Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Britney Spears wigs out, hides bald head at nightclub

Bald is beautiful for Britney Spears--or at least it was for a couple of days.

Spears hid her freshly shorn dome under a blond wig Sunday when she was photographed heading to The Roxy nightclub in West Hollywood, Us Weekly and tmz.com report.

Let's hope she doesn't regret Friday, when she reportedly marched into an L.A.-area salon and buzzed her own head.

News of Brit's new 'do was still rippling through the entertainment world days later. "Access Hollywood" rounded up reaction quotes from several stars.

"You know what, I called her, and she didn't call back," "The Office" star Steve Carell joked, according to "Access." "... I think it's good. I think you can pretty much do anything, and if you have the attitude you can pull it off, and I think she definitely has it."

Spears' Hair-Bidding to Start at $1 Million



Britney Spears' freshly shorn hair is being sold on a Web site specifically set up to auction her locks--with bidding starting at $1 million.

The Web site, BuyBritneysHair.com, claims to have been set up by Esther Tognozzi, the owner of Los Angeles' Esther's Hair Studio where Spears cut off her hair on Friday.

Tognozzi originally listed Spears' hair on eBay before the listing was "cancelled for an as yet unknown reason."

BuyBritneysHair.com includes photographs of the cut hair, as well as the lighter and can of energy drink Red Bull left by Spears at the salon.



The site reads: "This is it, the opportunity of a lifetime. You can be the proud owner of Britney Spears' hair, extensions, the Omega clipper used to cut it all off and even the can of Red Bull she was drinking at the time. You also get her blue Bic lighter and this valuable domain and Web site to use for publicity purposes.

"This is the ultimate Britney Spears experience! It is a piece of history that can not be duplicated!

"A portion of the proceeds will be donated to various charities. The winner will have the choice to remain anonymous or to use this for publicity purposes."


Britney Spears goes bald


A salon owner tried to talk Britney Spears out of shaving her head, but the singer insisted and actually used a buzzer to do the job herself.

Salon owner Esther Tognozzi said Spears appeared at her shop late last week and announced she wanted all of her hair cut off.

Tognozzi said she refused to do it and tried to reason with the singer.

"Are you sure you're not having a bad day?" Tognozzi recalled asking Spears. "And tomorrow you'll feel differently about it?

"Why don't we wait a little bit?"

At that point, Tognozzi said, the singer grabbed some electric clippers and went to the back of the shop and began cutting her hair off.

All Tognozzi did was "even it out," the salon owner said.

Later, Spears was at a San Fernando Valley tattoo parlor, sporting her newly bald head.

Video on KABC-TV showed the newly shorn Spears with tiny tattoos on the back of her neck as she sat Friday night for a new tattoo -- a pair of red and pink lips.

"She just wanted something real small on her wrist, something dainty," Max Gott, the tattoo artist at Body and Soul in Sherman Oaks, told the TV station. "She got some cute little lips on her wrist."

Derrik Snell, who works at the tattoo parlor, said Spears showed up without notice and stayed for about 90 minutes as about 60 fans, photographers and gawkers gathered outside.

"She seemed fine," Snell said. "I didn't really notice [the hairdo] at first, she had a hood on when she showed up."

The appearance came the same day as reports on TV and Web sites that Spears, who has drawn criticism for her recent partying and sloppy behavior, had briefly checked into rehab. (Watch as Us Magazine's Bradley Jacobs reveals what Britney said before the shave)

Larry Rudolph, Spears' manager, couldn't be reached for comment.



Syndicated entertainment TV show "Extra" first reported that Spears had entered a treatment facility. Celebrity Web site TMZ.com then said the singer had entered a treatment center but had checked out one day later. Neither revealed their sources.

People magazine's Web site, citing "a source," said Spears had gone in and out of rehab, and identified the facility as Eric Clapton's Crossroads center in Antigua, in the Caribbean.

"Access Hollywood" then said the reports weren't true, but didn't cite a source.

A woman who answered the phone at Crossroads told The Associated Press that she couldn't confirm or deny anyone's presence at the facility.

Angelique Uram, a Spears fan who stood on the tattoo parlor's sidewalk for Friday night's spectacle, was aghast at the singer's new look.

"We could see her in the mirror, and her head is completely shaved," she told KABC. "It looks terrible."



Police arrived to control the crowd and helped Spears' bodyguards guide her into a waiting SUV, her head covered by a hooded sweatshirt.