PHIL SPECTOR: FROM TEDDY BEAR TO MONSTER
You’d never have guessed back in 1958 when Phil Spector was in the group The Teddy Bears that sang “To Know Him is to Love Him” that he’d turn out to be a murderer. Spector, 70, is back in the news and Lana Clarkson’s friends are not happy about it. Spector was convicted of murdering Lana and is in the process of serving a 19 years to life sentence at Corcoran State Prison. Citing an Associated Press story, Lana’s friends are outraged because Spector seems to be getting special treatment in prison. His 29 year old wife Rachelle is allowed to visit him twice a week and he is permitted to receive his OWN food and not partake in the prison fare. Spector has a private room and he petitioned for email access. This week Spector is being transferred to another prison, oddly named Happy Valley State Prison in Northern California. Erik Menendez is there and whether Spector continues with his “special treatment” remains to be seen.
We learned something important today – thanks to Paris Hilton. In the past, all toupees and wiglets and fake hair was confiscated -along with personal items like jewelry -by prison officials when prisoners checked in. Guys like Michael Milken and that Menendez brother who killed his parents were VERY unhappy because they had to surrender their fake hair. And the horrifying prospect of parting with his wig has Phil Spector shaking in his Beatle boots. It takes a stylist with acetone and pliers to remove extensions so the prison guards don’t want to mess with them. Of course, extensions wouldn’t help Spector, they’re only practical for a short stay in prison because eventually they fall out and there’s no one to replace them. Paris may exit the correctional facility looking ragged, but she will have hair.
This Phil Spector makeover is more than just a new blonde Beatle wig. Look at that FACE! What HASN’T he had done? He’s been lifted top to bottom and not only did he take the bags out of his eyes, he seems to have had laser surgery so he no longer need glasses. And definitely a necklift – the turkey neck is gone. He used an old trick that all women know- change your hairstyle and people aren’t as likely to notice plastic surgery. We wonder who the surgeon was, and how much he paid that young woman to marry him.