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- News.com.au
Austin Butler shows off ripped transformation after secret health struggles
Austin Butler has showed off his buff transformation on the cover of Men's Health. The US actor, 34, told the magazine about his string of worrying health concerns after dedicating three years to embodying Elvis Presley for Baz Luhrmann's 2022 epic, including a hospitalisation for appendicitis-like pain and a moment of temporary blindness while on-board a plane in which he 'genuinely thought I was dying.' Butler, who won a Golden Globe for the dazzling film, said he embarked on a health journey in the aftermath to better care for his mind and body, upping his training schedule, cramming more calories into his diet and focusing on his mental wellbeing. During Elvis ' awards season, Butler weighed just 68kg when he began meeting with Darren Aronofsky, who produces and directs the actor's upcoming film, Caught Stealing. Within six months, he'd put on 11kg. 'For a long time, I felt that it [preparing for a role] had to be a tortured process, and I would come out the other side broken,' he told the outlet. 'Rather than just putting parts of yourself away and trying to pretend that they don't exist, it's like going into the gross bits of yourself — going into the bits that you don't want to look at — and finding a way of integrating that into the whole.' For Caught Stealing, a crime thriller, Butler plays Henry 'Hank' Thompson, a former baseball player who becomes engulfed in the criminal underworld of New York. Butler was trained by Beth Lewis, who was also responsible for getting Australian actor Hugh Jackman in shape for Deadpool & Wolverine. Lewis took to Instagram with a video of Butler's intense workouts in the gym, saying it was a 'highlight to watch the change in his body and mindset.' 'He got SUPER freaking strong in the process,' Lewis wrote. 'The first clops were from March 2024. By September, he was crushing it!' While his filming schedule is more packed than ever, with a staggering eight projects currently in pre and post production, Butler told the outlet he's found a happy place with work where it's not so all-consuming. He said he learned handy tools from The Bikeriders co-star Tom Hardy, the latter of whom managed to sleep soundly at night by going home from set, putting on a weighted vest and doing 1,000 box jumps. 'I'm just trying to find little things like that,' Butler said, adding it was often 'the mundane little things' that helped, including a moment of peace in the sun on his balcony or phoning a friend.
News.com.au
2 hours ago
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Jillian Michaels slams new Biggest Loser docu-series: ‘Some folks still lie like it's 1985'
Former Biggest Loser celebrity trainer Jillian Michaels took to social media to break her silence on the Netflix docu-series, Fit for TV: The Reality of the Biggest Loser. In an Instagram post, Michaels, 51, blasted claims made in Fit For TV, and posted several photos of emails and texts that she claimed backed up her allegations. 'Dr Huizenga did approve caffeine pills on many seasons of Biggest Loser,' Michaels posted, referring to the show's medical advisor, Dr. Robert 'H' Huizenga. She was referring to how the docu-series covers her controversial choice to give caffeine supplements to her contestants. In Fit For TV, series physician Dr. Huizenga alleged that caffeine was banned. He also said that Michaels 'never really showed any interest in my advice.' In her Instagram post, Michaels claimed, '[fellow trainer] Bob Harper not only knew about the caffeine pills the 'stackers fat burner' were actually his suggestion. I wanted to use my brand instead because they were cleaner and had no more than 200mg of caffeine (equivalent to a strong cup of coffee).' The celebrity trainer alleged that caffeine was 'NEVER banned' on The Biggest Loser. The Post reached out to Harper, Michaels, and Netflix for comment. The Biggest Loser ran for 17 seasons on NBC from 2004 to 2016, before moving to USA Network in 2020 for a short-lived run. The show featured overweight contestants competing for a cash prize of $US250,000 if they lost the highest percentage of weight compared to their starting weight. In the years since the show ended, many former contestants have blasted the series. In 2015, former contestant Kai Hibbard told The Post, 'The whole f***ing show is a fat-shaming disaster that I'm embarrassed to have participated in.' She recalled an incident when contestants were put in stalls like horses and made to run around a track. 'I walked. They edited it to look like I was lazy, but I wasn't participating because it was humiliating.' Hibbard said it gave her health problems that stuck with her. 'My thyroid, which I never had problems with, is now crap,' adding, she felt 'brainwashed to believe that you're super-lucky to be [on the show].' In a 2024 interview with People, inaugural winner Ryan Benson alleged that producers would organise unhealthy food platters to 'catch' and embarrass the cast on camera. Sabrina the Teenage Witch star Caroline Rhea was the original host before Days of Our Lives actress Alison Sweeney took over. Harper, 60, and Michaels worked together as trainers on The Biggest Loser for 12 seasons between 2004 and 2013. Michaels left the show after Season 15 aired in 2014, while Harper stayed as a trainer and then became the host for the last two seasons. In Fit for TV, Harper also claimed that Michaels never reached out to him following his 2017 heart attack. 'After I had my heart attack, she's the one person I never heard from. That, to me, spoke volumes,' he said in the doc. In her Instagram post, Michaels also slammed that allegation, adding, 'Wild how some folks still lie like it's 1985 before texts and email were a thing.' Referring to the photos she posted, she explained, 'And, the last image is my second to last text ever to Bob Harper. Take from it what you will.' Her alleged text message to Harper read, 'I really think it's sh**ty of you to not even respond to my texts. It's this kind of thing that always makes me so disappointed [in] our relationship.' In an interview with TMZ, published Tuesday, Michaels said she was meeting with lawyer Bryan Freedman to plot her next move, implying that she's considering legal action against Netflix, Harper, and Dr. Huizenga. Freedman is best known for representing Justin Baldoni in his ongoing legal battle with Blake Lively.
ABC News
3 hours ago
- ABC News
Aubrey Plaza speaks for first time about death of late husband Jeff Baena
Actor Aubrey Plaza has spoken for the first time about the sudden death of her husband earlier this year, calling the grief "a giant ocean of awfulness". Writer and director Jeff Baena was found dead in his Los Angeles home in January, with a medical examiner's report stating he died by suicide. He was 47 years old. Plaza spoke about her grief on Amy Poehler's Good Hang podcast, with the pair having worked together for years on the sitcom Parks and Recreation. In the interview, Plaza compared her grief to the horror film The Gorge, staring Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy. "In the movie, there's a cliff on one side and a cliff on the other side then there's like a gorge in between and it's filled with all these monster people that are trying to get them," she said. "I swear when I watched it I was like, that feels like what my grief is like. "At all times there's a giant ocean of awfulness that's right there and I can see it. Plaza and Baena began dating in 2011 and the pair married in 2021. In March, a medical examiner's report confirmed the pair separated four months before Baena's death. Plaza starred in Baena's directorial debut, the 2014 zombie comedy Life After Beth, and appeared in two of his other films, The Little Hours and Spin Me Round. In 2009 she shot to fame on Parks and Recreation, working alongside Poehler as well Nick Offerman, Chris Pratt, and later Adam Scott. In 2023, she was nominated for a Golden Globe for her role on the second season of The White Lotus, and then starred in the Marvel television series Agatha All Along. She appeared on Poehler's podcast to promote her latest film, Honey Don't!, which also stars Margaret Qualley. "Overall, I'm here and I'm functioning. I feel really grateful to be moving through the world," Plaza said. "But it's like a daily struggle, obviously."
