I have to say Mena Suvari rocks the bald look. And for some weird reason, it doesn’t make her huge forehead look bigger, which you would think would be the natural result. The actress shaved her head for her role in “The Garden of Eden,” an upcoming film based on the Ernest Hemmingway book. Some women can really pull off this look – it just depends on individual features and jaw structure, I think. Oh, and a lack of crazy eyes and umbrellas being wielded.

“Mena, 28, has sacrificed her blonde mane for her latest project ‘The Garden Of Eden’ - the film version of the Ernest Hemmingway novel. In doing so she follows in the footsteps of fellow screen sirens Natalie Portman, Demi Moore and Sigourney Weaver, who have all shorn their locks in the past for the sake of film roles.

“In the movie Mena plays Catherine, the wife of a successful young American writer who is on an extended honeymoon in Europe. Becoming restless, her character decides to test her new husband’s devotion with a series of trials, including, presumably, shaving her head.

”Luckily for the pretty star, she has the delicate features to be able to successfully carry off the short-haired look. And with the shooting of the drama now over, the style has already started to grow into a fetching blonde crop.”

[From Hello Magazine]

I wonder who Britney Spears thought she was testing when she got all uppity and shaved her hair. I’m pretty sure everyone failed, and stopped loving her, based on the reactions. Correction: they continued not to love her. Few people were big fans at that point anyway. I think Mena looks amazing, and I’m glad she’s not covering up the bald. When you know someone’s done that, all you do is wonder what it really looks like. I really would give my left arm to see Britney without the wigs. I think Mena would look a bit better without the bug glasses, but I’m slow to adapt to fashion trends. She has some awesome curves. Now I can see why Kevin Spacey had that crush on her. Enjoy the bikini pics.

Mena Suvari is not getting enough attention in her one-third-life crisis. In the spring of 2005 she dumped her 17 year-older German husband after five years of marriage, and has been shacking up with a younger breakdancer. She took off her top at the beach a couple of weeks ago - in Florida, not France - and has been seen out in bootlicious outfits. Now she’s just dressing fug, and sporting Nelly Furtado bangs.

The top of her canary yellow tank-style dress has those kind of big scaly sequins that would be at home on a mermaid costume, and the too-short bottom is gathered accordian style. She pairs it with black diamond-patterned 3/4 length leggings. Her accessories include giant hoop earrings and a fat ‘ol chain with a giant M that looks like she snatched it off the hood of a car. Black acrylic nails with silver embellished tips top off her ensemble. The purse and shoes aren’t bad, though.

Mena has a part in that Factory Girl movie, and stars in three upcoming films this year, including another with Sienna Miller called The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, which is the only one that might be decent.

She is shown at a Fashionweek kickoff party on 1/31. Pictures from Gossip Rocks.

Mena Suvari is content to wear the really tight pants in her relationship and is pumping gas while her younger boyfriend, breakdancer Mike Carrasco, looks on. Carrasco hails from Las Vegas, is four years younger than Suvari, 27, and met her in February of this year. Suvari is divorcing German cinematographer Robert Brinkman, 44, after six years of marriage.

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