Hollywood Exclusive by Marilyn Beck & Stacy Jenel Smith

Dana Delany good-naturedly "blames" Nathan Fillion for her casting as medical examiner Dr. Megan Hunt on her new hit "Body of Proof" series — since it was her appearance as an FBI agent on his "Castle" whodunit that put her into the minds of her "Proof" producers last year. Now she thinks Fillion should guest on "Body of Proof."

"It's quid pro quo — the perfect ABC cross-promotional opportunity," she says. Such a guesting would have to wait awhile, since "Body of Proof" has already wrapped production of its first season.

When we spoke to the actress for AARP.org, she noted that whether "Body of Proof" works out or not, she'd be fine with the outcome because there are plenty of other activities that spark her interest.

"I'd be happy to spend the rest of my life traveling. I'd like to get back to New York and do more theater. I like to do things that scare me; singing in public scares me, so I'd like to get over that fear. I'd like to develop a quirky smaller-type show for cable. There are so many things I'd like to do."

As it stands, "Body of Proof" will be keeping her busy, at least into the 2011-2012 season.

SIZE MATTERS: Playboy centerfold turned "Dancing With the Stars" contestant Kendra Wilkinson has been quite open about her breast implants, having famously had them installed when she was 18, but finding them too big after giving birth to her and husband Hank Baskett's baby. Reality star Heidi Montag has blabbed about her G-cup implant choice and subsequent desire to downsize. Sharon Osbourne was quoted saying that after she had her implants removed, she'd give them to husband Ozzy to use as a paperweight or two. Victoria Beckham, Janice Dickinson and Jenna Jameson have all been up and down the breast implant scale, and Pamela Anderson has switched implants, and switched again.

It's what New York plastic surgeon Dr. Robert Grant, a favorite of celebrity women, terms the "Goldilocks phenomenon" — as in too big, too small, just right. With all the chatter about implants among the famed in recent years, one could get the idea that breast augmentation surgery is just another major purchase — and that would be just plain wrong.

"First of all, celebrities are not normal people, which sounds so redundant, but it's worth remembering," points out Grant. "There's always a trap about comparing a non-celebrity to someone in the public eye, who makes choices based on their career and how they want to look on stage or screen."

He also points out that most often, changes in implants by the well-known Goldilocks gals aren't because they can't make up their minds.

"Most often, it's simply a matter of their bodies changing as they get older or have kids.

Sometimes it's because they've lost weight, and the implants they had five or 10 years earlier no longer look the way they did. They get implants put in, and over time, gravity works on them, as it does on our bodies. With changes in the structure of the skin, the loss of elasticity, the implants droop. Then they can get into a cycle of getting implants, then getting new ones, until they can start to look ridiculous. Eventually, you can have a reconstructive challenge."

Grant says he's turned down patients' requests for plastic surgery he believed would not be in their best interests. He's also "had patients come in who are 30 pounds overweight and want liposuction to get rid of it. I tell them they're better off working with a physical trainer."

So, that odd lumpiness we've seen in a few celebrity bodies is due to lipo, as we suspected?

"You're probably right," he says. "These kinds of things are well documented in Hollywood. But they're not typical."

In fact, Grant likes to dispel misconceptions about celebrity plastic surgeons whenever the opportunity presents itself, he says. He stresses that when patients come in, "We spend a lot of time trying to figure out exactly what their goals and objectives are. We have 3-D cameras that can show patients very well what their post-operative results are going to be like ... One should never be cavalier about having any kind of surgery, elective or not."

PERSONAL NOTES: Speaking of breast implants and the celebrities who talk about having them as freely as they talk about shoe styles, Rosa Blasi's memoir, "Jock Itch: The Misadventures of a Retired Jersey Chaser," has been getting attention for some key passages describing her past famous athlete flames' lesser-known attributes, shall we say. But the actress stresses, "It's supposed to be a comedic ride, not bash my exes. If you read it, you see that the person who comes off looking the dumbest is me."

Well ... Blasi's book is certainly a breezy page-turner with some truly jaw-dropping moments and snarky laughs, but it unquestionably does indeed bash her exes, most notably her pro football-player ex-husband — who apparently deserves it. In fact, her story, including such tidbits as her discovery that he'd been hiring prostitutes off Craigslist, could make most divorced people feel better about their own poor marital choices.

"At the end of the day, it's a ride of low self-esteem. Don't make choices like I made," she says.

The former "Strong Medicine" star penned the tome between camera calls on her current show, ABC Family's "Make It Or Break It," in which she plays the mother of an aspiring Olympic gymnast. As far as revealing so much intimate information, she tells us, "When I went into the pitch meeting with HarperCollins, I used Chelsea Handler and Kathy Griffin as my models, because they're not only funny, they're honest. I admire that so much. People respond — they have a visceral response — to honesty."

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