Although Jonah Hill has been puttering around Hollywood for several years now (thanks in large part to becoming part of Judd Apatow’s cool kid club), he very rarely makes the gossip pages. In this week’s Star, however, Jonah is making waves for a not-so-good reason. I thought Jonah was pretty great in his amusing role as a Klu Klux Klan idiot in Django Unchained, and I’m sorry to hear about the alleged after affects of his mostly-meat eating habits.

If you’ll remember, Jonah went on a major diet and lost a dramatic amount of weight shortly after he appeared alongside Brad Pitt in Moneyball. According to this week’s issue of Enquirer, Jonah is apparently so afraid to gain the weight back that he’s almost entirely cut out carbs and is basically attempting to live long term on some sort of Atkin-esque diet. As a rule, people often use low-carb diets to lose weight quickly, but those diets aren’t healthy in the long term because they’re very hard on the kidneys. In conjunction with danger to the kidneys, one side effect of cutting out carbs is a dangerous condition called ketosis, which often causes affected people to smell like acetone. So even though the Enquirer never mentions ketosis, I suspect that this condition is part of the problem of which the tabloid speaks. Allegedly, Jonah favors meals of meat laced with onions and garlic, and it’s becoming a major problem in his social circle. Poor guy:

Jonah Hill is doing his best to watch his weight, but a low-carb diet he’s been following has left him with terrible bad breath!

Although the 29-year-old Superbad star cut back on booze and greasy food as part of a bid to get in shape, his stinkmouth — which pals say is a result of his mostly-meat meals — is driving people away.

“He has rancid breath all the time,” revealed an insider. “People have started calling him ‘meat mouth’ behind his back. The sad thing is that Johan is actually superhygienic.”

As the Enquirer previously reported, 5-foot-7 Jonah tipped the scales at well over 200 pounds but dropped 40 of them in 2011 by following a strict diet and fitness regimen. He’s since gained back some of that weight and is fighting to at least maintain where he’s at now, according to the source. It’s not unusual for low-carb, high-protein diets to make your breath stink. When the body metabolizes protein, ammonia is produced. When people eat high-protein meals, there tends to be increased ammonia in their breath and urine. In large amounts, this can smell pretty bad.

“Jonah has basically cut out carbs to keep his weight down, and the staple of his diet is meat,” the insider explained. “To add flavor, he piles on garlic and onions, so his breath is toxic! He smells like a big garlic beef ball!”

Helpful pals have pointed out the problem, and Jonah has started popping breath mints — but that hasn’t helped much.

“They make him smell like a minty garlic beef ball,” said the insider. “It’s strange because he’s a really clean guy. He takes two showers a day, and he loves cologne. He doesn’t seem to realize how bad he smells and it’s taking a toll on anyone who gets too close to him.”

[From Enquirer, print edition, March 11, 2013]

Well, I hope in addition to warning Jonah about bad breath, someone convinces him to start seeing a nutritionist instead of trying to rely upon potentially harmful fad diets. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with eating carbs, and nutritionists still say that they should make up the largest portion of one’s diet. Carbs are fine, and carbs are essential. I hope Jonah learns to not fear the carbs. He seems like such a nice, fun-loving guy.

Photos courtesy of WENN

I never really understood the Jonah Hill backlash last year. He was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar (for Moneyball), and no one really thought he had a shot at it, but I really liked that he got nominated and that he started rolling with the big boys – there were always lots of photos of Jonah hanging out with Brad Pitt and George Clooney last year. Then Jonah got cast in a Martin Scorsese film with Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street), and Jonah began running with Leo’s crowd. And now he’s one of Leo’s boys. Jonah has been inducted into the P-ssy Posse. And I’m starting to worry! Page Six claims that Leo and Jonah were down in Miami and they were hanging out with Mel Gibson and Gerard Butler. NO JONAH NO.

Jonah Hill and Gerard Butler made it rain, literally, at Miami club Story on Friday. The pair — along with Leonardo DiCaprio, Mel Gibson and Bradley Cooper — rolled in with three guards, spies said, and then grabbed a 4-foot water gun in the DJ booth to “take turns shooting water over the dance floor” as Erick Morillo spun.

The gang of five stars has been spotted together hitting venues in Miami, including Villa Azur, co-owned by Halle Berry’s fiancé, Olivier Martinez. On Saturday, Berry and Martinez even joined Hill and Butler’s dude posse, and they all hit LIV at Fontainebleau, where a spy says Berry tried to convince Martinez to join her on the dance floor, and finally gave up.

[From Page Six]

It’s weird that Bradley Cooper was there too, right? It takes the whole “bromance” to another level. In my mind, Jonah Hill is the Joe Pesci to Leo’s Bob DeNiro, but Bradley Cooper just seems like the guy who tries too hard to fit in with the dudes. Do you think Leo’s crowd rolls their eyes at Bradley’s try-hard? Or do you think Bradley is probably cooler than I’m giving him credit for? As for the Mel Gibson and Gerard Butler inclusion… dear God. I feel like Jonah needs an intervention. Come back to us Jonah!!

Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet and VF.

Here’s the thing: I know that I’m not the target audience for 21 Jump Street. I wasn’t the target audience for the television show, and I’m not the target audience for this remake/film. My first reaction when I heard they were making the show into a movie was, “Ugh, how awful. Where’s the originality?” And then I saw the trailer. And now I really want to see it. So imagine my delight when I happened upon these photos. These are labeled, “from a press conference for ’21 Jump Street’ at the Crosby Hotel New York City.” THIS is how Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum decided to do their first press conference for the film. They decided to dress up like their bike cop characters and talk to the press. I know it’s dumb. But why can’t I stop laughing?

I think it’s because of Channing, honestly. Channing is working the hell out of his costume. Like, I would hit that. Hard. He looks sexy as hell, and he’s working that costume, AND his expression is hilarious. And just putting Channing together with Jonah… it’s working for me. Yes, I will see your movie, boys. And I will enjoy it.

Oh, and I don’t know where Ice Cube was, but this photo was included in the set. OMG. This movie is going to be AWESOME.

Here’s the red-band, NSFW trailer. I don’t even want to admit how many times I laughed.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

I had forgotten that this was happening – Brad Pitt finally agreed to make an appearance on Inside the Actor’s Studio. These are a few photos of Brad leaving Pace University after his taped appearance last night. I don’t know when his episode will air, but here’s something weird – Jonah Hill was at the taping too. Did they make the appearance together? What did Jonah do when James Lipton goes on and on about Brad’s career? Or did Jonah just sit in the audience?

In addition to that, Jonah and Brad made an appearance on the Today show this morning – here’s the video:

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Brad and Joanh have such a sweet bromance. Honestly. I love how much Brad praises Jonah and really makes Jonah an equal partner, and the story about the shrink-wrapped golf cart is pretty funny. I wonder if Clooney is jealous?

Two more Brad Pitt-related pieces of news. OK! Magazine is claiming that Brad and Angelina are expecting another set of twins (meh). And Brad and Moneyball director Bennett Miller posed for Vanity Fair’s portfolio for The Hollywood Issue:

Photos courtesy of Pacific Coast News, VF.

Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill worked together surprisingly well in Moneyball. On-camera, in the film, Brad and Jonah made a great and low-key team, and off-camera, they seem to get along surprisingly well too. I wonder what their relationship is really like? I wonder if Brad has grown into the “celebrity mentor” role? Does he see Jonah like a little brother? Or does Brad accord Jonah the respect of an equal? One thing’s for sure – those early reports about Brad “bullying” Jonah were totally false. While Jonah has been getting more publicity over the past few months, he’s let it slip as to just how close he is with Brad and Angelina:

Need a place to stay? Give Brangelina a call! When Jonah Hill was filming a movie in New Orleans, his Moneyball costar was more than happy to let him stay at his home.

“Brad [Pitt] is the coolest guy,” Hill, 28, told Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. “It sucks because he’s so handsome… You don’t wanna like him so much!”

“I was shooting [21 Jump Street] in New Orleans, and he let me live in his house,” the actor said. “He said, ‘Go live there!’ I said, ‘I’m there for three-and-a-half, four months,” and he said, ‘That’s cool. Live at my house.’ Like, he’s the nicest guy.”

“Was Angie home?” Stewart, 49, asked jokingly. “Is he that cool?”

“He isn’t that cool,” Hill laughed.

Hill’s stay at the Jolie-Pitt home caused some confusion for those living in The Big Easy.

“Every day I’d get picked up in a black SUV and dropped off. But people in New Orleans know it’s Brad Pitt’s house,” he told Stewart. “It’s literally on the tour. So, I would go home every day from work and there’d be a tour outside and they’d be freaking out, and then I’d get out of the car, and you could hear a collective audible sigh of annoyance when it wasn’t Brad Pitt!”

[From Us Weekly]

Isn’t that a cute story? And yes, considering Joanh was able to stay at the Jolie-Pitt NOLA mansion for nearly four months, uninterrupted, that probably means that the Jolie-Pitt family aren’t making their way down to NOLA as often as they would have us think. Still, it’s nice that Brad lent the place to Jonah. Do you think Jonah ever invited Channing Tatum over and they threw a house party? (I’ll include the trailer for 21 Jump Street at the end of the post.)

Anyway, here’s another cute Jonah-Brangelina story – according to Us Weekly, Brad and Angelina came out for Jonah’s 28th birthday party in Hollywood:

Happy birthday from Brangelina! Jonah Hill’s 28th birthday party at La Descarga in Hollywood was quite the star-studded affair. A source tells Us Weekly that Hill’s Moneyball costar Brad Pitt came out for the bash, as did Angelina Jolie and Zooey Deschanel.

Pitt, 48, and Jolie, 36, stayed for about two hours at the fete. “They danced a little bit,” adds the source. “Angelina had a glass of wine in her hand.”

The couple — who let Hill live in their New Orleans home for four months while he was filming 21 Jump Street — left around 12:30 a.m., right before the dance party got crazy.

According to a source, Deschanel was “tearing up the dance floor” while DJ Bobby French spun for the night. Hill danced with “several different girls” throughout the evening.

[From Us Weekly]

Sigh… I’d like to party with Brad, Angelina, Jonah and Zooey. And Joseph Gordon Levitt. And Michael Fassbender. And Quentin Tarantino, just because he seems like he would be fun at parties. Oh, and we should invite Ewan McGregor too! And Jude Law, just so someone would wind up pregnant. Who else? Emma Thompson! And that’s it. That’s my party.

Also – there are new pics of Brad on his motorcycle with Pax in the sidecar. They’re adorable, and you can see them here.

Here’s the trailer for 21 Jump Street, shot in NOLA while Jonah lived at the Jolie-Pitt mansion.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Jonah Hill is had a particularly good year. Not only did he maintain his credibility as one of the brightest young comic actors in Hollywood, he also turned in a critically-acclaimed, understated, lovely, dramatic performance in Moneyball, and he was just nominated for a SAG Award for Best Supporting Actor for that film. Well deserved! I wouldn’t be surprised if he got an Oscar nomination too, not that he would win, but I would enjoy seeing him at all of the awards shows. In addition to his professional achievements, Jonah also lost a great deal of weight over the past two years, which I’m sure has improved his health, and he looks great. So what is Jonah doing with all of the Hollywood and karmic equity he’s stored up? He’s bashing the Kardashians. Kind of like Daniel Craig, only Jonah’s criticism is much more on-point, I think.

Actor Jonah Hill is angry about the success of the Kardashian family’s reality TV shows. Last month, Daniel Craig, 43, ranted that the clan act like ‘f***ing idiots’ for money, and now the Moneyball actor has shared his take on their growing media empire.

Hill said that while he often finds himself watching one of their shows, he finds it ‘disgusting’ that they earn better ratings than higher quality scripted shows.

The 27-year-old said: ‘The truth of it is, I have friends who work in TV and the Kardashians get higher ratings than their TV shows. Shows that people actually work hard on – writing and creating and trying to tell stories. The fact that the Kardashians could be more popular than a show like Mad Men is disgusting.’

‘It’s a super disgusting part of our culture, but I still find it funny to make a joke about it. Whenever I say I like reality TV, people write about it like they’re in shock. I can’t even understand it, so I watch it,’ he told The Huffington Post.

‘I think it’s funny and I definitely enjoy it in a making-fun-of-it sort of way, but where does the line sort of end? When do I stop making fun of it and become an actual fan?’

But the star doesn’t put all the blame on Kourtney, 32, Kim, 31, and 27-year-old Khloe.

He added: ‘The Kardashians are as famous as our president. What does that tell you about how skewed our society is?’

[From The Mail]

Wow… Jonah Hill is better at criticizing the Kardashian phenomenon than Daniel Craig. Jonah’s point is much better – he’s leveling the bulk of the criticism on US, for watching the Kardashian shows, for putting a higher value on reality programming than on actual creative, scripted television. I also like that he even admits that he watches it – but it’s like he’s watching as an anthropologist, like he can’t even believe what he’s seeing. Sigh… I like Jonah so much. And it is disgusting that Mad Men will never be as popular as a Kardashian show.

I can’t wait for Kris Jenner to come out and say that Jonah Hill isn’t a man and that he should apologize.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

I don’t know why I didn’t cover the original salvo launched in this bitch-fight. Maybe it was because I’m kind of creeped out by Thin Jonah Hill? I know that’s wrong and I should be happy that he’s healthier, but Thin Jonah is still weird to me. Anyway, last week, Jonah Hill was on Jimmy Fallon, and he told some anecdotes about Hollywood. He ended up calling out Matthew Morisson as a bully, telling two stories:

“This publicity woman is giving us these instructions and no one is paying attention. And Zooey (Deschanel) starts talking to me. And I’m, like, whatever I don’t want to get in trouble or anything like that. And she keeps talking to me, and the woman goes, ‘Jonah, please be quiet while I’m talking.’ This guy (Matthew Morrison) piggybacks this woman calling me out. I’ve never met this guy before in my entire life. He goes, ‘Yeah Jonah, can’t you stop talking for one second?’ And everyone laughed at me! I wasn’t even talking to anybody!”

So, I’ve already got in my head that I don’t like this guy. I’m sure he’s a good human being but you don’t throw a dude under the bus that’s just sitting there being quiet… He bullied me. He’s a big timer on Fox, I’ve got stars in my eyes and he’s been to the dance before, I’m just some movie guy trying to make it in that world.

Cut to a couple weeks later… and I see this guy, Matthew Morrison, and he’s talking to one of the Gossip Girl guys, Chace Crawford… I go, ‘They don’t see me, I’m gonna get some scoop, I’m gonna call this dude out, I’m gonna like bust up his conversation.’ And I wander up behind these two guys and I’m eavesdropping and I can’t really hear what’s going on and then I hear, ‘Something, something, something… Jonah Hill.’ And then they both start laughing! And so I’m the punchline in this guy’s joke? He doesn’t even know I’m at this party. What is his deal?”

[Transcribed by Dlisted]

After Jonah told those stories to Fallon, he challenged Morrison to “bring his s–t” the next time. Well, Morrison has responded:

Morrison says: “I heard that Jonah said I should bring my sh-t next time… Well guess what, this is next time. Jonah, pick a date and I will meet you on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and we will settle this like men. Because nobody messes with someone from musical theatre.”

It’s cute, I guess. I thought Jonah seemed kind of silly and paranoid about Matthew, especially when it seems pretty clear (to me) that Matthew was just trying to play-fight and mess around. Like, even though Jonah was just telling the story for effect, you could tell that it actually did kind of bother him. Whatever… Matthew handled it the right way.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

I read this Jonah Hill interview prepared to ignore it, since my feelings about him are pretty much neutral/uninterested. He said some stuff that was really humble and funny, though, and had me nodding in agreement. Kaiser just saw Moneyball, in which Hill costars with Brad Pitt, and she loved it. The film is getting overwhelmingly positive reviews, with a lot of praise for Hill’s performance. We know him as the fat funny guy, but he’s shown he can play the straight man just as easily as he’s seemed to shed the weight. Here are some of my favorite quotes from his NY Magazine interview. Jonah has a new animated series he created premiering on Fox at the end of October. The guy is living the dream and he knows it.

How did your upcoming animated show, Allen Gregory, come about?
Comedically, I am a product of The Simpsons. I went to the school of The Simpsons. It’s how I learned about comedy, and a lot about life. I think that show has had, at times, the most brilliant writing ever. I truly believe that it’s influenced anyone interesting in the last twenty years. So, when I was 6 or 7, my parents asked me what I wanted to do when I grew up, and I said, “I want to live in Springfield.” So my parents explained that that was not a possibility, and so I said, “Well, then, I wanna work on The Simpsons.” And they said, “Who’s your favorite character?” And I said, “Homer.” And they said, “Well, there’s a guy who does the voice of Homer, and there are other people who write what Homer says.” And I said, “That’s what I want to do.” So I had a pretty firm idea that I wanted a job as staff writer on The Simpsons when I was 6. And then in high school the first stories I would write were spec episodes of The Simpsons. Not with a screenwriting computer program or anything, just, like, in Word. Like a book! So, years later, Fox asked me to be a voice in a pilot they were working on, and I thought, Well, I’ve always wanted to create my own animated show, and if I’m the voice in someone else’s vision, then they already have me so why would they want me to create something else for them? So I politely declined.

I lived above Jarrad Paul and Andy Mogel, they’re really talented writers, and we’d write in each other’s apartments a lot. They had written a script I really liked called Himmelfarb. I walked in their apartment and said, “We’re going to create an animated series together.” And after three or four weeks, we had Allen Gregory, which is going to follow The Simpsons this fall. And the significance of that is so beyond even a childhood make-a-wish/what-the-f&$# kind of occasion that I cannot believe it’s real.

You must be a good multitasker.
I don’t sleep very often! I come from a very hardworking entrepreneurial background, and I would hate myself so much if I looked back on the golden opportunity that people like Judd Apatow gave me and felt I wasted it. I’m not going to be in Tahiti having a money fight with someone! I hate it when I read a Hollywood interview where someone complains how hard it is. That’s all bullshit. We’re so lucky to do this. I just want to work as hard as I can while there’s opportunity to work.

Is it strange to think that if it’s a hit, unlike a movie, this show could be a part of your working life for a long time?
It would be so joyous. Jarrad and Andy and I have a wonderful connection. And the whole writing staff — there’s fifteen of us, all young, energetic, crazy, fun. Fox calls us the traveling party.

But you’ll also be running what could turn into a big business enterprise.
It’s funny. I always say that Superbad and all the early Judd days was my college. For myself and Seth [Rogen] and Michael Cera, that was college because a lot of us didn’t go or only went a little. And this show, I feel, is like my law school. We’re a little older and busier and more stressed out, but we’re still trying to have fun. If I could be with these people for however many years, it’d be so cool. And I’m so proud of the show. This is the first thing where people can really come down hard on me if they hate it. I can’t pass the buck; I can’t blame anyone else.

That doesn’t make you nervous?
No! F&$# being nervous, man! It’s amazing! If you believe in it, who cares? It’s so easy to judge stuff, but, you know, put stuff out there! When Conan left NBC, he gave this beautiful last speech on his show. I literally was crying, because it was, “Don’t be a judgmental asshole. Put something out there, and then even if everybody hates it and it sucks, you say, ‘Okay, I’ve got something else — how about this?’” It’s so easy to judge. So I’d rather put myself out there and be judged than be too scared to put anything out there.

[From NY Mag]

Later on Jonah talked about how he’s 28 now, and basically had to grow up in front of the public. He explained that he finds his interviews from when he was 21 “horrifying” and that “if you had a public record of yourself at 21, you’d sound like an idiot. You think you know everything about the universe and you’re the wisest person in the world.” That’s pretty self aware for a 28 year-old. I also loved what he said about people complaining about Hollywood, and how we’re not going to find him “in Tahiti having a money fight with someone.” He’s funny, he seems nice and he’s trying to work hard and not let fame get to his head.

So I really want to like that Allen Gregory animated series that he created, but I saw the trailer (below) and it’s just bad. It doesn’t look funny at all. The concept, a kid who is wise and smooth-talking beyond his years, quickly gets annoying and seems like it will be played out within five minutes. It premieres on Sunday, October 30th and there will be 13 episodes.

He looks like a totally different person now that he’s thin, doesn’t he?

photo credit: Fame and WENN

Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill cover the new issue of New York Magazine, which means that the promotional tour for Moneyball starts now, at any moment. The film gets released a month from now, and I’m actually looking forward to seeing it. Long-term readers of the site know that my Brangeloonie status is mostly because of my love for Angelina Jolie – I could take or leave Brad Pitt most of the time. He’s grown on me through the years, and I think he’s grown into a pretty interesting actor who makes unusual choices for his career that often pay off. I think Moneyball will be one of his career successes – Moneyball could be seen as a standard-issue sports movie about some inspiring event. It’s the kind of movie that fathers will take their sons to, and mom will come along because Brad Pitt is in it and he doesn’t have a gross beard in this one. But the behind-the-scenes story of Moneyball, detailed in this NY Mag piece, is fascinating, and I think Brad should get a lot of credit for staying with a project that people weren’t gung-ho about, and a project that nearly ended Steven Soderbergh‘s career. Here are some highlights from the piece:

The closer we get to fall, the more we root for long shots. And Moneyball, which opens September 23, is one such underdog. Michael Lewis’s 2003 book focused on Billy Beane, the general manager of the then-impoverished Oakland A’s, who used a kind of quantitative analysis known as sabermetrics to create a winning team and, more miraculously, to combat the huge payroll inequities between baseball’s richest and poorest organizations. Beane’s quixotic ­attempts to reform a hidebound system and turn a ragtag starting lineup of last-chancers into champions forms Moneyball’s heart. But consider that the above summary hinges on words like sabermetrics and payroll inequities, and you begin to understand why—even with the dogged support of Brad Pitt—Moneyball took nearly a decade, three directors, three writers, an almost complete recasting, and a public collapse before it got made. “There were some hard days,” says Pitt. By which he means years.

…There were problems, beginning at the source. Lewis’s book is less a narrative than a riveting Gladwellian case study in which a single outlier occasions a series of meditations on the risk-averse institution of baseball. This is not something that screams adaptation, Pitt says, citing “the difficulty of making a movie whose front window is dressed with economics and science and math.”

Pitt came aboard in late 2007 to play Beane and quickly “became obsessed” as well. “I saw it as a story about justice,” he says. “How is a team with a $40 million payroll going to compete with a team with a $140 million payroll and another $100 million in reserves? Any talent they grow is going to get poached by the rich teams. That became really interesting to me.”

For Pitt, Moneyball also evoked “films about process,” particularly the seventies movies he loved. “I thought of The Conversation: How do you tap a phone? Or Thief, with Jimmy Caan: How do you crack a safe?” Pitt says. “And I saw in it a guy who had an obsessive quality like Popeye Doyle,” from The French Connection. “I don’t really like big character-arc epiphanies. What I most loved about those seventies films is that the characters were the same at the end as at the beginning. It was the world around them that had shifted.” In Beane, he says, “I saw a man going up against a system, questioning the reasoning: Just because we’ve been doing it this way for 150 years, why shouldn’t we change it?”

[Director Bennett] Miller knew Hill socially and felt he could thrive in the role. “Jonah is brilliant in a way that might not be evident from the roles he’s played before,” Miller says. “He has a near-encyclopedic knowledge of movies. And I also knew he was interested in breaking out of whatever box he was in.” For his part, Hill felt he’d found a project—and a director—that might allow him to grow up a little. “A lot of times you’re funny as a way of not having to say anything real about yourself. Bennett knew that there are whole days when I’m not funny at all,” he says, laughing. “And this character has sweet moments, but no jokes or wisecracks.”

“Jonah’s a revelation in this thing—he’s a study in reserve,” says Pitt, who saw Hill’s potential in his earlier films. “I think the most interesting work that’s been going on in the last couple of years is what the comedy guys have been doing. Guys like Jonah and Russell Brand and [Seth] Rogen and a few others … they picked up on an irreverence that started with Adam Sandler and continued with Will Ferrell, but they’ve been grounding it in a kind of pathos and humanity. I find it really strong work.”

“I don’t mind the struggle as long as the work amounts to something in the end,” says Pitt, who ended up with a producer credit as well. “It was really Bennett who finally cracked it. His anxiety not to do anything conventional ultimately formed what this would be. At the same time, everyone involved in Moneyball, at every stage, was very passionate. But what most everyone gleaned from the book was very different. I look at the movie now, and I feel everyone’s fingerprints are on it. It’s been … well, listen. It’s been an interesting process.”

[From New York Magazine]

That’s sweet what Brad says about Jonah – I hope Jonah and Brad are as tight as they seem, and it seems like Brad could possibly be a good friend and champion for Jonah to have in the coming years.

Sigh… I totally want to see this movie. And I don’t know anything about baseball.

Photos courtesy of NY Mag.

We thought about covering Jonah Hill’s dramatic weight loss, but in the end, we didn’t do it because meh. I don’t dislike the guy or anything, and I’m actually happy for him because he really stuck with a weight loss program, and it’s really working for him. But at the end of the day, what can really be said about it? He was overweight and he’s getting healthier and good for him. Anyway, Star Magazine has a crazy story about Jonah’s decision to lose weight, and how his Moneyball costar Brad Pitt helped instigate the whole thing. By mocking him and calling him “Fat Man”. Yeah… not so clever, Brad. Maybe Brad and Gwyneth secretly have conversations about how much they hate fat people?

While working on Moneyball, Brad Pitt buddied up with Jonah, who he nicknamed Fat Man. But soon the joking turned serious, a source explained: “Brad started lecturing Jonah about taking care of his body, eating healthy and getting regular exercise.”

Jonah started avoiding “fried, fatty food and desserts at the crafts services table,” the source explains. But he struggled, so Brad invited him to early morning baseball practice. “They were exercising by 6 a.m.,” the source added.

Eventually, Brad not only hired a personal trainer but “also bough Jonah more than $1,500 in new, casual clothes as an incentive after Jonah shed the first 15 lbs.”

Now 40 lbs. lighter, “Jonah says he’s forever indebted to Brad for helping him,” the source explains.

[From Star Magazine, print edition]

Is it possible that Brad has more in common with his fat-hating ex-girlfriend Gwyneth then we ever knew? Or does the whole “Fat Man” thing fall into the “guy code” stuff where dudes mock other dudes for various physical stuff and it’s all good between bros? Also: is it possible that Brad has that kind of spare time to devote to Jonah’s weight loss regimen? Maybe, eh and NO. Anyway, just FYI, Jonah’s people denied the story to Gossip Cop, and Hill is on record talking about how he just decided one day to try to be healthier. So… Brad probably had nothing to do with it. At all. But now I can’t get it out of my head that Brad is a Goop-style fat-hater and perhaps that’s why Angelina is always so tiny. Ugh.

Photos courtesy of WENN & Fame.