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Monday, February 25, 2013

Oscars Review Fashion and Fun at Oscars 2013

Well the Oscars came and after what felt like 9 hours in front of my TV the Oscars went.  I was expecting more from Seth a Skit or two would have been great I know he could have thought of something amazing.  He was funny though but I feel like he held back 

So lets get started on breaking down the list of winners from last night

Best Motion Picture: Argo


Achievement in Directing: Ang Lee, Life of Pi

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained


Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables

Adapted Screenplay: Argo, Chris Terrio

Original Screenplay: Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino

Original Score: Life of Pi, Mychael Danna


Original Song: "Skyfall," Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth; Skyfall

Best Animated Feature Film: Brave

Best Animated Short Film: Paperman

Achievement in Cinematography: Life of Pi, Claudio Miranda

Achievement in Visual Effects: Life of Pi

Achievement in Costume Design: Anna Karenina, Jacqueline Durran

Achievement in Makeup & Hairstyling: Les Misérables

Best Live-Action Short Film: Curfew

Best Documentary Short Subject: Inocente

Best Documentary Feature: Searching for a Sugar Man

Best Foreign-Language Film: Amour (Austria)
Achievement in Sound Mixing: Les Misérables

Achievement in Sound Editing: Zero Dark Thirty & Skyfall

Achievement in Film Editing: Argo

Achievement in Production Direction: Lincoln

Congrats to all the Winners!!!  I think I am gonna have to rent Life of Pi it looks really great I just hope the tiger doesn't die at the end from what I saw last night it looks like he does!  Yikes Tear Jerker!!!

Now to my Favorite part the Fashion!!!!  OK so I usually stick to 5 best 5 worst but I have to say the ladies were on their A game! so I picked more best dressed then worst dressed And I have also included Fashion from the after parties as well So lets get started!

BEST DRESSED



Jessica Chastain in Armani- She was my top pick of the night.  She looked amazing! So Glamorous I knew she would Bring it!!  I adore her and even though she didn't win an Oscar she won over every Fashion person out there with this dress!


Halle Berry in Versace- My my my she looked so beautiful yesterday but when does Halle Berry ever look bad? I don't think that many people can pull this off but Halle worked it in this dress!





Kerry Washington in Miu Miu I love everything about this dress she chose what was right for her body and it hugged her in all the right places the top had enough bling that she didn't have to wear jewels Great job Girl!!

Naomi Watts in Armani- She nailed it with this number. The Impossible actress shined in this sparkler, and I was a fan! 
Who Doesn't love Reese Witherspoon??  She looked breathtaking in this Louis Vuitton gown and her hair...WOW she credits her shiny locks to having a baby!  Moms everywhere take note! 

The super Adorbs Sandra Bullock in Ellie Saab I was actually watching All About Steve right before the Red carpet started. I love her in all her movies she is just too cute! 



 



First Congrats are in order for the lovely Miss Lawrence winning the Best Actress Oscar.  She was Great in Silver Linings Playbook and she stunned everyone in this beautiful  Dior Haute Couture dress. She brought elegance to the Oscars, even if she fell going to get her Oscar! Jennifer I still love you and  when that happened She still was composed and just moved right along Atta Girl!!:)

In my existence I have said if I could look like one person it would be Charlize Theron and the above picture can back up that statement. She is flawless and I am just memorized by how beautiful she is.  Like Jennifer she also wore Dior Couture  

Now even though I swear she chugs a few before every red carpet interview Amanda still looks so beautiful in this Alexander McQueen dress everything just worked and she was a star in this Dress.... The red carpet interviews??  Not so much
Lets move on shall we?  Now the Worst dressed list was actually hard to compile.  And even though these ladies below made it onto that list the choices were not SO bad

WORST DRESSED


Ohh Mrs Catherine Zeta Jones.  Yes it was the Oscars and Yes they are made of Gold but I don't think they wanted you to come dressed up as one in this Zuhair Murad Dress 


Helen Helen Helen!!!  Although I applaud her for wearing a dress from H&M  She could have at least put a steamer or iron to it to get rid of all these wrinkles!  Come on Helen it's the Oscars!


Poor Kristen came on the Red carpet in Crutches!!  Wow what a time to injure yourself.  Although I do like her choices most of the time this Reen Aera dress missed the mark.  Maybe she made the choice while on pain killers?? 


Ok OK I know what you are thinking I have it out for Nicole Kidman since she always ends up on my worst dressed.  Now I will say this L' Wren Scott gown is not the worst I have seen on her It's just too much not for Nicole she should try simplicity I think it would work for her


Congrats to Anne for the Best Supporting Actress award.  I love her necklace but this dress is Meh.  Plus any dress that has a low back as this one does means you cant wear a bra with it which means you then suffer from a really bad case of nippleidis I think some little covers were in order here.  Note to Anne's Stylist! 



OK now we get to the Best part the Sexy Men of the Oscars!!!



As promised here is Bradley in his Tux at the Oscars. Hair slicked back looking so sharp, Sexy, hot  and drool worthy and did I say sexalicious?  He is just too fine for words. He brought his mom to the Oscars. Perfect Gentleman Indeed


Channing Tatum the Sexiest Daddy-To-Be  looked so Yummy.  This guy can do everything (Have you seen Magic Mike?!!!)  Hot, Sexy and can bust a move!   I posted this picture with him and his beautiful wife because they are just so in love and it shows and how he is looking at her.. All of us girls wish for a great man like him! 

 
Next we have Chris Evans.  He stars in Captain America and the Avengers... Um Chris you can rescue me any day looking as smoking hot as you do in that suit YUM!!! 


Chris Pine.... I am drooling here.  Beam me up to wherever his Fine ass is.  Those eyes.. those blue blue eyes....


And last but not least my little British Gem Eddie Redmayne.  You wear a suit well and Yesterday he sang.  Sexy, British and sings. My heart is melting

Now of course as R Kelly says "After the show there's the After Party"  and there were lots of them  Here are some of my best dressed of the night. Now just so you know there were some fashion changes by the ladies so that is why you will see them again below



I actually liked this dress on Amy Adams better than her Oscar dress

There  we go Anne Now this is a way better dress!!!!


OK I know it is Britney but she looks so good!!  I actually love this look and it is a top choice for me!

I had Posted a picture of Emma at another event where her dress was just not right for her.  She learned well because she looks beautiful in this!!

Holy boobies batman!!!  but damn does she pull it off or what,  she must have some great tape to keep her girls in place or this is a wardrobe malfunction waiting to happen

I love her fashion choices !  I adore this Dress I am sure her boyfriend Ian Smolderhalder was quite pleased


 WOW Jane Fonda I hope I look that Stunning when I am her Age


Love this look but she needs to eat a burger or something Those hands reaching out in the picture I think they are afraid she might blow away

If I was to wear Orange I would wear this!! 


See Miley has a low cut back dress but no nippleidis she knew what to do :)

Now this is what a Victoria Secret model should look like! 





So there is a recap for everyone hope you enjoyed the Fashion and the show!!  

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Some Oscar Pre Fun before the Big Night

Well Only 3 more sleeps until The Oscars and the parties are already happening!! 

So I could not resist posting some of our favorite leading ladies and Men out and about enjoying the Vanity Fair Pre Oscar Party and the Global Green Pre Oscar party 

Lets start with the Adorable Amanda Seyfried in Christian Dior How cute does she look in this?!I love it and how her shoes match perfectly!  I hope she impresses at the Oscars I see her in a light flowy gown but we shall see

 Next Anne Hathaway in a Theyskens Theory dress Anne has failed to really wow me lately BUT I have to say this dress makes up for it it is cute, sexy and looks amazing on her. And a side note the jacket is her own Vegan jacket... SCORE! :)


 Emily Rossum in Sophia Kokosalaki This dress is Nice but it is too old for her Emily don't try and grow up to fast Enjoy your youth and your small frame and your high metabolism!  I do like her old Hollywood hairstyle though
Oh my sweet Jennifer Lawrence in this roland-mouret-dress I am not a fan my darling you better work it at the Oscars!

  Have I ever mentioned how much I adore Jessica Chastain?  I love her even more in this Andrew Gn dress not many could work this dress I think but she Rocks it She is one I am looking out for on the Red carpet on Sunday and I hope she wins Best Actress!
 Miss Victoria Secret Miranda Kirr wore this Peter Pilotto dress to the Global Green Pre Oscar bash and I am not a fan.  You are a Victoria Secret model come on I expect better!
Now lets pause for a moment and stare at how handsome Bradley Cooper is...... I put him in here because he is so smokin hot and he pulls this look off and drives it off the charts of sexy.  So casual yet so Stunning Check back here Sunday  you know I am gonna post a pic of his fine ass in a Tux or Suit ;)
Following Bradley I wanted to post another hot stud and I found  Eddie Redmayne who was at the same Pre Oscar party as Amanda and he looked so good!  Did I mention he is British and when he speaks he has the most sexy accent *Drool*


Last but not least This was not Pre Oscar related but Ginny Goodwin and her real life hot stud of a boyfriend Josh Dallas did step  out for the Designers Guild awards and they are just so utterly adorable I had to post them together I am a huge fan of Ginny I have loved everything she is in including Once Upon a Time
Ah Snow and Charming you give me hope that true love exists :) 

See you all Sunday! 


Wednesday, February 20, 2013

It's Coming!! The Oscars are This Sunday!




So this is the Sunday. The Sunday of Oscar.  The Sunday where Hollywood will bring the best of the best in Fashion and Glory... if you are lucky to walk away with Oscar.  I will be watching comfortably on my sofa stuffing my face with Pintrest inspired treats and awaiting all the big winners which of course they always do at the end.  Lucky for us this year we have a great host Seth  Macfarlane. Yes the dude who created Family Guy and Ted so I know it will be good!



Now we have a long list of Nominees before posting the winners lets take a look at the competition in each of the categories:

Nominees for the 85th Academy Awards



Actor in a Leading Role

• Bradley Cooper in "Silver Linings Playbook"

• Daniel Day-Lewis in "Lincoln"

• Hugh Jackman in "Les Misérables"

• Joaquin Phoenix in "The Master"

• Denzel Washington in "Flight"

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Alan Arkin in "Argo"

• Robert De Niro in "Silver Linings Playbook"

• Philip Seymour Hoffman in "The Master"

• Tommy Lee Jones in "Lincoln"

• Christoph Waltz in "Django Unchained"

Actress in a Leading Role

• Jessica Chastain in "Zero Dark Thirty"

• Jennifer Lawrence in "Silver Linings Playbook"

• Emmanuelle Riva in "Amour"

• Quvenzhané Wallis in "Beasts of the Southern Wild"

• Naomi Watts in "The Impossible"

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Amy Adams in "The Master"

• Sally Field in "Lincoln"

• Anne Hathaway in "Les Misérables"

• Helen Hunt in "The Sessions"

• Jacki Weaver in "Silver Linings Playbook"

Animated Feature Film

• "Brave" Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman

• "Frankenweenie" Tim Burton

• "ParaNorman" Sam Fell and Chris Butler

• "The Pirates! Band of Misfits" Peter Lord

• "Wreck-It Ralph" Rich Moore

Cinematography

• "Anna Karenina" Seamus McGarvey

• "Django Unchained" Robert Richardson

• "Life of Pi" Claudio Miranda

• "Lincoln" Janusz Kaminski

• "Skyfall" Roger Deakins

Costume Design

• "Anna Karenina" Jacqueline Durran

• "Les Misérables" Paco Delgado

• "Lincoln" Joanna Johnston

• "Mirror Mirror" Eiko Ishioka

• "Snow White and the Huntsman" Colleen Atwood

Directing

• "Amour" Michael Haneke

• "Beasts of the Southern Wild" Benh Zeitlin

• "Life of Pi" Ang Lee

• "Lincoln" Steven Spielberg

• "Silver Linings Playbook" David O. Russell

Documentary Feature

• "5 Broken Cameras"

Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi

• "The Gatekeepers"

Dror Moreh, Philippa Kowarsky and Estelle Fialon

• "How to Survive a Plague"

David France and Howard Gertler

• "The Invisible War"

Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering

• "Searching for Sugar Man"

Malik Bendjelloul and Simon Chinn

Documentary Short Subject

• "Inocente"

Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine

• "Kings Point"

Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider

• "Mondays at Racine"

Cynthia Wade and Robin Honan

• "Open Heart"

Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern

• "Redemption"

Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill

Film Editing

• "Argo" William Goldenberg

• "Life of Pi" Tim Squyres

• "Lincoln" Michael Kahn

• "Silver Linings Playbook" Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers

• "Zero Dark Thirty" Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg

Foreign Language Film

• "Amour" Austria

• "Kon-Tiki" Norway

• "No" Chile

• "A Royal Affair" Denmark

• "War Witch" Canada

Makeup and Hairstyling

• "Hitchcock"

Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel

• "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"

Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane

• "Les Misérables"

Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell

Music (Original Score)

• "Anna Karenina" Dario Marianelli

• "Argo" Alexandre Desplat

• "Life of Pi" Mychael Danna

• "Lincoln" John Williams

• "Skyfall" Thomas Newman

Music (Original Song)

• "Before My Time" from "Chasing Ice"

Music and Lyric by J. Ralph

• "Everybody Needs A Best Friend" from "Ted"

Music by Walter Murphy; Lyric by Seth MacFarlane

• "Pi's Lullaby" from "Life of Pi"

Music by Mychael Danna; Lyric by Bombay Jayashri

• "Skyfall" from "Skyfall"

Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth

• "Suddenly" from "Les Misérables"

Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil

Best Picture

• "Amour" Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka and Michael Katz, Producers

• "Argo" Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, Producers

• "Beasts of the Southern Wild" Dan Janvey, Josh Penn and Michael Gottwald, Producers

• "Django Unchained" Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin and Pilar Savone, Producers

• "Les Misérables" Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward and Cameron Mackintosh, Producers

• "Life of Pi" Gil Netter, Ang Lee and David Womark, Producers

• "Lincoln" Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers

• "Silver Linings Playbook" Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen and Jonathan Gordon, Producers

• "Zero Dark Thirty" Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow and Megan Ellison, Producers

Production Design

• "Anna Karenina"

Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer

• "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"

Production Design: Dan Hennah; Set Decoration: Ra Vincent and Simon Bright

• "Les Misérables"

Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Anna Lynch-Robinson

• "Life of Pi"

Production Design: David Gropman; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock

• "Lincoln"

Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson

Short Film (Animated)

• "Adam and Dog" Minkyu Lee

• "Fresh Guacamole" PES

• "Head over Heels" Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly

• "Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"" David Silverman

• "Paperman" John Kahrs

Short Film (Live Action)

• "Asad" Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura

• "Buzkashi Boys" Sam French and Ariel Nasr

• "Curfew" Shawn Christensen

• "Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)" Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele

• "Henry" Yan England

Sound Editing

• "Argo" Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn

• "Django Unchained" Wylie Stateman

• "Life of Pi" Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton

• "Skyfall" Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers

• "Zero Dark Thirty" Paul N.J. Ottosson

Sound Mixing

• "Argo"

John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia

• "Les Misérables"

Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes

• "Life of Pi"

Ron Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin

• "Lincoln"

Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins

• "Skyfall"

Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson

Visual Effects

• "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"

Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White

• "Life of Pi"

Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott

• "Marvel's The Avengers"

Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick

• "Prometheus"

Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill

• "Snow White and the Huntsman"

Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• "Argo" Screenplay by Chris Terrio

• "Beasts of the Southern Wild" Screenplay by Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin

• "Life of Pi" Screenplay by David Magee

• "Lincoln" Screenplay by Tony Kushner

• "Silver Linings Playbook" Screenplay by David O. Russell

Writing (Original Screenplay)

• "Amour" Written by Michael Haneke

• "Django Unchained" Written by Quentin Tarantino

• "Flight" Written by John Gatins

• "Moonrise Kingdom" Written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola

• "Zero Dark Thirty" Written by Mark Boal

Happy watching Everyone make sure you check back for my Fashion Hits and misses Plus a list of all the winners!