Kiera Knightly's new short do!

http://autographs.keithjakubowski.net/keiraknightley4.jpg

That's odd that the MSN article calls it "Dorothy Hamill hair," since it's really not. Hamill's wedge was much fuller on top--and it was certainly never as sexy as Knightley's cut!

I thought some of you might appreciate this since it's been such a hot topic of discussion. Not the most flattering pic that I've seen...

http://entertainment.msn.com/movies/undressed

hey sh752k, I became moderator about a year and a half ago.

Native, I am not required to like a "balance" of hair looks, and I will not be dishonest to please those seeking flattering words for any given celeb.

I do not make comments like "short hair is ugly." If/when I dislike a celeb's look, I always try to state my thoughts in tactful terms.

Dave, I wasn't saying anything about your right to say anything. But I'm hard pressed to think of a time when you've ever said 'Boy, she looks great, the haircut was a good move."

The same thing is true of Gord, although I can actually recall him having liked a short hair a time or too.

Your default response is nearly always something of the 'shot is hair is ugly, long hair looks better variety.'
Do you really think you're not a bit of a zealot for long hair?

I'm not a short hair extremist, though, because I've said that some people look better with short hair, and some look better with long hair. There are even posts where I've said so and so should never cut her hair.

Which is not to say I'm not without my personal foibles in regards to hair. I nearly never like bangs, for example, but I generally don't chime in on posts about it because I can't judge with any kind of objectivity, because whether bangs look good or bangs is lost on me.

Hi Brent,

I agree that there is a variety of opinions expressed here. I just don't understand why I am attacked when I state one. Nobody squawked when the opinion was expressed that "only 3 women in this world look good with long center parted hair." But I merely mirror that (to diametrically oppose), sort of tongue-in-cheek, and lo and behold, I am accused of being a zealot. Very charitable of him to say that about me, don't you think? I very much disagree with the opinion that only 3 women in this world look good with long center parted hair, as I think it looks great on many, many women.

So the question is, can we all tolerate and respect other's opinions even when they don't agree with our own? It's okay to talk about them, and even question them (respectfully), but to assign unflattering labels to others is not cool.

Native wrote: Dave is a long hair zealot.

Really? Is that so? Well then I guess you must be a short hair extremist.

I seem to recall others on the celebrity board saying something to the effect that there are precisely 3 women in this world who look good with long center parted hair (and that the woman -- Demi Moore? -- was not one of them)... but nobody took that poster to task for posting such an opinion. I guess there really is a double standard on this board, where it's only okay for short hair fans to express that sort of thought.

Thanks for informing me of the true nature of this board.

Dave is a long hair zealot.

I confess I don't know why this person is a celebrity (in other words, I am not familiar with her professional work). That said, and to borrow a phrase... there are 3 women in the world who look good with very short hair -- and Keira Knightly is not one of them. This haircut does make her jaw appear very prominent; it is not flattering. Her facial features (even if very much "surrounded") in the "before" pic offered appear to be more balanced.

Hal wrote: Geezzzz's Vinie... are you the only one that can have an opinion? My two cents worth!

Wtf? People have been posting for 3 pages about how indescriminately great it is, I think I'm entitled to an opinion.

And will people stop saying "my two cents worth!" It's annoying and more overused than "..."