Tattle: A lighter Perez Hilton starts fitness website

MANY OF THE celebs who've appeared in

Perez Hilton

's blog since it started bringing the snark may already refer to him as the biggest loser, but after dropping 60 pounds over the past three years, the name really fits.

As do his clothes.

Equally fitting is Perez's new fitness-focused website, FitPerez.com.

"It's an organic next step for me," said Perez (a/k/a Mario Lavanderia).

On this new site, we guess, when Perez draws something phallic in someone's mouth, it will be a stalk of celery.

Perez said the new site is all about encouraging his readers to be healthier and happier. Let's face it, sitting around all day reading a celebrity blog is not conducive to strong muscles and rosy cheeks. The site will feature recipes, celebrity workout tips and photos of stars showing off their hard bodies. Perez also plans to include interviews with celebs and their trainers, food and fitness trends and stories about fertility, mood issues and other health concerns.

Though Perez now relies on four trainers for his own seven-days-a-week exercise plan - an expense well beyond most of his readers - he said he started his road to health with daily 30-minute walks and careful portion control.

FitPerez.com is the latest site in what's become Perez's Internet empire. Within the past year, he has launched a fashion site, CocoPerez.com; an animal site, TeddyHilton.com (named after his dog); and an adult-oriented celebrity site, UnratedPerez.com.

FitPerez.com will include real health information, presented in a "fun and sassy" way, he said.

After all, what's the point of good health if you're not fun and sassy.

Tattbits

* T.I. is headed back to federal court in Atlanta next week to explain why his probation shouldn't be revoked after his recent arrest in Los Angeles.

Well, your honor, because he raised money for Alzheimer's over the weekend?

* "American Idiot" producers say ticket sales soared to more than $1 million last week when Green Day front man Billie Joe Armstrong joined the show for eight performances ending Sunday.

The show's weekly average gross has been $740,000 since it opened on April 20 at the St. James Theatre. Last week it was $1,092,334.

Tony Vincent will resume performances in the role on Oct. 12, with understudies playing the part until then.

Bet they all feel really special now that they know they're costing the show 350G per week.

* There's a new kid on the block. And he's available.

Court records in Simi Valley, Calif., show actor-singer Donnie Wahlberg and his wife of nearly nine years finalized their divorce on Sept. 28.

The pair each filed for divorce on the same day in August 2008 (perhaps the only thing they had left in common) and reached an out-of-court settlement in the case.

They have two sons.

* 50 Cent and Chelsea Handler?

A couple?

TMZ.com says so.

* Usher and his mother may have ended their feud, but he still wishes she hadn't boycotted his wedding three years ago.

In an interview with Vibe magazine, Usher says he was "very disappointed" that his mother decided not to witness his marriage to his former stylist, Tameka Foster.

Maybe mom knew the marriage wasn't going to last and she would catch the next one. Usher and Tameka had two sons, but the couple divorced last year.

* The Gibson Guitar factory in Montana is finishing a project to honor what would have been the 70th birthday of John Lennon.

Gibson Acoustic's director of sales and marketing, Robi Johns, told the Bozeman Daily Chronicle that Yoko Ono asked the company to release a limited number of J-160Es - the model of guitar her husband played.

Johns says the company is bringing out three models with suggested retail prices of between $4,700 and $15,000.

* A two-day run, walk and bike fundraiser in Maine that was the brainchild of "Grey's Anatomy" star Patrick Dempsey has raised more than $1.1 million.

Proceeds from the Dempsey Challenge will benefit the Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope and Healing (a/k/a the McDreamy Cancer Center) at Central Maine Medical in Lewiston.

On Sunday, Dempsey led a pack of riders through town. In all, more than 4,000 people registered for the bicycling, walking and running events held Saturday and Sunday.

Dempsey, who started the event last year, was spurred to action by his mother's experience battling cancer. He was born in Lewiston and grew up in nearby Turner and Buckfield.

* Grand Central Publishing announced yesterday that Tommy Mottola, the former CEO of Sony Music Entertainment and ex-husband of Mariah Carey, has a memoir scheduled for release in 2012.

"The Last Starmaker" will cover his years with Carey and his work with such recording artists as Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen and Michael Jackson, who once accused Mottola of being a racist.

Tattle can't wait for the day when bookstores are filled only with celebrity memoirs and James Patterson books.

Daily News wire services contributed to this report.

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