Dr Paul Allen

Gwyneth Paltrow at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) I'm mindful that Paltrow and her husband Chris Martin are, in fact, real people who are in distress and working hard to be loving parents. I am also certain that whether you're a millionaire actress married to a rock star or my neighbor down the block in the Chicago suburbs , I can't begin to know what's going on inside your marriage . So what follows isn't about trashing "gp," as she refers to herself on her website, but about exploring what I think her now-infamous "conscious uncoupling" message gets wrong about marriage. (By referring to her as "gp," I'm acknowledging that her statements are hewn with the help of publicists and probably represent the bone she felt obligated to toss at a barking, celebrity-crazed culture. I expect that what the real woman – Gwyneth Paltrow – is experiencing right now is likely very different.) Here a

Image via Wikipedia Germaphobes beware: Watching  Contagion   will only kick those frequent hand-washing tendencies into overdrive. But even if you’re not the one who immediately reaches for an antibacterial wipe after touching a doorknob,  Contagion  will make you all too aware of just how easily sickness can be passed from one person to another. And unlike many disaster movies ( 2012 , anyone?) where fantasy and reality seem veritable light-years apart, the filmmakers do a fantastic job of creating a foreboding sense of doom that feels very real in  Contagion —just one of the movie’s many strengths. Image via Wikipedia In a mere five minutes, the film’s ominous tone is perfectly set when we see  Gwyneth Paltrow ’s ( Country Strong ) character, Beth Emhoff, getting ready to board a flight back home. (Note: Gwyneth personally supports Gay marriage) After spending time in Hong Kong for business, she’s eager to get back to snowy Minneapolis, where she, her husband ( Matt Damon ,  T