Tori Spelling has hit back at weight critics by confidently showing off her slender figure in a bikini.

The former Beverly Hills, 90210 actress happily munched on a club sandwich as she relaxed poolside in Palm Springs, silencing reports she is suffering from an eating disorder.

The 36-year-old admits she is thinner than she would prefer, but attributes her recent weight loss to her busy lifestyle, which included caring for her two children Liam, two, and Stella, 11 months.

Clearly confident with her body, the blonde actress showed off her slender frame in a blue bikini as she hung out by the pool with her kids and husband Dean McDermott.

Showing her healthy appetite, Tori enjoyed a club sandwich and French fries - the actress’s favourite food.

When she discussed her weight loss in a recent interview, Tori admitted she had a weakness for chips.

She told People magazine: ‘I do try to feed the kids healthy but Liam loves fries - I have to admit, we are a fry family.’

Tori and Dean, 42, are currently enjoying a few days relaxation after what has been a busy year so far.

As well as caring for Liam and Stella, Tori has also launched a parenting book Mommywood, guest starred in two episodes of the new 90210 and filmed a fourth season of their reality TV show Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood.

When Tori launched her book nearly two months ago, she was barraged with criticism of her weight.

But the actress insisted she was naturally skinny and her busy lifestyle had taken it toll on her physically.

She told People: ‘I wish they could flash back to what my old body was before I got pregnant, which was pretty much this.

‘But I get it. I acknowledge that I look thin in those photos. Obviously I don’t want to lose any more weight, and I think, “Yeah, I could stand to gain a few pounds,” but I am healthy. I’m just crazy busy and being a mom.

‘I’m the first to admit that sometimes I don’t have the time to sit down for a well-balanced meal.’

Her husband of three years Dean added: ‘I can tell you right now, there is no way in hell that I would ever let my wife get unhealthy.’

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Unlucky in love Cameron Diaz looked glum as she took a dip in Hawaii in the wake of her split with British model Paul Sculfor.

The actress, who split with the former brickie earlier this month, appears to be holidaying alone in the spot popular with honeymoon couples.

Looking tanned and toned, the 36-year-old wore a tiny green frilled bikini which left little to the imagination.

And it seemed to be causing her problems as she constantly fiddled with the bottoms as she waded in the clear waters.

There was no sign of Adam Levine, lead singer with Maroon 5, who she was spotted lunching with last week.

The pair dined together at the Chateau Marmont sparking rumours of a budding new romance.

The Hollywood actress, who turns 37 in August, ended her year-long relationship with former Essex bricklayer after she refused to move to the UK.

She recently spoke to Parade magazine about her views on love, saying: ‘I think that what I’ve found, in my experience, is that you always find the person who you’re meant to be with at that time in your life.

‘And what I’ve also found is that you have to move on from those people at certain times, because that’s the way it happens.’

And she said she doesn’t mind approaching 40: ‘I don’t have a problem with growing older.

‘I really don’t. I have no problem with it. It’s wonderful. Thank God we get older because if we’re not getting older, we’re dead.’

Prior to her relationship with Sculfor, she briefly dated singer John Mayer and had a four-year relationship with Justin Timberlake. They were often pictured laughing together in the sea as they surfed.

Sculfor was with Jennifer Aniston for a few months in 2007.

Cameron is due to begin promoting her new film, My Sister’s Keeper, in the next few weeks.

And she has already signed up to another movie called Swingles, with Zach Braff.

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When it comes to finding the ultimate teen role model one can’t go past Taylor Swift - talented, beautiful, gracious and still the same grounded and sweet girl she was before she became one of the most successful and popular young country artists of the decade. But seeing the thousands of teenage girls crying with excitement at seeing the 19-year-old at the sold-out Staples Center in Los Angeles on Friday night makes it hard to comprehend that she was far from being popular in her own junior high school days.

“It doesn’t matter if you don’t have friends in junior high,” Swift said as she kicked off her first ever headlining “Fearless” tour. “Being an outsider gave me time to think … But there was a time when my greatest fear was not fitting in at school; I never thought I would be here with a sold-out Staples Center.”

Swift was clearly overwhelmed by the attention — at one point the crowd drew such a long thunderous applause that the songstress couldn’t get a word in so instead she covered her mouth with her hand in utter disbelief, her eyes filling with tears.

“I’ll never forget this,” she eventually said, her voice cracking with emotion.

Swift was also joined on-stage with a surprise cameo by John Mayer (who often twitters about his enthusiasm for the young starlet) and the two sang Mayer’s hit “Your Body is a Wonderland” before launching into Swift’s “Whitehorse.”

But despite being worth more than an estimated $18 million according to Forbes.com, Taylor’s true star-power stems from still being relatable to her young fanbase and her trademarked approach to dealing with dates who do her wrong.

“If you break my heart, hurt my feelings or mess with friends I’ll have to write a song about you,” Swift said, also adding that she’s not the “only girl that burns ex boyfriends’ pictures.”

But boys aside, the pop-country crooner also left us on a high note with a montage of inspirational pictures, including Britain’s “You’ve Got Talent” Susan Boyle.

“It’s been a tough year for a lot of people,” Swift said. “When you get knocked down it is hard to imagine anything different.”

And as much as this gorgeous girl is skilled at performing, she is even more skilled at writing. So where does her secret song-writing material pretty much all come from?

“I’ve written in a diary every night since I was 13,” she admitted.

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Breathe a sigh of relief: You may never be the victim of Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore’s oversharing again.

The Twitter-obsessed duo is threatening to sign off of the global networking site if a proposed reality show comes to fruition. According to Variety, Twitter.com is linking with TV producers Reveille and Brillstein Entertainment for an “unscripted show that would be putting ordinary people on the trail of celebrities in a revolutionary competitive format.”

Responded Kutcher: “Wow, I hope this isn’t true. I really don’t like being sold out. May have to take a twitter hiatus.”

Demi, who posted photos of herself with a missing front tooth over the weekend (below r.), echoed her young hubby: “I hope this isn’t true - if it is, our Twitter time may come to a quick and sad end!”

The couple’s rationale for potentially withholding their 140-character-or-less gems of wisdom? “How about … I don’t want to be stalked!!!” Kutcher tweeted.

Twitter founders acknowledged a “simple agreement” with both networks and production companies in a blog post Tuesday, but denied any “official Twitter show.” However, they did add that “Twitter’s open approach might have the power to transform television.”

You mean the photos Ashton posted of Demi ironing in her underwear weren’t transformative enough?

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Rihanna and Chris Brown are both moving on - but with opposing films, not significant others.

A source tells us that the sexy songbird, who’s in New York to work on her new album, is also taking acting lessons while in the Big Apple.

“Rihanna will start filming ‘Personal Protection’ later this year,” says our insider. “She’s not ready, actingwise, yet, so she’s meeting with a coach.”

Additional casting for the project will resume when Ri learns the celluloid ropes.

Similarly, Brown is making a leap to the big screen. The embattled R&B star - who will face the music in an L.A. court Thursday for his alleged assault on Rihanna - has an untitled project that’s said to be a “tearjerker,” according to a pal. “Chris plays a homeless character,” says the friend. “It’s a real rags-to-riches story and should be good for his image.”

Brown will film for three weeks over the summer in both L.A. and Memphis.

But before tongues start wagging, our first insider stresses that the exes are not trying to one-up each other with rival roles - acting was a natural progression for both.

As for the love department? Neither Ri nor Chris has become serious with anyone else. “Chris is being a player. There’s no one exclusive,” says Brown’s pal. Rihanna, meanwhile, has been linked with everyone from Def Jam labelmate Kanye West to rapper Aubrey (Drake) Graham, but she isn’t getting hot ‘n’ heavy with anyone, either.

“Kanye is all over Rihanna’s album - not all over Rihanna!” says our insider. In addition to working together, the two are longtime pals; they even took in an evening showing of “Star Trek” at the Union Square multiplex last week.

Graham, the tween “DeGrassi” star turned rapper, is just a friend of Rihanna’s. “She’s feeling him but wants to take things slow. Right now they’re just chilling,” says our Ri source.

Graham himself echoed this sentiment during a recent interview with Hot 97. “I’m being honest, man,” he said. “She’s just a friend, that’s all.”

Says a second pal of the “Umbrella” singer: “RiRi needs the focus to be on her talents right now, not the bumps in her personal life. She doesn’t want anything else to overshadow her career.”

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Katherine Heigl has hit another stumbling block on her way to movie stardom. Sources say the actress, whose just-concluded season on ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” might have been her last, was dropped from a top-tier ensemble cast in the upcoming romantic comedy “Valentine’s Day” because she demanded an astronomical salary.

The flick, which is scheduled to be released in February 2011, is directed by Garry Marshall and has signed such big names as Julia Roberts, Jennifer Garner, Anne Hathaway, Ashton Kutcher, Shirley MacLaine and Bradley Cooper.

An insider told Page Six, “Producers at New Line originally had Katherine on their casting list. They wanted her for the project, but during the talks, she came back demanding $3 million for the role.”

Our source calls that number “ridiculous” because the movie has “an ensemble cast where there is really no one lead role. Actors are only filming between three and 14 days, and no other actors asked for nearly that amount.”

A rep for Heigl told Page Six, “The story is ludicrous. Early negotiations are a daily occurrence in this business, and just for clarification, Katherine walked away from this project for multiple reasons.” A spokeswoman for New Line had “no comment.”

It’s not the first time Heigl has come across as a diva. In 2007, after “Knocked Up,” she told Vanity Fair the Judd Apatow-directed movie “paints the women as shrews, as humorless and uptight, and it paints the men as lovable, goofy, fun-loving guys. I had a hard time with it on some days.”

She also caused a commotion when she withdrew her name from consideration for last year’s Emmy race, slighting the “Grey’s Anatomy” writers by saying, “I do not feel I was given the material this season to warrant a nomination.” Heigl, whose character was dying of brain cancer, did enter herself in this year’s awards nominations.

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LARRY Summers, President Obama’s chief economic adviser who conked out in public at two high-profile events earlier this year, did it again, our sources said. Summers nodded off at an economic summit in February and at a meeting with credit card industry officials in the White House in April. Photos of him dozing so embarrassed Obama, he quipped at the White House Correspondents dinner, “Larry Summers needs his sleep.” Now, our insider reports, “Larry fell asleep last week during a private meeting with the president. Thank God, no reporters were there.” A rep for the White House declined to comment.

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