Paltrow, Timberlake win creative arts Emmy Awards (AP)

By RYAN PEARSON, AP Entertainment Writer Ryan Pearson, Ap Entertainment Writer – Sun Sep 11, 12:59 am ET

LOS ANGELES – "Boardwalk Empire" captured a leading seven trophies at the creative arts Emmy Awards, with Gwyneth Paltrow and Justin Timberlake earning TV comedy series guest-star honors.

Paltrow, recognized for "Glee," and Timberlake, a winner for hosting "Saturday Night Live," were no-shows at Saturday's ceremony for technical and other achievements. It preceded the main Sept. 18 Emmy show.

"She couldn't be here because it's happy hour at the Starlight Room," presenter and "Community" actress Alison Brie joked about Paltrow's absence.

Timberlake received his award for hosting a "Saturday Night Live" episode and shared in another Emmy for co-writing his opening monologue, in which he crooned about not wanting to sing.

"Justin Timberlake really wanted to be here but we said no, they want to see the writers," "SNL" head writer Seth Myers told the audience.

"Boardwalk Empire," which stars Steve Buscemi as a Prohibition-era politico in Atlantic City, N.J., earned trophies for categories including art direction, picture editing and makeup.

Loretta Devine was honored as best guest actress in a drama series for "Grey's Anatomy," with Paul McCrane earning the category's best actor award for "Harry's Law."

Fired "Two and a Half Men" star Charlie Sheen, the subject of a Comedy Central "roast" taping across town Saturday, was at the ceremony in spirit as his former co-star Jon Cryer and series creator Chuck Lorre presented awards in the casting category.

Lorre said he'd been urged to share funny stories about casting, asking Cryer: "What do you think? Got any amusing anecdotes?"

"Uh, none that amuses me," Cryer replied.

"Drawing a blank," Lorre concluded.

"America's Most Wanted" host John Walsh received the Governors Award, and said backstage that he had received offers from Fox, which dropped the show, and CNN to do news commentary. He turned them down.

"I said to Fox, all I really want to do is catch bad guys and find missing children," Walsh said. "This is the only thing I know how to do on television."

He'll be hosting a new version of the show on the Lifetime network and hopes to expand internationally.

Howie Mandel teased next week's Emmy Awards, saying: "This is great. These are the creative Emmys. Unlike the Emmys next week, where there's no creativity at all."

HBO earned a leading 15 awards Saturday, followed by PBS with 10, Fox with nine, CBS with seven and NBC with five. ABC won three awards, behind the four each for Discovery Channel and History.

The creative arts ceremony will air Sept. 17 on ReelzChannel, which earned three awards for the controversial miniseries "The Kennedys." The 63rd annual prime-time Emmy ceremony, with "Glee" star Jane Lynch as host, will air live the next night on Fox.

Other winners at the creative arts Emmys included:

Host, reality or reality-competition series: Jeff Probst, "Survivor," CBS.

Voice-over performance: Maurice LaMarche, "Futurama: Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences," Fox.

Reality program: "Deadliest Catch," Discovery.

Commercial: "Born of Fire: Chrysler 200."

Animated Program: "Futurama: The Late Philip J. Fry," Comedy Central.

Nonfiction series: "American Masters," PBS.

Writing for a variety, music or comedy series: "64th Annual Tony Awards," CBS.

Music composition for a series (original dramatic score): "American Masters: John Muir In The New World," PBS.

Music composition for a miniseries, movie or special: "Mildred Pierce: Part Five," HBO.

Choreography (juried award: possibility of more than one award): Two awards, "So You Think You Can Dance," Fox.

Casting for a drama series: "Boardwalk Empire," HBO.

Casting for a miniseries, movie or a special: "Mildred Pierce," HBO.

Casting for a comedy series: "Glee," Fox.

Costumes for a miniseries, movie or a special: "Downton Abbey Part 1 (Masterpiece)," PBS.

Costumes for a variety-music program or a special (more than one award possible): "Gettysburg," History.

Costumes for a series: "The Borgias: Lucrezia's Wedding," Showtime.

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Paltrow loves `Glee' character but skips Emmys (AP)

LOS ANGELES – Gwyneth Paltrow says she was "totally thrilled" to be nominated for an Emmy for her guest starring role on "Glee," but she won't be at the ceremony this weekend where the winner will be announced.

The 38-year-old actress says she just reunited with her children in London and couldn't return to Los Angeles for Saturday's Creative Arts Emmy Awards, where TV guest roles are honored.

Paltrow would, however, return to "Glee" to reprise the free-spirited substitute teacher Holly Holliday, if invited. She says she "loves doing that show" and Holly is "probably the most fun character I've ever gotten to play."

Meanwhile, Paltrow has been busy promoting her latest film, "Contagion," where her role was probably NOT the most fun character she's ever gotten to play. She's Patient No. 1 in a killer pandemic.

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Actress Paltrow learns of 9/11 "Sliding Doors" moment (Reuters)

VENICE, Italy (Reuters) – Gwyneth Paltrow has received a letter from a woman who believes the actress may have inadvertently saved her life on the day of the attacks on New York nearly 10 years ago.

As the United States prepares to mark the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Paltrow told Reuters she was more closely involved in the events than she had known at the time.

"Basically, what happened was I had gone to a yoga class very early," the Hollywood star said in an interview in Venice to discuss her latest movie "Contagion."

The film, directed by Steven Soderbergh, also features Matt Damon, Marion Cotillard, Jude Law and Kate Winslet, and tells the story of a deadly disease that quickly spreads around the world causing panic.

Particularly in its examination of how governments react to a crisis, some of its themes echo the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks on the twin towers.

"I was on the way home and it was the morning of September 11 -- not that I knew at the time what that meant -- and a girl was jaywalking across the street and we kind of both stopped at the same time and waited a really long time," said Paltrow.

She said she and the woman did "this stop-start thing" for a time and began to laugh before the woman finally went on her way.

"Ten years later I got a letter from her saying that she had been late for work and we had that thing and she went down to the Christopher Street station to catch her train to go down to the World Trade Center where she worked on the 77th floor of the South Tower and the train was just pulling out.

"So had we not had that interaction she feels like her life would've taken a much different course. She called it her 'Sliding Doors moment'," Paltrow added, referring to one of her movies in which the plot follows different paths based on whether or not she catches a subway train.

"It was an extraordinary story and all I could think about is all of the people who had experiences like that that day, but aren't able to reach out because it wasn't a recognizable person," said the 38-year-old Oscar winner.

"She saw it was me so she was able to get me a message, but I think a lot of fates were changed that day obviously and I am very humbly happy to be a part in her story."

Contagion, which is not in the main competition at the Venice film festival, opens in theatres on September 9 and has been well received in early reviews.

(Reporting by Mike Collett-White, editing by Paul Casciato)

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Gwyneth Paltrow reveals diet secrets

Being a celeb must be so much hard work, if Gwyneth Paltrow’s idea of a snack is anything to go by. Speaking to Shape magazine, the actress listed her vices as: 'Raw almonds with raisins, or coconut water, or I’ll make a juice with kale, lemon juice, water, Vitamix and a little agave,' we think she is talking about food, but she sort of lost us at the kale. She clearly has no idea about proper snacking (two tubs of Ben and Jerry’s and a chocolate biscuit).

However, Gwyneth admitted she does fall weak to a splurge now and then: ''I try to avoid barbeque potato chips. They’re my weakness. I always eat right, but last night, I had fried clams, pasta with duck sausage and two glasses of red wine.’

TWO whole glasses? You crazy mare! She was probably drunk by the time she put the order in, judging by the looks of things. Duck sausage accompanied by a fried clam? Holy heck, we’ve heard of some crazy cuisine in our time but surely this must be some sort of promotional hoax by the duck sausage people (didn't they do that Barabra Streisand song?)?

Gwynnie went on:

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Gwyneth Paltrow reveals diet secrets

Being a celeb must be so much hard work, if Gwyneth Paltrow’s idea of a snack is anything to go by. Speaking to Shape magazine, the actress listed her vices as: 'Raw almonds with raisins, or coconut water, or I’ll make a juice with kale, lemon juice, water, Vitamix and a little agave,' we think she is talking about food, but she sort of lost us at the kale. She clearly has no idea about proper snacking (two tubs of Ben and Jerry’s and a chocolate biscuit).

However, Gwyneth admitted she does fall weak to a splurge now and then: ''I try to avoid barbeque potato chips. They’re my weakness. I always eat right, but last night, I had fried clams, pasta with duck sausage and two glasses of red wine.’

TWO whole glasses? You crazy mare! She was probably drunk by the time she put the order in, judging by the looks of things. Duck sausage accompanied by a fried clam? Holy heck, we’ve heard of some crazy cuisine in our time but surely this must be some sort of promotional hoax by the duck sausage people (didn't they do that Barabra Streisand song?)?

Gwynnie went on:

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Gwyneth Paltrow Is In The Best Shape of Her Life

From her buzzed-about guest-starring role on 'Glee' to her new cookbook, 'My Father's Daughter,' Gwyneth Paltrow is all but inescapable these days.

The 'Country Strong' actress, who recently landed a record deal, graces the latest cover of SELF magazine to talk about something she has become synonymous with: healthy living. She already extols the virtues of eating right and exercise on her lifestyle website GOOP, but with 'My Father's Daughter,' she's taking it a step further, providing readers with the essentials to a well-stocked pantry and sharing recipes meant to celebrate "family and togetherness."

Asked if she is in the best shape of her life, Paltrow told SELF, "Yes. I never thought that I'd be considered to have a good body. I was bony up top and kind of dumpy on the bottom. But my trainer, Tracy Anderson, completely changed my legs, butt, arms and stomach. I feel better than ever, too."
On her challenge areas:
"My butt! My butt, butt, butt. When Tracy met me, she said that I had a long, square butt that she was going to redesign, and I was, like, 'Yeah? Good luck.' The amazing thing is, she was right! And it's still changing!"

How she stays sane about her body:
"I've found what works for me. I know if I put in an hour and a half, five days a week, I'm good. If I'm on vacation and, like, 'F

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