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Mum-to-be MARIAH CAREY will not have to worry about shedding any extra weight she’s gained from her pregnancy cravings - because she’s only been demanding is fruit.
The Hero hitmaker and her husband Nick Cannon are preparing to welcome their first child together next year (11), and she admits that while her body is constantly changing, she isn’t piling on the pounds from stuffing herself with unhealthy foods.
She tells U.S. news show Extra, "My taste bud situation is unparallelled. I don’t know what it is, but I’m just about fruit for some reason. (But) it has to be really good for me to like it."

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A sheet of handwritten lyrics to BOB DYLAN classic THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ is expected to fetch up to $300,000 (£200,000) when it is auctioned at an upcoming sale.
The rock legend scrawled the words to four verses of the iconic protest song on a scrap of paper in the 1960s - and experts at Sotheby’s in New York have tipped the item to be a big draw at the 10 December (10) sale.
The track was released in 1964 and taken from the album of the same name.

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Scottish singer SUSAN BOYLE was left red-faced on U.S. TV on Tuesday morning (30Nov10), after attempting to stop a performance to recover from a cough without realising the show was live.
Boyle was performing a rendition of O Holy Night on America’s daytime chat show The View when she became choked up in the middle of the number and backed away from the mic.
Apparently failing to realise her appearance was airing live, the singer asked producers if she could start over while the cameras continued to roll.
Luckily, The View co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg and Sherri Shepherd swooped in to her aide, bailing out the star by taking the stage to ask her a round of questions.
Boyle reportedly retaped her performance for America’s West Coast showing.

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Incarcerated rapper T.I. has shed light on his inner turmoil in new track CASTLE WALLS, rapping about how he lives in "agony" after sacrificing his "sanity" for all of his fame and fortune.
The Live Your Life hitmaker, real name Clifford Harris, has been in and out of jail in the past year (10) and was recently locked up for violating his probation following a drug arrest in September (10).
He has since vowed to turn his life around once and for all after he completes his latest 11-month sentence next year (11).
But, on Castle Walls, his collaboration with Christina Aguilera, T.I. opens up about the dark struggle he faces behind the money and success.
On the song, he raps, "See with the Phantoms and Ferraris in the driveway/ But you see it came in exchange of a sane man’s sanity/ Your vision jaded by the Grammys on the mantlepiece/ Just switch your camera lenses, you will see the agony." And the troubled sentiment is echoed in Aguilera’s vocals in the chorus: "If I should tumble, if I should fall/ Would anyone hear me, screaming behind these castle walls?" The tune is expected to be released as T.I.’s next single, taken from his upcoming album No Mercy.

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LADY GAGA has stepped up her bid to force U.S. politicians to repeal the military’s controversial ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy regarding gay servicemen and women, urging lawmakers to stand up and fight against "discrimination".
The Poker Face hitmaker has been a leading voice in the battle to allow homosexuals and bisexuals to serve openly in the armed forces and vowed to continue the campaign after the U.S. Senate voted against debating a new bill on the topic in September (10).
The opportunity was blocked by a Republican-led filibuster, but a report on the effects of ending the ban is due to be presented to senators on Wednesday (01Dec10) and Gaga has made a last-ditch attempt to appeal to their better natures.
In a two-minute video posted on YouTube.com on Monday (29Nov10), she says, "The Senate needs to get this bill passed this year to repeal ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’, otherwise it can take years for it to happen.
"We have to end this law because it reinforces discrimination and it’s setting a bad example. We’ve known for many years that an overwhelming majority of Americans are ready to repeal." Sending a message directly to lawmakers, she then adds, "You said you would debate and address this law when the Pentagon returned with a strategy and tomorrow morning you will have it. So will you keep your word?"

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GLEE star CHRIS COLFER has been mastering an unexpected martial arts skill in between takes for the hit TV musical - Japanese sai swords.
The actor/singer admits he’s wanted to learn how to use the daggers since he was a kid watching animated American series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - and he’s finally bought a pair to practice with in his trailer.
And Colfer showed off his newly-acquired skills during an appearance on Conan O’Brien’s late night show on Monday (29Nov10).
Twirling a sword in each hand as the host looked on in fear, he said, "I have swords that I practice (with) everyday in my trailer and it makes the cast very nervous.
"I grew up watching Ninja Turtles and always wanted to do them and I bought some on (online retailer) Ebay finally and just taught myself how to do it."

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JEFF BRIDGES hopes the new visual effects used to take 30 years off him in the new TRON sequel will allow him to continue making movies - but never set foot on a film shoot again.
The 60-year-old veteran actor stars as video game hacker Kevin Flynn in Tron: Legacy, reprising a character he played in the original Tron in 1982.
Experts were able to create a digital version of Bridges in his 30s by recording his facial movements and superimposing them onto the body of a younger man - and the Oscar winner has hailed the advancement as a "new era of film-making".
He tells Britain’s Live magazine, "This technology means I’d never have to work again in my life and I could still make films. I can say, ‘I’ll lease you my image.’ "In a few years, they’ll be able to take aspects of three different actors and make a fourth character. They can say, ‘Let’s put Bridges in here, but I want a little Al Pacino in there - what the heck. Let’s see what kind of guy we come up with.’ "I think they’ll have this ability to go, ‘We’re going to give you lots of money; you just come in and do all your expressions, be real, sad, happy… and that’s it.’ They’re taking the actors and putting them in a computer, very much like Tron. It’s got to the stage where we’re close to not having to work at all."

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French actor GERARD DEPARDIEU is sporting a slimmer figure after dropping 44 pounds (20 kilograms) on a 10-day water fast.
The 62-year-old star reportedly tipped the scales at 330 pounds (150 kilograms) before he went on the crash diet, eating nothing for a full 10 days.
And he’s vowed to change his bad eating habits for good after seeing the drastic improvements.
He tells the Associated Foreign Press, "I didn’t eat anything for 10 days. I just drank water and I lost 20 kilos.
"One should not treat one’s body like a dustbin."

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The executors of PABLO PICASSO’s estate are suing a French pensioner for illegal receipt of works of art, after he unveiled a treasure trove of never-before-seen paintings allegedly gifted to him by the late master.
Retired electrician Pierre Leguennec, 71, claims Picasso gave him 271 works when he was working on the artist’s home in the south of France in the 1970s.
The works, which include lithographs, watercolours, portraits and sketches, date between 1900 and 1930, and are estimated to be worth a staggering $77.1 million (£50 million), according to reports in France.
Leguennec reportedly approached the artist’s son, Claude, to authenticate the works earlier this year (10).
But the heir swiftly filed suit against Leguennec, insisting his father would never have handed over such a collection of artworks.
A statement from Claude Picasso reads: "To give away such a large quantity, that’s unheard of. It doesn’t hold water. This was part of his life." Police have since launched an investigation into how Leguennec came into possession of the works after being alerted to the lawsuit.
As WENN went to press, the pieces in question were being held by France’s official agency in charge of halting the illegal traffic of cultural items.

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WINONA RYDER presented NATALIE PORTMAN with a small gift after they finished filming BLACK SWAN to apologise for the "horrible" lines she had to deliver as her on-screen rival.
Ryder plays a prima ballerina who is replaced by Portman’s younger dancer character in a production of Swan Lake in the dark drama - and insists she felt guilty for making so many cruel jibes.
She tells Britain’s Total Film magazine, "I wrote (to) Natalie and I got her something when I had finished filming, saying, ‘I’m so sorry I had to say all those horrible things.’" But Ryder admits the movie’s script resonated with her - since she is now no longer part of Hollywood’s crop of young stars.
She adds, "Doing the character was really cool in a way because I’m a bit older and the whole idea (is) there’s these young new actresses coming up. I’m sort of ‘old school’! I like the idea of being replaced and being older, especially now I’ve just turned 39.
"When I started acting, I wanted to be like (Rosemary’s Baby star) Ruth Gordon, because I was always the kid and always wanted to be older. So it’s interesting for me to be older than people now."

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KRISTEN STEWART and ROBERT PATTINSON have been named the Most Stylish Celebrity Couple by fashion magazine InStyle.
The actors, who play onscreen lovers in the Twilight franchise and are rumoured to be dating in real life, topped the poll with the publication’s editors praising Pattinson’s "public-school boy style" and Stewart’s "laidback American approach to fashion".
The pair was placed ahead of fashionable Sex And The City star Sarah Jessica Parker and her husband Matthew Broderick in second, while Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis came in third.
Other couples to make the top 10 include Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony, and Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens.
Famous Hollywood couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie barely scraped into the top 25, landing at number 23.

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KID ROCK has launched a bitter attack against ticket scalpers trying to profit from his upcoming 40th birthday party show in his native Detroit, Michigan after the concert sold out within 19 minutes of going on sale.
The All Summer Long hitmaker announced plans to celebrate the milestone age with fans at a special 15 January (11) gig at Ford Field, which is to be renamed 40 Field for the night.
The show, which takes place two days before his actual birthday, will kick off his 2011 Born Free Tour, but it’s already gotten off to a bad start - more than 45,000 tickets were snapped up last week (26Nov10) and Rock has since learned a heap of stubs are being traded online at hugely inflated prices.
The discovery has left Rock fuming because he works hard to try and keep ticket prices as low as possible so fans of all backgrounds have the opportunity to see him perform live.
But he has no idea how to combat the increasing popularity of secondary ticket brokers and the controversial practice has infuriated him.
Taking to his website, an angry Rock writes, "IF I COULD CONFRONT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM (ticket scalpers) FACE TO FACE I WOULD AND IT WOULD NOT WORK OUT TOO WELL FOR THEM I GUARANTEE ALL OF YOU.
"I hate them, I feel like someone is beating up a close friend or family member while I’m chained to a chair."

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GREEN DAY frontman BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG is returning to the Broadway stage - he will take part in 50 upcoming performances of his punk rock musical AMERICAN IDIOT.
Armstrong will reprise the role of St. Jimmy in the show inspired by Green Day’s songs after original castmember Tony Vincent bows out on 30 December (10), producers announced on Tuesday (30Nov10).
The rocker - who composed and co-wrote the show - will kick off the New Year as a Broadway star, making appearances from 1 to 9 January (11), and again from 18 to 30 January and 10 to 27 February (11).
Armstrong made his Broadway debut in the show in September (10), winning over theatre critics and sending box office sales soaring above $1 million (£666,670) during his week-long run. The show, which debuted in the Big Apple last April (10), grossed $600,000 (£400,000) last week (ends26Nov10).

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British rocker PETE DOHERTY has staged a bizarre impromptu gig on the streets of Moscow, jamming with a passing accordion player.
The Libertines frontman was in the Russian capital to perform a solo acoustic show earlier this month (Nov10) when he spotted the street musician near his hotel.
In a video posted online, Doherty is seen taking his guitar out of its case and joining the man in a rendition of Katyusha, a traditional Russian song about a woman who stays at home while her lover fights in World War II.
The rocker and the mystery busker played together for several minutes, to the delight of passers-by, before Doherty clambered into a waiting van to head to his Moscow show.

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Rocker OZZY OSBOURNE is living up to his nickname as the Prince of Darkness - he’s launched a special edition ouija board game to help fans connect with the dead.
Ouija: The Ozzy Osbourne Edition features the Black Sabbath star’s face and signature, but the Hasbro product will only be made available to his most dedicated concert-goers.
The limited release will be sent out to devotees who purchase VIP packages to his current U.S. tour, which will continue through to February next year (11) with dates in Detroit, Michigan; Houston, Texas; Las Vegas; Los Angeles, and Florida.

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Rocker TRAVIS BARKER wants to spread his love of music by donating drum kits to New York schools to encourage at-risk youths to steer clear of drugs and alcohol and channel their energy into making beats.
The Blink-182 drummer has teamed up with H2O star Toby Morse’s charitable organisation One Life One Chance to promote a life of sobriety among students and they are making special deliveries in the upcoming months to gift select schools in the Big Apple with between 10 to 20 full drum kits a year.
And youngsters at Manhattan’s Gramercy Arts High School will be among the first to pick up their sticks - Barker will make an appearance at the facility on 1 December (10), reports TMZ.com.

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Model-turned-reality TV star JANICE DICKINSON contemplated suicide as she battled a prescription drug addiction in rehab after suffering crippling anxiety attacks, insomnia and tremors.
The fashion icon signed up to participate in TV series Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew after realising she had become hooked on sedatives.
The cameras captured Dickinson’s hell as she struggled to get clean in July (10) - and the star admits the experience was so difficult, she wanted to take her own life.
She tells Britain’s OK! magazine, "I was taped 24/7. I went to a treatment centre for 18 days. I had panic attacks, tremors, sleepless nights, thoughts of suicide - I was walking around with a lot of fear." And Dickinson is glad she remained strong - because she’s finally kicked her habit.
She adds: "I’m shaking as we speak because I’m proud of the recovery I’m in. I’m not in treatment any longer. I have the guidance of a sponsor, I do prayers, meditations and go to meetings.
"You have to take each day at a time. I focus on the gratitude I have in my life - my sobriety, my children, my relationship with (boyfriend) Alex, my dogs, a beautiful day. Life is so worth living now."

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AMERICAN IDOL host RYAN SEACREST is expanding his media empire - he’s signed a deal to develop TV content, a record label and concert series with a U.S. media conglomerate.
The radio host-turned-TV personality has expanded his contract with Clear Channel Communications by three years, adding to his growing list of ventures.
As part of the multi-media deal, the star will continue to host the daily radio show On Air With Ryan Seacrest on KIIS-FM in Los Angeles and host the American Top 40 chart countdown, as well as serve as a spokesman and advocate for the firm.
Financial details have not been disclosed, but the New York Times reports the deal is worth a staggering $60 million (£40 million).
Confirming the news, Seacrest, 35, says: "Clear Channel’s programming is only beginning to scratch the surface of what we can achieve together to connect with audiences and create innovative and compelling opportunities for listeners and advertisers." He vowed to help bring "the untapped potential of radio to life across a range of delivery platforms".

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