Gwyneth Paltrow lands on the cover of People magazine, earning the title of World's Most Beautiful Woman. The actress tells the magazine that at first she thought someone was playing a joke on her.
If you're a fan of "Keeping Up with the Kardashians," this week's In Touch just might have a hint at what's to come. Supposedly, Khloe Kardashian will "confront" her mother about her paternity. We'll have to wait and see if this actually happens, though.
With the Kardashians being the main celebrities who can still compel people to buy -- or even hate-buy -- a magazine, Kim Kardashian is on another cover this week. Life & Style claims the pregnant reality star is getting stressed out about the side effects of expecting.
Amanda Seyfried doesn't hold back in the May issue of Allure magazine. Although she doesn't go nude, like some other stars in the issue, she does speak frankly about her body. "I saw a picture a couple of days ago from when I was 19, and my boobs were way bigger," she said. "There was something so beautiful about the size of them. When I look back, I'm like, 'Why did I always give myself such a hard time?' Nobody gave me s*** about it except me."
Naya Rivera bares all in the May issue of Allure, revealing that she's far more confident about her body now than she was when she was working at her pre-fame job at Hooters.
"Cougar Town" star Christa Miller looks so comfortable here, you might not have guess it was her first fully nude shoot.
![Fans of "House" and "Once Upon A Time" are used to seeing actress Jennifer Morrison fully clothed, but she says she wasn't avoiding nude scenes for any particular reason. "[T]hey don't really come my way," she said. "Maybe this shoot will change that. I've always been an active person, and working out is part of my life."](http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130418184232-allure-nude-jennifer-morrison-horizontal-gallery.jpg)
Fans of "House" and "Once Upon A Time" are used to seeing actress Jennifer Morrison fully clothed, but she says she wasn't avoiding nude scenes for any particular reason. "[T]hey don't really come my way," she said. "Maybe this shoot will change that. I've always been an active person, and working out is part of my life."
"Nashville" actress Clare Bowen had a now-or-never approach to the nude photo shoot. "My body isn't going to look like this forever," she told Allure. "I think it's lovely to have that preservation."
Robert Downey Jr. is a master of the humble-brag. In the May issue of GQ magazine, the "Iron Man 3" star said he's "probably one of the best. ...But it's not that big a deal. It's not like this is the greatest swath or generation of actors that has ever come down the pike."
Thanks to Carey Mulligan's role as Daisy Buchanan in Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of "The Great Gatsby," the May issue of Vogue offers a glamorous 1920s take on the actress.
Working on "Gatsby," which also stars Leonardo DiCaprio as the man himself, was "crazy and exhausting and quite overwhelming, the biggest, craziest production I've ever been involved in," Mulligan said.
Bradley Cooper opens up about his father's passing, living with his mother and his own aspirations for fatherhood in the May issue of Details.
"The Hangover Part III" star explains in the issue that after his father's death two years ago, he and his mom -- a.k.a. his roommate -- "need each other." But don't misunderstand, he told Details: "It's not without complications. It's not like I live in a compound and she's in the guesthouse. No. She's in the next room. But here's the thing: She's a cool chick. We can hang, and she can roll with the punches."
He wants to be a dad himself one day, he added. "I really hope I have that experience in my life. I saw how much joy fatherhood gave my own dad. So I hope it's part of my journey. You go through stages in your life, and fatherhood seems like a natural stage."
And as for missing out on an Oscar at this year's ceremony, Cooper said he wasn't surprised. "I knew I wasn't going to win," he bluntly told the magazine.
For its "Women in Music" issue, Elle magazine has released stunning photos of Grammy-winning songbird Adele.
Photographer Thomas Whiteside even got a special birthday treat while working on Adele's shoot for Elle's May issue: "She sang 'Happy Birthday' to me!" he said. "It was the best present ever." (Of course it was. We'd probably buy Adele's cover of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.")
Hayden Panettiere's photo on the May issue of Glamour magazine reveals the star's tattoo, which is actually misspelled. It's Italian, "Vivere senza rimpianti," which means "live without regrets." Except it's supposed to be "rimipianti," Panettiere told Glamour, "so I literally have to live by that advice!"
Jenna Dewan-Tatum is also in the May issue of Glamour, showing off just how much her baby bump has grown.
The actress is expecting her first child with her husband, actor Channing Tatum, this year. "Most actors and actresses are consumed by careers and getting ahead. Channing and I are ambitious, but our relationship comes first," she told Glamour. "We take everything day by day, saying, 'OK, how can we make this work together?' "
Her changing shape has been "really gradual," she added. "There's a reason women are pregnant for nine months; by the end, you're ready to have this baby," she said. "Channing has been great. He takes the route of no confrontation, just support, saying things like, 'Do whatever you want! What do you want to eat? I'm going to leave it up to you.' "
We've missed Louis C.K.'s "Louie," which is on hiatus until next spring, so the new issue of Rolling Stone is a welcome sight. As it turns out, he's not that far removed from his FX alter ego. "The Louie on the show is pretty happy," he told RS. "And I'm about as happy as he is. I don't mind feeling sad. Sadness is a lucky thing to feel."
Rachel Bilson opens up in the May issue of Cosmopolitan about her relationship with actor Hayden Christensen.
"I'm a really good girlfriend -- I always put all that first in my life," Bilson, 31, told Cosmo. "I'm definitely the person who would make him his favorite dinner to come home to."
As it turns out, that's pretty much what she and Christensen do in their free time. As for her future, Bilson is thinking babies. "I definitely have family on the brain. Having kids is something I want to see in my future -- I hope."
Selena Gomez opens up on getting older and being single in the April issue of Harper's Bazaar. You can also count her among the hopeless romantics of the world: "I believe in love," she told the magazine.
Olivia Wilde boggled the minds of Marie Claire readers in April when she admitted that she didn't think her fiance, Jason Sudeikis, would be into her. "I thought, 'He won't be interested in me; I'm not a contender.' He was so cool, so funny -- I was such a fan of his and had always fancied his speed and his intelligence. ... I felt like fresh meat at the market ... I thought, 'I'm not beautiful enough or his type.' "
Movie buffs were probably taken with Esquire's April feature on Robert Redford, in which he recalled his run-in with critic Pauline Kael and why he avoids Los Angeles. "This was a beautiful city once," he told Esquire. "And it isn't anymore."
- People magazine names Gwyneth Paltrow the World's Most Beautiful Woman
- The 40-year-old actress tells the magazine she keeps it natural at home
- "I honestly thought someone was playing a joke on me," she says of her reaction to the cover
- She tells People she wants to pass down a healthy body image to her daughter, Apple
(CNN) -- Gwyneth Paltrow and Beyoncé can now claim to be the most beautiful BFFs in the world.
On Wednesday, People magazine named Paltrow the World's Most Beautiful Woman for 2013, a year after Paltrow's pal Beyoncé held the title.
"I honestly thought someone was playing a joke on me," Paltrow told People about her reaction when she first heard she landed the top spot. "I had to reread the e-mail three times. I was like, 'This can't be true, I've developed dyslexia -- I'm not reading this right.' It's a very iconic cover in American culture, so it's just amazing."
For the "Iron Man 3" actress, her beauty is most evident when she's just being herself.
"Around the house, I'm in jeans and a T-shirt. I don't really wear makeup," Paltrow told the magazine, adding that that's how her two kids, Apple and Moses, are used to seeing her. The star's husband, Coldplay's Chris Martin, even teases her about it.
"If I've gotten fully dressed up, he'll be like, 'Oh, wow! You're Gwyneth Paltrow!' Because he's used to seeing me in like baggy shorts and frizzy hair," she said.
But at 40, Paltrow said her definition of what it means to be beautiful has changed.
"I feel my most beautiful when I am truly myself. Meaning, when I accept exactly where I am in time and space, and I'm not judging myself in any way, and I feel that I have the peace that comes with loving yourself and all of your flaws," she told People. "I see so much now how beauty really does, as cliché as it sounds, emanate from within."
The actress credits the Tracy Anderson Method for helping her "look younger and feel strong," but she's more focused on helping her daughter Apple, 8, build a healthy body image.
"When we're home sometimes, she'll put on mascara. And sometimes I'll let her wear something out to dinner -- but just a little dab," Paltrow told People. "Also having a father who adores you the way that he adores her is very good for your body image. The more we can love her and let her be who she is, the more confident she'll feel."
People magazine's Most Beautiful issue, which also includes Kerry Washington, Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Lawrence and Jane Fonda, arrives on newsstands Friday.
CNN's Breeanna Hare contributed to this report.
