It was no laughing matter for film star Goldie Hawn as she was caught on camera without her make-up near her Hollywood home yesterday.

The usually glamorous star of movies Private Benjamin and Overboard was seen out exercising with long-term partner Kurt Russell near their home in the Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles.

But clearly the 62-year-old was in a relaxed mood, as she had foregone her usual layer of make-up for a more natural look.

She always cuts a glitzy figure on the red carpet and her athletic look is a far cry from events such as last January’s Golden Globes.

But, seen in a black lycra vest and matching pants, she appears to have aged dramatically.

Hawn recently celebrated 25 years of “not being married” to long-term partner, actor Kurt.

Goldie hasn’t appeared in a film since 2002’s The Banger Sisters with Susan Sarandon but appears happy to take ageing in her stride.

She recently revealed that it’s her personality rather than her looks that she treasures.

She has said: “I like that I got an ugly girl’s personality. In other words, a homely girl always has to develop that muscle.

“And I did.

“But the good news is that I never considered myself beautiful at all.

“And I still don’t.”

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Independence Day

Add a few aliens to the above list of bombs, gore and guns and you have a super science fiction film based on alien invasion. The special effects are amazing and will leave you open-mouthed.

Goldie Hawn appeared as a guest host on The View yesterday, and praised the beauty and people of Vancouver. She said that moving to Vancouver was one of the best things that her family had ever done. Hawn recalled how she and longtime partner Kurt Russell moved from California to Canada so their son Wyatt could play hockey.

“Let me tell you something, life in Vancouver is different,” said Hawn. “It’s very different. It’s beautiful, people live an alternative lifestyle. It was fabulous. Freeing.”

Rosie O’Donnell also praised Vancouver’s beauty.

Hawn and Russell moved back to California last year. Wyatt, 20, spent the 2006 hockey season in Ontario playing goalie for the Brampton Capitals.

The famous couple sold their 6,800-square-foot Tudor-style home on Cypress Street in the Shaughnessy neighbourhood of Vancouver earlier this year for a reported $5.4 million CDN (4.8 mil US). The mansion has five bedrooms, eight bathrooms, a games room, gym, sauna and theatre.

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On a recent “Jimmy Kimmel Live” appearance, Kurt Russell confirmed the myth that the last two words Walt Disney wrote before he died in 1966 was “Kurt Russell”. Russell was a child actor working for the studio at the time.

“It’s true. I don’t know what to make of that. I was taken into his office one time after he died and I was shown that.”

Yep, not weird at all. The last words I write when I die are going to be “Angelina Jolie.” Then on the other side of the paper it’ll say, “I hit that.” Angelina or her kids would probably deny it, but those were my last words. Why would I have any reason to lie? Heh heh heh.

Kurt Russell says he thought he was going to get his first kiss in third grade, but got stabbed instead, and even has the scar to prove it. He tells Men’s Journal:

“I was in third grade, and … I noticed this really hot chick hanging out under the bridge with her friend. She was probably 13, and there was this vibe about her, you know. She says, ‘Hey, come here.’ I think I’m going to get my first kiss. She lifts my shirt, then all of a sudden reaches into her bee hive, pulls out a penknife, and drags it about 6 inches across my stomach. It starts to bleed, and they haul ass. I was, like, ‘What?’ “

It must’ve been pretty hard living back in the Stone Age. Where girls pretended they were going to kiss you, but then stabbed you in the stomach instead. Call me old fashioned, but when a girl pretends they’re going to kiss you that gives you the right to have sex with her. And if she resists, well that’s just her being feisty. Rowr!

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So I’m torn – I am interested in seeing this movie, but I think it might scar me for life.

Director Quentin Tarantino has always been a huge fan of B-movies, that juicy layer of popular culture dominated by zombies, psychotic killers, violent car chases and buckets of gore.

Now, four years after the colorful writer/director/producer and sometime actor paid homage to the martial-arts movie with his spaghetti-western-meets-eastern-noodle kung fu gore-fest "Kill Bill," he’s back with "Grindhouse."

It’s a double-feature exploitation movie, complete with fake trailers, that he conjured up with B-movie-loving pal Robert Rodriguez, with enough fake blood, state-of-the-art visual effects and scantily-clad women to keep every teenage boy happy.

In a recent interview, Tarantino talked about making a B-film and how he and Rodriguez were able to persuade an A-list cast that includes Bruce Willis, Nicolas Cage, Kurt Russell and Rosario Dawson to join in the mayhem.

Q: Was it hard getting stars like Bruce Willis and Nic Cage to be in a B-movie?

A: "To be honest, it was a big surprise to me. I didn’t even know that Bruce Willis was in Robert’s movie until I was on the set, and I was like, ‘What’s he doing here?’ And then I saw his green beret and army fatigues and it hit me — he’s not just visiting the set, he’s in our movie! And neither of us realized that Nic Cage was in Rob Zombie’s fake trailer until we read about it. But obviously they really wanted to be in it, and they’re great."

Q: You collaborated with Robert Rodriguez on ‘Sin City,’ but this time you each shot your own separate movie. Is there ever a sense of competition between you?

A: "With anyone else it would totally be the case, that we were trying to out-do each other, but it doesn’t happen with us. Our films are ridiculously compatible anyway, and I think people want to see a Robert Rodriguez movie that’s more high-paced, and I think people who want to see a Quentin movie want to hear my dialogue and want to see me slow done a little bit and build up to my big moment."

Q: Kurt Russell seems to be perfectly cast as Stuntman Mike and looks like he’s having a blast. Was he your first choice?

A: "He actually wasn’t. I had this other actor in mind at the start, but things just didn’t work out. That can be a good thing, as you’ve imagined the role with someone else in mind, so when all of a sudden you change track, now your movie can be anything. It’s very freeing, and once I thought of Kurt, it was, ‘That’s it! If he responds to the character and gets it, the role is his.’"

Q: Is it true you still write your scripts in longhand?

A: "Totally! I used red and black. One of the great things about being a writer is it gives you complete license to have whatever strange rituals make you happy and productive.

"I’m not superstitious in my normal daily life but I get that way about writing, even though I know it’s all bullshit. But I began that way and so, that’s the way it is. My ritual is, I never use a typewriter or computer. I just write it all by hand. It’s a ceremony. I go to a stationary store and buy a notebook – and I don’t buy like ten. I just buy one and then fill it up. Then I buy a bunch of red felt pens and a bunch of black ones, and I’m like, ‘These are the pens I’m going to write ‘Grindhouse" with.’"

Q: What do you like to do when you’re not working on a film?

A: "I like to watch a lot of movies, but I also love to go traveling. I got into a bunch of different adventures after "Kill Bill" and before I did this one. I went on a horseback riding safari in Africa which was great. I’d ridden horses before, but I had to learn properly, so I spent a month just doing that before that trip. Then I got to drive a NASCAR on the NASCAR track – I did 147 mph and eight laps, and that was so much fun."

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So after all that, let’s watch some clips, shall we?

Here’s some of the music from Grindhouse, apparently composed by Robert Rodriguez. I like it.

Clips from Death Proof:

Bruce Willis asks “where is the shi#?”

Kurt Russell goes a little nuts:

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