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Issue date: 2/22/08 Section: Arts and Leisure

Media Credit: msnbc.msn.com

Have you noticed that rapper Eminem has disappeared lately?

Word on the street is he's gone into hiding after having ballooned to way over 200 pounds. Sounds like Eminem needs to lay off the M&Ms. He has been in the news, however, since he has started work on his memoirs, which will include journal notes, hand-drawn art and lyric sketches.

Maybe it will also include an explanation as to why Slim Shady ain't so slim anymore.

Actress Julie Christie is under pressure from the U.S. Alzheimer's Association to keep her snide remarks to herself at Sunday's Academy Awards.

Christie is nominated as Best Actress for her performance as an Alzheimer's patient in "Away from Her."

When snagging the same prize at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, Christie said, "And if I've forgotten anybody, well, it's just that I'm still in character."

Representatives criticized her joke, saying, "It is no laughing matter."

True that. If Julie Christie can make Alzheimer's jokes on Sunday, then can Javier Bardem make serial killer jokes?

Like, "If I've forgotten anybody, it's because they're actually in a ditch behind the Kodak theatre?"

Or can Johnny Depp say, "If I've forgotten anybody, that means I probably cooked them into pies?"

Or can Daniel Day-Lewis say, "If I've forgotten anybody, it's because I'VE ABANDONED MY CHILD!"

Got a spare $40,000? No?

Apparently someone did, and spent it on a red Vivienne Westwood dress designed for actress Kate Winslet.

Winslet auctioned the dress for charity, with proceeds going to Cardboard Citizens, a theatre company for the homeless.

Winslet told reporters, "I hope the winning bidder enjoys wearing it as much as I did."

And I hope that they're very careful not to spill anything on it.

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