Diane lane appeared on access hollywood.She stated that she was the spokesperson for Pantenes beautiful lenght program.The purpose of which is to encourage women to grow their hair,and then donate it to adult women with cancer for wigs. She is going to cut it on national t.v. in july. information on access hollywood homepage

I couldnt have said it better myself fatmoogas..

I think if you choose to give to a charity,be it time or money thats awsome.But I totally agree it should be a personal choice.Its wrong to bully people into donating.I wonder why Lol and this new group dont get together,since LOL still has so much hair.If it truly is about helping people.Which the more I hear the more I wonder how much it is for helping out people and not helping themselves?

Quite profound today fat...

The article does seem a bit (just a bit) disengenuous...I'll give Ms. Lane the benefit of the doubt because she is a serious actress.  She has had shorter hair before (I believe no shorter than a short bob), and as an actress, if the next roll calls for long hair...ON with the extensions!

I don't think groups, or organizations should tell people to grow, and cut their hair.  I think, however, that if someone wants to cut their hair short, and there will be an available ponytail, why not send it on to LOL or whoever can put it to good use.  Telling people to grow and cut is like putting the cart before the horse, imho.

As for donating blood, not everyone can.  I have donated over 3 gallons of blood in my life, but can no longer because of some medication I'm taking.  I feel more people should, but it IS a personal choice, and I will not judge you or think any more or less of you (or anyone else) for your own personal choice.

fatmoogas wrote: Fading career maybe? Personally, I'm sick of celebs. jumping on this particular bandwagon. Lane's hair has almost always been long and when she cuts it, it grows back real quick. That might not be so for the ordinary people she seems determined to bully into donating their hair. Leave them alone! If they want to donate to a charity (with money or anything else) they'll do so! This guilt trip in the society in which we live is really beginning to freak me out. Charity should be given anonymously and for a valid personal reason--not as a celebrity stunt. Whatever I may have given to charity is my business. I will say, however, that I've never donated blood and would not carry an organ donor card. I do not believe that this personal choice makes me a bad or antisocial person.

I said to myself that I wouldn't get into this topic with Ann and now Diane but I just feel I have to now.  I have been cutting hair for 10+ years now and I am actually a short hair specialist (yes, our salon is big enough to have specialist like this).  I can't tell you how many times I have had someone come in and tell me they wanted to cut off all of their hair.  I would tell them about Locks of Love or Wigs for Kids and they had never heard of it.  After I cut it off, they would reply "If I had known about this, I would have done this years ago".

I think it is great that Diane and Ann are doing what they are doing to get the word out.  Since we are part of the world of hair and see this stuff every day, you all assume that EVERYONE knows about it.  Believe it or not, there are MANY who have never heard of Locks of Love and even less that have heard of Beautiful Lengths.

Neither Diane or Ann are holding people down and cutting their hair off.  They are not forcing anyone to do anything...they are just getting the word out.  I am really sorry that a few people on this board think it is the worst thing in the world to cut someones hair for ANY reason.  That is what I love about this country.....freedom of speech.  You might not like what others say, but that doesn't mean you have to do it.

And while I am on my soapbox, why do people have to respond to EVERY post on here?  It drives me crazy to see people on this board for less than a year and have hundreds or thousands of posts.  Look how long I have been a part of this board and how many posts I have made.  Funny how I am a Newbie when I have been here longer than most of you who are Seniors.

bnbivi00 wrote: And while I am on my soapbox, why do people have to respond to EVERY post on here?  It drives me crazy to see people on this board for less than a year and have hundreds or thousands of posts.  Look how long I have been a part of this board and how many posts I have made.  Funny how I am a Newbie when I have been here longer than most of you who are Seniors.

That's been mentioned a few times, but for some reason it always entertains me to see it pointed out.  And don't feel bad bnbivi00.  Check out my status over there to the left and remember that I'm the reason the board even came into existence in the first place.

JF

Your right everyone is intitled to their own opinion,which is why I posted mine.As you can see from my sig. pic I'm not anti short hair.I have had my hair short all my life.I have only had long hair once.And i was glad to cut it off.I think if someone wants to cut their hair short,awsome as I frequent the short hair board as much as the long hairboard.I just like hair.My point is alot of people with longhair have been chastised for not donating their hair.Thats not right.I have seen it firsthand.These individuals really valued their hair,but felt pressure from others to cut for this cause.It would have been fine if it had been of their own free will,but it wasnt.They were made to feel selfish for wanting to keep it for themselves?!    Like I stated in my initial response,donating to charities is wonderful,but it should be a choice.I donate to charities all the time,and will continue to but only when and how i see fit.Free will is wondeful.

And yes fatmoogas,that is me sans extensions.I missed my own hair so i decided to go natural.

JerkyFlea wrote: That's been mentioned a few times, but for some reason it always entertains me to see it pointed out.  And don't feel bad bnbivi00.  Check out my status over there to the left and remember that I'm the reason the board even came into existence in the first place. JF

Tooting our own horn JF?

Still miss your column, wish you would start it up again (just wishful thinking!)  I average about 3 posts a week...is that too much? 

We don't really have this whole Locks of Love concept in Europe so I am slightly confused by what a massive deal it seems to be over your side of the pond.  For an outsider, it seems like Diane Lane and Ann Curry (whoever she is) are raising the profile of these charities and in my opinion, that's a positive way to exploit their fame.  Of course there's an element of self-promotion involved, but their efforts can, at the end of the day, help someone in need, then I think we can do better than denigrate their actions. 

On a personal note, I would love to give blood, but am unable to do so, because I am quite severely anaemic.  Even since I put on weight (I used to be super-skinny, which also depleted my blood), my iron levels are still way too low to donate.  I think that people who donate blood are doing a BRILLIANT job :) 

Kramer,

I am not asking you or anyone to not speak your mind.  This is a board where people can speak their mind and that is the whole point of this board.  I am just suggesting that you pick your battles.  EVERYONE on here knows what you all think about long hair and what others think about short hair.  I just choose to let people speak their mind without blasting every subject on this board if they think differently than I do.  Don't hate people for wanting to do good and help others out by donating their hair.  Don't hate people for wanting to get the message out that people can do this (not forcing them to cut their hair).  That is all I am asking.

Let's all agree to disagree and move on.

Guess they don't do that Mike because usually the salon will keep and sell the hair. They don't want to give their customers ideas that will cost them money!

OK, I'm going to whole-heartedly agree with bnbivi00 in the sense that some, not all, chronic posters add nothing to the discussion. They say stuff like "I love it. The best thing since sliced white bread" after every post. I don't care how you feel about each post, I'll form my own opinion, thank you. I don't mind people who post new information or an occassional opinion. Remember an opinion means nothing if it follows each and every post. But the ones that really get me - and to the credit of this board it rarely appears here - is the occassions when someone tries to supply new info and someone jumps on the poster for the info being old. Please that person is only trying to contribute quality information.

I've been villified on some message boards and kicked off of another for saying as much as bnbivi00 has said and it's good to see that I'm alone. So please, bnbivi00, do me a favor and go to ltah and back me on this cause.

And remember, this isn't a contest to see who can get the most posts.

-Stu

bnbivi00 wrote: Kramer, I am not asking you or anyone to not speak your mind.  This is a board where people can speak their mind and that is the whole point of this board.  I am just suggesting that you pick your battles.  EVERYONE on here knows what you all think about long hair and what others think about short hair.  I just choose to let people speak their mind without blasting every subject on this board if they think differently than I do.  Don't hate people for wanting to do good and help others out by donating their hair.  Don't hate people for wanting to get the message out that people can do this (not forcing them to cut their hair).  That is all I am asking. Let's all agree to disagree and move on.

Stu wrote: OK, I'm going to whole-heartedly agree with bnbivi00 in the sense that some, not all, chronic posters add nothing to the discussion. They say stuff like "I love it. The best thing since sliced white bread" after every post. I don't care how you feel about each post, I'll form my own opinion, thank you. I don't mind people who post new information or an occassional opinion. Remember an opinion means nothing if it follows each and every post. But the ones that really get me - and to the credit of this board it rarely appears here - is the occassions when someone tries to supply new info and someone jumps on the poster for the info being old. Please that person is only trying to contribute quality information. I've been villified on some message boards and kicked off of another for saying as much as bnbivi00 has said and it's good to see that I'm alone. So please, bnbivi00, do me a favor and go to ltah and back me on this cause. And remember, this isn't a contest to see who can get the most posts. -Stu bnbivi00 wrote: Kramer, I am not asking you or anyone to not speak your mind.  This is a board where people can speak their mind and that is the whole point of this board.  I am just suggesting that you pick your battles.  EVERYONE on here knows what you all think about long hair and what others think about short hair.  I just choose to let people speak their mind without blasting every subject on this board if they think differently than I do.  Don't hate people for wanting to do good and help others out by donating their hair.  Don't hate people for wanting to get the message out that people can do this (not forcing them to cut their hair).  That is all I am asking. Let's all agree to disagree and move on.

Dude, that was totally irrelevant to this thread.  Pots and kettles?

Back on topic.  I'm glad we don't have this so much in the UK (but it *is* increasing) with LoL and whoever else.  It's just irritating when people try to force you to donate.  I you want to you will.  People throw out clothes instead of taking them to charity shops.  People throw out their old mobiles instead of donating them to African doctors.  People are so wasteful and uncharitable with waste that why should people be expected to donate physical parts of themselves.

Unless they want to. 

I can't remember who said it (sorry, brain like a sieve) but yes, these people chould grow their own hair to make wigs out of before they get cancer/alopecia/whatever.  That would save a lot of hassle.

bnbivi00 wrote: I said to myself that I wouldn't get into this topic with Ann and now Diane but I just feel I have to now.  I have been cutting hair for 10+ years now and I am actually a short hair specialist (yes, our salon is big enough to have specialist like this).  I can't tell you how many times I have had someone come in and tell me they wanted to cut off all of their hair.  I would tell them about Locks of Love or Wigs for Kids and they had never heard of it.  After I cut it off, they would reply "If I had known about this, I would have done this years ago". I think it is great that Diane and Ann are doing what they are doing to get the word out.  Since we are part of the world of hair and see this stuff every day, you all assume that EVERYONE knows about it.  Believe it or not, there are MANY who have never heard of Locks of Love and even less that have heard of Beautiful Lengths. Neither Diane or Ann are holding people down and cutting their hair off.  They are not forcing anyone to do anything...they are just getting the word out.  I am really sorry that a few people on this board think it is the worst thing in the world to cut someones hair for ANY reason.  That is what I love about this country.....freedom of speech.  You might not like what others say, but that doesn't mean you have to do it. And while I am on my soapbox, why do people have to respond to EVERY post on here?  It drives me crazy to see people on this board for less than a year and have hundreds or thousands of posts.  Look how long I have been a part of this board and how many posts I have made.  Funny how I am a Newbie when I have been here longer than most of you who are Seniors.

I am not turning this into a short-versus long debate or anything, but I consider Ms. Lane's donation to be fairly worthless in this regard.  LOL has gotten a bad reputation for making profit off a lot of the hair they receive.  (Am not certain about the reputation of the organization Ms. Lane is giving her hair to.)  And given the fact that extensions can cost somewhere between the hundreds to thousands of dollars, I bet LOL makes a lot of money.

Lane is an actrsss, and chances are her hair has been colored at some point.  Color treated hair is not really good for wigs and/or extensions.  Also, synthetic wigs tend to hold up better in the long run.  So what good does her donation really do?

BTW - it sounds cool that your salon features such specialized stylists.  Kudos to you. 

In the current (April 3) issue of US Weekly there is an interview with Diane Lane about her upcoming haircut.

Diane's Haircut for Charity

The mane event: in July, Diane Lane, 41, will lop off her locks live on NBC's Today show. Why? As spokeswoman for the Pantene Beautiful Lengths campaign (a joint endeavor with the Entertainment Industry Foundations Women's Cancer Research Fund), she's encouraging women to donate their hair to cancer patients in need of wigs. Lane tells us about her role.

Why did you get involved?

Cancer has devestated the lives of many people I know and love. And I like the intimacy of giving a part of myself - literally - and asking others to do so too. That's going to be worth teh shock of cold air on my neck.

Is your long hair long enough to donate?

I've been growing it out since the fall. I have to grow three more inches, but I'm going to get there by July.

Are you anxious?

I'm hoping (my husband Josh Brolin) thinks I'm as cute with two inches of hair as I am with 20.

I was going to say something sarcastic like, "Alert the media," but it seems like Diane's people already have.

Yes, it's nice to do something for cancer patients. And if your reputation can be enhanced along the way...

I guess I compare it to athletes who visit young sick kids in the hospital with TV camera crew in tow. It makes you wonder why they do it in the first place.

Diane Lane looks great when her hair is like this:

http://www.smokingcelebs.com/l/lane32.jpg - http://www.smokingcelebs.com/l/lane32.jpg

or this:

http://www.smokingcelebs.com/l/lane19.jpg - http://www.smokingcelebs.com/l/lane19.jpg

or this:

http://www.smokingcelebs.com/l/lane29.jpg - http://www.smokingcelebs.com/l/lane29.jpg

or even like this:

http://www.smokingcelebs.com/l/lane4.jpg - http://www.smokingcelebs.com/l/lane4.jpg

Rod, if Diane Lane really wanted wanted to make a difference, she could:

- Get involved in the fight against cancer

- Donate some of her millions toward cancer research

- Participate in the Relay for Life or other American Cancer Society  fund-raising efforts

- Quit smoking

- Stop smoking in movies

- Speak out against smoking in movies

- Encourage others to quit smoking

Any of those would be way more newsworthy than cutting off one's hair.

By the way, her hair doesn't look so great in this photo:

http://www.amiannoying.com/dcaeig3yjarobd455hn3rw55/view.aspx?ID=2527 - http://www.amiannoying.com/(dcaeig3yjarobd455hn3rw55)/view.a spx?ID=2527

natasha wrote: So, is this turning into yet another useless hair politics thread? Yawn ...

A. I thought I was providing some helpful advice. Just because you may disagree with my suggestions doesn't mean they are useless.

B. Typing what you did may have shown you don't think I had the right to say what I said here, but if it's so useless, why even bother? Move on.

C. Everything I wrote is entirely true. Don't you believe a boycott on smoking would have more of an impact than cutting off your hair?

I first noticed Diane Lane (and her hair) in 1979. For those of you too young to remember, she appeared on the cover of Time Magazine.

http://img.timeinc.net/time/magazine/archive/covers/1979/1101790813_400.jpg - http://img.timeinc.net/time/magazine/archive/covers/1979/110 1790813_400.jpg

How's that for a great head of hair?

I'm going to get historical about Diane Lane.  I loved her hair in "A Little Romance" in the 1970s, when it was below waist-length and beautiful.  Well, in the early 80's or so, she starred in "The Cotton Club" set in the flapper age of the 1920's.  So they gave her a short bob haircut.  I still remember reading her interview in my sister's Seventeen magazine.  She said it was traumatic to get 24 inches cut off, so they did it in three stages, 8 inches at a time.  I remember thinking that was a good idea.  So she's gone from long to short before, though quite a while ago.  She could probably look good at any length, with her features.

natasha wrote: Kramer wrote: I thought I was providing some helpful advice. It's just too bad that your "helpful advice" was so completely off topic. This board is about Celebrity Hair -- not about cancer research, anti-smoking campaigns etc. And who were you providing that "helpful advice" for, anyway? You really think Diane Lane is reading this forum?

I can't remember ever seeing a bad photo of Diane Lane, with short hair, long hair or in between hair. There are lots of great photos of her on the Diane Lane group on Yahoo. I tried posting them, but they wouldn't show up.

http://movies.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/Diane_Lane/photos - http://movies.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/Diane_Lane/photos

I noticed you ignored/avoided two of my earlier points here:

B. Typing what you did may have shown you don't think I had the right to say what I said here, but if it's so useless, why even bother? Move on.

C. Everything I wrote is entirely true. Don't you believe a boycott on smoking would have more of an impact than cutting off your hair?

As I also stated, Diane Lane looks amazing in any hairstyle -- short, long or in between. So this hasn't been a list of reasons why she shouldn't cut her hair.

Are you going to swear again to make your next point? I really enjoy it when girls swear.

Another one of Diane's sexy hairstyles can be found here:

http://www.tccandler.com/diane_lane_hs_smile.jpg - http://www.tccandler.com/diane_lane_hs_smile.jpg

Mike, no photos, sorry.  It was a long ago issue of Seventeen magazine of my sister's that was not saved!  I'm not even sure if there were photos of her haircut.  I think it was an interview where she described them cutting off 8 inches at a time 3 different times.

LMAO!!!!  Krammer and fellings?  Now thats funny!