Jezebel: red carpet

Hollywood Actresses Are A Bunch Of Posers

Margaret — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:30:00 EST

Today, as we pour over Oscar fashions, it's important to remember that $5 million jewels and a custom fitted gown alone don't make an actress look fabulous - she needs a finely honed pose.

Posing is an art form, and Hollywood stylists may spend hours with their clients, giving them lessons on, as The Washington Post describes it, "contorting a three-dimensional body, with all of its curves and angles, into a vision of two-dimensional perfection." "This is an actress's image, the way people see her outside that movie," says Jeanne Yang, a L.A. stylist who has worked with Katie Holmes, Salma Hayek and Cameron Diaz. "Those pictures will live forever." While non-famous wives and relatives may be seen slouching down the red carpet like normal humans, even after 45 minutes on the red carpet, you'll be hard pressed to find a photo of a true A-lister not snapped into the "one foot in front of the other, hands on hips" pose. [The Washington Post]

Oscar Fashion Critic Kimora Lee Simmons Has A Very Limited Vocabulary

Slut Machine — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:00:00 EST

As many already know, designer Kimora Lee Simmons covered the red carpet for E!'s Oscar pre-show last night, critiquing fashions (female and male) with Giuliana Rancic. Naturally, we assumed Kimora would repeatedly use the word "fabulous" to describe things, since she did write the book on it, but we had no idea just how limited her stable of adjectives is! (Just like Lucky magazine!) Sure, she's into excess, but Kimora's use of "fabulous" and "elegant" to describe everyone from Jennifer Hudson to Miley Cyrus was a bit much. Clip above.

"Fishy" Is Fabulous: Oscar Fashion 2008

Jennifer — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:30:00 EST

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.

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Gary Busey Scares The Crap Out Of Jennifer Garner And Ryan Seacrest

Slut Machine — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:47:00 EST

Just as Ryan Seacrest was about to interview Jennifer Garner on the Oscars red carpet, Gary Busey menacingly shouted out, "Ryan! Ryan Seacrest! I've been looking for you for years!" Seacrest asked him what he did wrong and Busey cryptically said, "It's what you haven't done." Hmm...what could that mean? Our guess is "coming out." Anyway, Seacrest attempted to take the heat off himself by introducing Busey to Jennifer Garner. Busey then grabbed her, kissed her neck, and scared the crap out of her. And then after all that, Seacrest refused to talk to him. Pussy! We really wanted to see where that was going. Also, Gary Busey is now our hero.

Ellen Page: Your Dress Is Pretty — Don't Look Miserable

Jennifer — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:45:00 EST