As we told in you in December, Jennifer Connelly has lost an alarming amount of weight in the past little while. The classic beauty has always been petite, but lately she seems to have taken it a bit far. But now it appears there's a reason -- she's going through an intense period or mourning after recently losing her father. When asked about his wife's recent weight loss, Connelly's husband Paul Bettany told reporters: "I will tell you. My wife just lost her father."

My heart goes out to Connelly; I also went through the grief diet when my own father passed away, but for me it was opposite -- I sought comfort in food, whereas Connelly seems to be shunning it. Regardless of how one deals with grief, the simple fact is that healing takes time. Lots of it.