Celebs are losing weight, but they're getting top-heavy
BY GINA SALAMONE
Sunday, August 19th 2007, 4:00 AM
Star Jones hopes tomorrow's premiere of her new Court TV show will restore her once-earnest image. But her small-screen comeback marks the return of another look - that of the "Lollipop Lady" that Calista Flockhart epitomized a decade ago.
Jones has dropped so much weight since her gastric-bypass surgery that she has been plagued with this unsightly syndrome. Her vast, lolling head perched upon a stick-thin body resembles the shape of a lollipop.
When "Ally McBeal" debuted in 1997, Flockhart became the poster woman for the affliction. Now, with superskinny celebrities like Victoria Beckham and Angelina Jolie dominating the scene, other stars are increasingly falling victim to the same fate.
"Hollywood has this idea ... that thinner is better," notes Jillian Villafane, who does makeup for news anchors. "And it's been taken to such an extreme. They like to be that thin because they're on television."
But thin doesn't always mean attractive. The vast-headed vision can appear unnatural. "It's so much work to get them to look normal," Villafane says. "For me, it's a challenge, because there's just so much contouring and blending that's involved."
The problem can be more than cosmetic. New York nutritionist Keri Glassman says the lollipop look is normally not healthy. "Very often, people become disproportionate when they've lost too much weight for their frame," she says.
Unfortunately, the bobblehead epidemic may soon spread even further. "As cosmetic surgery becomes more prevalent and actresses fear aging more and more, they're prone to getting implants everywhere, from cheekbones to chins and jawbones," says beauty expert Rachel Weingarten. "That can leave these tiny actresses' heads looking even bigger and more freakish."

Since her gastric bypass surgery, Star Jones' bony body has become too small for her sizable head. But Star's not the only celebrity to fall victim to the ''Lollipop Lady'' phenomenon ...
/Matthew Jordan Smith

Christina Ricci's round face fit better on her once equally curvy frame.
/Richard Corkery

Don't tilt your skull too much, Victoria Beckham. You may topple under the weight.
/Frazer Harrison

Former 'Ally McBeal' star Calista Flockhart launched the bobblehead trend in Hollywood when she arrived at the Primetime Emmy Awards in 1998, looking superskinny on every part of her body but her head.

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/Michael Caulfield

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/Richard Corkery

Hold that pose, Renee Zellweger. Your pin-straight figure makes the perfect lollipop stick. Just be careful no one mistakes your head for a piece of candy.
/Peter Kramer

Of all the attention focused on Paris Hilton, her huge head commands the most.
/Branimir Kvartuc
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