New Locks for Locklear

What’s new with Heather Locklear? Well, her first feature film, “Return of Swamp Thing,� a send-up of monster flicks, comes out today. But more importantly, her hair is different. For the first time in her life, it’s short. On the advice of a friend, Locklear went to A. T. Tramps on Melrose Avenue and told co-owner Lee Tanaka that she wanted a change. “She was fed up with her long hair and was looking for something that would make a bit of an impact,� says Tanaka, who suggested the short “chunky bob.� And, he says, he clipped her bangs extra short for dramatic effect. Locklear also opted for a softer shade of blond, applied by the salon’s colorist, Dawn Giterman. “The most important thing is, her husband (Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee) liked it.�

Bedeviled by Image

At the lavish premiere party for “Earth Girls Are Easy,� our Hollywood ear heard Linda Blair speak up. The actress of “The Exorcist� fame said she’s shifted her professional focus to producing--even though she has recently turned 30, lost her baby fat and looks like a stah. Blair also said she is still fighting the “Exorcist� image and wishes everybody would stop identifying her as the demon-possessed child of the ‘70s. The worst of it? “How can I be taken seriously when people expect me to twist my head around?�

Male Call in Beverly Hills

Beverly Hills’ Aida Grey reports that her men customers have been an all-star cast lately. Actor Denzel Washington (“Cry Freedom,� “The Mighty Quinn�) came in recently for the salon’s Day of Male Care program and had a facial, hand and foot massage and manicure/pedicure. Actor Matt McCoy of “Police Academy V� and “Police Academy VI� fame stopped in on a visit from New York to purchase skin-care products for use at home. And Peter Fonda, the original “Easy Rider,� came by for a fast eyelash dye, Grey says.

SHAREing Ideas

Something new on the Western front will be unveiled May 20 at SHARE’s annual Boomtown charity event at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. We hear from costume designer Greg LaVoi that he and SHARE member Marilyn Katleman put their heads together and came up with a two-piece, black suede cloth uniform trimmed with fringe, rhinestones, a bolo tie and the SHARE belt buckle. LaVoi says we can expect to see the costume on a number of celebrity members, including Joanna Carson, Altovise Davis, Victoria McMahon, Rosemarie Stack, Anne Jeffreys and Lorna Luft.