No word if Michael Moore has consulted with the Queer Eye for the Straight Guy team, but an NYT story notes he was looking mighty spiffy at the People's Choice Awards on Jan. 9.

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Reuters, left; Vince Bucci/Getty Images Michael Moore on Jan. 6 ... and (presto!) on Jan. 9.

es, that was Michael Moore, not some sleekly coiffed and styled film executive, at the People's Choice Awards last Sunday (and at several other awards shows since). The notoriously scruffy Mr. Moore ditched his trademark baseball cap and sweats in favor of a tailored suit and silver tie. The biggest change, though, was above the neck: vaguely spiky hair and, in place of his usual salt-and-pepper, stuck-in-a-cabin-without-a-razor mustache and beard, a neatly trimmed (and uniformly colored) goatee.

Laurent D., owner of Privé Salons in New York and Beverly Hills, was behind the changes. His client list includes Gwyneth Paltrow and Johnny Depp; Mr. Moore was "a great challenge," he said. The reason for the makeover? Mr. Moore would not comment, but Mr. D. reported: "He doesn't want to look Hollywood, but he wants to look more polished."