True or false? Muscle weighs more than fat. Find out the answer after this news roundup. (more…)

Maksim Chmerkovskiy shirtless? Oh, yeah, he looks pretty good and here are five reasons why.

1. He enjoys his mom’s cooking. The Dancing With the Stars Maksim Chmerkovskiy says, “She can make something out of nothing.�

2. He does his best to impress. Partnered with Melanie “Scary Spiceâ€? Brown on Dancing With the Stars, Maksim says, “I will take any girl and sweep her off her feet.â€? (more…)

Who would have thought that chef Thomas Keller holds In-N-Out burger in high regard? After all, Keller is a world famous chef known for a number of masterpieces – French Laundry and Bouchon – that have perfected an uncanny ability to make you pay virtually any amount of money for a privilege to dine there. (more…)

When Nicole Richie turned up for the third time at Cha Cha Char, a bar and grill in Brisbane, Australia, Richie had the usual: an 11-ounce Wagyu rump steak. “Nicole looked very happy – she was just glowing,” says the eatery’s manager.

Since announcing her pregnancy, Richie has been happily indulging her cravings for high-calorie foods. Nicole, has even forged a new reputation in LA as a foodie!

“Nicole is in here all the time,” says an insider at Hollywood health-food restaurant Real Food Daily. “She gets the burrito or the tacos entree, and she always orders an appetizer and a dessert.”

Whether it’s scrambled eggs with cheddar cheese at Barney Greengrass in Beverly Hills or a grilled cheese at Joan’s on Third in West Hollywood, the 5-foot-1 Richie has been cleaning her plate. (more…)

Continued from Macrobiotic Diets.

There has been a small explosion of memoirs by writers who took the so-called local challenge -inventing die word “locavore” in the process.

In books like Alisa Smith and James Mackinnon’s The 100 Mile Diet and Barbara Kingsolver’s Annual, Vegetable, Miracle, authors have vowed to eat only foods grown within a certain radius of their homes.

Of course, eating locally means eating seasonally. It saves transportation fuel and contributes to a feeling of eco-well-being. It also limits dining options, but there are sacrifices I’m willing to make for my own health and for the health of the planet:

Out-of-season cherries, watermelon, corn, apricots, nectarines, green beans and snap peas, to name just a few. In their ripe, freshly harvested glory, these things are truly sublime. I’m willing to wait for them, and focus on what’s in season today. (more…)

After fracturing her nose twice in the past six years – the first time, she walked into a glass door; the second, she caught her nose on her dance partner’s elbow during a competition – Karina Smirnoff was left with “a bump that looked like another nose!” she jokes.

Plus, “the significant other” – a.k.a. Mario Lopez – “had been complaining I was snoring.”

So when she and boxer Floyd Mayweather were eliminated during the fourth week of this season’s Dancing with the Stars, Smirnoff wasn’t all that disappointed.

Karina Smirnoff’s nose job and plastic surgery “It was good timing,” says the Ukrainian-born dancer, who underwent a 90-min. rhinoplasty (a.k.a the noise job) with Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Nicholas Nikolov. (more…)

Continued from Holiday Diet Tips.

Focus on seasonal vegetables. This is not just a health issue; all those creamy carbs are a drag to the palate.

Balance out the meal with a salad, a side dish of crisp celery root or fennel, or something bitter, like brussels sprouts or kale. Many farmers’ markets are open through Thanksgiving; see what’s there and make some adjustments to your menu. (more…)

Why did Ryan Gosling leave The Lovely Bones? One source says Gosling “was fired” because “he just gained too much weight!” (A second insider says, “He ate grilled cheese every day.”) But pigging out wasn’t his only sin. Adds the source: “He drove the hair and wardrobe crew crazy.”

According to other sources, however, the creative differences have led to his dismissal. But did those differences stem from the fact that Gosling – who reportedly gained 20 pounds to appear believable as the father of a teen – saw the character as heavy, while director Peter Jackson pictured him much leaner? (more…)