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Gwyneth Paltrow Implicated in Deflation of Scarlett Johansson

Ryan Tate — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 06:59:06 EDT

So who put Scarlett Johansson on that strict diet that reduced the starlet to a shadow of her former self? Gwyneth Paltrow, the noted medical expert who last year hallucinated from undereating.

At least, that's what Star magazine hears. Via The Sun:

[Johansson] has reportedly lost over 14lbs since she began working out with her Iron Man 2 co-star in preparation for the movie.

A source told Star magazine: "The pair have been doing daily workouts with Gwyneth's personal trainer TRACY ANDERSON."

Maybe Johansson can complain further about the extreme weight loss plan (as she did a couple of weeks ago in London) on Paltrow's website Goop, cementing its position as the definitive online shop of body-image horrors.

Katie Holmes And Victoria Beckham Leverage The Buddy System In Order To Stay Thin

Molly Friedman — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:22:54 EDT

Though hearing about some of the scary diet tactics used by stars last month was unnerving, the names associated with the far from healthy tips weren't earth-shattering: Nicole Richie, Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan are commonly featured in the weeklies when chatter of weight loss methods comes up. But the highbrow BFF team that is Katie Holmes and Victoria Beckham isn't the standard source of speculation. Sure, they're incredibly thin despite pregnancies, but they've so far managed not to be outed when it comes to specific Desperately Seeking Thinness claims. But after a recent sighting at Madeo, Katie and Posh have officially topped the "scary" list of celebs who use outlandish methods when it comes to staying skinny...

As Life & Style reports in its latest cover story, the pair has a habit of ordering one incredibly low-calorie meal and splitting it, and even use the same trick when it comes to beverages. On a recent outing, "the two split a meal meant for one person, sharing a green salad sans dressing, one piece of fish and one side of steamed spinach. They also ordered one regular Coke and two glasses of ice." We don't know about you, but the last time we had the entirety of a meal like that, we were still starving. The worst part? According to one source, it's a practice Katie and Posh have been using for a while. L&S quotes a fellow regular at Madeo as saying, "They do it all the time. It's how they control calories." We suppose the only good news here is that the pair isn't resorting to laxatives and quick stops in the emergency room, yet. But as anyone who finds themselves staring into the abyss that is Posh's waistline after each new photo of her appears, we aren't completely surprised to hear that the Sherri Shephard voodoo doll doesn't exactly gulp down burgers and fries on a regular basis.

[Photo Credit: Wireimage]

KATIE HOLMES AND POSH SPICE BOND OVER FOOD [MSNBC]
IN LIFE & STYLE NOW: REFUSING TO EAT [Life & Style]

Diet 'Secrets' Of Celebrities Make Us Ache For Food As Fried And Fast As Possible

Molly Friedman — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:00:24 EDT

If you want to look just as scarily skinny as the likes of Kate Hudson and Renee Zellweger, the solution is simple: eat nothing but boiled eggs and water, develop a healthy addiction to caffeine and cardio, and devote your evenings to chain-smoking and reading Us Weekly on the john. The latest "news" on celebrity diet secrets comes to us courtesy of the Daily Mail, who asked a handful of trainers and nutrition experts what's in between the lines of all those helpful How Kate/Jessica/Reese Got Slim stories. And even if some of the answers don't exactly whet your appetite, guessing which celebs the so-called experts are outing is almost as much fun as biting into a Double Double. Take this nugget for example:

"One of Hollywood's dirty little secrets is the 'IV diet', in which celebrities check themselves into hospital to get put on an IV so they can avoid eating altogether."

Lindsay Lohan's multiple "exhaustion"-related stays in various asthma wards comes to mind, as does GurneyGate, both the original and the sequel. But the guessing games don't end there. Apparently an actress on the set of Cold Mountain only ate two or three boiled eggs a day (picking between Nicole and Renee is a toughie, since even smushed together they barely fill out one normal person's jeans), and another was so addicted to the gym that she wound up spending her birthday there. Despite the loony techniques, we'd still sleep better at night thinking Britney may be maniacally climbing simulated stairs at Crunch rather than maniacally ordering Cheetos and laxatives at the closest 24-hour pharm.

[Photo Credits: The Superficial, Inkling Blog, Celeb Warship]

THE BIZARRE DIET SECRETS OF THE STARS [Daily Mail]