Julia Louis-Dreyfus and George Lopez are lending their talents for a new video aimed at helping parents reverse the dangerous rise in childhood obesity. The nonprofit-organization Parents’ Action for Children, founded by filmmaker Rob Reiner, began the campaign. Louis-Dreyfus narrates the English version of the video, titled “Food and Fitness Matters,” while Lopez narrates in Spanish. The video features practical ways parents can improve diet and physical fitness in their homes, schools and communities. The 24- minute video is available for $14.95 at parentsactionstore.org.
Hilary Duff was humiliated by an unflattering photo of her and an unnamed magazine’s claim that she was “puffing up.” Duff blames windy conditions and a stylish outfit. “It was windy and the scarf was blowing away from me. At the time I wasn’t skinny, but I wasn’t fat either, and this magazine comes out saying, ‘Hilary Duff Puffs Up.’ I was so embarrassed!” She says the same magazine later ran a story titled “Oh, No! Now Hilary’s a Stick Figure!” Duff noted: “You can never make those people happy, so you just have to make yourself happy.”
Kylie Minogue, in her first television interview since being diagnosed with breast cancer, said she was determined to continue her grueling “Showgirl” tour after hearing the news last year. Her family, she told British TV host Cat Deeley, persuaded her to stop the tour. “The moment my doctors told me, I went silent,” the Australian singer said in the interview that aired Sunday on Sky One in the U.K.. “We all fell to pieces, but I was saying, ‘No, I’m getting a plane,’ and they said, ‘No, you’re not, sit down.”‘ Minogue said she has been working on a new album, but has been careful not to add undue stress. “We’re taking one baby step at a time. It’s early days, and I’m not sure what shape things are going to take.”
