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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 stepto "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.
Thanks to all of you who take part in our polls! And we welcome any news tips you have on changing celebrity styles. Contact us at: SuperHair@Gmail.com - or via X/Twitter: @SuperHairNet.
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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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Right photo courtesy Architectural Digest
Will the real hair of Kate Hudson please stand out? The veteran actress will be up for a Golden Globe Award in January 2026 for the movie Song Sung Blue, in which she sings with a style stopping around the shoulders. We think that's one of her most familiar lengths. But in the past, Hudson's hair has gone longer. And when she showed off her kitchen to Architectural Digest magazine, it may have been her longest public look ever - all the way to the bustline.
We asked Hair Fans which length is better - and it wasn't the first time we've asked that. In 2017, a near-buzz cut was turned down by a wide margin. This time, the longer Hudson won the support of 88% of our voters (7-1) in an extended nine-day question. But that photo, posted in October, might be misleading. "Just saw Kate on a late-night talk show," one voter wrote. "Her hair was quite a bit shorter." Here's hoping Hudson doesn't pin her hair back during "awards season", leaving everyone in doubt.
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Unless you're a fan of the Hallmark Channel, you may not know about actress Autumn Reeser. But she's such a regular there that the channel held a movie marathon in her honor on her birthday during 2025 (which seemed to surprise even her). That probably allowed viewers to see Reeser's hair at all kinds of lengths. A Hair Fan who was considering her for a Crown Award nomination alerted us to her about that. Reeser's Instagram feed reveals at one point, it was a somewhat-spunky short sidepart. But in 2025 roles, Reeser reached the medium-long length with waves added for softness.
Which "Autumn look" is better for you? Our voters said Reeser should have stayed shorter, with 56% preferring the old look over one week (5-4). "Tough call," one voter wrote. The short cut "seemed playful but stylish," while the length "more emphasized the thickness and body." We actually think Reeser's longer style would be tougher to bring down, because she can control it better with her ears and waves. But we thank the Hair Fan who recommended her - as to borrow from her latest Hallmark movie, We Met in December.
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A Christian worship song begins, "These are the days of Elijah..." Around here, late 2025 has marked the days of Noah. It started with us finding freshwoman Noah Griffeth on the roster of Columbus State University's cross-country team. She won an open City League title there. Then she won the 2025 All-Star Challenge with ease. Then we put Griffeth in Super-Hair Wars, and she raced to the #1 spot for the season. Then we added her to Top Ten Tresses, listening to Hair Fans. And now the resume gets longer - as Griffeth wins the "Elite Eight Week" vote as the best style so far in the 2025-26 Best Manes on Campus season.
Griffeth raced to the lead again, daring anyone to catch her luxurious long layers and waves. Again, no one did - as she gained 67% of the votes. Emily Gerardy of Missouri State and Lily Nicholson of Florida State tied for second at 17%. The only thing that might be holding Griffeth back at this point is her Instagram feed. She's at about 600 followers, but it's private. Imagine how many Hair Fans she'd gain by opening it?!
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In a curious twist, Little Big Town was on stage to perform at the Primetime Emmy Awards (left) - but NOT the Country Music Association Awards. The group members sat in prime floor seats and joined host Lainey Wilson in singing a bit of Girl Crush. Yet even there, we noticed something different about Kimberly Schlapman and reported it on X/Twitter right away. She still had the biggest curls in country music - but we spotted bangs on her forehead. Schlapman confirmed it on her feed the next day, with photos of the big moment. "I didn't have the nerve to cut bangs," she admitted in a short video, but added in song she had "bangs for the day."
The post included this rare picture of Schlapman's hair in her eyes, as she's handled by a stylist. The bangs are supposed to prevent such moments - and 80% of our voters liked the bang idea in a five-day question (4-1). Schlapman also admitted she didn't "fully commit" to the bangs as Ella Langley has (see below). But the montage included a deep-stirring photo of them side-by-side. If they clashed in a Super-Hair War, which singer do you think would win - and why?
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She could have been a tree-hugger - well, at least a tree-watcher. Ella Langley studied forestry at Auburn University for a time. But country music fans are glad that effort didn't last. Langley scored a trifecta at the 2025 Country Music Association Awards, as her song You Look Like You Love Me won Single, Song and Music Video of the Year. (Oh yes, her singing partner was Riley Green.) And her thick long hair with strong bangs refused to budge on stage, almost daring Hair Fans to get close to it. Put that all together, and she was the runaway choice for a fourth prize: best hairstyle of the show.
Langley's first appearance on our site was a big one, as she gained 83% of the votes in a six-day contest. The only other woman to score at all was Megan Moroney with 17% - but Moroney received almost 2,000 views on X/Twitter when we compared her song during the show to a Barbie sequel. Other highlights that we'd note: Lainey Wilson shut out lookalike comic Leanne Morgan 9-0 in a social media "Whose hair was better?" question. (If Wilson had taken off her hats, she might have contended for the top hair prize.) And Kelsea Ballerini may have become the first woman in CMA history to let her hair get soaking wet during a song.
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Norah O'Donnell has played hair games with us before. The CBS News anchor has been a textbook example of pageboy perfection for more than 20 years, beginning with our first Hair Watch from her time at NBC. But O'Donnell also has tested longer looks from time to time. The last such case came in 2023, when the hair reached her shoulders with big curl. Now, in the final weeks of 2025, she's at it again. As rumors swirl about O'Donnell possibly returning to evening news anchoring, the hair is a few inches below the shoulders - and it may be teased a bit on top for control, instead of the distinctive sidepart.
The 2023 "long game" by O'Donnell was rejected by most of our Hair Fans. But this time, it's quite different: 90% of our voters liked the added length in an extended eight-day question (9-1). No one left a comment, but this seems to be a loose and high-risk look for O'Donnell. Could a walk around New York skyscrapers in the fall do it in? Or could the skill she's shown at NASA launch pads and aboard navy warships come through again? Maybe she should do some "ambush interviews" for 60 Minutes to show us.
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