Russell Crowe shaves for the first time in five years and sends the definitive message about beards. While the male facial hair of stars continues to garner headlines, the New Zealand sex symbol confirms that, as we suspected, the moral is that there is no moral reason to have a beard.

There is a very interesting type of beard because it is the one that most clearly and faithfully speaks of freedom, not just hair. The so-called retirement beard, that is, the retiree's beard. It is white (because it catches its owner at a certain age), wild and free.