Rapper Lupe Fiasco has laughed off rumours he struck up a romance with Jessica Biel after the pair climbed Mount Kilimanjaro earlier this month. Fiasco was linked to the actress, the girlfriend of pop star Justin Timberlake, after the charity trek to the top of the Tanzanian peak. But while he counts Biel as a close friend, he is adamant their relationship is strictly platonic. He tells MTV.com, “She’s a very lovely person. I do consider her a friend. She’s very dope (cool), (a) very capable young woman. Very smart. But we are not dating or romantically intertwined in any way. But she’s good peoples (sic). “It is what it is. Nobody really called me on it. I’ve seen it out in the world. But nah, she’s good peoples. She definitely surprised me as far as how good and honest of a person she is. I do rock with her.”

Jessica Biel is considering reinventing herself as a Hollywood bad girl – because she fears her good girl reputation is costing her movie roles. The actress prefers a quiet life with boyfriend Justin Timberlake to nights on the Tinseltown party scene, but she’s beginning to worry a lack of tabloid attention is holding her back. Biel tells Vogue magazine, “I might just be way too boring to ever be a really great actress.” When Vogue’s interviewer suggests great stars “kick up dust everywhere”, the actress hints she might consider an image makeover. Biel replies, “I don’t do that. Maybe I should do a little bit more of that. A dust kicker-upper might be kind of fun.” But the last time she dabbled with a racier image, she landed in big trouble with her parents. The actress was only a minor when she appeared topless for Gear magazine. She hoped the saucy spread would force TV bosses to release her from her contract on TV show 7th Heaven, and leave her free to accept movie offers and consider a stint at college. But the move backfired and her family and friends were appalled by the revealing snaps. She explains, “It was terribly embarrassing. I had to apologise to everybody, including my parents. It was a big learning experience – learning how to have boundaries and how to say no.”

Jessica Biel thinks she is “too boring” to be a great actress. The Illusionist star – who is dogged by rumours that her relationship with Justin Timberlake is in trouble – believes she is too grounded and leads too much of a normal life for people to have a high professional opinion of her. She said: “I might just be way too boring to ever be a really great actress.” When told great actresses can having boring lives but great stars “kick up dust everywhere”, the actress told Vogue magazine: “I don’t do that. Maybe I should do a little bit more of that. A dust kicker-upper might be kind of fun.” Jessica also spoke out about posing near-naked for Gear magazine aged just 17, admitting she was “terribly embarrassed” about the pictures and her parents’ outrage. She said: “I really wanted to go to college, and it all kind of happened at the same time. I did this photo shoot; the photo shoot came out; it was terribly embarrassing. I had to apologize to everybody, including my parents. It was a big learning experience: learning how to have boundaries and how to say no.” As a result of her experiences as a child actress, Jessica, now 27, says she feels motherly towards other young stars. She said: “I have this overwhelming motherly feeling toward them. Just do what you gotta do, girls! Hold it together! I wish everyone would just leave them alone.”

Jessica Biel broke down in tears upon reaching the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro. The actress – who reached the top of Mount Kilimanjaro’s 19,340-foot summit on Tuesday night (January 12) – was so emotional about completing the challenge for the Summit on the Summit: Kilimanjaro campaign that she had to be consoled by UN Foundation executive Elizabeth Gore. Speaking via satellite phone, Elizabeth said: “I walked over to Jessie and gave her a big hug. The two of us embraced and we just cried. Every single one of us was in absolute tears.” The 27-year-old star – who climbed the mountain with a team of celebrities, including actor Emile Hirsch and rapper Lupe Fiasco in order to raise awareness of the global water crisis – endured “zero temperatures” and “altitude sickness” on the gruelling trek. Elizabeth told People magazine said: “We had a complete whiteout. There was so much snow, we could only see two or three feet in front of us. So we had to line up like a chain to make it to the final point. I’m so proud that every single one of us 12 climbers made it. “The temperature was zero degrees and so many people were struggling. People had hurt limbs, people had altitude sickness.” Finally, after eight days of hiking, the group reached the town of Arusha in Tanzania on January 13. Jessica will now join Elizabeth on a trip to a United Nations camp in Ethiopia to see some of the world’s most significant water problems.

Jessica Biel hates wearing makeup. The Easy Virtue actress says she doesn’t like getting glammed up for red carpet events. “When I see myself in pictures with makeup on, even to this day, I think it looks weird,” Biel tells February issue of Vogue. “My eyes get squintier and smaller.” Jessica – who appears alongside an all star cast in the upcoming movie Valentine’s Day – says she’s “playing a character” every time she’s photographed on the red carpet. “As soon as I get off that thing I think, ‘Oof, wipe that gloss off,’” she admits. “I’m wiping and wiping and pulling my hair out and trying to change my outfit. I’m immediately trying to get comfortable. It’s really a part I play.”

Jessica Biel and Into the wild star Emile Hirsch have begun their charity climb up Africa’s Mount Kilimanjaro – to raise cash and awareness about the world’s chronic water shortage. The two movie stars have been joined by actress Isabel Lucas and pop stars Santi White, Lupe Fiasco and Kenna on the trek to the top of the 19,340-foot peak. The star-studded group began the climb on Thursday (January 07) and are using the latest social networking technology to update fans and followers along the way. They’ll be posting posting clips, photos and ‘tweets’ on the Summit on the Summit website.

Jessica Biel made a secret visit to Tanzania earlier this month to see first-hand how her week-long charity trek up Mount Kilimanjaro will benefit poverty-stricken locals. The actress will begin her 19,341-foot (5,895-metre) climb up the African peak on Thursday (January 07) to fundraise and highlight the need for clean drinking water in less economically developed countries. But before the star begins the trek, she visited the African country to see how the money raised from the climb will be spent. Biel says, “Meeting the people and community in Tanzania… has been an invaluable and eye-opening experience for me. “My hope is that others will be inspired to find ways that they can help; starting simply in their homes and continuing to other parts of the world. We are all in this together.”

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