Charlize Theron’s hair is growing out in a really adorable way, right? The last time we checked in on her, it was mid-December and her hair was really dark and buzzed/stubbly. Charlize is/was one of the few women who can rock a buzz cut and make it look fashion-forward and righteous, in my opinion, but now that her hair is growing out a little bit… I like this look even more. She lightened it too, right? I think she did, although she hasn’t gone back to blonde. I think I can make out some itty-bitty baby roots, so I feel confident in saying she’s lightened it recently.

Really, though, I just felt guilty for not liking Robin Wright’s super-short pixie cut yesterday, so I’m trying to make up for it with this post. I’m not a full-on short-hair hater! You just have to have the face for it. Charlize has the face (and attitude) for it. Robin doesn’t have the face for it. And, dare I say, Emma Watson didn’t have the face for it either – at least not her initial pixie cut, although it looked a lot cuter when she grew it out to a shaggy, choppy faux-pixie. Meanwhile, my hair is only a few inches away from waist-length. Sigh… I need to get it cut.

In other Charlize news, The Hollywood Reporter announced earlier this week that she’s “in final negotiations” to star opposite Seth MacFarlane in his second film as writer/producer/director. Seth had a huge hit with Ted, which I finally got to see over the holidays – I totally loved it too. It made me secretly love Seth, and the success of the film probably won over MANY Hollywood people. Seth’s second film is a western-spoof in the vein of Blazing Saddles which he’s calling A Million Ways to Die in the West. I’m assuming Seth will just be Seth in the film, not a talking CGI teddy bear. The plot line involves:

A Million Ways, which MacFarlane is starring in, directing and co-writing, is a Blazing Saddles-style comedy that follows a sheepish farmer who chickens out of a gunfight and sees his girlfriend leave him.

When he meets the wife of a notorious outlaw who offers to teach him how to shoot, the farmer at first sees a chance to win back his love but slowly falls for the woman. Complications ensue when the outlaw returns and reclaims his woman.

[From THR]

I’m assuming Charlize would play the wife of a notorious outlaw and not the wife of the sheepish farmer, correct? And the way it’s described… I see Charlize playing the straight man to Seth’s ribald/low-brow comedic role. So help me God, it actually sounds like a half-decent project. And I bet Charlize and Seth will probably like each other a lot.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.

These are some new photos of Robin Wright in NYC yesterday. In the candid pics, Robin was arriving in New York with her young lover, Ben Foster. I like that they’re holding hands in some of the pics – he seems kind of protective of her, but not in “get behind me, woman” kind of way. The other photos – the red carpet pics – are from last night’s premiere of Robin’s new film, House of Cards. Ben was not on her arm on the red carpet – maybe they’re not at that place yet? I would love it if they walked a carpet together though.

Robin chopped her hair last year, if I remember correctly, but lately she’s been rocking an even shorter ‘do. What are your thoughts? I’m kind of meh on it. I’m not a total short-hair hater, but I just think pixie cuts and full-on “grown out buzz cuts” are particularly strong looks that not every woman can pull off. Robin comes close to pulling it off, and I’m sure she feels happy and comfortable with the short hair… but I remember how great she looked with longer hair. Right? This super-short hair emphasizes her more masculine features. It bugs me. I’m also bothered by the idea that “women of a certain age” NEED to have shorter hair – not every woman can or should rock this kind of hairstyle.

Meanwhile, Robin was in Washington DC a few days ago and she met with some of Pres. Obama’s staffers about the Congo:

Actress Robin Wright is hoping President Obama will do more to aid the peace process in the Democratic Republic of Congo. She went to the White House Tuesday to meet with officials from his National Security Council and push for a special presidential envoy.

Wright, who was married for 14 years to Sean Penn, told POLITICO she traveled to Eastern Congo last year and was struck by the corruption and violence.

“The minerals that come from the Congo are, shall we say, dirty — blood-diamond dirty,” Wright said. “I just feel it’s our duty to clean them up.”

On Tuesday she accompanied activists from World Pulse and the Enough Project to the White House, where they presented NSC officials with a petition with more than 100,000 signatures seeking the appointment of a presidential envoy.

“This moment is bringing the petition to the front lines, finally,” Wright said.

[From Politico]

I didn’t know Robin was involved in the Congo issue – that’s one of Ben Affleck’s big humanitarian issues too, isn’t it? Anyway, I like that she came to the White House with a set goal, a hard request and a major petition. Hopefully Pres. Obama will consider it!

PS… I really do think that the sex between Ben and Robin is probably HOT HOT HOT.

Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.

When I first read the headline about “January Jones says her hair is falling out in clumps” I thought it was going to be another one of those horrific childbirth and postpartum stories that new mothers tell about what REALLY happens to your body during and after a pregnancy. Selma Blair once discussed how her hair was “falling out in clumps” after she gave birth, something about vitamins and hormones or whatever. Well, this January story isn’t like that. January’s hair is falling out because it’s overprocessed and she’s used too many chemicals on it, so now she’s going bald. Was her dystopian hairstyle at the SAGs her last hair hurrah?

January Jones’ days as a hair chameleon may be over. Speaking to British magazine Grazia Daily during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, the blonde-again actress talked about the side effects of her multiple hair makeovers while promoting the movie Sweetwater.

“I have been every color and now my hair is falling out in clumps,” Jones said. “I’ve been blonde, red with extensions for this film, then blonde, then black, and now blonde again. I’m going to have to shave it off and wear a wig.”

The 35-year-old actress said that while she likes experimenting with new hues, her 16-month-old son Xander likes her golden locks best. “I like it all colors,” Jones told Grazia. “It makes you feel different according to what color it is, but I prefer to be blonde. My son recognizes me in photos when I am blonde. He says, ‘Mama.’”

Jones — who has never publicly revealed her baby daddy’s identity — is “so brave” when it comes to dyeing her hair new colors, according to her colorist Jennifer J. (of Juan Juan Salon in Beverly Hills).

“One time, seven or eight years ago, we made her whole head bubblegum pink!” the hair pro told Us Weekly in November. “It’s fun to do color changes, especially with somebody who looks good in everything.”

[From Us Weekly]

I almost always think that women look better with darker hair, but I’m making an exception for January. She only really looks good as a blonde, I think. Not that she looks terrible with red or brown hair, I just think the blonde suits her best of all. But it would be interesting if she had to go “Full Travolta” from hair loss. Poor January.

In other JJ news, while she was at Sundance, she was asked if she was going to return as Emma Frost in the sequel to the X-Men prequel, X-Men: Days of Future Past. Director Matthew Vaughn, who helmed First Class, is not returning as the director this time. So… there’s that. Cough. Cough. Hegh-ack! Got it. Genius Bryan Singer will be directing Days of Future Past, and the cast is already getting firmed up – Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, Ian McKellan, Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman and Jennifer Lawrence will all appear. As for January and Emma Frost… January says no one has spoken to her. Heh.

“I don’t know that I’m in it, I don’t think Emma’s in this one. Well they haven’t told me if I am (laughs). I wouldn’t put it past them though, I got the script for the first one on the airplane on the way there. It’s called Days of Future Past I think, and I think it’s more about James [McAvoy] and Michael [Fassbender] and then Patrick [Stewart] and Ian [McKellan], and I think it’s gonna go back and forth with those so I don’t think Emma’s in those bits. I don’t know, I really don’t know.”

[Via Collider]

I mean… obviously, there was the (cough!) baby-daddy drama, but beyond that, everyone kind of hated January’s Emma Frost. The X-Men fan-girls and fan-boys told me that Emma Frost was one of the most beloved mutants, and that January just didn’t bring anything to the character. So… probably no Emma/January.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

These are some photos of Rihanna from the past few weeks which we’ve never gotten around to publishing – did you know Rihanna got some new extensions? They’re not bad at all. I wish she had just gotten them all over instead of leaving the left side shaved though. She thinks she looks punk, but that style is just so 1980s hair-band trashy. In the pic of Rihanna sitting in the car – that’s from last night. Rihanna went to the Playhouse nightclub with some girlfriends, and I’m not even going to try to post the full-body shot of her in that black dress because I think she was only wearing a thong under it and the dress was completely see-through. So, if you’re in the mood, you can look those photos up on your own!

I’m guessing that Rihanna is going out with girlfriends and trying to be seen out and about in the hopes that Chris Brown will PAY ATTENTION. That he will see her bits and pieces hanging out of a dress and think, “Yeah… Karrueche who?” Because Chris is back with Karrueche the last time I checked, although (admittedly) that was a few weeks ago. Do you mind if I don’t keep up with this love triangle? It depresses me. But Hollywood Life IS keeping up with it, so here’s the latest:

Chris Brown laid a kiss on Karrueche Tran at The Room in Santa Monica on Jan. 23, where Karrueche, 24, was celebrating her new cover on Rolling Out magazine, so we can’t blame Rihanna if she’s really planning on moving on and letting go of Chris.

Rihanna, 24, retweeted a friend’s message on Jan. 24, one day after Karrueche’s event, that said, “Life doesn’t stop for anybody. People move on, they change and they let go, they grow and eventually they forget and pass on.” Is she talking about moving on from Chris?

Chris, 23, made a surprise appearance at The Room in Santa Monica on Jan. 23, where Karrueche was celebrating her new cover on Rolling Out magazine. And no one could have been happier than Karreuche, who HollywoodLife.com has learned still hopes to get back together with Chris.

Luckily for Karrueche, we’re told that Chris gave her a kiss at the event.

“He came in through a back door, made her come back to where he was and told her ‘I’m proud of you girl’ and kissed her on her cheek,” a friend tells HollywoodLife.com exclusively. “He even told her ‘I gotta leave because this don’t about me it’s about you so go do your thang.’”

If Rihanna decides to move on from Chris, Karrueche is happily waiting in the wings to take her place.

“She will always love Chris and deep down she always wants to be with him but she’s not forcing it,” our source says. “If the time ever comes around and Chris is ready though, I’m sure she’ll be waiting,” our source adds.

[From Hollywood Life]

Yeah. God knows. I think Chris just enjoys playing both women off of each other, and neither lady is going to win any “strong, independent woman” award. They’re both desperate for his jock and they both keep coming back even though he treats both of them like crap.

Photos courtesy of Pacific Coast News.

Jennifer Lopez is on the cover of People Magazine this week, in an issue that many people note is cleverly timed to pull focus from her longstanding rival, Mariah Carey, who is now taking her place on the American Idol judging panel. Lopez’s hair looks particularly shaggy and frizzy on the cover, but it’s not a Photoshop issue (for her hair at least, her face was obviously changed). People also posted a video clip of her interview, during which her hair looks just as fried on camera as it does in the photo. Well Ms. Lopez’s people are not happy about this photo, and allegedly think it makes her look “old and haggard.” It’s a bizarre photo for sure, but a lot of that is due to her hair and how she’s posed, doggy style, (credit: Kaiser) on the cover. I’ve never seen a cover photo of someone crouching down like that. To me, her makeup looks pretty and she doesn’t look “old” at all, she just looks in need of a deep conditioning treatment and a trim. Here’s more:

Jennifer Lopez isn’t too happy with her cover photo on this week’s issue of People magazine, sources tell us. The 43-year-old mother of two sits down for an interview with the weekly to discuss her life after splitting with Marc Anthony and finding her new love Beau “Casper” Smart. The story was perfectly timed to upstage Mariah Carey’s appearance on the “American Idol” judging panel. But we’re told that Lopez, who appears in a crouching pose with a wide smile and her hair styled straight with long bangs, feels the photo makes her look old. “Her camp feels she looks old and haggard,” a source tells us. Friends are also comparing the singer and former “American Idol” judge’s wide-eyed look and stick-straight hair to eccentric 70-year-old fashion designer Betsey Johnson. We’re told Lopez’s camp reached out to People to moan about the photograph. But her manager Benny Medina insists he was happy with the final result: “Look at the pictures and read the story! We worked closely with the editors of People and we are very pleased with cover photo and the results all around.” People told us it “continues to have a productive relationship with her and her team.”

[From The NY Post]

Of course Jennifer’s team isn’t going to publicly call out People, and I get the sense that Medina called up Page Six and gave them the details for this story and then added the official statement that they loved the photo and story. More press for them, pay attention to J.Lo!

I just wanted to add a photo of Betsy Johnson here, whom the article claims is a dead-ringer for J.Lo’s People cover look. That’s hilarious, J.Lo does look like Betsey Johnson! The thing is, it’s not her face at all, it’s that terrible hair. She needs to take responsibility for that hair. Unless People’s stylists forced her down and pushed a wig on her head without letting her look in the mirror, that’s on J.Lo. She needs a trim. I can’t figure out whether that’s a full wig or some cheap extensions mixed in with her own hair.

Update: LMAO at this new article advert, on E!, that claims that Jennifer Lopez credits her “drop dead gorgeous hair” to “Brazilian Blowout’s Acai Brazilian Dry Oil” as if anyone would take hair advice from this woman.

In related news, she’s adopted a new puppy with Casper Smart. At least they’re not having kids together – yet.

Lopez is shown out with Casper Smart on 1-16-13. Credit: PacificCoastNews.com

Here are some photos of Bradley Cooper yesterday in Madrid for the premiere and photocall for Silver Linings Playbook, and he’s looking basically the same as always, right? Same shifty stance, same serial killer good looks. His hair is a bit different though, and I apologize for the slightly misleading headline about Bradley admitting to perming his hair because that makes it sound like he does it all the time just for fun. As in, this would completely dovetail with my recent delight at a Star story claiming that Bradley was freaking out over hair loss and had hired his own on-set hairstylist to hide his insecurity.

Yes, I do think it’s amusing when dudes freak out over a receding hairline because it seems like such a small thing to worry about in comparison to what women have to go through in the aging process. Bradley really seems like a “hair guy” though, and he’s always flaunted his Stamos mane as much as humanly possible, so I guess maybe I shouldn’t poke fun at his alleged panic over losing what he views as a great asset. But back to Bradley’s perm, which was apparently a new style that was initiated for an upcoming role. Here are the details:

He’s taken the top shot on several lists which source out the members of the male species who are worthy to be called the world’s sexiest men.

However Bradley Cooper recently made a confession that could see him falling down the rankings. The handsome 38-year-old Hangover star revealed that he perms his hair.

Bradley made the shock admission while speaking to E! News during the BAFTA Tea reception. Luckily the actor explained that he only had the curling treatment done for his latest role in which he’ll co-star alongside Christian Bale.

Making light of the not so sexiest man in the world experience, over the weekend Cooper said: “I permed my hair today.”

Going into further detail about the procedure, Bradley continued: “We did a camera test today and we were playing with the idea of him having curly hair. Like rollers! Oh, yeah bro, like rollers in the hair!”

In the untitled film, which will be directed by David O. Russell and was written by Eric Singer, Cooper will play a character called Jimmy Boyle.

The movie which is currently in post-production is based around a FBI sting operation in the 1970s called Abscam which led to the conviction of United States Congressmen.

[From Daily Mail]

The Mail has apparently confused post-production with pre-production, but that doesn’t really matter to this story. Essentially, Bradley admits to perming his hair before the Golden Globes, where he looked like this:

So basically, now I am obsessed with looking at Bradley’s “new” hair from every angle:

Does he really look that different? It’s a very subtle perm, which is not exactly “curly” like those perms of the late 1980s. Man, I used to have some really big hair in those days, and my dad really enjoys embarrassing me with photo evidence of my former Rave hairspray addiction. But hey, at least I never blew kisses at anyone like Bradley was doing on the red carpet yesterday. Strange.

Photos courtesy of WENN

If aren’t familiar with FX’s “Justified,” Walton Goggins (who plays the charismatic Boyd Crowder) is quite seductively hot when in motion and especially while speaking. Unfortunately, the man does not photograph terribly well as evidenced by these photos of Walton at the Season 4 premiere in Hollywood on Saturday. From the show’s pilot episode, Walton’s Boyd has steadfastly held onto one end of the gravitational pull of the show, and certainly, Timothy Olyphant must both fear (as an actor) and appreciate (as a producer) what Walton brings to the show. In other words, if there was no Boyd, there would be no “Justified,” and I’m entirely grateful to Elmore Leonard for recognizing that the character should live on past the first episode, or else Boyd would have immediately perished, and the show would not have been nearly as successful as it is today.

As a momentary diversion before we get to the meat of this story, I recently had the good fortune to watch the “Sons of Anarchy” episode where Walton appears as a transvestite prostitue named Venus Van Dam. Is it just me, or is he surprisingly hot as a woman? That rack looks really authentic too. Poor guy must have sat forever in the make-up chair for this set of girls.

In addition to being the most photographed dude at the “Justified” premiere (we got one picture of Olyphant, which I’m including at the bottom of this post), Walton has also sat down with NY Mag to promote all sorts of projects. In addition to my favorite show on television right now, he’s starring in Lincoln (as a proponent of the 13th Amendment) and Django Unchained (as a keeper of the status quo involved between plantation owners and their slaves). In other words, his career is on fire (in the hole) even if his roles seem slightly contradictory at present. Here are some excerpts:

He’s grateful for his success: “I would never have gotten the jobs I did without the advent of cable television, which brought back the kinds of raw, authentic leading actors you had in the seventies: Duvall, Ed Harris, Tommy Lee Jones.”

He has input on Boyd’s evolution: “Tim and I butt heads. He keeps his compass on the Elmore Leonard of it all. He understands the balance between the absurd and the violent. But I am constantly battling for the heart, the raw feeling behind what Elmore is saying. I want to know what’s going on ten feet down. There’s nothing open about Boyd.”

Boyd Crowder isn’t a white-trash caricature: “I played a lot of those characters early on, when I needed to feed myself. And I understand how the South is perceived by people like my wife, who is from California and got all of her information from movies and articles. But where I grew up, the black experience informed the white experience, and vice versa. There was a simpatico completing of cultures. So I don’t want to be perpetuating those old stereotypes. Of course, here I am doing it again in a Quentin Tarantino movie.”

Gowing up Southern: “I was known as the kid who raised himself.” After his father left, “my mother wanted to party and have a life. She was young. I grew up with people smoking dope on the porch. I’m not sad about it at all. And she’s really showed up since. But when I was young she didn’t do a lot, other than making sure I had clogging lessons. It’s the low-rent version. Charleston, South Carolina, where the Goggins clan came from, was a big portal for a lot of Irish.”

Spielberg vs. Tarantino on set: “Working with Steven is like being at the best dinner party you’ve ever attended. You’re sitting in an intimate booth with jazz playing in the background. All is calm and measured and quiet. Working with Quentin is something like going to war, with Rick Ross D.J.-ing. It’s hard to return to civilian life after a Tarantino film. You can’t talk about it when you get home. Going forward, I want to stay out of the 1860s for a while.”

Stop grooming down there, ladies: “Can I tell you how much I miss pubic hair? My mom was a bit of a hippie, and I grew up seeing it on her and her sisters. It’s so beautiful, so feminine. To me, if the size of a p-nis dictates virility, the length of a woman’s pubic hair dictates her femininity. Men don’t even want hair on their bodies anymore. What’s going on? We’re animals, man! It’s really f**king weird.”

[From Vulture/NY Mag]

Man, Walton is not shy when it comes to talking about hair down there, is he? We’ve already discussed the mutual revulsion of other celebrities who dislike “a clean slate” on a woman as well — Janeane Garafalo believes it’s a problem, and Daniel Radcliffe thinks it’s f***ing creepy when a woman goes hairless. But Walton phrases his opinion in a more flattering manner. He just likes the way an ungroomed lady looks, you know? Although it’s a bit strange that he often saw his mom and his aunts walking around naked while he was growing up, but to each their own, I guess.

Here’s that photo of Timothy Olyphant. Admittedly, his hair looks pretty awful slicked back like this, but damn, nice bulge.

Photos courtesy of FX and WENN

I don’t really keep up with Brad Pitt’s hair. I mean, I’m aware that he’s wearing it longer these days, and it’s been “longer” than usual since 2011, when he began filming the neverending production of World War Z. For whatever reason, Brad’s hair choice for his WWZ character is reminscient of Legends of the Fall. Which is fine if that’s what you like (I’ve always been partial to Brad’s dirtbag grifter styling in Thelma & Louise). But as Brad has faced WWZ’s stop-and-go shooting schedule, his hair needs to “look” the same no matter what. So he got a weave. Not just any weave – a really busted Britney Spears weave. And Angelina Jolie won’t have sex with him unless she can rip it out with her Talons of Doom (not really, but that’s what the story should be).

Plenty of successful 49-year-old men get the urge to date women half their age, but not Brad Pitt – he’d rather look like one! Just month after getting mocked for his unintentionally hilarious Chanel No. 5 perfume ad, the A-list actor – who already gets blonde highlights and weekly pedicures – has debuted a new set of hair extensions that had people whispering behind his back at his recent Killing Me Softly premiere in NYC.

“They’re really bad,” a source told Star. “Think more Britney Spears than Kim Kardashian – they just look cheap!”

Apparently fiancée Angelina Jolie agrees. She thought the long hair he sported for World War Z looked thin and greasy, but he got so many compliments he wanted to keep the look.

“She would never get extensions,” says our insider. “She thinks they’re really cheesy, even for women.”

But that won’t stop Brad from going to great lengths to stay relevant in Hollywood – where everyone knows it’s hair today, gone tomorrow.

[From Star Magazine, print edition]

I’m including some of the most recent photos we have of Brad, from late November at the NYC premiere of Killing Them Softly (the pics where Brad is wearing a black leather jacket). Is that the weave? Or is that his real hair? I wasn’t paying much attention at the time, but now that I’m looking at it… sure, it could be a weave. I could see how the lower part could be fake. But they don’t look that budget to me. Certainly not Britney-esque.

Also – I’m pretty sure Angelina has worn wigs, weaves and hairpieces before. Usually for films, but occasionally for a red carpet too. So why is she getting so pissy with Brad?

UPDATE: Page Six has a nice story on “Where in the world is Brangelina?” They’re in Turks and Caicos with their kids & Jane Pitt. They’re staying at Donna Karan’s estate, which sounds awesome. There’s also a rumor going around the island that the Jolie-Pitts have brought along 12 nannies. Which… maybe they’re taking their whole staff on vacation, you know?

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Here are some new photos of Britney Spears at the Season Finale press conference thing for the X-Factor. In one of the pics, Brit is holding hands with someone named Carly Rose Sonenclar, who I am assuming is one of contestants on the show. Don’t bother correcting me if I’m wrong, I couldn’t care less other than my first reaction which was, “That girl looks like Ellen Page.” Ellen Page and Britney would make such a cute couple, right?

Anyway, I became enchanted with these photos because of Britney’s hair. First thought: Bump-It? Second thought: WIG. That’s just a full-on wig, correct? The hair looks so healthy and… well, Britney isn’t known for healthy-looking hair. It could be a happy-medium though – like, those raggedy, flat-ironed bangs are Britney’s and she’s wearing a Bump-It hairpiece to make everything look bouncy and cute. As for the black satin dress… I like it on Britney, mostly because I’m tired of her mini-dresses and Herve Leger bandage dresses. This is a nice silhouette on her!

In other Britney news, there are some reports about whether Britney will be coming back for a second season of the X-Factor:

Pop star Britney Spears might lose her 10 million pound per season deal with the ‘X Factor’ USA, as her stint on the show has failed to increase the TRP’s.

The 31-year-old ‘Toxic’ hitmaker is due to leave the show after this week’s two-night grand finale, along with music mogul judge LA Reid, reported Daily Star.

“Simon had hoped Britney would be a ratings boost but that simply hasn’t happened. It’s no coincidence she is not in talks about a new deal,” said a senior executive at Fox

Fellow judge Demi Lovato is already in contract negotiations with Simon Cowell’s production company for next year’s show.

Only eight million viewers watched this season’s episodes compared to an average of more than 12 million last year.

“She just doesn’t seem to be cut out for a TV talent show,” the senior executive added.

[From Business-Standard]

Yeah… did she jump or was she pushed? I thought Britney was always only going to do this for one year, and then she and Simon and her team would review where they were after the year was over. And I can see how Britney maybe wouldn’t bring in the kind of mind-blowing ratings that Simon was hoping for. Eh. I kind of hope that Simon, Britney and her team let her contract expire and she just gets to do something else with her time. I feel like this crap is stressing her out unnecessarily.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN.

Don’t even start yelling at me! I KNOW that Charlize Theron shaved her head months ago, just before she flew to Namibia to begin filming Mad Max: Fury Road. We had photos of her then, but for most of her shaved head photo-ops, she wore hats and scarves and stuff. Now that the production is over and Tom Hardy is in England and Charlize is back in LA, she’s still rocking the short, short hair. It’s not quite a buzz, is it? It’s still shorter than I thought it would be, and it’s much darker than I thought it would be. Did Charlize dye it, or is this her natural color?

Anyway… with that face, she can pull off nearly ANY hair look. I kind of like she’s not going with wigs or weaves, and I like that she’s not covering it up anymore. I don’t think Charlize “does” self-conscious. She looks so badass. And how much do you love that Anne Hathaway chopped off her hair for an Oscar campaign (and she hasn’t shut up about it since) while Charlize chopped off her hair for a (cheesy?) action movie reboot?

Can I have a quick word about her outfit in these pics? I WANT THAT COAT. That coat is pretty badass too. But these pants a perfect example of why I say women need to ditch the skinny-jeans trend. Charlize has a crazy figure, she’s tall and she’s got amazing legs and she looks like a model and she can pull off nearly anything. If skinny jeans make HER look stumpy, imagine what they’re doing to you, you know? My point? Stop wearing skinny jeans. They are a conspiracy against women.

I’ve also got to wonder… who is Charlize boning these days? Allegedly, Alex Skarsgard went to visit her for an African booty call while she was working on Mad Max. I wonder if that’s still going? I wonder if she’s got someone new?

Last thing – Charlize recently signed on to a remake of a Korean film. The English-language film is going to be called Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, which… I LOVE that name. I was reading it as “sympathy for lady-vengeance,” meaning that it’s about womanly vengeance. “Lady” as a modifier, like lady biscuits or lady tingles or lady parts or lady malady. But I guess it could also be a formal name too, right? As in, Charlize’s character is named Lady Vengeance. I want to change my name to Vengeance McLadyBiscuit.

Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.