Gywneth a no-show at this year's Oscars

Gwyneth Paltrow will not be at this year's Oscars.

Paltrow, who famously broke down in tears in 1999 after winning the Best Actress award for Shakespeare in Love, will not even be in Los Angeles.

Instead she is planning to join the rest of the world in watching the show on television at home.

She said: "Sometimes it's good to get away from that scene."