Tuesday, June 18, 2013
10:14 p.m. PDT

Gwyneth Paltrow

“Shakespeare in Love”<br> <br> Paltrow won the best actress Oscar for this 1998 romantic comedy that beat out favorite “Saving Private Ryan” for best film of the year. Set in 1593, the comedy revolves around young Will Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) who is having writer’s block on his latest play, “Romeo and Juliet,” and is looking for a muse. His inspiration arrives in the form of Lady Viola (Paltrow), a young woman engaged to the dreadfully boring Lord Wessex (Colin Firth). Viola dreams of becoming an actor, but because women were not permitted on stage, she disguises herself as a man to audition for Shakespeare’s play. But it’s love at first sight between the two and soon Viola drops her guise and falls into the arms and bed of the young Bard.

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“Shakespeare in Love”

Paltrow won the best actress Oscar for this 1998 romantic comedy that beat out favorite “Saving Private Ryan” for best film of the year. Set in 1593, the comedy revolves around young Will Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) who is having writer’s block on his latest play, “Romeo and Juliet,” and is looking for a muse. His inspiration arrives in the form of Lady Viola (Paltrow), a young woman engaged to the dreadfully boring Lord Wessex (Colin Firth). Viola dreams of becoming an actor, but because women were not permitted on stage, she disguises herself as a man to audition for Shakespeare’s play. But it’s love at first sight between the two and soon Viola drops her guise and falls into the arms and bed of the young Bard.

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