Gwyneth returns with a dash of French star's chic

GWYNETH Paltrow channels French screen legend Catherine Deneuve in a comeback photoshoot marking her return to the silver screen.

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In a dramatic cutaway black dress and killer heels, her hair in a bouffant blowdry, the actress looks born to be a chatelaine as she poses in a mansion for Vanity Fair. The star, 52, is making her long-awaited return after stepping away from acting to raise daughter Apple, 20, and son Moses, 18, with her ex-husband, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin.