Like I said earlier, there are more than a few baldies having a great time at the Cannes Film Festival this year. I have no idea who this person is, but he looks important, is bald, and is canadian. And for those 3 reasons alone – he gets his picture put up here. I do hope he was wearing some sunscreen, I understand the sun can get pretty hot out in Cannes.

Picture Source – A. Sharp

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Baldies Rocking the Cannes Film Festival….still

Seems like everyone in the entire world has been following what’s been going on at the Cannes Film Festival the past couple of weeks.   What you see on Entertainment Tonight or read on Perez Hilton’s blog (which by the way I love) is not necessarily the interesting stuff that has been happening.  I don’t know about you, but I have heard just about enough of who Lindsey Lohan has been kissing, or Angelina Jolie’s babies.

The interesting goings on have nothing to do with A listers (or has beens), its the everyday regular people that have me all excited.  Take Chris for example (he is the one pictured above).  Chris is a film student from Holland, and has come to the festival to hang out, and see some good films.  The man did not score tickets to any major screenings before coming to Cannes.  He just hung out in front of the pavilions and talked to people.  His unusual look, and his ability to “schmooze” helped him to score tickets to a lot of major events.

Personally, I think its his very interesting look (tall and bald) and great confidence that has helped him with getting into the most difficult of screenings.

Chris, if you are reading this – let me know what you thought of the movie Blindness.  I can’t wait until it comes to Canada.

Photo used with permission by photographer A. Sharp and his subject.

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Baldies Rocking the Cannes Film Festival

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My veins are filled, once a week with a Neapolitan carpet cleaner distilled from the Adriatic and I am as bald as an egg. However I still get around and am mean to cats. ~ John Cheever

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The I’m Bald Quote of the Day

Actors are in a unique position. They are able to able to bring trends to the surface. Most of us don’t have a choice about whether we go bald, or not. When baldness is trendy, it does become a lot easier. While, I am not sure baldness will be trendy for women, anytime soon – it is helpful to know about women like Gail Porter. At the end of the day, when I am feeling insecure about the state of my hair (or lack thereof) thinking about people who live with confidence, while being under the scrutiny of public domain helps me to come to terms with it. Keep in mind, I don’t always feel bad about what my hair is or isn’t doing. But I will admit, that sometimes it gets the better of me.

So let me ask you this. Of all the bald actors out there, which one do you identify with most closely. Once you have voted, please leave a comment, about why you think so….and let us know why this person is a good “billboard” for baldness.

**Picture Source – flickr

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Bald Actors – An Important Resource

One of my most favorite events in my hometown started over the weekend.  Its The Return of… Samurai! film festival at  Pacific Cinematheque theatre.  You may ask yourself what do samurai’s have to do with baldness.  Well have you ever watched a samurai film?  Other than Toshiro Mifune, and the young romantic lead – none of the other samurai actors have hair (we are strictly speaking of the men).  Is there another smattering of baldies in a historical period?  Other than monks (either catholic of buddhists).

I can’t think of another group that is portrayed in the movies to be bald like the samurai.  Feel free to contradict me, if I am wrong – and I usually am.

Anyway, I am excited about the festival, and will be attending the screening of Samurai Rebellion.  I can’t wait!!!

Picture Source – flickr 

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A Night With the Samurai

Bert from Sesame Street technically isn’t bald, but he does not have a lot of hair on his head (unless you count his eyebrows). In fact when I was a kid, I actually thought that Bert wore a toupee. Yes, for a while I thought Bert and Ernie were actual people and not muppets. I was a strange kid, I have no defense.

A bunch of men decided to turn Bert into a rocket, and they decided to launch him (or 5 of him). The video looks like they had a great time. You might want to keep the kids away from this video, they may not enjoy seeing Bert used for purposes that he was not intended for. Oh and check out cross dresser Bert – his pink dress is very pretty!

Here is the link. Found via Boing Boing

**Picture Source

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Bald Muppet Rocket Launch

His claims have been denied. The insurance company states:

The hair’s protective function against the sun and the cold can easily be replaced by a hat. The health insurance does not have to pay for that.

The insurance company will provide hair coverage for women and children. You should note that health insurance in Germany, will cover spa trips, and breast implants.

What do you think about this?  Do you think that if cosmetic surgery and trips to the spa can be covered by health insurance, what about hair replacement for me….let me know what you think about this.

*I don’t recall how I first discovered this information (last spring) since I just went looking for more information – but couldn’t find any.  But I swear, it’s all true!

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Germans Love Bald Men

First of all, not everyone has a problem with their baldness. Promotions like this are designed to make us feel bad about the amount of hair we have (or don’t have) on our heads. I don’t need a tremendous amount of hair, to feel good about myself – and that is just what this company thinks I need. More hair!

Second of all, on this coupon there is a before and after picture of a man. The before picture is of a man in his mid 40’s (I am guessing)- not at all unattractive, balding (although not yet completely bald), has pasty skin, is very tired looking, and is frowning. In the after picture, the man looks 15 years younger, is sporting a tan, is abut 15 pounds lighter, appears to be well rested, and looks like a member of the Kennedy family. They do not look like the same person, at all.

Thirdly, why is this company only advertising to men? In one of the coupons which actually folds out, the before and after pictures are only men. Not one picture of a woman. Do they believe that women don’t lose their hair?

I went on their website, to see if they treat women. They do – however, on their before and after pictures of their clients (in which there are 77 of them) only one picture (client #39) is a woman.

If I ever decide to enhance my head with a hair transplant, I will be looking at companies that do not plaster their ads on the cover of the yellow pages phone book!

OK my rant is over!

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What Burns Me Up

•  Hair cut for bald men – there is such a thing.  It’s called “Going NBA”
• Mustache growing supplement – why would anyone want to take such a thing? – Enlighten me, please
• Are hairy people not as evolved – I spit out my morning coffee, when I read this  – I had to mop up coffee that went all over my keyboard.
• Regrowing hair on a dog wound – ???
• Curly Haired Australian Pigs – oh yea, I wrote about them – they kind of look like  very overweight sheep
• Naked Gail – Sorry folks – Baldiness is NOT that kind of blog
• Reasons why men are better than women – something you won’t find discussed here either.  We prefer equality on this blog, thank you very much
• Do women like the bald look on men? – Hell Yes!
• Eating bacon causes baldness – Well I know that certain Victorian era doctors preferred people to eat a vegetarian diet – but I am going to look into this one
• Coffee cures baldness – oh I wish this was true – I keep local coffee bars in business with my caffeine addiction – sadly my hair is not long, thick, or luxurious
• Snowman tree topper – Oh I love that someone found this blog, by searching that.  I hope they enjoyed the picture of the top of my Christmas tree

How did you find your way to Baldiness?

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Baldiness – How Did You Find Your Way Here?

Intolerance is the Do Not Touch sign on something that cannot bear touching. We do not mind having our hair ruffled, but we will not tolerate any familiarity with the toupee which covers our baldness.  ~ Eric Hoffer

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The Bald Quote of the Day