20 Years Ago on AOL.com: Dec. 30, 1998 -- Gwyneth Paltrow in "Shakespeare in Love"

December 30, 1998: We led with a Gwyneth Paltrow pic for a preview of Shakespeare in Love (which would open wide in January), then more text promos for top 10 things to do on AOL.COM [sic] and New Year's-fitness-themed shopping:

[Series note: In the late 1990s, I programmed the content for the AOL.com home page, which relaunched with a new design on July 14, 1998. I printed screencaps and saved them. 20 years later, I'm scanning them in and posting them with a little commentary under the tag #20YearsAgoOnAOLcom.]