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Rob Marshall, director of the fourth installment of “Pirates of the Caribbean,” has told casting agents in Los Angeles to put out a search for actresses with natural curves only, London’s Daily Mail reports.

The ad specifies, “beautiful female fit models. Must be 5ft 7in-5ft 8in, size 4 or 6, no bigger or smaller. Age 18-25. Must have a lean dancer body. Must have real breasts. Do not submit if you have implants.”

And, just in case any actresses tries to smuggle in some silicone — all applicants will be asked to pass a test that detects false breasts.

Former “Pirates” heroine, Keira Knightley, revealed in the past that crew had a hard time giving her that curvy “18th century whoreish” look.

She says they painted in her cleavage and pulled her bodice tight to shrink her waist and maximize her chest.

It later emerged that Knightley’s bust was enhanced for the movie posters promoting the 2004 action film “King Arthur.”

Penelope Cruz and will take over the role of Elizabeth Swann from Knightley this summer.

 


The president of porn company Vivid Entertainment reportedly has offered to pay off Octomom Nadya Suleman‘s outstanding mortgage in exchange for some on-camera work.

The single mother of 14 is on the brink of facing a foreclosure lawsuit if she cannot come up with a balloon payment of $450,000 on her home by the end of today, according to TMZ.

She is also behind $4,139 in monthly payments, plus interest and attorney’s fees for the property’s seller, Amer Haddadin.

However, Steven Hirsch, the president of porn company Vivid Entertainment, sent a letter to Suleman, saying, “I can only imagine the anxiety that this must be causing you and your family,” according to TMZ.

In the letter, Hirsch reportedly claims to “have extensive experience in working with beautiful and sexy women” such as Kim Kardashian, Shauna Sand and former Miss USA Kelli McCarty.

Hirsch initially offered her $1 million to bare all in February 2009.

 


Kirstie Alley says she can’t believe she gained all that weight back again.

Four years after showing off her newly svelte body on Oprah, Alley is right back where she started before her previous big weight loss.

In 2006 the former “Cheers” actress paraded in a bikini on the talk show — but she couldn’t keep it off.

She’s documenting her latest battle with the bulge in the reality TV show Kirstie Alley’s “Big Life,” on which she has vowed to get down to around 140 pounds again through diet and exercise.

In the show, Alley, 59,  is filmed on the verge of a meltdown as she tip the scales at 230 pounds.

“No it’s impossible! There’s no way,” she squealed. “That means I have to lose 90 pounds.”

“What really bothers me the most is that I let myself get that way in the first place and lost it all, then I let myself get that way again,” she is filmed saying. ‘I have to change my habits now which is hard.’

The former Jenny Craig spokeswoman – she parted ways with the slimming company in 2008 as the weight started creeping on again – has this time devised her own diet program, Organic Liaison.

She’s also enlisted the help of her handyman Jim, who will be her workout buddy, as well as personal trainer JR, who she hired after ogling his six-pack online.

Alley says seeing unflattering photos of herself in the tabloids as she was caught on camera out and about in Los Angeles gave her the aha! moment she needed to make a change in her diet and lifestyle.

She is hoping her weight loss will help her to revive her flailing career.

She concludes: ‘Now I’m forced to decide between getting fit and going for an Oscar – my life’s dream – and staying fat and being known for keeping cats and lemurs.’


Ben Affleck launched a new initiative Monday to raise money and awareness over atrocities committed against women and children during years of conflict in eastern Congo.

The American actor and director recently spent five days in the country, where he met with former child sex slaves and prisoners convicted of rape in the hope of gaining a better understanding of Congo’s troubles.

The new foundation — the Eastern Congo Initiative — will support community-based, Congolese groups, said Affleck on the heels of his fifth trip to the country.

“It was folks in these communities that were addressing the humanitarian crisis who were doing the most, in my view, to solve it, because they understood the community, because they understood the problem, they were the most dedicated and the most committed because it was their lives,” Affleck told AP over the weekend at Nairobi’s international airport.

“Naturally they were best equipped to solve it. Their impediment was they didn’t have the means, the funding,” he said.

The new initiative is funded in part by founding member Howard G. Buffett, son of investor Warren Buffet, to whom Affleck pitched his vision of a new aid group by describing eastern Congo’s dire situation.

“I want you to know that 3.5 million people have died over the last 12 years. I want you to know about the women who are being raped, about the child soldiers … about the kids I just met who have HIV,” Affleck said he told Buffet. “I kind of bored him for two hours and basically twisted his arm.” Buffet said in a statement that he joined Affleck in the initiative because he believes in supporting locally initiated, sustainable efforts.

The 37-year-old Affleck has been traveling to eastern Congo since 2007 and previously directed a short film called “Gimme Shelter” about the humanitarian crisis there. The country has suffered years of violence and its devastating 1998-2002 war split the vast nation into rival fiefdoms and involved half a dozen African armies.

— The Associated Press also contributed to this report

lsmith@denverpost.com

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