Miley Cyrus has lost weight recently and she looks incredible. We’ve been seeing her outside of pilates classes looking super fit and showing off her toned tummy. (Sidenote: do I need to start doing pilates again? I’m considering it the more I hear about it.) It turns out Miley can credit her weight loss to more than just working out. She’s of course eating right, and she defended herself on Twitter recently claiming that she went gluten free and lactose/dairy free and that has made all the difference. She also recommends that everyone try going gluten free for a week to see the difference it makes.

The singer/actress, 19, sparked fears last week when she was snapped looking skinny as she jogged with her dog in California.

She fuelled speculation when she posted a photo of herself smelling, but refusing to eat, fast food on Twitter.

Miley wrote: “I can’t eat it. So I’m just gonna smell the s**t out of it! My mouth is literally watering.”

Her upload triggered a torrent of accusations that she has turned to extreme dieting to keep the weight off.

However, she’s been quick to lambast such claims, insisting her fast food snub was due to medical and health reasons.

She tweeted: “For everyone calling me anorexic I have a gluten and lactose allergy. It’s not about weight it’s about health.

“Gluten is c**p anyway!… I ate today at Easter lunch but all of it was healthy and even more fulfilling! Health is happiness!”

Furthermore, Miley urged her fans to cut gluten out of their diets and reap the rewards.

She wrote: “Everyone should try no gluten for a week! The change in your skin, physical and mental health is amazing! You won’t go back!”

[From The Sun]

I don’t eat a gluten free diet, I would have a hard time giving up my daily english muffin with peanut butter, but I recently significantly upped my fruit and vegetable intake and it’s really made my skin look great. I’ve lost a little weight too. My mom went gluten free on the advice of her doctor and she finds it annoying and wishes she could eat bread, but it’s helped her lose weight. So maybe Miley is on to something. I’ve been hearing a lot lately about the benefits of going gluten free, but I’m sure it depends on the person how much of a difference it makes. It can’t ever hurt to eat more fruits and vegetables. Still, this reminds me that I’m in my late 30s. What I wouldn’t give to have the metabolism of a 19 year-old again. I shouldn’t complain. There are all changes we can make to our lifestyle and diet, etc. It’s just hard to give up certain things.

Also, Miley’s hair looks crazy here but she just got done working out so I’ll give her a break.

Miley Cyrus is shown outside of pilates class on 4-4-12 (half top) and 4-6-12 (black dress). Credit: Fame

It feels like we’ve been talking about Adele’s weight for as long as we’ve been talking about her talent. Which is a shame, because Adele is crazy-talented, and she should be applauded for having a career based on, you know, MUSIC, rather than some tarted-up, sexpot image. Beyond that, I think Adele really is a physically beautiful young woman. But people continue to bitch and moan about her weight, like the fact that she’s more than a size 6 is just so personally offensive to them. Most recently, Jennifer Hudson allegedly tried to push Weight Watchers on Adele, and Karl Lagerfeld made an off-hand remark about Adele being “fat” too. What’s particularly grating is that it seems like Adele has actually dropped a significant amount of weight over the past year. She got sick, she had vocal chord surgery, she had to cancel her tour, and she got a new boyfriend – all of which may have contributed to her weight loss. Now The Mail’s Katie Nicholl claims that Adele is actively trying to lose weight:

She was called ‘too fat’ by fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld – and now Adele is shedding the pounds.

The singer and her charity campaigner boyfriend Simon Konecki, 36, have each lost almost a stone in the past month by following a strict vegetarian diet. The couple also go jogging with Adele’s dog Louie every morning.

‘The weight is dropping off them and they plan to keep dieting until the end of April,’ says a friend of the 23-year-old Grammy winner, who lives with Simon in a rented £6million pile in West Sussex.

‘They are inseparable – they are losing weight together, getting fit together and planning a future together. Adele says she’s doing her best work and feels healthier than she has for months.’

[From The Mail]

Some of you claimed this would happen – that whenever Adele stood up for herself and her “fuller” body type, she was just lying about how happy she was and she would go on a crash diet at any moment. I don’t know… it doesn’t sound like Adele is now saying “I want to be a skinny mini with my t-ts out,” you know? She’s not “selling out”. She’s just gone vegetarian. She’s fallen in love. She’s trying to be healthier. I’ll trust her… for now. I don’t think she’ll ever be the kind of artist who suddenly loses a lot of weight and then decides to promote a sexpot, pop-star image.

Photos courtesy of WENN, Vogue.

I like Anne Hathaway’s figure. I think her “default” body type is rounded, voluptuous, and probably pretty “normal” as far “what the average woman looks like.” I think Anne works out a lot, and trains and diets extensively when she’s doing physical, more action-heavy roles, like Get Smart or The Dark Knight Rises. She seems like the kind of girl who really has to fight her natural body type, but she also seems like a girl who eats normal food and probably hates that she works out so much – and that makes me like her. While I understand the need for an actress to train extensively for an action film (they need to be strong, and they need to look strong), I don’t get why you would hire an actress of Anne’s caliber (and body type) if all you needed was a tiny little slip of woman. Such is the case with Les Miserables. Annie was cast as Fantine, and producers are demanding that she lose 16 pounds in three weeks for the part. Ugh.

Anne Hathaway is having to resort to a drastic diet to lose weight to play her latest role. The actress, 29, has been ordered to lose 16lbs in less than three weeks to play dying prostitute Fantine in the movie adaptation of Les Miserables.

As fans of the musical classic will know, the single mother ends up with consumption and later appears as a ghost. Although currently a healthy size 10, Hathaway will have to lose over a stone for her realistic portrayal of a hungry, dying prostitute. Instead of eating the recommended daily allowance of 2,000 calories a day, the actress is now down to under 500 to achieve the rapid result.

A film source told the Daily Mirror: ‘Anne is playing a destitute factory worker-come-lady of the night. Unfortunately, she only has 15 to 20 days to lose as much weight as possible – up to a stone-and-a-half – because she’s been filming the scenes showing her fit and healthy, almost slightly chubby. It’s not ideal but, as with any high-budget movie, there are strict time constraints. Producers have assigned her a personal trainer and she is literally eating nothing more than a couple of apples a day, and some protein – mainly in the form of a shake. Anne knows the risk of such an extreme diet and will undergo weekly medicals to make sure everything is still functioning as it should do.’

Hathaway is no stranger to having to lose weight for roles. Last year, she slimmed down to fit into an unforgiving catsuit to play Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises. She started doing Bikram yoga and push-ups and eating vegetables, fish and fruit to shape down. She also lost weight to play Andrea Sachs in The Devil Wears Prada.

The Les Miserables movie, which also stars Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Eddie Redmayne and Amanda Seyfried, is due to release in December.

[From The Mail]

Ugh. I mean, I understand WHY this is being done – to show the character’s sickness and such. I understand the “method acting” part. Still, it’s called ACTING – you don‘t actually have to starve yourself into oblivion to achieve what your character is going through. There’s makeup. And costumes, corsets, Spanx and body slimmers. And CGI. There are a lot of ways to handle the “sickness” transformation without starving poor Anne. Anne might be all for it, though. These kinds of physical transformations always get noticed during the awards season.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

These are some photos of Rumer Willis from a few days ago in LA. Poor Rumer. I already had some sympathetic energy for her just because, but then when everything went down with Demi Moore and the Whip-its and all of that… I just wonder if Rumer isn’t permanently screwed up by her parents. By most accounts, Rumer is a pretty well-adjusted girl, though. Maybe she had a normal childhood and it’s just over the past few years that everything has gone crazy. Here’s hoping. Anyway, a lot of sites have been discussing Rumer’s weight loss as of late. We discussed it too, when it seemed like Rumer might have gotten her implants taken out, either that or she just lost weight in a dramatic fashion. Most of the weight loss reports have centered around “Rumer is not eating because of her mom’s dramz.” But The Mail claims it might be because of Rumer’s “modeling” career:

She’s dropped a dramatic amount of weight lately, and many believe it was due to the stress of her mother’s divorce. However, it appears there could be another reason behind Rumer Willis’ rapidly shrinking frame – sources claim she’s close to inking a modelling deal.

A source tells Sydney’s Daily Telegraph that she might well soon be the face of Australian designer Charlie Brown’s newest collection. Brown’s spokesperson did not deny or confirm the reports.

She told the paper: ‘It’s too early to talk about next season’s campaign. Charlie does like to make a splash, though.’

The 23-year-old actress has certainly been looking the part of a fashionista lately. She’s dropped a serious amount of weight, and has been stepping out in chic, eclectic ensembles.

Demi Moore and Bruce Willis’ eldest child was spotted leaving The Writer’s Room bar in Hollywood in a cool leather ensemble. She paired a sassy black motorcycle jacket with an asymmetrical black dress and tan cowboy boots. Her bright auburn hair stood out starkly against her pale skin and dark clothing.

It was recently believed that her weight loss could be credited to the demise of her mother’s second marriage. Rumer has been on hand to offer her mother support. The 49-year-old actress’ health rapidly deteriorated following her split from Kutcher; she was rushed to hospital in January when she collapsed at a dinner party after inhaling nitrous oxide.

[From The Mail]

So is Rumer losing weight because of personal drama, or because she’s trying to stay whippet-thin (ha) for her career as a model? Last year, Rumer got a gig as the “face” of Badgley Mischka, and while the images were pretty (for her), I don’t think Rumer is really going to set the world on fire with her modeling skills, you know? Basically, I’m saying that I hope she eats something and finds a better way to deal with her family drama.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.

We haven’t talked about Carnie Wilson much lately, but the last we covered her she was starring on “Celebrity Wife Swap” earlier this year. At that time, Carnie admitted that she was addicted to food and was a stress eater. She said she was “looking forward to getting an exercise routine again. It’s like a daily decision. Am I going to eat healthy today or am I going to make some sh**ty decisions?” (She also made some rude remarks about how well behaved Tracey Gold’s children were, which is why I’m not being more sympathetic to her.) One of Carnie’s earlier bad decisions was creating a cheesecake business out of her house, which cost her an endorsement job as a spokesperson for a diet delivery service in 2010.

Carnie famously lost 150 pounds after gastric bypass surgery in 1999, and kept it off for a few years, posing for Playboy in 2003. Then she drank too much, quit drinking, had two children and has admitted eating too much and ending up “fat as f@#k” (her words). Now she’s admitting that she had lap band surgery in January to try to lose the weight again.

The singer has revealed that she underwent lap-band surgery in January, reports People.

“It was the right decision for me and I’m doing really well so far,” Wilson tells the magazine. “It’s all about taking good care of yourself.”

The 43-year-old mother-of-two has already lost 30 pounds since having the procedure, which involves placing a silicone band around the stomach in order to minimize food consumption.

This is somewhat familiar territory for Wilson, who underwent gastric bypass surgery in 1999 and subsequently lost 150 pounds, only to regain some of it back later after becoming pregnant with her daughters, Lola, 6, and Luciana, 2.

Meanwhile, Wilson recently reunited with Chynna Phillips and sister Wendy Wilson to record a new Wilson Phillips album titled Dedicated (due out on April 3) as well as shoot Wilson Phillips: Still Holding On, the group’s upcoming reality show premiering April 8 on the TV Guide Network.

[From E! Online]

She may have had lap band surgery after she was on “Celebrity Wife Swap” and decided she needed a change if she was going to be back on television. It may seem like a “quick fix” to those of us unfamiliar with it, but a recent study found that half of all lap band patients have complications. So it may be technically “easy” to get the surgery, but it doesn’t sound easy to live with. Whatever she needs to do I guess. I’m thinking that she should really work on her addiction issues or this isn’t going to work out long term for her either.

Carnie is shown on 7-6-11 and 7-19-11. Credit: FameFlynet and Pacific Coast News

I know that question is ridiculous, and it’s making me giggle uncontrollably. You know I would! It’s Hugh Jackman. Just stick him in the shower and wash the grime off him first and you’re good to go. When I first read that Hugh Jackman lost weight I was like “where” since the dude was already buff. After I saw him I realized that he lost weight the Christian Bale way, all over until he looks emaciated. Poor Hugh. I’ll make him a nice meal and take care of him.

Hugh is playing the Jean Valjean role in Le Miserables, and he’s of course in character for these shots taken on set in London. I honestly didn’t read the book, but I saw the 1998 film, with Liam Neeson, Claire Danes and Uma Thurman. I loved it and wonder why they have to make another one (update: this one is a musical, thanks for cluing me in!) Celebuzz has a good overview of Hugh’s character, along with the casting for the rest of the film. Hugh is playing the lead Liam Neeson occupied in the earlier movie:

Hugh Jackman isn’t looking so jacked on the set of Les Miserables. The Wolverine actor known for his big smile and bulging biceps was easy to miss while filming scenes for the beloved play-turned-movie.

Hugh, 43, is shooting scenes in London, England as the character of Jean Valjean, and looks to have shed some pounds and muscle for the part. Dressed in rags, Hugh also dons a poorly shaved haircut that includes scars all over his head.

In case you’re not familiar with the story, here’s a breakdown of Hugh’s character, and it may explain why he’s so thin.

In Les Mis, Jean is a poor man who has been on the run from the law for 19 years after he stole bread to feed his sister’s starving children during an economic depression in France. Jean is actively pursued his whole life (and throughout the play) by police officer Javert (Russell Crowe).

Other familiar faces to join Hugh in this classic tale include Amanda Seyfried (Cosette), Helena Bonham-Carter (Madame Thénardier), Anne Hathaway (Fantine) and Sacha Baron Cohen (Monsieur Thénardier).

[From Celebuzz]

The only thing that Celebuzz forgot to mention in their article above is that Russell Crowe will be playing the officer who chases Jackman’s character throughout the film, his foil Javert. Now I’m getting all excited for this movie, which isn’t out until December! Damn, well at least it’s coming this year.

I’m going to take a hint from Celebuzz and also include some shirtless photos of Jackman as contrast. It’s Tuesday Wednesday*, we deserve them. These are from last August, so it wasn’t too long ago that Hugh was big in just the right places.

*I honestly thought it was only Tuesday! WTH is wrong with me?

Photo credit: FameFlynet

I’m sorry we didn’t get to these photos earlier – Rumer Willis attended a party for Thomas Sabo in Germany over the weekend. She went solo, and I suspect it was some kind of paid gig for her. The dress is Herve Leger, I believe. I know that those Leger dresses act as full-body Spanx, but does anyone else notice that Rumer’s bust looks severely deflated? All of last year, she was busting out all over the place, to the point where there was tabloid speculation that she got a boob job. Did she get her implants taken out? Or does she just gain and lose weight in her chest? I ask because Rumer is looking super-skinny all over, and I’m not sold on the idea of Rumer having implants at one point and getting them taken out.

As for Rumer’s weight loss and what I suspect is the cause, this Berlin photo op was the first red carpet appearance Rumer has made since her mom, Demi Moore, went into rehab (allegedly). In the weeks and months leading up to Demi’s colossal breakdown, Rumer seemed to be her mother’s constant companion. In fact, Demi seemed like the dumb kid, and as it happens with so many children of addicts, Rumer was the caretaker, the responsible one, the “adult” in the situation. There have been many rumors about the Willis girls and how they feel about their mom’s situation – some sources claim they all just blame Ashton for Demi’s breakdown. Other sources claim that the two youngest girls, Scout and Tallulah, don’t even want to deal with their mom’s drama at this point. I kind of believe that one – and I believe Rumer might be the girl closest to her mom. Sad.

And things just go from bad to worse – last night TMZ reported that Rumer’s Hollywood Hills home had been burgled. Allegedly, thieves walked away with $10,000 in stolen goods. Luckily, Rumer was not home at the time – her house is under construction, and most of what the thieves took seems to be construction gear. Which sounds like some kind of insurance scam with the contractor, honestly.

Poor Rumer. I really do feel bad for her.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Macauley out with his brother, Kieran, on 8-18-10. The photos we are referring to are on ETOnline

We haven’t heard about former child actor Macaulay Culkin, 31, in some time, but from the looks of these pictures (see them on ET online and E!) he’s in a bad way. I have to admit that I sometimes get him confused with the kid from Star Wars, Hayden Christensen, in that I falsely remember that he used to be engaged to Rachel Bilson. That’s not him, obviously, he used to be engaged to Mila Kunis and they split up in early 2011. (I also sometimes confuse Bilson and Kunis, which I know is unforgivable to some of you, but it all makes sense to me now.)

Anyway Culkin was seen holding a Red Bull and looking super emaciated. He’s Demi Moore levels of thin, and he’s clutching her drink of choice too. ET Online reports that he may be up for a role in a movie called Service Man, “an uplifting military action flick,” which makes you hope that his extreme weight loss is for a role. Culkin’s rep denies that he’s set to star in the film, although producers say they’ve spoken to his people about it. The rep also claims that his client is super healthy. Of course he is. Here are the reports, which I’ve pieced together from a couple different sources:

After pictures of a gaunt Macaulay Culkin emerged exclusively on ET this morning, speculation as to whether or not this extreme weight loss was for a new movie project, titled Service Man, began to crop up.

And while TVGuide.com reports his rep as saying, “Mr. Culkin is NOT starring in Service Man, don’t take for face value everything you read on IMDb,” Entertainment Tonight has spoken with Goliath Studios, the UK-based production company behind Service Man and they confirm correspondence with Culkin’s manager about his possible cooperation in the project.

Although the film is currently on hold while the script is being rewritten, if Culkin chooses to participate in the project, the uplifting military action-comedy-drama would be his first big-screen role since 2007′s Sex and Breakfast. -ETOnline

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“Macaulay Culkin is in perfectly good health,” his rep tells E! News. “For Entertainment Tonight—or any other media outlet —to speculate otherwise is reckless, irresponsible and destructive. We implore them to discontinue the rumor.” – E! Online

[From ETOnline and E! Online]

What kind of old-timey denial is that “We implore them to discontinue the rumor“? It’s so formal. I do hope that Macauley is ok, and that he’s not subsisting on Red Bull and ADHD drugs like Demi. I also hope he’s not sick at all. The Red Bull seems to suggest this is a deliberate weight loss, but you can’t judge from one drink I guess.

I didn’t realize that Macauley hasn’t been in a movie since 2007. According to IMDB he was in a TV series in 2009 called Kings, which I never heard of and was on NBC. (Go figure.) He did voice work on “Robot Chicken” from 2005 – 2010. I also vaguely remember that he put out a book. That was Junior in 2007 and it received mixed reviews. It must be hard to recover from child stardom and extreme family dysfunction and regain some sense of self, but it’s not like Culkin is destitute. His net worth is estimated at $15 million dollars.

McCaulay at the Oscars in 2010. He has such a baby face!

Photo credit: Optic Photos PacificCoastNews.com and WENN.com

Do you know how hot I used to be for Russell Crowe? This was back before Gladiator even came out. I was hot for Russell when I saw LA Confidential. BUD WHITE!!! God, I love that movie. And Big Russ was super-hot in it, in a man’s man kind of way, but he was also vulnerable and interesting, like a young Marlon Brando. Then of course came Gladiator, and every lady in the world wanted to ride his jock. And then he gained some weight and barely worked, and when he did work, his girth (and not the good girth) was always a topic of conversation.

Well, Russell has lost the weight – these are new photos of Not-So-Big Russ at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards on Friday, in LA. I haven’t seen new photos of Crowe in months and months, it feels like. He looks… good? But maybe not? I don’t know, I can’t decide. I had gotten so used to seeing the bigger Russell, to the point where I kind of liked the extra meat on him. Plus, I think his skin looks weird, like he overdid the foundation. Basically, I’m glad that he’s trying out a maybe healthier lifestyle/diet, but he also looks a bit sickly to me now.

So, here are the questions: would you still hit it? Would you have ever hit it? Would you be more likely to hit it now, or back when he was in the midst of a love affair with ice cream?

Oh, and in case you miss seeing a random, beefy, hairy Australian, I threw in a photo of Joel Edgerton at the same event. He’s been hit with Russell Crowe Syndrome – hard. I hope it’s for a role?

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet, WENN.

There are plenty of Demi Moore stories to cover as she seems to be dominating the headlines for once. I’d like to start with this one, from Radar, which seems to best explain Demi’s issues. A couple of days ago People Magazine reported that prior to her hospitalization Demi had been acting the fool on nights out with her 23 year-old daughter, Rumer. On one night, Demi was seen downing a dozen energy drinks. That much caffeine and stimulants can cause serious health problems, especially in a woman as frail as Demi who refuses to eat. Well massive amounts of Red Bull aren’t the only stimulants Demi has been on. Radar Online reports that Demi’s stay-thin secret is none other than ADHD drug Adderall, a stimulant which is often abused for weight loss.

“Demi has been taking Adderall and drinking energy drinks and starving herself and those are some of the serious causes that led her to collapse on Monday night,” a source close to the actress said.

As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Demi had an epileptic seizure before being rushed to the hospital and she is currently seeking treatment for anorexia.

“The pills and starvation destroyed Demi and this has been a problem for about a year,” the source said about her tragic situation.

“She’s constantly jacked up on Adderall and combining that with not eating accounts for her loopy behavior and anorexic body frame. She literally refuses to eat any food…

“She’s depressed over her career and coupled with the stress and heartbreak over the split, all of this emotional turmoil in totality has taken a serious physical toll on her body.”

[From Radar]

Prescription drugs can really screw a person up and change their personality. So which came first, Demi’s issues with prescription drug abuse or the demise of her marriage? Ashton’s camp is busy painting Demi as a total mess whom Ashton took care of for the past year. X17 has details from the print edition of People, in which a “source” states that Ashton tried to help Demi with her issues. “‘It was over the last year her friends saw a change. She wasn’t sleeping as well, didn’t seem to be eating and looked really gaunt.’ Sources close to the ex-pair also tell People that Moore’s prescription drug use was a huge turn-off to the Two and a Half Men star. ‘It was a sticking point for Ashton. He wanted her to take care of herself and get a hold of things, and she wouldn’t.‘” The first time Ashton was busted cheating on Demi was in early September, 2010. I’m not saying that it’s Ashton’s fault that Demi was drowning her sorrows in Red Bull and Adderall, but it’s not like things were going great in their relationship until Demi got hopped up on pills.

In other Demi news, we might never know if the “whip-its” overdose story is bogus or not, because when the 911 call is released to the public all references to drugs Demi was on at the time will be redacted. I guess this is standard practice due to HIPAA privacy laws, and it definitely works in Demi’s favor. It’s possible that the whip-its were the last straw that caused her to have a seizure, or that it was just a cover up story for what was really going on.

Demi has been released from the hospital, just as Ashton has returned from Brazil, where he was shooting a commercial and hooking up with randoms. Ashton hasn’t yet publicly commented on Demi’s issues, but he has deigned to let a source say a few nice words about her to People. The source said “Ashton is deeply concerned for Demi. He still cares about her and wants the best for her. But their marriage is ending and they are both moving on with their lives.” So is Ashton also the “source” behind the story that he tried to help Demi but couldn’t, so he just had to stick his dick in a bunch of party girls?

In other Demi news, a new video has surfaced of her from 1982, when she was just 19, kissing a 15 year-old boy at a cast party for General Hospital, where she worked at the time. You can watch the video here and while I don’t see Demi “making out” with the kid, she keeps going in to kiss him aggressively and you can tell he’s uncomfortable with it. She’s obviously drunk and is seen swilling wine in the video. The drinking age across the US was raised to 21 in 1984, although in California the drinking age was 21 prior to that.

As for Demi’s concerns that her career is on the wane, like Lindsay Lohan she’s only making it so much worse by abusing drugs. After her hospitalization it was announced that Demi had “dropped out” of the role of Gloria Steinem in the Linda Lovelace biopic and would be replaced by Chloe Sevigny.