<![CDATA[Jezebel: julie christie]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png <![CDATA[Jezebel: julie christie]]> http://jezebel.com/tag/juliechristie http://jezebel.com/tag/juliechristie <![CDATA[Lindsay Accuses Justin Of Cheating; Billy William Joel, Wife, Call It Quits]]>

  • Justin Timberlake was supposedly caught cheating on Jessica Biel... by Lindsay Lohan. Linds happened to be at a nightclub in New York and spotted a very drunk Justin holding hands and kissing another woman. She snapped a picture and Tweeted:
  • "…where's jb cheater?" Fortunately for Timberlake, the photo is almost completely dark. [Perez Hilton]
  • Wait, now Lindsay is claiming that someone hacked into her Twitter, adding "Stop trying to get onto my twitter page whoever you are! Its become extremely creepy!!! Just trying to clear the air! And I'm tired of changing my password every other day!" Suggestion: Try to actually create a strong password? [Perez]
  • An anonymous source who supposedly worked for the Gosselins for six months and quit in the summer of 2008, told the National Enquirer that Kate Gosselin used to drink and beat the kids. "By the end of the day after the kids were settled, Kate would drink a bottle of wine by herself. This happened several nights a week," said the source, "Jon didn't usually drink with her, and he didn't seem pleased with it. He'd roll his eyes and tell Kate to put the wine down. She'd answer, 'Screw you. I'll do what I want.'" The source added that once when one of the boys was misbehaving, "she dragged one of the boys into the bathroom and spanked him five or six times with a large plastic mixing spoon. You could hear Kate forcefully whacking the child and the child screaming at the top of his lungs. People told me it happened more than once, but it was off-camera because Kate didn't want it in the show." [The National Enquirer]
  • This week the ratings for Jon and Kate Plus 8 were down more than one million viewers from the previous week's episode. This episode had 2.9 million viewers, and their numbers have been dropping since the season premiere, which had 9.8 million viewers. [Us]
  • Billy Joel and his third wife, Katie Lee Joel, are divorcing. Their rep said, "After nearly five years of marriage, Billy and Katie have decided to separate. This decision is the result of much thought and consideration. Billy and Katie remain caring friends, with admiration and respect for each other." [NY Daily News]
  • Former St. Lucia government spokesman Jeff Fedee has written an article saying Amy Winehouse is a "tattooed reptile" who should not be granted citizenship. He writes, "She would be a menace and a dangerous influence to St Lucian society, because the demons that inhabit her tortured body will still have to be fed and I ask whether the authorities are going to ignore the indulgences in illegal substances for which ordinary St Lucians are arrested and incarcerated." [The Daily Mail]
  • Two Ohio police chiefs are under investigation for allegedly plotting to break into the home of the surrogate carrying Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick's twins to find dirt to sell to the tabloids. [E!]
  • Matthew Broderick has released a statement through his rep saying, "Matthew and Sarah Jessica have complete faith in the legal system. But because it's a criminal investigation — we will not be making any more comment. What I can say is the entire family looks forward to the healthy delivery of their daughters later on this summer." [TMZ]
  • Law enforcement sources say they have evidence that the police chiefs were in on the plot, and that the burglars were looking for voice mail messages left by Sarah Jessica Parker. [TMZ]
  • The California Supreme Court has denied a request to delay Chris Brown's hearing date, ruling that it will still be on Monday. [Reuters]
  • According to divorce documents filed by Usher, he and wife Tameka Foster Raymond have been separated since July 2008. He said he wants "notes, cards, letters, photographs, film, documents, tapes, voice recordings, gift, jewelry, clothes" or other evidence that reflects on his conduct during their marriage, plus detective reports, photos or recordings that have resulted from either "surveillance or investigation." This may mean that she hired a detective to determine if he was cheating. He has also filed for joint custody of their sons. [Ok]
  • Spencer and Heidi Pratt say they'll be back on I'm A Celebrity.... "I actually was just letting NBC know that I am ready to go back," said Spencer. "I'm ready. I got a whole new attitude about it." But they'll have to wait until next season because he says, "We tried to go back but the cast said they would mutiny if we showed up!" [People]
  • Jamie Foxx was sued in April because a bartender at a party he was hosting says he needed 170 stitches after falling on broken glass. Now Foxx is suing him because he says he shouldn't have to pay for his defense because it wasn't his responsibility to ensure everyone's safety at the party. [TMZ]
  • Beyonce has filed a lawsuit against anonymous parties, claiming they have sold knock-off CDs and merchandise near her concerts around the world. She's asking the court to make it illegal before her upcoming Madison Square Garden concerts. [TMZ]
  • Larry Seidlin, the judge who cried during a hearing about Anna Nicole Smith's burial, is being sued by an elderly neighbor who says he took advantage of her by talking her into shady real estate deals and asking her to pay thousands to pay for his mortgage and daughter's tuition. [TMZ]
  • ABC has allowed T.R. Knight's to be released from his contract on Gray's Anatomy. He wanted to leave the show three years before his contract was up because he was upset with his character's lack of storyline. [Entertainment Weekly]
  • Britain's Advertising Standards Authority has cleared Duffy's Diet Coke commercial in which she rides her bicycle through a supermarket even though 18 people complained that she was not wearing reflective clothing and her bicycle had no lights on it. [BBC]
  • Owen Wilson is dating a Kate Hudson look-alike. "Owen's new girl was a dead ringer for Kate Hudson, aside from the fact that she looked young enough to be his daughter. She looked to be just over the legal drinking age!" said the source. [The Daily Express]
  • Now that Michael Phelps three-month suspension for being caught smoking pot is over, he has signed a deal to promote H2O Audio's waterproof headphones and accessories. [AP]
  • Some scenes in Bruno were reshot after many who saw test screenings said it was incredibly offensive to homosexuals. All we know about the final product is that it now includes a fake-charity song promoting gay marriage and featuring Elton John and Chris Martin. [N.Y. Magazine]
  • Jane Fonda had knee replacement surgery yesterday. She Tweeted: "Lying on a guerney [sic]. Drugs are starting to hit. Wheeee. So long left knee. You're toast!" [People]
  • Mia Farrow's 66-year-old brother Patrick Farrow killed himself in his art gallery. He was found on Monday with a single gunshot wound to the head. [Yahoo]
  • An inquest has ruled that the death last year of Mark Cowperthwaite, 46, a hairdresser who had worked with Julianne Moore and Julie Christie, was a suicide. [The Telegraph]
  • Julianne Moore was on Capitol Hill this afternoon advocating for the need to better prepare for children's needs in the case of a disaster. [Politico]
  • The 1911 U.K. census has been released, revealing that Kate Winslet's ancestors ran a pub and Kate Middleton's ancestors were members of the Abermarle Club where Oscar Wilde was accused of sodomy. Scandalous! [The Telegraph]
  • Orlando Bloom was involved in a fender bender yesterday in L.A. a few miles from where he was in an accident two years ago that injured two of his passengers. [TMZ]
  • Guy Ritchie's car was pulled over last night and his driver was given a Breathalyser test and then a ticket. The police drove the car back to Richie's home. [The Daily Mail]
  • The New Kids on the Block have cancelled their Australian tour. Donnie Wahlberg wrote on his blog, "We are, in fact, in the middle of a worldwide recession and we just cannot make it work." [BBC]
  • Ashton Kutcher is considering an offer to appear in Neil LaBute's Fat Pig on Broadway. [NY Post]
  • Project Runway contestants moved into Atlas yesterday to start filming the new season. [NY Magazine]
  • Here's an incredibly detailed update on how Courtney Love's new album is coming along. [NME]
  • Scout and Tallulah Belle Willis say their dad Bruce Willis has showed them the W photo spread he did, in which he is mostly nude and their step-mother appears topless. Scout said, "We think it's beautiful. It's funny because people keep asking us if they're like that all the time-like, whoa, kinky. And I'm like, 'It's an art editorial.'" [W]
  • Chace Crawford says of dating Carrie Underwood: "I have nothing bad to say about that experience. It was awesome. I just didn't know how to deal with it. I learned a ton about dating someone in that kind of spotlight. It was such a whirlwind, but no regrets." [People]
  • Paris Hilton is in the United Arab Emirates shooting Paris Hilton's My New BFF: Dubai and blogged that, "Some club in Dubai named BED is falsely advertising everywhere here that I am doing a club appearance at their club tonight. I just want everyone to know that this is not true. I have no idea about this and it is wrong of them to lie to everyone and pretend I am going there." [The Daily Express]
  • According to someone who watched Katie Holmes rehearsal for her performance on So You Think You Can Dance she will sing and dance to "Get Happy" as an homage to Judy Garland. [Us]
  • Marissa Jaret Winokur, host of Dance Your Ass Off says she gained 25 pounds awaiting the birth of her son, even though a surrogate carried him. "[It was] total stress," she says, "You don't actually have to carry the baby to gain weight." [People]
  • We can't even process this rap video Taylor Swift made with T-Pain, so you'll have to watch if for yourself here: [Perez Hilton]
  • Anna Paquin says after she was cast on True Blood she realized she'd have to "fell comfortable wearing very little." She says, "After I was cast and realized my body would be exposed all the time, I went out and bought some shorts – I owned none! – to help me get used to it. It's liberating!" [People]
  • Hugh Hefner said he has a hard time telling his 19-year-old twin girlfriends Karissa and Kristina Shannon apart. "I have one little trick, one has a little mark," Hef said, pointing to his neck. "Other than that, I don't know." As for the possibility that Robert Downey Jr. will play him in a biopic, he said, "Robert Downey Jr. and I have talked about it, it's a very real possibility. Downey's a marvelous actor, I would be honored." [Fox News]
  • Michelle Pfeiffer says that a German reporter's questions offended her on a recent promotional tour. Pfeiffer said: "She asked, 'How does it feel to have an old and decrepit body?' And at first I didn't understand her, I was like, 'Sorry, did you just say I had an old and decrepit body?' and she was like, 'Ja (yes). How does it feel?'" [The Daily Express]
  • Lenny Kravitz says he became a Christian after talking to a fellow choirboy at camp. He says, "He was telling me about God and if I knew about Christ. We were in there for a couple of days, really talking about it, and I don't know if we were praying or talking about it at that point but this energy came in the room. It was that kind of thing where you felt the intensity and you felt the heat. And we both felt the same thing because both of us were crying. There wasn't sad or anything. This thing we were feeling... tears were streaming down my face. It was really strange experience. I know the presence of God just came in the room and touched me. That's really the simple explanation. And I knew, that's what it was, and he knew that's what it was." [The Daily Express]
  • Ryan Reynolds is shirtless on the new cover of Entertainment Weekly He says he loves Intervention because it's, "Real schadenfreude stuff. The first season or two is all about alcoholics and heroin addicts, but then as the seasons progress, they feel the need to sensationalize it a bit. So by Season 5, you get to people who are chemically unable to experience joy unless they're smoking a cat, or something equally disturbing. I love it." [Just Jared]
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<![CDATA[The Way We Were: Life Magazine Photos Of Women In The 1960s]]> As you may know, though Life magazine is no more, the Life magazine photo archive lives on, through a partnership with Google, and is slowly being made available online. Looking through the collection is unbelievably engrossing, but the funny thing is you never really find exactly what you think you're going to find. Still: The images are surprising, informative, and entertaining. Plus: You can purchase framed prints! We've been taking a look at women in several decades (previously: the '30s, the '40s and the '50s) and today, the crazy, swinging 1960s. The photos begin after the jump.


Joan Ganz Cooney, Director of Children's Television Workshop. New York, 1969.

Love this awesome woman's job, dress and corner office!


Son & widow of Medgar Evers attending his funeral after he was killed by civil rights opponents. 1963.

One of the many tragedies of the decade. Is it wrong to covet her hat?


An Egyptian state owned TV set manufacturing plant, where out of 600 employees nearly 1/2 are women. Cairo, 1963.

Amy Winehouse, is that you?


Sophia Loren about to kiss another woman (prob. sister). Rome, 1964.

Glamour, darling!


Fashion designer Emilio Pucci w. young women wearing his designs. Bahamas, 1968.

Original Pucci prints, in their original habitats.


Young Parisian women at a discotheque. Paris, 1963.

The hair. So chic.


Women taking a cosmetic course. East Berlin, Germany, 1967.

It is important to begin with a good, clean foundation.


London police women posing in new uniforms. 1967.

Fighting crime looks like so much fun!


One of the Bloomfield Hills society women who bowls in a league. 1962.

Of course one bowls in pearls. Don't be silly.


A comely women's bowling team. Dallas, Texas, 1960.

Don't you get the feeling these ladies were a "hoot," as they say?


Women admirers trying to touch John F. Kennedy during Presidential campaign. Texas, 1960.

People used to get excited about politics… We have come full circle.


Women wearing fancy eyeglasses worn at St. Luke's fashion show. Chicago, 1960.

Someone needs to have a party with a sparkly eyeglass theme, and quick!


Fashion model Donyale Luna wearing evening gown which is embellished w. shimmering sewn-on discs, while taking break from fashion show w. cigarette. Sydney, 1967.

Donyale Luna was the first black model to appear on British Vogue. She was fond of LSD and was one of the only black women to be part of Andy Warhol's studio. She died in Rome in 1979 of a drug overdose.


New York fashion 1969.

"No, I can't give you my phone number, because you remind me of my bedspread."


Singer Barbra Streisand (L) sitting with Marlene Dietrich (R) at fashion show. Paris, 1966.

Wow! That ensemble Barbra Streisand is wearing was totally recreated and on the cover of French Vogue!


"New Breed" - Fashion - Afro-Headdresses. 1968.

I don't know what it is, but I like it.


Fashion model Donyale Luna posing in see-through crocheted floor-length dress w. extreme cutout back, as other models strike posed in mod clothes behind her. Sydney, 1967.

More Donyale Luna. New obsession.


British fashion model Twiggy w. slumpy posture, at table in restaurant at Disneyland. 1967.

It's it odd that this woman would later become the nicest judge on America's Next Top Model?


Cover of LIFE magazine dated 10-17-1969 w. logo & photo of model Naomi Sims by Yale Joel w. legend "Black Models Take Center Stage."

Here's why it's so upsetting that mainstream fashion magazines these days tend to ignore models of color. It was not always so!


Children holding hands while crossing street, w. storefront in rear covered w. graffiti fr. '65 riots indicating black-ownership & support of violence. Watts, CA, 1965.

Almost 4,000 people were arrested in the Watts riots. Hundreds of buildings were destroyed and burned. Twenty-seven years later: the LA riots.


Actress Julie Christie. London, 1966.

Gah. Love.


LIFE cover, actress Mia Farrow. 1967.

Such an iconic image.


Actress Gina Lollobrigida feeding and petting a fawn. Toronto, 1960.

The deer is cute, but is anyone else distracted by her pointy, pointy bra?

Life photo archive [Google]

Earlier: The Way We Were: Life Magazine Photos Of Women In The 1950s
The Way We Were: Life Magazine Photos Of Women In The 1940s
The Way We Were: Life Magazine Photos Of Women In The 1930s

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<![CDATA[Movie Sex Still Has The Power To Titillate]]> The sex scene between Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie in the 1973 Nicholas Roeg classic Don't Look Now always makes the top ten lists of best cinematic nookie ever. And for good reason, as the Guardian's Mark Lawson points out: the scene is "an extended, fragmented, ecstatic encounter." But Lawson uses that sex scene, and other "soft-porn" scenes from the 70s, to prove a point that I don't necessarily agree with.

"When Don't Look Now was released, the big screen was the only place that people might expect to see sex scenes in which they were not personally involved," Lawson argues. "Now, any act involving any actors - animal, child, living, dead - is available online. Philip Larkin, a poet subsequently revealed to be keen on porn, immortalised the view that 'sexual intercourse began in 1963'. But, for cinema at least, sexual intercourse ended in about 2005, when the most explicit images possible became as readily available as television." Sex in cinema still has erotic power in my mind because of the medium more than the message.

Sure, you can download any sort of DIY banging you want from the confines of your own home. But there is something powerful, and transgressive, about sitting in a room with a bunch of other people witnessing an explicit act of sex. Because the end game (unless you're Paul Reubens) isn't the consummation of your own sex act, you can appreciate the artistry of the director, the bond between the actors, and the reactions of the people around you.

I saw the notoriously horrendous Brown Bunny in a theater with a platonic dude friend. The explicit blow job scene between Chloe Sevigny and Vincent Gallo was, in person, shocking and sort of funny. It comes out of nowhere in the context of the movie, which is largely ponderous and dialogue-free. Sitting in a room full of people, shifting in our seats and giggling nervously, made the viewing of that cinematic BJ an experience. Had I seen some XTube clip of that same scene, divorced from the rest of the film and viewed from my couch, I'm pretty sure I would have just thought, "Huh. The Sev's giving a BJ to some greasy looking dude. Gross."

I agree with Lawson that there has been a "sexual desensitisation" since the days of Don't Look Now, and perhaps there is something "passe" about the sex in Roeg's new release, Puffball. But as someone who never had a chance to see Don't Look Now on the big screen, there's still something transgressive about watching sex on the big screen.

The End Of Cinematic Sex [Guardian]

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<![CDATA["Fishy" Is Fabulous: Oscar Fashion 2008]]> Thank God for Oscar fashion because the awards themselves dragged... on... forever. And on last night's red carpet? Lots of, well, red. Heidi Klum, Miley Cyrus, Katherine Heigl, Anne Hathaway, Ruby Dee, and Helen Mirren were just some of the women who matched their gowns to the carpet they were posing on. But the absolute best looks were seen on the women who opted for something a little less traditional: Like Marion Cotillard's fish-scale mermaid gown by Jean-Paul Gaultier. Cotillard looked radiant, palpitating with natural beauty and joie de vivre. Also gorgeous? Cate Blanchett, pregnant in purple Dries Van Noten, and Amy Adams, sultry in deep green Proenza Schouler. Those who swung and missed? Diablo Cody, Cameron Diaz and Renee Zellweger. And Lord have mercy on Sarah "I'm Dating George Clooney" Lawson: Her ugly-ass table-cloth dress was the worst of the worst in my book. You can take the girl out of Fear Factor, but you can't take the Fear Factor out of the girl. Photo galleries of the Good, Bad, and Ugly of Oscar style, after the jump.

The Good:


The Bad:


The Ugly:

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<![CDATA[Stars Look Spot-On At BAFTA Awards]]> While music types flocked to California for the Grammy Awards, the movie types were assembling in London for the British Academy of Film and Television Awards, also held last night. And wow, were we, well, wowed: Sienna Miller, whose style we normally loathe, looked drop-dead gorgeous in black (with a fabulous cut out back), Jessica Biel made like a modern-day Marilyn Monroe, Keira Knightley (though ghastly thin) wore a beautiful tiered gown, and Laura Bailey's one of the most beautiful expectant mums we've ever seen. Off the mark, though, were Marion Cotillard, Thandie Newton, Diablo Cody, and Sally Farmiloe. [Who? -Ed.] The fully annotated good, bad, and ugly (or shall we say the sharp, the naff, and the shite?) guide to the BAFTAs begins after the jump.

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<![CDATA[Julie Christie, 66: Rowr!]]>

[Los Angeles, February 4. Image via Splash.]

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<![CDATA[Jake Gyllenhaal Devastated Over His Brokeback Boy]]>

  • A source says Jake Gyllenhaal is not OK following the death of his good friend Heath Ledger. He's "taking it harder than most people" and it's "obviously a major trauma." So sad. [People]
  • The story of the impostor pretending to be Heath Ledger's father — talking to Tom Cruise and getting rooms booked at a fancy hotel — will just make your blood boil. [NY Post]
  • Reports are coming in that Michelle Williams drove Heath Ledger to rehab last March; Heath refused to get out of the car. [Us Magazine]
  • Reclusive actor Wes Bentley (American Beauty) has issued a rare statement, remembering his friend Heath as a "a Vibrant Man, a Brave Actor, a Passionate Father and a Friend Forever." The two starred in the 2002 film Four Feathers. [People]
  • Sarah Jessica Parker is getting into the reality TV game: Her pitch is to create a Project Runway-type show, but for the art world. Ooh, highbrow. Um, Sketch And The City? [Variety]
  • Britney Spears recovered from her chaotic Monday night by buying a new Mercedes on Tuesday. Beep beep! [TMZ, TMZ]
  • Meanwhile, Britney's mom is visiting her (maybe trying for an intervention?) and things are not going well — they've been arguing the whole time. [People]
  • Of course, Sam Lutfi, Britney's Great Manipulator™, is saying that Brit's parents have "an agenda" and "don't fit in" and only see her three times a year. [The Sun]
  • Joan Collins, 74, was seen checking out a valet's backside after lunch in Beverly Hills last week. Frisky minx! [Page Six]
  • Cameron Diaz is hooking up with Scott Speedman? The two were seen "frolicking on the beach" and "smooching" in the Bahamas. Any Ben Covington fans here? [Gatecrasher]
  • LOL blind item! "Which model-turned-actress, who is on her second actor husband, relaxes between shoots with a bong made from an enormous two-liter plastic soda bottle?" [Gatecrasher]
  • A flight attendant says that when Lindsay Lohan was on her plane, she drank like a fish: "I served her double vodkas." Sober, shmober. [Rush & Molloy]
  • Jessica Alba's unborn spawn: Apparently a boy. [Rush & Molloy]
  • Amy Winehouse's father: "I'm not sure the Grammys are going to happen. I don't want her to go — I think it might be a bit too soon for her." Crap! Well she needs to get well, so as long as it takes... [Mirror]
  • Paula Abdul will not perform live during the Super Bowl — due to her stage jitters and fragile emotional state. Wow. Is anyone else in shock that she has a new single? [MSNBC]
  • Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo are still hot and heavy, can't keep their hands off each other, etc., if you care. [MSNBC]
  • A witness claims that Daniel Smith, son of Anna Nicole, was not a drug addict but a "brilliant" young man unhappy living in his mother's shadow. [AP]
  • Ducati has made a new motorcycle: A $72,500 titanium, magnesium and carbon fiber superbike; Tom Cruise us the first on the lest to get one. He feels the need, the need for speed. Obvs. [MSNBC]
  • Actress Julie Christie, 66, seems to have secretly married her partner, journalist Duncan Campbell, whom she has been with for 28 years. Romantic, no? [Daily Mail]
  • The artist who sculpted Britney Spears giving birth naked and Paris Hilton nude and dead has now rendered Oprah in bronze on an Egyptian sarcophagus. Nude, of course. [Daily Mail]
  • Something about Verne Troyer's ex-wife being addicted to drugs and on the verge of suicide? Or just some crazy dude shouting stuff. [Perez Hilton]
  • Fire broke out at the Duchess of York's home! Someone left a scented candle burning in the bathroom... Fergie wasn't at home so maybe her teenage daughters are to blame? [Telegraph]
  • David Beckham's face is on the best-selling condom in China. He doesn't endorse the brand but really ought to be flattered that dudes want him on their junk. As do ladies. [News.com.au]
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<![CDATA[Best Actress Oscar Nominees Aren't All Victims]]> This year's female acting Oscar nominees are a strange bunch of characters — and no, we don't mean the narcissistic actresses themselves. While the Supporting Actress field is rife with Hollywood's version of the female victim, the Best Actress category has some complicated characters that have too damn much going on emotionally for us to be able to tell decide if they were victims (or hookers, or doormats) or not! After all, tragedy doesn't equate victimhood and playing tough doesn't necessarily make one a hero. After the jump, we break down the characters — and ask you to tell us who's a victim, who's a hooker, who's a doormat, and who's on the fence. (Hint: We consult our Magic 8-Ball.)



Best Supporting Actress:
Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There: Come on, she plays that genius music man Bob Dylan! Who was most definitely not a victim. Or a hooker. Or even a woman. Verdict: OK!

Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton: As Hillary Clinton taught us, even if other people try to hate on you, once a ball-busting lawyer, always a ball-busting lawyer. Which means that Swinton's character gets a Verdict: OK!

Ruby Dee, American Gangster: Yeah, it's sort of an iron-clad rule. Playing the guilt-ridden mother of a heroin dealer leaves no other option than Verdict: Victim!

Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone: She's an alcoholic. And her kid goes missing. Most definitely Verdict: Victim!

Saorise Ronan, Atonement: Once she reaches young adulthood, her character attempts to correct an error in judgment she had as a child by (spoiler alert!) concocting and selling a fictitious version of events. Which makes her either a crazy or a sociopath. No matter how you look at it, dying alone with regret makes you a guaranteed Verdict: Victim! (Even if you're the one making others into victims. Life is complicated like that, natch.)


Best Actress:

[Note: All of these nominees are sorta hard to pin down, so dangerously close do they dance between the line of victim/not-victim. So instead, we simply consulted our Magic 8-Ball.]


Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age: Plays the infamous Virgin Queen who was tricked into war with the Spaniards. Also, harbors crush on Clive Owen (as Sir Walter Raleigh), who falls for her #1 lady-in-waiting and also knocks her up and marries her. In the end, England wins the war, but Queen Lizzie loses the man and a well-trained bitch. Verdict: Ask Again Later.

Julie Christie, Away From Her: Gets Alzheimer's, has to go to a nursing home, but then finds love. Too bad she's married! The story is sad, but good for her for finding some happiness. Also, isn't it not politically correct to call a person with Alzheimer's a "victim"? Verdict: Signs point to "no".

Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose: Her mother was an alcoholic and she grows up to be one too, in addition to, you know, real-life French chanteuse Edith Piaf. Also, has string of bad relationships and loses her only child. But she's a star, people, a star! Does becoming one of the biggest talents of our time cancel out the tragedy? Verdict: Absolutely.

Laura Linney, The Savages: Has a bad temp job, wants to be a playwright, denied every grant she's ever applied for, involved with a married man, father is dying. But: she's the smart and sassy sister to Philip Seymour Hoffman's even more pathetic brother, which means we're willing to give her the big ol' Verdict: My Sources Say No

Ellen Page, Juno: Has unprotected sex, gets pregnant, decides to keep the baby and give it up for adoption. By movie's end, she's landed her dream man (her dorky best friend), learned that childbirth is painful, makes a woman who wants to be a mom happy, grows closer with her own parents, and even manages to slink back down to original svelte teen-aged self when it's all over. Here's a girl who gets pregnant and refuses to play the victim, which somehow heightens the unavoidable sadness and gravity of the situation. Verdict: Outlook Not So Good

Earlier: Oscar Noms 2008: Women Can Write, Not Direct

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<![CDATA[Oscar Noms 2008: Women Can Write, Not Direct]]> The Oscar ceremony may not happen this year, but the nominations themselves, just announced, prove that women are making inroads as writers. In addition to actress noms for Cate Blanchett (for both I'm Not There and Elizabeth: The Golden Age) and Julie Christie, Marion Cotillard, Laura Linney, and Ellen Page, the Best Original Screenplay category was female-dominated, with 4 out of the 5 nominated films boasting women writers (an additional writing nod was given to Sarah Polley for Best Adapted Screenplay for I'm Not There). Interestingly (and not surprisingly), not a single Best Director nomination went to a woman; are women just not being given the opportunity to direct by the Hollywood establishment? Or are their efforts just not being recognized? Contemplate this while checking out the full list of nominees, after the jump.



Best Supporting Actress:
Cate Blanchett — I'm Not There
Tilda SwintonMichael Clayton
Amy RyanGone Baby Gone
Ruby DeeAmerican Gangster
Saorise RonanAtonement

Best Supporting Actor:
Casey AffleckThe Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
Javier bardemNo Country For Old Men
Philip Seymour HoffmanCharlie Wilson's War
Hal HolbrookInto The Wild
Tom WIlkinsonMichael Clayton

Best Actress:
Cate Blanchett — Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie — Away From Her
Marion Cotillard — La Vie En Rose
Laura Linney — The Savages
Ellen Page — Juno

Best Actor:
George ClooneyMichael Clayton
Daniel Day-LewisThere Will Be Blood
Johnny DeppSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
Tommy Lee JonesIn The Valley Of Elah
Viggo Mortensen — Eastern Promises

Best Director:
Ethan and Joel Coen — No Country for Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson — There Will Be Blood
Julian Schnabel — The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jason Reitman — Juno
Tony Gilroy — Michael Clayton

Best Original Screenplay:
Tamara Jenkins — The Savages
Diablo CodyJuno
Nancy Oliver — Lars and the Real Girl
Tony Gilroy — Michael Clayton
Brad Bird, Jim Capobianco, Jan Pinkava — Ratatouille

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Atonement — Christopher Hampton
Away From Her — Sarah Polley
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly — Ronald Harwood
No Country For Old Men — Ethan and Joel Cohen
There Will Be Blood — Paul Thomas Anderson

Best Picture:
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood

No Country, Blood Lead Oscar Nominations [Reuters]

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<![CDATA[Golden Globes 2008: They Pick The Winners, We Pick The Fashions]]> Last night's Golden Globe Awards garnered some minor surprises (Julie Christie for best actress, drama; Julian Schnabel for director); some major snoozes (the exceedingly-painful televised press conference made us want to do all sort of tortuous things to Billy Bush, especially when he called Cate Blanchett not such a great actress); and some boring fashion (see above). To amuse ourselves (and, as promised on Friday), we took the female Globes winners and outfitted them in the fashions we think they should have worn, had the show gone on as usual. The winners and their pretend awards-wear, after the jump.



Julie Christie - Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama (Away From Her)
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English acting legend Julie Christie is a little bit quirky and a whole lotta classy. Which is why I thought the 66-year old actress would be perfectly suited in this Louis Vuitton dress — pinstripes paired with the coy purple sheath shows that there is sexy after 50, and Christie's face would be perfectly picture-framed in that portrait collar.


Marion Cotillard - Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical (La Vie En Rose)
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French actress Marion Cotillard won big last night for her star-making turn as legende Francaise, Edith Piaf, the chanteuse whose heart-breaking songs weren't half as heartbreaking as her own life story. And shouldn't a performer/role that scream Vive La France! be paired with one of the country's most iconographic fashion houses, Chanel? This Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel-designed dress looks as if it were custom-made for Cotillard's moon face and full lips, the marriage of sexuality and innocence. Also, how cool are the nautical-esque rope details?


Cate Blanchett - Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture (I'm Not There)
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I'm a little tired of seeing Cate Blanchett in Armani. Also, I imagine that Cate is a little tired herself, but not of Armani — just 'cause she now has an achin' pregnant woman's body. So I thought comfort should come first, which is easy enough in this Lanvin number, which, like Cate, seems simple but boasts an alluring complexity. (Also, I'm mad for orange!) Cate's a great beauty: She deserves to wear a dress that can match her, but allow her to shine.


Glenn Close - Best Lead Actress in a Television, Drama (Damages)
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So Glenn Close gets the honors with this sexy yet sophisticated frock by Armani. She's 60-years and and still got a slammin' bod and she's damn proud of it. So why not show off a still toned chest in a diaphanous choice like this one? The shawl keeps it modest enough. Sorta. Kind of. And the cute and fabric will soften Close's appearance, which can sometimes veer towards the severe. Also, I'm all about white for formal wear. (And all against white for bridal wear. Ah, irony.)


Tina Fey - Lead Actress in a Television Comedy (30 Rock)
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The idol of geek girls everywhere, I want to see Tina Fey in a dress that represents her wit and sophistication, without denying the fact that geek girls are never gonna compromise comfort for style. Also, geeks can be beauties too! Smarts, comfort, beauty? That's exactly what this strapless black gown by Israeli designer Sari Gueron offers. The attention to detail and flawless execution is like the sartorial equivalent to the perfect timing played out week after week on 30 Rock. (Or, um, whatever.) It's a dress that just screams, "Live every week like shark week."


Queen Latifah - Best Actress in a Television Miniseries Or Special (Life Support)
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A longtime fan of butch suits and matronly gowns, Queen Latifah could have cut a shapely silhouette in this Catherine Malandrino ensemble. Malandrino, a designer with a bold color palette who understands that real women have curves, would be perfectly suited to Queen Latifah's personality. These wide-legged white trousers require a woman unafraid to be assertive and the delicate top, emblazoned with a faux flower, require a woman who also enjoys her feminine side.


Samantha Morton - Best Supporting Actress in a Television Show or Miniseries (Longford)
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Samantha Morton is kooky, quirky, and quite the chameleon. Yet her acting work is undoubtedly some of the smartest and most complicated being done today. Which is why her fashion soul mate should be John Galliano. High drama + flawless execution + a guaranteed pinch of the unexpected = Perfect Morton-wear. This ruffled frock is sexy, not girly; fierce, not fainting. Also, have I mentioned lately how much I love orange? Morton would rock this like the oddball sexpot that she is.

Atonement, Sweeney Todd win Golden Globes [Reuters]

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<![CDATA[Warren Beatty: The 70's Most Famous Douche]]> Wow, you know you used to be a real asshole when your ex-girlfriend says nicer things about world class Lothario Jack Nicholson than she does about you. Michelle Phillips, former Mamas & Papas band member, said that ex-boyfriend Warren Beatty "was the love of my life," but that they broke up because "he did not know how to treat women." About Nicholson, a dude so skeezy that he knocked up Rebecca Broussard while he was still with the unassailable Anjelica Huston, Phillips said, "He was a lovely guy. Charming, sweet, and fun to be with." Michelle also called Beatty "passive aggressive" and said that while he was her "great love," she prays for Warren's current wife, Annette Bening, "every day! She can manage the guy, and I never could. He drove me nuts!"

Before he got married and became a squeaky clean family man, Warren was famous for boning his co-stars, who included Natalie Wood, Julie Christie, and Madonna. Tionna Tee Smalls was totally right, Most People Always Love The Person Who Shitted On Them. Believe That.

Mamas & Papas star says Warren Beatty her great love [Reuters]

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