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.

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Celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe is skinny. Way skinny. Maybe even skinnier than actress Jennifer Connelly. Spotted at a recent fundraiser, the 37-year-old Zoe sported a protruding rib cage that rivals those bony elbows and knees Connelly showcased on Live with Regis and Kelly on Tuesday.

No stranger to skinny, the size-0 Zoe has long denied being anorexic. But she admits eating isn't a priority either -- sometimes she's so busy, a cup of coffee and a grapefruit are the only morsels that slip through her lips.

Zoe doesn't see herself as thin. What? Says the fashion girl: "Sometimes I'll look at photos and be like, 'Oh, that's not a good look.' But generally speaking, I'm not too thin." Whatever. Not even Nicole Richie believes that. The shrinking star herself fired Zoe back in 2006 because of the stylist's inability to promote a healthy body image.

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I'm not sure how she even walked out on stage on her too-skinny legs but somehow, actress Jennifer Connelly managed to make her way to her interview chair on today's Live with Regis and Kelly show.

Jennifer is wasting away. And I don't think it's because of any new movie role -- although she does appear with Keanu Reeves in The Day the Earth Stood Still. No, I think her thinness is probably just a sign of the Hollywood times. Skinny is cool. And now she's one of the popular kids.

Really, there is nothing cool about skin and bones. I'm all for a trim, toned, tight look but a too-big head on top of a skeletal frame is downright scary. It made my tummy turn a bit when I saw Jennifer's bony arms and pronounced knees teetering on her just-as-skinny stilettos. I admit: Sometimes, I'm jealous when I see a fit celeb. This time, though, I'm not envious. I'm worried.
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