Paltrow Proves Her Pipes

May 5, 1999
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Sing along: "Her name is Gwyneth, she is an actress, with loads of golden
hair, and a new tal-ent to share…"

Monday night, Gwyneth Paltrow took to the Copacabana stage and wowed a
 celebrity crowd with her rendition of Sheryl Crow's "I Shall Believe."
The New York Daily News says that her calm performance belied some major
jitters.

"I was so nervous," she says. The New York Post says the Shakespeare in
Love star was seen pacing backstage, worrying about another number with
singer Phoebe Snow and Tony-nominated Stockard Channing (better known as
Rizzo from Grease). The trio successfully covered the Rolling Stones'
hit "Satisfaction."

Says Snow, "Gwyneth has chops! I want her to work with me. We can make
her a real rocker!"

She wasn't just a hit with Snow and such other guests as Paul Newman and
James Naughton, who attended the benefit for off-Broadway's Blue Light
Theater Company. Paltrow told the News that her entertainment suitors
may soon include record company reps.

"I guess they found out there's a soundtrack to Duets," she says,
referring to the movie she just completed with her father Bruce in
which she plays a karaoke chanteuse.

A career shift isn't in the cards for the multitalented Paltrow
(readers queasy from her perfection will find bags stowed in the seat
pockets in front of them), who says she's still reeling from her Oscar
win.

"People ask me now how my life has changed since winning the Oscar,
and I don't know what to say because I don't feel different," she
says, according to the News. "It's almost like it's too big, too mind-
blowing. I always think of myself as an underdog, not someone who's
viewed the way people are wanting to view me now."

Pass that bag over this way, wouldja?

They could view her as a goodwill ambassador soon: At the benefit,
Paltrow asked U.S. diplomat Richard Holbrooke if she could visit the
refugees in Yugoslavia. According to the Post, Holbrooke said yes, and
took down Gwynnie's digits.