THE BIGGEST CELEB TRANSFORMATIONS OF 2015

When it comes to celebrities and their looks, the only real constant is change. The rich and famous have glam squads at their disposal, as well as deep pockets that allow them to experiment with expensive salon services or cosmetic procedures. When you’re a celeb, you can hack off your hair on Friday, decide you hate it by Sunday, and install a full head of extensions before the paparazzi has time to catch you going into Madeo in Beverly Hills. These are some of the biggest celeb physical transformations of 2015.

KYLIE JENNER

The hottest beauty topic of 2015? Oh, just Kylie Jenner’s overinflated lips. Her pout even led to the Kylie Jenner Lip Challenge, where young and impressionable kids tried to mimic her pucker. At first, the teen claimed her trout pout was the result her deft lip-liner skills. She later admitted to getting temporary fillers on Keeping Up With The Kardashians. Her puffy lips made her look older, sexier, and not like her prior self. She also rocked mermaid blue hair this summer and went blonde for New York Fashion Week. Oh, and if you scan her Instagram feed, you’ll notice she sometimes wears blue contact lenses. Clearly, the youngest spawn of Kris Jenner has become quite a style-chameleon.

CAITLYN JENNER

Bruce Jenner’s transition into Caitlyn Jenner has been one of the year’s biggest, most powerful, inspiring, and memorable stories. Jenner had been slowly but surely going public with his gender dysmorphia and revealed his plans in a Diane Sawyer interview that was a true ratings bonanza. Caitlyn Jenner eventually made her bombshell debut on the cover of Vanity Fair. The former Olympian was honored for her courage by receiving an award at the EPSYs and she further documented her transition on her E! reality show.

KIM KARDASHIAN

The most famous Kardashian is expecting her second child, so she once again showed off big and beautiful curves. But Kimmy blew everyone away when she ditched her long, dark, glossy, and familiar locks in favor of a very blonde ‘do in the spring. It was a pitstop at platinum—one she showed off while traipsing around Europe for Fashion Week and on the cover of an international edition of Vogue. She quickly returned to brunette. The reality diva also admitted Madonna was her source of inspiration for her platinum locks.

KHLOE KARDASHIAN

Kim’s little sister went buttery blonde in late spring and blonde she has remained. Koko has been going lighter and lighter with her locks and she’s totally transformed into a bombshell bottle blonde. We can’t argue with the results. It’s one of her best looks ever. Here’s to hoping this Kardashian stays with the flaxen follicles. Gentlemen are said to prefer blondes and we prefer Khloe as such.

JARED LETO

Leto had become known for his man bun, but that was so 2014. He ditched the long locks and rocked a platinum blonde hair hue that made him look like designer Karl Lagerfeld. Also, for his role as the Joker in Suicide Squad, the actor morphed again, with lots of fake tattoos, a grill, a gaunt appearance, and green hair. He got rid of the green strands when filming wrapped.

DANIEL RADCLIFFE

The baby-faced Brit grew out his hair and grew a beard, a far cry from his days as the clean-shaven Harry Potter. The actor recently shaved the facial hair and chopped his locks. We were bummed, as we were getting used to a hairier former Harry. But Radcliffe has gone newly-shorn for a role, proving his dedication to his craft.

JUSTIN BIEBER

The Biebs has been adding to his copious tattoo collection for years. He displayed his ink and his rock hard, washboard abs in both Calvin Klein ads and on the cover of Men’s Health this year. He was also seen with a man bun in the spring, attempting to usurp Jared Leto’s man bun throne. But the singer showed off a totally different look at the VMAs, when he rocked a bleached blonde coif that looked like Draco Malfoy cross-pollinated with a German rave DJ. But let’s be clear: that’s not a compliment. It was… weird. Bring back those signature, swoopy side bangs, Biebs!

AMANDA SEYFRIED

The doe-eyed actress is known for her long and lush cascade of blonde waves. She hacked off her hair into a shoulder-skimming bob and donated the chopped strands to Locks of Love, which is a wonderful organization that creates wigs for those who’ve lost their hair for medical reasons. The Ted 2 starlet showed off her ‘new, lighter, shorter, and bouncier’ ‘do on Instagram.

DEMI LOVATO

The singer and actress has gone shorter and shorter with her hair, which has been every color of the rainbow. She now has a bob. Lovato also ditched her all-black, leather-and-studs rocker chick look in favor of a sexier, skimpier style. She unveiled an uber-sexy style when she began promoting her new single “Cool for the Summer.” She swapped out her usual monochromatic clothes for fur, pops of color, and heels.

JENNIFER LOPEZ

The multi-hyphenate is known for her long, sexy, and highlighted locks. She was seen at an airport with a shoulder-grazing bob. It was jarring, since we’re so used to J. Lo with plentiful hair. She was still sexy as hell, but it was weird seeing her without her full coif.

IGGY AZALEA

While 2014 was her breakthrough year, the “Fancy” rapper canceled her tour, fought with many rappers on Twitter, and took a hiatus from social media. If that wasn’t enough, she also found time to get a nose job. However, she didn’t try to hide or deny the rhinoplasty. She was frank about her augmentation and confessed to getting a nose job in a chat with Seventeen, saying, “I don’t think you should be ashamed if you made a change to yourself, which is why I’ve spoken about the changes I’ve made, like with my breasts.” Ah, yes—earlier this year, Azalea told Vogue she got breast implants. Altogether, Iggy’s 2015 may have brought some of the biggest transformations, second only to Caitlyn Jenner, of course.

JENNIFER HUDSON

The singer and Oscar-winning actress debuted a close-cropped pixie cut on Instagram. The short cut called further attention to her stunning features. But we have to hand it to for being so brave by going so short her hair looked practically shaved.

THE CRAZIEST ALLEGED CELEBRITY BACKSTAGE DEMANDS

Celebrities are known for making crazy, ego-hungry demands, but these celebs have taken things to a whole new level. From custom-made French lamps to 20 international phone lines, check out the craziest requests allegedly made by some of Hollywood’s biggest names.

KATY PERRY

In 2014, Radar Online obtained information from Katy Perry’s alleged tour rider. While on her Prismatic tour, the “Firework” singer reportedly demanded fresh fruit that was to be washed and cut up prior to her arrival. Also on her list: custom-made French lamps; and a cream rug, according to the report. Meanwhile, a report from the UK’s Daily Star (via The Huffington Post) alleged that Perry would not allow staff members to speak to her before a show. How nice!

BEYONCE

Okay, this one probably isn’t true. In fact, Beyonce’s team has specifically denied it. But a 2013 report, again from the wacky people at The Daily Star, was so outrageous, we had to include it here. Allegedly during her Mrs. Carter Tour, Beyonce demanded hand-carved ice balls after each show to sooth her throat. Even crazier, Jay-Z’s wife allegedly demanded new bathroom seats and red toilet paper in each bathroom. Again, this can’t be true. But…red toilet paper?

CHER

When you’ve had a long and successful career like Cher’s, you can get away with making a request or two. And Cher’s alleged demands actually make sense. According to papers obtained by The Smoking Gun, the Oscar and Grammy winner requests an entire room dedicated to housing her wigs on tour. In simple terms, it’s called the “Wig Room” according to the report. Honestly, though, anyone paying money to see Cher on tour should expect nothing less.

Madonna

Madonna has become notorious for her alleged demands and diva-like behavior. However, the “Material Girl” singer allegedly took things one step too far during her MDNA tour in 2012. According to a report by InTouch Weekly, Madonna’s list of demands included a 200-person entourage (yep) and “light-pink roses that have stems trimmed to precisely six inches.” Perhaps funniest of all, Madonna allegedly demanded 20 international phone lines, as well. Because why not?

MARIAH CAREY

In 2009, the Daily Mail reported that uber-diva Mariah Carey requested that 20 white kittens and 100 white doves surround her during a Christmas tree lighting in London. She also wanted confetti-shaped butterflies and 80 security guards, among other wacky demands, according to the report. None of this should surprise anyone who caught her infamous episode of MTV’s Cribs.

JUSTIN BIEBER

In 2013, TMZ obtained a rider from Justin Bieber’s camp which listed out a whole bunch of wacky demands. Some were admittedly common; Bieber banned all cell phones and refused to give autographs. Other demands were a bit more ridiculous. According to the report, nobody was allowed to speak to Bieber during the shoot. Oh, and you couldn’t play any music by his ex-girlfriend, Selena Gomez, either. We see where he’s coming from on that one. But, come on, “Good for You” is an awesome song.

KANYE WEST

A leaked tour rider from a 2012 appearance in Australia alleged that Kanye West demanded “imported and recut Versace towels,” according to The Sun. That’s to be expected from someone like Kanye, but it actually gets worse. “He demands that any drivers ferrying him are clad in 100 percent cotton,” a source told The Sun. “No man-made fibres.” Suddenly that whole “Kanye for President” thing is starting to sound really, really dumb. Well, dumber.

Reasons Why Anne Hathaway Became The Most Hated Celeb

First, she won our hearts as Mia Thermopolis, Princess of Genovia. Then, she captivated us once again as Ella in Ella Enchanted. Anne Hathaway had a good decade there as the darling of Hollywood… until “Hathahate” hit our world around 2012. Yes, she became such a hated celebrity that they literally had to come up with a new word for it. Every facet of her being became so disgusting to “Hathahaters” that essays were written across the interweb analyzing what went wrong in her anatomy to produce such a specimen of humankind. One minute, she was an innocent princess, an ingenue everyone loved. The next, we found ourselves in a vehement sea of Hathahate. What went wrong? Let’s explore.

BLAME IT ON THE THEATER KID

Hollywood.com quoted Richard Lawson as saying that Hathaway “is the epitome of the bad kind of theater kid.” For those of you who don’t know, the “bad kind of theater kid” is that annoying goody-two-shoes who’s constantly sucking up to the director and bossing the other kids around. Basically, a kid that seems too perfect, so something must be up. Yes, Hathaway grew up a regular theater kid in New Jersey, spending her days performing at the Papermill Playhouse. Yes, she got her start on the stage. Yes, she’s probably extremely well-versed in the politics of the theater. Yes, she’s extremely rehearsed. Do these add up to the “bad kind of theater kid?” We don’t think so, but majority rules, and Lawson may have a point. She certainly seems to share the lack of authenticity of those bad theater kids. That’s what people hate. She’s not “real” enough.

THE 2011 OSCARS

Thanks to the 2011 Oscars—you know, the ones she hosted with a stoned-out-of-his-mind James Franco—Hathaway went from badass indie film star to inauthentic theater kid in one fell swoop. Her extreme peppiness as a co-emcee is honestly a reason all on its own as to why people hate her. These three or four hours were a pivotal moment in time for Hathahaters. It really bothered pretty much everyone that the pair kind of totally bombed as co-emcees. Fans took to burgeoning social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter to express their outrage. In fact, Time even named the pair as one of the top 10 worst awards show hosts of all time. Hathaway had spent the three previous years a sympathetic celeb who survived a breakup with a notorious Italian con-man and come out beloved by all. Maybe the public had given her too long a leash? For some reason this was the tipping point. She sang, she danced, she hammed it up—and she was criticized for trying too hard. Simply put, she was too darn perky.

SHE REFUSES TO FALL DOWN

The American public cannot handle a woman who won’t break down. Let’s recall the moment that Jennifer Lawrence captured our hearts: the time she fell down on stairs wearing a ballgown and heels and laughed it off. Not her pivotal performance in Silver Linings Playbook, or her turn as Katniss Everdeen, but a moment of embarrassment that made her seem so “real.” This, juxtaposed with Anne Hathaway’s annoyingly perfect public persona, only fueled the Hathahaters’ fire. It bothers people that she seems so perfect all the time and that she’s super ambitious. Lena Dunham put it perfectly when she said, “Ladies, Anne Hathaway is a feminist and she has amazing teeth. Let’s save our bad attitudes for the ones who aren’t advancing the cause.” Ambition just isn’t a good look on women, apparently. A woman can only have as much ambition as the hipster male writer is willing to allow.

SHE WOKE UP LIKE THAT

According to Terry Pettijohn, a psychology professor at Ohio State University, we don’t like Anne Hathaway because her slender face is a reminder of more challenging times. The professor continues to explain that in good times the public likes an actress with a rounder, younger face, while in challenging times they prefer an actress with a slender, more mature face like Hathaway’s. This, combined with her peak popularity landing amid the economic crash of 2008, led the psychology professor to draw the conclusion that Anne’s face is part of the problem. She can’t help it. She woke up like that. But, her face is making some waves. Paging Dr. Nip/Tuck.

THE BANDWAGON EFFECT

Ultimately, a loud and vocal group of Hathahaters started a movement and everyone else just hopped onto. Nothing bonds a group of people together like a shared target. We’re pretty sure the number one reason why Anne Hathaway became the most hated celebrity was that it was fun to hate on her along with everyone else. It’s called the bandwagon effect, and when it comes to celebrities, it takes shape in seconds. Anne Hathaway became the most hated celebrity because the collective consciousness loved to hate her.

ACTORS WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRED FROM THEIR ROLES

Try as show business might, not every role gets cast correctly. Many characters, who might otherwise have turned out fine, get ruined because the person playing them wasn’t even close to the right fit. These actors and actresses should’ve gotten the boot quick as can be, so a more qualified thespian could breathe better life into these poor, unfortunate, fictional souls.

HULK HOGAN, THUNDER IN PARADISE

The basic premise of Thunder In Paradise—two ex-Navy SEALs work as high-sea mercenaries, patrolling the world’s waters for whatever nogoodnik they’re paid to extinguish—is fine, if you hire an actual actor. Instead, the show’s producers cast one of the single worst actors of all-time, Hulk Hogan, as one of the mercenaries. Nothing Hogan does is believable: his line delivery is abysmal, he mugs for the camera way too much (a by-product of decades of mugging for the pro wrestling camera), and he doesn’t even change his look one iota. It’s just Hogan playing Hogan, only now he has a gun. His co-star, Chris Lemmon, was an accomplished actor who might’ve made this show succeed with another co-star, or simply working solo. Sadly, nobody thought to try that.

KIRK CAMERON, GROWING PAINS

Growing Pains was a super-successful sitcom, at least until its star, Kirk Cameron, became a born-again Christian, alienating many of his co-stars by judging them for their non-saved status. He even allegedly got Julie McCullough, his character’s girlfriend, fired because she dared to pose for Playboy. The producers were initially fine with her decision but, since Cameron was the show’s star and most popular character, they had to cut her to appease him and his sanctimoniousness. Thing is, Cameron wouldn’t have been the first (or last) sitcom actor to have his role played by somebody else. Doing so might have saved the show, which otherwise sputtered to a stop within two seasons of McCullough’s canning.

True, the source material for 50 Shades Of Grey was so bad, you could only have made a great movie out of it if you instead made an entirely different movie. But the guy cast to play Christian Grey, Jamie Dornan, was not right at all. Grey’s supposed to be hypersexual and psychotic, and Dornan interpreted that as “be as bland and generic as humanly possible.” He didn’t look, nor sound, like anything interesting, much less a guy with rage issues and his own domination room. If the movie had stuck with the book’s depiction of Grey as a redhead, its casters at least would have been able to hire somebody with a unique look, and preferably somebody with a visible edge to their personality. Because the whole “plain, boring psychopath” thing can work, but only if it’s American Psycho and punctuated with axe murder.

MICHAEL JORDAN, SPACE JAM

Space Jam’s entire premise—a basketball player teams with cartoons to play basketball against other, scarier cartoons—is plenty odd. Why the casting crew hired a humorless, too-cool-for-the-room superstar like Michael Jordan is beyond us. Jordan’s performance, aside from slight bewilderment and acknowledging the failure of his brief baseball career, boiled down to “whatever, I’m Michael Jordan and I’m better than everyone here.” Obviously, whoever played his role would inevitably be the straight man to Bugs, Daffy and the other Looney Toons. But Shaquille O’Neal was also a huge star, with a great sense of humor to boot, and could have killed it as an actual funny straight man. Jordan should’ve either gotten the boot mid-shoot, or simply been recast as one of the athletes who lost his abilities to the aliens. But sadly, Jordan was way too cool and full of himself to allow either to happen.

SIBEL KEKILLI, GAME OF THRONES

Yes, even an amazing show like Game Of Thrones can go awry when casting—case in point, Sibel Kekilli, who played Tyrion’s prostitute/girlfriend/fiance/betrayer, Shae. That character was always meant to antagonize Tyrion and challenge his loyalties to her, but the actress HBO brought onboard couldn’t have been more annoying. Her condescending, hateful tone, that oftentimes bordered on baby talk, made every one of her scenes cringe-inducing, which was clearly not the point of the character. Perhaps HBO kept her around knowing the fate that awaits virtually every character on that show, but it still would have been nice to watch an actress we liked to hear talk. Instead, we got one who got our attention not due to her beauty or subtle nuances, but because we kept screaming “SHUT UP ALREADY!” and missing out on actual dialogue.

CELEB SPLITS BOUND TO HAPPEN IN 2016

Summer 2015 was the season of shocking celebrity splits. Blake and Miranda. Gavin and Gwen. Chad and Avril. Kaley and Ryan. And of course, the mother of all splits: Ben and Jennifer. It’s enough to make you cry that “Love is dead.” Breakups can be contagious, so we’re thinking that these celeb relationships and romances might very well be doomed in 2016.

JOE JONAS AND GIGI HADID

(UPDATE: In November 2015, Gigi and Jojo went bye-bye. So yeah, we basically predicted the future. Pay attention kids, school is in session.)

The Jonas Brothers singer and the up and coming supermodel have been dating for all of five minutes —actually since earlier in the summer of 2015, after she split with singer Cody Simpson. So if this unfairly good-looking and talented young couple splits, we’re sure both would find the strength to go on. But those individual qualities are likely the reasons they won’t last. Both can have their pick of partners in Hollywood and have burgeoning careers—her more so than him, which could lead to strife, jealousy, less time together, and ultimately a separation. Her runway career shows zero signs of slowing down and could pull her in a different direction, thus sinking the romance. He dates supermodels like it’s his birthright, so he’d rebound with Karlie Kloss or Cara Delevingne in no time.

JOEL MADDEN AND NICOLE RICHIE

The Good Charlotte singer and the former celebutante have been together since 2006 and married since 2010. That’s forever in celeb years. They also have two kids. Yet the Maddens have been dogged by split speculation for the entirety of their relationship, with recent rumors ramping up in the summer of 2015 as reported by Page Six and Radar Online. Joel’s twin brother and bandmate Benji, who is married to Cameron Diaz, insisted that the duo is just fine and “really happy,” according to The Daily Mail. However, one can’t help think that where there’s smoke, there’s an inferno. A decade is a long time together for any couple, especially a celeb pairing. Which means it’s high time for a split.

JOHNNY DEPP AND AMBER HEARD

The married actors have a pretty decent-sized age difference. They are 23 years apart and have booming box office careers. Their relationship seems super passionate. But they are constantly plagued by split rumors. It wouldn’t shock us if the duo grew apart not because they have decades between their ages but because they were too busy working and not spending enough time together.

JUSTIN BIEBER AND SELENA GOMEZ

Okay: we know these two are not currently together, at least in a romantic sense. Gomez confirmed that they are just friends in her recent ELLE cover story. But given Jelena’s on-off, on-off history and the fact that they can’t seem to extricate themselves from the relationship completely, we can confidently predict that they will get back together once or twice for a hot minute sometime between now and 2016. The Internet will break due to excitement over the reunion and gossip media will fan the flames. And then, as quickly as it was brought back from the dead, the romance will once again die. It’s how Jelena rolls.

KANYE WEST AND KIM KARDASHIAN

Come on! You knew Kimye would make this list! But they did with a unique twist. They are expecting their second child, appear to be genuinely in love, and lead the perfect life. Perhaps things are a little too perfect? Nah. Their love seems super real. But perhaps they might need to stage a faux or temporary split to boost ratings on one of the many Kardashian reality shows? Kim does everything for the camera, and we do mean everything, so why not fake a breakup? It wouldn’t be the most unheard of thing in the world. Maybe we just gave her an idea.

TOM BRADY AND GISELE BUNDCHEN

The quarterback and the supermodel seem like the perfect couple on the surface. Rich, good-looking, two cute kids, loads of success. Who wouldn’t want to be either of ‘em? But this summer, rumors swirled that his “Deflategate” football scandal was putting crushing pressure on the marriage, with reports of Brady allegedly lashing out at his wife due to the weight of his professional frustrations. During a mid-scandal radio interview, Brady denied the drama and labeled their relationship “incredible” and “in a great place.” Was this a case where the QB doth protest too much? Maybe. Maybe not.

CALVIN HARRIS AND TAYLOR SWIFT

The Scottish DJ seems to be Swift’s longest suitor. He is talented and handsome. But she is Taylor Swift, the queen of the unlucky-in-love, single gal contingent. She’s going to need to start working on the follow-up to the wildly successful 1989 album soon and we all know she makes her best music when she’s miserable over men. Her fans are going to need empowering breakup songs, not sappy love ballads about how great things are going. That’s the pop music Ambien. We want tales of heartbreak and survival woven from experience so we can feel like Tay Tay really is one for the people, of the people, and by the people. She is going to need a source of inspo and a breakup with Harris will be just that. So, yeah, this is wishful thinking on our part, but for the sake of art! Good songs will be the result, so it’s totally okay. Right?