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Cutting-Edge Hair News - 2026
Since fiance Travis Kelce didn't have the spotlight at Super Bowl LX, Taylor Swift was free to use that day to make her own news. She released the new music video Opalite, the name of a wonder-working spray (we'll let you watch it to understand). It's inspired all kinds of interpretations, including comparisons of one section to the TV series Friends. But Hair Fans watching the video probably didn't do that kind of analysis. They simply noticed Swift's hair was different - as she went brunette for her role, instead of her usual blonde shade.
Is a darker color something Swift should do all the time? Our voters say no; 71% of them preferred her blonde in our week-long question. Only 14% like Swift as a brunette, while another 14% suggested an alternative: "strawberry blonde!" (5-1-1) We suppose that means an "in-between" color, but that still would be blonde to us. We're now left to wonder what hair color Swift will display at her wedding later in the year - not to mention whether she'll perform at Super Bowl XLI, which might depend on whether Kelce retires from football.
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One is a country music legend, and a member of the Hair Fan's Hall of Fame. The other is a young singer with what Wikipedia calls an "indie pop band". Only the Grammy Awards could bring such diversity together on the same program - and, beyond that, land them on the same ballot for their hairstyles. Reba McEntire and Maria Zardoya battled to a time-limit draw, for the best hair of the 2026 show.
This was a show where an unusually high number of women had hair drops. Sabrina Carpenter and Lainey Wilson looked good, but missed our ballot by wearing hats. Yet "Reba" and "Maria" (her band The Marias is named after her) stayed calm and steady. They split the voting at 50% each, which meant three women whiffed with our voters completely. Karol G and Charli XCX apparently had "F" grades, while Chappell Roan's red earned no "cred." And we're going on the theory that Kendrick Lamar left a pick in his hair on purpose - but we'll leave the meaning of it up to you.
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Perhaps we're in the minority, but we thought Anne Hathaway was a good host of the Academy Awards. It was co-host James Franco who didn't seem to know what he was doing on that night in 2011. Hathaway already had won a Crown Award for her hairstyle in the movie The Devil Wears Prada. And our left photo shows her long hair was nice on-stage. Will things be different in Hathaway's upcoming film Mother Mary? A vidcap from the trailer indicates Hathaway's hair is.. well, at least it's blonder than her regular brunette color. It looks two-toned, with brunette around the edges.
We wondered if Hathaway should change her shade for good. But our voters quickly said no - as 70% of them preferred her hair brunette in our one-week question. Only 20% like it blonde, while 10% suggested an "auburn" (we presume reddish) color (7-2-1). One voter stated the obvious, that Hathaway's look in the movie is "wiggy." We'd note she plays a pop music star in the movie, not that other famous "Mother Mary." So we suppose a color change could happen during the film.
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Ayo Edebiri's voice is all around show business, even if you don't see her hair that often. She has roles in animated productions such as Spider-Man films and Big Mouth on Netflix. But she's best known as an award-winner for The Bear, where she plays Chef Sydney. That first brought Edebiri to our attention at the 2024 Golden Globes, with a Hot List mention for a careful short cut. Edebiri has gone up and down with her style since then - longer at the Emmy Awards, but shorter again at the 2026 Globes for a sidepart stopping at the brink of her eye.
Which length is more outstanding for Edebiri? Our voters say the short cut has it, by an 80% margin (4-1). One explained it's "most likely not extension." Probably so, but Edebiri's latest look at the Globes shows even a shorter style can be every bit as daring to keep in place. If the hair would get in her "big mouth," it definitely would be a warning message.
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For someone who manages a "farm," Jennifer Garner certainly knows her way around Hollywood. But if you're in the know about celebrities, you reaize that's misleading. Garner appears in ads mentioning her Once Upon a Farm foods for children (in addition to her credit card endorsement deal). Yet her acting career goes back to the TV series Alias 25 years ago - and that alone qualified her to be on stage for the 2026 Golden Globe Awards. Garner's daring mid-length hair took it from there, as she won your vote as the best style of the show.
On a night when several women placed their styles at the brink of collapse, Garner narrowly escaped a drop. That put her on the ballot, and she gained 60% of the votes. K-pop pioneer LaLisa Manoban (or is it "Manobal"? The Globes showed her with an L, and we're seeing both spellings) was second with 40%. But there might have been some confusion, as we were on a road trip on awards night and the wrong photo for "Lisa" might have been showing. Three other women on our ballot gained no support at all - and Julia Roberts appeared on stage too late for us to make a last-minute change. We leave that for the dresses of host Nikki Glaser.
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The entries in your Hair Fan's Hall of Fame are completely up to you. But is there arisk in inducting someone at too young an age? That question arises when we consider actress Jennifer Love Hewitt. She entered the Hall in 2006 at age 27, helped by her TV series Ghost Whisperer. She won a Crown Award as well. But about 20 years later, Hewitt entered 2026 with a quite different style. The bangs are gone - and her brunette shade especially is gone. Hewitt turned red as she joined the cast of 9-1-1, then unveiled a bright red color on Instagram with the turn of the year.
Hewitt calls it a step to "freshen...up" her hair for a new year - a step beyond the old "sunset lover red." But our voters were not very positive and encouraging toward "J-Love," preferring the brunette look by an 83% margin in an expanded 11-day question (5-1). "The red just isn't natural or right," one voter wrote, while supporting a longer style. Another ssked: "Red or burnt orange?" Come to think of it, Hewitt hails from Texas - but from Waco and Baylor, not U.T. and Austin.
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If you're not distracted by the theme parks and activities around Orlando, you might discover the area has some women with outstanding hairstyles. The area has had three City League champions, as well as one who moved there from Georgia for a time. While Martha Sugalski never has won the local title, she's lasted in Orlando television for a long time. The first time we saw her around 2010, the hair was attractively a bit below the shoulders. Now at a different station, Sugalski let things go long in 2025 - down to a bit below the bustline.
Has Sugalski improved her look through the years? Our voters don't think so; the shorter look was preferred by two-thirds of them in our nine-day question (4-2). No one left a comment, but we'd think the shorter style would be easier to keep in place and under control. Given central Florida's reputation for heat and humidity, a "Sugalski summer" might be better off with ponytails and buns.
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