BUMP-IT. That’s all I could think about when I looked through these photos of the London Cowboys and Aliens premiere. Olivia Wilde is bumping it. Look at her hair! Her hair is not her best asset, but surely, she can come up with better options than either bangs trauma or bump-its.

Once I got past the hair, I did notice her dress, and yes, I can see the side-boob. Olivia wants us to look at the side-boob, which is weird, because she doesn’t have much to look at. I applaud her for being natural and proud, but seeing girls walk a red carpet braless, or without anything containing their puppies, it just makes me angry-jealous. Because I never could do that. The dress is Gucci, by the way. And I dislike it, mostly because I remember this style growing up. Back in the 1980s, every adult woman working in any kind of business setting had a blouse exactly like the top part of this dress. Something semi-sheer, with a gigantic bow/ruffle/faux-scarf thing that just added absurd extra weight to a woman’s neck and chest. Go back and watch 9 to 5 – every woman had this blouse. As a modern look… eh. It’s not right for a summer premiere, but seasonal issues aside, it’s still a pretty fug dress. I’m not a polka dot person, though, so this whole thing is just a flurry of 80s fugness, polka dot fugness, and bump-its.

I will give Olivia credit for two things though – the girl looks great with red lips, and she has a gorgeous profile.

More photos – Daniel Craig looks hot, and Harrison Ford is two seconds away from yelling at everybody.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

I think Dianna was listening to me! I’ve spent the last week bitching about Dianna Agron’s new haircut and budget dye job, and it looks like the girl decided to change up her hair once again. These are new photos of Dianna out and about, showing off her new hot pink hair. If you’d like to see how Dianna’s hair looked just a few days ago, go here – I thought it looked a lot like the style Faith Hill had gotten years ago, when she chopped off her normal, lovely blonde hair into a ragged little bob, and then bleached the crap out of it. Dianna, like Faith, is a pretty woman, but only certain kinds of hairstyles work on her, and this rock n’ roll dye job and bob isn’t one of them.

Should I excuse Dianna because of her youth, though? She’s 25 years old, still young enough to experiment with pink hair, I guess…? In my opinion, dyeing your hair pink is more of a “15 year old misunderstood faux-goth” thing, but I‘m an old fart and I‘m just speaking from the tunnel-view of my generation. I think Dianna is just looking to change it up somehow, just trying to shake off a rather boring reputation and get the kind of attention that Lea Michele gets.

By the way, in yesterday’s Agron post, I gave what I thought was a pretty thorough run-down of what went down between Dianna and her ex-boyfriend, Alex Pettyfer. Some members of Dianna’s fan club came in and started using multiple handles to yell at me and claim that Dianna really is the innocent little victim that she claims to be. Sure. Maybe she is. But maybe she wants to change the good-girl image she’s worked so hard for.

PS… does anyone else think she looks a little Rachel McAdams-y in these photos? That’s another problem Dianna faces – she always reminds people of more famous women. Faith Hill, Rachel McAdams, Britney Spears (I think she looks like old-school Brit).

Photos courtesy of Pacific Coast News.

When I first saw the thumbnail for one of these photos of Vanessa Hudgens at an event yesterday I thought she was Kris Kardashian, I really did. Kris has the same dark hair in a very similar mushroom style cut, only she doesn’t have the excuse of wearing that style for a role. (Other than her daily one of grand master pimp.)

We’ve already seen Vanessa’s dramatic transformation for her role as a homeless teenage mom in Gimme Shelter, and this cropped haircut is part of that. Vanessa has admitted she liked her old hair better. She said “I miss [my hair,] believe me, I do, but there’s nothing I can do about it.”

She’s making the best of it, though, and she looks super cute on the red carpet, even if it’s easy to mistake her at a far distance for a 50-something with a lot of plastic surgery. That hair is aging her, and she’s said as much and that it makes her feel “like a soccer mom,” but she’ll be rid of it soon enough.

In these photos Vanessa was hosting the “2011 Hurley Walk The Walk Championship at The U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach, California.” Just Jared describes it as “the world’s largest high school fashion competition.” In terms of Vanessa’s fashion she makes up in attitude what she lacks in style. Her enthusiasm is kind of infectious and it makes me want to overlook those ugly gladiator shoes and the fact that she’s over-accessorized. I like that coral dress but why weight it down with so many necklaces, rings and bracelets? I guess she has on a cover-up for a bikini so she’s trying to
jazz it up, but it just looks silly.

Also this model Marissa Miller was there. She’s so Botoxed that I really thought she was that evil bitch queen from Game of Thrones – Lena Headley. That’s what too much work does to you. Otherwise beautiful women end up looking like clones.

This is the photo that I thought was Kris Kardashian from far away.

See what I mean? When Vanessa does it, it’s cute. When Kris does it, it’s like she’s laughing at how much of her family’s snake oil the public will buy.

Photo credit: Fame, WENN and PRPhotos

Is this international “Bitch Got A New Wig” Day and no one told me? While I think Gaga is All-Wig at this point, I’ve always had my doubts about Rihanna. I suspect that she does wigs and weaves at various times, but I also think she actually dyed her natural hair to that God-awful Kool-Air red-pink shade, and then she kept it like that for more than a year. So what is going on with her hair in these photos (from last night in Beverly Hills)? Is this a new wig, or did Rihanna dye her hair back to a color found in nature?

Whatever is happening, though, Rihanna looks good. I really like the idea of this outfit too – great booty shorts, cute top and boots. But I took a closer look at the boots, though, and they are not so cute in closeup. They look like a peep-toe torture device designed to amputate your big toe. Go ahead and yell at me, those things are hideous. Peep-toe boots are so dumb.

Also: Rihanna is in some trouble right now because during the course of a recent interview, she named the five women she thought were dominating pop music right now, and she failed to name Britney Spears. And ADELE. Ugh. Rihanna said:

“There’s a pack. It’s me, Gaga, Katy Perry, Beyoncé… who else? Ke$ha for sure. Women are definitely dominating music right now, and that’s because we are competitive beings. I feel like music hasn’t been this exciting in a while. All my friends are guys, to be completely honest. But when I met her [Katy Perry], it was such a breath of fresh air. I just couldn’t believe this chick had no edit button… Katy and Lady Gaga came out of the gate exactly the way they think, the way they wanna dress, the way they wanna speak.”

[From Glamour via Billboard]

Does anyone else get the feeling that Rihanna, Gaga, Beyonce and Katy Perry are supremely threatened by someone like Adele, someone who doesn’t rely on a garbage pail of neon-candy imagery and immature “sex appeal” to sell music? I’m really getting the feeling that pop stars with little to no natural talent really dislike Adele.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

These are some photos from Amy Winehouse’s funeral today. Is it wrong to say that people really pulled it together and looked especially nice for the service? They really did. Mark Ronson wore a lovely suit and looked dapper and handsome, and Kelly Osbourne wore a really great black suit, and she did her hair up in an Winehouse-style beehive. Nevermind that Amy wasn’t doing the beehive so much in her later years, or that Amy’s beehive never looked this neat and maintained. It’s just a little thing, but it moved me that Kelly paid tribute to Amy with her hair. I think it’s super sweet.

I didn’t even know that Kelly and Amy were tight, but maybe their relationship was built on their shared drug histories. Courtney Love had some stories about Kelly’s drug past drug usage, so I could totally see Amy and Kelly being birds of a feather for a short time. Over the weekend, Kelly tweeted about Amy’s death, writing: “i cant even breath right my now im crying so hard i just lost 1 of my best friends. i love you forever Amy & will never forget the real you!” She also told a Twitter commenter to STFU when the commenter slammed her for not doing more to help Amy.

At the funeral service (which took place at a synagogue), Amy’s favorite song was played: Carole King’s “So Far Away”. That’s a beautiful song.

Photos courtesy of Fame.

Here’s Ben Affleck walking around with a grumpy face and a more stylish variant of helmet hair. The last we commented on Affleck’s hair situation it was looking curly and wiry, making us wonder if his hair was growing out naturally or if it was sprouting in conjunction with some hair plugs. (See this story for a retrospect on Afleck’s hair.) At least one guy with a hair transplant commented that he’d had the procedure and that it looked to him like Affleck had it too:

I got them in the front, and I have straight brown hair. after the procedure, though, the front came in kind of bushy, which was really weird to see my hair actually grow in different.

So, my special input is yes, it’s implants.

These implants actually work, it’s incredible and I look much better.

He probably got them too, and his frontal hair changed too because they take the donor hairs from the back of your head and transplant them up to the front.

[From comment by Mackavoy]

So take that for what it is, but I definitely could believe it’s plugs given all the rumors and the changing state of Ben’s hair. This blow out might be for a role, although these photos were taken on a Sunday. Affleck has admitted dyeing his hair, and the gray might indicate that it’s real, a transplant or he could have just chosen a clever toupee. There’s something not quite right about his hair, whether that shizz is natural or not. Kaiser is calling it a “wiglet” and says that Ben needs a new one. Aw, I wouldn’t pull it off during sex. I wouldn’t act like I knew the difference. Even if it was hanging off to the side I’d try not to crack a smile. That thing does suck a lot of sex appeal out of the guy, doesn’t it? He would be so much hotter bald.

I saw these photos of Vanessa Hudgens a few days ago, but I didn’t think much of them. She’s in character, you see, on the set of the film Gimme Shelter, where she’s playing a pregnant teenager living on the streets. I wasn’t even paying much attention to her hair (I thought it was a wig) because I was so focused on how easily could go from little glamour girl to completely average-person fugness with just some minimal makeup changes. As it turns out, though, Vanessa is pulling a DeNiro with her transformation – sort of. She actually did chop off her hair. She stepped out last night and her new haircut made its red carpet debut – you can see the photos here.

I think it’s a pretty decent haircut, honestly. I’m so tired of the pixie cuts, and this is more like a choppy bob, which more women should try. Vanessa told Access Hollywood, “Oh man, it’s really intense. I’m still getting used to it. Honestly, I kind of feel like a soccer mom, but we’re going to let that go. There’s nothing wrong with soccer moms, but I’m only 22! I play this girl, who’s like homeless and she doesn’t care about her look very much. I kind of look like a boy throughout the whole movie.” Is that offensive to soccer moms? Eh. She kind of got Kate Gosselin’s old “attacked by a beaver” haircut. Oh, and Vanessa also said that she did the haircut herself, which I totally don’t believe – I think she may have cut some of it, but I bet she went to her hair guy and he “fixed” it: “I grabbed the scissors and started cutting my actual hair and then my director decided that he was going to grab the scissors, he grabs a chunk of my hair and just chops it. I miss [my hair,] believe me, I do, but there’s nothing I can do about it.”

Vintage long-haired Vanessa:

Photos courtesy of Pacific Coast News.

A few months ago, Lady Gaga revealed that she was losing her hair because she’s been bleaching the hell out of it for much, much too long. That little quote was rather lost on me, however, because it came amidst a lengthier discussion about Gaga’s completely gross beauty-hygiene habits. She told People Mag that she wore makeup to bed every night: “That is not good for your skin, but I’m blessed with good genes.” THEN she said that always has to “get a chemical haircut because my blonde hair is falling out.” She’s just so gross. Anyway, The Enquirer’s Mike Walker claims that Gaga is so upset with chunks of hair falling out, she’s taken to Rogaine.

Here’s the bald truth about Lady Gaga – totally freaked because her hair’s suddenly falling out like crazy, she’s desperately daubing her scalp with hair-restoring Rogaine during her Monster Ball Tour, reports a concert spy!

“She’s extremely upset, and goes ballistic backstage because whenever she drags a comb through her frazzled, over processed, bleached tresses, hair’s everywhere – in the comb, on the floor, in her hands! It’s literally falling out! She calls it her ‘head of glass’ because it breaks off… like glass.”

Gaga’s praying for a Rogaine miracle, but hairstylists gave her this hardheaded advice: Stop bleaching and start wearing wigs until your hair’s healthy!

[From The National Enquirer, Mike Walker’s column, print edition]

This is maybe the only thing Lady Gaga has in common with Prince William. I feel like there’s a product for women’s hair growth that isn’t Rogaine… something made specifically for women who have bald spots? Here’s a question: with this kind of long-term bleaching/chemical damage, is it possible that Gaga’s hair will never grow back? That happened with Tina Turner, right?

Last Gaga story – YouTube shut down her official channel after she posted some footage from a concert she did in Japan. The problem was that she posted a video that was copyrighted by a Japanese media outlet, and they requested the removal. No word on why YouTube shut down her whole channel, though.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Courteney Cox has a new very brief blog entry on XOJane, a website launched in May by Jane Pratt, the founder of Sassy Magazine and Jane. I used to read Sassy when I was a teen in the late 80s so I have a lot of respect for Pratt. (I recently some criticism of XOJane as being too “girly”, although I think it fit its niche perfectly, it’s an online women’s magazine that is necessarily girly at times but isn’t dumb about it. Their articles are pretty eclectic. Others have countered that girly is fun and that no one is talking down to the audience there. You definitely can’t please everyone.)

Getting back to Courteney’s blog entry, she posted a photo of her “must have” beauty items and one is Clairol Natural Instincts! She also likes some higher end brand of makeup from Neiman Marcus.

1. Clairol Natural Instincts Brass-Free For Brunettes, $8.99 at Walgreens.com
For dark-haired girls who don’t like red hues coming through, I use Clairol Natural Instincts Brass-Free For Brunettes. It lasts about 28 days, but only costs $9.00.

2. Edward Bess Makeup
I’m really into Edward Bess Makeup. I recently was in a hurry, as usual, and popped into Neiman Marcus where I had my makeup put on by the salesperson at the Edward Bess counter. I bought everything she put on me. The two eye shadow palettes (Ultra-Luminous Eye Shadow, $30, NeimanMarcus.com) they sell are pretty much all you ever need. Great compact base as well (Sheer Satin Compact Cream, $60, NeimanMarcus.com).

[From XOJane.com]

I’ve had prematurely (well maybe not anymore) gray hair since I was in my very early 20s. Over a third of my hair is gray and I have to dye it at home every month. I’ve gone to many different salons to see if they can do a better job, and even the best don’t match the results I get at home with less time and significantly less cost. I’ve always used Clairol products too. (I used to use Hydrience before my color was discontinued, now I use Nice ‘N Easy.) So I can vouch for their effectiveness, but I go a little “darker” with a reddish blonde and haven’t tried to bleach my hair at home. From what I understand it’s easier to “deposit” color on the hair with a darker shade than it is to “lift” it with a lighter color. So for those of you who go lighter, the salon might be the best bet.

With Courteney, though, she’s looking really plastic lately to put it lightly. So while she may use drugstore products for her hair, it’s not like she’s using Oil of Olay or that L’oreal Paris line on her face and getting those results. (She represents Kinerase anyway.) She’s admitted “trying” Botox, but claimed she hated it. It’s clear that’s not all she’s had done. That is a face full of fillers.

I’ll say something nice though – Courteney’s hair looks gorgeous. Clairol should hire her as a spokesperson.

Courteney is shown in April and June of this year. Credit: WENN.com

Photo is from 7/10/11

Conspiracy theory: Ben Affleck switched up his toupee for a bushier one. Occam’s razor: Affleck’s hair is growing naturally, nothing to see here. Possible alternate explanation: Affleck got “natural” hair implants/plugs, which can supposedly grow like regular hair over time, and they’re mixing with his regular hair and causing that overgrown bushy hair. So which is it? Does Affleck have a head of perfectly natural hair that’s growing like it should?

I did some forensic analysis of Affleck’s hair, and it’s really hard to say either way. So if he does have plugs, as is widely rumored, it’s not as easy to prove that with older photos as it is with say, Jude Law or Matthew McConaughey. He’s admitted dyeing his hair but hasn’t admitted wearing a hairpiece or anything. (Colin Farrell has claimed Affleck’s hair is real too, or at least that it stays in place when you pull it.)

I think Affleck started wearing a piece around 2002 when he did Sum of All Fears. Check out this interview with him around the time and the first photo below. The top of his hair doesn’t match the bottom at all.

2002:

Then later he may have switched up to some plugs. But however he’s growing this ‘fro, it has to go! He’s so hot when he’s clean shaven, and the dude would definitely look good bald. But not with salt and pepper fuzz on his head. Check out this picture of his bald spot. He’s definitely getting some help up north. The mystery remains how he’s getting such fluffy hair.

2009:

2008:

2006:

In ’98 and ’99 with ex girlfriend Goop, for sh*ts and giggles.

Photos of Affleck out with his family are from 7/10/11 and are conveniently timed to counter that “Ben lost $400k at poker” story that he denied. Credit: Pacific Coast News. Other photos credit: WENN and Fame