Maverick film-maker Michael Moore has enrolled on a crash course at a $3,800-a-week (?3,119 a-week) celebrity fat farm in a bid to lose weight.

The Fahrenheit 9/11 director has booked into the Pritikin Longevity Center And Spa in Aventura, Florida, where he is learning to cook healthy meals and will undergo "life re-education", according to PageSix.com. Fonte.