Kristen Stewart lightened her hair: cherry fugness or cute & fresh?

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Here is Kristen Stewart outside of the Ed Sullivan Theatre on Monday evening, about to be interviewed by David Letterman. She lightened her hair. She had been rocking various dark brunette shades for the past few years, as she’s endlessly been playing roles that required it, first as Bella and then as Joan Jett. So, what do you think of this red shade? I’m calling it red, but some are calling it strawberry or cherry or blonde or whatever. To my eyes it’s red with some blonde highlights. I do think it looks good on her – it “lightens” her look in a lot of ways. For one, she doesn’t seem like a faux goth chick trying too hard. Also, it compliments her skin tone. And everybody notices the redhead!

I was looking around for interesting stories about Kristen and I found this kind of funny interview she did with People Mag about her feet and her shoe drama:

What happens when you promote not one, but two films – on back-to-back red carpets? For Kristen Stewart, the result is a severe case of the high-heel blues.

“I feel like my feet are really pissed off at me, just because of the shoes,” Stewart told PEOPLE at the premiere of her new indie drama Welcome to the Rileys on Friday. “That’s been the biggest problem.”

One night earlier, the actress, 20, strutted the carpet at the L.A. premiere of the new Twilight film, Eclipse, which she has been promoting around the world. But she says she’s not exhausted by the publicity grind – much the opposite, in fact.

“By the end of the day I actually get really hyper, because it’s then that I have my own time,” she says. “You end up staying up all night and then screwing your morning the next day because you need time to yourself.”

As for her intensely emotional role in Rileys, in which she plays a teenage prostitute, “the subject matter was a lot sadder and emotionally distraught than I’ve ever had to deal with,” says Stewart. “It’s sort of the lowest of the low that I’ve ever had to go.”

Is she worried about how Twi-Hards will respond to seeing her in such a different role?

“Luckily Bella wasn’t my first part,” she says. “I’ve had the chance to really get comfortable with keeping true to why I do what I do, and I can only do it this way. I’m proud of myself – so if other people aren’t, that’s totally cool.”

[From People]

She also told People Magazine that the great love of her life was her 6-year-old cat, Max. She says: “We have a really strong, really weird codependent, almost Bella/Edward relationship. I’m going to be a crazy cat lady one day, I’m sure.” I grew up with cats, a fact that my mom now bemoans every time I tell her a story about my dog. She always sighs and says miserably, “I can’t believe I raised a dog person.” In truth, I still love cats, and I would love to have one and just live it up as a crazy cat-and-dog lady, but my puppy is so possessive, and I think he would probably eat the cat.

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Kristen outside the Ed Sullivan theatre on June 28, 2010. Credit: WENN.

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  1. YT says:

    I like the new color so much better than the stark, dark hair color. This is a softer look, and she look much prettier.

  2. gabs says:

    Thats a really good hair color for her. It does lighten up her look. I think its closer to her natural hair. I see a little blonde highlights so lets go with “strawberry blonde”. I hate heels too. Not a cat person.

  3. JJ says:

    Cute!

  4. Keen says:

    it looks cute! and I agree, it makes her look less like a faux goth chick who’s trying too hard.

  5. katalina says:

    I like the new color. You know what else would be nice? If someone would tell this girl to STOP SLOUCHING. She’s gonna be a hunchback before she’s 30 if she doesn’t start standing up straight.

  6. Leticia says:

    now if she would only lighten up her personality…

  7. LisaMarie says:

    Very cute! Love that nail polish color too.

  8. Ally says:

    Her styling is so so boring and predictable.
    Why the hell is her hair orange?

  9. lisa says:

    This color is perfect for her. softens her face and makes her eye just pop. Really lovely. She should stay away from dark hair colors.

  10. viper says:

    I like it for once she doesnt look like a druggy. Quite refreshing and very cute colour.

  11. M says:

    I like it as well.

  12. Miss Thang says:

    I like this color on her a lot! It lessens the effects of her bitchface.

  13. Angel says:

    “You end up staying up all night and then screwing your morning the next day because you need time to yourself.”

    haha, I do this too after a long day of too much interaction. & I love the hair colour. Yay Team Red!

  14. kelbear says:

    Much better!

  15. Maggie says:

    No styling can hide her rotten character.
    As long as she portrays herself as victim and blames everyone for her rude behaviour I won’t change my mind about her.

  16. Mairead says:

    I’d call it auburn, and it definitely suits her. I like the cut too. She looks likeable here – slouchy, but likeable.

    As for the cat and dog thing. Get two cats, they’ll keep each other company and few dogs would be suicidal enough to mess with them. 😉

  17. aenflex says:

    I really like it too, it doesn’t make her seem as pale and fishy.

  18. serena says:

    Urgh, she seems miley cyrus (in the worst way) with that hair.
    I hope I will never see her blonde.. however her hair are still a mess, total galactic mess. Why mot a personal hair stylist before leaving?

  19. partygirl says:

    She looks gorgeous here. I think its the black hair color that makes her too harsh looking. I think she is also a natural blond. Good for her for going back to it even a little bit.

  20. partygirl says:

    @serena

    I think it is styled like that. I saw some of the other pics. It is actually pinned back and styled . She looks better than Miley and she is a natural dirty blond not a brunette.

  21. hu says:

    I read that this change is for a role, which is great, cause it looks good on her.

    I feel she has come a long way from being a young shy girl, who didnt know what to do with all the attention – to a very pretty actress.

    I am rooting for her, and I have a protective instinct since Perez used to be sooo nasty to her.

  22. Patty says:

    hu: She’s shy?
    I give it to her PRteam for
    spreading that strategy of
    calling her “shy”.

    Stewart is just a nasty narcissistic shrew. She is so self-absorbed that she is clueless about the implications of her actions on herself or anyone else.

  23. Darlene says:

    I love it, I think she looks great.

  24. Kitten says:

    She looks awesome I think. I really dig that copper color with her green eyes and skin tone. Also love her for being a self-proclaimed “cat person”.

  25. shorty40 says:

    Guess I’m on my own here; I think it looks like hell. And she needs to take a brush to it – it looks like she just rolled out of bed. I can’t stand the sloppy look these days. Just looks trashy to me.

  26. Stephy85 says:

    It’s defs red and it looks awesome on her.
    I just saw her on Regis and Kelly and she looked haaaaawt.
    Except awkward as hell.
    And she really only talked about that movie, her sore toes and her cat…
    Why is this girl so awkward?

  27. Leek says:

    That’s so much better.

  28. lolo says:

    Makes her look prettier. I like it

  29. Bee says:

    Oh no, now you’ve gone and made me kind of like Kristen “stink eye” Stewart because of her cat love. I adore cats. And anybody who calls their little purr machine the love of their life can’t be all bad. I also kind of like her new hair color as well. Cat love, a decent hair color, and “gasp” an actual smile on the red carpet; I think the tide may have turned for me in my ” I can’t stand that annoying brat” campaign. Well played Ms. Stewart. Well played.

  30. Scarlet Vixen says:

    I can’t tell if it’s the hair color or the fact that she’s actually smiling pleasantly for once that makes her look better than her usual sourpuss self.

    And she needs to step away from the one-armed dresses. They’re hideous.

  31. Boombeeba says:

    I saw an old pic of her on google where her hair was like a dirty blonde she looks so pretty with light hair (I think she’s always gorge) but it’s something about the highlights that really accentuate the blue in her eyes…

  32. Whatever says:

    I love it. Her skin is too light for the darker hair and this suits her better. Love the shoes too, but what is it with the one armed dresses lately?

  33. moo says:

    Gorgeous!!! So much better than before! LOVE IT!

  34. denise says:

    I like, and I’m loving her dress. She just needs to work on her posture.

  35. gg says:

    CUTE! That’s my hair color. I honestly think every woman looks better with a little sun-kissed highlights or blonde foils.

  36. valerie says:

    “cute n fresh”!

  37. KJ says:

    I like it!! She’s young and cute and she is allowed to experiment with her hair!! Didn’t we all? (with some horrifying results!! LOL!!)

  38. guesty says:

    cute. she can wear dark or lite…both are complimentary colors for her.

  39. Vee says:

    I love this hair color, she looks fantastic! That dress, stylish with a bit of an edge, cool!

  40. Twez says:

    Did she get some publicist advice after the whole ‘paparazzi are like rape’ fiasco? Because suddenly she’s Smiley McSmilerson in every photo, when she used to be perma-scowled.

  41. missmilly says:

    I love her hair!

  42. Liana says:

    Love the hair!

  43. Eileen Yover says:

    I like it-now I wish she’d quit looking so stoned all the time and wearing those one armed dresses. She bugs me.

  44. Annie says:

    Adorbs!

  45. Mairead says:

    @ gg – she’ll need to go a long way for her mop to be as “gawjis” (to use the vernacular) as your hair 😉

    She is way smilier in recent photos, but it could be down to her making herself lighten up and seem more professional on the red carpet. She is very young, and in normal life there are people 3 times her age who look like they’ve just been punched in the face when someone attempts to take a photo of them at a work function – even people who should know better like politicians.

  46. GatsbyGal says:

    That actually looks really nice, good for her.

  47. kim says:

    OK i havent read or see any of the Twlight stuiff but this girl seems like a miserable moron every time she opens her mouth and she cant dress for the life of her.

    BUT i will say this is the #1 makeover haircut of the year! She looks soooooooo much better and happier with this hair versus the goth black hair she was sporting before.

    This brings out her features and oh my I may even for first time ever say – she looks cute. I love the color on her. So much more falttering than her black hair.

    Whatever hair stylist came up with and did this hairdo deserves an Oscar!

  48. iriD says:

    I seem to be in the minority here in that I don’t think the color does anything for her. A honey blonde or an auburn or a chocolatey brown would, imo, be better on her. At the very least, learning that when you change your haircolor you need to change your makeup as well. Maybe it’s just the style, but I honestly think she looked better with the darker hair.

  49. Ron says:

    The best she has looked. In the first pic she’s even…..smiling!

  50. Just a Poster says:

    Love the cut and color! And they actually got a picture of her smiling BONUS!

    Why oh why do these young starts slouch? Is it because all the men in Hollywood are 4’8″??

    Isn’t someone around these girls able to tell them to stand up straight?

  51. N.D. says:

    I loved her new hair even better when it was a bit differently styled at NY premiere (the same day I think). Lainey has pics. In them her hair look almost red, really good on her.

  52. Erin says:

    I totally prefer her with brown hair…I don’t understand why brown hair paired with pale skin equals faux goth to people, but whatever. I like brown waaaay better, and I think the color she’s sporting now looks odd and fake. Overall, she looks really good in these pics, though!

  53. SolitaryAngel says:

    She looks GREAT!! 😀

  54. OC lady says:

    I really like the new hair style. I think she looks very modern and fresh. She’s become the antidote to the rest of Hollywood’s plastic surgery Barbies. I hope she doesn’t cave into the plastic surgery craze.

  55. Jeri says:

    She looks good & very happy!

  56. Sharonkings says:

    I love it. Shes still looking awkward tho.

  57. Camille says:

    She’s such a pretty girl, I like her new hair colour too. And heck, look at those long legs! I have to admit that I like KStew, I love that she isn’t trying to be anyone else but herself, awkwardness and all.

  58. KittensMcGee says:

    Looks great!

  59. Sally says:

    Cute hair, ugly dress.

  60. Steph says:

    I actually like this on her… Makes her look a little more alive.. Hopefully someone does a little work on her personality next

  61. palomino says:

    Hair looks great. It’s nice to see her smile.

  62. Two thumbs up! Gorgeous! (Just don’t do Joan Jett hairstyle again). Is this for On the Road Movie or just a change? Dark hair or light hair, she looks beautiful, anyway! what does Rob think?

  63. NicoleAM says:

    she’s got a great look, regardless of her hair color. Personally, I like it better a little darker. I’ve never seen the Twilight movies, but I really like her. Rocking the natural pale look, loves cats, awkward during public appearances…I dig it! 🙂

  64. looking like a fluffy ass bunny says:

    i like it.