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I haven't seen "No Country..." because it, like many films is too violent for me. Ditto "American Gangster" which I see wasn't nominated for anything in particular?Anyone's thoughts on "Michael...
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the red part of Helen Mirren's dress was gorgeous. I didn't like the sleeves though...they seemed out of place.in general, however, I liked all the red. I keep going back& forth on Marie...
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Totally agree about Halle Berry's dress that year. It was perfection.There are no words to express how much I miss Cher's get ups for these award ceremonies! Where is the extravagant bad taste of...
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OK, are all the hairstylists in Hollywood on strike? I mean a few were fine, but Cameron Diaz and Ellen Page could have at least sprung for a new rubber band to pull their messy ponytails into. Did...
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Quote:Was saying "that guy is arrogant" about the winning Irish songwriter supposed to just be funny because it was so obviously not true? Yep.I thought he got off quite a few funny lines, myself. And...
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Quote:bringing the woman from Once out to give her the chance to say her thank you speech was VERY classy. ....................That' was actually the only part of the entire show that I saw. Rather...
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As someone with pasty white skin, though I have blonde instead of red hair, I can tell you it's difficult to not look washed out. Add in all the lights for the television broadcast and everyone else...
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Quote:I thought playing the music so she COULDN'T say anything when they got the award was totally classLESS. Yes, but that's what they do, and Jon Stewart didn't have any control over that. It was...
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I guess that insults being funny because they aren't true just escapes me. Why not just say something nice to begin with?Would it be funny after Helen Mirren appears on stage to say, "too bad she had...
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I think you have to cut the host a little slack. He (or she) is coming out every 5-10 minutes and trying to make a joke or remark about whatever just happened. It's not like they have a lot of time to...
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Quote:pasty white skin No, no ncgrrl - that's just wrong You have what I have: alabaster skin. At least, that's what I've told everyone for years. And one of my all-time favorite Oscar gowns (Cher and...
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Quote:Not sure what she wore, but I hope it wasn't black.It was indeed black. A particularly deep, and soul sucking sort of black, too. Maybe it was velvet? and shaped like a hefty bag that went over...
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Speaking of Cher -- no one wore a swan dress either, or one made out of credit cards (remember the costume designer for Priscilla, Queen of the desert?)And doesn't Barbra Streisand hold the record for...
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Patrick, that was a truly horrid dress.but it was no match for this Cher.
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Yep, that's the stuff I miss!Actually, when you talk about Worst Dress Ever, I think it's only fair to divide the nominees into two categories: one for those who are deliberately outre, like Cher's...
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Chi Chi, agreed! One presumes that if they're not trying to be outrageous (a la Cher) then they are trying to be attractive. Which is a reason why dresses like Tilda's are like watching a fashion...
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Amen, Elaine. I do think that sometimes a dress will come across as much worse on television than it might in real life. But I'll bet that lots of those stars do not trust their own instincts and are...
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I'm just glad the dress styles have returned -- mostly -- to classic-elegant. I like Helen Mirren's dress, a great mix of traditional and contemporary -- she looked regal for yet another year....
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"Savages" is the Laura Linney film with Phillip Hoffman?That one has been on my list. I think it's still playing in theatres here in NYC, but I may Netflix it.
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Wasn't Laura Linney nominated from The Savages?I'm wondering when real sleeves will return to award show dresses.
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