Eating Disorders

Like the Hollywood Gossip, singer Lionel Richie admits he has become distraught over daughter Nicole's weight loss.

The "Dancing on the Ceiling" singer calls himself a "basket case" and is so worried about how thin his adopted daughter, Nicole Richie, has become. The constant speculation about her size has made him into a wreck, he says.

"I'll be honest with you, it hurts me more than it hurts her. I'm more sensitive. I take it more personally. I must tell you, I'm the basket case," Lionel told Access Hollywood on Monday.

Lionel also revealed that he has had words with Nicole about her increasing resemblance to a two-dimensional alien weight and overall physical health. Just look at that pic! You can barely see her!

"What are fathers for if you can't point the finger every once in a while. The good part of it is she is aware of it. She has heard this all her life from me so this is just a continuation of the reminder," he said.

Nicole, 24, recently admitted that she was too thin and wouldn't want young girls to copy her look.

"I know I'm too thin right now," Nicole said.

In related news, the sky is blue and Tom Cruise is insane. Oh, snap! However, when asked how Nicole -- who has announced she is getting ready to release her debut album -- is doing at the moment, her proud father was more positive.

"She is doing great," he said.

We just have to say that Kate Bosworth is looking rather thin lately.

We know that the Remember the Titans, Blue Crush and Win a Date With Tad Hamilton! star has always been naturally thin, but this is ridiculous. Soon enough, we'll have no choice but to ridicule Kate the way we do Nicole Richie. Actually, that's taking it too far. We would never subject a reasonably talented young actress to such treatment. A complete waste of space, on the other hand? Different ballgame. As our friends at theskinnywebsite.com say of Bosworth, "Granted, she is so thin that it's alarming, but at the same time, she is really beautiful."

Amen. But we suggest Bosworth resume eating on a regular basis to avoid a slew of anorexia-related jokes, not to mention poor health. Geez.

In other news, Bosworth beau Orlando Bloom was recently dining with a male pal at a trendy Hollywood hotel when a pretty brunette model approached and asked him on a date.

"Would you care to accompany me to an art gallery party in just a few," she asked the Pirates of the Caribbean star.

He politely declined.

"Sorry, the girlfriend wouldn't approve," Bloom said.

According to People, the fan reportedly rephrased her request several times before finally getting the hint and walking away.

Poor Lindsay Lohan. The recent birthday girl just can't catch a break.

She's either accused of being an anorexic waif - or of having breasts implants. The pictures below were taken about a year apart, so you can decide whether such chest augmentation is due to surgery or sugar intake:

Lohan points to a new hobby - eating - as the basis for such a drastic change in her figure.

"Skinny's not attractive. I've learnt that," Lohan says in the current issue of British Glamour. Peering inside her vest she added: "I like having my breasts in there - naturally, I add! The papers said I had implants, then when I was really flat-chested they said I was anorexic and had had them taken out. Truth is I have got my boobs back because I've got healthier again and I'm so happy."

She's also very well-spoken, as you can tell. The Gossip was able to peer inside her head recently. We didn't see very much.

According to Us Weekly, Nicole Richie has gained a few pounds, "by eating protein bars, drinking Progain energy shakes prescribed by a holistic physician and working out twice a week to build muscle."

Seriously. A magazine wrote that. Richie will be eating protein bars and working out right around the time Kevin Federline gets off his lazy, freeloading ass and gets a job. But she must have actually eaten something, because she now looks like a standard Hollywood anorexic, rather than an impoverished, freakish she-goblin from another galaxy. See below.

An awkward moment for Johnny Depp? Filming a kissing scene with his young (gorgeous!) co-star, Keira Knightly for Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest.

But what makes Knightly uncomfortable? Every time someone asks about her weight. At the London's premiere of Pirates on Monday night, she responded to a question about her figure with: "Whatever people say about my weight they are all wrong."

The 21-year-old continued in an interview with People magazine:

"Hollywood is all about the way you look, and I don't think that's the healthy thing for anyone. But, if you're strong and comfortable with yourself, then you're going to be fine."

Part of the reason why questions about her health came up at the premiere? Knightley's slight figure was on display in a low-cut, backless bronze Gucci dress (pictured).

Nevertheless, she reiteratied that there's nothing to worry about.

"I've got a lot of experience with anorexia â€" my grandmother and great-grandmother suffered from it, and I had a lot of friends at school who suffered from it," Knightley said. "I know it's not something to be taken lightly and I don't."

Also spotted at the festivities were Depp - decked out in a fedora and sunglasses. He greeted fans and signed autographs for more than an hour.

Orlando Bloom, meanwhile, was also present and reports state he couldn't help himself, peeking down the front of Knightley's gown, which opened to her belly button.

"I haven't flashed anyone yet," she joked.

It's no secret that Katharine McPhee rocked the American Idol world with beauty and an incredible singing voice earlier this year.

What was a secret, up until she recently revealed it, was that the starlet battled bulimia for five years. The eating disorder, which involves self-induced vomiting, put McPhee's health in serious jeopardy. Her lowest points saw her forcing herself to throw up seven times daily.

After successfully auditioning for Idol last fall, the 22-year old (with winner Taylor Hicks, below) decided it was finally time to seek help.

"When I made it onto American Idol, I knew that food -- my eating disorder -- was the one thing really holding me back," she said. "I was bingeing my whole life away for days at a time... So when I got on the show, I said, 'You know what? I can do well in this competition. Let me give myself a chance and just get ahold of this thing.'"