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Cameron Diaz<\/a>\u00a0celebrated another trip around the sun with some help from her closest loved ones! The actress turned 51 on Aug. 30 and received touching birthday tributes from her husband, Benji Madden, and close friend,\u00a0<\/span>Gwyneth Paltrow<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Madden shared a sweet pic of his beloved snuggling a cat on Instagram, offering a heartfelt comment for his “queen.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “I\u2019m off line mostly these days, just working, painting, making things and doing family life, but I have grown to like my little tradition of coming back on special occasions to show love to my Queen- so today, it\u2019s a very\u00a0Happy Birthday\u00a0to my beautiful wife, best friend, best partner in everything, ride or die, greatest Mom to our little girl,\u00a0@Avaline\u00a0wine boss, family chef, advisor, collaborator and everything else,” he wrote. “You do it all \u2764\ufe0fSo grateful to have our family and I am one lucky man – I know that seems obvious but it really is nice to say it out loud now and then when you\u2019re feeling it \u2764\ufe0f \ud83d\ude4f I love you \u2022forever \u2022always \u2022yours \u2022true love \u2764\ufe0f\u00a0Happy Birthday\u00a0Cameron \u2764\ufe0f\ud83d\ude0d”<\/span><\/p>\n Paltrow and Diaz look like they could be sisters in the 50-year-old Goop founder’s post, cozying up together for a picturesque selfie.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “Happy Birthday\u00a0to you\u00a0@camerondiaz\u00a0my ride or die \ud83d\udc99” she wrote on her grid. Paltrow doubled down with a second post on her Instagram Story, amid an “Ask Me Anything” Q&A with fans, writing: “Can I please pause to say\u00a0happy birthday\u00a0to one of the greatest people I know and one of my best, closest, most cherished friends @camerondiaz.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Earlier this year, Paltrow and Diaz were spotted together enjoying a\u00a0<\/span>triple date night<\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0<\/span>Prince Harry<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>Meghan Markle<\/a>\u00a0in Montecito, California. The <\/span>Charlie’s Angels<\/span><\/em> star was also recently seen dancing her heart out at <\/span>Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour<\/em> stop<\/a>\u00a0in Los Angeles with pals Tiffany Haddish and Zoe Saldana.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n It’s been a monumental year for Diaz’s career, as she came out of acting retirement to film her first movie since 2014. The star teamed up with\u00a0<\/span>Jamie Foxx<\/a>\u00a0for Netflix’s upcoming action-comedy,\u00a0<\/span>Back In Action.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n Diaz, who previously played Miss Hannigan in the movie musical\u00a0<\/span>Annie<\/span><\/em>\u00a0with Foxx, told\u00a0<\/span>CBS Mornings<\/a><\/em>\u00a0last year the reason behind\u00a0<\/span>her eight-year hiatus<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n “When you\u2019re doing something\u00a0that you know and you\u2019ve done well and you know how it works and it\u2019s consumed your whole life for so long, it\u2019s kind of a nice thing to kind of go, \u2018You know what? Let me just step back for a second, take a look at what the whole picture looks like for me and what are the things that I could do better and be more engaged with that would make me feel more whole.\u2019 And I did that,” Diaz\u00a0explained.<\/span><\/p>\n