Kentuckian Harvey Westmoreland didn't want any trouble when he tried to sell his lawnmower to some friends. But trouble sure found him. What happened, Harvey? "[E]verything just went haywire... They cut my beard and forced me to eat it."
Check out this video in which fauxhemians try to explain the ideology behind their facial adornment. One young man claims to have grown a beard "out of spite," and another explains it as a "Williamsburg" thing. Such a thoughtful bunch.
[The 2010 European Beard and Moustache Championships took place today in Leogang, Austria. Take that, Brooklyn. Image via AP]
When Paul Rudd walked onto the set of Live today, all eyes—and hands—were on the actor's mega-beard. Although the beard is "not by choice," Rudd still had to endure questions of conditioning and Regis' old-man hands touching his face.
[A competitor presents himself to the jury at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany's 25th annual beard competition. Kari Ferrell would be in heaven. Image via Getty.]
We can all stop speculating now about Zach's "disappearing beard" during Saturday's episode! As SNL Backstage has just revealed, he decided to shave his beard off during Vampire Weekend's last song. Video of the-world's-fastest-beard-shave-ever inside.
Hipster Grifter Kari Ferrell sounds really clever until you notice she just re-used a few key lines over and over, via email. Uh, outrage! New email evidence concerns her imaginary beard-based coffee table book:
Kari Ferrell: pathological liar, con artist, hipster grifter, fugitive from justice. She left quite a trail. And we're on it! Today, we have pictures, video, and stories from ex-friends and (maybe) family.
However much you might wish to, there's absolutely no escaping the increasingly well-documented trend for men to sport major facial hair (especially if you've recently ventured into Williamsburg, which is like stepping into the Appalachians). Amid all the hype, though, a very important related issue has been…
Click to viewBoomp3.com It must’ve been a case of déjà vu for actor Jonah Hill as a photographer sneaked up on him again while jogging in Hollywood. However, this time around, the photographer did not tempt Hill with cupcakes or other delicious treats. Instead, the photographer was more interested in Hill’s beard…
Breaking: the (female) fiancée of probably gay Florida governor Charlie Crist owns a company that manufactures beards. [HuffPo]
MTV has decided to try the novel strategy of actually running some music videos on their network, something that hasn't been seen there since the inception of The Real World. But they've added an annoying, faux-modern twist in their new show FNMTV (ha): not only will they show music videos, they'll provide a place for…
In solidarity with the Writers Guild of America, with Conan and Letterman and with Katie Holmes we're growing a strike beard. Our Solzhenitsyn-like beard has been growing since November 5th, the first day of the strike. Let's see your strike beards. Send them to tips@gawker.com
Sad news for the bear-chasers and drifter-fetishists who'd been so delighted by returning Late Show host David Letterman's recent facial hair growth: On tonight's show, Letterman will announce an on-air beard-shaving stunt scheduled for Monday that will restore his face to its smooth-as-Paul-Shaffer's-head,…
We just received a copy of the anthology Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys: True Tales of Love, Lust, and Friendship Between Straight Women and Gay Men, which is pretty much what you'd expect. We were thumbing through the contents, wondering about what its contributors might have to offer (Does Ayelet Waldman love her…
• Two Katie Couric photos today for the price of one: Study America's sweetheart as she's seduced by Antonio Banderas. Look at her maintain eye contact — we haven't seen her so focused since her last colonoscopy. [AP]
• The Times declared that beards are back, and ZZ Top celebrated. Not two weeks later, beards jump…
