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Eva Mendes was spotted jogging with her trainer yesterdy in Los Angeles. Lately, she has been looking thinner than ever, but hopefully she doesn’t take it too far.

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The votes have been counted, and the results are in. It’s official—pop princess Leona Lewis and red hot chili pepper Anthony Kiedis are the sexiest vegetarian celebrities alive!

Kiedis recently went vegan after learning about the worldwide depletion of fish in the oceans and after a doctor recommended a healthy vegan diet for his son. “Soon after I [went vegan] I saw some documentary footage of what happens in the factory farming of cows …. It sealed the deal,” says Kiedis, who documented his earlier hard-partying ways in his autobiography, Scar Tissue.

By contrast, Lewis—whose album Spirit made her the first British artist to top the U.S. Billboard chart with a debut album—has a squeaky clean history. And when it comes to the dirty business of animal abuse, she’s a woman of action. “I am vegetarian so I don’t have clothes, shoes or bags made from leather or suede or any animal products. … I’m on a mission,” she says.

Celebrities’ reasons for keeping animals off their plates are as diverse and inspiring as their talents—from avoiding the inexcusable cruelty to animals on factory farms and in slaughterhouses to improving their own health and helping the environment by not contributing to factory-farm pollution.

Want to do your part to help animals and become as sexy as our winners? Pledge to Be Veg for 30 days to explore a vegetarian diet for one month, and we’ll e-mail you our favorite recipes as well as tips on the best places to eat out, the tastiest animal-friendly snacks, and the most delicious prepackaged vegetarian meals.

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Marla Maples, 44, enjoyed a run on the beach in Malibu, California on Wednesday. She definitely puts me to shame!

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Lauren Conrad gets fashionable at the gas station before she hit the gym on Wednesday.

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Jessica Simpsons’ dad/manager Joe Simpson is now being sued along with Jessica by a man named Alex Astilean, who claims Jessica signed a multi-million dollar contract with him to star in an exercise tape produced by his company, Speedfit. Even though the tape is finished, Jessica is blocking its release.

In 2005, during a lull in her career, Simpson starred in a workout tape produced by Speedfit … she later changed her mind and prevented the video from being released by not giving final approval. Speedfit owner Alex Astilean sued Simpson last year for $10 million — and since she’s refused to settle, Astilean’s now suing her manager dad, Joe, as well. Astilean said, “They are hurting millions of fat people in America.”

Hmm … I not sure how many overweight people are being affected by her. Nice try Alex!

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After three years of service, Kirstie Alley is bouncing out as the spokeswoman of weight loss empire Jenny Craig.

Jenny Craig spokesman Scott Parker says:

“Although Kirstie will not appear in future advertising endeavors for us, she does remain on Jenny Craig’s maintenance program and is confident that our program has helped her incorporate positive lifestyle changes that should last a lifetime.”

Kirstie, 57, will be succeeded by Valerie Bertinelli and rapper-turned-actress Queen Latifah.

“Now that Kirstie has ‘passed her maintenance baton’ to Valerie, you’ll see a new campaign with a new celebrity client emerge in 2008 … one that promotes health with Queen Latifah.”

In an amusing conflict of interest, the Queen has been spending the last year advising America to “go for the good stuff” as the voice of Pizza Hut. Unfortunately it looks like Kirstie was listening.

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The latest issue of Life & Style is reporting that Christina Aguilera has already lost 25 pounds of her baby weight — without even trying.

Since giving birth to Max Liron Bratman on January 12th, the 27 year old hot mama has already shed 25 of her pregnancy pounds — and she hasn’t even been trying.

“She’s breast-feeding,” says an insider of the 5-foot 1 1/2″ star. “So she hasn’t made an effort to diet, but she’s finding that her figure is naturally slimming down.”

The article goes on to say that Christina only has another 10 pounds to go, but is in no hurry to lose the rest of the weight.

I wanna lose weight without even trying … maybe I should have baby?!

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Janet Jackson is finally happy with her body.

The 41 year old singer feels her fluctuating weight has been constantly scrutinised but she has learnt not to worry about her appearance anymore.

Janet said:

“I like myself a lot more than I used to. I had a very difficult time in my 20s especially. It was hard for me to look in the mirror and find something that I liked about myself.”

“There is a moment when you get older when your metabolism slows down and you don’t feel like working out any more, so you don’t keep yourself fit anymore, but that’s your decision. Why should you be judged for it?”

Newly confident Janet attributes her change in attitude to her music producer boyfriend Jermaine Dupri, who she has been dating since 2002.

She said:

“He really appreciates me. He’s good to me. He loves me as I am, whether I’m this size or 60lbs heavier.

“He cares about me and not about what I do or can do for anyone. I’ve never felt that before.”

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Ron Lester, known for his “lovable fat guy” acting roles, such as Billy Bob in Varsity Blues, talks about his 315 pound weight loss on the Today Show.

The 37 year old actor, who tipped the scales at 509 pounds before turning 30, had gastric bypass surgery.

Facts About Ron:

- He flatlined during the operation.
- Has had numerous plastic surgeries to remove excess skin.

View below to see his interview.

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Ivana Trump, 58, recently vacationed in St. Barts with her fiancé, Rossano Rubicondi, 35. I have to say that she looks pretty good in a bikini for a 58 year old. And she’s dating a younger man … good for her!

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