On A Scale From 1 To 10, Oprah’s Tone Is Perfect
Oprah Winfrey has given new meaning to the notion of roller-coaster body weight.
At times a svelte road-runner, the afternoon talk-show host also has topped the scales at 237 pounds once or twice. But, she claims, her past heftiness is behind her now.
Why so? Because of her new trainer and her new attitude, which includes more exercise and an overall understanding of why she was so often pigging out.
“For me, food was comfort, pleasure, love, a friend, everything,” she told People magazine. “I consciously work every day at not letting food be a substitute for my emotions.”
One thing she wanted to clear up. “I was never a Ding Dongs, Twinkies girl,” she said. “I’m into salty, crunchy foods.”
Loose talk
Gwyneth Paltrow (“Emma”) on her reactions to movie stardom: “I’ve never been movie-star struck, but I’m totally football-player star-struck. I think if I saw (former New York Giants linebacker) Lawrence Taylor, I’d probably cry.”
Has the Sheen lost his movie-making luster?
Charlie Sheen turns 31 today.
Ferris, it seems, is having growing pains
Don’t hold your breath for the next “Ferris Bueller” movie. There’s a standoff between star Matthew Broderick and writer-director John Hughes. “John doesn’t want to write the script unless I commit to being Ferris again,” Broderick says. “And I won’t commit until I see a script. It’s not a good situation.”
All the pretty ones leave him dazed and confused
Asked about his being linked with such actresses as Ashley Judd, Patricia Arquette and Sandra Bullock, actor Matthew McConnaughey told Premiere magazine that “I am a single man. I’m from Texas. I was born in ‘69. I’m living in California. What do you expect?”
Remarks like that merely make us sick-sick
Overheard at John F. Kennedy’s recent George magazine party: “I gotta see John-John,” said Roger Clinton, brother of the president. “Rog-Rog and John-John.”
Sonny’s never shy to share his Bono mots
The question: How can you call yourself a non-politician. The answer: “Let me put it this way. I made a living as a singer, and I’m not a singer.” The speaker: Rep. Sonny Bono, R-Calif.
The world is a complex place filled with… uh, complexities
“There are some actresses, like Gwyneth Paltrow, who at a very early age have an intensity, an ability and a body of experience that allows them to reveal all that in a role,” Elisabeth Shue told the Orange County (Calif.) Register. “I was very different. I was not able to express who I was. I wasn’t honest with all the complexities of my personality so I wasn’t drawn to complex characters.”
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