Douchebags Ryan & The Dictator at the Oscars Ryan Seacrest is so successful because he's the guy who gets it, right? He laughed it off when Simon Cowell mocked him and they became a comic duo. He sees what the world loves in the Kardashians and lovingly exploits their exploits all the way to the bank. By Duana • Feb 27, 2012 04:34 pm
Bad Style The Chosen Dress At Oscar: Tina Fey I did something very out of character for me yesterday. Before the show, before all the panic and craziness, I went for a hike. In LA, where people hike. This is not something I undertake all the time. In fact, people who know me and are reading this just spit By Duana • Feb 27, 2012 03:57 pm
Oscars 2012 Oscar Afterparty Charm: Jon Hamm & Jennifer Westfeldt I wasn't really worried. Not actually. Maybe just a little bit. Jon Hamm was out a few times this month without Jennifer and I started to get just a little...heightened about the whole thing. As the events grew more and more high-profile, the fact that she was By Duana • Feb 27, 2012 03:34 pm
Girly Throw Downs Oscar Apocalypse It is surely the apocalypse, because here I sit, in front of pictures of Natalie Portman, and I feel...fine. I have no rants here. Are you still there? I don't know what to say, almost. I like the dress. Not on everyone, not to every event, but By Duana • Feb 27, 2012 03:25 pm
Girlcrushes Best Starmaking Moment - with a side of Deja Vu: Emma Stone There are stars, and then there are stars, you know? Even though Emma Stone's had a good few years and a REALLY good 2011, she hasn't had that defining role... yet. The one everyone remembers as equal parts incredible acting and indelibly her. I'm By Duana • Feb 27, 2012 02:33 pm
Gorgessity Best Oscar Energy: Jessica Chastain What do you think she was singing? She was so upbeat and excited, you know she had some song in her head. Something upbeat and excited. "Don't Stop Til You Get Enough"? I don't know. This is the excitement that is appropriate for one& By Duana • Feb 27, 2012 01:48 pm
Dumbass 20 at Oscar: Shailene Woodley I'm caught between empathy and irritation with Shailene Woodley. I'm not used to feeling these two things together so maybe if I explore the more benign one, the other will be slightly less annoying. I love vintage dresses. I have several that are, to me and By Duana • Feb 27, 2012 01:28 pm
BFFs Worst fulfillment of Oscar suspicions: Michelle Williams When I ranted about her on Friday, I felt good. And I got a surprising number of dirty-little-secret emails from you all saying that you quietly thought the same thing. That she was too cute, not straightforward enough, or that the shtick of awards season (and those past) had worn By Duana • Feb 27, 2012 01:06 pm
Smutty Surgery Worst Oscar Disappointment: Sandy Bullock Lainey thinks I'm contrary. I am not. (Lainey: she totally is.) But sometimes if there's an overwhelming opinion that comes at me before I've had a chance to make up my own mind, I will work hard to find validation in the other direction. By Duana • Feb 27, 2012 12:44 pm
Style Judy Greer as Oscar Judy Greer I mean, this is a hot, hot dress I guarantee you there were people there who were like "why didn't I get that dress? Is Monique Lhuillier mad at me?" Or maybe it was originally on someone of a higher...recognizability, and then it changed hands? By Duana • Feb 27, 2012 11:55 am
Style Post-Oscar Pink: Claire Danes I've been realizing that maybe I haven't given Claire enough credit for never boring me, fashion wise. In the last few years she's consistently turned up in things that are interesting, often shiny in unpredictable ways, or in colours a lot of people stay By Duana • Feb 27, 2012 11:22 am
Style How to do an after party by Diane Kruger This dress almost takes my breath away. This is how you do an after party. This is not an appropriate dress for the ceremony, because dear me, let us never reveal that we have sternum - but wow, is it ever stunning and appropriate for an event where your only By Duana • Feb 27, 2012 11:17 am
Style Best Oscar Satisfaction: Octavia Spencer Obviously nobody wants to use a cliche any more than they want to be a cliche, right? It's not flattering or bragworthy to say that what you do or have been doing can be summed up in a cliche or its sister, the catchphrase. But Octavia Spencer did By Duana • Feb 27, 2012 11:04 am
Dumbass Jonah Hill: Worst Oscar Expectations We talk soooo much about wanting the Oscar, or not wanting it. Campaigning, or not. This seems to be one step away from "being prepared if you win" or not. When Christopher Plummer took the stage last night, I felt relaxed almost instantly. He had us. He wasn& By Duana • Feb 27, 2012 10:17 am
BFFs Nearest Oscar Misses: Wiig & Rudolph Is it going to be obvious that I haven't slept if I say "Wiig & Rudolph" sounds like an animated show I'd like to see? These guys just make me feel so comfortable. Everyone else at the Oscars is arguably a crazy Hollywood person. By Duana • Feb 27, 2012 10:04 am
Aimee Teegarden Julie Taylor for Queen I love pilot season.So do lots of people, of course. It's like the draft pick for TV nerds. It's just so exciting when a show you've been hearing about gets picked up, or when you hear there's a chance that the By Duana • Feb 24, 2012 04:50 pm
