Curtis Jackson, a.k.a. 50 Cent now has the starring role in the new movie, “Things Fall Apart.” The movie depicts a young jock, Deon Barnes, whose life is glamorous and very promising until he is diagnosed with cancer during his senior year in college.

For the movie role, as reported on www.HipHopRx.com, 50 Cent lost fifty-four pounds in order to look sickly enough to play the role which caused quite a stir online back in May of 2010. Even in the movie, he even sports a bald head, making one of hip-hop’s most notorious, unrecognizable.
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Due to recent rumors of a gastric by-pass surgery, Aretha Franklin tells the host of Access Hollywood that she has ‘definitely not’ – and would not have gastric by-pass surgery.

The 68 year old ‘queen of soul’ admits to having a procedure that has contributed to her weight loss, but offers few clues as to what exactly it was.
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Former Disney star Raven-Symone, full name Raven-Symoné Christina Pearman, 25, debuted her hot new body at Wednesday’s People’s Choice Awards after a dramatic weight loss which has even Justin Bieber tweeting his admiration, to say the least.
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