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By Ramin Setoodeh
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Claire Danes plays a department-store clerk who sells gloves in the upcoming movie "Shopgirl." She spoke to NEWSWEEK's Ramin Setoodeh.
Hello? I'm in the rain right now. And I'm about to head up to the gym. Sorry about all this.
What's your workout like? I usually concentrate on lifting. Sometimes I kickbox. Joe is my trainer. Joe, what do I do? I drag the sleds. Do you know what the sled is?
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No. The sled is--I don't even know how to describe it. It's a metal thing that you pile lots of weight on and then pull across the floor.
Is it hard? Wow. Zoe is licking me.
Who's Zoe? Zoe is Joe's dog. I have a dog named Ouija.
Like the board? Like the photographer [Weegee]. But the photographer named himself after the board.
Did you work out for your nude scene in "Shopgirl"? No. I started working out after.
Will you ever act onstage? I've only done off-off-Broadway, in the form of dance.
But you were at this year's Tonys. Yeah. But I was with my boyfriend, who was nominated.
Am I allowed to ask about him? No.
Can I say that he's Billy Crudup? Other people do all the time.
I hear you have a swing hanging in your apartment. Yeah, like in this open space.
Do you actually swing? I do, often.
By yourself? Yes. I used to have a swing and a trapeze and a trampoline and a hammock.
A trapeze? What for--swinging? It's hard to do anything else on a trapeze.
Just because her name is Madonna, does she have to take being a mother so seriously ? It's one thing to keep Lourdes, 9, and Rocco, 5, from watching TV--they might catch Mom kissing Britney Spears. But what does she have against magazines? Or milk and ice cream, which are also banned. "When Daddy gets home, they get chocolate," Madonna says. "I'm the disciplinarian." And heaven help Lourdes if she leaves her laundry on the floor. "We take all of her clothes and put them in a bag, and she has to earn all of her clothes back by being tidy," Madonna says. "She wears the same outfit every day to school until she learns her lesson." That's one way to make sure your daughter doesn't turn into a material girl.
Life can be cruel, even when you're famous. To wit: a less than stellar week for stars, whether made of plasticine or flesh.
'Lost' star robbed :Josh Holloway (Sawyer) and his wife wake up to an armed intruder in their Hawaii home who steals cash, credit cards and the Mercedes.
Wallace, Gromit burned : Props and sets from the movie catch fire in Bristol, England, the day after the new film "The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" hits No. 1. That rabbit really isn't kidding around.
'The Simple Life' axed : Fox must have enough drama: Paris and Nicole's show gets canceled. Just like their friendship.
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