Ricki Lake

Carmen Electra, Jodie Foster and T.R. Knight were just a few of the stars in attendance at The Trevor Project's 10th Annual Gala in LA last night. The event benefits the 24/7 nationwide suicide helpline for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth. Carmen and Jodie both looked cute in their short dresses and peep-toe pumps while T.R. was showing off his new haircut in a snazzy suit. We wonder how he feels about his BFF Katherine dishing about George and Izzie's relationship on Grey's. After all the drama he went through last year, he probably doesn't mind letting someone else be in the spotlight for a change.

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In honor of October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I'll be featuring people and products from pop culture that have to do with the disease — those who have beaten it, been touched by it, or are working toward finding a cure.

Today, the spotlight is on Lifetime Television, which has launched its 13th annual "Stop Breast Cancer for Life" campaign this month. The network has recruited several stars to record public service announcements about breast cancer awareness that will air throughout this month; Whoopi Goldberg, Reba McEntire, Fran Drescher, Daisy Fuentes and several NFL players are just a few of the stars involved.

The network also recruited R&B singer Mya — who became active in the breast cancer awareness community after her mother was diagnosed with the disease in 1998 — to record a special theme song for this year's campaign. The song, "My Bra," is based around the idea that we can be supportive, uplifting presences — er, "bras" — in each other's lives. The song will be featured in a new Lifetime movie, Matters of Life and Dating, starring Ricki Lake, who also has talked about the ways breast cancer has affected her.

Kudos to Lifetime for all the ways they're working to raise awareness. To watch a preview for Matters of Life and Dating featuring the Mya song, just read more

Guess who's showing off some newly fit legs while out and about with her family recently?

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OK, so you may have read this title and laughed but I've gotta say Ricki looks good! She was recently on the cover of Us Magazine and I was stunned to see her looking so fab.

Here is what UsMagazine.com reports that she is saying on her dramatic weight loss:

Once weighing 250 pounds, newly transformed former talk show host Ricki Lake has revealed exclusively to Us Weekly the secrets behind her 123-pound, size-4 shape.

Lake, 38, who just debuted The Business of Being Born, her documentary about home birth and midwifery, sits down with Us and explains exactly how she got thin – and finally made peace with her shape after a painful past.

On crash dieting in 1991: “… I went on this extreme diet. I used to faint because I wasn’t eating and I was always exercising.”

On the most exciting thing about her new weight: “For the longest time, when I was very heavy, I couldn’t cross my legs. I couldn’t physically do it. LOVE that I can cross my legs now ... Even my shoe size is changing. My Jimmy Choos are too big now.”

On what she thinks of super-skinny actresses: “I think I have no wrinkles because I always had fat on my face. Really skinny girls age so fast.”

Talk about a blast from the past -- Does anyone suspect comeback? Regardless the woman looks great and I love commending anyone with the will to lose so much weight.

Selma and Minnie were just a few of the ladies who attended the women's filmmaker brunch at Soho House during the Tribeca Film Festival. Selma is fresh from the premiere of Purple Violets and looked amazing in her one shoulder white hot dress. She's quite a contrast to Minnie's dark denim look. Minnie's looking pretty hot these days. Perhaps she is psyched that her FX show, The Riches, is rumored to be picked up for another season.

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