Looking Across the Pond

Montecito actress Gwyneth Paltrow is looking for a quiet life on the British coast, according to reports.

If so, the Oscar winner will be following a whole host of celebrities, including Cate Blanchett, Jason Statham, Jamie Dornan, Stanley Tucci, and Jason Momoa who have snapped up properties in the picturesque southwestern county of Cornwall.

While the Goop founder’s A-list friends have taken up residence in Mawgan Porth, now dubbed Hollywood-on-Sea, Paltrow is said to be looking at a quieter location in the quaint village of Polzeath, a favorite surfing spot of the princes William and Harry when they were younger, according to the London Sun.

Her ex-husband Coldplay frontman Chris Martin with whom she co-parents daughter Apple, 19, and son Moses, 17, has a home nearby.

And, from a personal point of view, I have owned a historic 400-year-old cottage in the village of St. Buryan, near the cliffside Minack Theatre, where my neighbors include two great dames, Judi Dench and Maggie Smith, for many years.

My journalism career started on the Falmouth Packet newspaper, then owned by the Daily Express, as a cub reporter in 1970.

Founding the Dream

Dream Foundation’s Dreams for Veterans program has been awarded the Fisher House Foundation’s 2023 Fisher Service Award in recognition of its innovative and positive impact on our nation’s heroes and their loved ones.

As part of the award, Dream Foundation also received a $90,000 grant and a $50,000 advertising package from the Military Times Foundation.

Created in 2014, Dreams for Veterans serves America’s terminally ill military veterans, active service members, and members of the Reserve and National Guard across the country and Puerto Rico bringing their final dreams to life.

Dream Foundation CEO Kisa Heyer accepted the award at a ceremony hosted by the Fisher House Foundation and Military Times Foundation in Washington, D.C.

Selected from more than 460 veteran service organizations to win the award, Dreams for Veterans will use the funds to fulfill the final dreams of terminally ill veterans and service members.

Sightings

Barbie actor Ryan Gosling strolling on State Street… Prince Harry in Austin, Texas, for the U.S. Grand Prix… Gwyneth Paltrow sightseeing in Sydney, Australia.

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