The main reason I am running the cover of the new Star is because this is the first positive magazine cover dedicated to Britney Spears in eons. For that reason alone Brit should wallpaper her house in it.

The mag, filled with new and exclusive photos of the pop star on the beach in Malibu, says Brit has lost 20lbs in 30 days, that her cellulite has magically disappeared, and that her legs are back to be being Thoroughbred-caliber (Hi, Pat!). If you want to see how she did it, pick up the new issue on May 5.

I bet the people at Bally's are high-fiving as we speak. 

Usually-brunette starlet Rachel Bilson shows off a new look on the set of her upcoming flick, New York I Love You, which also stars her current main squeeze, Hayden Christensen.

I'm pretty sure Rach's blonde locks are just a wig, but what do you think? Should Summer have been a fair-haired beauty?

Wasn't I just talking about the rebirth of Mariah Carey? Well, here's the omnipresent Mimi again -- on the cover of the new Us Weekly -- and this time she's born skinny. Supposedly Mariah outlines how she lost 20lbs. and talks about how she now fits back in to her high school jeans.

I'm pretty sure Mariah and I are around the same age and I, for one, would not want to be wearing the jeans I had in the 9th grade. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to be the same size as I was back then (actually, I'd like to be even thinner than that), but I certainly wouldn't be wearing my acid-washed, reverse fit (tapered on the bottom, wider at the hips) Gap dungarees (as my mother insists on calling them).

Mariah should go get her some sexy Paper Denim & Cloth jeans. I hear they are hot.

While Mischa Barton deals with the consequences of being a big pot head, her former O.C. co-star and good buddy Rachel Bilson has the hottest movie in the country. Rach is currently co-starring with her rumored boyfriend, Hayden Christensen, in the flick Jumper (see the trailer), which is burning up the box office.

Rach was in Tokyo for the Japanese premiere of the film, where she debuted her new hairstyle. Do you love her bangs?

...Amy Winehouse dyes her hair platinum blonde -- yet leaves her eyebrows jet black.

Quite the fashion statement. Oy vey.

... Ryan Cabrera?

Do you remember Ryan Cabrera? He was Ashlee Simpson's boyfriend before she started dating Pete Wentz and the other boy from her band? He had that pop hit "On the Way Down" and Ash was the girl in his video? He was like a squeaky clean, teen hearthrob, making pre-pubescent school girls swoon?

Anyway, he's now dating Lisa Marie Presley's daughter, Riley Keough, but, more importantly, he's turrned into a freak! He sort of reminds me of that terrible Cisco Adler.

I guess it doesn't really matter, because he's hardly famous, but I just had to share my disappointment in his new choice of looks. It's like if Lance Bass decided to go Goth. It just wouldn't work.

The O.C.'s Mischa Barton was out in NYC last night, to unveil the Spring 2008 Keds line. Mischa looks like she's darkened her hair up a bit for the winter months. With her new brown tresses and the dark red lips, Marissa Cooper is looking kind of glam. What do you think?

It's time for a change.

Kid "Waffle House Brawl" Rock says that he has had it with his long hair and plans on cutting it all off! The rocker told Extra that he's totally ready for a new, more clean-cut look. "I definitely want to cut it. I think this is the last record with the hair," he said. "I've had enough. I'm going to slick it back [and], whoosh, ride off into the sunset."

You know what? I secretly think he'll look hot with short hair. Shhhh!

To go along with his new image, Kid is heading to Iraq for the holidays, to spend some time with the troops. "I told my son I'm going to go to Iraq to be with some people who can't be with their families," he says. "We're not doing presents this year. I'm going to spend some time with these people, 'cause we've been very fortunate at the end of the day."

As for his now-famous quickie marriage/divorce to the new Mrs. Rick Salomon, Pam Anderson, Kid gives what may be may favorite quote ever: "Getting married was a ball. Being married was ... a nightmare."

Love it!

You know my favorite day of the week is the day I get my Us Weekly in the mail. It's complete mind candy -- bad for my brain, but I love every minute of it. I was a little disappointed with their last few issues -- when it wasn't a ridiculous Britney Spears story, it was something lame like Bachelorette Trista has a baby or Lauren Conrad's dating advice. But my mag is back up to standard this week, with a Hollywood makeover cover. Love it!

Named "Most Improved" is Mrs. Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes! Project Runway's Tim Gunn tells Us of the new Katie: "When she first was with Tom Cruise, she looked like a kid. Now she's an elegant woman."

Coming in for "Sexiest New Style" is country crooner Carrie Underwood -- who's certainly been racking up the men since she upped the ante.

To see who else scored a place on the best makeover list - and "the secrets behind their transformations" - get yourself the new issue.

To have some makeover fun of your own, check out iVillage's Makeover-o-Matic, where you can upload your own photo and try out tons of different looks. So fun!

Whoa... this is supposed to be an improvement? Rumer Willis showed off her peroxide-assaulted locks at the James Perse store opening in Beverly Hills.

Some people look good with short hair. My mom... Winona Ryder... yesterday's eye candy Jude Law. But Diane Lane? Not so much.

Maybe it's because, as a tween, she as my berry favorite actress because of her role opposite Matt Dillon, Rob Lowe, Tom Cruise (and every other hot Hollywood hunk at the time) in The Outsiders -- and her character was nicknamed Cherry because she had long, beautiful red hair.

This look... kinda makes my eyes hurt... and my heart hurt. I hate it.

Is it just me?

Like many of you out there, I despise Paris Hilton and everything that she represents. Because of this, I've been trying to follow the old "If you don't have anything nice to say..." rule, so I don't bore you with my anti-Paris rants. I've been pretty good, right? But I just came across this photo of her -- without her hair extensions in -- and I thought she looked good with this short 'do, so I had to share it. It's my first pro-Paris remark in a long time ever. The photo was taken Tuesday in Las Vegas, where Par-ass was hawking items from her new Paris Hilton clothing line.

In the last few years I've learned that when celebrities go through rehab, they have to make some very big changes when they come out the other side. If they simply return to the club scene, those "friends" (who are really just hangers-on) and the same old bad influences, they'll never make it! (See exhibit L... for Lohan.) So rehab is all about ch-ch-changes.

Amy Winehouse is the latest celebrity to throw back a shot of rehab, so I thought I'd help start off her transformation... with a celebrity makeover. Doesn't she look like she could be part of the royal family now? Or maybe that's just the horrible hat.

You can do your own makeovers -- for celebrities or yourself! -- with iVillage's Makeover-o-Matic tool. Just upload a photo and have some fun. I'm kinda addicted right now, so also post suggestions below as to which celeb I should tinker with next.

The Daughter of Darkness, Kelly Osbourne, has scored the role of Mama Morton in the London production of Chicago, and promotional photos of Ozzy's baby girl are looking slim! Doesn't she look just like her momma, Sharon?

Gossip guru Perez Hilton questioned if the new skinny pics of Kelly, who has struggled with her weight for years, were Photoshop-ed, and this is what she had to say:

"Believe it or not, little Miss Osbourne has lost weight and the only thing that they retouched was my double chin and that bit under your arm pit that can sometimes look like a vagina. Now who wouldn’t want that?"

I hear what Kelly is saying. I mean, I wouldn't want any part of my body (other than the real thing) to look like said lady part, but I'm not so sure I believe that was all that was fixed a bit. What about that nice definition between her boobs? Or her miniscule waist?

What do you think?

If you believed that Star Jones Reynolds went from "full-figured" to "lollipop head" in a flash, with diet and exercise, raise your hand.

Nobody?

Bueller?

Okay, me neither. But the former View co-host has finally decided to open up and admit the truth what we all knew already -- she had gastric bypass surgery. In an interview with Glamour, Star said she avoided questions about her weight loss because she was "scared of what people might think of me."

"Everything about me was already so public (mostly my own doing — talk about dumb!), so of course everyone wanted to know what I had done," she writes. "I was also terrified someone would have a tragic result after emulating me without making an informed decision with her doctor."

Star admitted that her food addiction had gotten out of control and caused her to gain 75lbs in 17 months. “I used to look in the mirror and take pride in my figure, but that was when I was legitimately a full-figured woman,” she says. “I’d gradually gone from full-figured to morbidly obese."

So she went under the knife in August of 2003 and has lost 160 lbs since. Though, just like my very smart friend Judy always tells me, changing your outside doesn't necessarily change how you feel on the inside, and Starr found that to be true. Though the weight was gone, she still felt "consumed with the same anger, shame and insecurity as before." And because there is no surgery for that, Star headed to therapy to deal with her issues and says she has finally begun to heal.

Good for her. I hope she has learned that when you are in the public eye, and do something to yourself that is very easily noticed (like losing 160lbs), it's better just to come out and say so. We will have much more respect for you if you do.

Wow -- I don't remember the last time I saw Janet Jackson with curly hair. It's so... LaToya of her. I know that it's a wig or weave or whatever, but I kinda dig it. You?

Posh Spice!

Here is Katie Holmes's new haircut. Methinks she starting to morph into her best -- and only! -- friend Victoria Beckham.

What do you think? Do you love it or hate it? Think she's morphing into a tiger? Talk back.

Plus: Want a makeover of your own? Try the iVillage Makeover-o-Matic tool. Warning: It's addictive!

Have y'all seen Jessica Simpson's new 'do? She's back to bottle blonde.

PS: She looks really friggin' skinny too!

Cameron Diaz showed up at the Shrek premiere in Los Angeles on Sunday... as a blonde. Her ex Justin Timberlake must have taken notice because he was seen chatting her up on the red carpet. (He voices a character in the third movie of the series.) So what do you think about her goldilocks? Weigh in...

I think we can all agree that David Beckham is a handsome man. Those cheekbones, that athletic body... yum. And I know he likes to show of his creative side through his hair, but I hate his new peroxide dye job. It's just too light, especially against his fake 'n' bake skin tone. But what do you think about Posh's man's new 'do?

Jessica Simpson has crossed over to the dark side. So what do you think? Like the new 'do? Think it's a don't? Think she's a don't? Weigh in on Jessie's new look.

Source: Star Snapshots

Not too much happening today in the world of celebrity gossip, so let's play 'O Caption, My Caption!

You know the drill: Make up a caption to go along with this picture of Jessica-lite Ashlee Simpson, who has had so much plastic surgery lately she looks almost unrecognizable to me.

Think: Snarky. Snippy. Sassy. Creative. Cute. Go!