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Did frost between Gwyneth Paltrow and Nicole Kidman lead Paltrow to drop out of their planned film together, The Danish Girl?

That’s what the Daily Mail wants you to think.

After citing Paltrow’s public comments about wanting to spend more time with hubby Chris Martin and their two children as the reason behind her departure, the newspaper also alleges she had “failed to bond with co-star Nicole.”

Kidman lives in Nashville not far from where Paltrow has been working on her latest movie. “Gwyneth made the effort to get in touch with Nicole but Nicole declined,” claims a Daily Mail source.

“It would have been nice for Nicole to make the effort.”

What would have been “nice” is for the Daily Mail to resist the temptation to invent a feud where none exists.

A representative for Paltrow assures Gossip Cop the actress pulled out of The Danish Girl because the production schedule had become too problematic.

“There are no bad feelings between Nicole and Gwyneth at all,” we’re told. Kidman herself understands how difficult it is to balance family and career and “completely gets it,” adds the rep, as would “any actress with small children.”

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The Daily Mail is a little slimmer today because the British tabloid had to pay out more than $40,000 to Kate Winslet after libeling the Oscar winner.

Today Winslet was awarded $40,000 in damages, stemming from an article from last January that alleged the actress lied about her exercise regime.

Winslet’s attorney argued successfully that the story, titled “Should Kate Winslet win an Oscar for the World’s most irritating actress?” and which was accompanied by several shots of the actress naked, caused the star a “great deal of distress” and was “simply not true.”

While Winslet was not in court to hear the ruling, she issued a statement that said she was “delighted” that the Daily Mail apologized for “making false allegations about me.” She went on to say, “I was particularly upset to be accused of lying about my exercise regime and felt that I had a responsibility to request an apology in order to demonstrate my commitment to the views that I have always expressed about body issues including diet and exercise… women should be encouraged to accept themselves as they are, so to suggest that I was lying was an unacceptable accusation of hypocrisy.”

Gossip Cop applauds Winslet for both taking a stand against media outlets that make up stories, and for her belief that people should accept themselves as they are.

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It was bound to happen. Place Lindsay Lohan and Gerard Butler in the same room (or even in just the same country) –– voila! — you have the perfect tabloid tale since they’re both often the subjects of wrongly reported romance rumors.

And that is precisely what was done by the British papers like the Mirror, the Daily Mail, and a slew of bad bloggers.

The Mirror kicked it all off by claiming that, at the opening of the Mazagan Beach Resort in Morocco, Lohan “was locking lips with gorgeous RocknRolla star Gerard.” The tab alleged they were first “dirty dancing,” and “ended up in a corner snogging [kissing], followed by more dancing and flirting.” Next, reported the tab, “we saw them leaving together.”

Here’s what’s true: They were in Morocco.

Here’s what’s not true: Everything else.

Lohan tells Gossip Cop it’s “such a lie!”

And if that’s not enough, better look out, because a rep for Butler told Gossip Cop, “It is completely untrue and we are taking action against these claims.”

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Is a vampire battling a wizard for royalty?

The Internet is buzzing with talk that “Twilight” heartthrob Robert Pattinson and “Harry Potter” sidekick Rupert Grint are on the short list to play Britain’s Prince Harry in an upcoming film called The Spare. According to stories on E! and elsewhere, the two young stars, along with Rupert Friend, are “among the hotties in the running” for the lead role. OK! goes so far as to declare, “Robert Pattinson is in line to play Prince Harry in a new movie.”

To borrow a phrase from our British friends — bullocks!

Director Peter Kosminsky never actually said whether Pattinson, Grint, or anyone else was being considered for the prince. The Harry biopic is still too far off. An associate of Kosminsky tells Gossip Cop that he has another movie he’s working on, and in terms of casting for The Spare, they’re “not at that stage.”

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According to the Daily Mail, “Uma Thurman and her millionaire financier fiance Arpad Busson are to become the first celebrities to marry at Kensington Palace, former home of Princess Diana.” Wow, right?

In a story picked up by Perez Hilton and others, the paper claims the comely couple “booked the palace’s famous Orangery for June next year. The guest list is expected to include Sir Elton John, Sting, Claudia Schiffer and Liz Hurley.” Still following?

Not surprisingly, the Daily Mail has a Thurman “friend” who gave the tab juicy quotations. Says the so-called chum: “Uma wants to get married like a princess . . . She already has an eight-carat diamond ring and now she is planning to get married in a palace.” The unnamed source goes on to say that Thurman and Busson want the palace all to themselves, so in addition to the more than reported $18,000 ceremony and venue fee, “they have hired the rest of the palace to ensure it’s completely private.”

Since the story smelled fishier than the South Street Seaport right from the start, we checked it out, and holy mackerel, Thurman’s rep tells Gossip Cop, “It is all wrong.”

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There’s been a disproportionate amount of speculation, particularly by the British press, that Lindsay Lohan has had lip injections. The Sun wrote “The Mean Girls star sparked rumours she’s had a ‘lip job’ when she rocked up to [an “Inglourious Basterds” screening] with a plumper smile than usual.” And the UK’s Daily Mail said the actress “appears to have added a pair of bee-stung lips.”

Well, guess what?

Gossip Cop happened to run into Lohan last night, and with a much better view of her than those reporting from across the Atlantic, we can tell you that it didn’t look like Lohan had injections to make her smackers look fuller. Her rep explained, she simply “uses a great lip plumper.”

Happy that’s resolved.

And Lindsay: thanks for the shout-out to GossipCop.com on Twitter last night!

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Gossip Cop is more confused than usual. The latest story, picked up across the blogosphere, has Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie fighting over where they should be buried together.

A source told The Daily Mail that Angelina’s “been trying to persuade Brad to make a decision on where they should be buried but he thinks the whole thing is morbid.”

Hmm. Here’s Gossip Cop’s question: Why would Angelina Jolie even care about where she and Brad spend eternity, since these exact same outlets also report that the couple is splitting?

Possibly because those rumors of an imminent (or current) break up are dead wrong. This latest report should also be laid to rest.

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According to reports in the British tabs, which have been picked up and repeated across the globe, Russell Crowe has been banned by a bar named The Brickmakers, located an hour outside of London in Windlesham, where he is filming “Robin Hood.”

So what reportedly happened? A local told The Daily Mail, “He offered money to be allowed to keep drinking after closing time.” But when the pub refused, according to the paper, the actor started an argument. “Eventually he left,” The Daily Express quoted a manager at The Brickmakers as saying, “but not before smashing a plate.”  The manager added, “He’s been asked not to return.”

There’s a very good chance Crowe will never be seen at that bar – because he’s never set foot in it before. Not only does his press agent swear the story is a “total fabrication,” but he also notes that Crowe “has never ever been to this place.”

Maybe some locals had too many when telling the story.

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Wasn’t it beyond heart wrenching to watch Michael Jackson’s 11-year-old daughter sob in front of the thousands assembled at the Staples Center (and millions more watching worldwide)? With her aunts and uncles surrounding her, Paris Jackson told fellow mourners that the King of Pop had been “the best father you could ever imagine, and I just wanted to say I love him so much.”

Apparently it was not tragic enough for the editors of The Daily Mail.

Staffers at the British tabloid doctored photos – one of Jackson’s daughter in tears on stage, and another of her father’s rose-covered coffin several feet below – so that it appeared that the little girl had broken down inches away from her deceased dad.

Gossip Cop finds this type of fake journalism nothing short of criminal.

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