Granted, I’ve never been a big fan of Hayden Panettiere, but this is not a good look for her, right? I mean, I like red hair, I love gingers, but not every woman can pull off red. Hayden is 21 years old, and as many have pointed out, at times her styling is that of a middle-aged woman. Except middle-aged women now dress to look 21 years old, and 21 year-old women dress like 40-somethings. The world is turned upside down! But seriously, Hayden looks like she’s about 35 years old with that red hair and that styling. Her makeup is flawless though. Maybe too much - but still, it’s good work.

Why’d Hayden Panettiere ditch her blonde ‘do to become a redhead?

“Because I could!” the Heroes star, 21, told UsMagazine.com at the NYC premiere of Temple Grandin Tuesday night. “I was tired of being a blonde and being… you get stuck in one thing and known for one thing and as a cheerleader or whatever that image.”

Continues Panettiere,”It’s fun to change things up, and I feel I don’t have to overcompensate as much personality-wise when I have red hair as I do with blonde hair.”

Panettiere says the new look suits her better.

“I’m typically a very fiery person anyway, but I just feel like cute and blonde and little is just so one category and one thing and changing my hair color, I feel like I don’t have to overcompensate so much for the fact that I don’t like being called cute or anything like that — especially being all 5-foot-2 of me,” she told Us.

The actress also told Us that she shrugs off criticism for dating older men. (She split from Milo Ventimiglia, 32, in last February, and is currently cozying up to boxer Wladimir Klitschko, 33.)

“It just happens to be the people that I’m drawn to, and you go, ‘How old are you?’ And then it’s like ‘Typical!’” she said while laughing. “It’s just a number and it’s just on a birth certificate and whoever it may be, older, younger, blonde, brunette….”

[From Us Weekly]

Will Hayden going red be like the other major hair controversies of the past decade? And now I’m drawing a blank, because I think that Felicity stuff was more than a decade ago, and I can’t remember any other hair controversies. Like, maybe Jessica Alba going blonde? That was a dumb move. Or Britney putting on the pink wig of doom? But she was crazy, it wasn’t a styling choice. I’m at a loss… but anyway, I doubt people will care too much because people barely care about Hayden, right?

Here’s Hayden with a drink guy and Wladimir in a mismatched shirt and shorts on the right. The photos we’re talking about are linked below. Credit: Ciao Pix/INFphoto.com

Little Hayden Panettiere, 20, was spotted all over boxing legend Wladimir Klitschko in Miami over the weekend. We don’t have rights to the photos but TMZ has one of them in which Wladimir looks more into Hayden than in the other photos I’ve seen, in which she’s preening for the cameras while he seems distracted. (I’ve also seen the photos at the photo agency and she’s definitely preening in the rest of them.)

Wladimir Klitschko, 33, is a Ukranian boxer who holds multiple heavyweight boxing titles. His older brother Vitali is also a legend in the sport and is the WBC world heavyweight holder. The brothers moved to Germany in their late teens and they’re practically heroes here. Both hold PhDs from Kiev University, Wladimir in sports science and Vitali in sports medicine and philosphy. They made a pledge to their mother never to fight each other. Wladimir speaks four languages, loves to play chess and does charity work for Unesco. He moved with Vitali to Beverly Hills in 2004, but these two often come to Germany to make television and press appearances, where they’re widely loved. I see them on TV all the time.

This is the second time that Wladimir and Hayden have been spotted out together. In Touch reported in March that they were seen out flirting at an LA bar.

I really think Hayden Panettiere is full of herself and that Wladimir is too good for her. I’ve seen Hayden in interviews and there’s something snotty about her. She gave a kind of holier-than-thou interview to Details in July in which she said she was different than other people, which sounded like she meant to say “better.” Later she berated the public for having an interest in her and claimed that people who want to know more about her are responsible for destroying her relationships. “They destroy [relationships]. The paparazzi and the public. The public wants to read about your personal life, and the paparazzi give it to them by nosing into your personal life and saying things that are just not true and horrible.” Of course she’s more than willing to smile and pose when she hopes the press will be positive.

Wladimir looks like Hayden’s type - a dark-haired older guy. She’s cute for sure, and because I’m trying to say something nice about her I’ll also add that she loves animals. She’s young still and maybe she’ll get off her high horse and grow into a decent person. She seems to have good taste in men at least. Damn her.

Note that while this guy looks doofy in these photos there are also pictures of him without his shirt and he looks much, much better. Here are also a bunch of recent event photos of him. (Credit: WENN.)

Call me crazy, but I think the National Enquirer may be on to something with this report - they’re claiming that Ryan Phillippe is “back to his horndog ways” and screwing around big time on live-in girlfriend Abbie Cornish. First, let me say this: Abbie and Ryan don’t talk about their relationship very often, so when the tabloids do report anything about them, it’s usually either extreme: either they’re getting married and planning on a million babies, or Ryan is cheating on Abbie and she’s heartbroken. Either could be true. But there’s something about Ryan that I don’t trust, so I usually believe the “Ryan is a womanizer” rumors, like the ones from a few months ago that had Ryan being a douchey tool while Abbie was promoting a film in Cannes.

Anyway, this week’s version has Ryan cheating with an assortment of no-name girls, except for one: Hayden Panettiere. Oh, yes. This is why I think there’s a whiff of truth to it - can’t you see Ryan making a move on Hayden? I can.

Ryan Phillippe seems to be chasing after every girl in Hollywood - and it has all but wrecked his romance with girlfriend Abbie Cornish, say close pals.

“Ryan and Abbie are on the rocks because he’s back to his horndog ways,” an insider told The Enquirer. “He’s been hitting the clubs regularly and desperately trying to hook up with almost every young woman he meets. His womanizing has gotten so out of hand it’s like Abbie never existed.”

While Ryan and Abbie’s relationship seemed stable as recently as late October when he visited her on the set of her film “Sucker Punch” in Vancouver, the couple hasn’t been seen in public together since.

Over the past month, Ryan has been hitting Hollywood’s trendiest hotspots alone. He was particularly flirtatious with a blonde who was having dinner with her mother at the Hollywood restaurant Dan Tana’s recently.

“He kept interrupting their meal, practically begging the girl to hang with him and his friends when she was done eating,” revealed the insider. When she turned him down, he grabbed her cell phone and saved his number on it.

Ryan was also “all over” a stunning brunette at Crown Bar, according to eyewitnesses. And he was spotted getting cozy with 20-year-old “Heroes” actress Hayden Panettiere at the Los Angeles clubs Wonderland and Voyeur.

Although Abbie knew Ryan’s cheating reputation when they started dating, she thought he’d change for her, added the insider.

“Now she’s feeling the pain of his philandering firsthand.”

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, January 4, 2010]

The last thing I heard about their relationship was Abbie’s cryptic interview in W Magazine back in August. She made it clear that they were together, but things could have conceivably changed in the past few months. I think the most interesting note is that they haven’t been out in public together for months - and Abbie’s had several red carpet appearances the past few months where she’s flown solo. Could it be that Ryan and Abbie are no more? If it’s true, then I say good riddance to Ryan.

Hayden Panettiere, who claims that she’s not like the rest of us and thinks that the public wants to “destroy” celebrities, is continuing to give her ex boyfriend, Milo Ventimiglia, a hard time on the set of their show Heroes. Hayden and Milo split way back in February, and there were reports in March that she was trying to get him kicked off the show and refused to be around him on set. That’s understandable a month after a breakup, but it’s been nearly 10 months and Hayden still hasn’t found a way to exist peacefully at work with her ex. Her fat paycheck and Heroes’ low ratings don’t seem to be motivating her either. The National Enquirer reports that Milo is trying to be nice to Hayden on set but that she’s not having it and is giving him dirty looks, treating him like crap and talking smack about him to the producers:

“Haydens… never been dumped before, and when they resumed shooting the new season, she began taking out her hostilities on Milo,” said the insider.

“She’s been bad-mouthing Milo behind the scenes to the producers. She gripes about doing scenes with him and flashes him dirty looks when they are not shooting…

“Milo hoped they could maintain a professional relationship…”

When Milo tried to smooth things over with Hayden, “she acted like she didn’t know what he was talking about,” the source said.

“Hayden told Milo ‘Will you please get over yourself! Your ego is getting in the way of my acting!’”

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, December 7, 2009]

I believe this story about a girl who once explained that she gives fans a “half smile” as a “survival skill.” She’s full of herself and she can’t handle it that she got dumped. How lame for Hayden that she’s letting it affect her work and is still holding on to a bitter grudge after nearly a year.

Hayden Panettiere is shown at a benefit on 11/15/09. Credit: Juan Rico/Fame Pictures

I would probably take this message seriously from any other celebrity, barring the reality show ones, than Hayden Panettiere. She’s claiming that the paparazzi - and public - “destroy relationships”! This is from the girl who regularly called the paparazzi to ensure that she had plenty of coverage at the start of her career. She used to dine at paparazzi target restaurants like Koi and Mr. Chow all the time when she first started out. If she only blamed the paparazzi, I would say she’s right, but the public? It’s like she’s saying her fans are sucking the life out of her and I find that offensive. She wouldn’t be where she is if it wasn’t for the public watching her TV shows and sort-of paying attention to her shitty movie career.

Look at Jennifer Garner, who quietly deals with the hoards of paparazzi following her and her husband as they drop their three and a half year-old daughter off to school - every day. Garner has chosen to explain exactly what the paparazzi do and let their actions speak for themselves instead of outright condemning them. Garner said that the paparazzi are aggressive and taunt her daughter, and that it’s a “shame”. She didn’t claim they’re the devil or anything, but just recounted the lengths they go through to get a shot and try and evoke a reaction. Compare that to Hayden Panettiere saying that the paparazzi and public are to blame for destroying relationships:

Hayden Panettiere has blamed the paparazzi and the public for “destroying” her love life - insisting celebrity romances are ruined by media intrusion.

The Heroes actress quickly became a tabloid favorite after the TV show debuted in 2006 and her on-set love affair with co-star Milo Ventimiglia featured heavily in gossip columns.

However, the 19 year old - who split from Ventimiglia in February - is convinced Hollywood couples have it tough because fans’ interest in their love lives puts unprecedented pressure on a relationship.

She tells Britain’s Company magazine, “It’s very, very difficult and people have no idea what they do to peoples’ relationships. They destroy them. The paparazzi and the public. The public wants to read about your personal life, and the paparazzi give it to them by nosing into your personal life and saying things that are just not true and horrible.”

Panettiere insists the ever-present photographers also limit her freedom - because even the most menial of tasks become a chore.

She adds, “I used to walk my dogs in my pajamas. You know something’s not right when you’re lying in bed for 15 minutes in the morning going, ‘How do I get milk for cereal without having to leave my house?’ I would be so happy if I could walk down the street without someone coming out of the buses.”

[From ShowbizSpy]

I get that the paparazzi are a pain, but blame the paparazzi and the people who buy their pictures, not the public. Most members of the public, apart from the few of us who are celebrity-focused, don’t want to see you when you walk your dog and don’t give a shit about your relationships - especially some C-list TV actress like Hayden. It’s like Hayden links she’s above the unwashed masses because she’s a star and our interest in her is OMG ruining her life!

Hayden has an interview in the July issue of Details in which she drops the delicious tidbit that she only gave a group of fans a “a half-smile,” explaining “It’s a survival skill.” She also gave us more evidence that she considers herself above “the public” by explaining that “she started feeling different” from everyone else at a young age. “I always knew that I was. I never felt I missed out—in fact, it was like, ‘Oh, thank God I’m not that.’”

No, Hayden, you’re not like the rest of us. You’re a bitch, and you don’t appreciate the incredible opportunities that you’ve been given. You should thank the public, because when people lose interest in you, you’re over.

Hayden Panettiere is shown at the Teen Choice Awards on 8/9/09. Credit: WENN.com

Is it universally accepted that Jeremy Piven is totally skeezy? Piven turns 44 years old later this month, and yet whenever he makes the news for his “dating” habits, he’s always hitting on teenage girls, or girls barely out of their teens. There were rumors that Piven had a big crush on Megan Fox last year - when she was 21 years old. Allegedly, Piven went up to Megan at last year’s Spike TV Awards and struck out with this line: “I don’t know you, but I should.” It was also reported that Piven was “staring at her like she was a lamb chop.” Megan walked away - which I have to give her credit for. A few months later, Piven allegedly struck out with Hayden Panettiere at one of the post-Emmy parties. But that hasn’t stopped the lust in Piven’s heart for the 19-year-old Hayden:

Jeremy Piven seemed fully recovered from mercury poisoning at Thursday night’s “Entourage” premiere in LA.

Spies at the Belvedere-hosted soiree on the Paramount lot told us, “Piven was looking Hayden Panettiere up and down in between sips of vodka and soda.”

The 19-year-old “Heroes” starlet was with Alexis Dziena, who was in one episode of the HBO show, while Jamie-Lynn Sigler cuddled with beau Jerry Ferrara, who plays Turtle.

[From Page Six]

Gross. But you know what’s even grosser? Hayden might have been up for it. That girl likes older men - her ex-boyfriend Milo Ventimiglia and her current boyfriend/hookup Steve Jones are both 32 years old. That’s right - the same guy she was hooking up with in Cannes in May, they’re back on. They were seen together this weekend:

Recently claiming she’s single and mingling, Hayden Panettiere did more of the latter recently during a night out with her most recent fling, Welsh TV host Steve Jones.

While they were rumored to have split, it seems like they may have the makings of a full blown summer romance. According to an onlooker at Firefly restaurant, the two got close throughout the night as they hung out with other pals. At one point, the actress even slipped into his lap.

One point of contention: who picked up the bill. After a little squabbling, Panettiere grabbed the nearly three hundred dollar tab.

The two were first spotted sunning on a yacht together in the south of France during the Cannes film festival. They also had dinner in London with Elton John and his partner David Furnish.

[From Radar]

So is Hayden Jeremy’s soul mate or what? She’s practically jailbait, she digs older men, and she doesn’t seem to worry about sticking with relationships. Sounds like “the Piv” should have tried his chances once again with Hayden. So, so gross.

Jeremy Piven and Hayden Panettiere are shown at the Entourage season premiere on 7/10/09. Credit: PRPhotos

I kind of like Hayden Panettiere. I’m not all that invested in her or anything, but she’s seems smarter and more interesting than the standard-issue drunken-mess starlets. But Hayden’s fashion sense seems off, doesn’t it? Not that the clothes are totally whack, just that her clothes don’t always compliment her figure. Hayden’s been totally straight about her body, and how she feels about body criticism - her words were “I’m sorry, I’m a woman, I have cellulite.” Which is a funny way to make a point, especially when she actually has a nice, petite, healthy, athletic figure.

Hayden seems to dress like Cameron Diaz, favoring micro-mini skirts, barely-there cocktail dresses, and really hardcore shoes. But Cameron has the legs and height for it - and Hayden doesn’t. So sometimes she seems rather Hobbit-esque in these clothes meant for women with epic legs. That black lace dress Hayden wore to The Late Show did her no favors. And I’m getting the Hobbit vibe off Hayden in the faux-hippie pink dress with the billowing sleeves - but I’m not sure any woman could make that dress work, it’s a hot tranny mess, in the words of Christian Siriano. But I do like Hayden’s little one-shoulder cocktail dress, it’s very cute. But it looks like something Cameron Diaz would wear the hell out of, doesn’t it?

Possible mild spoilers for “Heroes”
In other Hayden news, the National Enquirer is reporting that Hayden’s sort-of hit show Heroes is pulling the standard ratings-grabbing crap for the new season: they will make Hayden’s cheerleader character experiment with her sexuality, and have some kind of lesbian kiss:

Hayden Panettiere who plays indestructible cutie on the seminal super-show Heroes is prepping for some girl-on girl tongue tactics as producers prep to drum up some Prop 8 theatrics for the flagging funny book skein.

According to reports, Hayden’s TV bosses are planning some light leszbo liasions for cheerleader Claire Bennett, enjoying a smooch with her collegiate roomie.

“It’s just girlie fun at first,” an insider revealed.

“But it might progress into something more serious. It depends on how viewers respond.”

And Hayden, natch.

[From National Enquirer]

I hate those kinds of ratings ploys. It seems rather tired, doesn’t it? Like it’s so 1999, when shows like Friends and Will & Grace pulled the same kind of thing. You know a show is dying when they bring in the faux-lesbian kisses. At least they’re not making Hayden dress up in that cheerleader outfit constantly, so I guess that’s the silver lining.

Photo credit: WENN.com and Fame Pictures. I don’t know whose baby Hayden is holding but she was reportedly with her family.

Hayden Panettiere was on The Late Show with David Letterman last night and she came out wearing a tiny lace dress. It didn’t look as revealing on camera as it did in pictures, although she seemed a little self conscious when she sat down and was kind of perched on the corner of her chair.

I watched the whole interview hoping that Hayden would say something quotable, interesting or funny so that I could report on it, but she really didn’t. Maybe it was just her demeanor, which was friendly enough but just kind of uninteresting and bland. Hayden was promoting the teen comedy I Love You Beth Cooper, which opens this Friday. They showed a clip from the film and it looks like crap.

This years’ Wimbeldon winner Serena Williams came on after Hayden and she was much more personable and warm. I really enjoyed her interview and found her very likable, down-to-earth and inspiring.

Hayden talked about how she went swimming in the Bahamas with the wild dolphins and she also discussed her misspelled back tattoo, which says “live without regrets” in Italian, but with one extra “i”. She said she learned about the fact that her tattoo was spelled wrong when she was in Italy and someone pointed it out, but that she doesn’t really mind. The thing is, she already told this to the press so it’s really not news, and neither is the fact that she likes dolphins. At least she risked her life to save dolphins a couple of years ago, and we can always focus on that tiny dress. She seems to be wearing some kind of stick-on support pasties and very small white underwear, although it’s hard to tell. This barely counts as a distraction, but I’ll take it today.

Photo credit: Fame Pictures and WENN.com

Hayden Panettiere recently sat down with the online magazine A Girl’s World for some early promotion of I Love You Beth Cooper. According to AGW, the storyline goes: “the class nerd Denis Cooverman (Paul Rust) confesses all in his graduation speech. At the top of his list is his love and desire for class hottie Beth Cooper. For her own reasons, she shows up at his door promising to show him the time of his life!” It’s being compared to Superbad, but like the girl’s version of Superbad. Which is weird, because I tend to think most girls and women don’t really care for that gross-out comedy of Superbad, but whatever.

In the interview, Hayden is mostly talking about the film, and about her role on Heroes. But she does get some questions about Hollywood’s beauty standards, and the body image pressures she feels. Hayden is pretty cool about it all, talking about her cellulite, whether she’s a role model to young women, and she ends up saying “’I’m sorry, I’m a woman. I don’t know what you want me to tell you.”

AGW: There is so much pressure on young female stars like yourself to look or be “perfect”. How do you handle that?

Hayden: I can’t tell you how many times I’ve thanked God and my parents for raising me in a place that was so humbling and so outside any of that stuff. I mean I live criticism every day. I’d go walk my dogs and I used to walk them in my PJ’s and now I have to make sure I look half decent or else I’ll get trashed. Or like having cellulite on the back of your legs. ‘I’m sorry, I’m a woman. I don’t know what you want me to tell you’ [we laugh]. ‘I’m sorry. It’s not going to go away. I can’t do anything about it. I apologize if I offended you’.

AGW: Cellulite, the equal opportunity curse! But, you seem to be surviving the pressure…

Hayden: I think I came into it when Paris and Lindsay and all these girls were at their height of what they were doing and I would say it’s guilty by association. If you are a young female in Hollywood, you are guilty of everything that people say. People feel that they have a right to judge you and they haven’t even had a conversation with you and it’s scary. I have a body that girls can look at and go, ‘oh she’s not anorexically skinny. She looks healthy and she’s got cellulite, yeah!’

AGW: (by now we’re thinking about our own cellulite. Thank God we’re wearing long pants). Does this “role model” label drive you nuts then?

Hayden: I think the only problem with attempting to be a role model is the fact that you just want to go, ‘okay, I’ll be a role model for you. I’d love to, but don’t expect me to be perfect because I’m not and I do screw up and I do make mistakes and I can’t always think of everyone else and what they’re going to say’. Because at the end of the day the only person you can make happy is yourself. No matter whether it’s wrong or right or looks good or looks bad, somebody will hate it. Somebody will.

[From A Girl’s World]

Hayden isn’t scary skinny, I’ll give her that. She has a nice, healthy, athletic build. So I’m okay with her being some kind of role model to girls - they could pick someone a lot worse. Most recently, Hayden was seen partying in Cannes with British hunk/skeeze Steve Jones. I don’t really know him, but I’ve heard that he’s like the British version of Mario Lopez, someone of that caliber. It looks like Hayden and Milo Ventimiglia really are over. And yet, I’m not broken up about it. Weird.

Hayden Panettiere and Steve Jones are shown on a yacht in France on 5/19/09. Credit: INFphoto.com

Hayden Panettiere is sort defending Bristol Palin’s role as an abstinence ambassador. Hayden joined Bristol yesterday for National Teen Pregnancy Awareness Day in New York, and claimed that the issue of teen pregnancy wasn’t about politics. Hayden says she wanted to speak out on the issue because it isn’t talked about enough, and that everybody’s message should and is basically “just to be safe, to be smart, to be educated”. Actually, I don’t think that is the message of abstinence-only advocates, but it should be. Hayden is giving too much credit to Bristol and her message, but I give Hayden a lot of credit for dodging the political questions with more grace than I would be able to:

Hayden Panettiere might still be a teenager herself, but this young actress seems to have a good head on her shoulders when it comes to teens and pregnancy. The Heroes actress joined teen mom Bristol Palin and others as the Candie’s Foundation hosted a town hall meeting on teen pregnancy prevention for National Teen Pregnancy Awareness Day in NYC.

The articulate star told OK! why she was speaking up on this important issue.

“I don’t think it’s something that’s talked about enough and I think that it’s just human nature to not realize the severity of an issue until it happens to you, until it directly impacts your life,” she explained to OK!. “And you go, ‘I’ll never get pregnant. It will never happen to me. I know it happens but it won’t happen to me. I’ll never get in a car accident, I know it happens, but it won’t happen to me.’ Until it happens and then it’s too late.”

Hayden, who isn’t necessarily an abstinence only advocate, still had kind words for her fellow speaker, Bristol Palin.

“I think this is all politics aside here,” she told OK!. “Different approaches to this topic, different opinions, but still saying the same thing – just to be safe, to be smart, to be educated and it was very brave of her to come up here and for the younger people to see someone their age going through it.”

The Heroes star was candid about her life plan during the town hall meeting, saying that a family is definitely in her future – somewhere farther along the road.

“I want a family. I want kids. I actually want a lot of kids. Not like ten, like four. And if it’s something that you go, ‘Oh I can’t wait to be a mom,’ that’s great, but think about it for your child and go, ‘I want to be a mom but I want to be the best mom I can be. And the only way to be the best mom I can be is by waiting until I’m no longer a child and waiting until I can teach them the best morals and raise them the best I can with a good education and a good platform. ‘ ”

Are we sure she’s only 19?

[From OK! Magazine]

A few months ago, Bristol Palin gave her first post-birth interview to Fox News, and she claimed at the time that abstinence-only education wasn’t realistic. Something has changed her mind since then, because she’s sticking to the conservative, abstinence-only program pretty well now. How great would it be if Bristol and the other social-conservative advocates took a step back and started preaching Hayden Panettiere’s message of “just to be safe, to be smart, to be educated”?

Hayden Panettiere and Bristol Palin are shown at “The Candie’s Foundation Town Hall Meeting On Teen Pregnancy Prevention” in NY yesterday. Credit: WENN.com