Open Thread: Oscars! Oscars Everywhere!
The Oscars are here! The night that honors the year's accomplishment in cinema. The night that rewards creativity and originality over financial backing and star power. Just kidding, of course. It's the night when we ogle celebrity dress choices and try to guess who's the drunkest (Uggie, duh). So pull on your…
Winning an Oscar Ruins Your Life If You're a Lady (Or Worse, a Black Lady)
We are mere hours from Oscar night, so naturally we need to be reminded that for women — and especially for black women — winning an Academy Award can actually be a bad thing. Oh, sure, it's great for an actor to have her hard work recognized. But researchers have discovered that there really is an Oscar Curse.
A Bunch of White Dudes Decide Who Wins at the Oscars
It's probably obvious to anyone who's ever watched the Oscars and constantly exclaimed, "What the f*&k?!" when the most boring, mediocre piece of crap cleans up in every category, but now a new study has confirmed that the people who decide the winners of the coveted movie industry awards are strikingly Caucasian and…
Sartorial Inanity Abounds on Grammys Red Carpet
Fuck the Oscars: the Grammys are the red carpet event of the year. Creativity trumps beauty every time, and everyone gets a pass because they're "artists." It was unclear how Whitney Houston's untimely event would affect anyone's wardrobe decisions (can you dress for mourning on a red carpet?) but, fortunately for us,…
Your 2012 Grammy Award Winners
It wasn't all for happy reasons, but tonight's Grammys were certainly more interesting than a lot of years past. Whitney Houston's death hung over the proceedings, but there were plenty of fun moments too. Adele made her triumphant return to the stage—and basically won all of the Grammys too. Chris Brown looked like…
Filmmaker Becomes the First Black Woman to Win Best Director at Sundance
Women directors may not have had much luck at the Oscars this year, but things are going very well for one female director at the Sundance. Ava DuVernay, director of the drama Middle of Nowhere just won the Best Director for Dramatic Film award at the festival. She is the first black woman to win the award. Middle of…
Kristin Wiig's Perfect Kris Jenner Impersonation
Kristen Wiig may not have won for Bridesmaids at last night's SAG awards, but she definitely won for Best Impression of a Kardashian Matriarch on the Red Carpet.
Finally, Some Fashion Risks and Rewards on the Red Carpet
For red-carpet watchers, it was what we've been waiting for. At the SAG Awards last night, we were treated to interesting and unexpected dresses, resulting in a perky, pretty display of fashion that didn't bore (well, for the most part). For once, celebs didn't really play it safe — and for this, we are glad.
Red Carpet Economics: Stars Are Not Just Like Us
Tabloids put a lot of effort into humanizing celebrities, showcasing messy love lives, spotlighting lumpy and bumpy "beach bodies" and gleefully exposing bad hair/skin/makeup days. But when you consider a celebrity's red carpet look, it becomes painfully obvious that a star is not like a regular human being. The star…
Your 2012 SAG Award Winners
Awards season is in full swing, and tonight the Screen Actors Guild Awards were held. This year's SAG broadcast had some definite highlights—Tina Fey stole Steve Buscemi's wine; Viola Davis gave not one but two moving acceptance speeches; and Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, and Maya Rudolph introduced the world to a…
Female-Directed Films That Deserved Oscar Nominations
The nominees for the 84th Annual Academy Awards were announced this morning, and — for the 80th year — the Best Director category was 100% dudes. James Worsdale chronicles the accomplishments of five female directors he would have liked to seen nominated.
Your 2012 Academy Award Nominees
And here we go! Announced just moments ago by Jennifer Lawrence and the usual old dude, here are the nominees for Hollywood's Superbowl. Hugo, with all of its high-tech bells and whistles, leads the pack with 11 nods. Other nominees range from the expected (Viola Davis and Meryl Streep) to the surprising (Nick Nolte?)…
Angelina Jolie Thinks Brad Pitt Is Prettier Than She Is
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are both routinely referred to as some of the most beautiful people alive, but it seems Angelina has decided who takes first place out of the two of them. Last night at the CAA party after the Golden Globes, she was heard gushing to her man, "You're prettier than me."

