Chantelle Houghton: a nicely dressed salad!

There are not many people who would relish donning a dress made completely out of lettuce leaves regardless of the campaign. But Chantelle Houghton seemed eager to dress up as a side salad and happily posed in her leafy vegetable outfit in Covent Garden earlier today. The Ultimate Big Brother star was all tousled up to promote PETA’s vegetarian and vegan starter kits – to try and encourage people to choose vegetables over meat.

The cause is one close to her heart as Chantelle is a vegetarian and she seemed eager to get into her costume. Chantelle tweeted: ‘@peta on way to PETA photocall, can't wait to wear the dress! Excited! X’. Later she tweeted a picture of herself in the green outfit and posted: ‘My PETA campaign is to raise awareness for people to become vegetarians/vegans! They have amazing starter packs! Stop cruelty to animals x’.

The charity claims that for every person that turns vegetarian 100 animals are spared a year. The glamour model, who is currently dating Crimewatch presenter Rav Wilding, has been busy starting her own business in recent months and is preparing for the opening of her new shop in April.

Optical Illusion dress makes Jennifer Hudson look even slimmer

Jennifer Hudson has inspired women across the world with her dramatic weight loss. But it seems she still has another trick or two up her sleeve when it comes to showing off her newly svelte figure. And last night was no exception as the star slipped into an optical illusion dress, which arguably made her look skinnier than ever.

The zig-zag lines of the sequinned outfit had the effect of drawing in the eye and making her waist appear even smaller. Hudson, 29, was pictured in New York at the city's Tenjune venue for the launch of her new album, "I Remember Me". She looked immaculate in her dress, which she teamed with heels and hot pink lipstick.

Jennifer says she's dropped from a U.S. size 16 to a size 6 by embarking on the Weight Watchers regime and hitting the gym five times a week. Meanwhile, stills have been released of Hudson as Winnie Mandela in a new film role. The Dreamgirls star plays the wife of former South African president Nelson Mandela. She is set to hit the screens later this year.

Justin Bieber Wigs Out!

As he continues along with his overseas "My World" tour, Justin Bieber made time to tape an appearance on the popular German show "Wetten, Dass..." in Augsburg on Saturday night, wearing a black and red leather outfit and decides to amaze his fans by wearing a blonde wig.

 

With the episode airing Sunday morning, the "Never Say Never" star paid the visit after having a previously scheduled stop on the Thomas Gottschalk hosted variety show canceled due to an accident sending a stunt performer to the hospital. As for the appearance, Bieber took to the Augsburg fairground locale while partaking in an interview, solving a Rubik’s Cube when challenged by Michelle Hunziker, hugging a contestants’s daughter and performing for the audience.

Host Gottschalk also ended up putting a blonde wig on the "Baby" crooner - who was a bit resistant at first before finally obliging and placing the light locks atop his recently shortened coif.

Check out his interview on the show (with english subtitles) here:

Zac Efron - Looks like the single life isn’t hurting afterall!

Zac Efron NW Magazine‘s photoshoot just came out on the web. Zac Efron shirtless on the beach is a common sight these days. In fact, he was seen wearing short jeans and black & red checked shirt which he took off instantly, showing his brand new tattoo and his buff body while skateboarding. 

Zac posed shirtless in Aussie’s New Weekly magazine looking super hot. He has apparently packed on 18 pounds for his new movie “The Lucky One” in which Efron plays a marine. The movie based on the novel by Nicolas Sparks who also penned “The Notebook.”

Zac Efron on the set of his new movie "The Lucky One"

  

Zac has just signed another movie deal; he’s to star in a Fredrik Bond’s action romance movie, which was previously titled "The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman". In the film, the former High School Musical stud will play a suburban kid, who travels to Eastern Europe to discover himself. 

Good Charlotte change their style in their new music video "Last Night"

Good Charlotte are known for their unique rockstar style. Their hair and clothing styles are mostly derived from a variety of punk bands from the 80s and 90s. However, they've recently decided to resurrect Nickolodeon's "Family Double Dare" in a video for their new song "Last Night", a clip that premiered on FunnyOrDie.com on Monday. 

The video features a lovingly reconstructed version of the classic game show's set, obviously with the band members, dressed accordingly in normal jeans and t-shirt with the show's logo "Family Double Dare" at the front. The video finds all the band members participating in a number of the program's extra sloppy challenges - including a handful of entries on the famous game-ending obstacle course. Also appearing in the clip, in a starring role, is former "Family Double Dare" host Marc Summers, who oversees the proceedings and even lip-synchs some of the song. 

This video takes place in the '90s and we were all '90s kids, so we know it pretty well," Good Charlotte guitarist Benji Madden said in a statement. "This was one of our favorite shows growing up. I always wanted to go on 'Family Double Dare,' and now my dreams get to come true." The video also features a number of very specific winks and nods to the original show, including the "Pie Cam" and a shout-out to Space Camp (which was often involved in the grand prize). Good Charlotte are currently on tour in support of their fifth album, Cardiology. They'll wrap up their road trip on March 27 in Anaheim, California.

Christina Aguilera returns slimmer after drunken arrest

Christina Aguilera has made her first public appearance since her recent drunken arrest. The 30-year-old singer slipped into a slimming red dress, complete with a hight waisted belt and spiked Christian Louboutin heels, and was looking considerably trimmer than she has done in recent months. Pint-sized Christina, whose weight frequently fluctuates, was appearing at a press conference for her new reality show The Voice in Los Angeles.

The star, who had apparently done away with the fake tan tonight, has signed a deal with NBC to appear in the programme, which aims to find musical talent. She joins rapper and record producer Cee Lo Green and Maroon 5’s Adam Levine, who were also at tonight's event, as a music coach.

Her red carpet turn comes just two weeks after she was arrested for public intoxication, which saw her being taken in by police in the early hours of the morning on March 1. Her boyfriend Matthew Rutler was arrested for driving under the influence in Los Angeles but left jail on a $30,000 bail. Aguilera was also released on bail and no charges were filed. Christina was Rutler’s passenger and the couple were pulled over when police caught the 25-year-old driving dangerously. Her arrest came amidst U.S. media reports saying the star’s friends have been encouraging her to enter rehab for some time. Since her marriage breakdown to Jordan Bratman last year, Aguilera has been under a noticeable about of strain.

She put in a disastrous Super Bowl performance in February, where she mixed up the words to the American National Anthem, and then collapsed on stage at the Grammy Awards, prompting fears for her health to escalate. But the Burlesque actress is trying to put her troubles in the background while she gets her mind back on her career. Speaking of her new TV show, The Voice, recently, Aguilera said: ‘I am so excited to be part of such a wonderful project that celebrates music and the talent behind it. ‘To be given the opportunity to help shape new artists’ careers and mentor them to see their dreams come to fruition is a task I welcome with open arms.’

Olly Murs strips down to posing pouch at G.A.Y after losing a bet

Olly Murs made the crowd go wild at G.A.Y in London last night, but it was spurred on by his nudity, rather than his singing ability. The former X Factor contestant got X rated as he stripped down to a posing pouch as part of a bet with the club’s owner Jeremy Joseph.

Back in December Murs set the bet that if his single ‘Please Don’t Let Me Go’ went to number one in the charts, he’d come back to the club and perform naked. His song took the top chart spot in September last year so Olly kept to his word and jumped up on stage without his suit – but ended up keeping his G-string and hat on. The cheeky cow thong saved the singer from being completely nude but the star seemed confident displaying his bare body anyway.

The excited crowd chanted ‘Get them off’ at Olly as he slowly stripped off his jeans and briefs. Essex-born Olly also lost ‘the guy who can buy the best Easter egg’ bet with Mr Joseph after being upstaged by the club owner. The 26-year-old thought he’d found the perfect Easter egg with his ‘Glee Egg’, but Jeremy won after presenting him with a collection of eggs taped together which left with Olly at the end of the night.

Despite seeming confident with being naked on stage, Murs has admitted that he worries about losing his figure and becoming ‘ugly, fat and useless’. He said ‘I’m really conscious about what I eat because I want to look my best. ‘I want to look back in five or 10 years’ time and think, ‘Oh, I looked pretty decent then!’