Actress Gwyneth Paltrow is pretty in pink on the January 2011 cover of InStyle magazine.  The actress gets better with age and shines next to Leighton Meester in the new movie Country Strong, in which she plays a country singer. The 38-year old actress keeps getting better with age.

On preparing for her role in Country Strong: I’ve never prepared for anything more in my life. It was a big responsibility. There was studying with an accent coach, learning to play guitar, and of course the singing. My voice didn’t have any power or strength to it at all, and I wanted to try to sing properly. And I was so nervous about performing live scenes in the film because that’s so foreign to me.

On something surprising about her life in London: I like having dance parties at my house and being super-goofy with my girlfriends. We just play dance music, like whatever is on the radio and then old stuff­–Michael Jackson, disco–and new stuff; we mix it up. It’s fun.

Aside from kicking off the New Year with a fabulously talented actress for 2011, the issue is also InStyle’s 200th. The issue hits newstands on Friday.