Jack Black proves me right.

I have always wanted a beard. Especially a mustache. They're like a little pet for your face! Unfortunately, my upper lip does not allow for this behavior. And neither does my mother. So, Luggage has allowed me to channel this desire into something that will benefit the community.

I wanted my first post to be about women with beards. However, there's a lack of these in Hollywood, I have found. Am I wrong? Someone prove me wrong. There are plenty of them in the real world. Like that cashier at Wal-Mart? ...

Instead, this is about Jack Black. This may seem random, but hear me out. I have always thought that certain guys only get girls because they have really good facial hair. Jack Black is single-handedly proving me right in the simple fact that chicks dig beards. Even ugly, fat, spazzy guys with sketchy beards.

Jack Black is sporting the "I'm... dirty" kind of beard that just screams laziness, but he pulls it off. It goes with the over-the-top kind of persona (is it a persona?) he usually has. It's scruffy and it has holes. Like his acting career. Honestly, that otherwise-disgusting beard becomes endearing when paired with the chubby, hilarious kind of guy. But what really makes this facial hair impressive is his choice of mustache. Notice, it does not meet in the middle. That's just good genes, people. You can't fake that.

You'll notice that this beard is so effective that it overrides the unfortunate "frosting" experience that's going on up top and still allows for the girl-getting. And she's cute, too, see? It's impressive. I think we could all learn a thing or two from this Jack Black and his facial fur.

The Beards of JoBlo.com!

Hey world, Fat Luggage here! A couple of years ago I stumbled upon this little corner of the internet called JoBlo.com, and I have been going there almost every day since then. I never actually joined it until about a month ago, but I used to print out their lists of dvd release dates every week to let everyone know about what was coming out that week. Nowadays, I check it before any other movie news website (And then I usually check out Movie Hotties). They have a lot of good stuff on their sites, including the main site, that has all your general movie news and some headlines from the other sites. Then you get ArrowintheHead.com for all your horror movie news. Next, there's the DVD Clinic, for all your dvd news and the new release lists. Then they have the great section of beautiful women in movies, Movie Hotties. Now they also have MyJoBlo.com, which is kind of like a movie centric social networking site that links together with all the other parts of the site, and also houses the great JoBlo forums.

They also have a couple bearded writers, which is the real reason I'm writing this. These guys write for one of the biggest movie news websites on the net, so that qualifies them for an article on our site.

This is Berge Garabedian AKA JoBlo, the founder and CEO of JoBlo.com. Pictured here with the great bearded Kevin Smith.

And this is John Fallon, AKA The Arrow, webmaster and head honcho of ArrowintheHead.com. A good picture too.

The last bearded one on the site is JimmyO, the west coast correspondent and a critic on the site. I like this picture the best, cause it looks like JimmyO is straight out of a European death metal band (and this picture was taken in a cemetary, which makes it a good one too).


If you want news about beards and mustaches in Hollywood, come to our site first. But, if you want good movie news, be sure to check out Joblo.com. And for all the rest of the staff over at JoBlo without beards, I can't take anything you say seriously until you grow some beards. haha I kid.

Are you a MexiCan? ...Or a MexiCan't?

Barbas! Barbas! Barbas!

That's Spanish for Beards! At least I'm pretty sure it is. It's been a pretty long time since I was in a Spanish class. It's Cinco de Mayo today, so I am going to post this picture of my all time favorite Latino actor, Danny Trejo. I guess he spent a lot of time in and out of jail as a kid. He must have learned all his good acting skills in San Quentin.

He always has that good mustache! Plus, Robert Rodriguez announced a couple weeks ago that he is going to co-direct the movie, Machete, with Danny Trejo. It started off as a fake trailer at the beginning of Planet Terror, but now it has a target finish date of sometime in 2010! Check out the trailer for it:

((NOT SAFE FOR WORK!))

Oh! It is also apparently John Rhys-Davies birthday today. Happy birthday Gimli!

"NOT THE BEARD!"

The Expendable Beard!

Do you like action movies?! Of course you do! Well check out this picture of Sly Stallone's goatee from the set of THE EXPENDABLES!


If you haven't heard of The Expendables yet, go and do some research. It is bound to be THE action movie of 2010. Written, directed and starring Stallone with a huge cast including Mickey Rourke, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Steve Austin, Eric Roberts, Danny Trejo, Dolph Lundgren, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, and many others. (Arnold?!!?)

Check out the clip from behind the scenes at The Expendables Blog

Can't Grow a Beard?

Can you not grow a beard? Are you a woman, but you want a beard? (That's a scary thought, please don't grow a real one) Well, here is your chance to have a beard without growing one!

You can get one of these bad boys at Scandinavian Grace for about $135. That might seem high, but it is 100% handmade of Icelandic sheep wool.

Breaking Badstache

If you have ever watched Vince Gilligan's Breaking Bad on AMC, you already know how good of a show it is. If you haven't watched it, get on it! The first season is available on dvd and the second season is on at 8, 9, or 10 or something on Tv's AMC channel. It stars Bryan Cranston (Malcolm In The Middle) as an over qualified high school chemistry teacher with a case of lung cancer and a family that needs money. So what does he do? He makes meth of course!

Anyways, in this second season, Bryan Cranston wears a black hat and a pretty typical science teacher mustache. This mustache alone should grant him some kind of award. Well, I really hope this show wins many, many more awards, cause it is well written and an all around good show. Check it out if you haven't seen it, and if you have seen it, but somehow missed last night's episode with the introduction of Bob Odenkirk as a sleezy lawyer, go and watch that episode and get caught up now!

Beards of Thailand

I watched the Thai movie Ong Bak 2 last night, and figured it would make a fine addition to the Beards of Hollywood blog. You're right, Thailand is no where near Hollywood, but there are some awesome beards in this movie none the less. I also thought it was fitting, because the movie is being released on dvd in Spain next month and later this year we will be seeing it in limited release theaters, October of 2009. It's a good movie too! If have liked anything that Tony Jaa has done in the past, like Ong Bak 1, or The Protector, you will like this one. Tony Jaa grew his hair out in this movie, but he still didn't grow a beard, which is a shame. A bearded warrior as powerful as Tony Jaa would be an awesome warrior.



This guy had an awesome beard, but it was mostly his wicked cool curly mustache that was good in this movie.



Now look at that! This dude not only has a huge white beard, but his crazy long white hair happens to go down just as far as his beard. Not only that, but he has some pure white eyes to match the hair and beard. He is a pretty creepy looking guy, but damn that is a sweet beard.

Previously...

Previously on Beards of Hollywood,

Oh wait! This is the first ever post from Beards of Hollywood!

I hope you all like beards and mustaches, cause as a reader of Beards of Hollywood, you will be seeing a lot of them. I am going to bring you the news that no one else brings you. That's right, the news of beards and mustaches being utilized in Hollywood. I will keep you updated on who is sporting beards in film and television, and who has the best of the best in facial hair.

Check back all the time for up to date news about beards in Hollywood!

I shall leave you with a picture of the beard I grew for Halloween as Fidel Castro.

Sincerely,
Fat Luggage