Before I ask if you love or hate this look, maybe I should tell you who it is.  Robin Wright Penn, dudes.  I found her to be completely unrecognizable without the blonde hair.  Now that she’s finally, really, really, probably, hopefully done with Sean, she was obviously ready for a change of epic proportions.  What do you think of her new look?

Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O’Neal were together for almost thirty years.  There were a few years in the middle there where they split and dated other people, though I suspect Ryan kinda always dated other people.  They came back together near the end of Farrah’s life and O’Neal certainly positioned himself as her primary caretaker.  In the last few days before the actress died, Ryan even said that they were to marry, even if he had to move Farrah’s lips for her.  Romantic or hoping to stake a claim to her money?  It doesn’t matter.  She died, he tried to score with his daughter at FF’s funeral and now he’s been frozen out of her will.

Here’s the news though:  Last spring, a guy named Greg Lott was giving interviews in which he claimed to be Farrah’s secret boyfriend.  They dated in college, then he did two stints in the clink for drug trafficking.  According to Lott, they reunited eleven years ago and remained together until the final months leading up to Farrah’s death when Ryan took over and cut off contact between the two.

Hey, Lott may be a scumbag considering the fact that he shared all the details of his relationship as well as copies of personal letters with Daily Mail, but one thing remains.  Farrah didn’t leave Ryan a penny, but did leave this (according to O’Neal’s definition) “disgruntled ex-boyfriend” $100K.  I just love this message that Farrah was able to leave behind.  Ryan:  zero.  Secret lover:  a hundred thousand bucks.

A publicist from Women’s Wear Daily sent me a very serious and earnest email today alerting me to the new Asprey jewelry collection with pieces that are designed by Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.  All the pieces, including a baby spoon that costs $525, have a snake motif.

And I’m sitting here in my living room looking at the pictures of this hellacious, hideous collection and all I can think is this:  ”The people at Asprey – one of the most world-renowned purveyors of fine jewelry – really thought it would be a good idea for the two most infamous cheaters to hook up on a movie set and ditch their spouses since Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton (ironically, against the backdrop of Cleopatra … asp anyone?), to design a line of jewelry centered around snakes?  Snakes?  Snakes.

Because I know all you young ‘uns are going to be like “Who the fuck is Edward Woodward?  What the hell is the Equalizer?” I found a little tribute clip that some genius on YouTube put together two years ago.  The Equalizer was a fantastic, albeit short-lived show that ran in the ’80s.  ”Got a problem?  Odds against you?  Call the Equalizer.”  There were tons of famous and yet-to-be famous people who appeared on that show (Macaulay Culkin, Melissa Joan Hart, Kevin Spacey, Vincent D’Onofrio, Adam Ant, David Grier, John Goodman, Lori Petty, Bradley Whitfor, Laurence Fishburne, Patricia Clarkson, Jennifer Grey, Laurie Metcalf, William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Roma Maffia, Olympia Dukakis, Michael Moriarty, Chris Cooper, Michael Rooker, David Strathairn, Charles S. Dutton, Cynthia Nixon, Laura San Giacomo, Kasi Lemmons, Ving Rhames, Amanda Plummer,Jon Polito, Jasmine Guy, Mark Linn-Baker, Tony Shalhoub, Stanley Tucci … shall I go on?) and the theme song was written by Stewart Copeland.  Just a fantastic show.

The actor who played Robert McCall (the Equalizer!), Edward Woodward, did a bunch of movies and theater and also appeared on The Eastenders.  In 1987, Woodward told the AP “I think I’ve probably [sic] more television than any actor living.  I’ve done over 2,000, could be 3,000 now, television productions.”

Woodward passed at 79 due to an illness.

Gossip Girl’s Blake Lively — by the way, does anyone actually watch that show anymore? — arrived at yesterday’s The Private Lives of Pippa Lee screening after party wearing no bra.  It’s the first thing I cursed to the heavens noticed when I looked at the pictures from the event.  It appears that I’m not the only one who observed it.  Dude needs to work on toning down his side-eye.

Also there:  a not pregnant (whatever!) Penelope Cruz posing with Marion Cotillard (who have something in common:  I can’t understand one word that either of them say).  Julianne Moore was there in a huge blouse that she filled with Parker House rolls, Shannon Elizabeth showed with an oil slick on her face, and Keanu Reeves reminisced about the days when he used to be attractive.

Wino landed herself in the hospital yesterday.  According to her friend, she took a cold remedy that didn’t react well with “medication she takes for her on-going recovery.”  Evidently, that combination was enough to make her sick.  Really sick.  Off to the hospital she went.  Don’t you think the hospital staff calls out “Amy!” when she arrives, much like how the bar patrons called out “Norm!” on Cheers?  She is the George Wendt of drying out.  Anyway, Amy was due to stay in the hospital overnight, but she’s fine and should be released today.

This is what I like to call a teaching moment.  What does Amy’s bad fortune teach us today?  Don’t take your Antabuse with a Vicks 44 chaser.  Or, Methadone and Mucinex don’t mix.  Like, duh.

Did anyone actually see Couples Retreat?  I didn’t, but according to my research, the black couple played by Faizon Love and Kali Hawk, had roles that were featured as prominently as the other couples appearing in the movie.  Then why did Universal Studios give them a big ol’ delete off the movie posters as they promote this film in the UK?

The studio claims their reason for the edit of the image and names of Love and Hawk was to “simplify” for the UK audience.  You hear that, folks across the pond?  Universal Studios thinks you can’t handle the visual stimulus of eight actors and their names on a movie poster.  They think you need simplification.  They are putting their act of racism on the shoulders of UK citizens.  It’s your fault this happened.  I hope your knickers are in a serious twist over this.

Movie critic Jason Solomons wrote:  ”We don’t cater much for the black cinema-going audience in this country, which is a great shame, so it seems strange that when there are black stars in a major feature film this fact isn’t promoted. And, in terms of business decisions, this seems a pretty counter-productive one.”