America Ferrera

  • Ugly Betty star America Ferrera insists that pressure to be skinny in Hollywood isn’t to blame for her recent weight loss. America attributes the lost 20lbs to a hectic schedule shooting the new series of the show, not a desire to be the next size zero celebrity: “I feel like I’m a regular person. I’m a size 10 or 12, which is totally normal. But I do feel that since I wanted to get in better shape, there has been a bit of a backlash.”
  • British soul star Gabrielle has attacked this week’s MOBO Awards for their American bias and for dropping the ‘Soul’ category. She said yesterday: “How can you leave out the soul award? I think you need to shut it down. Music of black origin is soul and jazz and anything else that is inspired by black music. I think we should all turn off. And anyway, it’s all the time dominated by the Americans. We’re still licking their boots because it pays homage to the fact that they’re still kicking our arses, the Americans.”