CELEB NEWS

KIM KARDASHIAN IS COOL WITH HER COTTAGE CHEESE:

Earlier this week, an unretouched photo of KIM KARDASHIAN from a "Complex" magazine photo shoot hit the Internet. And it showed Kim with a healthy helping of COTTAGE CHEESE on her legs. And Kim, God bless her, has no problem with you seeing it. She says, "So what: I have a little cellulite. What curvy girl doesn't!? How many people do you think are photoshopped? It happens all the time! --". . . I'm proud of my body and my curves and this picture coming out is probably helpful for everyone to see that just because I am on the cover of a magazine doesn't mean I'm perfect."

--Here's that picture again . . . along with the more "perfect" Photoshopped version . . .)

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VALERIE BERTINELLI will be 49 next month. Check her out on the cover of "People" magazine. Sure, there was probably some Photoshopping going on, but still . . . that Jenny Craig stuff really worked for her . .

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ARE SEAN PENN, BENICIO DEL TORO AND JIM CARREY YOUR NEW THREE STOOGES???

This sounds thoroughly INSANE . . . but it's being reported by "Variety" . . . which is also known as the SHOWBIZ BIBLE . . . so we really have no choice but to believe it.

As you know, the FARRELLY BROTHERS . . . the men responsible for such comedy classics as "Dumb & Dumber" and "There's Something About Mary" . . . are working on a THREE STOOGES movie. It's not a biography. It's an ALL-NEW STOOGES ADVENTURE . . . with a new cast of Stooges.

And since it was announced a decade ago . . . (--Yes, it's taken this long to get this thing off the ground) . . . there's been all manner of speculation about the casting. Well, now we know a little more.

SEAN PENN is reportedly locked in to play LARRY . . . the curly-haired, middle stooge. And they're hoping to get BENICIO DEL TORO to play MOE, the leader of the stooges. --These sound like bizarre casting choices, but if you think about it, Sean and Benicio really, REALLY look like Larry and Moe.

But their choice for Curly is a little bit out of left field. They're in negotiations with . . . JIM CARREY. I get that Jim could probably pull off a great Curly IMPRESSION . . . but how is he going to achieve the look??? The word is that he's going to gain 40 pounds for the role . . . if he takes it.

(--Still, I don't see it. The real Curly was shaped like a beer keg and stood 5-foot-5. Carrey is thin, wiry and over 6-foot-1. All the Stooges were little short guys. And that just added to the comedy . . . because they were always being pushed around by bigger guys . . . and girls.) (--But Sean Penn is 5-foot-9, and Benicio del Toro is 6-foot-2. I guess they'll have to use some MOVIE MAGIC . . . or milk crates . . . to make these three guys look smaller than just about everybody else.) (--Whatever the case may be, below are some pictures of Moe, Larry and Curly . . . and Sean, Jim and Benicio . . . for comparison . . .)

Assuming that negotiations go as planned, the new Stooges flick will start production in the fall . . . and hit theaters sometime next year.