Gwyneth Paltrow covers InStyle's October 2012 issue, and the Oscar winner chats about family, food and turning forty!

On celebrating her 40th birthday next week, Gwynnie says, "I'm taking stock and really looking at everything. I’m trying to accept myself. There’s a Rumi poem, 'The Guest House,' about welcoming in all aspects of yourself: The dark, the light, the jealous, the happy. Let them all in. But know that you’re not defined by any single one of them. I’ve become much more serious after experiencing all the ups and downs of life—heartbreak, the death of people I love … These days I feel pretty grounded.”

Gwyneth opens up about her two kids, telling the mag, "When Apple was born, she had the hugest blue eyes. I looked into them, and she was looking at me, and I felt like, You are here to teach me everything. After [Moses] was born I had postpartum depression. It was a difficult time, and because of that I believe I have an extra empathy for him, and he for me."

So how does she maintain that perfect figure? Discipline and dieting, of course! "I was very strict for a while," she reveals. "I was macrobiotic for a couple of years, then I got pregnant and just ate ice cream. What I’ve learned is I want to enjoy my life, and food is a big part of it. I love to cook and feed people. I cook every day. I [indulge] but I don’t like sweets. My indulging is a fresh baguette with cheese and a glass of red wine or French fries and fried zucchini. Or a turkey burger.”

SUCH an indulgence. Then again, she looks amazing!

On Friday, an eclectic mix of Hollywood's biggest and brightest arrived for Stand Up To Cancer's one-hour fundraising event!

Everyone from Taylor Swift to Robert Pattinson showed their support for the telecast dedicated to the groundbreaking translational cancer research, which was simulcasted live commercial free on ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and a host of other channels.

Donations can still be made online at www.su2c.org, via phone at 1-888-90-STAND (78263) or by texting STAND to 40202. Click through our gallery to see who came out to support the cause!

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Gwyneth Paltrow has it all ... good looks, a sexy body, two beautiful kids and a rocker hubby who has no problem interrupting his sold-out Miami concert to plant a wet one on her lips. So darn sweet!

After watching the above video, we love seeing how shy Gwyneth seemed after the PDA sesh.

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Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin are moving to Brentwood!

The famous couple already own a huge mansion in London and NYC, but it appears they are planning on spending more time in Paltrow's native LA, where they
just splashed out $10.45 million on a six bed/eight bath home in the ritzy section of the city.

The estate was designed by famed architect Windsor Smith, and boats floor-to-ceiling windows, a country themed kitchen and sprawling grounds that will be perfect for the couple's kids, Apple, 8, and Moses, 6.

Considering the couple have a net worth of $114 million, according to the Sunday Times 2012 Rich List, the palatial pad isn't much of a splurge!

It may seem like Gwyneth Paltrow has the perfect life, but the Oscar winner recently revealed that he suffered from postpartum depression shortly after giving birth to son Moses in April 2006.

"I couldn't connect with my son the way that I had with my daughter [Apple, now 7] and I couldn't understand why. I couldn't connect to anyone. I felt like a zombie. I felt very detached," Paltrow said on Thursday's premiere episode of Lifetime's The Conversation With Amanda de Cadenet.

Thankfully, Gwynnie's hubby, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, helped her realize what the problem was.

"I just didn't know what was wrong with me. I couldn't figure it out. It never occurred to me. My husband actually said, 'Something's wrong. I think you have postnatal depression.' I was mortified. 'No I don't!' And then I started researching what it was and the symptoms and I was like, 'Oh, yes I do,'" she added.

"We think that it makes us bad mothers or we didn't do it right, but it's like, we're all in this together," Paltrow continued. "I never understand why mothers judge other mothers, like, 'What do you mean you didn't breastfeed? What do you mean you didn't do this?' It's like, 'Can't we all just be on each other's side?' It's so hard anyway. Can't we all help each other get through it? There's a shame attached to it because if you say, 'I had a baby and I couldn't connect to the baby,' it's like, 'What is wrong with you?'"

The Country Strong actress admits "you never totally get rid of it, but that's why I talk about it, because even the awareness of it started to diminish it. because I didn't feel like I'm dying or I'm crazy -- period. It's like, 'Oh, this is a thing. This is a real thing and these are the symptoms and I have them all.'"

We're loving those cap-toe electric blue stilettos, Gwynnie!

The always-stylish Miss Paltrow looked effortlessly chic in a white blazer, piles of necklaces, jeans and sexy high heels as she headed to dinner in NYC, on Wednesday afternoon.

The Oscar winner is gearing up to go on a worldwide tour to promote her newest flick The Avengers, which hits theaters May 4, and she'll also be starring in Lifetime’s new series The Conversation With Amanda de Cadenet which premieres today. What a busy girl!

A pregnant Reese Witherspoon, the London-based Gwyneth Paltrow, the reclusive Kristen Stewart and the super-busy supermodel mom Miranda Kerr all put their schedules on hold to support their favorite fashion designer Stella McCartney and her dad Paul at a party in her Beverly Hills boutique Friday night.

So just how was this father-daughter duo teaming up? Stella hosted a party to celebrate dad Paul's new music video for My Valentine. The black-and-white mini-film, directed by Paul himself, was shown in three versions -- one staring Johnny Depp, one staring Natalie Portman and another that merged the two together.

McCartney's BFF, Gwyneth Paltrow stunned in Stella's vegan booties, jeans and a tuxedo blazer. She met up with hubby Chris Martin inside. Coldplay's playing at Coachella this weekend, so the couple is taking a break from London to be on the Left Coast.

Reese covered her baby bump in a stunning black dress and sky-high black pumps. Meanwhile, Miranda wore the "it" dress of the spring -- the Stella swirl dress in black with an off-white blazer.

But beyond the fashion, it was the film that brought these A-listers together. Check out Paul's video -- it's a winner!

Gwyneth Paltrow is firing back at the New York Times after they penned an article claiming that she wrote her cookbook My Father's Daughter with some help from chef Julia Turshen.

In an article on cookbook ghostwriters posted last week, the NY Times noted that Turshen "is writing a second cookbook with Gwyneth Paltrow after their collaboration on My Father's Daughter."

The Oscar winner wrote on her Facebook page, "Love @nytimes dining section but this weeks facts need checking. No ghost writer on my cookbook, I wrote every word myself."

Glad she set the record straight!