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January 8, 2009

People's Choice Press Room Fug: Kate Hudson

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You can not expect me to believe that this was the best option Kate Hudson had last night:

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For one thing, the skirt portion appears to be incredibly dirty. And I'm pretty sure she didn't get into a knockdown drag-out on the red carpet that spilled over into the gutter, so....color me perplexed. For another, this seems to be drifting dangerously close to looking like something from Dorothy Zbornak's evening wear line, to the point where I half expect to see that the next picture of her in the press room involves her biting her fist in front of a giant wedge of cheesecake. Looks like those of you who picked Kate in our Who Will Look Most Ridiculous At the People's Choice Awards pool have a good argument for taking home the prize (bragging rights, and half a tuna sandwich). Congrats!
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January 8, 2009

People's Choice Award Fug or Fab: Debra Messing

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This is, I suspect, one of those dresses that the Fashion People (you know who you are -- hello there!) lose their nuts over, and the rest of us are kind of like, "but why is she wearing a hexagon?"

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That being said, after having stared at this dress for like half an hour as I sit here and stir my coffee -- question: can liquid Coffee Mate go bad? Because I am worried I've done something terrible to myself if it has. Just so you know -- it turns out I might dig this crazy geometry. Check it from the front:

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January 7, 2009

Sponsored Post: People's Choice Awards

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The People's Choice Awards ceremony airs tonight -- CAN YOU TELL? -- and they asked us to write a sponsored post for them about it today. This is that post. Any other coverage of the People's Choice Awards (for example, posts tomorrow in which we make fun of/praise outfits worn to said event) will be sponsored solely by our own crankiness. (And, let's be honest, Diet Coke, although we seem to be sponsoring THEM, and their sweet, fizzy, delicious chemical concoction.) We just wanted you to be aware. We will never include a sponsored post on this blog without disclosing that it is just that.

Now, of course, we know that if you are watching the People's Choice Awards, it is because you really, really need to know if America's Favorite New TV Comedy is Kath and Kim or Gary Unmarried, or that one starring that dude who was in those commercials about voice mail. But here at GFY HQ, it is because of our annual Who Will Look Most Ridiculous At The People's Choice Awards? Pool. Intern George has bested us twelve years in a row, despite the fact that he's only worked here for like three, most recently for accurately predicting that Sandra Oh would wear a HEPA Filter in 2007, and then for calling the fact that the writer's strike would jettison last year's show. So we thought you might want to get in on some of the hot betting action. The current front-runners in our pool are the following nominees (pictured wearing some of their past crimes for purely illustrative purposes):

KATY PERRY:

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RIHANNA:

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BRITNEY SPEARS:

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KEIRA KNIGHTLEY:

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KATE HUDSON: (How very interesting that she and Anne Hathaway are both nominated when they have a movie coming out this very weekend! Surely just a coincidence!)

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poll by twiigs.com


Thank you for voting, readers! And now, back to your regularly scheduled fuggery.

Permalink | Posted By Jessica at 09:20 AM in Misc. Awards Shows, Sponsored Post
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December 1, 2008

British Independent Film Awards Fug Carpet: Sienna and Keira

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KEIRA: Um, Sienna? What are you doing?

SIENNA: Shh, be quiet. I'm trying to do your silent pouty thing where you look kind of coy and cross and hungry all at once.

KEIRA: Not bad, not bad. But it's better when you open your lips up a little bit.

SIENNA: You mean, like this?
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November 26, 2008

AMAs Fug or Fab: Miley Cyrus

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At the beginning of the week, when I was eying this ensemble, I didn't think I liked it. Something about the black swatch felt a bit like she'd thrown a hissy-fit until her stylist agreed to belt her lucky blanket to the dress.

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But now? Maybe I'm just distracted by the prospect of turkey, or the sheer number of potatoes I am about to peel, or the fact that I have no completely healthy running backs on any of my fantasy football teams and at least one must-win game this weekend. Whatever it is, though, suddenly I kind of like this. What can I say? She looks well-supported; it's short, but not in a way that might entice an ultrasound technician to pop out of the bushes and set up shop; and it's both grown-up and playful. I wonder if this means I like Miley Cyrus now. Not that I didn't before; mostly I just didn't think about her, except to wonder if she went to Hilary Duff's veneers man. And now, to ponder why her necklace has chosen this exact moment to go bobbing for apples. I suppose we know what IT is thankful for this year.

poll by twiigs.com
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November 25, 2008

AMA Awards Show Fug: Rihanna

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If I were Rihanna, and I'd shown up in a glorified napkin that left me paranoid a strong gust -- or even just the wind created by Colbie Caillat's PR girl hurrying past with a watering can -- would expose my butt, I'd have been pretty stoked to change into this, too.

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I mean, it doesn't get much more protective than thigh-high boots over rubber pants. Nothing is falling out of this except the tip of her big toe. It's basically a hugely elaborate chastity belt -- poor Chris Brown probably had to spend half an hour helping her peel them off after the show, possibly while she held onto a doorframe as he pulled as hard as he could in the opposite direction and tried to grease the wheels with hand lotion and saliva. And if that weren't a deterrent enough to anyone invading her personal space, her spiky bodice -- the sides of which appear to be barfing chains -- is something I imagine strippers wore in Mordor. It's very overdone and freaky, and I can't BELIEVE she was willing to put up with chains thwacking against her Precious every time she moved.

Perhaps her own accessory put it best:
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November 24, 2008

American Music Awards Fug or Fab: Rihanna

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I have kind of grown to love Rihanna. She doesn't always look great, but she never looks boring, and thank god for that. A few months ago, Heather and I were all in a tizzy because she wasn't nominated for the Best Dressed Female Teen Choice Award - well, as much as you can get in a tizzy over something as meaningless as the Teen Choice Awards, which means we spent about six minutes talking about it and then went back to discussing how cute David Boreanez is on Bones or something. But seriously: she's ballsy with the clothes, and I think she's adorable here, even if this IS made out of a napkin:

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EXCEPT: Rumor has it that RiRi spend the entire evening desperately trying not to flash people, because this thing was so short (I forgot the AMAs were on, and when someone told me they were, I actually have a moment where I thought we were talking about the American Medical Association, because I hadn't had nearly enough caffeine yesterday).

poll by twiigs.com
Permalink | Posted By Jessica at 11:59 AM in Fug or Fab, Misc. Awards Shows, Rihanna
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November 24, 2008

American Music Awards Fug Carpet: Sarah Silverman and Sarah Chalke

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SARAH SILVERMAN: Hey Sarah!

SARAH CHALKE: Hello....Sarah.

SARAH S: What?

SARAH C: What?

SARAH: You're looking at me funny.

SARAH C: I was just wondering where your pants were.

SARAH S: I'm wearing shorts! I think. With Crazy Tights!

SARAH C: It reminds me of something.

SARAH S: How funny I am?

SARAH C: Something else.

SARAH S: Pirates? It's a little pirate-y, I know. It's a shout-out to those Somali pirates! I think they're AWESOME.

SARAH C: I got it! It reminds me of COLLEGE.

SARAH S: What?

SARAH C: Totally! You know, in the 90s, when we were all wearing shorts with clunky shoes and tights and sort of baby-doll billowy things and a lot of vests? That's SO YOU right now. God, this makes me want to listen "Semi-Charmed Life" while drinking Icehouse beer from a keg.

SARAH S: Thanks?

SARAH C: No. THANK YOU.

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November 24, 2008

American Music Awards Fug Carpet: Colbie Caillat

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I don't know what is up with people wearing dresses that either look alive, or like simulations of living things -- first Madonna picked something that looks like she stitched it together out of patches of rough she ripped up from alongside the fairway at St. Andrews, and now singer Colbie Caillat has hit the red carpet in this:

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I can't even decide what this reminds me of -- it evokes, slightly, about ten different things, three involving terrible jokes about a possible girlhood obsession with Pete's Dragon and one of which evokes disturbing mental images of someone violating the sanctity of Kermit the Frog. I'm also tempted to ask if she built this out of the carpet that lay in her parents' TV room in the 1970s; if she has taken Martha Stewart's love of the versatility of succulent plants too much to heart; whether this dress was made out of white bread three days ago; or if she's nervous that some antsy NFL fans will mistake her for artificial turf, throw her down, and attempt to run a tight-end screen. Although at least the latter could turn into an interesting first date.
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November 10, 2008

World Music Awards: Well Played, Alicia Keys

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It's unusual for me to wake up on a Monday feeling chipper. Yet here I am, not only in a good mood, but also feeling relieved and proud and even a tough smug.

Why, you ask? Because my intervention WORKED.

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Look how hot Alicia Keys is! Yes, she could use a meatball or three, but some of that might just be the angle of the photograph. But please, celebrate with me: She's wearing a dress that FITS. In an awesome color. With simple but striking makeup. And I want her purse.

But wait. It gets better. Because unlike other awards shows, where she started out strong and then climbed through the looking glass, here Alicia showed actual restraint:

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