Curvy Renee Zellweger glows with health on the red carpet

After plumping up for her role as the chubby Bridget Jones actress Renee Zellweger's drastic weight loss left her looking bony and gaunt.

But tonight the curvy blonde star glowed with health as she arrived for the premiere of Appaloosa at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills.

In a glamorous little black dress by Carolina Herrera and classic patent black stilettos the 39-year-old sparkled as she walked down the red carpet.

What a stunner: Renee Zellwegger looked back to her fabulous best tonight on the red carpet in Los Angeles

In the film, a classic Western, two friends, played by director Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen, are hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a rancher.

But they find their job complicated by the arrival of a young widow, played by Renee.

Dazzling: Smiling Renee stuck a perfect pose as she arrived at the premiere

Renee told reporters it didn't take much persuading for her tot ake the role.

'Are you kidding? Ed Harris calls you on the phone, that's enough. Then you add a little Viggo, a little Jeremy Irons and that fantastic story, what's not to love?'

Old Friends: Courteney Cox attended the premiere to support her friend Renee. Both hail from America's Deep South; Cox from Alabama and Renee Texas

Renee Zellweger with co-stars Ed Harris, left and Viggo Mortensen

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Airport security forces Renée to show the world her beauty products

She's a Hollywood A-lister who has nabbed an Oscar and has millions in the bank.

Yet Renée Zellweger's visit to Los Angeles International Airport yesterday proves why she is considered tinsel town's most down-to-earth star as she revealed the contents of her handbag - numerous beauty products and battered trainers.

The 38-year-old actress was making her way through security when she was required to empty her gigantic bag into a tray to pass through the conveyor belt.

WHY BEAUTY MATTERS: A down-to-earth Renée Zellweger makes her way through security at Los Angeles International Airport yesterday, placing all her beauty products in a bag

Besides her myriad of facial treatments which she placed in a transparent bag, Zellweger also had to remove her trusted and obviously well-worn running shoes, to walk through security in just her white socks.

Dressed in a tatty grey top, pair of jeans and sunglasses which she kept on the whole time, the modest star appeared in good spirits as she happily obliged.

No special treatment: Hollywood star Renee was forced to show her belongings just like any other passenger at LA's LAX International Airport yesterday

The actress appears amused at having to remove her trusty pair of trainers to place in the tray to pass through the security conveyor belt

The Bridget Jones's actress was in the City of Angels for last weekend's Oscar ceremony, where she appeared painfully thin on the red carpet.

However she did look every inch the Hollywood star as she graced the red carpet in a stunning Carolina Herrara gown accessorised with vintage diamond Cartier brooches.

Glammed up: Renée outside the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles for last weekend's Academy Award ceremony

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Renee Zellweger Putting on weight again for Bridget Jones 3 might kill me

She is clearly tempted by the prospect but Renee Zellweger – like her most famous screen creation - has weight issues to deal with before she will play Bridget Jones again.

For her first two films as Helen Fielding's diary-writing singleton, Renee piled two stone on to her tiny frame and then rapidly shed the pounds afterwards.

Asked whether the health implications of such yo-yo dieting were a factor in reprising the role, Renee said: "You are not kidding.

Renee strikes a sensational pose at her slim size six, last week, or size 14, at the Baftas in 2004, but is concerned by the health implications of yo-yo dieting

"Can I just tell you my body is whacked by the time we finish one of those.

"It doesn't know what has happened because it thinks there's supposed to be a baby and there's no christening."

She added: "Did you see that movie about fast food, Supersize Me?

"I had a panic attack with all the specialists talking about how bad this is for you, long term, putting on that much weight in short periods of time and they're all saying, 'You must stop this now or you're going to die'."

But in Hollywood it's never wise to say never.

Asked about a third Bridget film, she said: "Maybe I will. It depends if it works into my life and if it's interesting."

She added that it would rely on Helen Fielding coming up with the material but then hinted she knew about a new diary being compiled around the author's life as a British mother in Los Angeles.

"It's really a Fielding question," said Renee. "I know I want to read the book. She's been married to an American and moved to LA and had a baby.

"I would love to hear her perspective, a British person landing in LA and becoming a mom, I think the hilarity in that is boundless."

Renee, who was speaking in New York, recalled the overeating she had to do to gain weight for the first film in 2001.

"It sounds like heaven," she said. "For two days it's bliss and then you're full, OK? And you can then indulge all your fantasies about over-eating.

"Fantasies about non-stop chocolate consumption or your fantasies about ordering the pizza and the spaghetti and the garlic bread.

"Then after a week your glucose levels are going crazy. You're up and down and all over the place. It doesn't feel good, and no one wants to hear that, but it's the truth."

Then there is the dieting afterwards. "It was horrible," said Renee. "On one side it's fantastic because you get to go back to taking care of yourself, so you feel wonderful, but the first lap around the track I felt like I had a toddler on my back."

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