Short Stuff
 TEA LEONI is not only once again a
blonde after an extended period of returning to her roots as a brunette, but has grown her
hair out to about mid-back. Though the length is interesting (since it's the longest
I can remember her having it), what's more interesting is that she dyed her hair while
pregnant. Though it has been disproven that there is any link between hair dye and
birth defects (want to emphasize that so I'm not accused of spreading rumors), the
majority of expecting moms these days avoid the bottle (so to speak) while the bun is in
the oven. Just kind of surprised me and I bet I wasn't the only one. v As I was
strongly and correctly informed in several emails, Best Actress nominee and star of
"Elizabeth" CATE
BLANCHETT is Australian, not English. My most
sincere apologies to those Down Under that read the column (especially to Penny and
brose). And my sympathies that you do actually have 7-11s there
The Latest
 To quote myself from the last column, referring to SANDRA BULLOCK's moderate
haircut after shedding her extensions from "Practical Magic",
"Hey, 6 inches here, 6 inches there, pretty soon we're talking about a real
haircut. But, fortunately, not yet." Lopping off 8 inches, though, is
definitely a real haircut and that's just what Sandy did. Her latest style is
between a long shag and a choppy shoulder-length bob. Rather like an even longer Meg
Ryan style than Kate Winslet is wearing with fewer layers in the sides but even heavier
layering on the ends.
 FLEA'S CALL:
To quote Mr. Horse from "Ren and Stimpy" (how's
that for an obscure reference?), "No sir, I don't like it." Though this
more unkempt version of the shag has been showing up more and more lately, I think only
very few can actually wear it well. Meg Ryan and Jenna Elfman (think last year) can;
Sandy and Kate can't. Where as Kate's style seems sophisticated making the cut less
that flattering, Sandra's is very natural having the same effect. In both cases
you'd expect a simple, yet flattering style...or at least I would. For Sandra
that would be...well...about any style she's had other than this.
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In my Oscars column, I said that "Northern
Exposure"'s JANINE
TURNERwas supposedly one of the best dressed and coifed at
the event. Well, uh, heheh, It was actually Jeanine Turner, costume
designer for "Elizabeth" and "Shakepeare in Love". Kristin of BeautyBuzz was nice
enough to correct my slip-up. Ah, so close and yet so far.
However, that doesn't change the fact that I do have
news on Janine. After spending time down in Texas raising her
daughter, she has reentered the acting scene with a new TV movie and with significantly
more hair than we've seen her with in a long while. Janine's hair is now one length
to just below her shoulders. Quite a departure from her early days of stardom when
she had the short crop (shown in the first picture as a point of reference, because, in my
opinion, Janine is virtually unrecognizable in the last two).
FLEA'S CALL: Janine, at least in my humble opinion,
has always looked best with her hair at a medium length. Not as short as the first
picture and not as long as the second. Not that either looks bad, I just think a
medium length fuller style is more complimentary. Having said that, the length isn't
the problem with the second style. The problem is a lack of bangs. Having a
bit of a high forehead (not quite in the Helen Hunt range, but close), Janine has always
looked better with them than without them. Interestingly, she also looks better with
short bangs (at least a half inch ABOVE her eyebrows), than with long ones. I think
cutting just a small fringe in the front (As opposed to what? The back?) would make
all the difference in the world in the style.
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NANCY O'DELL
of "Access Hollywood" provides some belated and
minor new hair news this time. A month or two back, she cut the about 8 inches off
of the bottom of her heavily layered, below shoulder style, resulting in a layered
bob. It's essentially the exact same style she wore before, just shorter.
Couldn't find a picture, but I did simulate it for you below.
FLEA'S CALL: The before
pictures I've shown are actually kind of misleading. The second black and white
picture seems to show that her hair along the bottom is rather thick and full.
That's not really the case due to the extensive layering. The first picture is
really more accurate, in that it shows that her hair appeared to be much too long for the
style it was in. I just never thought it looked quite right. Cutting it to a
bob corrects the problem somewhat, though going shorter or, as much as I hate to suggest
it, cutting it into a variation of the tucked-behind-the-ears shag would probably work
even better. Or just let it grow back out without so much layering.
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 Speaking
of hair growth (Ok, I haven't talked about it since way back at Liv Tyler, but,
technically, I WAS speaking of it), let's talk DEMI MOORE. After getting pumped up
and shearing herself for "GI Jane" (a misnomer
since she was in the SEALS and "GI" is an Army nickname, but even yet again I
digress), she's actively pursued regaining her sense of femininity. Part of that is
to grow her hair back out, which she has continued to do. As you can see in the
picture, it's now all the way back out to shoulder-length and all one length as
well. For it to be this long, other than maintenance trims to get it all back to one
length, she can't have cut it since she was bald in December of 1996.
FLEA'S
CALL: Demi is one of those lucky women who can pretty much
wear their hair any way they want. So, except for the Kojak look (kids, ask your
parents), she's managed to pull off everything from pixie to
waist-length. I've always preferred Demi with something below the chin,
as the extra length softens her squarish jaw line. It will be interesting to see
where she stops her current growth cycle, though I wouldn't be surprised if she keeps it
close to the length it's at now, if not just slightly longer.
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LISA NICOLE
CARSON is Ally McBeal's roommate Renee on "Ally
McBeal". Right around the time of the Golden Globes, she changed her
hair style from it's natural curly look to a straightened look, very reminiscent of a bad
interpretation of Farrah Fawcett's wings from the 70s. I didn't report on it then,
because I thought it was a one-time style for the awards show. I was mistaken, as it
is now the style she regularly sports on the show. You can see what it looks like in
the very bad pictures below, but you have a better chance of seeing it by tuning into the
show one Monday night.
FLEA'S CALL: This has to be one of the more
ill-conceived style choices of late. It doesn't recall the feathered glory that was
Farrah, but rather the unsuccessful attempts of the average woman to duplicate it.
The result is a straight shoulder-length style with a feeble and incomplete sausage roll
curl along each side. Though I can understand the desire to go to a non-curly style
just for a different look, this is about the worst version she could have chosen.
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The Artist Formerly Known as Ginger Spice, GERI HALLIWELL,
has continued her post-Spice Girls evolution of toning down her previous flamboyant
image. First the Union Jack dress and 6 inch heels. Next, the heavy makeup and
bright red hair. And now, the next step of abandoning red altogether. Geri is
currently wearing her simply styled, lightly long layered, below shoulder-length hair in a
very attractive honey blonde shade.
FLEA'S CALL: While the Spice Girls were
unfortunately a guilty pleasure (say what you will, I have no defense), I always thought
Geri looked like...well...a bimbo. Posh Spice, on the other hand...Anyway, with the
new color and toned down makeup, it turns out that Geri is actually pretty cute.
What I find the most interesting is that her new look actually makes her appear younger.
And what more could you really want from a makeover?
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And finally, before we get to Short Stuff,
I've got some news (though somewhat belated) for you "7th
Heaven" fans out there. For those of you who don't know, the oldest
daughter is portrayed by JESSICA
BIEL. At the end of last season, Jessica had long
hair, well below her shoulders. At the beginning of this season, she suddenly had a
bob, as you can see in the Before and After below.
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Before |
After |
Viewers were probably surprised by this turn of
events...and they weren't the only ones. According to Jessica in a recent TVGuide Online interview...
. ..she says she really shook up the 7th Heaven
producers when she decided to cut her own hair right before the start of the current
season. "The producers were pissed. I told them, 'Hey, it grows
back.' But they didn't see it that way."
As you may have guessed, Jessica is a bit more of a...uh...free spirit than the
character she plays on the show.
FLEA'S
CALL: Jessica's style is very simple and suits her
well. Straight, a beautiful natural chestnut brown hair, and usually parted in the
middle. Though it looked good long, since her face is closer to an oval than round,
the bob works for her just as well. Plus, it gives her hair some more natural volume
due to the reduction in weight. Since her character on the show plays high school
basketball, this isn't all that drastic a change. I guess the producers should be
glad it wasn't any shorter...and that it's still brown. J
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