Stars

This summer, hair weaves are taking a turn for the kinky, the curly and the wavy. Why is this news? When black women first started sewing hair onto their scalps during the 1990s en masse, the resulting shoulder-length bobs were as much about achieving a smooth texture as it was about having length. Fabulous hair was defined as long and straight. However, as more black women have come to terms with their natural curl pattern, store-bought tresses are trending toward the fuzzy rather than the flat-ironed.

Returning members of the Daily News' 2009-10 All-Catholic Team: FIRST TEAM Juan'ya Green, Carroll, G. SECOND TEAM Joe Getz, Wood, G. THIRD TEAM Eddie Mitchell, La Salle, G; Reggie Charles, Judge, G. FOURTH TEAM Lamin Fulton, N-G, G. HONORABLE MENTION Guards: Gene Williams, SJ Prep; Eric Fleming, Ryan; Joe Kehoe, Judge; Steve Vasturia, SJ Prep. Forwards/Centers: Seamus Radtke, Judge; Scott Slade, Bonner; Fortunat "Junior" Kangudi, Roman; Joe Brown, La Salle.

It's always been known that President Reagan was in touch with stars, but up until now many Americans had thought that just meant poolside chats with Charlton Heston and Old Blue Eyes. Now it turns out the President, via Nancy Reagan's astrologer, was in touch with the real stars. This information could help explain a lot. Future historians need not wonder why Mr. Reagan once had himself sworn in as California's governor at midnight. It wasn't because he was having trouble sleeping, it wasn't because he was shooting for the evening news in Tokyo.

PEAPACK-GLADSTONE, N.J. MAN HELD IN ATTEMPT TO VISIT JACKIE-O An armed ex-airman, disturbed by conspiracy theories on John F. Kennedy's assassination, was caught searching for Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis on the 30th anniversary of the president's death, police said yesterday. Gary Lee Higgins, 32, of Garrett, Ind., was trying to deliver his unsolicited science-fiction manuscript to the former first lady, who's now a book editor. He drew police attention by repeatedly asking for directions to her home.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). You may not have time to read books and magazine stories about what's going on in the world today. But you'll experience it firsthand. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Stick around the warm people. Avoid extremists regardless of which extreme they are on. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). If you give in at the first sign of fatigue, backing off becomes a tendency. Keep going so that you will know what you are capable of. CANCER (June 22-July 22). You live and love according to a set of principles.

This week's DVD releases have a real manly quality. Albert Nobbs , Grade B-plus: Some of the most powerful moments in films are those without dialogue and with little action. It's in these moments that you can tell the difference between those hired to act in movies and those who really act. Oscar nominee Glenn Close shows in Albert Nobbs her superlative acting skills by turning scenes where the camera just lingers on her face into emotionally explosive moments.

JEREMY RENNER is an overnight sensation 20 years in the making. His movie career began in 1995 with a role in "National Lampoon's Senior Trip" and he moved between movies and TV shows (guest spots on "CSI," "Angel," "House") over the next dozen years. A starring role as the creepy, cannibalistic serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer in the 2002 movie "Dahmer" didn't make him a household name nor did his own short-lived network TV series "The Unusuals. " But then came his Academy Award-nominated performance in "The Hurt Locker," and BANG!

The Dallas Stars knew they had to contain St. Louis' Pierre Turgeon, Keith Tkachuk and Scott Young. But Marty Reasoner? Reasoner, who played nearly as many games this season in the minors as he did the NHL, set up the Blues' first goal and scored the next two as visiting St. Louis beat the Stars, 4-2, last night in the opener of the second-round series. "I don't think Dallas was too worried about me," said Reasoner, who played in only one of six games in the first round.

The Dallas Stars are rounding into playoff form and they sent that message to the rest of the league with a 5-1 victory over visiting Ottawa yesterday. "It's a statement that we're not as bad as everyone thinks," Stars captain Derian Hatcher said. The Stars lead the Pacific Division, but have struggled to perform at the level that carried the team to the Stanley Cup finals the last two seasons. The Stars are 5-2-1 in their last eight games. "We're trying to send a message to ourselves that we're a good team that can compete against anybody and everybody," Stars coach Ken Hitchcock said.

IT HAPPENS every May: The broadcast networks announce their schedules for the following season and it's as if we're seeing double. It usually takes three to declare a trend, but TV seasons tend to get filled like Noah's Ark, with new (or recycled) ideas arriving in pairs. A year ago, it was '60s dramas — NBC's "Playboy Club" and ABC's "Pan Am" — and shows in which fairy tales turned out to be true — NBC's "Grimm" and ABC's "Once Upon a Time. " If there was any surprise, it wasn't that the "Mad Men" wannabes didn't make it to Season 2, but that the other two did. (And that CBS ordered its own '60s drama, "Vegas," for this fall.)

"I want to say, ‘Thank you for your service,'?" said Marissa Colbeck, 14. "?‘What you do is brave, and I wouldn't be all right without you, so thanks for taking care of us.'?" Said fellow eighth-grader Kevin Calhoun: "It's the least we can do. " What they did was pretty impressive. Right in time for Memorial Day, "Hearts for Heroes" was the name given to the effort organized by Patty Watson, a patriotic volunteer, mother and former nurse from near Buffalo, N.Y., who has a New Jersey connection.

Former basketball star Melissa Rotz will receive her doctor of Pharmacy degree and deliver the valedictory speech at the University of the Sciences graduation ceremony on Wednesday night at the Mann Center. Rotz, a graduate of Central Dauphin High School, was the women's basketball player of the year on the 2011 Inquirer all-academic team, chosen from the Philadelphia region's Division II and III schools. A four-year starter on the women's basketball team, Rotz has the distinction of graduating from University of the Sciences with the most individual academic honors ever won by a student-athlete at the institution, earning a dozen such awards over her career while performing as the team's starting point guard, the university said.

LOS ANGELES - Back when single-celled organisms ruled Earth, a gigantic black hole lurking quietly at the center of a distant galaxy dismantled and devoured a star. This month, astronomers reported that they watched the whole thing unfold over a period of 15 months starting in 2010, the first time such an event had been witnessed in great detail from start to finish. "The star got so close that it was ripped apart by the gravitational force of the black hole," said Johns Hopkins astronomer Suvi Gezari, lead author of a paper about the observations that was published online by the journal Nature.

The WNBA may start its 16th season Friday but the real focus this season will be on the Summer Olympics in London, where 12 of its top stars will help USABasketball to pursue a fifth straight gold medal. The team will have a distinct UConn flavor, with six grads, including Diana Taurasi, Sue Bird, and Maya Moore, on a squad coached by the Huskies' Geno Auriemma, who grew up in Norristown. WNBA defending champion Minnesota Lynx, the overwhelming favorite to repeat, are coached by La Salle grad Cheryl Reeve.

WENDI McLendon-Covey has a pretty face. But it's a pretty face you most likely can't quite place. Having made her start in improv with L.A.'s The Groundlings, she spent a few years as hottie hardass Deputy Clementine on "Reno 911!" played David Spade's nightmarish spouse on "Rules of Engagement," and acted the part of fed-up mommy Rita in "Bridesmaids. " In between, she's shown up on "The Office," "Hot in Cleveland," ABC Family's "Ten Things I Hate About You," and has recently played John Leguizamo's ex-wife in an Americanized pilot of the Brit hit "Only Fools and Horses.

This week's DVD releases have a real manly quality. Albert Nobbs , Grade B-plus: Some of the most powerful moments in films are those without dialogue and with little action. It's in these moments that you can tell the difference between those hired to act in movies and those who really act. Oscar nominee Glenn Close shows in Albert Nobbs her superlative acting skills by turning scenes where the camera just lingers on her face into emotionally explosive moments.

IN FEBRUARY 2011, former Lower Merion High lacrosse star Jordan Wolf returned home as a Duke freshman. In only his third game, Wolf had minimal impact as the Blue Devils were upset by Penn, 7-3, at Franklin Field. Wolf will get another chance to shine at home on Sunday, when Duke takes on Colgate in the NCAA men's lacrosse quarterfinals at PPL Park in Chester. "The most important thing is to worry about the game and advancing, but it's definitely special to play in my hometown," Wolf says.

WASHINGTON - Speaking softly, nervously, and in detail, Brian McNamee testified about the life-changing moment when, he said, he first injected Roger Clemens with steroids. The government's star witness in the Clemens perjury retrial took the stand Monday and told the jury that he injected one of baseball's most successful pitchers with steroids about eight to 10 times when they were with the Toronto Blue Jays in 1998. "I knew what I was doing was illegal," McNamee said.

The disappointing professional career of former Bishop Eustace Prep baseball star Billy Rowell took a turn for the worse Monday when the former No. 1 draft pick received a 50-game suspension for drug use. Rowell, selected by the Baltimore Orioles with the ninth pick in the 2006 draft, was suspended after a second violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program for a "drug of abuse," Major League Baseball announced. Under the terms of the program, a "drug of abuse" is not a performance-enhancing drug.