Janet Jackson revealed she was taunted for being chubby as a little girl by her big brother Michael. Asked by the TV gossip program “Access Hollywood” what Michael called her, Janet said: “Slaughter hog – that’s not very nice. There, I told you one, I’m not telling you any more.”
Lindsay Lohan learned a thing or two from Jane Fonda while shooting the film “Georgia Rule,” but recently the tables were turned while the two actresses were dancing to a risque rap song by hip-hop artist Mickey Avalon featuring the line “Do the Jane Fonda” at the China Club in New York. “I didn’t know it referred to a sexual act. I thought it meant working out,” Fonda later told talk-show host Larry King. Don’t tell Jane what “being Lohan-ed” means then.
Prince William increased his professional kinship with two of his favorite recreational pasttimes. William has been appointed patron of the English Schools’ Swimming Association and the Mountain Rescue organization in England and Wales. “Having swum and played water polo throughout my days at school and university, I am well aware of the great benefits and pleasure that can be derived from them,” he told Hello! magazine. In December 2005, William worked with an RAF Mountain Rescue Team, learning helicopter rescue techniques, mountaineering and sea drills.
Beyoncé shed 20 pounds for her “Dreamgirls” role, but she’s not too keen on doing that again. Beyoncé told the Daily Mirror: “You should be thinking about building up your character and having fun, not how much you weigh. My song ‘Bootylicious’ is a celebration of curves and a woman’s natural body.”
If that Spice Girls reunion tour gets off the ground, Victoria Beckham has a warning for the rest of the group: Get in shape! Janetcharltonshollywood.com reports the size-zero Beckham is alarmed at how out of shape the girls have gotten since splitting up in 2001. Beckham has special diet tricks and workout plans at the ready should the proposed reunion ever occur.
