In brief: Gwyneth Paltrow’s mother denies marriage problems

LAST UPDATED AT 10:55 ON Wed 17 Dec 2008

Gwyneth Paltrow's mother, Blythe Danner, has dismissed reports that the actress's marriage to Coldplay's Chris Martin (pictured with Paltrow) is in trouble, insisting the gossip stems from their refusal to pose for pictures together. She told Foxnews.com: "They don't take pictures together if they can avoid it. It's a strategy. They don't want the pandemonium"…………Actress Rosamund Pike has been named as one of the judges for the 2008 Costa Book Awards. Among the authors up for the prize, which has five categories with each winner receiving £5,000, are Louis de Bernieres, best known for Captain Corelli's Mandolin……….. A poster for the film Righteous Kill, starring Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, which had the tagline "There's nothing wrong with a little shooting as long as the right people get shot", has been censured by the Advertising Standards Council. The billboard had been sited at Stockwell Tube station, and the ASA ruled that it would have caused serious offence to the family and friends of Jean Charles de Menezes………… ·