer," Steven Huvane, a
spokesman for the willowy 31-year-old film star said in a brief statement.
A spokeswoman for Martin, 26-year-old singer for the British rock band
Coldplay, also confirmed that Paltrow was expecting. She declined to say if the
couple planned to marry ¡ª a question that served as fodder for gossip columns on
both sides of the Atlantic even before the pregnancy was known.
In a recent interview with the BBC, Paltrow said she would like to get
married, though she stopped short of saying that Martin was her intended.
The Shakespeare in Love star ¡ª a close friend of pop star Madonna who was
once engaged to Hollywood heartthrob Brad Pitt and dated actor Ben Affleck ¡ª met
Martin backstage at a Coldplay concert in 2002.
The couple has been romantically linked for more than a year, spending much
of that time in London, though they have mostly shied away from discussing the
relationship in the media.
Paltrow, the daughter of film director Bruce Paltrow and actress Blythe
Danner, first attracted notice for her performance in the 1996 film Emma. She
won the 1999 Academy Award for best actress for Shakespeare in
Love.
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