Oscars: Can we discuss?

I was oblivious through most of the awards (too much yummy curry dip and sake-tinis) but this, for me, was the best moment of the evening:

She won me over with her big Forest Whitaker hug (I wouldn't have let go), and I thought she was the overall winner for best dress, hair, and make-up. And cuteness.

Side note: what was with all the red? Oscar fashions have gotten so boring. Everyone wears safe black, everyone tries to channel Old Hollywood. I miss a good Cher-Bob Mackie WTF? But, just when you think it's one boring black (or red) dress after another, out comes Diablo Cody with her leopard Dior and red lips to shake up the joint. I don't love the dress when she is standing but when she walked it was so pretty. She is made of awesome:

The more I see Cate Blanchett's Dries Van Noten dress, the more I love it. I adore the jeweled, necklace-y neckline and deep eggplant color. You really need to see it up close to get the full effect which probably made it the wrong choice for the Oscars:

I also loved Tilda Swinton's cheeky speech (though hated the dress) and Nicole Kidman's sparkly (1399 carat), dangly necklace designed by L'Wren Scott. Fabu.u.lous. But her hair? Atrocious.

How about you?

Comments

[foodmomiac]

We had fun watching. Dylan helped me make a list with 4 columns: bad, medium, good and great.
We put George Clooney in great. I'll need to scan it in - can't remember the rest.

[Glennia]

I love Marion's speech as well. They made her look so old in that movie (or at least the clips I've seen). She's really gorgeous. I love Edith Piaf and now want to see the movie, but hadn't heard much about it until now.

I liked Cate's dress, but that thing around her neck looked like a python when she first walked out. I missed the red carpet, so I didn't get to see it before she came out and figure out what it was.

Is it just me, or does Tilda Swinton look like Clay Aiken, if Clay Aiken were a little more, um, manly?

Nicole Kidman needs to step away from the Botox, PRONTO. She's getting the freeze face, and the hair was not helping.

[Pam]

I agree with all your points. Overall the fashion was a snoozefest, aside from Marion's white mermaid number and Diablo's leopard caftan(I also dug the slit up the front when she went up to receive her statue), but I must say I thought Jennifer Garner looked beautiful, though she gains no points for originality. John Stewart rocked!

[Shannon]

The red was because it was promoting the "Red" campaign - Women's Heart Awareness. At least one of the red dresses worn will be auctioned off and proceeds going to research and funding. I would guess more than one, but the one was specifically designed for that purpose.
http://justjared.buzznet.com/2008/02/24/heidi-klum-oscars-2008/
Hope that helps!

[Stefania/CityMama]

Thanks for clarifying, Shannon.

[SheilaBD/xiaolinmama]

I totally agree with you on Tilda's speech. I almost forgot about it - it was WAY at the beginning of that 3 hour ordeal. I also loved Laura Linney's necklace. Maybe not Oscar worthy - but I almost want to sell John's car and buy one for myself:) http://oscar.com/redcarpet/?g=0&i=72

[KL]

I loved that Diablo's dress was not the same old same old, but whereas it was truly beautiful on top, I actually thought the dress part was kinda frumpy on such a gorgeous gal.

I'm so glad Cotillard won for her role. She SO channelled Piaf it was really frightening.

[wwbd]

I thought that the slit in Diablo's dress was great, too, but it obviously made her very uncomfortable. She was trying to keep it closed the whole walk up and tried to use her envelope to cover it up on the walk off the stage.

[wwbd]

I thought that the slit in Diablo's dress was great, too, but it obviously made her very uncomfortable. She was trying to keep it closed the whole walk up and tried to use her envelope to cover it up on the walk off the stage.

[wwbd]

I thought that the slit in Diablo's dress was great, too, but it obviously made her very uncomfortable. She was trying to keep it closed the whole walk up and tried to use her envelope to cover it up on the walk off the stage.

[wwbd]

Sorry about the triple post, no idea where that came from!