Hilary Swank is doing just fine after minor surgery to remove a small benign growth that was causing her some discomfort.

A small growth?

A case of life imitating art?

Get well, fighter!

[Image via WENN.]

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Last fall, well known New York designer Jill Stuart chose Lindsay Lohan to be the first celebrity model in her ad campaign.

The decision to include Lindsay was made before life went on a downward spiral.

It went a little something like this.

Rehab. Arrest. Hospitalization. Rehab. Arrest. Rehab.

The spring campaign for Jill Stuart featured regular models, not celebrities, but Stuart would now like a high-profile face for her fall '08 campaign, and it sure as hell ain't gonna be Lindsay Lohan!

Who does the designer have in mind? None other than Hilary Swank.

Yea, because that face can sell anything, Right?

It seems the reason for Swank is that Stuart wants an "older" celebrity, with more of a professional image.

A company spokesperson would only say, "Nothing's confirmed. We haven't decided what we're doing yet."

It seems Lohan isn't that in demand any more. We guess rehab, movie flops, and semi-nude pictorials don't work for everyone.

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Left: John Mayer in a vintage GAP campaign. Right: Hilary Swank on the cover of the new W.

John looks prettier!

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She's on the cover of the new issue of W magazine, and we're not sure why.

She may have won the Oscar, but Hilary Swank is a snoozefest.

Here are the most interesting bits (and that's not saying much) from her W cover story.

ON BEING IN LOVE WITH HER BOYFRIEND, FORMER AGENT JOHN CAMPISI… “Of course I’m in love. Or I wouldn’t be in this relationship for as long as I’ve been. He’s a great guy.”

ON THE 45 SUPPLEMENTS SHE TAKES EVERYDAY IN ADDITION TO HER VITAMIN INJECTIONS… “This is my Aloe C, which I dissolve in water. Here’s my flax. This one’s for my immune system, and this one is my BrainWave—it’s great, like if I have a lot of lines to memorize. I just took my most important ones, which are my Oz Garcia Longevity Pak. I shoved them in my mouth right before I met you, which I actually shouldn’t do, because I choked on my vitamins once before.”

ON JEFF ROBINOV’S, THE PRESIDENT OF PRODUCTION AT WARNER BROS., ALLEGED CLAIM THAT THEY WILL NO LONGER BE DOING MOVIES WITH FEMALE LEADS DUE TO RECENT BOX OFFICE DUDS… “Who knows if Jeff really said that or not. I think that’s still up for debate. He says he didn’t say it, and I know that people attribute things to me that I didn’t say. But speaking in general, I think it’s really naive to say, ‘Oh, a woman’s vehicle is not successful,’ because men’s movies have failed at the box office too. Look, I don’t want to name names, but there’s been lots of movies starring men—with big names!—that didn’t do well.”

ON WHY SHE LEFT NEW YORK CITY… “I looked and looked and looked for a place in New York. I just didn’t find anything. Prices have just skyrocketed!”

ON HER METABOLISM… “I have a really high metabolism. Exercise is also really important to me. I think it gives me more energy. I would rather sleep six hours and get an hour workout than sleep seven hours.”
ON HER CRAZY SCHEDULE…“In the past four and a half weeks, I’ve been to London, Texas, Chicago, China, New York, L.A. and New York again. You know, it’s tiring, but I can’t complain, because I’m getting to do what I love.”

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