Lily was paranoid over weight

Lily Allen shed so much weight because she was paranoid over her "chunky" thighs, a report claims.

Allen recently put her new trim figure down to her romance with Chemical Brothers star Ed Simons, but sources have said that unflattering photos in the press prompted her to take action.

According to the Evening Standard, the singer's new management team sent her to fitness guru David Marshall, who has put her on a six-week diet and exercise course to tone her legs.

Marshall is famous for helping model Sophie Dahl drop from a size 18 to a 12 and has also trained Ant and Dec, as well as footballer Rio Ferdinand.

The source said: "He pushes people very, very hard. He'll shout at her, 'Come on Lily, one more', and Lily will scream back 'F**k off you b*****d!'"She is very conscious about how her figure is portrayed in the media, and is paranoid about her chunky bottom half.

Cheryl dreams of detection

Cheryl Cole has claimed that she wanted to be a forensic detective when she was growing up.

The popstar regrets not working hard enough at school to move into her dream career, and claims that the gory side of the job doesn't put her off.

Cole told Real Radio: "If I'd had a sensible head on me shoulders when I was younger, at school and stuff, I'd have loved to have gone into, like, forensic detective."I find it fascinating...you know, like which way the blood is splattered and stuff."

The singer's bandmates added: "She likes all that stuff."

Brangelina kids hate cameras

Brad Pitt has revealed that he and Angelina Jolie are reluctant to take their four children abroad because they hate the paparazzi.

The actor said that he does not want six-year-old Maddox, Pax, three, Zahara, two, and 16-month-old Shiloh to suffer unwanted attention from the media.

He said: "They have this view that any time they go round the world there's this sea of people with cameras. This is their idea of the world they live in. My two-year-old [Zahara] hates it. Hates the cameras. It's a strange idea."

The 43-year-old earlier revealed that his children were scared of photographers, saying: "It's out of hand and crosses all lines of decency. The kids didn't ask for this and it's frightening. They get right in the kids' faces with video cameras and yell their names."

Pitt recently revealed that he and Jolie plan to relocate to Europe with their family.


In other news

* Girls Aloud star Sarah Harding has stunned a radio DJ by stripping live on air. The singer dropped her trousers and pulled her top up to show off injuries she sustained while horse-riding for her new TV show Passions.

* MTV is to launch a new entertainment channel next month known as MTV R: 'Rated and Recommended'. The broadcaster said that MTV R, which launches on November 8, will offer viewers "an opportunity to enjoy the iconic shows that made MTV famous".

* Sharon Osbourne has admitted that she made a big mistake by walking out of The X Factor on Saturday night, and has revealed that she has not been asked back by ITV.

* Loaded magazine founder James Brown has been hired as Sumo.tv's creative and editorial director.

* MySpace has launched the first original series created specifically for its MySpaceTV portal. Roommates will be the News Corporation-run site's first co-development. It will work with LA new media production company Iron Sink Media.

* Mark Ronson has insisted that he would never listen to his own album Version, because he is sick of listening to his own songs.

* Larry David has denied claims that the breakdown of his marriage in TV show Curb Your Enthusiasm is based on his real-life divorce.The comedian's onscreen wife Cheryl (Cheryl Hines) is seen walking out on him in an upcoming episode of the show.

* Gemma Atkinson has reportedly agreed to appear in the new series of I'm A Celebrity....

* Singer Russell Watson is critically ill in hospital with a brain tumour.

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