natalie portmanNatalie Portman really is so stunning. It isn't just my circle of guy (and girl) friends who are in love with her, right? Everyone has a Portman crush? She's smart (see her Harvard degree); she's a great actress (see her Oscar); she's beautiful (see her face); and she just ... dyed her hair (see her ... scalp?).

Portman still looks gorgeous, as it would take a lot more than some peroxide and bleach to make her appear even remotely unattractive (see her with a shaved head). But Natalie's newly-lightened locks prove she definitely is meant to be a brunette.

Apparently, the dye job is for an upcoming movie role, but Portman wouldn't disclose any details about the film. But she did say that her mother thinks she's "like a different person" without her signature raven locks. And I kind of agree -- Natalie looks, for lack of a better word, less "serious" than she normally does, and more, well, Hollywood.

I'm a big believer that the hair color we all were born with is the hair color we look best with -- or, at least, a color within that shade family. It can be fun to go platinum blond when you're really a redhead, or black if you're really a blond, but at the end of the day, we're most likely going to go back to our roots. Pun intended.

Check out Natalie's new 'do. Do you like Natalie as a blond? Have you ever drastically changed your hair color?