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JESSICA BIEL

How Justin Timberlake’s new love keeps her amazing body!

Jessica Biel has one of the best bodies in Hollywood, but the actress admits she has to work for it. “There’s no pill, no magic drink,” says the incredibly toned actress. She shuns the super skinny look some actresses have fallen prey to, opting instead to keep her physique lean and toned. “Muscles are beautiful. Strong bodies, working out and eating healthily is beautiful.” Read all about the tasty diet Jessica followed to lose 10 pounds!

BROOKE SHIELDS

How celeb mothers shed the post-baby weight!

Celeb moms Brooke Shields, Tori Spelling and Marcia Cross are proving that while losing post-baby weight isn’t easy, it can be done. What is mother of two Brooke Shields’ secret way to drop pounds? “I think it’s easier the second time because I’m running after the other one,” she says. Tori Spelling, who gained 40 pounds during her pregnancy, turned to Nutrisystem, a portion-controlled food delivery service, to shed the weight. And Marcia turned to old-fashioned exercise to lose the pounds she gained carrying her twin daughters.

PARIS HILTON

Why are Hollywood’s party girls so out of control?

With Paris Hilton being carted off to jail, Nicole Richie in hot water with the law, and Lindsay Lohan on the brink of self-destruction, everyone’s wondering, who’s policing Hollywood’s party girls? It doesn’t seem to be their parents. Paris’ mom, Kathy Hilton, and Lindsay’s mom, Dina Lohan, seems to want a piece of the limelight in which their daughters so readily indulge. While Brit’s mom, Lynne Spears, and Nicole’s dad, singer Lionel Richie, seem to be reaching out more to their children, their efforts may be too little, too late…

BRAD PITT

The father of four flies halfway around the world to be with his love.

Even though Brad was in Canada filming his latest movie, he wasn’t about to let his partner, Angelina Jolie, spend her 32nd birthday alone in Prague, Czech Republic, where she was working on her newest project. Brad flew over 5,900 miles to be by her side. “It’s the only gift she wanted, to spend more time with Brad,” a friend of Ange tells OK!. Brad and Angelina got the rare chance to spend the night alone on the eve of her birthday. The next morning, the whole family boarded a plane to Los Angeles to celebrate Ange’s special day in their California hometown.

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KELLY RIPA
America’s sweetheart is determined to save her troubled marriage
Live With Regis & Kelly host Kelly Ripa seems to effortlessly balance her professional and home life, caring for her husband, Mark Consuelos, and their three children. But the couple’s grueling work schedules have put a strain on their 11-year marriage. Kelly had to take up the slack when Regis Philbin left their show for bypass surgery, while Mark has spent the last few weeks in Los Angeles, shooting his new reality show Age of Love. In spite of recent tensions, Kelly and Mark are not giving up on their marriage. “They have both realized that changes need to be made,” a friend tells OK!. “They are determined to not let this marriage fail.”

KATIE HOLMES
Will Nicole undermine her efforts to be a good stepmom?
Katie Holmes has been growing closer to her stepchildren, Conner and Isabella, a fact that irks their mother, Nicole Kidman. “Nicole is being very firm about the fact that these are her kids, not Katie’s,” a friend of the star tells OK!. Nicole is taking action, asking ex-husband Tom Cruise for more time to spend with her children, and it seems that her persistence is finally paying off.

PAULA ABDUL — OK! EXCLUSIVE
Only in OK!, Paula predicts who will be in the top two!
OK!’s own Idol Insider Paula Abdul dishes on the final three contestants on America Idol, and who she feels should be competing in the top two slots. Paula also reveals how she made her choice for Blake’s “judge’s pick” song; which of the final three desperately needs a makeover; and what she thinks about LaKisha’s recent elimination.

HEALTHY WEIGHT LOSS IN HOLLYWOOD
Stars drop pounds the right way
More celebs are losing weight sensibly. Mother of two Brooke Shields shed her baby weight on what she calls “the three-year-old diet,” running after now 4-year-old daughter Rowan a mere month after her younger daughter, Grier, was born. Sandra Bullock has admitted she put on pounds after settling into blissful married life with Jesse James, but an active lifestyle with her husband of three years has helped her slim down.

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The apparent kidnapping of 3-year-old Madeleine McCann from a resort in Portugal triggers a worldwide wave of sympathy and horror

After a year in the spotlight, Denise Richards and Richie Sambora call an end to their relationship

Kate Hudson and Owen Wilson heat up their romance with some serious family bonding

One month after the tragic massacre, tears and cheers marked graduation on the campus of Virginia Tech

After suffering from postpartum depression in 2003, Brooke Shields hits Capitol Hill to lobby for research and screening

With a new Pirates out May 25 and his daughter healthy again, Johnny Depp is enjoying some smooth sailing

Before taking home Survivor: Fiji's $1 million prize, Earl Cole spent his childhood a painful, debilitating disease

With help from his wife of 14 years and lots of rehabilitation, film critic Roger Ebert recovers from a devastating illness

American Idol's final three – Jordin Sparks, Melinda Doolittle and Blake Lewis – take us to their hometowns

The Rev. Jerry Falwell, "father of the religious right," dies at 73

Body Watch
Heroes' Greg Grunberg slims down (the way his mom did). Plus: How one woman who lost 100 lbs. is getting ready for the beach

Twenty years later Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey and the rest of the Dirty Dancing cast look back on the time of their lives

Dale Earnhardt Jr. hits the brakes on doing business with stepmom Teresa

Singer Gretchen Wilson tackles algebra in pursuit of her GED

A vegan couple are convicted of murder after their baby dies of malnutrition-related pneumonia

Heroes Among Us
In the environmentally toxic town of Picher, Okla., pharmacist Gary Linderman has vowed to stay: His customers need him

John Travolta in a dress? This summer's movies are definitely full of surprises

TV Guide Channel Nabs Lisa Rinna

Actress, boutique owner, Dancing with the Stars contestant, mom to two girls, wife to actor Harry Hamlin ... now Lisa Rinna can add a new title to her resume... red-carpet host and fashion expert. Lisa has signed an exclusive, multi-year contact with the TV Guide Channel to replace the mother-daughter duo of Joan and Melissa Rivers. Thank goodness! If that isn't enough, she is also set to appear as Roxie Hart in the Broadway hit Chicago this summer, opposite her husband, fellow DWTS alum Harry Hamlin.

Lisa will make her TV Guide Channel debut this September at the 2007 Emmy Awards. In the meantime, she sat down to dish the dirt.

TVGuide.com: Today's announcement came as bittersweet news because it's kind of a shocker that Joan and Melissa are no longer with TV Guide Channel. What would you like to say about it, Lisa?
Lisa Rinna: I have always been a huge fan of Joan and Melissa Rivers. Joan really started this whole red carpet phenomenon! I remember going to the Oscars and waiting in line to talk to Joan Rivers. Because that's what you did. Everybody wanted to talk to her. I am so honored to even be trying to step into the shoes that she created. I can never be Joan. I will never try to be her. She is a comedian and she's brilliant. I will just come in and be Lisa Rinna. You never want to be the one that takes over where somebody else was, but I guess we've all been in the same position. It just happens in this business. Everything happens for a reason.... Obviously, they were meant to go and do something else at this time.

TVGuide.com: Once again, you and your Soap Talk co-host Ty Treadway are Daytime Emmy nominees for outstanding talk show host. Interesting timing?
Rinna: Yeah, how about that? [Laughs] We were cancelled in July, so I find it quite ironic that one would get nominated for an Emmy for a show that was cancelled. Thank God it did end because look at all the great stuff I get to do now! Things happen for a reason; that's just always the way I've lived my life. I think it's all so cool and I'm honored to be able to step into this [TV Guide Channel job] and bring my love of fashion and my excitement for hosting. This has all been such a brilliant ride for me.

TVGuide.com: At last year's Daytime Emmys, you told me you had no prayer of winning. What about this year?
Rinna: It's even higher stakes this year, so I feel the exact same way. Not only do you have Ellen nominated, you have Rachael Ray and Tyra! [Laughs] It will again be an honor to be nominated.

TVGuide.com: So tell me about the little show you're doing with your husband, Harry Hamlin.
Rinna: I'm doing Chicago on Broadway, baby, from June 19-July 29. Isn't that cool? I am playing Roxie Hart. Harry is playing Billy Flynn. In the movie, Renee Zellweger played Roxie and Richard Gere played Billy. There's been a bevy of Roxies on Broadway — everyone from Brooke Shields to Chita Rivera to Melanie Griffith. It is one of the great roles for a woman.

TVGuide.com: Sounds like you're in great company with this awesome part.
Rinna: Are you kidding me? She's a child in many ways, she's a murderess, she's a celebrity-seeking fiend. I can certainly relate to all! [Laughs] She's loveable and a great, great character.

TVGuide.com: You'll have to be a celebrity-seeking fiend on the red carpet, too. Are you nervous at all about asking stars the tough questions for TV Guide Channel?
Rinna: I've had a taste of that. I worked for Entertainment Tonight last year covering Dancing with the Stars, and I did a lot of other stuff for them. I also did stuff for Access Hollywood. I will be doing it the Lisa Rinna way. A lot of [red-carpet reporters] don't walk the walk. They're on one side and the celebrities are on the other. I can relate to celebrities in a human way because I've walked the red carpet and lived that life.

Photo from TV Guide.

Brooke Shields Heading Back to Work

Actress, former model and mom of two, Brooke Shields is heading back to work. She has recently signed on to headline a new NBC drama pilot, Lipstick Jungle. The show is based on the best-seller from Candace Bushnell, she of Sex and the City fame.

Photo from AskMen.com

Jim Carrey's Big Heart

Jim Carrey has a big heart, recreating a a fantasy North Pole for a holiday party on the Paramount Studios lot last weekend. Filling it with fake snow, icicle-dripping trees, acrobats, gymnasts, carolers, a glass ornament blower, and more. Frosty the Snowman, elves, live reindeer, and, of course, Santa and Mrs. Claus were all there.

Olympic champions Sasha Cohen, Peter Tchernyshev and Naomi Lang performed on an ice skating rink, and Jim's girlfriend, Jenny McCarthy was also on hand, as well as Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes, Morgan Freeman, Ron Howard, Amy Brenneman, Brooke Shields and more celebrities.

The party, which cost an estimated half a million out of Jim's pocket, benefitted the Los Angeles Fire Department’s "Spark of Love." More than 1000 toys were donated by the 475 guests.

And yes, that's Jenny making out with Santa Claus in the picture, but it was just for a photo op - no worries.

Photo from LA Times