Oscars 2014 Benedict Cumberbatch: Internet Famous at the Oscars One of our producers had a seat in the bleachers this year, taking pictures and Instagram video as part of our social media team. This is the text she sent me around noon: “I’m sitting with the MiniVan Majority.” When Benedict Cumberbatch arrived, no one in her section of By Lainey • Mar 03, 2014 06:03 am
Oscars 2014 Joseph Gordon-Levitt: Best Oscar Grin We know he's on a hot streak right now. We know he's really coming into his own creatively. That he's more in demand than ever. His status as one of the chosen people was cemented by the fact that he was asked to appear By Duana • Mar 03, 2014 05:36 am
Oscars 2014 Jennifer Garner: Worst Oscar Shoes According to what the Academy’s volunteers were doing at rehearsal on Saturday, Jennifer Garner, an official presenter, was supposed to walk with Ben Affleck. There were two people with their names clearly marked pretending to be the Afflecks on the red carpet. Garner ended up coming alone, as you By Lainey • Mar 03, 2014 05:26 am
Oscars 2014 Elsa Pataky: Best Oscar Pregnancy (Lainey) I’m surprised too. Because you know how I feel about Elie Saab: same, same, same, boring, same, same, same. But maybe this is where Elie Saab excels: maternity wear? It’s a good colour on her. And I’ve decided I can only tolerate a nude underlay if it’ By Lainey • Mar 03, 2014 05:18 am
Oscars 2014 Olivia Wilde: Best Oscar Pregnancy (Duana) It ain’t easy, OK? It’s not easy to get out there when you’re that big and pregnant and wear something that’s supposed to be an approximation of “glam”. But you do it because you’re Olivia Wilde. But what if you f-ck yourself over? What if By Duana • Mar 03, 2014 04:53 am
Oscars 2014 Lady Gaga: Oscars Most Unwelcome For someone who claims to exist purely for the fans, Lady Gaga wasn’t so much about the fans at the Oscars. The Academy sets up several sections of bleachers along the red carpet where fans can scream at their favourite stars. The call time for the fans is around By Lainey • Mar 03, 2014 04:45 am
Oscars 2014 Bette Midler & Idina Menzel: Oscars Underwhelming Iconic Songs So, okay. Let us start with the Divine Miss M, who was self-effacing on the red carpet and then rather well-dressed in vertical stripes during her performance. Even though coming at the end of the In Memoriam segment can be a tricky place to be, Bette knows that that song By Duana • Mar 03, 2014 04:25 am
Oscars 2014 Pink: Best Oscars Red Dress Vocalist Overheard in our hotel room just before the lights came up on Pink: “I hope she’s not on silks”. This prompted a chorus of “right?” and smartasses trying to outsmart one another… but then she started to sing and it all fell away. Why have I been looking at By Duana • Mar 03, 2014 04:12 am
Oscars 2014 Oscar Replacement: Chris Evans for Andrew Garfield On Saturday before the Oscars, the Academy makes the red carpet available to entertainment crews rehearsing live shows for the next day. That would include ABC, the official US broadcaster, hosted by Tyson Beckford who, holy sh-t, looks great but doesn’t think all that great, and E! with Ryan By Lainey • Mar 03, 2014 03:35 am
Oscars 2014 Goldie Hawn: The “Cool” Oscars Mom It was a night of moms tonight, and it was awesome. Jared Leto’s mom was much celebrated and beautiful and it didn’t even feel cheesy. Matthew McConaughey’s mother was wearing a kick-ass dress and clearly ran him like a train schedule. Steve McQueen’s mother standing up By Duana • Mar 03, 2014 03:25 am
Oscars 2014 Kate Hudson: Worst Use Of An Oscar Dress Kate Hudson walked in and everyone was like “Oh! Oh yeah!” It’s not that she’s become a punchline, exactly, but everyone knows what a Kate Hudson movie is, and there’s usually no Venn Diagram overlap between a Hudson pic and Oscars. So maybe we’ve forgotten that By Duana • Mar 03, 2014 03:13 am
Oscars 2014 Oscar Cavalli: Kristen Bell & Kristin Chenoweth I don’t remember hearing Tom Ford’s name once on the Oscar carpet this year. He normally only dresses just one person at an event. Or, you know, Hayden Panettiere buys it off the rack. You have to be at a certain level for Tom Ford. At the level By Lainey • Mar 03, 2014 03:04 am
Oscars 2014 The Oscars Overview Duana and I both have thoughts on this and on Ellen DeGeneres as host. Let’s start with Duana’s analysis first: Duana: The thing about Ellen Degeneres as host was that there was already a much higher standard than for someone like He Who Irritated Us Last Year. For By Lainey • Mar 03, 2014 02:43 am
