Jack Black, Tropic Thunder,

Jack Black went platinum blond to play coked-up Hollywood brat Jeff Portnoy in Stiller's upcoming showbiz satire "Tropic Thunder." Portnoy's a low-brow comedy star -- a trailer for Portnoy's "The Fatties" precedes the film -- and red carpet whore. Hence, the blond.<br>
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<a href="http://www.comingsoon.net/news/interviewsnews.php?id=47762"><b>Black told comingsoon.net</b></a> that he was still sporting the look. "I haven't cut it yet, because I had it so short in that movie, the buzz cut and I need more hair to rock properly. I've got some concerts coming up so I didn't want to cut the hair until after my concerts, because you need to have this action going when you are rocking."

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Jack Black went platinum blond to play coked-up Hollywood brat Jeff Portnoy in Stiller's upcoming showbiz satire "Tropic Thunder." Portnoy's a low-brow comedy star -- a trailer for Portnoy's "The Fatties" precedes the film -- and red carpet whore. Hence, the blond.

Black told comingsoon.net that he was still sporting the look. "I haven't cut it yet, because I had it so short in that movie, the buzz cut and I need more hair to rock properly. I've got some concerts coming up so I didn't want to cut the hair until after my concerts, because you need to have this action going when you are rocking."

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