FILE: After shaving her head over the weekend, Britney Spears locks said to appear on eBay

Record ID: 722377

  • Title: FILE: After shaving her head over the weekend, Britney Spears locks said to appear on eBay
  • Date: 23rd February 2007
  • Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (NOVEMBER 17, 2003) (REUTERS) STAR BEING UNVEILED CLOSE OF SPEARS HOLDING PLAQUE PHOTOGRAPHERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) BRITNEY SPEARS SAYING: "Honestly, I love what I do and I love the fans and it's just, you know, sometimes people are just destined to do what they ... you know, and, I don't know, I'm happy to be here."
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  • Topics: Entertainment
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  • Story Text: A tearful Britney Spears defiantly shaved her head at a Los Angeles hair salon after the owner refused to take part in the embattled pop star's latest extreme makeover, news reports said on Saturday (February 17).
    The Friday (February 16) evening visit to Esther's Haircutting Studio in the Tarzana district of Los Angeles was followed by a trip to a tattoo parlour where the 25-year-old mother of two young sons added two designs to her body.
    The transformation came on the same day People Magazine and other entertainment media reported that Spears recently entered a rehabilitation centre in the Caribbean island of Antigua and checked out a day later. The reports were denied by Spears' representatives.
    Spears' busy Friday night began in the salon of Esther Tognozzi, who told the syndicated television gossip show "Extra" that she was afraid to shave Spears' head in case she was sued for ruining the singer's image.
    After Tognozzi protested that Spears was maybe being "hormonal" and would feel differently the next day, Spears coolly "grabbed the buzzer and started buzzing her own hair off. ... I just cleaned it up when she was done with it," she said.
    Tognozzi said Spears seemed to be "just there in body and not really emotionally there," but did get "a little bit teary- eyed" when she realized her mother might get upset.
    Since the haircut, the website eBay has seen an increase in activity with sellers purportedly auctioning off locks of the singer's hair.
    Spears' representatives could not immediately be reached for comment.
    Spears rose to fame eight years ago in the guise of a virginal schoolgirl and had hits with tunes such as "Oops!... I Did it Again" and the Grammy-winning "Toxic." As little girls around the world clamoured to mimic their idol, Spears ditched the clean-cut image by kissing Madonna at an awards show, using public restrooms in bare feet and marrying a childhood friend for two days.
    She has become a fixture on the night-club circuit since her split in November from her second husband, Kevin Federline, a former backup dancer.
    Spears was repeatedly photographed in December climbing out of automobiles without wearing underpants while in the company of celebrity Paris Hilton. Spears and Hilton recently made the cover of Newsweek Magazine with a story headlined "The Girls Gone Wild Effect" and a poll of readers who said celebrities like them were having too much influence on young girls.
    In January, Spears posted a message on her web site acknowledging the negative publicity, while writing, "I look forward to coming back this year bigger and better than ever and to reaching out to my fans on a more personal level."
    Her web site, http://www.britneyspears.com, was down on Saturday, evidently also undergoing a makeover.
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