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March 18, 2010

Well Played, Kristen Stewart

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Has K. Stew gotten a new stylist? SOMETHING'S happening, because this is the third event in a row that she's worn something I really like:

Scratch that: I LOVE this dress. It looks like it was made wholly of recyclables, but I think it's divine. Now if ONLY SHE WOULD STAND UP STRAIGHT MY GOD WOMAN THAT DRESS DEMANDS YOUR MOST BAD-ASS POSTURE YOU HAVE TURNED ME INTO MY MOTHER.

On the other hand, I did just adjust my own posture here at my desk, so thanks for the visual aid. See you at the next event: can you possibly go four for four? Time will tell.

March 17, 2010

Well Played...ish: Amber Rose

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It's like Amber Rose KNOWS she's about to face Thomas Jane and Patricia Arquette in round one of Fug Madness, and she's decided to retract the crazy temporarily:

What she doesn't realize is, this outfit isn't eligible for this year's Fug Madness, but will only count for next's year tourny. A-HA AMBER ROSE! You can NOT influence us to believe that you are not totally cray-cray so easily! BESTED ONCE AGAIN! Or, you know, once. Kind of. I will admit that your usual wackadoo catsuit habit has brainwashed me to the point that I can see you in a ruffly skirt the likes of which I wore in 8th grade and think, "Hey, Amber Rose looks totally cute." So at least you have that to keep you warm. That and your cute little skirt. And Kanye, I guess. Where IS Kanye, anyway? Will mentioning him here bring him forth like Beetlejuice? And if so, will he bring an amusingly ALL CAPS blog post with him? If so: KANYE KANYE KANYE.

March 17, 2010

Well Played, Lady Gaga

Longtime readers of this site know that while we find Lady Gaga's music catchy, for a long time all her clothing antics just felt tiresome. Now that she's pushed things into the kind of extreme territory that makes Grace Jones seem banal, it's a bit more entertaining, but my reaction to Lady G in general is that these sorts of shenanigans are usually reserved for people who are masking their lack of actual talent -- except Gaga DOES have actual talent, and buckets of it, so what is she REALLY hiding from? And thus there is probably a long line of shrinks waiting outside her door dying for the chance to sit her down and do some psychoanalysis.

Anyway, this morning, all of that is moot. Today, Gaga and I are soul sisters.

Why?

[Photo: Splash News]

Because those, my friend, are DIET COKE CANS (which she's repurposing as rollers, so you can argue that's a form of recycling). And those Diet Coke cans are either empty, or Gaga's next trick is turning herself into a fountain of Glory Nectar that spews love every time she cocks her head just-so; either way, I suddenly feel that we are going to be best friends.

March 16, 2010

Well Played: Amanda Seyfried

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First of all, I enjoy that the photog behind Seyfried here looks sort of like what I'd imagine you'd get if you crossed a paparazzo with a ninja:

Which someone should think about doing, really: imagine the shots we'd get of celebs, like, eating hamburgers or buying toilet paper if they were not being chased by photographers but rather NINJAS WITH CAMERAS. Us Weekly, get on top of that!

So that's awesome. Also awesome: this dress. And those shoes. And that hair. The whole thing, basically = awesome.

March 11, 2010

Oscars Well Played Carpet: Queen Latifah

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I downloaded this picture RIGHT after the Oscars, and then it kind of got lost in the piles of other Oscars photos I had floating around. Which is ridiculous, because OMG, Queen Latifah looks AMAZING:

This should have gone up immediately, because of how divine she looks. And that's in a pink satin fishtail, only one of which attributes I generally ever enjoy on the red carpet. Maybe the key is to take a bunch of stuff that often doesn't -- or shouldn't -- work together, and actually force it to meld. Like, maybe we should see how asymmetrical acid-washed harem pants look! Right? Yes? That's a great idea, isn't it? Someone get on that.

March 11, 2010

Oscars Post-Party Well Played: Jennifer Hudson

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In a way, I feel bad for Jennifer Hudson, because every time she shows up at the Oscars looking hot -- as she does here -- everyone thinks, "If only you'd WORN THAT on the night of the Tragic Oscars Bolero Incident."

On the other hand, I don't feel bad for her at all because she's looking amazing. Sure, MAYBE I'd argue that, were she nominated, this might not have sufficient PIZZAZZ, but she was just a party-goer, and as party-goers go, she looks INSANELY GREAT and sometimes looking insanely great is honestly all the pizzazz a girl needs.

March 11, 2010

Oscars Well-Played (Mostly) Carpet: Sigourney Weaver

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I'm not sure I think this is as flattering as Sigourney's Golden Globes choice.

[Photo: FlynetOnline.com]

The lady definitely loves a one-shoulder gown, no? But I can't really fault her for this, either -- she looks slim and bodacious in a way that -- it bears repeating -- any woman of forty or fifty, much less SIXTY, would love to be. In fact, when I'm sixty, if I don't look this good, I am going to sue her for misleading me about how freaking awesome my sixties would be. It's got about as much merit as Lindsay Lohan suing E-Trade because she looked into the face of a "milkaholic" baby party animal and saw herself.

March 11, 2010

Oscars Well-Played Carpet: Mariska Hargitay

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Aha, now THIS navy-blue, I like a lot better than the previous one:

Something about it evokes Zoe Saldana's Golden Globes dress. Obviously, Mariska's isn't as elaborate, but it has a slight drapery quality to the bottom that nonetheless hangs beautifully on her and looks interesting rather than furrow-inducing. The eye shadow might be a tad intense, but otherwise, she's obviously having fun and looking healthy and fantastic, and I hope Mischa Barton was paying attention when she shot that Law & Order: SVU episode. Girlfriend needs a good influence.

March 11, 2010

Oscars Post-Party and Random Other Event Well-Played Carpet: Kate Bosworth

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Apparently everybody really liked soft ruffles this year.

I tend to concur with their choices -- so many of them are gentle and romantically rendered, as opposed to the soft ruffles that I usually encounter, which are stale remnants of once-fine chips in the bottom of a bag that's been left open in the pantry for two weeks. Do not ask me to choose between this dress and an unopened bag of those pert, salty snack wonders, because I love them both -- and both might look equally good on Kate Bosworth -- and it would be a Sophie's Choice for sure.

Kate also chose lively colors at an event earlier in the weekend:

Continue reading Oscars Post-Party and Random Other Event Well-Played Carpet: Kate Bosworth.

March 11, 2010

Oscars Well-Played Carpet: Michelle Rodriguez

My chief references for Michelle Rodriguez are: 1) Girlfight; 2) Ana Lucia on Lost, where she was all gun-toting and stern and sticky and rained-on and mean; and 3) the time we saw her at the Marc Jacobs show and she was wearing her DUI ankle bracelet. So my mental image of her however unfair it may be, is always either bad hair or a snarl.

So: Hooray!

This is so elegant on her, and the necklace is really funky too. And her hair is brushed! Forget crabby old Ana Lucia -- Michelle looks more like Winnie Cooper.

... No, really, look at her: She DOES look like Winnie Cooper. Or maybe Winnie's lesser-known sister, who jealously countered Winnie's Math Doesn't Suck success by publishing, like, Social Studies Sucks Even Less, or my personal favorite, the old crowd-pleaser Home Ec-cellent. Hey, with dumb wordplay like that in the title, you know I'd buy ten copies.

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Well Played, Kristen Stewart

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Well Played...ish: Amber Rose

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Well Played, Lady Gaga

Well Played: Amanda Seyfried

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Oscars Well Played Carpet: Queen Latifah

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Oscars Post-Party Well Played: Jennifer Hudson

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Oscars Well-Played (Mostly) Carpet: Sigourney Weaver

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Oscars Well-Played Carpet: Mariska Hargitay

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Oscars Post-Party and Random Other Event Well-Played Carpet: Kate Bosworth

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Oscars Well-Played Carpet: Michelle Rodriguez

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