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==John Lennon, a famous Beetle, gets a haircut back in the day, like every other normal human. What he doesn't know is that, many years later, his hair has been kept and now sold for a ridiculous price. Last Wednesday, just one lock of Lennon's hair was sold for 48,000 dollars at the Beetles memorabilia. The buyer remained annonymous and bought the oh-so "precious" lock of hair over the phone. The lock of hair came with an autographed copy of "A Spaniard in the Works", a book written by John Lennon himself. The hairdresser, who was the seller, only thought it would go for between $4000 and $6000, a whole lot less than what it was sold for. Was the item worth the price?==

==Although he was extremely famous, you would have to be crazy to find this item worth the price. People get haircuts for a reason- to get rid of the hair. So why would we buy someone else's to just have for no reason but for show? It makes no sense. Overpriced items are in high demands now-a-days, but this is just ridiculous. He is human just like the rest of us, so what makes his hair worth $48000, when we pay to make ours thrown away? I know he's extremely famous, but buying his hair for $48000 is too extreme. So I don't think that the item was worth the price- do you?==

==Writers have put the pencils down. The strike is on! No new shows are written in protest. The Writers' Guild of America, both East and West, has come together to get what they think they deserve. The holiday season seems like.==

==Every year a new list is made. One critic decides on who are the worst dressed celebrities for the year. Sounds unbelievable, but many actually care about the opinion of this critic, as sad as that seems.==

==The critic, Mr. Blackwell has been critiquing the appearance of celebrities since 1960. As a clothing designer for the rich and famous in the 60’s, many thought his opinions were indeed important and are still important now. Some may say that one doesn’t truly have complete power over the subject, and even though at one level that is true, he still makes total sense.==

==“‘Forget the fashion spice, wearing a skirt would suffice! In one skinny-mini monstrosity after another, pouty Posh can really wreck-em,’ he said in a statement.” According to Blackwell, the “she” referred to in this quote(cnn.com), Victoria Beckham, the number 1 on his list, a.k.a “Posh Spice”, is too obscenely dressed, and that’s what wrecks her.==

==In reality, he is right in the sense that that is the way she appears to be, but what about personality? People care nowadays more about the cover than what actually inside the person, or simply but appearance comes before personality. Whether this is morally right is up to the viewer, but this list only shows the outside of a person, making our world seem more materialistic.==

==As cruel as they sound, one can see where Blackwell is coming from. It is very obviously seen that the comments that are made are true on the outside, and even occasionally on the inside, but it’s not the entire picture being seen. It is the whole picture that makes up the best and the worst, and although most don’t realize it, it’s the only way the picture makes sense. ==

__American Idol: Not Only About the Voice?__
When one hears the tales of American Idol they think, oh Simon’s cruel, Paula’s a pushover, and Randy’s… well… Randy. They criticize and rarely compliment one’s voice and that’s all they look at. But are they softening up to the sappy stories and personalities of the contestants? It seems so. Two examples seem clear-Kayla Hatfield and Drew Poppelreiter. Both seem to sweeten up the judges like adding frosting on a cake.

According to ET.com’s Michael Slezack, “You'd have to be an absolute ogre to have rooted against the magnificently chipper woman who'd suffered a devastating car accident as a teenager. I was so busy marveling at Kayla's resemblance to //The Closer//'s Kyra Sedgwick (and admiring her saucy black leather boots and butterfly sequined top) that I didn't notice the scarring on the left side of her face until she mentioned it in her interview package. Simon's response to the young mother of two — ''Kayla, I want to be you for one hour a day. Maybe two.'' — has to rank among his most heartfelt moments over the last seven seasons. And so, while Paula was completely correct in voting against Kayla's trip to Hollywood after a rocky (albeit heartfelt) take on Janis Joplin's Piece of My Heart, I was secretly thrilled when Simon and Randy voted to let her through to the next round anyway.” This is referring to Kayla Hatfield and her personality, the icing on the decision to send her to Hollywood.

“There was also hunky farm boy Drew Poppelreiter, decked out in his plaid flannel shirt, extra-tight jeans, and big ol' belt buckle, advancing to the next round on the basis of his less-than-enthralling rendition of George Strait's Check Yes or No. Once he had popped a stalk of hay into his mouth during his interview package and delivered a practiced yes, ma'am to Paula, you knew he was heading to Hollywood. Even though Simon voted no. And even though Paula herself noted the lack of wow factor in the kid's performance. Let's be honest: If he can't dazzle an audience of three in a pimped-out conference room, what are the chances he'll excel in front of a massive live audience? Voters beware: It's all well and good to fall for an aw, shucks teenager in the audition room; just make sure you're not about to unleash Sanjaya 2.0 on your fellow //Idol// fans.” (also told by Slezack)

Slezack’s right. We don’t need another Sanjaya story. This contest is about vocals and vocals alone. If we used personality or appearance as a factor then the show wouldn’t be living up to the standard of the original show.