The latest copy of Good Housekeeping’s Quick and Simple magazine is running a cover story that promises to let us all in on some of the juiciest secrets that celebrities use to stay slim! Many of these tips and diet ideas are quite fascinating, to say the least…

Here is a rundown of the story’s highlights:

• Kelly Ripa enjoys her biggest meal in the middle of the day and eats lightly at night to keep the bloat away.
• Mandy Moore puts coleslaw on her sandwiches instead of mayo and/or cheese! (Ew!)
• Catherine Zeta Jones eats smoked salmon on black bread, and tops it with… crushed potato chips!
• Kim Cattrall eats one ounce of dark chocolate (rich in antioxidants) every day.
• Kristin Davis wears a Walk Vest (walkvest.com), which has a half pound of metal inserts that help her walk off even more calories during her workout.
• Angelina Jolie drinks two cups of green tea daily.
• Julia Roberts eats off of light blue plates and bowls, which are said to stimulate the appetite the least of any color.
• Jennifer Hudson lost some weight recently on a high protein, low fat diet that included several glasses of cranberry juice every day!
• Jennifer Love Hewitt refuses to diet, and eats biscuits and honey for breakfast most days.
• Alicia Silverstone has trained her dog to bark anytime she heads for the kitchen to snack!
• Uma Thurman claims that knitting keeps her hands busy and out of that cookie jar!
• Heidi Klum eats a salad tossed with vinegar before going out to eat.
• Tyra Banks swears by Spanx, a garment that holds it all in.

Some of these ideas are pretty off the wall… but hey, who ever said staying Hollywood-skinny was easy?

Source: Good Housekeeping’s Quick & Simple, May 20 2008 issue
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The lovely Christina Ricci recently did an interview with the Telegraph UK, where her past and present eating habits were briefly mentioned. While once upon a time she suffered from a bad bout of anorexia and got down to 84 pounds (six stone), nowadays she seems healthy and slim (but not overly so).

Christina admits that she isn’t the healthiest eater, however. She claims to forget to eat for a period of time, then will grab something like a bag of potato chips.

I ask if she usually eats well these days. ‘No. I eat crap. I’m an inconsistent eater - all the things you’re not supposed to be. I forget to eat, then I’ll eat a bag of potato chips. And then you get to a point at a certain age when you’re, like, “All right, I guess I have to take care of myself now.”‘

(Well, at least she’s honest!)

Christina also works out with a trainer three times per week to keep fit.

Here are some recent photos of Christina at LAX… and it could be my imagination, but she seems a bit skinnier…

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^^^Katie Holmes at an event late last month

Various tabloids and other online news sources are claiming once again that Victoria Beckham is being a “bad influence” on Katie Holmes and has encouraged her to try out her 900 calorie per-day diet. The diet reportedly consists of seaweed shakes, frozen grapes and edamame beans.

“Katie sees Victoria as a role model,” said the source. “She copies Victoria’s look and even cut her hair the same way. She is very thin largely because she is following Victoria’s strict 900-calories-a-day eating plan. She is copying Victoria’s fad of eating seaweed shakes, frozen grapes and edamame beans. She is tiny.”

Some of this speculation stems from the fact that the two have been spotted out at restaurants lately either sharing small meals or ordering appetizers for a main course. First it was a shared meal of fish and steamed spinach. On another day, Katie was spotted ordering a small plate of asparagus and chilled beets for an entree.

If this is true, I guess we’ll soon be hearing stories of Katie checking into the hospital for “exhaustion” or “dehydration”!

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Pregnant Angelina Jolie and her adorable children were recently seen in New Orleans, leaving a corner store with what looks to be chemical-laden junk food.

Three of the kids had bags of Cheetos and one of them had a bottle of some type of sports drink. Kind of surprising since it doesn’t look like Angelina herself touches anything remotely fattening or sugary!

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This seems to be “celebrities eating junk food” day or something… Here are some pictures of Kim Kardashian eating some junk food for an episode of her reality show “Keeping Up With The Kardashians”.

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