Salman Rushdie’s ex-wife Padma Lakshmi has revealed her top weight loss tips and they include ditching faddy diets, eating fried chicken and saying yes to carbs.
The 5ft 10ins model – who recently announced she is pregnant with her first child – confesses that she puts on between 10 and 15lbs while filming Top Chef. [...]

Pregnant Kourtney Kardashian claims she gained three pounds in weight in just one day.
The reality TV star, due to give birth in December, said she is getting sick of growing bigger.
She said: “I gained three pounds since yesterday.
“I weigh myself every day.”
She said earlier this week that she had put on 26 pounds since she [...]

Victoria Beckham thinks constant reports about her weight are “irresponsible” because lots of girls look up to her.
The 35-year-old singer-cum-fashion designer is often the subject of media reports about her weight but the star said she tries not to read the articles.
She told Britain’s Attitude magazine: “I don’t have any interest in the tabloids. I [...]

Model Heidi Klum has said she is not going to rush into losing her baby weight after giving birth to daughter Lou.
The 36-year-old star recently gave birth to her fourth child and says she will be taking it easy about getting back in shape.
Talking just before the birth, she told PEOPLE: “I don’t know if [...]

Matt Damon has admitted that he put on weight for his new movie to win an Oscar.
Damon had to pile on three stones for his role in his new film The Informant and has revealed he did it to try to win another Oscar.
The 38-year-old said: “The only reason I did this movie was for [...]

Bridget Jones star Renee Zelleweger will reportedly wear a fat suit for the third film in the series.
Renee, 40, previously put on 30lbs of weight for the role of podgy Bridget in the last two movies and she did that by eating pizza and peanut butter sandwiches.
However, it has now been claimed that the star [...]

Nicole Richie’s inspiration that’s helping her lose her post-baby bulge has been revealed – she keeps a photo of Halle Berry pinned up in her kitchen.
Mother-of-two Nicole, who has just given birth to her son, Sparrow, reportedly sees Halle as her inspiration.
X-Men star Halle regained her sensational figure less than a month after giving birth [...]

Comic Ricky Gervais has denied that he lost 42lbs on a Hollywood diet.
Ricky, 48, is rumoured to have lost a considerable amount of weight on the new diet but he has denied the report that said he hasn’t “lost a pound”.
He did say that he had shed a couple of inches from his waist after [...]

Screen hunk Matt Damon says it was “liberating” to pad out his action hero body for new movie The Informant.
The screen hunk - known for his usually lean, mean physique - gained almost two stone (30lbs) by gobbling junk food.
He needed to acquire an impressive gut to play a plump whistle-blower in the newly-released comedy [...]

Kelly Osbourne has revealed she has lost a stone in three weeks as she starts rehearsals for Dancing With The Stars.
Osbourne, 24, started preparations for the US version of Strictly Come Dancing less than a month ago.
She told British magazine Closer: “I’ve almost lost a full stone already, I’m so excited! By the end of [...]