The daily gossip: People crowns Gwyneth Paltrow the World's Most Beautiful Woman, and more

5 top pieces of celebrity gossip — from Gus Van Sant's Fifty Shades of Grey short to Zach Braff's Garden State follow-up

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1. Gwyneth Paltrow is the World's Most Beautiful Woman, says People

Who is World's Most Beautiful Woman? A woman so beautiful that her title requires distinct capital letters? According to the people at People, who surely employed a painstaking, complicated algorithm to find the answer, it's Gwyneth Paltrow. And what a fortuitous coincidence, since Paltrow also stars in a movie that hits theaters next week! The actress earns the honor just a few months after People crowned Channing Tatum the Sexiest Man Alive, raising the distinct and intriguing possibility that the magazine is recruiting candidates for some kind of hotness Hunger Games.

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Scott Meslow

Scott Meslow is the entertainment editor for TheWeek.com. He has written about film and television at publications including The Atlantic, POLITICO Magazine, and Vulture.