Flying Tomato no more! Snowboarding pro Shaun White chops off his trademark red locks for charity

He is famed for his long red locks which earned him the nickname the Flying Tomato, as well as comparisons to Animal from The Muppets.
But Shaun White has now thrown caution to the wind and got rid of his signature hair for a good cause.
The pro snowboarder decided to donate his ponytail to Locks of Love.
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Hair-raising: Shaun White has lopped off his famous red locks that earned him the nickname the Flying Tomato

 

What a difference a 'do makes: Shaun's makeover was quite the transformation for the pro snowboarder

The organisation provides financially disadvantaged children suffering from long term hair loss due to medical conditions with hairpieces.
Shaun, who is a two-time Olympic gold medallist, uploaded a video to YouTube of his makeover process, which he titled It’s Only Hair.
On his way to get his hair cut, Shaun tells the camera: ‘I have been thinking about this for a while. But it’s for a good cause, so I’m going to do it.’

 

For a good cause: Shaun decided to donate his ponytail to Locks of Love

 

Nervous: The Olympian asked his hair stylist to go easy on him before the makeover

 

Crunch time: It was clear that Shaun was in two minds about saying goodbye to his famous tresses

 

Second thoughts: Shaun asked to stop midway through the chop but it was too late

He adds: 'Somebody needs it more than I do. I haven't told anyone I'm doing this, that's the best part. I'm just gonna show up and mind freak people.'
When he arrives, he admits to his hair stylist: ‘I’m a little nervous. You got to go easy on me.’
At one point when his ponytail is almost gone, the 26-year-old appears to get cold feet and asks to ‘stop’, but it’s too late.
However he seems to feel he made the right decision by opting to donate his tresses when he looks at the results of his new ‘do.

 

Ready for a new nickname: It has been reported that Shaun grew tired of being dubbed the Flying Tomato and being compared to Animal from The Muppets

 

Helping out: Shaun's ponytail will go to a charity which provides hairpieces to disadvantaged children suffering from long term hair loss

 

Surprise: Shaun revealed that he hadn't told anyone about what he was doing

 

 

Shaun is even seen proudly holding up his red ponytail for the camera at the end of his video clip.
As well as helping out a charity, it seems the sports star may also have felt it was time for a change.
He reportedly grew tired of his nickname, after embracing it at first and even sporting headbands with a Flying Tomato logo.
Earlier this month it was reported that Shaun has just dropped $3.85 million on a beach home in Encinitas, California.

 

The right decision: Once the cut was over it was clear Shaun was happy with the results

 

Not such a good look: The 26-year-old joked that he could grow a long beard as he played with his ponytail

 

It's only hair: Shaun shared the transformation process by posting a video to Youtube

'Say no to muffin tops': Kendra Wilkinson blogs about slimming tips for Christmas season

Kendra Wilkinson has revealed her top tips to stay in shape over Christmas.
The former Playboy model wants to enjoy the festive season by eating, drinking and being merry but she doesn't want to put on too much weight.
Kendra intends to limit the amount of calorie laden canapes she eats and has a plan for meal times to avoid overeating.
In a blog post titled Say No To Muffin Tops, she wrote: 'Between Christmas cookies and cocktail parties, plus all the heavy holiday meals in between, it can be easy to put on a few pounds during the holiday season. Don't let it happen!

 

Staying in shape: Kendra Wilkinson has posted a blog about how she plans to stay in shape over Christmas, pictured here on the beach in Los Angeles earlier this month

'Here's how to make it to 2013 with a flat belly ... Start every day with breakfast and a short workout. Eating breakfast will rev up your metabolism for the day and a short run or a 20-minute yoga session in the morning boosts your energy and keeps your appetite in check for the rest of the day.
'Never go to a party hungry. Eat a small meal before attending cocktail parties, dinner parties, or any events where food will be served. Holiday appetisers are usually fried, stuffed with cheese, or full of sugar. Taste what you want but never make a meal of party appetisers.'
Kendra - who has a three-year-old son Hank Jr. with her husband Hank Baskett - also plans to pace herself when she is drinking alcohol by drinking water in between and has urged her fans to do the same.

 

Family affair: The former Playboy model seen here with husband Hanke Baskett and their son Hank Baskett Jr in September

The 27-year-old blonde beauty recommends switching to a low calorie drink as well after enjoying a few glasses of your favourite seasonal cocktail.
She added: 'You need to drink lots of water! Particularly if you're drinking cocktails, pace yourself and drink a glass of water between alcoholic beverages.
'If you're drinking cocktails, have a few sips of your favourite seasonal drink, like eggnog, or apple cider, then switch to something lower calorie like vodka soda with a lime wedge.'

Now Ke$ha claims she was 'forced' to sing Die Young lyrics (but took full credit for song weeks before Sandy Hook massacre)

Controversial: Ke$ha at the Jingle Ball in Washington on December 1
Ke$ha has attempted to distance herself from her own song Die Young in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. 
The outspoken singer has blasted her hit song Die Young - which was pulled from a huge number of radio playlists following the shooting last week - claiming she was forced to sing the controversial words and always thought the content was inappropriate.
Writing a message on her Twitter page on Monday, the 25-year-old hitmaker said: 'I had my very own issues with 'die young' for this reason. I did NOT want to sing those lyrics and I was FORCED TO.'
The blonde singer also posted a message, saying: 'I'm so so so sorry for anyone who has been effected by this tragedy. And I understand why my song is now inappropriate. words cannot express.'
She continued: ‘I’m so so so sorry for anyone who has been effected (sic) by this tragedy. And I understand why my song is now inappropriate. Words cannot express.’
The song's hard-hitting lyrics include: 'Let's make the most of the night like we're gonna die young. We're gonna die young. We're gonna die young.'
But her statement contradicts comments she made in an interview several weeks ago where she took full credit for the song.
TMZ reports she told New York radio station 95.5 WPLJ in November: 'I definitely make sure that every word rings true to me because I would never want to misrepresent myself to millions of people around the world ... I wrote and wrote and rewrote that song ten times.'
The singer has been subjected to abuse about the song on her social networking site.
She is is listed as a co-writer of Die Young along with the lead singer of fun., Nate Ruess. It was produced by Dr. Luke, who has penned hits from Britney Spears, and Benny Blanco.

 

'My song is now inappropriate': The pop star posted a message on Twitter regarding her track Die Young

Christina Aguilera celebrates turning 32... dressed as a sexy Santa in a plunging T-shirt (and not a lot else)

Let's hope Christina Aguilera has asked Santa for some new clothes this year.
A bra and some trousers would be a good start, after the singer headed out dressed in little more than a ripped T-shirt, Santa hat and fishnet stockings on Tuesday.
The star, celebrating her 32nd birthday, was seen exiting The Voice's afterparty looking decidedly festive.

 

Festive: Christina Aguilera forgot her trousers at The Voice afterparty in Los Angeles on Tuesday night

Known to push the boundaries with her sometimes questionable outfits, Christina did just that.
The star wore a glittering bib necklace and red lipstick that added to her palette of heavy show make-up.

 

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Holding a male companion's hand as she exited the venue on Wednesday morning.

 

She's not a mouseketeer anymore! The star turned 32 on Tuesday and has certainly grown up since her days on the Mickey Mouse Club
The Burlesque star earlier in the day was sporting white feathered epaulettes with silver chains, a platinum blonde wig cut into a bob and her trademark fan.
The singer, who had no contestants left on the Voice, was rejoicing in the fact that it was her 32nd birthday.

‘Yeah it’s my birthday,’ she squealed before the acts went on, and country singer Cassadee Pope was crowned the winner.

Not seen during the festivities was Aguilera's son Max, who turns five in January, and her boyfriend Matthew Rutler, a musician and production assistant she met on the set of Burlesque in 2010.

 

Bad Santa: The star covered her blonde bob with a festive red and white hat
The Voice judge was last seen with her two favourite men last Thursday when the loved-up pair took little Max to see Santa Claus at The Grove.
Aguilera may feel the need to celebrate now, however, after a  federal judge on Monday sentenced a man who hacked into the personal online accounts of the singer and several other celebrities, including Scarlett Johansson and Mila Kunis.
U.S. District Judge S. James Otero sentenced Christopher Chaney to ten years in prison in Los Angeles after hearing from Aguilera.
'That feeling of security can never be given back and there is no compensation that can restore the feeling one has from such a large invasion of privacy,' she said. 
Awww shucks: Christina was celebrating her 32nd birthday on The Voice earlier in the evening and received adorable messages from her fellow judges
Dirrty: Christina flashed some leg as Blake spoke in between performances

Alicia Keys goes back to her roots with curly locks in Brand New Me video... as she shows off her figure in plunging neckline

The track is named Brand New Me. And with a name like that it was the perfect moment for Alicia Keys to unveil her new hairdo.
The singer-songwriter showed off a sexy wild curly mane in the new video for her hit single.
Alicia is a sultry figure in black as she slinks through the shadowy video, which premiered on BET on Monday.
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Wild thing: Alicia Keys showed off her new curly 'do, not to mention her slinky figure, in her latest music video Brand New Me, which premiered on BET on Monday

The video begins with the entertainer sitting at her piano and singing her song, her face framed by a riot of dark curls that fall gently to her shoulders.
As she gets further into the song, Alicia gets up and starts to stroll in her high heels, with hips swinging, through various sets and stages.
Alicia looks amazing in her black catsuit and shows plenty of cleavage with that plunging neckline.

 

Sultry: Alicia's outfit consisted of a sleek black catsuit with plunging neckline, and high heels

 

Hair-splitting: Alicia goes through an emotional frenzy two-thirds into the video and then she grabs her locks and lo and behold tosses a wig across the room

 

So liberating: Alicia sings it out, finally free of her voluminous tresses

About two thirds into the video, Alicia is standing in front of a full length mirror where she starts beating her arms into the air in an emotional frenzy.
And then she grabs her curly hair and - surprise - tears it off and flings it across the darkened studio.
That's when you realise it's just a wig and not her real hair at all.

 

Heartfelt: Alicia really lets all that angst come out in Brand New Me

 

Mirror image: Alicia spends a lot of time in the video singing to her reflection

 

Winding down: Alicia sings softly towards the end of the video while a man watches to the side

It's a newly liberated Alicia who finishes the song back at her piano and with her own shorter 'do while a man watches from the side.
Alicia teased her Twitter followers earlier on Monday by tweeting pictures of herself in the styling chair with that big hair as she was being attended to by her hairstylist.
She wrote: 'Getting ready for the #BrandNewMe video premiere today! Notice anything different? ;-)'

 

Tousled: Alicia displays her sexy bed head and smouldering gaze

 

Back where she needs to be: Alicia concludes the video by playing her piano, which is how she got her start in this business

She followed up that statement by tweeting: 'Took it back so u could experience the evolution with me! Check out my hair in the #BrandNewMe video! What do you guys think?'
Alicia also took time to thank her video director.
'Thanks to #DianeMartel for her creative genius! She always gets those real moments out of me!'

 

Tease tweet: Alicia posted this picture on her Twitter page on Monday, writing: 'Here's a pic from the set! Do you like my hair better long or short?!'

 

Pieces: Alicia tweeted a fragmented image that must have had her fans shaking their heads in wonder

 

'Notice anything different? ;-)' Alicia seemed very proud of her cascading curls

Alicia, whose latest Girl On Fire LP was released on November 27 and has topped the album chart, sported her sleek short hairdo at the 12-12-12 Sandy benefit concert at New York's Madison Square Garden.
She wore a riveting red halter top number that showed off her silky shoulders and arms.
The singer delivered a heartfelt performance of No One as audience members held up their cell phones to provide a sea of light.

 

Lady in red: Alicia sported a sleek short 'do and sexy backless number when she performed at the 12-12-12 Sandy concert in New York this week

 

Alicia Keys goes back to her roots with curly locks in Brand New Me video... as she shows off her figure in plunging neckline

The track is named Brand New Me. And with a name like that it was the perfect moment for Alicia Keys to unveil her new hairdo.
The singer-songwriter showed off a sexy wild curly mane in the new video for her hit single.
Alicia is a sultry figure in black as she slinks through the shadowy video, which premiered on BET on Monday.
Scroll down to view video...

 

Wild thing: Alicia Keys showed off her new curly 'do, not to mention her slinky figure, in her latest music video Brand New Me, which premiered on BET on Monday

The video begins with the entertainer sitting at her piano and singing her song, her face framed by a riot of dark curls that fall gently to her shoulders.
As she gets further into the song, Alicia gets up and starts to stroll in her high heels, with hips swinging, through various sets and stages.
Alicia looks amazing in her black catsuit and shows plenty of cleavage with that plunging neckline.

 

Sultry: Alicia's outfit consisted of a sleek black catsuit with plunging neckline, and high heels

 

Hair-splitting: Alicia goes through an emotional frenzy two-thirds into the video and then she grabs her locks and lo and behold tosses a wig across the room

 

So liberating: Alicia sings it out, finally free of her voluminous tresses

About two thirds into the video, Alicia is standing in front of a full length mirror where she starts beating her arms into the air in an emotional frenzy.
And then she grabs her curly hair and - surprise - tears it off and flings it across the darkened studio.
That's when you realise it's just a wig and not her real hair at all.

 

Heartfelt: Alicia really lets all that angst come out in Brand New Me

 

Mirror image: Alicia spends a lot of time in the video singing to her reflection

 

Winding down: Alicia sings softly towards the end of the video while a man watches to the side

It's a newly liberated Alicia who finishes the song back at her piano and with her own shorter 'do while a man watches from the side.
Alicia teased her Twitter followers earlier on Monday by tweeting pictures of herself in the styling chair with that big hair as she was being attended to by her hairstylist.
She wrote: 'Getting ready for the #BrandNewMe video premiere today! Notice anything different? ;-)'

 

Tousled: Alicia displays her sexy bed head and smouldering gaze

 

Back where she needs to be: Alicia concludes the video by playing her piano, which is how she got her start in this business

She followed up that statement by tweeting: 'Took it back so u could experience the evolution with me! Check out my hair in the #BrandNewMe video! What do you guys think?'
Alicia also took time to thank her video director.
'Thanks to #DianeMartel for her creative genius! She always gets those real moments out of me!'

 

Tease tweet: Alicia posted this picture on her Twitter page on Monday, writing: 'Here's a pic from the set! Do you like my hair better long or short?!'

 

Pieces: Alicia tweeted a fragmented image that must have had her fans shaking their heads in wonder

 

'Notice anything different? ;-)' Alicia seemed very proud of her cascading curls

Alicia, whose latest Girl On Fire LP was released on November 27 and has topped the album chart, sported her sleek short hairdo at the 12-12-12 Sandy benefit concert at New York's Madison Square Garden.
She wore a riveting red halter top number that showed off her silky shoulders and arms.
The singer delivered a heartfelt performance of No One as audience members held up their cell phones to provide a sea of light.

 

Lady in red: Alicia sported a sleek short 'do and sexy backless number when she performed at the 12-12-12 Sandy concert in New York this week

 

Cover girl Kerry Washington shows off her perfect figure as she defends her decision to play a slave in Django Unchained

As she poses in stockings and suspenders, her long legs crossed, Kerry Washington shows off her perfect hourglass figure.
The actress plays cover girl on the cover of Uptown Girl, showing just why she was picked to star in Quentin Tarantino's new movie Django Unchained.
But while the role has made Kerry's profile skyrocket, the 35-year-old admitted that the choice to play a slave could be seen as controversial.
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Role of a lifetime: Kerry Washington tells Uptown magazine about starring in Quentin Tarantino's slave movie Django Unchained

 

But Kerry defended her choice, saying she hopes it shines a light on the reality of the past.
'If I were to say it's okay to play a lawyer but not a maid, or it's okay to play a professor but not a slave, that would be sort of spitting on the legacy of my grandmother, who was a maid on Park Avenue for years, or my ancestors in South Carolina, who came from slavery,' she explained.
'What's interesting about storytelling is we get to step into someone's experience for an hour and a half in the dark, and in the process of living through that journey we learn about ourselves.
'That's what it's all about to me.'

 

Big role: With Jamie Foxx in Django Unchained

She also said she found it amazing to have just two days between shooting scenes for her political thriller Scandal and for Django.
'I went from shooting in a slave shack with my character curled up in bed, terrified about the state of her future,' she says, 'to walking in heels outside of the White House on my way to meet the president’s chief of staff.'
And Kerry's hard work has paid off, with her fans including her Django co-star Jamie Foxx.
'I can’t say enough about the brilliance and toughness of her, especially in Django, where she’s amazingly vulnerable playing this damsel in distress throwback character,' he says. 'And then you look at the strength of what she’s doing on Scandal, where she’s in control and doing her thing.'

 

Cover girl Kerry Washington shows off her perfect figure as she defends her decision to play a slave in Django Unchained

As she poses in stockings and suspenders, her long legs crossed, Kerry Washington shows off her perfect hourglass figure.
The actress plays cover girl on the cover of Uptown Girl, showing just why she was picked to star in Quentin Tarantino's new movie Django Unchained.
But while the role has made Kerry's profile skyrocket, the 35-year-old admitted that the choice to play a slave could be seen as controversial.
SCROLL DOWN FOR TRAILER...

 

Role of a lifetime: Kerry Washington tells Uptown magazine about starring in Quentin Tarantino's slave movie Django Unchained

 

But Kerry defended her choice, saying she hopes it shines a light on the reality of the past.
'If I were to say it's okay to play a lawyer but not a maid, or it's okay to play a professor but not a slave, that would be sort of spitting on the legacy of my grandmother, who was a maid on Park Avenue for years, or my ancestors in South Carolina, who came from slavery,' she explained.
'What's interesting about storytelling is we get to step into someone's experience for an hour and a half in the dark, and in the process of living through that journey we learn about ourselves.
'That's what it's all about to me.'

 

Big role: With Jamie Foxx in Django Unchained

She also said she found it amazing to have just two days between shooting scenes for her political thriller Scandal and for Django.
'I went from shooting in a slave shack with my character curled up in bed, terrified about the state of her future,' she says, 'to walking in heels outside of the White House on my way to meet the president’s chief of staff.'
And Kerry's hard work has paid off, with her fans including her Django co-star Jamie Foxx.
'I can’t say enough about the brilliance and toughness of her, especially in Django, where she’s amazingly vulnerable playing this damsel in distress throwback character,' he says. 'And then you look at the strength of what she’s doing on Scandal, where she’s in control and doing her thing.'