Wouldn't you love to be a celebrity and be able to gain 30 pounds for a role? Well, apparently that is the way that actor Matt Damon feels. He says that it was "very, very, easy to gain the weight," for his role in the new movie The Informant. He added 30 pounds to his weight by feasting on anything that he wanted and he didn't hit the gym for several months. The movie is based on a true story about a vice president of an agricultural company turning into an FBI informant. The only problem with gaining 30 pounds is that he had to lose them again. He did show up at the Venice Film Festival looking back to his normal svelte body.

Another celebrity who will also be looking forward to losing some weight is actress Marley Shelton, who gave birth to her first child on September 6. West Flynn (it's a girl) weighed in at 9lbs and was 21 inches long. Marley's husband Beau Flynn, released a statement saying, "She's an absolutely miraculous, gorgeous bundle of pure love," and that mother, father and baby are "doing great." The couple announced the pregnancy back in March. Shelton recently starred in the television series the Eleventh Hour and can be seen in the movie A Perfect Getaway. Congrats to Marley and Beau!

While speaking about weight, one celebrity who was able to lose the baby weight was Ashlee Simpson after the birth of her 10 month old son Bronx. She is currently filming scenes for the resurrected Melrose Place series and has been making her talk show rounds and spilling some secrets that are better left unsaid. Simpson told Ellen DeGeneres on her talk show that she "could do the splits when I was nine months pregnant." She added, "I could put my leg over my head still. I used to be a ballerina." Who else thinks that is just way too much information?

Sources:
www.people.com
www.usmagazine.com