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Chaz Bono Trims Down for DWTS

Neal Colgrass — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 13:49:56 CDT

Chaz Bono is already wiggling his tush and shaking off the pounds in preparation for Dancing With the Stars . Only six days into rehearsals, his DWTS partner Lacey Schwimmer says Bono is "funny," "awesome," " so nice" and 5 pounds lighter than when he started. "It's so great," Schwimmer tells People...

Dear Conservatives, Stop Hating on Hollywood

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:08:02 CST

The Best Picture winner is unknown, but one thing is certain on Oscar weekend: “Talk radio hosts and conservative columnists will trot out their annual complaints about Hollywood,” and that whole shtick is getting old. First of all, writes Bill Maher in Variety , “You never see Hollywood begging Washington for...

Chaz Bono Very Happy After Sex Change

Nick McMaster — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:28:07 CDT

Chaz—formerly Chastity—Bono is enjoying the payoff of years of effort: He’s finally a man. Born the daughter of Cher and Sonny Bono, Chaz says his female-to-male sex change was the “end of a long process going back almost a decade. I got clean and sober in 2004 and...

Chastity Bono Will Change Sex to Male

Ambreen Ali — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:50:02 CDT

Chastity Bono—the 40-year-old activist-artist child of Sonny and Cher—is in the early stages of changing his gender from female to male. “It is Chaz’s hope that his choice to transition will open the hearts and minds of the public regarding this issue, just as his ‘coming out’ did...