Kelly Clarkson admits to bulemic past

Kelly Clarkson admits in August's CosmoGirl mag that she briefly battled bulemia after she was passed over for a role in musical in high school. "I thought... If I came back and I'm cuter and thinner...then I'll get the role," Clarkson says. She was bulemic for six months, until her problem was discovered by a friend. "One of my guy friends caught on to it, and I just felt so ashamed and

Grief to blame for Angelina's weight loss

Angelina Jolie finally publicly addressed her weight loss at last night's premiere of A Mighty Heart. "I've always been lean and this year I lost my mom and I've gone through a lot," Jolie told reporters. "I have four kids and I finished breastfeeding - it's been hard to get my nutrition back on track... Instead of people saying I look like a person dealing with something emotionally, they assume

Keira wins libel suit

Keira Knightley won a libel case against British newspaper the Daily Mail yesterday. The tabloid ran a story of the Pirates of the Caribbean star in a bikini with the heading, "If Pictures Like This One of Keira Carried a Health Warning, My Darling Daughter Might Have Lived." Knightley's lawyer said his client had been embarrassed by the "entirely false" and "deeply offensive" suggestion that she

Kate puts her money where her mouth is

Kate Winslet has turned something ugly into something good by donating the money she won in a libel case against a British magazine to several eating disorder charities. Winslet won a lawsuit in March after Grazia mag claimed she had visited a diet doctor and suggested the Holiday star was a hypocrite for speaking out publicly against Hollywood's pressure to be skinny. The magazine was ordered to

Lily Allen in tears over weight

British singer Lily Allen posted a depressing message on her MySpace page on Saturday, lamenting her supposed weight issues and claiming to have succumbed to "the evil machine" of body image obsession. I guess that's what happens when you spend too much time in the U.S. The message reads:"fat, ugly and shitter than winehousethat is all i am, im on my own in america again. I used to pride myself

"Gaunt isn't beautiful" says Rosario

Rosario Dawson thinks people shouldn't obsess about their weight so much, and just enjoy life. The Grindhouse star told British Elle, "I don't understand people starving themselves to look good. You might look cute in those jeans for one year of your life, but you might take ten years off your life if you're not careful. It's not healthy... When I see a woman who is all gaunt and emaciated, I

Kate's healthy new shape

It's hard not to notice that Kate Bosworth is looking healthier these days. The Superman actress was "dangerously skinny at around 95 pounds," about a year ago, but has "gained ten to fifteen pounds since," says a Beverly Hills nutritionist. "Kate stopped partying, started working out more, eating a bit more and generally doesn't care about her weight so much because she's happy," says a source

Courtney denies surgery

Courtney Love is trying to dispel the rumors that her new skinny body is the result of plastic surgery. After reports yesterday that she had undergone gastric band surgery, Love posted a message on her website saying, "I couldn't get that surgery if I begged for it. I got my inspiration from Oprah losing so much weight on Slim-Fast." Oprah?? Her Slim-Fast weight loss was, like, ten years ago! And

Is Courtney fibbing about her weight loss methods?

Courtney Love may not be 'fessing up to the truth about her recent and drastic weight loss. The Hole singer told press that her new figure is the result of yoga and a macrobiotic diet, but a friend says, "She's telling people she got the gastric band surgery. She even said she had to sleep with a towel by her because the surgery makes her [vomit] all the time and is worried she won't be able to

Allegra Versace clings to life in anorexia battle

Designer Donatella Versace's daughter Allegra is reportedly fighting for her life in a medical and psychiatric facility. The anorexic 20-year-old is under 24-hour supervision, weighing only 70 pounds. "It was the most sad and traumatic experience of my life," a Versace family employee says of watching Allegra's physical deterioration. "Her arms are like candlesticks. Her skin is this unnatural

Angelina's brother worries about her weight

The brother of Angelina Jolie has spoken publicly about his famous sister and the loss of the siblings' mother in an interview with a British newspaper. James Haven says the trauma of he and Jolie's childhood and the bullying of their manipulative father, actor Jon Voight, has been the impetus behind his sister's desire to create the opposite for her own family. "I have no memory at all of my

Nicole downplays weight issue

Nicole Richie spoke to OK! mag about her recent health issues and reported collapses on the set of The Simple Life. A few excerpts:About the dehydration incident: "It actually made me really upset because I did not need to go to the hospital at all - it's just another headline. I was just tired, and I left [the hospital] after 10 minutes."What led up to it: "The hours that I'm doing are really

Nicole has low blood sugar

Nicole Richie's rep has come up with another excuse to explain her client's ongoing health issues. After reports earlier today that Richie had collapsed again on the set of The Simple Life, her rep says, "In her ongoing effort to focus on her well-being, Nicole has recently been diagnosed with hypoglycemia... [She] is taking steps to manage it." (Hypoglycemia is essentially low blood sugar.) A

Nicole plagued by health problems

Nicole Richie's health issues are causing problems on the set of The Simple Life. After a collapse on set last week, Richie was "taken to her trailer immediately," because she was having "trouble walking and speaking clearly." The super skinny fashionista has caused more than one delay in production because of what some speculate to be an eating disorder. "There were a couple of times when [

Hilary admits to feeling pressure to get skinny

Hilary Duff admits that her weight loss of recent years is directly related to pressure from the media. "I did get skinny," the singer told a British newspaper. "I've felt that pressure like everyone else in my position. When a newspaper comes out and says 'Duff Puff - she must have gained 15 pounds' or something like that, how would any normal person react? It's so mean, but everyone keeps

Paris and Nicole to counsel fat kids

Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton will take on an unlikely task in the next season of The Simple Life: they will be counseling overweight teens. "They are going to be camp counselors at one camp in the Southern California mountains," a rep for the show confirms. "The camp has five different themes. Each week will be a different theme. And yes, one week is a weight loss/fitness camp. It's not a fat