Anne slams pressure to be thin

Anne Hathaway has spoken out against movie industry execs for perpetuating the myth that actresses should be thin, insisting no one should be forced into a size zero. The Devil Wears Prada star says she has turned down roles because of pressure from directors to lose weight. "It's completely understandable as a teenager to fret about your body," says Hathaway. "It's scary because you don't know how it's going to wind up. But I'm not a teenager any more, my body's chosen its shape... I'd rather be strong than skinny for most roles. I'm not a size zero, and I've had directors say to me, 'You're the best actress for the role, but you've put on weight recently.' If people can't understand you've put on five pounds, I don't want to deal with them."

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Madonna puts in overtime at the gym

Madonna works hard to keep up her fit form - and rarely takes a day off from exercising. "I mix it up - Pilates, gyrotonics, yoga," says the pop superstar. "I do it six days a week, with Sundays off... Actually Sunday is a day of horse riding. There's no such thing as a day off." She does admit, however, to spoiling her diet once in a while by having "fat days." "I run longer on the treadmill and don't eat as much the next day, so then it evens out, but I'm sure it's all in my head."

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Liv weighs in

Gorgeous actress Liv Tyler spoke to Glamour about her struggles with her weight in the March issue of the mag. "I've been a model and actress since I was 14, so I've been on a diet my whole life," Tyler says. "But once I gave birth, I didn't want to think about myself or feel insecure about my career - I wanted to think about my child. So I stopped worrying about diets." Tyler admitted her joy at losing 10 pounds without even trying while filming The Strangers recently. "I've been eating like a pig," the actress said. "I think it's because I hired this chef on the set of Strangers to cook for me, and I ate a lot of vegetables and protein. Filming was also incredibly intense. We were supposed to be out of breath in every scene, so I would run around the stage to achieve that. I just went to Marc Jacobs and I bought a red dress in a size 4. I've never been a size 4 in my entire life!" Tyler also weighed in on the recent controversy surrounding superskinny models and Hollywood stars, saying, "I definitely think the girls look too skinny now. I'm friends with Helena Christensen and Linda Evangelista, and I remember Linda telling me that when she was a model, a sample size was a 6 or an 8. Now a sample dress size is a 0 or 2. That's pretty alarming. There's a lot of pressure on [models and actresses]. It's not healthy. I can't even imagine what that's like."
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Norah Jones told to drop a few pounds

Norah Jones revealed to British Glamour that she was told to lose weight for her first movie role. "I probably shouldn't say this," the Grammy-winning singer told the mag. "But I was asked to lose a few pounds. First I got really mad, then I got nervous, thinking, 'Oh no! I'm fat!' It was a horrible thing to hear but I understand the game. I was just amazed that it really was an issue, and it made me have a lot of sympathy for really skinny actresses... But then, I still think they need to eat a cheeseburger." Jones breaks onto the big screen in the upcoming My Blueberry Nights, co-starring Jude Law and Natalie Portman.

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Mandy: "I'm not Nicole Richie"

Mandy Moore addresses the issue of weight in Seventeen mag and makes mention of new beau DJ AM's ex Nicole Richie in the process. "Oh, God! I tell you what, in this industry it's my job to look a certain way or what not and it's weird for men too," the Because I Said So star says. "But I'm much happier to present this type of person. I'm not Nicole Richie. I'm not like a toothpick, and I never will be. I'm just a regular-looking person and that's okay... It's taken awhile to come to grips with that since it's definitely not the norm in my business... But like, who cares? If anything, that makes someone more special. Or at least that's what I tell myself."

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Mary-Kate's ridiculous weight excuse

Mary-Kate Olsen is speaking out against new rumors that her eating disorder is back by blaming her...hair (!?). Olsen's rep explains her client's pin-thin figure by saying, "The blond hair she has now makes her look skinny." Olsen reportedly "still works with her therapist to keep her in line," said a source, after the mogul was diagnosed and treated for anorexia in 2004.

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Keira to sue over anorexia allegations

Keira Knightley has begun legal action against a British paper over allegations the Pirates of the Caribbean star lied about having an eating disorder. An article in the Daily Mail ran a photo and and comments about the actress in a bikini as part of an article about a girl who died of anorexia. Knightley's lawyers are challenging the implication that the actress is in some way responsible for the girl's death as well as claims that Knightley lied about having an eating disorder herself.

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Kate Bosworth doesn't each much... Duh!

Kate Bosworth isn't keeping any secrets about how she maintains her rail-thin frame - the Superman actress and her boyfriend, James Rousseau, had "dinner" at Tao in Vegas on Tuesday night and Bosworth barely took a bite. "She asked the server for suggestions from the menu and decided on crispy tuna, chicken satay, edamame, miso soup and two Coronas," said a source inside the restaurant. "But when the meal arrived, she didn't touch anything except the miso soup while the guy ate the rest... She looked really thin." Staff at the celeb hotspot say Bosworth is welcome anytime - she left a $25 tip on an $80 bill.

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