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CARROT TOP LOST FIFTY POUNDS OF MUSCLE

Things are happening in Las Vegas besides The Grammys. It was opening night for magician Criss Angel’s new show Amystika at the Criss Angel Theater at Planet Hollywood. Las Vegas regular Carrot Top turned up for the celebration and he looked normal – quite different from the last time we saw him. Remember a few years ago when Carrot Top says he became obsessed with working out in the gym three hours a day, and he turned into a 50-pounds-heavier bulging muscle monster? At the time he denied using steroids – but doesn’t everyone? Anyway, it appears he found a better use for his time…

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THE THING ABOUT RENEE…

At first glance this could be some celebrity’s assistant schlepping Starbucks coffee back to her boss and his friends, but it is actually a major movie star doing the schlepping. The unpretentious Renee Zellweger doesn’t mind running errands herself – she’s in New York promoting her new NBC true crime series The Thing About Pam. We were astonished by her transformation into the leading character who is much larger than Renee. Renee did NOT gain weight for the part – her look was all done with prosthetics, and it’s quite amazing. In real life Renee is still living in Laguna Beach and walking dogs with her boyfriend Ant Anstead.

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JANET JACKSON: WHAT’S THE REAL STORY?

The last few times we saw photos of Janet Jackson she was wearing baggy clothing that resembled a burka, which made sense because her ex-husband is Muslim. But since she’s free of him, we haven’t seen much of her at all. Until this photo of her new haircut popped up. It IS a bit radical as far as haircuts go, but the website Media Takeout also claims that Janet now weighs 300 pounds! THAT might explain the oversized burka-style clothing, but we think MTO is exaggerating. Hopefully, Janet will turn up in a new photo looking like her usual adorable self…

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RILEY KEOUGH IS NOT EATING HER WAY THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS

Did NOT recognize Riley Keough in this photo of her leaving the Chanel Film Benefit Gala at the MoMa in New York because she looks so skinny! It seems her fans have been chatting incessantly online about her 25 pound weight loss. Some say Elvis’s granddaughter started losing weight because she was devastated after her brother Benjamin Keough’s suicide last year. Others have decided that she’s anorexic. Since most people would be thrilled to lose weight, we hope she’s happy with herself. Certainly she can indulge over the holidays more than the rest of us!

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SYLVESTER STALLONE: QUARANTINE ROCKY PACKED ON THE POUNDS

Looks like Sylvester Stallone has added more than a few pounds to his once chiseled abs during quarantine (unlike Arnold Schwarzenegger who is furiously biking every day.) And that cigar indicates that he’s not overly worried about his health in general. In contrast, his model wife Jennifer Flavin is looking slimmer than ever! Sly and Jennifer spent the day on the beach in Malibu – here they are seen watching their oldest daughter Sistine, 22, frolic in the water. Come to think of it – Sly is SURROUNDED by model-thin women (his wife and three cute daughters) – you’d think they would be a good influence…

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WE WILL PASS ON TOM HARDY’S GROTESQUE “CAPONE”

Having read HORRIFYING film reviews of Tom Hardy’s Capone, (especially in Variety) we have removed it from our must-see list. Too bad, because we haven’t seen delicious Tom for quite awhile, but he is described as “unrecognizable” in the role, anyway. He plays the unattractive mobster in 1949 at the age of 47, when he was suffering from full-blown dementia caused by late stage syphilis, and living in Florida. When he isn’t slobbering on a cigar, or “retching into a bucket,” Capone was suffering from “explosive bowels” and wore baggy adult diapers. This monstrous version of a raspy-voiced Capone found him spending his days paranoid and hallucinating while recalling his violent criminal past. He wears pajamas and a bathrobe so there’s no sleek and fancy 1940’s gangster fashion, either. Tom Hardy had to pack on the pounds and shave off his hair for the part, besides enduring the repulsive makeup transformation. (All the chubby balding actors in Hollywood were busy?)

CHEERS TO ADELE AND HER NEW LOOK!

Wow! One look at the photo Adele posted of herself on her 32nd birthday says it all – she is incredibly pleased with herself. Imagine the fun she’s going to have shopping! For months, Adele has been working out religiously and watching everything she ate. Her determination paid off with a whole new body! Yet SOME people want to spoil this moment by whining that “your weight doesn’t determine your beauty” or that celebrating weight loss sends a negative message about body image. Ridiculous. It so happens that a slimmer body is usually healthier and Adele did it the HARD way – by improving her lifestyle. SHE’S happy so let’s be happy FOR her – and inspired by her too!

SIMON COWELL STILL HAS A FATAL FLAW

Simon Cowell, 60, says he had a health scare so he lost 20 pounds by changing his diet to “almost vegan” – he still eats fish. He certainly looked thinner when he showed up at a Britain’s Got Talent event in the UK. He’s getting a hug from fellow judge /British comic David Walliams on the red carpet and Simon looks like he lost a few inches of HEIGHT too! He looks oddly tiny. (He’s still wearing the SAME jeans – just a smaller size!) Although Simon gulps lots of vitamins and eats better, he is still a CHAINSMOKER, and lit up as soon as this photo op was over…

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JESSICA SIMPSON WANTS YOUR ATTENTION

Yes, it’s impressive that Jessica Simpson says she lost a HUNDRED pounds since she gave birth to her third child, Birdie Mae, in March. Exactly HOW Jessica pared off the weight is still unknown, but she says she was up to 240 pounds before the birth. Regardless, there is no excuse for looking like THIS. Jessica is a natural beauty but this tasteless and vulgar apparel she wore for a night out in New York isn’t the best way to celebrate her good looks…

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LISA LAMPANELLI: WHERE CREDIT IS DUE

Back in 2012, insult comic Lisa Lampanelli, 57, had gastric sleeve surgery and lost 107 pounds. She promptly divorced her husband and decided to quit doing stand-up and hosting celebrity roasts, and become – of all things – a life coach! She’s got the whole thing going nowadays with workshops, podcasts etc. Nice to see that she’s still enjoying her new shape AND she wants to help others re-direct their lives. We like success stories…

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