Paltrow says her celebrity status began spiraling out of control after she won an Academy Award for ''Shakespeare in Love'' last March. ''After the Oscars, it was very dicey,'' she says. ''I felt like I wanted to go hide somewhere. I felt like I couldn't sustain all of the energy that comes with all that attention. The stress level was so high for me it was just incredibly surreal. I couldn't make sense of it all, and I was just trying to get through it.''
To help ease her stress, these days the new brunet has turned to that increasingly popular celebrity pursuit: yoga. ''Now I'm content a lot of the time, more so than I've ever been,'' Paltrow says. ''I think it comes from taking the time to be with myself, meditating, doing yoga, connecting with what's real.'' For the sake of her sanity, let's hope Oscar decides to overlook her turn in ''Mr. Ripley.''
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