The Year in Hollywood Hair Transformations
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Most of us live through adulthood without veering far from one haircut — even holding out on color, too, until we turn gray. Celebrities, who often have to switch up their hair for roles, obviously have things a bit different. But in 2012, their switch-ups have been especially entertaining; we all get to appreciate these women for becoming visual guinea pigs for those of us too scared to go there ourselves. And this year, the looks were drastic, all on women who seemed determined to out-compete each other and say, “Hey, guys, look what I can do.” A slew of snips, buzzes, color changes, or all of the above (ahem, Miley) kept us paying attention. And, while it’s shaping up to be the Year of the Bob, click through our slideshow to see plenty of blondes who went brunette (Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Lawrence, January Jones), the rise of the pixies (Lena Dunham, Anne Hathaway), the newly banged (Beyoncé, Kate Middleton) women on top, and much more.
Natalie Portman You can't knock it until you try it. But fingers crossed she won't try it again.
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Kelly Osbourne Purple as a hair color seems perfectly normal here, but silvery-gray at that age: not so much.
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Jennifer Lawrence That bad blonde, with the dark roots, says tween action star. But her new rich chocolate dye job is Oscar-contender-worthy, and...
Jennifer Lawrence That bad blonde, with the dark roots, says tween action star. But her new rich chocolate dye job is Oscar-contender-worthy, and just in time for awards season.
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Lana Del Rey In one year, Lana went from sexy Veronica Lake to a single-process suburbanite mom in charge of the car pool.
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Lindsay Lohan Barbie blonde to Jessica Rabbit red. The only thing that never changes about her look is those boobs.
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Anne Hathaway Nineteenth-century whore never looked so good. Enough Audrey Hepburn comparisons, people.
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Dakota Fanning If Dakota had an evil twin, this is what she'd look like.
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Beyoncé We loved those wild curls, but now with Blue Ivy hanging on her hip, Bey's new bangs make us want to be moms too.
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Portia de Rossi She's just a few inches short of getting completely Ellen Degeneres–ed — just like other couples who start to look like twins.
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Portia de Rossi She's just a few inches short of getting completely Ellen Degeneres–ed — just like other couples who start to look like twins.
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Emily Blunt ALERT: British-born American resident is now California-blonde. Stay tuned on possible vegan status.
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Michelle Dockery The new bob is still Lady Mary–approved.
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Julianne Hough A bob, you know, so she can be taken more seriously.
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Alicia Keys Now she doesn't have to worry about her hair getting in the way of her piano stomping.
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Karlie Kloss Not to be forgotten, Karlie's bob decision was made to prove that all of her limbs are longer than yours, her neck included.
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Karlie Kloss Not to be forgotten, Karlie's bob decision was made to prove that all of her limbs are longer than yours, her neck included.
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Leighton Meester It's officially the year of the bob.
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Snooki Is she matching her hair to her outfits, or her outfits to her hair?
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Christina Aguilera Oh, the power of fake hair.
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Rihanna #YOLO #PSYCH #WEAVES
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Zoe Kravitz The more famous you get, the more of a lewk your hair becomes. Example No. 7208347: Zoe Kravitz
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Kate Middleton No set of bangs has ever caused such a frenzy. We still don't love them, though.
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Crystal Renn Oh, thank God that's over.
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Mary Kate Olsen Dating older French dudes and keeping your hair brunette won't erase the fact that you still starred in To Grandmother's House We...
Mary Kate Olsen Dating older French dudes and keeping your hair brunette won't erase the fact that you still starred in To Grandmother's House We Go with your twin sister.
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Willow Smith "Willow cut her hair because her beauty, her value, her worth is not measured by the length of her hair." —Jada Pinkett Sm...
Willow Smith "Willow cut her hair because her beauty, her value, her worth is not measured by the length of her hair." —Jada Pinkett Smith, Best Mom Ever.
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Lena Dunham To be immortalized as Twiggy forever.
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Miley Cyrus Who wants to bet she'll go full-on Bruce Willis for her wedding?
Evangeline Lilly Her stylist's inspiration: Pepe Le Pew.
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Charlize Theron She did it for a role in Mad Max. But, when you have a kid, it's not like you have time to deal with your hair.
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January Jones Okay, great, nice hair. But will Betty still be fat in season six?
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Elisabeth Moss Anything but that Peggy Olsen mousy-blah. Cropped and Malibu blonde works for her, but probably not for the rest of us.
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Elisabeth Moss Anything but that Peggy Olsen mousy-blah. Cropped and Malibu blonde works for her, but probably not for the rest of us.
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Emma Stone Red, blonde, purple, white, hair, no hair, what — anything goes with that face.
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