Stars lose weight, gain it
By Sarah Klein
Jennifer Hudson
RECENT CREDITS
The Three Stooges
(FILM) Apr. 13, 2012
Fragments
(FILM) Jul. 31, 2009
The Secret Life of Bees
(FILM) Oct. 17, 2008
Sex and the City
(FILM) May. 30, 2008
Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson
(TV) Mar. 6, 2007
Although this curvaceous vocalist cried when she came in seventh on the third edition of American Idol in 2004, she ended up having the last laugh by winning the career-making role of Effie White in the lauded 2006 movie musical Dreamgirls.
Not only did Hudson eclipse her pop-princess costar Beyonce Knowles
with her powerful performance as an ugly-duckling diva, but she also
beat out 2004 American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino for the role.
Hudson quickly racked up numerous accolades for her work in the film,
including a Golden Globe, a SAG Award and even an Oscar as best
supporting actress. She also signed her first record deal. Not bad for a
gal who was singing on Disney cruise ships back in 2003.
The Grammy and Oscar winner’s dramatic weight loss was the makeover on everyone’s lips in 2010.
In August 2009, Hudson had to lose her baby weight before shooting her next movie, Winnie, in which she plays Nelson Mandela’s wife (due out this year). She worked out regularly with celeb trainer Harley Pasternak and cut back on calories with help from the Weight Watchers program.
Now the face of Weight Watchers, Hudson, 29, is a slender size 6, down from a 16.
In August 2009, Hudson had to lose her baby weight before shooting her next movie, Winnie, in which she plays Nelson Mandela’s wife (due out this year). She worked out regularly with celeb trainer Harley Pasternak and cut back on calories with help from the Weight Watchers program.
Now the face of Weight Watchers, Hudson, 29, is a slender size 6, down from a 16.
Christian Bale
RECENT CREDITS
The Dark Knight Rises
(FILM) Jul. 20, 2012
The Flowers of War
(FILM) Jan. 20, 2012
The Fighter
(FILM) Dec. 10, 2010
Public Enemies
(FILM) Jul. 1, 2009
Terminator Salvation
(FILM) May. 21, 2009
A reluctant movie megastar, this Wales-born actor got
his big break at age 13 when he landed the role of a spoiled British boy
who comes of age in a World War II internment camp in 1987's Empire of the Sun.
His transformative performance was a harbinger of his chameleonlike
work to come. However, Bale temporarily backed off from acting because
he was uncomfortable with his newfound fame. In the '90s Bale reemerged
with impressive supporting performances in a series of dramatic films (Little Women, The Portrait of a Lady), but 2000's American Psycho
was the movie that put him back on the Hollywood map. Bale became a
cult heartthrob thanks in part to his disarming smile and newly chiseled
physique. The buff actor spent the next few years reinventing himself
and his body for every role, losing a shocking amount of weight to play
an insomniac in 2004's The Machinist before bulking back up the next year to take on the title role in the blockbuster Batman Begins.
Despite his A-list status, Bale continues to defy convention by signing
on to edgy, independent films and keeping his off-screen life with his
wife and child — gasp — private.
This Batman famously lost a startling 63 pounds to play a chronic insomniac in the film The Machinist.
Bale, now 37, reportedly took supplements to make sure he still got his vitamins but hardly ate and over exercised to trim himself to only 122 pounds (he’s 6 feet tall!).
He slimmed down again more recently from his normal 185 pounds to play a former professional boxer in The Fighter.
Oprah Winfrey
RECENT CREDITS
The Princess and the Frog
(FILM) Nov. 25, 2009
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push'...
(FILM) Nov. 6, 2009
Oprah Winfrey
(TV) Jan. 18, 2008
The Great Debaters
(FILM) Dec. 25, 2007
Bee Movie
(FILM) Nov. 2, 2007
Howard Stern may be the king of all media, but Winfrey
is definitely the queen. This talk-show host/actress/magazine
publisher/Broadway and Hollywood producer/studio mogul/philanthropist is
consistently cited as one of the entertainment industry's most powerful
people. Winfrey worked as a news anchor in Nashville and Baltimore
before becoming the host of Chicago's morning talk show in 1984. She was
so popular that the series was renamed in her honor and became a
national hit in syndication in 1986. Oprah quickly became a household
name, a wildly successful yet still accessible woman who struggled with
her weight and talked about surviving sexual abuse. Every year, Winfrey
seemed to tackle a new business venture, rarely making any missteps, and
winning a multitude of awards for her efforts. Although the couple
never married, she has dated Stedman Graham for decades.
When it comes to weight-loss tabloid fodder, Oprah, 57, reigns supreme. Her weight has fluctuated often and drastically, and it’s always been "breaking news." The yo-yoing is partly due to a thyroid condition, which she said she had leaned on as an excuse to eat whatever she wanted in the past.
In the early 2000s, she trimmed down to a fit 160 and thought she had finally conquered her weight issues. But in 2008, she opened up that she had hit 200 pounds—again. In 2010, she announced on her show that she would never diet again.
Kelly Osbourne
RECENT CREDITS
True Hollywood Story
(TV) May. 19, 2007
The Osbournes
(TV) May. 20, 2006
Being Bobby Brown
(TV) Aug. 4, 2005
Access Hollywood
(TV) May. 3, 2005
Dr. Phil
(TV) Mar. 21, 2005
After a stint on Dancing with the Stars, Ozzy's daughter quit her emotional eating and dropped 50 pounds.
All the dance workouts and weight training paid off for the 26-year-old; she bared her new size 2 body on the December 2010 cover of Shape magazine.
John Goodman
Monsters, Inc.
(FILM) Dec. 19, 2012
Flight
(FILM) Nov. 2, 2012
Argo
(FILM) Oct. 12, 2012
Trouble With the Curve
(FILM) Sep. 21, 2012
ParaNorman
(FILM) Aug. 17, 2012
The actor, perhaps best known for his beefy Dan Conner on Roseanne, tipped the scales at 368 pounds in 2007.
Since then, Goodman, 58, has quit drinking, cut sugar out of his diet—and gotten off the couch. Now he works out six days a week and is down more than 100 pounds!
Kevin Federline
RECENT CREDITS
Larry King Live
(TV) Aug. 28, 2007
Tonight Show With Jay Leno
(TV) Oct. 19, 2006
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
(TV) Oct. 12, 2006
Ellen DeGeneres Show
(TV) Sep. 6, 2006
Best Week Ever
(TV) Nov. 11, 2005
If it weren't for Britney Spears, the world would never
have heard of Federline, an alternately sleazy/silly backup dancer
turned rapper who came to infamy by marrying Spears in 2004. After the
couple split in 2006 and Spears went off the deep end, however, the
public almost started to sympathize with this pop-culture punch
line/tabloid punching bag. After dancing for the likes of Pink and
Spears' ex Justin Timberlake, Federline met the pop princess and
immediately began courting her, despite the fact that his long-time
girlfriend, actress Shar Jackson, was pregnant with their second child.
After marrying in 2004, Federline (dubbed K-Fed by the media) and Spears
were omnipresent: magazines, parties, even TV with their
headache-inducing reality show Britney and Kevin: Chaotic. Spears
gave birth to their first son, Sean Preston, in September 2005 and
their second child, Jayden James, a year later. But the high-profile
parents seemed to be in trouble. Tabloids insisted their union was on
the rocks and a series of mothering mishaps including Spears driving
with Sean Preston in her lap and, in another incident, almost dropping
him highlighted the fact that she was usually flying solo. In October
2006, Federline released his debut album, Playing with Fire,
which took a critical and commercial drubbing; a few weeks later,
Spears' fans breathed a collective sigh of premature relief when she
filed for divorce. But instead of getting her life and career together,
Spears went on a partying rampage that culminated in a shaved head and
multiple short-lived rehab stints. Although Federline's request for sole
custody of the kids initially seemed like a gold-digging tactic,
Spears' increasingly bizarre behavior made him look like the fitter
parent. He also improved his image by showing he didn't take himself too
seriously when he appeared in a Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
Super Bowl ad in which he went from the high life to a has-been in 30
seconds.
Once a toned dancer, the former Mr. Britney Spears ballooned to 240 pounds around the time of his 30th birthday. Never one to pass up a chance in the spotlight, K-Fed, 32, appeared on VH1’s reality show Celebrity Fit Club in 2010 to try to slim down, but he has continued to stru
The actor gained 60 pounds to play the role of John Lennon’s killer in the film Chapter 27. The sudden and dramatic gain left him with severe gout-like foot pain.
Leto, 38, told the New York Daily News that he “gorged and force-fed” himself to put on the pounds. He said it took over a year to feel like he was back to normal and won’t be gaining weight for a role again.
The actress gained 30 pounds eating doughnuts, and was almost unrecognizable as a prostitute and serial killer in 2003’s Monster.
She returned to her normal weight even before the film’s premiere. Theron, 35, who has said she is usually around a size 8 and likes her curves, went on to win the Golden Globe for Best Actress for the role.
Singer, songwriter, actress. Born May 16, 1966, in Gary, Indiana. The youngest of nine children born to Joseph Walter Jackson and his wife, Katherine, Jackson grew up in the affluence of a show business family.
Her five brothers—Jackie, Tito, Marlon, Jermaine, and Michael—signed a contract with Motown Records in 1968 and would go on to rule the charts as The Jackson Five, with such hits as "I Want You Back," "Stop, the Love You Save," "ABC," and "Dancing Machine."
In late 1969, Jackson took her daughters Rebbie, LaToya, and Janet, and her youngest son, Randy, to join her husband in Los Angeles, where they had moved to further the band's career. (Tito's twin brother, Brandon, had died within 24 hours of the twins' premature birth in 1957.)
A notorious yo-yo dieter, Janet Jackson and her weight have been a near constant topic in the media.
She showed off her incredible body in our December 2010 issue and admitted eating only an apple and a small bag of tortilla chips a day while preparing for her Love Will Never Do music video shoot. Today, Jackson, 44, sticks to a much healthier pescatarian diet and works out regularly with a trainer.
In 2006, the 5'2" socialite weighed only about 90 pounds—dangerously thin even by Hollywood standards—and sought treatment for her weight issues. Many speculated she was suffering from an eating disorder, although she never spoke openly about it.
Richie, 29, who has two children and was recently married, has remained slim, but appears to be at a healthier weight than at her thinnest.
The 32-year-old actress dropped 50 pounds after joining Jenny Craig and taking up running.
Since becoming a Jenny Craig spokesperson, Rue has carefully maintained her size 6 frame. "I’m done losing weight," she told People magazine.
(Source:s: Health Magazine, Hollywood)
Jared Leto
RECENT CREDITS
Chapter 27
(FILM) Mar. 28, 2008
Lonely Hearts
(FILM) Apr. 13, 2007
Last Call With Carson Daly
(TV) May. 13, 2006
Jimmy Kimmel Live
(TV) May. 6, 2006
Lord of War
(FILM) Sep. 16, 2005
BIOGRAPHY
The actor gained 60 pounds to play the role of John Lennon’s killer in the film Chapter 27. The sudden and dramatic gain left him with severe gout-like foot pain.
Leto, 38, told the New York Daily News that he “gorged and force-fed” himself to put on the pounds. He said it took over a year to feel like he was back to normal and won’t be gaining weight for a role again.
Charlize Theron
RECENT CREDITS
Prometheus
(FILM) Jun. 8, 2012
Snow White and the Huntsman
(FILM) Jun. 1, 2012
Young Adult
(FILM) Dec. 9, 2011
The Road
(FILM) Nov. 25, 2009
Astro Boy
(FILM) Oct. 23, 2009
BIOGRAPHY
This captivating former model has carved out an
impressive career by playing some really ugly characters. After
capturing attention as a sexy hit woman in her 1996 film debut, 2 Days in the Valley, the South African beauty took on a succession of less flashy parts, such as an uptight girlfriend in That Thing You Do and a naive Southern wife in The Devil's Advocate. In the late '90s and early '00s, Theron appeared in a plethora of high-minded (if not always successful) Hollywood films (The Cider House Rules, The Legend of Bagger Vance, 15 Minutes), but it was her turn as a lesbian prostitute/serial killer in the 2003 indie hit Monster
that established her as a great actress. Virtually unrecognizable under
many pounds of extra weight and makeup, Theron took home a Golden Globe
and an Oscar for her transformative performance. Although off screen
the leggy lady led a glamorous life, frequently appearing on
best-dressed lists with her hunky actor-boyfriend Stuart Townsend draped
on her arm, she continued her deglamorized cinema streak as a sexually
harassed miner in North Country, which earned her Golden Globe and Oscar nods in 2006.
The actress gained 30 pounds eating doughnuts, and was almost unrecognizable as a prostitute and serial killer in 2003’s Monster.
She returned to her normal weight even before the film’s premiere. Theron, 35, who has said she is usually around a size 8 and likes her curves, went on to win the Golden Globe for Best Actress for the role.
Janet Jackson
RECENT CREDITS
For Colored Girls
(FILM) Nov. 5, 2010
Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married...
(FILM) Apr. 2, 2010
Ellen DeGeneres Show
(TV) Oct. 17, 2007
Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married...
(FILM) Oct. 12, 2007
Oprah Winfrey
(TV) Oct. 3, 2007
Singer, songwriter, actress. Born May 16, 1966, in Gary, Indiana. The youngest of nine children born to Joseph Walter Jackson and his wife, Katherine, Jackson grew up in the affluence of a show business family.
Her five brothers—Jackie, Tito, Marlon, Jermaine, and Michael—signed a contract with Motown Records in 1968 and would go on to rule the charts as The Jackson Five, with such hits as "I Want You Back," "Stop, the Love You Save," "ABC," and "Dancing Machine."
In late 1969, Jackson took her daughters Rebbie, LaToya, and Janet, and her youngest son, Randy, to join her husband in Los Angeles, where they had moved to further the band's career. (Tito's twin brother, Brandon, had died within 24 hours of the twins' premature birth in 1957.)
A notorious yo-yo dieter, Janet Jackson and her weight have been a near constant topic in the media.
She showed off her incredible body in our December 2010 issue and admitted eating only an apple and a small bag of tortilla chips a day while preparing for her Love Will Never Do music video shoot. Today, Jackson, 44, sticks to a much healthier pescatarian diet and works out regularly with a trainer.
Nicole Richie
RECENT CREDITS
Simple Life Goes to Camp
(TV) Aug. 5, 2007
20/20
(TV) Aug. 3, 2007
Jimmy Kimmel Live
(TV) Jun. 16, 2007
Late Night With Conan O'Brien
(TV) Jun. 9, 2007
Late Show With David Letterman
(TV) Jun. 6, 2007
BIOGRAPHY
Although not as famous as her ex-best friend and
reality-TV cohort, Paris Hilton, Richie can take solace in the fact that
she isn't perceived as being as idiotic, either. The adopted daughter
of music legend Lionel Richie, this comely blonde rocketed to infamy
when she signed on to The Simple Life in 2003, which placed the
loaded lovelies in situations where they were actually required to work.
While Hilton consistently embarrassed herself both on screen and off,
Richie was a tad more subdued, despite a heroin bust, DUIs, an on-again
off-again relationship with Adam 'DJ A.M.' Goldstein, and a staggering
weight loss that initially turned her into a men's-magazine dream before
anorexia kicked in. Like Hilton, Richie parlayed her success into a
low-level entertainment career, with a handful of acting roles, a novel
and a band. Even after the gals' famous fallout in 2005, they remained
small-screen costars, although they made sure never to appear in the
same scene. Although the pair publicly reconciled on Late Night with David Letterman in 2006, fans were never sure if perhaps it was just another in a long string of publicity stunts.
In 2006, the 5'2" socialite weighed only about 90 pounds—dangerously thin even by Hollywood standards—and sought treatment for her weight issues. Many speculated she was suffering from an eating disorder, although she never spoke openly about it.
Richie, 29, who has two children and was recently married, has remained slim, but appears to be at a healthier weight than at her thinnest.
Sara Rue
RECENT CREDITS
Two and a Half Men
(TV) Jan. 8, 2007
Idiocracy
(FILM) Sep. 1, 2006
Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson
(TV) Jun. 13, 2006
Ellen DeGeneres Show
(TV) Oct. 13, 2005
Life & Style
(TV) Jun. 3, 2005
The 32-year-old actress dropped 50 pounds after joining Jenny Craig and taking up running.
Since becoming a Jenny Craig spokesperson, Rue has carefully maintained her size 6 frame. "I’m done losing weight," she told People magazine.
(Source:s: Health Magazine, Hollywood)
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