Blog Posts by Elise Solé, Shine Staff

Unlike women who can highlight, chop, straighten, or curl their manes, men don't have as many options when it comes to hair styles. That's why they get creative with their facial hair. And boy, do they get creative. On Thursday, John Travolta showed up to the Breitling Boutique Orlando Grand Opening Event in New York City clean-shaven with only a speck of hair lingering casually on his chin. But that's not the weirdest display of male celebrity facial hair we've spotted. Behold the freakiest looks.

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Getty ImagesBlondes are notorious for having more fun but according to actress Olivia Wilde, true career satisfaction is achieved by ditching the peroxide.

During an interview on Thursday with the fashion and beauty website Into The Gloss, Wilde explains how switching up her hair hue from blonde to brunette was a professional game changer, saying:

"I spent the first couple years of my career as a very blonde blonde. And then I went brunette for a role, and suddenly all my offers changed—the types of roles people approached me with totally changed. When I was really blonde, it was always like, ‘The really pretty girl,’ or ‘The sexy hot chick.’….And then when I went brunette, the roles went to more, ‘She’s a waitress with a heart of gold, and a tough life,’ or ‘She’s a doctor.’ And I always wondered—would I have been offered those roles had I still been blonde? I don’t think so….I think the perception of brunettes being more intellectual persists...And when I went from being blonde for a long time

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It's about to get steamy in here. (Photo: Warner Bros.)Disgusting. That's how Kirsten Dunst, 30, described her infamous kiss with Brad Pitt in the 1994 film "Interview with a Vampire"  in a recent interview with Bullett magazine. In fact, kissing Pitt was so vile and repulsive that the experience scarred her.

"It was just a peck. Everyone at the time was like, 'You're so lucky you kissed Brad Pitt,' but I thought it was disgusting. I didn't kiss anyone else until I was 16, I think. I was a late bloomer," said Dunst.

At the time, not many people saw a kiss between a girl who had just hit double digits and a 31 year-old man as a big deal. In an 800-word review of the film, Roger Ebert had plenty to say about Tom Cruise's convincing British accent but the infamous kiss got no ink. And Entertainment Weekly gave the film a C-minus but it wasn't because a girl barely in 6th grade made out with a grown man—it was because of Pitt's "dismal" performance. 

Back then, child stars were often paired with grown male romantic partners in movies. It

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If you haven't shell out $1,000 for a Louis Vuitton "It" bag lately, you probably didn't know that the luxury retailer has jacked up their prices. Bloomberg reports that Louis Vuitton's non-leather versions of iconic styles like the Speedy and the NeverFull bag now cost ten percent more in the US and UK, and five to ten percent in Asian markets. But the amount of time it'll take to save up for a luxury purse isn't the only thing that's changed-the style, size, spokespeople, even the reasons why you crave those It bags have evolved.

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Getty Images/SearsIf you want to wear Jennifer Lawrence's Christian Dior Oscar gown, you have two options: You can spend around 5-figures and live off a Ramen diet. Or, you can head over to Sears for the $129 knock-off. Tough choice.

Department store Sears is selling a Jump Apparel prom dress directly inspired by the pale pink Dior Haute Couture gown Lawrence wore to the 2013 Oscar Academy Awards for $129 on sale from $218.00 (see a black version here).

“This strapless, ivory gown is adorned with a glitter print that mimics the crinkled effect of Jennifer’s dress, as well as a full skirt,” a Sears spokeswoman told Forbes.

The prom dress is just one example of a red carpet frock finding second life in chains such as Sears and Forever 21. Linda Chang, marketing director of the fashion-forward chain Forever 21 (whose retail concept is in part based on selling runway looks at budget prices) credits social media with quickly informing businesses on what consumers are gravitating toward. “Immediate access to

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Jessica Chastain as Maya in 'Zero Dark Thirty' (Photo: Columbia Pictures)An unnamed woman has been appointed acting head of the CIA's National Clandestine Service. According to a Washington Post article, this is the first time a woman has ever led the branch that oversees the agency's covert operations. The woman, who remains undercover, was placed in the top position shortly before John Brennan was sworn in as CIA Director on March 8, but the news only broke on Wednesday. The timing coincides with another first for women in government. Julia Pierson was named director of the Secret Service on Tuesday.

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The woman's identity is kept secret but according to The Daily Mail, she's believed to be in her 50s. The Washington Post calls her a "veteran officer with broad support inside the agency" but also reveals her controversial past as the officer who helped run the CIA’s detention and interrogation program after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. In 2005, she and her then-boss signed off on the decision

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Getty ImagesOn the heels of the highly-publicized recall of Lululemon's nylon and Lycra yoga pants, some women report that the Vancouver-based company is asking them to try on their too-sheer pants and bend over in front of sales associates who will assess them before a return is permitted.

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Last week, the yoga-inspired athletic company had to recall 17 percent of the pants (sold for roughly $100 each) bought between March 1 and March 8th because the fabric was too see-through, inspiring a wave of "I see London, I See France" jokes across the Internet. On March 18th, Lululemon wrote on its blog:

"At the beginning of March, our stores and ecommerce site received some black luon women's bottoms that didn't meet our high standards. The materials used in construction were the same but the coverage was not, resulting in increased sheerness. We want you to Down Dog and Crow with confidence and we felt these pants didn't measure up."

For

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INFDespite her 2011 acquittal in the murder of former roommate British exchange student Meredith Kercher, Amanda Knox's case has been overturned, and she's now coping with the threat of being ordered back to Italy to stand trial again. The news of a retrial, announced Tuesday, means that Knox's relationship with her ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito will again be scrutinized. 

In the meantime, she's been in a new relationship.
For the past two years, she's been reportedly serious with University of Washington classical guitar student James Terrano.

According to Terrano's nuclear physicist brother William, 27, the pair, both 25, were friends long before Knox's fateful trip to Italy in 2007. Knox and Terrano reportedly share a $1,500 per month apartment in a brick building with a flashing neon sign out front that reads: "Hong Kong" in Seattle's Chinatown neighborhood and have been spotted engaging in normal couple activities: Sharing Haagan Dazs ice cream, strolling on coffee runs, buying

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