We interrupt your holiday season to bring you these follicular developments, both from across the pond.  In royal news, Prince William has grown a beard in what is the universal attempt to disguise male pattern baldness by proving that growth can still occur, just not where you want it.  Previous hotness rating (out of 10): 8 (extra points for crown jewels etc.)  New rating: 7 (less royal, more Royal Mountie)

In teen heartthrob news, Robert Pattinson has shed his glorious Twilight locks for a more military ‘do.  Pattinson, chafing at the constraints of teen idol-dom, went against his contract which had a hair clause (as they all should) and traded his Flock of Seagulls look for a G.I. Joe look.  Previous hotness rating: 8 (hair accounting for over 50% of total score)  New hotness rating: 3.5 (looks like a guy from a Wanted poster)