Nicole Kidman arrives in France, debuts new bangsy hairstyle: cute or awful?

These are photos of Nicole Kidman arriving in the South of France yesterday. Her new film, The Paperboy, debuts at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday, and I’m expecting more photos of Nicole throughout the next few days. The Paperboy also stars Zac Efron, which… I mean… really? Nicole the Botox-Monster and Zac Efron, Permanent Jailbait (yes, I know he’s of age but his face always says “jailbait” to me). The film is being described in some quarters as an “explosive sexual thriller”. I tried reading the (spoiler-ridden) Wiki synopsis of the book, but I got kind of confused as to who does what. Oh, and the film also stars Matthew McConaughey and John Cusack. Maybe Nicole gets it on with one of them (hopefully?).

But for now, let’s talk about Nicole’s new look. And by that I mean BANGS. I’ve been confused before with some ladies’ bangs – I have a hard time figuring out if some women are wearing clip-on bangs or if they actually chopped their hair into some kind of traumatic situation. I don’t know what Nicole is doing, but I suspect this is her real hair and she really did give herself bangs. Now, Nicole has done bangs to varying degrees of success in the past – the best of which (in my opinion) was back when she was styling herself like Brigitte Bardot, and the bangs added to her kittenishness.

This current look, however, is kind of… not all that. I realize that she probably just got off the plane, etc. But how are these limp, flat-ironed-looking bangs somehow preferable to a simple bun or ponytail? And I don’t even want to talk about her lips anymore. Those slugs are so depressing. I swear, they are as bad as Lindsay Lohan’s.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.

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  1. Kiki says:

    The hair color is nice.

  2. Ella says:

    What is that frightful shirt?

    • polk8dot says:

      And what happened to her implants? Didn’t she get some a while back, and they were looking frightful?
      I’m beginning to wonder if she just had everybody fooled, and was simply wearing some ‘prostethic help’? What leads me in that direction is that alien-looking thing under her shirt, in the middle, about midriff height. What the hell is it?
      Could it be that one of her chicken cutlets fell out and got stuck there? I mean – WTF??

  3. marie says:

    I think the bangs are cute, I’ll no longer have to look at her immobile forehead, which is a plus..

    • me says:

      maybe thats what shes going for lol

    • RocketMerry says:

      I’m actually hoping that this is her way to gradually ease up on the ‘tox and still be in the public eye.

      I think, when one stops injecting, the skin takes some time to readjust: with the bangs she has some time to allow that to happen.

      • mia girl says:

        I hope so too. I really like her acting but her injected face is begining to detract from her talent.

    • phlyfiremama says:

      Exactly! My first thought was what is she trying to hide?

    • ZenB!tch says:

      LOL! I thought she can stop the botox now.

      What I want to know is how much of that hair is real. With her natural hair keeping that mess straight in less than perfect weather would be hard. I speaketh from experience.

  4. Neelyo says:

    Is there something weird going on with her right jawline or is that just a stray hair causing those creases?

    • Malorie says:

      Cosmetic procedure! Probably a lifting. That´s what´s going on with her jaw. Wig with bangs to distract from it.

      • QQ says:

        THANK YOU MALORIE: I was coming here to say wig with bangs, apparently wigs are her thing as her hair is spare as f–k

      • operagirl says:

        I’m voting wig with bangs, too — her hair is curly and consequently coarse, and that type of hair has a certain kind of look when straightened. This looks silkier, and not quite . . . right, I guess. LOL.

  5. brin says:

    I think she looks good.

  6. Maguita says:

    Very Stepford wife-looking.

    I’m hoping the bangs are to finally hide the wrinkles instead of the over-botoxing though. But I’m worried about this fringe, isn’t Nicole supposed to hold the role of Princess Grace of Monaco? I don’t remember Grace having a fringe..?

  7. the original bellaluna says:

    Looks like she did in Bewitched. And I think that style is unflattering for her.

  8. samira677 says:

    Nicole reminds me of someone but I don’t know who. Comparing her lips to Lohan is ridiculous. Nicole’s look bad but Lindsay’s is in a league of their own.

  9. RuddyZooKeeper says:

    So we’re doing creams with whites now? Um, OK …

    • Melissa says:

      Yeah, the cream bra underneath the shirt is so distracting! Wear a camisole, for christsakes!

  10. Lucy says:

    Well if looking like Cathy-Lee Gifford was the goal….Mission Accomplished.

  11. XiuFetish says:

    Cosmetic surgery alert! Actresses often change their look just enough to distract attention away from new “work”. She does look more tweaked (if that’s possible) and her hair is hiding a lot of facial surface area.

  12. katie says:

    Too much work has been done to her face. She looks strange, like she’s not really in there anymore. Also, that outfit couldn’t be more unflattering.

  13. PHD in Gossip says:

    Wig. Wig. Wig.
    Telltale proof: no part! (hairline/part makes a wig look obvious!)

    Furthermore, her “hair” is a completely different texture now!

    • Lee says:

      I think you’re right! And I hope you’re right, because otherwise, it seems a backward slide into the horrible blonde years. She looks SO much better with red hair. Really red, not this half-assed “strawberry” crap.

    • Agnes says:

      it DOES look fake. good catch.

    • operagirl says:

      Yes! Thank you! I concur. 🙂

  14. Jacq says:

    Where did her flight originate? 1950?

  15. Rose says:

    Yep, i call ‘wig’ too. Check Days of Thunder or Dead Calm for her natural hair – i’m not sure the best straightening irons in the world would turn it into what you see in these photos. Defo a wig.

  16. Dorothy#1 says:

    I HATE it! She looks like Shelly Long. Who I like but….

  17. Krock says:

    I like it a lot. It makes her look a lot younger. Much better than straight one length hair pulling her face down.

  18. Eve says:

    Saw the thumbnail and thought that was Kristen Bell.

    • the original bellaluna says:

      “You Again” minus the ant bites and glasses! 😀 hee-hee – thanks for the laugh Eve. I needed it!

  19. Celine says:

    Definitely a wig!

  20. Gossip PHD says:

    Certain celebs wear wigs. Nicole is one of them. Sarah Palin, Oprah, Gayle King all wear fantastic wigs most of the time.

    This is a good one. Very natural. She looks great. Distracts from the awful lips. Covers the botoxy forehead.

  21. TheOriginalKitten says:

    Eh, she looks cute in a mom-ish way.
    Zac Efron? I’ve never seen him in anything but isn’t he the kid from High School Musical?? Crazy that Nicole Kidman has worked with some of the greatest actors, directors of all time and now she’s doing this ____.
    Maybe Effron is good? As I said I have no idea but anyone from HSM gets a big “meh” from me. Now this is why actors can never stop working even for a second. HWood forgets about them in the blink of an eye…

    • Nanea says:

      Actually Zac got a first-look exclusive deal for his production company with Warner Bros two(?) years ago, so I highly doubt he’s only relying on his good looks. (or WB for that matter)

  22. FeverDream says:

    Taylor Swift in 25 years lol.

  23. Happymom says:

    Jesus-those lips!!!! And I pray the hair is a wig.

  24. Rory says:

    “Certainly cuts down on the Botox bill.” — Samantha Jones

  25. LIndaLoo says:

    Anyone else notice that she has the same expression on her face in each picture? His her face stuck like that from all the botox or whatever???

    I love Nicole Kidman but whatever she is doing to her face is getting scarry.

  26. Luise says:

    Too much gum and huge fake capped teeth.

  27. Nicole says:

    First thought on the header photo: Sissy Spacek? Poor Nic, she has such natural beauty. How can she be so warped to mess with her face so much?

  28. deep says:

    She looks fine. And, you can’t even compare LiLo to Nicole. Nicole looks at least 10 years younger than LiLo. Nicole is a lot more fresh faced than her

  29. tru tru says:

    its a wig, you can tell from the top of her head..

    she just seems weird to me, she looks ok..

    I would not want to live in her household though.

  30. Bernice says:

    I love it! I think she looks great, but then I am a Kidman fan……

  31. Aqua says:

    Nothing wrong with changing things up a bit and if you don’t like it after a while it will grow back.Her whole outfit is kinda cute.

  32. Aria says:

    wtf???

  33. Lem says:

    She looks really … Weird

    I’d love to see/ hear Tiny Tom’s reaction to Nik looking SO pulled together, albeit stepford wife, at all times. If the blinds are to be believed as to why ‘Kate’ gives us harried 80’s single mom…

  34. Mara says:

    Nicole is my favorite actress but bangs dont look good on her face but she is a lovely lady.

  35. bns says:

    Cute. Her red carpet style is so much better, though.

  36. lower-case deb says:

    cream bra?
    i’d rather it be white, or straight up lining under lace (like what le goop wore)

  37. foozy says:

    i like

  38. Michele says:

    Nicole looks good with bangs. I think it makes her look younger. I love her haircolor too. I can’t wait to see what she wears on the red carpet. She always looks so glamourous. I’m excited to see her new movie, The Paperboy. I’ve been hearing good things about it.

    • polk8dot says:

      Wow, you got all the talking points across in a few succinct sentences. What a feat! If you’re not on her payroll yet, I think she definitely needs to hire you. You do a better job than her publicist 😉

  39. Lizbet says:

    Wow, she looks great! Probably the sunglasses.

  40. Cel says:

    Currently watching Practical Magic, where Nic has beautiful straight red hair – she should definitely go back to that colour, she looks stunning, much better than above.

  41. skuddles says:

    I like the bangs, very much like my own when I used to have them years back. I really like her outfit too minus the sheer lace top – awesome cardi and carpris.

  42. Ally says:

    I like Anna Wintour’s new wig here.

  43. sup says:

    she did it because her forehead is getting higher, but these bangs didn’t help matters a bit. now she looks like she has an egg shaped head. and her hair shouldn’t be straight, at least make it wavy, it’ll make her look younger in a less ridic way than these awful bangs do. why not go back to her natural curls which she had earlier in her career? they look so good and fresh on her. i don’t get the big hard on for straight hair. as somebody with such naturally straight hair which never curls, i wish i had wavy or curly hair because it’s way more fun to look at.

  44. SJI says:

    I really see nothing wrong with these bangs. Every time a celeb has bangs, or gets them they need their own post on this site? I mean c’mon, get over it.