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Emmy Fashion 2009: The Good

Sadie — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:30:00 EDT

When they were good, they were very, very, very good:

Rose Byrne's "Glinda" special is straight-up beautiful.

Also in the fairy princess camp: a radiant Drew Barrymore.

I don't remember the last time Jennifer Love Hewitt looked so simply pretty on the red carpet.

Lovely to see Christina Hendricks showcasing her bombshell figure in something simple.

Kate Walsh departs from her usual sleek lines with a gorgeous, subtle Grecian number.

Seriously digging Alex Borstein's fun deco ensemble.

Leighton Meester's is definitely one of the top 3 looks of the evening.
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Maybe not my favorite look of the evening, but Kim Kardashian is still glam, and gorgeous.

It's always nice to see someone do sleeves on the red carpet - especially when the results are as elegant as Elizabeth Perkins'.

Lindsay Price took a gamble on a basically safe red carpet; I think it paid off.

The tricky gowns are the ones that aren't hideous or gorgeous, but kind of on the fence. I'd put this Jessica McClintock-y number in a "Meh" category if there was one - but the fit and Vanessa's elan take it into positive territory.

Loving Holly Hunter's juxtaposition of geometric and soft.

Speaking of geometric: I'm guessing January Jones' bold gown will be somewhat polarizing; I love it.

Jennifer Carpenter's old-Hollywood exercise in intricacy is one of the few cases when you don't wince to think of so much handwork going into something disappointing.

Alicia Witt's feathered friend is slightly surreal - but not over-the-top.

If anyone can do straight-up 80's power red, it's Sigourney Weaver.

Chloe Sevigny's dress may well be my favorite of the entire evening. Also, decade.

Jane Krakowski's was one of the best of the many disco-inflected numbers.

As was Kaley Cooco's human Oscar.

Cherry Jones has the height for these statuesque lines.

Kourtney Kardashian looks more elegant and naturally beautiful in maternity than I've ever seen her.

Heidi Klum, of course, wrote the book.

Kat Deeley's natural (which, yes, obvioulsy took 4 hours) hair and makeup are a stunning counterpoint to her goddessy gown.

Sure she's been more glam, but I dig how low-key Sally Field kept it.

While I've yet to see a red-carpet look that adequately conveys Mindy Kaling's awesome, I'd say this playful, pretty frock is a definite "good." Even if it looks painful.

If you have to do "Reagan-era," Debra Messing shows how.

Elisabeth Moss' regal situation is almost too busy - I think it's the rich, subtle color that keeps it in bounds.

Sandra Oh overcomes this unfortunate belt by the skin of her sequins.

As you can see, the metallics were totally out of control - but Mariska's not Jayne Mansfield's daughter for nothin'.

Tina Fey nails it. That is all.

I like Mila Kunis' slightly unexpected wine tasting: you?

And why was Mary-Louise Parker the only one with the cajones for a mini?

Jennifer Westfeldt flirts with dowdiness - it's her radiant smile that saves her.

Amy Poehler: adorable.

Ginnifer Goodwin's gown: youthful, gorgeous, apparently magic.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus knows what works for her and doesn't deviate.

Major Stars Shine For Tom Hanks (Well, Most Of Them)

Sadie — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:30:00 EDT

The 36th Film Society of Lincoln Center's Gala Tribute at New York's Alice Tully Hall brought out Julia, Charlize, Sally, Nigel, Christy and a whole prom court of other celebs to fete honoree Tom Hanks.

The Good:
Julia Roberts allegedly loves to cook. I want to believe this is true. I like her "almost-normal" getup.

When it comes to Sally Field's dress? Yep, we like it. Really, really like it? Il faut pas exaggerer.

On most of us, Christy Turlington's ecru high-neck could be dowdy beyond description. Yet further proof of her distance from mere mortals.

The Bad:
Rita Wilson's attempt to set a world record for as many ugly elements as possible in a single, small garment is a resounding success!

Prom Album
Tom and Rita: Prom King and Queen

Nigel Barker and date (and do pipe in if you can ID better than the photo service!): he clearly came just because she wanted to go and he's such a good guy.

Samantha Bryant and Colin Hanks can't hide their bitterness. Dammit, it was their year!

Michael and Ninah Lynne: chaperones.

Abby McGrew and Eli Manning are gracious courtiers. They didn't expect to win, anyway.

What Say You?
Charlize Theron's: cheap or chic?

[Images via Getty]

GLAAD Media Awards Attendees: Glad To Be There, Looking Good

Jennifer — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:30:00 EDT

Saturday night in Los Angeles, GLAAD honored those in the media who are, um, gay or friends to the gay. Most importantly, however, some way cool peeps turned up to represent. Yes, it goes without saying that the adorable Ellen DeGeneres, left, and her hot stuff girlfriend Portia DeRossi were there, but so were TV stars Becki Newton, Candis Cayne, Billy Baldwin, Sally Field, Sarah Silverman and Sharon Lawrence, reality TV stars Rami Kashou, (Mr.) Jay Manuel, Jackie Warner, Kathy Griffin, and random awesome stars Cindy Crawford, Rufus Wainwright, and Janet Jackson. Yay! After the jump, the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the GLAAD Media Awards.

The Good:
Becki Newton is wearing a beautiful dress in one of my favorite colors, bright yellow. So why the scowl?

Ah, if only Candis Cayne and Billy Baldwin were an actual couple. How glam they look a deux. [It's soooo hard to believe Candis was born a man! — Dodai]

Memo to Cindy Crawford: Always wear red. And accessorize with Rande Gerber.

Ellen DeGeneres: The Charlie Chaplin of our age?

Portia DeRossi borrows a page from Ellen's handbook and rocks the white pants.

Oh, Jackie Warner. Why must you always look so fierce? (And be such a bitch on Work Out?)

It's going to be hard for Jennifer Beals to do the bit with the chair in a ladylike evening gown like this.

Kathy Griffin looks good. She's also looking less and less like Kathy Griffin.

Dear Rufus Wainwright and Jorn Westfeldt: Please give me the clothes off your back. And sing Judy Garland songs for me.

Yeah, Sofia Veragara is going to need to strip down and give me her dress too. It's so effortless but luxe.

Catch your balance, Sally Field — you look lovely!

The Bad:
Miss Jackson If You're Nasty: Is that a jumpsuit I spy?

Jay Manuel, conquistador.

I'm sorry: Rami Kashou should have worn something draped.

The Ugly:

Love the dress, but loathe the shoes, Sarah Silverman.

So many bad ideas in one little outfit on one little Sharon Lawrence. Sigh.

[Images via Getty.]

Okay, That's It Ladies: Time To Buy A Playstation 3

Moe — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:00:01 EDT

Men have some biological advantages over us: no periods, fewer reasons for needing toilet paper, the fact that baldness is so widespread that it has just become evolutionarily imperative that they develop identities apart from their looks... BUT. The idea that guys are just inherently better at processing certain sorts of information? (Ahem: how cars work?) It's all just shit they picked up playing videogames, according to a new study written up in the Economist. In the study, psychologists gave a series of aptitude tests to men and women, and the women performed particularly shitty at a game called "Odd Man Out," in which they were supposed to locate the thing that didn't belong in a particular situation. But then! The psychologists forced the women to play ten hours of Medal Of Honor: Pacific Assault.

And they all magically caught up to the boys' scores!

When the volunteers were tested again after five months, both the improvement and the lack of difference between the sexes remained. Though it is too early to be sure, it looks likely that the change in spatial acuity—and the abolition of any sex difference in that acuity—induced by playing "Medal of Honour" is permanent.

Whoah. And just checking out the Wikipedia entry for this thing we get the sense it might force us to develop another thing that our female friends always seem to lack: a sense of what's so appealing about wars. If only the psychologists could force the men to spend ten hours giving birth!

Nurture Strikes Back [Economist]

Sally Field, Alan Greenspan Weigh In On War, Politics. Who's More Right?

Moe — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:30:58 EDT

One short weekend, two more high-level protestations from former centrists against the Bush Administration and politics in general. First came former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan, who is basically every dude's last remaining excuse for voting Republican, whose new memoir in bookstores today excoriates the Republican Party for abandoning its rational self-interest, small-government principles, in pursuit of power. And last night came Sally Field, whose censored comment about if mothers ran the country, there would be no damn wars essentially advanced the argument that if everyone had to shove a watermelon-sized being through their nether-regions they'd have too much respect for human life to ruthlessly sacrifice so much of it for power. In both cases, though, "power" is the big enemy, with Alan taking the position that politicians need to understand that human nature is governed by pursuit of cash — even as he, as a lifelong civil servant, wasn't — and Sally taking the position that human nature is governed by lovey-dovey hormonal shit — even though she, portraying a bipolar mom on ER, obviously deluded herself into thinking it was more than complex than that. So who's right?