Some fashion watchers and entertainment types at a recent New York charity gala think Cate Blanchett is too thin.
But it seems her shock new look is for a movie in which she plays a cancer patient.
London's Daily Mail said that, while the 37-year-old Australian has always been slender, this time she looked "bony".
"With her collarbones protruding and looking painfully thin, the Lord Of The Rings star was barely recognisable as she walked down the red carpet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York," the paper said.
"The stick-thin look was not helped by the Oscar-winner's shock of scarlet make-up or her swept-up hair," it added.
It said that the actress and mother of two, once a size 12, was apparently a fan of celebrity diet guru, Dr Nishi Joshi, but rarely talks of her lifestyle.
However, Hollywoodscoop.com reported that she has dropped considerable amount of weight for a role in the film, Cancer Vixen.
Lindsay Lohan tops Maxim's hot 100 list Wednesday May 16 06:12 AEST
According to Maxim magazine, at least this month, Lindsay Lohan is the hottest woman in the world.
The Georgia Rule actress-troublemaker tops the magazine's eighth annual Hot 100 list, a ranking by editors weighing buzz and beauty for women in film, TV, music, sports and fashion.
"There is no other star in the world (who) causes more of a stir in the public eye than Lindsay," said Maxim editor in chief Jimmy Jellinek in a statement. "Her every move is watched and reported on."
Not surprisingly, Jellinek described his young, male readership as being "obsessed" with the 20-year-old Lohan, a ubiquitous party girl who spent the weekend soaking up the sun (with a new boyfriend) in the Bahamas.
Jessica Alba had to settle for No. 2 on the list, which is in the magazine hitting stands Saturday. She's followed, in order, by Scarlett Johansson, Christina Aguilera, Jessica Biel, Ali Larter, Eva Mendes, Rihanna, Eva Longoria, Fergie, Sienna Miller, Angelina Jolie, Beyonce Knowles and Katherine Heigl.
Celebrity sisters Ashlee and Jessica Simpson are on the list at No. 16 and 41, respectively. Ashley Olsen, half of the mogul acting twins, placed 37th, while sister Mary-Kate didn't make the cut.
Hasselhoff 'broke blood alcohol record at rehab' Wednesday May 16 09:00 AEST
David Hasselhoff has revealed he set a record while being treated for alcoholism at the Betty Ford Clinic "the highest blood alcohol figure ever recorded there."
The Baywatch star, seen in a home video drunkenly rolling around a Las Vegas hotel room and trying to eat a hamburger off the floor, says he started drinking hard-core in the summer of 2002.
"I had forgotten to take care of myself. When I was doing Baywatch and Knight Rider, my life had been planned, orderly. The hard times were between shows," he says in his autobiography.
The shocking hotel footage was filmed by his 16-year-old daughter Taylor-Ann, after her father asked her to video him drunk so he could "see what he is like."
Hasselhoff, 54, said during the filming of Baywatch, he wasn't romancing his hot co-stars or the groupies clustered around his trailer.
"I would drink the minibar," he writes, while his assistants "got all the girls."
The Hoff also claims the late Princess Diana flirted with him at a charity event — saying he looked good with his clothes on.
"Diana laughed, blushed and then looked coy. It wasn't my imagination — she was flirting with me."
He added: "She seemed to be alone and a bit lonely."
He also reveals Sandra Bullock and Paula Abdul both tested for the role of CJ Parker on the third season of Baywatch — the part that shot Pamela Anderson to stardom. Splash News / Snapper Media http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=267559
Lara's career on ice From Sydney Confidential May 25, 2007 01:00am
THE axe has temporarily fallen on Lara Bingle's career, with both Channel 9 and her long-term manager ending their association with the bikini model.
Priscilla Leighton-Clarke, the woman responsible for overseeing Bingle's career transformation from a fresh-faced schoolgirl to a nationally recognised pin-up, confirmed yesterday the end of their working relationship.
"I don't represent Lara anymore - I've done all I could do," Leighton-Clarke told Confidential.
Bingle's rise to fame was meteoric following the "Where the Bloody Hell Are You" campaign for Tourism Australia, but it was equally fraught with disaster.
Following 12 months of embarrassing car bungles, text message blunders and legal battles with men's magazines, Bingle became the centre of an even bigger PR nightmare when the wife of AFL star Brendan Fevola accused her of having an affair with her husband.
While Leighton-Clarke refused to discuss details surrounding her former client, it is understood the scandal was behind the breakdown of their working relationship.
In further news of Bingle's professional overhaul, Channel 9 has also confirmed it would not be renewing the one-year contract they signed with the model following her Dancing on Ice performance last July.
Currently on holidays with cricket champion boyfriend Michael Clarke, Bingle's unstable career is temporarily being handled by International Quarterback - the sports management company which represents Clarke.
Dud Scud: Poo 'not so smart' July 06, 2007 12:00am
THE scud an intellectual dud? Former Aussie tennis ace Mark Philippousis has been labelled not "very smart" by a reality TV contestant. Adelaide Dawson, 26, one of the "kittens" given the flick by Philippousis on Channel 7's Bachelor-style reality show, Age Of Love, today said he was not her type.
"I didn't feel like there was connection between Mark and I," Dawson said.
"First of all our conversation was not stimulating. It seemed like he was very mechanical.
"I dont think he's very smart."
Dawson was born in Nimbin before moving to the US when she was five. She is eliminated in the third episode of the show, which sees 20-somethings and 40-somethings (known as "cougars") vying for the Poo's affections.
The curvaceous beach babe believes producers tried to make it appear as if there was real chemistry between the pair.
"He tried to kiss me and I kind of pulled back and giggled because it made me uncomfortable," Dawson said.
"They didn't show that part. They showed us going up to the kiss but they didn't show me laughing.
"They made it seem like I really liked him. It was just an awkward situation. I wouldn't have kissed him."
Age Of Love, which so far has has received mixed reviews and so-so ratings the US, starts in Australia on July 12.
AFTER constantly being questioned about the legitimacy of her, um, breasts and whether they've been surgically photoshopped, Friday Night Live host Bree Amer has a doctor's certificate to prove they are all hers. Bree's certificate of authenticity will be posted on a website where she is peddling her new bra-fillers.
It's apparently to prove her product is behind the reason for her being perky and upright. Bit tacky maybe? The examination by a Gold Coast doc took place about two weeks ago and after constant badgering by her Big Bogan mate and Eye Candies partner Mike Goldman.
"I've heard so many people question her and talk about them not being real," he said.
"Hamish and Andy have gone on about it and a Sydney journo did as well.
"A lot of people at work don't think they're real either."
Bree told Qconfidential it was not to be tacky or a publicity stunt, but to give her new product more credibility.
"Mike put me up to it," Bree explained.
"People wouldn't believe that I hadn't had implants and by doing this it should keep people quiet, but also prove it is Eye Candies," she said.
I was skeptical, but I'm glad that Bree's assets are indeed real. Suddenly I have a little more respect for her now as I was saddened that one of my favourite BB girls was superficial enough to have work done.
Lindsay Lohan is in the news, still! Can't say 'again' because she is rarely out of it (a bit like Paris). I think Lindsay should use three 'L's as her initials.... LLL..... Lindsay Lohan Loser!
Lohan surrenders to police July 21, 2007 - 10:10AM
Lindsay Lohan turned herself in to face charges of driving under the influence in connection with a May hit-and-run crash that sent her into rehab.
Accompanied by her lawyer, the 21-year-old actress surrendered at the Beverly Hills Police Department yesterday afternoon to be fingerprinted and photographed, police officer Brian Ballieweg said.
Lohan's blood-alcohol level at the time of the crash was above California's 0.08 per cent legal limit, Ballieweg said.
He would not disclose how high it was.
She also faces a misdemeanour charge of hit and run, he said.
Lohan was released on her own recognisance, and a court date was scheduled for August 24.
Lohan and two other adults were in her 2005 Mercedes SL-65 convertible when she lost control and crashed into a curb and shrubs on Sunset Boulevard on May 26, police said.
Lohan got into a second car and was driven to a hospital in Century City for minor injuries, police said.
The others in her car were not hurt.
Officers received an emergency call about the accident and traced her to the hospital.
Last week, Lohan checked out of a rehabilitation centre after more than six weeks.
It was her second stint in rehab this year. She said in January she had checked into rehab for substance abuse treatment.
ACTRESS Farrah Fawcett, who has been battling cancer for almost three years, has been admitted to hospital and is unconscious, according to reports.
The 62-year-old former star of Charlie's Angels went into a Los Angeles hospital on Thursday, according to People magazine.
Celebrity gossip website Radaronline, which broke the news, quoted sources as saying the actress was unconscious.
A spokesman for Fawcett did not return a call seeking comment last night. The hospital was not identified.
Fawcett was diagnosed with anal cancer in September 2006. Four months later, she declared herself cancer-free, only to have the disease return in May 2007.
Fawcett traveled to Germany for alternative treatment and documented her experiences, footage of which she shared with entertainment television shows in early 2008.
The Texas native rose to fame through an iconic pin-up poster for which she posed flirtatiously in a red bathing suit.
In 1976, TV producer Aaron Spelling cast Fawcett for Charlie's Angels, in which she played Jill Munroe, the tanned, glamorous undercover detective with tousled blonde hair.
Starring alongside Jaclyn Smith and Kate Jackson, Fawcett was the hit show's top attraction, but she quit at the end of its first season. After being sued for breach of contract, she made a few guest appearances in subsequent years.
The actress sought to downplay her sex symbol status through meatier roles in the 1980s.
She earned critical acclaim for her performance as a domestic violence survivor in 1984's The Burning Bed, for which she received the first of three Emmy nominations.
Kyle Sandilands gives Ralph a mouthful The Daily TelegraphAugust 16, 2009 12:00am Fool's gold ... Kyle has officially crowned himself King of All Things Crass in his latest interview / Picture supplied
ON the eve of his return to radio, Kyle Sandilands has given everyone a reminder of why he's the King of Crass.
In a men's magazine interview, Sandilands graphically details his sex life, masturbation, the provocative parties he throws with wife Tamara Jaber and his "politically incorrect" manner.
He also slams TV host Rove McManus, radio duo Merrick Watts and Tim Ross and comedian Dave Hughes among others.
The interview, with Ralph magazine, was given before Sandilands and 2dayFM on-air partner Jackie O were suspended for broadcasting a lie detector stunt featuring a 14-year-old rape victim. Sandilands tells how he has parties at home where "girls strip to their bras and panties and dirty dance on the coffee table".
"And I sit there smoking a big bong-looking pipe thing like some filthy old guy on an Asian sex tour," he says.
While his public stoushes with Hughes, Watts and Ross are well-documented, he targets inoffensive comedian McManus in the article.
"F..k you, Rove. You're dead to me," he says, before adding: "There's also Merrick and Rosso, but no one gives a f..k about them."
Austereo last week announced Kyle and Jackie O would return to their breakfast slot this Tuesday but future broadcasts would feature a time delay.
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