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 G Christina Aguilera: While Christina was married to Jordan Bratman, the pop star loved to run around in sexy costumes to spice up their marriage and staffers were continually picking up her “maid’s dresses, nurse’s uniforms, and other risqué clothing off the floor!” a mole told Star a few years ago. In 2012, a source reported that The Voice judge, now divorced, requires that there’s a bottle of Dom Perignon chilling on ice for her at all times. 
 
 G Ryan Gosling: Star recently reported the hunky actor has some strange habits at home, including peeing while sitting down, creeping up the stairs on all fours and sleeping with his head at the foot of his bed. He also enjoys a good wax, said the household snitch: “Ryan hates having any hair on his chest or back—he gets waxed multiple times a month.” 
 
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 G Jessica Simpson: According to a Star insider, Jessica is known to bug staffers by dropping her hair extensions all over. “It looks like an animal has been shedding all over her house,” the source sighed. And one housekeeper got the fright of her life thinking she saw a large black spider in the bedroom—instead, it turned out to be one of Jessica’s fake eyelashes! Maybe her habit will change because she’s had a new baby? 
 
 G Jennifer Aniston: In 2010, Star reported that the Friends star shocked the help by flaunting her nakedness in front of them. Jen thought nothing of walking around in her bra and underwear, a see-through tank top and sheer panties or a skimpy bikini, a source said. She also sunbathed topless and staffers signed for oodles of packages of sexy underwear that she purchased online. Another insider with knowledge of her living habits reported she and fiancé Justin Theroux consulted the book Fifty Shades of Grey for inspiration in trying to get Jen pregnant. But if recent breakup reports are true, she may be living alone again! 
 
 F Sandra Bullock: The Heat star has told her housekeepers the curtains should always stay closed, according to a report last year in Star. The adoptive mom of precious son Louis is so paranoid about people looking in her windows that she has the drapes closed day and night, a source said. 
 
 G George Clooney: A few years back, Star learned the movie hunk made sure employees didn’t imbibe his pricey liquor! “He has his decanters marked so he can see exactly how much is in them and to make sure nobody ever secretly takes a swig,” confided a friend of a housekeeper. And last year, more information about The Descendants actor came to light in Star-- he was called a “disgusting pig” who burped and farted around his household help. 
 
 G Mariah Carey: According to a Star snitch, the former American Idol judge’s liquor glasses were always overflowing on the home front. “Mariah will sometimes drink so much that she gets loopy,” a source claimed, and she required assistance in getting dressed. Although Mariah is known for treating employees very well, they also earn their keep—last year, an insider told Star Mariah’s glam squad had to do her hair and makeup after she had passed out drunk. 
 
 G Tom Cruise: When Tom was married to Katie Holmes, their house was full of rules and operated like a hotel with relatives and friends coming and going constantly, staffers dished to Star. Tom was vigilant about cleanliness—especially in his private gym, and didn’t even allow Katie to use his equipment, a spy said. Still, the famously secretive couple worked hard not to let their guard down around employees in private, according to the source. 
 
 G Tori Spelling: Tori and Dean have four kids, and it’s no mystery why—Dean is “the Energizer Bunny when it comes to sex,” a source close to a family employee told Star in May 2010. Even if the help is around, Dean goes into graphic detail with Tori on what he wants to do to her. Dean’s outfit of choice around the house? Nothing but his boxers! the source said. 
 
 G Britney Spears: A source familiar with the singer’s home in 2010 said she kept a collection of sex toys in a drawer in her nightstand. But even more embarrassingly, a maid pulled out some half-eaten burgers, fries, and cookies from under Britney’s bed, a household mole told Star. The messy star takes off her clothes and flings them on the floor when she gets home, another insider shared. 
 
 G Demi Moore: According to a 2012 report in Star, the actress can’t bear to look in the mirror unless the lighting is perfect. “Amber bulbs are the order of the day at Demi’s house,” a source said. “She believes the softer light is more flattering.” In fact, the 50-year-old beauty hoards cases of the special bulbs in her home, scared they’ll stop being manufactured, the article reported. 
 
 S Kristen Stewart: The Twilight homewrecker is a chain smoker around her house, said a snitch. “She puffs away like a chimney and leaves cigarette butts everywhere—in the shower, in the potted plants, and once they found one inside the fridge!” the source said in Star. 
 
 G Kim Zolciak: A 2010 Star report exposed the former Real Housewives of Atlanta star and Don’t Be Tardy reality diva as a heavy smoker who kept $1,000 Versace ashtrays lying around everywhere. It got messy because “she often uses the sink in her master bath to ash,” an insider said. But now she’s pregnant again by hubby Kroy Biermann and claims the cigarettes are history! As RadarOnline has reported, Kim recently said that a picture allegedly taken of her smoking while pregnant with her fifth child was an old photo and she was considering legal action. 
 
 G Lindsay Lohan: Everyone who worked for her a few years again told Star the Hollywood wild child slept in way past noon on most days. And when she did get up, the house workers said, she was often in a foul mood because of a hangover. In 2012, a source told Star that Lindsay had to call a locksmith—after she lost the key to a locked trunk in her bedroom that was full of sex toys! 
 
 G Cindy Crawford: The supermodel is the rare celebrity employer who you’d want to work for! In 2012, a source told Star after Cindy did a shoot for Cadillac, the company gave her the car to keep. Cindy asked her assistant, “ ‘Do you want it? I don’t need it’—and gave her the Caddy!” 
 
 G Taylor Swift: An insider said the young singing superstar is the cat lady at home! She owns a few cats and her entire home is filled with photos of them, according to a person familiar with her house. “She’s constantly grooming them to reduce the cat hair.” Many of Taylor’s clothes, shoes, and underwear feature cat patterns. And “she makes the housekeeper leave cat food and milk outside, so the neighborhood strays flock to her stoop,” the Star source reported. 
 
 G Jim Carrey: In a 2010 Star article, a household source claimed Jim is a chameleon just like in the movies. “He’s incredibly hard to work for, because you never know what kind of guy you’re going to get. One moment he is the sweetest guy in the world, and the next he is screaming at you at the top of his lungs.” 
 
 S Miley Cyrus: Miley’s pups Mate, a white shepherd, and Sophie, a Maltipoo, weren’t very well trained, according to a mole who worked for the singer and spoke to Star about her. “They poop and pee at will in the house.” When the dogs had accidents, Miley yelled for a maid to clean up the mess. 
 
 G Kirstie Alley: The star said Cheers to pets, but her employees? Not so much—because Kirstie allegedly was never bothered when they did their business inside. “The place is often littered with what Kirstie calls ‘little surprises,’ “ an insider dished to Star. When the source spoke to the magazine, the actress had a menagerie of a dozen pets, so her home sure didn’t smell like a bed of roses! 
 
 G Bruce Springsteen: The Boss loves to fraternize with his female help, according to an insider. “Bruce hits on them constantly,” said the Star source, who claimed winking and flirting with his housekeepers, maids, and assistants was common. “If there is a woman around the house, Bruce makes his presence known!” 
 
 G Jennifer Lopez: In 2010, the mom of twins was branded so cheap that her employees called her “Pay-low!” According to the ex-worker who spoke to Star, the singer/actress expected people to slave away for her for half of what they would make elsewhere. Supposedly Jenny from the Block felt that because she once had to struggle to make it, everyone should! 
 
 G Martha Stewart: The domestic diva made her workers color the bottoms of her Louboutin shoes, a source said in Star. Martha’s staffers were kept busy because she wasn’t a fan of the signature red soles and always wanted the red changed to black with a Sharpie. 
 
 G Kate Gosselin: The reality star got so concerned about looking good that if she ran out of a certain beauty product, she would scream at the staff, according to Star. Kate’s helpers often had to work overtime watching the mom’s eight kids while she was obsessing over her outfits, makeup, and hair, said the magazine source. 
 
 G Johnny Depp: The actor famous for his odd movie getups is the same at home, an insider revealed to Star in a 2010 article. “He is really into costumes,” the source said. “Johnny loves to try them on and slip into a character.” He also did it to make his then-partner Vanessa Paradis laugh by putting on her heels or dresses and walking around, the source claimed. But maybe it wasn’t so funny after all, as the never-married couple recently split after many years and two kids together. 
 
 G Madonna: In 2009, Angela Jacobsen, the former nanny for Madonna’s son, David Banda, whom the star adopted from Malawi, told an Australian TV show, “I was on call 24 hours a day.” Jacobsen said Madonna demanded that everyone in her household be on a macrobiotic diet and also revealed “there wasn’t any television in the house.” After Jacobsen was apparently reminded about her confidentiality agreement with the Material Girl, however, she clammed up! Three years later, however, another ray of light was shed on what it was like to live with Madonna. Star’s sources claimed the singer asked her assistant to get her water at least six times throughout the night, every night, and paid the employee only half of what other celebrity assistants earned. ||||| http://xml.channel.aol.com/xmlpublisher/fetch.v2.xml?option=expand_relative_urls&dataUrlNodes=uiConfig,feedConfig,entry&id=847101&pid=847100&uts=1298849770 http://www.popeater.com/mm_track/popeater/movies/?s_channel=us.moviespop&s_account=aolpopeater,aolsvc&omni=1&ke=1 http://cdn.channel.aol.com/cs_feed_v1_6/csfeedwrapper.swf 2011 Academy Awards 'True Grit' star and nominee Hailee Steinfeld stuns on the red carpet at the 2011 Academy Awards. Check Out More Pics from this year's Oscars ceremony>>> AP AP 
 
 Before the Oscars start tonight, the red carpet will kick everything off in glorious, glamorous style. E!'s two-hour pre-show and an extra half-hour on ABC should give all of us fashion hounds something to love.With co-hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway and nominees like Amy Adams Javier Bardem and Jeff Bridges , we know we'll see some incredible outfits at the Kodak Theatre for the 83rd Academy Awards. (The official show kicks off at 8:30PM.)While we scope out the best dresses and tuxes -- and wait for Natalie Portman 's baby bump swaddled in something spectacular -- check out the best red carpet photos here: ||||| Actress Melissa McCarthy wore Marina Rinaldi to the 2012 Academy Awards. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images) 
 
 There are all sorts of micro economies that are fed or supported by Hollywood. Picture-making doesn’t just provide a living for actors and the small armies of lawyers, crew members, production and insurance companies enlisted by movie studios; it contributes to the livelihoods of hairdressers, stylists, designers, makeup artists and handlers. When you’re a star, you’re not just famous. You’re a giant, monetizable billboard. The more recognizable you are, the more stuff you get for free. 
 
 Unless you’re Melissa McCarthy. 
 
 Awards season is the prime opportunity for designers to showcase their most decadent wares; this year’s Oscar telecast had 43.7 million viewers. But two years ago, McCarthy couldn’t find anyone to design an Oscar dress for her. 
 
 “When I go shopping, most of the time I’m disappointed,” McCarthy said in the July issue of Redbook. “Two Oscars ago, I couldn’t find anybody to do a dress for me. I asked five or six designers — very high-level ones who make lots of dresses for people — and they all said no.” That year McCarthy wore a dress made by Marina Rinaldi, a ready-to-wear plus line you can find in stores such as Bloomingdale’s or Saks. Bear in mind, with the Oscars in particular, most actresses are wearing borrowed dresses, shoes, and jewelry valued at more than most Americans’ mortgages. 
 
 McCarthy, the much-loved breakout star of “Bridesmaids,” won an Emmy in 2011 for her role on CBS’s “Mike & Molly.” Her work with director Paul Feig, including “The Heat,” “Bridesmaids” and the upcoming “Spy” have made her a favorite funny lady, particularly in feminist circles. In interviews, she seems down-to-earth, approachable, and well, normal. 
 
 
 
 Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy in “The Heat.” (Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation) 
 
 And that’s because she is. Despite her success and the wealth that comes with it, McCarthy faces the same problem of millions of plus-size American women: wanting a wardrobe that’s stylish and fashion forward, and finding slim pickings, which is why she decided to develop her own plus-size clothing line. She collaborated with couture dress maker Daniella Pearl for the gown she wore to the 2011 Emmy Awards, and the two are releasing a line called Pearl. Before becoming an actress, McCarthy studied fashion design at Southern Illinois University. 
 
 “Trying to find stuff that’s still fashion-forward in my size is damn near impossible.” McCarthy told the Hollywood Reporter in 2011. “It’s either for like a 98-year-old woman or a 14-year-old hooker, and there is nothing in the middle.” 
 
 
 
 Melissa McCarthy arrives at the 2011 Primetime Emmy Awards in a dress she designed with Daniella Pearl. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles) 
 
 Sure, every once in a while you’ll see a star walk a red carpet in Topshop, Asos, H&M or some other off-the-rack brand, but it’s the exception, not the rule, and it’s almost always as an official brand ambassador. In April, McCarthy sported a dress from Eloquii as she walked the red carpet at CinemaCon (Eloquii sells the sleeveless version for $118). Eloquii was a plus line by The Limited that fashion bloggers greeted with enthusiasm when it launched in 2011. It was discontinued last year, then reemerged this spring as an online-only store, completely free of its ties with The Limited. Tadashi Shoji is one of the few designers you’ll regularly see on celebrities who don’t fit sample sizes, from Octavia Spencer to Christina Hendricks. 
 
 
 
 Melissa McCarthy attends “The Big Picture” during CinemaCon, in a dress by online plus-size retailer Eloquii. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images for CinemaCon) 
 
 What McCarthy is talking about isn’t just an inability to find designers who would craft dresses for her; it’s about being hampered in your ability to communicate your personality through your style. Rihanna’s ability to sport a range of looks, from boyish to grungy to chic, is the very reason she was honored with the CFDA’s Icon Award. As Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour noted while praising the singer, “The point is to be audacious, even jaw-dropping or button-pushing — and yes, we know she enjoys pushing buttons — while remaining true to yourself.” None of the dresses McCarthy has worn on red carpets since the 2012 Oscars have been nearly as frilly or fussy as the Rinaldi number, which resembled something commissioned for an opera diva. Sure, it fit, but it wasn’t particularly youthful, and the 43-year-old McCarthy has shown an interest in looks that are modern and trendy. 
 
 It’s not just McCarthy who found limited style options because she doesn’t fit Hollywood’s hegemonic beauty standards; a few years ago, Hendricks, who plays Joan Holloway on “Mad Men,” had the same problem. 
 
 
 
 Christina Hendricks at the 67th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 20, 2014 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images) 
 
 In a 2010 interview with Glamour, she told the magazine: “It is difficult come awards season, and I need to find a gown to walk down the red carpet in, and there are only size zeros and size twos available. Then it becomes downright annoying because all these designers are saying, ‘We love ‘Mad Men,’ we love Christina, but we won’t make her a dress.'” 
 
 Like McCarthy, Hendrick’s luck finally began to change, but there is a double standard. Even D-list straight-size celebrities can find houses to loan them clothes, either directly or through a stylist, for red carpet events. But for women like Hendricks and McCarthy, Emmy and Oscar nods aren’t enough. It takes years and years of success.
– On the red carpet, they look so glamorous—but it's the housekeepers and assistants who see what celebrities are really like when the tuxes and the gowns come off. Radar rounds up 31 secrets of the stars, as told to tabloids by the hired help. From the glamorous couple that supposedly doesn't shower for weeks on end to the diva who insists her entire household be on a macrobiotic diet, click through the gallery for a sampling. Or check out the complete list—which includes one sexy fella who liked to dress up in his woman's clothes and parade around the house. You can also read about 12 celebs' movie-salary secrets here.