COLDPLAY - ROURKE GETS MARTIN'S VOTE

ROURKE GETS MARTIN'S VOTE

COLDPLAY star CHRIS MARTIN recently discovered GWYNETH PALTROW's voting forms for the upcoming Oscars - and persuaded his wife to let him contribute.
As a former winner of the Best Actress Academy Award, Paltrow gets the chance to decide future Oscar winners.
And Martin was delighted to come across the important ballot by chance at their London home - and used the opportunity to familiarise himself with the voting process.
He says, "I read the instructions, which is like, you've got to put your top five in order and if the number one isn't really doing very well, then they move on to your number two and include that with the one that is doing well."
And the singer was able to convince Paltrow, who claimed her Oscar for 1998's Shakespeare in Love, to let him help with the decisions.
He adds, "I did get a say on that form. I voted for Mickey Rourke. Isn't he great in that film (The Wrestler)!"
The Academy Awards ceremony takes place on 22 February (09) in Los Angeles.