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Tom Cruise - A Bad Influence On Katie Holmes

It has been suggested that Katie Holmes' gal-pal, Victoria Beckham has not been a positive influence on Katie's life.  Hubby Tom has even reportedly said that Victoria is "rubbing off on his wife just a bit too much", reported London's Daily Mail.  However, Victoria's influence on Katie is nowhere nearly as bad as husband, Tom's is.

According to a recent public opinion poll conducted on the Vizu Answers research network, more than four times as many people think Tom is a worse influence on his wife than is Victoria Beckham, a.k.a Posh Spice.

2007 Biggest Reunion Bands: The Spice Girls & Led Zeppein

2007 was a big year for reunion bands.  The Police, Van Halen, The Verve, Jesus & Mary Chain, Crowded House, The Sex Pistols, and Rage Against The Machine all re-united to make music this year. 

But according to a recent public opinion poll on Vizu's research network of entertainment oriented websites, the really big reunion bands this year were tow U.K. bands from opposite ends of the mainstream music spectrum. 

The all female pop music band, The Spice Girls, was formulated in the mid-1990s by Chris and Bob Herbert to compete with popular boy bands of the time.  Given its target audience of young girls, the band went on to become heavily merchandised.  The Spice Girls, Victoria Adams Beckham (Posh Spice), Melanie Brown (Scary Spice), Melanie Chishom (Sporty Spice), Geri Halliwell (Sexy or Ginger Spice), and Emma Bunton (Baby Spice), where as known for their cute monikers, dance routines, sexy outfits, and tabloid coverage as they were for their music.  Though never formally disbanded, The Spice Girls, run ended in 2000 after about sex years in the limelight.

By contrast, the all male metal band Led Zeppelin, had a legendary 12 year run from 1968 when they came together as the Yard Birds to 1980 when John Bonham's death led to the band's break up.  However, in the 27 years since the early heavy metal band's dissolution, Led Zeppelin's music has continued to sell well and the remaining members of the band, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and John Paul Jones, all continued to have successful, if not legendary musical careers.  Led Zeppelin has sold more than 300 million copies of their albums world wide and was selected as VH1's #1 on its list of Greatest Artists of Hard Rock.

 

Victoria Beckham Short Hair vs. Long Hair

Victoria Beckham looks good with both short an long hair styles.  Much as been written about her move to a short hair style earlier this year and how other glitterati are now adopting cropped, more sporty hairdos, e.g. Victoria's gal-pal Katie Holmes Cruise.

A prior Vizuble post suggests that the public thinks it was a mistake for Katie Holmes to adopt a shorter hair style.  But that is not the case for Mrs. Beckham.  In a recent public opinion survey conducted on Vizu's network of entertainment oriented websites, public opinion is much more evenly divided as to whether the former Posh Spice looks better with short or long hair.   Only a slight majority preferr longer locks on Tori.

Of course, given that Victoria Beckham also had a boob job not all that long before her new hair style, one could argue that people are more distracted these days when observing her hairstyle.  See Star Muscle for more comparative analysis.

Jaime Pressly & Victoria Beckham - Short Hair Parity

Jaime Pressly and Victoria Beckham both have short hair.  Duh!
Jaime Pressly and Victoria Beckham both look good with short hair.  Duh!
Jaime Pressly and Victoria Beckham have very similar hair cuts.  Duh!
Jaime Pressly and Victoria Beckham look about the same with short hair.  Duh!

In recent public opinion research on Vizu's network of entertainment oriented websites, preference for either beauty's short hair style was at virtual parity.

Prior research did, however, indicate a preference for Jaime Pressly when it comes to wearing a bikini.

Victoria Beckham - Jaime Pressly Bikini Contest

Victoria Beckham looks good in a bikini, but Jaime Pressly looks better.  Despite Victoria Beckham's relatively new short haircut, not unlike Jaime's coif, John Q. Public gives the nod to Jaime Pressly in a bikini.

In a recent public opinion survey conducted on Vizu's network of entertainment oriented websites, 60% of respondents said that Jaime Pressly, a.ka. Joy Turner in the TV series My Name is Earl, did more justice to her bikini than did Victoria Beckham, a.k.a. Posh Spice.

Victoria Beckham's Short Hair Bests Katie Holmes'

Not long after Victoria Beckham opted for a short hair cut did her gal pal Katie Holmes go for a new short hairdo.  Give that the two celebrities spend so much time together shopping and hanging out, it almost seems natural that their looks would converge.

Victoria enlisted the trendy Chris McMillan Hair Salon to trim her locks just in time for her move to Los Angeles this summer.  By the time summer rolled around, Katie was sporting a similar, albeit brunette, coif.

The similar mops are fueling fashionistas observations that Katie seems to be taking her fashion cues from the more sophisticated former Posh Spice.  According to New York-based makeup artist Ramy Gafni as reported by USA Today,  "When Katie married Tom Cruise, I knew her look would have to spruce up, and now, she's gone the Posh direction: very couture."  Helena Stuart, founder and head designer of Only Hearts, said, "I've never seen a picture of Posh when she's not glammed up, and I see that reflected in Katie now."

While the reviews on the dynamic duo's hair have generally been positive, the public agrees that between the two of them, the older Beckham wears it best short.   In a public opinion poll conducted on the Vizu Answers network of entertainment websites, the 1400+ respondents picked Beckham over Holmes by more than a 2:1 margin.

Perhaps when Victoria starts taking her fashion cues from the younger Holmes, will Katie earn more respect from fashion conscious fans.

Interestingly, on her home turf in the U.K., Victoria's hair was preferred to Holmes' by close to a 3:1 margin.