Countdown of Today`s top 5 Buzzmakers
HAMMER: Right now, the SHOWBIZ countdown, today`s top buzzmakers. And wow, Beyonce chops off her flowing locks. This is Beyonce`s biggest transformation ever. We are revealing her epic short new do and you get to decide if it`s all kinds of awesome or if it`s awful. Is Beyonce`s makeover dramatic enough to top this drama? The Hoff meets Discovery "Shark Week." Does the Hoff plus Shark plus the piano simply equals TV goals or worst David Hasselhoff`s worst moments ever. SHOWBIZ TONIGHT continues right now. And welcome back to SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. Thank you for watching. I`m A.J. Hammer. Tonight, on the SHOWBIZ Countdown, we are counting down the day`s top five biggest buzz makers. Let`s fire up at number five, Beyonce`s stunning transformation, the superstar singer really shocked her fans this morning. She took to the Internet to show off her dramatic new do. She went from big hair and long locks to - brace yourself - this. Beyonce right there, rocking a blonde, pixie cut, can you believe that? I mean she is nearly unrecognizable. Amanda Seales with the VH1`s "Best Week Ever" is with me tonight. And Amanda, let`s face it, all she really did was, you know, remove the extensions or pull off the wig.</s>HAMMER: But, for you. Her new look? Love it or leave it?</s>AMANDA SEALES, WITH VH1`S "BEST WEEK EVER": You know what? I`m going to say love it. You know, I wear my hair natural, meaning there is no chemicals, there is also no weaves or extensions in it and I think a lot of especially black women see it as a source of pride to go the natural route and to just rock what you got. You know? And I think that Beyonce doing this is more than just a style thing. It`s actually a real strong statement saying that you know, you are beautiful without all the extra flare.</s>HAMMER: Or is it something else entirely? Because I really could not help but wonder if that recent mishap she had when she got her hair caught in a fan, at a concert .</s>HAMMER: Had anything to do with her decision to go short. I mean seriously, it was stuck in the fan .</s>SEALES: Yeah.</s>HAMMER: She was a true pro, she went on with the show. But let me go to Hyla, he is an entertainment host with us tonight from Hollywood. Hyla, I don`t know about you, I`m on stage at a concert performing, which would never happen, but my long hair gets stuck in a fan. I`m considering cutting it off.</s>HYLA, ENTERTAINMENT HOST: Yeah, yes, if that happens to you, A.J., I want to know what you are singing and who you are singing with, but yes, if that happens to you, of course that is what you`re going to do. But when it`s Beyonce, this is what she does. She is a trend setter. And she is always changing up her looks. It doesn`t matter it feels back in the day with "Destiny`s Child" or "Austin Powers" here that she is going on. Her Pepsi ads or even her HBO especial, where she just looked completely natural. This girl switches it up. And here is the thing. While the hair is definitely drastic. She could be back to long hair next week. So, I don`t know if it`s as big of a deal.</s>HAMMER: It wouldn`t take too much, because I thought of all that would have to happen, now with the short due, she`d have to change up her choreography. Look at the way she whips her hair around, when she`s on stage. She actually even acted a hair spokesperson for Clairol.</s>ANNOUNCER: Hair you`re placing into doll and flat. Come at this charismatic?</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I want it.</s>ANNOUNCER: This multi ....</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I want it.</s>ANNOUNCER: Now, the shimmer I want is a shimmer I view. And they are worth it.</s>HAMMER: We`ll, sure, it`s worth it. And listen, if the law in here doesn`t come back, there will be no more of the hair flinging. I mean I can`t - I got nothing, there`s nothing happening here. Halle Berry, however, comes to mind, because she still pulls off commercials with her short hair. So, Amanda, is there any doubt that the Beyonce appeal is still very much there and perhaps even bigger tonight?</s>SEALES: Oh, I`m sure that we will within the next 48 hours start seeing many a cropped blonde do in the streets. You know, if Beyonce came out in a tutu it would be all the rage.</s>HAMMER: Maybe she was influenced by Miley Cyrus somehow when Miley cut her - no, I don`t think so.</s>SEALES: I hope she doesn`t start working like Miley.</s>HAMMER: Well, yes, that would be bad. Let`s move on in today`s buzz makers countdown to number four, now this is kind of a cringe worthy admission coming from Olympic great Michael Phelps. Apparently everybody is doing it though, especially Olympic stars. So Michael gave this brand new interview to TMZ and he confirms our worst fears. Everyone pees in the pool, it`s normal for everyone to pee in the pool. In fact, you remember Ryan Lochte offered up the same admission, and he took a few fun jabs over, but he still laughed it off in an appearance on the "Today" show. Remember this?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You admitted to Ryan that from time to time, help me out here, you pee in the pool?</s>RYAN LOCHTE: Yeah. I mean sometimes you`ve just got to go.</s>HAMMER: OK, Hyla, here you have two world class swimmers giving the thumbs up to relieving yourself in the pool. I`m going to go on record right now and say, in my entire life, even as a small child, I never peed in the pool.</s>HYLA: Well, I`m glad that he`s doing it in the pool and not necessarily during the interview. So, that is a plus for both of those guys. I think this is a bad message for kids. I was yelled at all the time, I was told that the water would turn colors if I peed in the pool and now I learn that that was a lie the whole time.</s>HAMMER: I love that. And do you remember the sign, I don`t know if you can see this, Charles, I just made up my sign, welcome to our pool, notice that there is no pee in it, please keep it that way. That was always one of my favorite (inaudible) they never saw that sign. But we move now from swimming pools to quite possibly jumping the shark. This is number three on our buzz makers countdown tonight. David Hasselhoff, we love the Hoff. He is with the shark and a piano I believe we have pure TV gold, my friends, pure gold.</s>DAVID HASSELHOFF (singing): It`s time to unwind, take a seat or a drink and welcome to shark after dark. Yeah, I`m (inaudible). Just he is the host (inaudible), Bob the Shark and I`m the Hoff shark after dark.</s>HAMMER: Yeah, I mean, I feel groovy right now just sitting here watching that. A little taste of Discovery Channel`s hark after dark. That is their special that`s airing all this week for shark week. Hasselhoff made up a theme show, he did it right on the spot. Amanda, I get to know, for you perhaps the greatest thing you have ever seen on television?</s>SEALES: I mean, it is definitely up there. I would love to have been in that production meeting when they decided that this was a good idea. It`s definitely taking a leap. They could be jumping the shark. But, you know, it`s shark week. So, hey, you know, it`s just bite into it and see what happens. I love it. And he is actually hitting those notes.</s>HYLA: Of course, he is the Hoff, man.</s>SEALES: My bad, my bad.</s>HYLA: I don`t think he - Charles can we play it again, I`m sorry, I can`t get enough of this. I want to see him.</s>HASSELHOFF: It`s time to unwind, take a seat or a drink and welcome to shark after dark.</s>HASSELHOFF: Yeah, baby. Josh, he is the host tearing tweets off the shark and I`m the Hoff "Shark After Dark."</s>HAMMER: Now that shark week is drawing so close, I don`t know if there is any truth to the rumor, but I`m going to look into it, that HLN after dark is looking to get the Hoff to sing their theme song. Hyla, come on, you`ve got to love the Hoff, right? This is no shark jumping here, this is the Hoff, man.</s>HYLA: I think you guys have been drinking too much Michael Phelps pool water.</s>HYLA: This is horrible. This is really bad, and here`s the thing: like Discovery has a great franchise with shark week, it is huge. But you know what - I think it`s short of just throwing humans into shark infested waters and letting them go to town, they are scraping the barrel of trying to top themselves every single year. Now, unless they are taking, you know, shark week to Germany. I understand why you are bringing the Hoff into the mix. But this is horrible.</s>HAMMER: He`s a megastar in Germany, of course, shark week is huge here in the United States. You may be on to something there. But look, Amanda, you`ve got - you`ve got to believe one of the best things about David Hasselhoff is the fact that, look, he is in on the joke.</s>SEALES: Yes.</s>HAMMER: He is not really up there trying to impress everybody with the crooning and this shark (inaudible) of piano.</s>SEALES: That`s what I love about it. He is not taking himself seriously. I mean, at this point in his career, like this is to me, those stance you`ve got to take. Like I know y`all think I`m a joke .</s>SEALES: . laughing with you.</s>HAMMER: And look, Hyla, at least they did not, you know, put him on the floor with the shark fighting over a cheeseburger. Or something like that. But seriously, give the Hoff a little credit. Can`t we hear, you know,, this is now sort of the wave that he is riding, no pun intended.</s>HYLA: Yes, OK, he is riding the wave and he is doing something with his career. I don`t know if it`s a successful thing. But he is doing something. So, yes, high five to the Hoff for that.</s>HAMMER: Listen, when sharks flying out of the sky being cut up by chainsaws, by Ian Ziering from 90210 can be - the huge hit that it is, in Sharknado, I think that Hoff on TV, playing with the shark, I think it`s all good. Love for everybody. Stay right where you are. Number`s two and one on our buzz makers countdown, coming right up. But from "Shark Week" now to proof that TV has really gone to the dogs. And I mean it because there`s this new TV network for man`s best friend.</s>JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Look, it looks just like you. Look. It`s just like you. No wonder it`s just like her, it`s dog TV.</s>HAMMER: I`d watch this - but your pup now getting his or her own TV channel, is it worth the extra milk bones that you will have to shell out for the new cable channel? We`re going to show you, and we will let you decide. And wait until you see what we have named tonight as our moment of SHOWBIZ awesomeness. I promise you will not be disappointed. This is SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, SBT on HLN.