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      <title>Fans shave heads to see sci-fi movie ‘Bugonia’ starring Emma Stone</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fans arrived for an early screening of the absurdist sci-fi comedy film “Bugonia” on Monday night in Los Angeles with one unique condition — the theatre only admitted bald people.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The film’s distributor, Focus Features, challenged audiences to shave their heads to see “Bugonia,” starring Oscar-winning actor Emma Stone.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Stone and Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos gained a powerful fanbase after teaming up for Oscar-nominated films “Poor Things” and “The Favourite.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“Bugonia” will be released in select theatres on Friday and then across the US on October 31.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In “Bugonia,” Stone plays a powerful pharmaceutical CEO named Michelle Fuller, who is kidnapped by two conspiracy theorist-cousins who are convinced that she’s an alien — so much so, they shave her head.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;figcaption class='media__caption  '&gt;A fan gets his head shaved for a free preview of Yorgos Lanthimos’s new film ‘Bugonia’, in Culver City, California, on October 20, 2025. Reuters&lt;/figcaption&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;With a barber in the foyer, fans like Sam Sherman from Los Angeles stepped up to get their buzz cut to gain entry to the screening.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“I was already thinking of shaving my head,” Sherman said.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“I saw, like, a post about this and I was like, that’s a perfect excuse because I want to see ‘Bugonia’ anyway and I get to see it two weeks early or whatever it is, and then I get a free haircut and a free movie. It’s hard to say no to that,” he added.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Matthew Lopez, 29, from Los Angeles, thought the bald screening inspired by Stone’s shaved head was a great idea.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;“It’s almost feeling immersive, like ok, ‘I did it, she did it.’ I can feel some connection to the story,” he said.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For Richard Chong, 36, it was a chance to appease his friends and family.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“I like the director. I think he’s really good, very weird, and my friends hate my bowl cut, so this is for them, also my wife, she really hates it,” Chong said.&lt;/p&gt;
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<p>The film’s distributor, Focus Features, challenged audiences to shave their heads to see “Bugonia,” starring Oscar-winning actor Emma Stone.</p>
<p>Stone and Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos gained a powerful fanbase after teaming up for Oscar-nominated films “Poor Things” and “The Favourite.”</p>
<p>“Bugonia” will be released in select theatres on Friday and then across the US on October 31.</p>
<p>In “Bugonia,” Stone plays a powerful pharmaceutical CEO named Michelle Fuller, who is kidnapped by two conspiracy theorist-cousins who are convinced that she’s an alien — so much so, they shave her head.</p>
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        <figcaption class='media__caption  '>A fan gets his head shaved for a free preview of Yorgos Lanthimos’s new film ‘Bugonia’, in Culver City, California, on October 20, 2025. Reuters</figcaption>
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<p>With a barber in the foyer, fans like Sam Sherman from Los Angeles stepped up to get their buzz cut to gain entry to the screening.</p>
<p>“I was already thinking of shaving my head,” Sherman said.</p>
<p>“I saw, like, a post about this and I was like, that’s a perfect excuse because I want to see ‘Bugonia’ anyway and I get to see it two weeks early or whatever it is, and then I get a free haircut and a free movie. It’s hard to say no to that,” he added.</p>
<p>Matthew Lopez, 29, from Los Angeles, thought the bald screening inspired by Stone’s shaved head was a great idea.</p>
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<p>“It’s almost feeling immersive, like ok, ‘I did it, she did it.’ I can feel some connection to the story,” he said.</p>
<p>For Richard Chong, 36, it was a chance to appease his friends and family.</p>
<p>“I like the director. I think he’s really good, very weird, and my friends hate my bowl cut, so this is for them, also my wife, she really hates it,” Chong said.</p>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 17:37:50 +0500</pubDate>
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        <media:title>Fans with shaved heads sit in a cinema hall waiting for a free preview of Yorgos Lanthimos’s new film ‘Bugonia’, in Culver City, California. Reuters
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