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“I feel so free and very feminine,” said Spino, who works in marketing. “We’re taught to believe that women can only be sexy with long hair, but I get so many comments from men and women telling me my buzz cut is so hot.” For women, this season the buzz cut is … well, buzzy. At the Met Gala on Monday, “Don’t Worry Darling” star Florence Pugh, 27, debuted her newly shaved head on the red carpet. On TikTok, the hashtag #GirlsWithShavedHeads has amassed over 106.7 million views, with w“People are really into low-maintenance hair now, and a buzz cut...

Police provided the public with details on Tuesday at a press conference, where they said that the rifle that was used was legally purchased. Robert Crimo III, 21, allegedly opened fire from a rooftop during the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, and evaded arrest for hours. Police said that Primo wore women's clothing in an attempt to conceal himself, specifically to help cover up his face tattoos. He may have worn a wig during the shooting.

A young Rita Moreno tried to emulate Elizabeth Taylor in her appearance, but when it came to her hair she maintained her cultural identity. During the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday, Moreno, 89, opened up about her early years in Hollywood and Gene Kelly’s request to cut her hair for her role as Zelda Zanders in the 1952 film “Singin’ in the Rain.” “I did something that is so Latina because I was the shyest person on earth, and I said no,” Moreno, who is the subject of the documentary “Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for...

Tran Van Hay's hair is sooooooo long, he curls it up and wraps a turban around his head. And this ain't your Osama turban. The Vietnamese man's hair is said to be a world record for men, at 6.3 m (20 ft 7 in)...(he's applied with the Guinness folks, but the length hasn't been verified).

Simple question. There are lots of competitive races this time around, and if you had the power to assure one of them won, who would you pick?

The Right to Long HairThe Wall Street Journal 2005. 7. 8 One would think that South Korea´s National Human Rights Commission would have its hands full. North Koreans have all their fundamental rights denied every day -- no freedom of expression, of religion, of assembly -- and suffer near-starvation. South Korea´s government has shown a distinct reluctance to help refugees who escape from this hell hole. The commission in Seoul has been busy, all right. This week, it announced that the country´s secondary schools -- more than 90% of which have rules on how students can keep their hair --...

China's first lady of long hair whose tresses are 4.2 meters long was the star attraction at another exhibition in the ongoing "The Year of France in China" which delved deeply into the secrets of the growth on everyone's scalp. Dai Yueqin shows off her 4.2-meterlong hair at the ¡°Decoding the Hair¡± exhibition in Beijing. [eastday] An old Chinese saying says that long hair will bring a woman "troubles." However, that is definitely not the case with fashion-conscious ladies in today's China who well know the importance to their appearance of having a chic hairstyle. Just ask Dai Yueqin. Dai,...

Some of the guys and I are presently at the camping lodge and we’ve got a problem that requires the help of a sensible woman. My brother-in-law managed to get something in his hair this morning, and he wanted to wash it out. I can’t tell you what that something was, because he’s refused to divulge that to us thus far (I suspect that he fabricated the “tainted hair” theory to save himself some embarrassment.) My brother-in-law believes that his wife has, at some point, told him that peanut butter is a useful household hair cleaner / conditioner. His wife...

<p>The long and shaggy hair of his college days has turned gray. And it's now cut, respectably, at the collar.</p> <p>The military uniforms he wore in Vietnam, and while testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in protest of that war, have been replaced with business suits and Hermes ties.</p>

Bono hails Bush's Aids funding Bono says Europe needs to match the US contribution U2 frontman Bono has welcomed US President George Bush's decision to spend more on Aids prevention in Africa and the Caribbean. The US leader is to increase the country's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief budget by $10 billion (£6.28bn) to $15 billion (£9.43bn) over the next five years. President Bush said on Tuesday the budget would help prevent seven million new infections. "If we can turn the president's bold long term vision into near term results we're excited," Bono said in a statement. "Any delay in...