JerkyFlea: July 1999

JerkyFlea: July 1999
Author: JerkyFlea

Date: July 1999

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No news on Madonna this month, so it must be time to report on SHERYL CROW again.  Just when you didn't think it was possible, she's actually gone shorter again.  For Lilith Fair this summer, Sheryl has adopted the supershort SARAH MCLAUGHLIN style.  The main difference between this style and the last one she had is all the length on the top has now been cut off into the same choppy, piecey look as the rest, leaving Sheryl with a true pixie with short bangs.  Now that I've gotten used to her in short hair, I can be a bit more objective and say that the extremely cropped look makes me realize how much I preferred the more unkempt and softer previous version.  In fact, I'm trying my best to ignore the fact that the new cut now makes Sheryl bear a disturbing resemblence to Miss Hathaway from "The Beverly Hillbillies". v  On an interesting Lilith Fair side note, LEIGH NASH, the lead singer of Sixpence None The Richer (who had the hit "Kiss Me"), and NATALIE MAINES, lead singer of the Dixie Chicks,  also have the same style as Sarah and Sheryl now. 
 

Sarah Leigh Natalie

Did Sarah force all the artists on the tour to go through some Lilith boot camp that I just never heard about or what? 

Speaking of singers, ALANIS MORISSETTE has cut her hair.  Ok, ok, calm down.  I had to do that just for the shock value.  I guess I could string this along a bit by saying that she sheared off several inches, but that would just be pointless.  Fact is, Alanis trimmed about 8-10 inches from the length which brings it all the way back up to...drumroll please...her waist.  Bet you wouldn't even have noticed if I hadn't told you v  I found this picture of Bo Derek at the opening of "10"...er...wait a second.  Scratch that.  This is actually KRISTY SWANSON from the "Big Daddy" premiere.  Honest mistake.  For those of you keeping a list of styles that never, ever work on anyone, make sure you add "cornrows on a white girl".

Sheryl Crow, Sarah McLaughlin, Leigh Nash, and Natalie Maines pictures courtesy Lilith Fair,   Kristy Swanson pcitures courtesy Fashion Dish

Scoop

Thanks to faithful reader Dan, I have some additional scoopage on what the deal was with BAI LING going GI Jane to portray princess Tup Tim in "Anna". 

The following two Bai Ling articles are reproduced by courtesy of The Bai Ling Website. Special thanks to Nicolas Tang.

From a March 2, 1999 article in the Malaysian English-language newspaper, The Star:

Chinese actress Bai Ling cried when she was told to shave bald for her role as the princess Tup Tim in the movie Anna and the King. 

The 29-year-old actress, who showed up at the filming site at Armenian Street on Sunday with a short hair cut, said she was at first reluctant to shave bald. 

"I thought about it for a long time and cried, but finally decided last week to sacrifice my hair for the sake of art," she said. 

Her hair, which used to reach to her back, was cropped by a professional hairstylist last Friday. 

She is expected to go completely bald by next Wednesday or Thursday. 

For her art?  Like I said before, has this ever been a good idea?  Anyway, though resigned to the loss of her tresses, Bai still had a tough time of it, as was evidenced in the follow up article on March 5:

Chinese actress Bai Ling had a sleepless night on Wednesday after having her head shaven bald for her role as Princess Tup Tim in Anna and the King. 

The 27-year-old actress said she could not bear to look into the mirror as her hair was being shaved by a professional hairdresser. 

"I cried as I felt my hair dropping down from my head in patches," she said, adding that she could not sleep after that.

Although she feels more self-conscious now, she has gotten used to her new image and is quite cheerful about it. 

So there you go.  A quasi-happy ending.  She does appear more comfortable with it now (e.g., look at the "Wild Wild West" premiere in The Latest) and I've heard rumors that she actually likes it.  I guess all she has to do now is just wait for the offers to pour in looking for bald Asian actresses. 

Hey, it could happen.

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Just when I was about to give up hope on finding pictures of a blonde SIGOURNEY WEAVER, I stumbled across an "Entertainment Tonight" interview with her, complete with pictures.  The reason it's here instead of in the Old News section, is because Sigourney discusses the reasons for her new 'do in the course of the interview, which is about her currently in-production film, "Galaxy Quest".  In it, she portrays one of the cast of an old "Star Trek"-like show, that gets abducted by very stupid aliens to aid in fighting a war because the aliens think the cast is an actual, heroic starship crew. 

No, that's really what it's about. 

So with that in mind...

ET: You mentioned the blonde, so is this part of the character? 

Sigourney: I chose this! I just felt that she'd been the only girl on this show which ran I don't know how many years ago, and none of them had been able to move on. I just thought that she really is a sunny California girl and so she just fit neatly into the part. None of them have been able to move onto other things. 

ET: Do you like the blonde? 

Sigourney: I like it, I've been blonde. I've worn it on stage quite a few times. 

ET: Do people give you a different look? 

Sigourney: Yes! I think blonde's look much friendlier. It was time to do the blonde.

ET: Are you going to leave it like that after the film, or become a red head or something? 

Sigourney: I haven't really thought about that! 

I actually could see Sigourney as a redhead.  In fact, after seeing how well the blonde works on her, I would be hard pressed to come up with a color (or style for that matter) that wouldn't be at least somewhat flattering.

Oh, and since the color was her choice, I don't think it technically violates her declaration of not changing her hair for a movie that I reported on in my second column.  At least that's my story and I'm sticking with it.

Bai Ling pictures courtesy The Star, Sigourney Weaver pictures courtesy "Entertainment Tonight" / Netscape

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