1. We knew it–starvation does make you skinny! Beyoncé Knowles fasted for two weeks to lose 20 pounds for her role in Dreamgirls. Don’t worry–she took “all the vitamins and nutrients your body needs” during the starvation diet. But most importantly, Beyoncé revealed the truth about those crappy Destiny’s Child hits: “‘Bug-A-Boo’ or ‘Bootylicious.’ I hate ’em.” We knew that too.
2. She said it, she denied it, now she’s OK with it. Lindsay Lohan has done a complete 180 on the whole Vanity Fair thing, which claimed the then-skinny star had an eating disorder. In January, Linds issued a statement denying the claim, saying, “The words that I gave to the writer for Vanity Fair were misused and misconstrued, and I’m appalled with the way it was done.” Now she said she is happy the magazine did that “because it was nice to be able to say to young girls it’s not OK to treat yourself like that.” Stay tuned for Lohan‘s one-year later retrospective on the piece.
3. Topping the she can’t really be this vain department… “I’m so surprised nobody really knows me in England. It’s just unbelievable. I have to introduce myself, which I never have to do in the States.” That’s former O.C. star Mischa Barton, 20, who was born in London and lived there until her family moved to New York City in like, 1991.
4. She spoke—and not via Tom Cruise. Katie Holmes was spotted in Telluride, Colorado–where her baby daddy has a holiday home—window shopping and sipping a coffee with a gal pal. Much to the dismay of curious onlookers, Kate did not have baby Suri with her but told an assembled crowd, “Suri’s doing great! She’s back at the house.” That’s eight words—and 10, if you count the abbreviations.
5. Crap, I think I said that last week. Lindsay Lohan is slamming reports she offered to fight Jessica Simpson over the puzzlingly sought after Brett Ratner at Los Angeles nightspot Dime in April. “The things I was supposed to have said, ‘Let’s take this outside?’ Like, who says that? Who f%!#ing says that?”
6. It’s a bit like… incest is gross. Scarlett Johansson is sick of people mistaking her twin brother Hunter for her boyfriend. “It’s a bit like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito in Twins. We don’t even look related, but if we’re out together, people think we’re dating. It’s disgusting!” Or is it a bit like Angelina smooching her brother, James Haven, and declaring she was “so in love” with him during that Oscar-acceptance spiel in 1999?
7. Cletus has found the path to self-sufficiency—whoring. Kevin Federline, oftentimes branded a “freeloader” in the tabloid media, doesn’t need wife Britney Spears’ monthly allowance. K-Fed is reportedly charging up to $20,000 for cameo appearances at soirees and has earned $700,000 in the last four months alone. Now that’s a lot of cake.
8. People don’t change in the The Real World. Paula, the 25-year-old anorexic, scab-picking, issue-laden stranger living in the cabler’s Key West house, thought her physically abusive boyfriend had changed. The two were canoodling at a bar in a recent episode, with Paula spewing something about how they had to get that bad to be this good. This week, Paula was arrested on assault charges. She allegedly bit her boyfriend in a fit of rage after he decided to lock her out of their apartment. Classy.
9. Just say “no.” George Clooney‘s former fling Lisa Snowdon refused to give up her big boobs in the 1990’s waif era. “When I was working in Milan, I was put under a lot of pressure to get them reduced,” Snowdon explains. “My figure wasn’t in. I stood my ground and said no.” At the same time, the voluptuous Tyra Banks was getting signed to Victoria’s Secret and gracing the cover of Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues. Ample bosoms out? Whatev.
10. It’s not the money, it’s the principal. An Oregon bus driver is suing Michael Jordan and his longtime sponsors, Nike, for $382 million because he’s sick of being mistaken for the sports icon. Allen Heckard claims he’s mistaken for Jordan at least twice a day and the 15 years of harassment have prevented him from living a trouble-free life. Heckard, however, admits he probably won’t win, adding, “It’s not about the money. A man has to have principles to stand on.” What’s the interest on a principal of $382 mil?
