Before They Were Stars
Stars Knew How to Work a ’Stache with Panache Before They Were Famous
At some point or another, every guy thinks, “I bet I’d look awesome if I just grew out this thing...” and of course, cute as they may be, they’re not always right. Then again, some stars rock their mustaches so hard, they look, frankly, kind of naked without them. However, in Movember it doesn't matter whether or not if a guy is pulling off his 'stache, it's the statement he's making about men's health. In solidarity with Movember, check out these stars whose follicular follies occurred long before their fame—and some whose 'staches were smashes. By Nina Hämmerling Smith
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Arsenio Hall as a Senior at Ohio’s Kent State University in 1978
Cleveland native Arsenio Hall attended Ohio University until transferring to Kent State, where he majored in speech (appropriately, for a famed talker). Throughout high school, Hall was an avid amateur magician—maybe that’s how he conjured up that mustache-and-mini-goatee combo he sported in his early years.