Liv Tyler is obsessed with hula hooping. The "Incredible Hulk" actress claims the only way she can stick to a fitness regimen is by making exercise enjoyable, adding using a plastic hoop to tone her tummy is her current favorite.

She said: "I recently got a hula hoop and I've been living in Los Angeles. I put my favorite song on and stand outside and hula hoop in every direction until the song is over and I'm all out of breath. It's really fun."

Jack Osbourne is obsessed with guns. The 23-year-old TV star is so "gun crazy" his father, legendary rocker Ozzy Osbourne, worries Jack will end up hurting himself.

He said: "Jack is gun crazy. Over here in the U.S. you can buy real guns. I have this horrible thing - I can see this movie in my head where he's messing around and shoots himself in the foot."

Tom Hanks hired a "Baywatch" extra to teach him how to swim. The "Angels and Demons" star took lessons to improve his stroke after discovering he would have to don a pair of tight swimming trunks for his latest film role.

He said: "I hired a Los Angeles lifeguard, a guy who actually had appeared on 'Baywatch,' for God's sake! I thought I knew how to swim. go into the pool, go back and forth. But I quickly learned I didn't know how to swim at all - at least not according to my coach!"

Tom Jones wears black trousers on stage to hide his sweat. The Welsh singer refuses to take to the stage with his legs clad in any other color as he is so worried his perspiration might be highlighted.

He explained: "I perspire a lot on stage, so the pants have to be black, otherwise the sweat will show through. When I started out, I'd wear really tight pants. Everyone wore tight pants, but maybe not quite as tight as mine."

Brad Pitt will star in the next "Sex and the City" movie, if Mario Cantone gets his way. The actor - who plays Charlotte York Goldenblatt's gay friend Anthony Marentino - would love the Hollywood heartthrob to play his lover in the latest big-screen version of the hit U.S. TV show, but admits it's an unrealistic request.

He told In Touch Weekly magazine: "I've always said I wanted Brad Pitt to play my lover, but that's never going to happen because he's much better looking. Either him or Ashton Kutcher!"

Heidi Klum and Seal have renewed their wedding vows in a "white trash"-themed ceremony. The German supermodel and her musician husband - who have been married for four years and always celebrate their anniversary by recommitting to each other - hired an Elvis impersonator to officiate the service, which was held at a friend's Malibu home on Saturday.

Pregnant Heidi styled her long blonde hair in corn rows and donned a tight, nylon lace jumpsuit. She was also seen pretending to smoke a cigarette during festivities.

Lily Allen has branded Victoria Beckham a "monster." The "Not Fair" singer - renowned for her harsh opinions on fellow celebrities - has launched a vicious verbal attack on the former Spice Girl and her soccer star husband David, insisting she has no desire to replicate their lavish lifestyle.

She told French soccer magazine SoFoot: "The Beckhams are sickening. Everyone knows Victoria is a monster. I'd rather shoot myself between the eyes than be a WAG."

Beyonce Knowles' family used to help her fasten her clothes because she was so fat. Despite now being regarded as one of the world's most beautiful women, the "Bootylicious" singer has revealed she was a "chubby and ugly" child who struggled to fit into her trousers.

She said: "Of course I've had an ugly period. When I was around 10 or 11, my mother gave me this really ugly haircut and I was really, really chubby. So chubby that my family used to all lay me down flat so they could zip up my jeans. It took four of them and I would lie there on the bed while they all got to it."