Style Janelle Monae: Oscars Best Dressed (Duana) Last year, at the Emmy Awards, Lainey and I made the difficult decision to retire Zendaya from competition in any sort of fashion capacity. It was this epic green dress that did it, but to be honest, she’d been problematically excellent for some time, and we risked a can’ By Duana • Feb 10, 2020 04:22 pm
Bad Style Saoirse Ronan: Oscars Personal Worst (Duana) This is going to hurt. Well, for me. It’s going to hurt me. I am, of course, a huge fan of Saoirse Ronan. I think she’s skillful, clever, and nuanced as an actress, and I like watching her play the red carpet game. I’m just going to By Duana • Feb 10, 2020 03:51 pm
Bad Style Margot Robbie: Oscars Worst Dressed (Lainey) There’s nothing wrong, really, with Margot Robbie’s Oscar 2020 dress. It’s fine. It’s black. It’s strapless. There’s chiffon wrapped around her forearms leaving a trail down the length of her body. And I suppose that’s a pretty-ish effect, but also not really all By Lainey • Feb 10, 2020 03:30 pm
Oscars 2020 Joaquin Phoenix & Renee Zellweger: Arrested Award Winners? Joaquin Phoenix and Renee Zellweger have had the dubious distinctions, this awards season, of being the de facto winners in their categories almost as soon as the season started. Like, everyone sort of agrees on the Golden Globes being a pace setter, but other shows having the ability to move By Duana • Feb 10, 2020 03:19 pm
Oscars 2020 Brad Pitt: Oscar Prom King Hollywood is high school. That’s why everyone wants Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston to get back together – don’t we want to see the Prom King and Queen together forever and ever, happily ever after? Brad was finally crowned last night at the Oscars and while we were all By Lainey • Feb 10, 2020 02:59 pm
Oscars 2020 Florence Pugh: Committed and Chill? You know the one awards show custom I totally don’t get? Changing into a totally different look for the after party – or parties. I mean, I do get it, of course: why limit yourself to one outfit if you could choose two? I would have so much fun if By Duana • Feb 10, 2020 02:16 pm
Coincidence or conspiracy Leo’s Oscar date …dejavu? The last time Leonardo DiCaprio went to the Oscars with a date who wasn’t a relative was in 2005, Gisele Bundchen. It was kind of a big deal back then because up to that point, and mostly still now, Leo’s method has been to never put his love By Lainey • Feb 10, 2020 01:21 pm
Aging Gorgessity Gal, Brie, & Sigourney: Oscars Superhero Sisterhood Points to the producers who put this grouping together; I don’t know which of these women was secured as a presenter first or last, and of course there don’t have to be obvious links between the celebrities who present an award – like, what’s the connection between Ray By Duana • Feb 10, 2020 12:59 pm
Style Timmy’s Oscar Tracksuit What I like most about Billie Eilish’s approach to fashion is that she doesn’t compromise her style identity for quality. She’s been wearing luxury brands on every carpet while avoiding a ball gown. Everything is an oversized designer label, and completely in tune with her current fashion By Lainey • Feb 10, 2020 12:12 pm
Oscars 2020 Taika is a disappointing winner! I’m not apologizing for the exclamation points because Parasite won Best Picture and my heart is still light with joy this is the energy I am taking into 2020! But I have to tell you I am more than a little disappointed that Taika Waititi wore a plain tuxedo By Sarah • Feb 10, 2020 11:52 am
Oscars 2020 Lin-Manuel’s Oscar Mission: Usnavi Awareness The following account of Block… let’s say six, of the Oscars, reads like one of those brain-teaser riddles in logic puzzles, where you have to extract one piece of verifiably true information and use it to determine the rest can or can’t be true. (I think it’s By Duana • Feb 10, 2020 11:39 am
Oscars 2020 Kristen Wiig & Maya Rudolph: Oscar Pirates You know what we never really talk about, even when we talk about it? Televised awards shows have a built-in power imbalance – and that’s why they work. The Academies, hosting the shows, know they need talented performers, amusing enough to hold the audience’s attention. And those performers – actors, By Duana • Feb 10, 2020 10:13 am
Oscars 2020 Scarlett’s Oscar metallics I’m always interested in celebrity schedules. Scarlett Johansson was at the Spirit Awards in Santa Monica on Saturday. Colin Jost was in New York for Saturday Night Live. So to join her at the Oscars last night, he would have had to fly out of NYC, probably Teterboro via By Lainey • Feb 10, 2020 09:04 am
Outfit of the Week Ray Romano Is Hot: A Scientific Proof Two things have been constant during this awards season – Ray Romano appearing on the red carpet, and my friends mocking me for thinking Ray Romano is attractive. Oh, and actually there’s one more thing that’s been going on for weeks: Ray Romano actually being hot as hell. Exhibit By Duana • Feb 10, 2020 08:33 am
Oscars 2020 Diane Keaton & Keanu Reeves: An Oscar Reunion Every year, the etalk team spends days ahead of the Oscars working on questions and talking points for our Oscars pre-show live broadcast. Basically we run down the list of nominees and presenters and memorise the research packs and pick out which points we want to drop in when they By Lainey • Feb 10, 2020 07:18 am
Oscars 2020 Natalie Portman’s Red Carpet Flex History would not claim me as a Natalie Portman fan – which is something I’ve often felt bad about, because I like the projects she does, but somewhere between her acting and her interviews, I’ve just decided she’s just not my particular cup of tea. However, it may By Duana • Feb 10, 2020 06:40 am
