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Chris Martin Takes an Olivia Rodrigo-Like Fall

Coldplay singer also tumbles into hole onstage, also in Melbourne

(Newser) - Another pop star has been swallowed by their stage during a concert in Melbourne. Singer Chris Martin was talking to the Marvel Stadium crowd during Coldplay's performance Sunday night at the time, the Guardian reports. While pointing to posters and reading them, he walked backward until he disappeared into...

Yes, That Was Michael J. Fox Performing With Coldplay
Coldplay Jams With 'One of the
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Coldplay Jams With 'One of the Most Amazing People on Earth'

Back to the Future star Michael J. Fox played with UK band at Glastonbury Festival over the weekend

(Newser) - Coldplay featured multiple cameos during its Saturday evening performance at the Glastonbury Festival in England, but there was one in particular that got the crowd on its feet. "Here's another legendary Michael/One who just totally rocks," crooned lead singer Chris Martin in introducing the band's most...

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Dakota Johnson Is a Champion Sleeper

Actor tells 'Wall Street Journal' she tries to get 14 hours a night

(Newser) - Dakota Johnson gave an interview to the Wall Street Journal in which the Fifty Shades of Grey star spoke on a wide range of subjects. The one getting the most attention, however, is sleep. As in, how much the 34-year-old loves it. "Sleep is my number one priority in...

Their Ex-Manager Sued, and Coldplay Sued Back

Dave Holmes wants commission, the band alleges bungled tour spending

(Newser) - Coldplay's former manager of 17 years has sued the band seeking millions. The band sued right back, and it wants millions, too. The BBC reports on the claims filed in London's High Court: Dave Holmes is arguing that he's due his commission for two of the band'...

Coldplay's Chris Martin Surprises Couple With Pub Song

He plays 'Sky Full of Stars' after learning it's their wedding song

(Newser) - A soon-to-be-married couple in England scored an unusual treat from Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, reports the BBC . The pair identified only as Hannah and Jeremy were in the Stag Inn in the small village of Hinton Charterhouse—not exactly a celebrity hangout—when they happened upon Martin. After informing him...

Coldplay: No More Tours Until They're Green-Friendly

Band says it's taking the 'next year or two' to figure out how to be more environmentally conscious

(Newser) - Coldplay has a new album coming out this week, but unless you're planning on being in Jordan on Friday, don't look for the concert lineup to promote it. "We're not touring this album," frontman Chris Martin tells the BBC , adding the environmentally conscious reason: "...

Will Ferrell Decides Coldplay Performance Needs More Cowbell

Crashes Chris Martin's song at charity event

(Newser) - When a song needs more cowbell, Will Ferrell is there to deliver. At "Will Ferrell's Best Night of Your Life" Saturday, a charity event produced by Funny or Die to raise money for cancer survivors, Chris Martin was performing an acoustic version of Coldplay's "Viva La...

Yes, Gwyneth Really Can Smoke Just a Few Cigarettes a Year

And more from Taffy Brodesser-Akner's in-depth article on the actress and her business

(Newser) - Somewhere in the middle of her New York Times Magazine article on Gwyneth Paltrow and Goop, the controversial lifestyle business she founded, writer Taffy Brodesser-Akner sits in the actress's home and smokes a cigarette with her because she once read that Paltrow smokes a single cigarette a week. The...

2 Years Later, Gwyneth, Chris Consciously Divorced

Judge makes the divorce official

(Newser) - Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin are officially uncoupled after a judge finalized their divorce, the AP reports. The judgment signed by a Los Angeles judge on Thursday provides few details, but states neither Paltrow or Martin will pay spousal support. The actress and Coldplay frontman married in December 2003 and...

Gwyneth on Chris Martin: He's 'Like My Brother'

That's not weird at all

(Newser) - Gwyneth Paltrow continues to paint the sunniest of pictures of her post-conscious-uncoupling life with Chris Martin, but the description she gives Glamour in a new interview may be the most interesting one so far. "We're still very much a family, even though we don't have a romantic...

Gwyneth, Chris Collaborate on Coldplay Song

She provides backing vocals for a song that's about her

(Newser) - Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin continue to not really seem all that divorced, most recently by collaborating on a song that appears on the new Coldplay album. Paltrow contributes vocals on "Everglow," a song the Wall Street Journal says is "about a relationship’s enduring spark,"...

Coldplay Album Samples ... the President

Clip of Obama's 'Amazing Grace' to be included on album

(Newser) - Coldplay's new album is out next month , and it has a pretty high-profile guest star: President Obama. Chris Martin says he's sampled the president's rendition of "Amazing Grace," which Obama sang during his eulogy for the pastor killed in the Charleston church massacre earlier this...

Gwyneth: I 'Don't Come From a Culture of Divorce'

'I am from a tribe of people who stay married'

(Newser) - Chris Martin isn't the only one opening up about his marriage recently. Gwyneth Paltrow also had something to say on the matter during the Pearl xChange conference Sunday. An audience member at a Q&A asked Paltrow what part of her life turned out differently than she'd planned,...

Chris Martin: I'm Once Again 'Happy to Be Alive'

Should Gwyneth be offended?

(Newser) - Chris Martin was apparently not in a great state of mind during the last couple years of his marriage to Gwyneth Paltrow, which ended last year. "A few years ago I was in a kind of low place in my life and I was feeling kind of down and...

4 Breakup Songs and Who They're About

Ouch

(Newser) - If you love speculating about who might be the subject of a particularly bitter breakup ballad, you'll really love ETOnline's list of nine angry songs and the celebrity exes they're (probably) about. A sampling:
  • Gwen Stefani, "Used to Love You," 2015: Considering Stefani filed for
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Gwyneth Paltrow on Being Uncoupled: 'It's So Nice'

She says she and Chris Martin worked hard to get to this point

(Newser) - Gwyneth Paltrow seems to enjoy being consciously uncoupled. She and Chris Martin have "worked really f---ing hard to get to [this] point," she says of their current relationship in a new interview with Marie Claire . "But we're very, very close, and it's so nice. I...

Springsteen, Martin Fill In for Injured Bono

They join rest of U2 for World Aids Day gig

(Newser) - Bono has some top-notch understudies: Bruce Springsteen and Chris Martin of Coldplay acted as the U2 frontman, who is recovering from a bike accident , at a New York City concert last night honoring World AIDS Day. Springsteen performed "Where the Streets Have No Name" and "I Still Haven'...

Chris Martin Uncouples Yet Again

He and Jennifer Lawrence are over, sources say

(Newser) - Chris Martin has now uncoupled from Jennifer Lawrence, the paramour he briefly and, apparently, intensely took on after uncoupling from Gwyneth Paltrow. Multiple sources tell Us it's over between them, four months after they started dating. Their "insane" schedules made the relationship "rocky," says one insider,...

Chris Martin, JLaw Heat Up Coldplay Show

Lawrence 'couldn't take her eyes off' singer

(Newser) - Jennifer Lawrence was spotted blowing off some steam last night in LA, where she watched new man Chris Martin rock out with Coldplay, E! reports. "She danced the entire time" and "knew every word to every song," a source says, adding that "she couldn't take...

Chris Martin Moves On ... to Jennifer Lawrence

Sources say the unlikely couple has been dating since June

(Newser) - Now that his soon-to-be-consciously-uncoupled-wife has moved on , Chris Martin has reportedly done the same—and his alleged new paramour is a bit more famous than Gwyneth's new man. Sources tell E! the Coldplay frontman, 37, is dating none other than Jennifer Lawrence, 24, who recently split up with Nicholas...

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