Halle Berry looks absolutely gorgeous in a figure-flattering leopard print gown. Well you know how they say motherhood makes you radiant — or in her case, ggggrrrr-radiant! Can’t believe it’s been less than two months since she gave birth.

Alicia Keys hit a “high note” with this gorgeous duchess satin gown by Giorgio Armani Privé. Check out the diamond earrings (from Diamond in the Rough). The stylish updo (an elegant take on the mohawk) helps show off that wonderful neck and shoulderline.

Check out the other celebs who made it to the Grammy’sBest Dressed List

 

Who will be going home with an Academy Award this Sunday night?  Will Penelope Cruz or Helen Mirren win the Best Actress Oscar?  Will the independent Little Miss Sunshine win out over Eastwood’s war film, Letters from Iwo Jima?  You tell me who will be taking home an award at the 2006 Oscars.

Here are the listing of the top Oscar awards.  Write in & tell me who you’re betting on.

Best Picture Oscar Nominees: 

• Babel
• The Departed
• Letters from Iwo Jima
• Little Miss Sunshine
• The Queen 

Best Actor Oscar Nominees: 

• Leonardo DiCaprio, Blood Diamond
• Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson
• Peter O’Toole, Venus
• Will Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness
• Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland 

Best Actress Oscar Nominees: 

• Penélope Cruz, Volver 
• Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal
• Helen Mirren, The Queen
• Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada
• Kate Winslet, Little Children

Best Supporting Actor Oscar Nominees:

• Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine
• Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children
• Djimon Hounsou, Blood Diamond
• Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
• Mark Wahlberg, The Departed

Best Supporting Actress Oscar Nominees: 

• Adriana Barraza, Babel
• Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal
• Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine
• Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls 
• Rinko Kikuchi, Babel

Best Director Oscar Nominees: 

• Babel, Alejandro González Iñárritu
• The Departed, Martin Scorsese
• Letters from Iwo Jima, Clint Eastwood
• The Queen, Stephen Frears
• United 93, Paul Greengrass 

Now it’s your turn.  Comment in on who you think will leave Sunday night’s Oscar ceremony with an Academy Award.

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Well, it’s that time of year again, awards show season.! And with awards show season comes the best of the bunch, the Golden Raspberry Awards. The 27th annual Razzies celebrate the worst in movies, so we’re sure to see a lot of Sharon Stone this year, right?

Sharon Stone’s Basic Instinct 2 would have been better left alone, as it is vying for the worst filmmaking Razzie this year. It looks like Stone’s girly pillows need a little fluffing, if you know what I mean. Basic Instinct achieved seven Raspberry nominations, tying with the Wayans brothers’ Little Man in the most nominations this year.

Basic’s noms are for Worst Picture, Worst Actress, Worst Supporting Actress, Worst Director, Worst Sequel, Worst Screenplay & Worst Screenplay while Little Man earned nominations for Worst Picture, Worst Remake/Rip-Off, Worst Screenplay, Worst Screen Couple & two separate noms for worst actor. Oucharoo, people really didn’t like those movies.

John Wilson, who heads the Razzies, called Stone’s film �a lascivious murder mystery that turned out to be a laugh riot,� & Little Man �a comedy nearly as devoid of laughs as Schindler’s List.�

Also up for grabs for the Worst Movie is M. Night Shyamalan’s horrific fantasy Lady in the Water, The Wicker Man & BloodRayne. There are five films competing in the new category, Worst Excuse for Family Entertainment, which are Deck The Halls, Garfield: a Tail of Two Kitties, R.V. , The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause & The Shaggy Dog.

Those working hard to get Worst Actor Razzie are Tim Allen, for three films, Santa Clause 3, The Shaggy Dog & Zoom, Nicolas Cage for Wicker Man, Dan Whitney for Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector, Rob Schneider for The Benchwarmers and Marlon and Shawn Wayans for Little Man.

Competing with Stone for Worst Actress are Hilary and Haylie Duff for Material Girls, Lindsay Lohan for Just My Luck, Kristanna Loken for BloodRayne & Jessica Simpson for Employee of the Month.

Well, that’s quite a roundup of Hollywood stars. You tell me- Who should be on that list?

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Well, it’s no big surprise really.  Dreamgirls is leading the Oscar nominations that were released Tuesday.  The film, which stars Beyonce Knowles & newcomer Jennifer Hudson, has snatched up eight Oscar noms.  The one nom the movie did not receive, however, was the much highly touted Best Picture Academy Award or even a Best Director nom.  Who else is surprised about that one?Brad Pitt’s Babel follows the Oscar pack with seven nominations, including Best Picture.  Babel will join The Departed, Letters from Iwo Jima, Little Miss Sunshine & The Queen for the title of Best Picture.  Which I’m rather happy with, if you had Dreamgirls in the mix, that would have been an even tougher decision, right?

The 79th Annual Academy Awards will take place February 25 in Hollywood, of course.  You know you wanna see the complete list of Oscar nominations below.

Best Picture

Babel
The Departed
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen

Best Actor

Leonardo DiCaprio, Blood Diamond
Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson
Peter O’Toole, Venus
Will Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness
Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland

Best Actress

Penelope Cruz, Volver
Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal
Helen Mirren, The Queen
Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada
Kate Winslet, Little Children

Best Supporting Actor

Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine
Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children
Djimon Hounsou, Blood Diamond
Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
Mark Wahlberg, The Departed

Best Supporting Actress

Adriana Barazza, Babel
Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal
Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine
Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi, Babel

Best Director

Clint Eastwood, Letters from Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears, The Queen
Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu, Babel
Paul Greengrass, United 93
Martin Scorsese, The Departed

Animated Feature

Cars
Happy Feet
Monster House

Original Screenplay

Babel
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
Pan’s Labyrinth
The Queen

Adapted Screenplay

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Children of Men
The Departed
Little Children
Notes on a Scandal

Foreign Language Film

After the Wedding (Denmark)
Days of Glory (Indigenes) (Algeria)
The Lives of Others (Germany)
Pan’s Labyrinth (Mexico)
Water (Canada)

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Take a look at these lovely ladies of the Golden Globe Awards night.  Who do you think was the best dressed? 

Nick Lachey’s Vanessa Minnillo, Cameron Diaz, Vanessa Williams, Cate Blanchett, Evangeline Lilly, Patricia Arquette, Beyonce or a sunglass-clad Sharon Stone?

A special thanks to PopSugar for the images.

Well, the Oscars have come and gone and we can only look forward to the 79th annual Academy Awards as well as the lasting fashion impressions seen on the red carpet Sunday evening.

Long-legged beauty Charlize Theron surprised us all by wearing a big-bowed Christian Dior which really didn’t optimize her statuesque figure. You know, if I had the world and pretty much endless cash at my disposal, I think I would have gone with something that would have made me look a little less like a Disney character. She also, as always, decked it out with Chopard earrings.

Keira Knightley was looking smashing in a one-shouldered Vera Wang with Bulgari necklace. The charming British actress is at once alluring and mischievous.

Ahhh, Maggie Gyllenhaal always gets my goat, she’s such a cutie. Jake’s big sis, seen here with Peter Sarsgaard, chose Bottega Veneta as her Oscar night dress. With pockets! Finally a good place to hide your stash at upscale events! She’s such a peach. A delicious, juicy, plump and ready to eat, peach. Oh, excuse me. I forgot you were still there. Well, can you blame me? Did you see Secretary?

Would it be an Oscars celebration without Queen Latifah? I don’t think so. Here is the queen herself in Carmen Marc Valvo with Chopard as a jeweled sidekick. The woman who will be in just about any movie, like a counterpart Dennis Hopper, lit up the night with black ruffled love.

The man who would be ugly and always scraggly looking, Paul pass-me-the-Pinot Giamatti went with a traditional tux by Hugo Boss. My question, who is the large and in charge buxom woman tucked around the Cinderella Man actor? Shake your money-makers, shake those pillowy money-makers!

Hilary Swank did better this year with a swanky Versace. But where are her boobs? Did she loose them on the way to the red carpet event? Did she feel sorry for the less fortunate and donate them to Maggie G? Where are they? Are we going to get a ransom note from Dolly Parton saying that she will digest them unless we let her take over Italy? I’m just saying, where the hell did they go?

Ah, J Lo. The flavor of umm, two years ago? She went for a classier look with a vintage gown from Rita Watnick at City et Cie. I can’t believe we’re not seeing any crotch or barely any cleavage. Maybe J Lo is turning over a much needed leaf. Oh yeah, she marries & humps anything in sight. Gosh, did you see her doing it with that African spotted wolf?

Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves look like they would rather cop a feel from a bird flu infected rabid cat than stand too close to each other. Jeez, did Bullock’s new hubby, Monster Garage’s Jesse James, make Sandra swear she would never touch another biker? Sandra is stylin, though not in the hair department, with an Angel Sanchez dress- pockets are in this year! Reeves is sporting a Giorgio Armani, although I was hoping for just leather chaps- weren’t you?

“Frank. let me see that invitation list, dammit! Who the hell added Gary Busey?” I’m fairly certain it happened just that way. Why else would crazy-man Busey be at the Oscars except an invitation mishap?

Oh, Jennifer. You cannot help but look like a sweet, charming young lady. Damn that bastard Brad and his blood-fiend Angelina. Damn them! Anniston looks innocent and lovely in a Rochas with Bulgari jewels.

Umm, make your very interesting and creative movies, Tim Burton & Helen Bonham-Carter, but maybe leave the special effects at home? Did we go back to the 80’s and I wasn’t informed? Well, surf’s up everyone and we’re riding Helen’s hair.

Jennifer Garner does look ravishing in a Michael Kors number. I’d have to say she looks top ten. A lovely piece, both of them.

OK, OK. I know who you want. Jessica Alba delights our fancies with a Versace dress that looks fantastic on this beauty star. She delights my eyes with her loveliness, my ears with her laughter and my thoughts with…….well, that might be enough for now.

Well, it was a star-studded and fashion-savvy evening and I feel a better person for it, or I’m going to end it now over a high mountaintop because I shall never see the likes of Versace on me. I guess I’ll content myself to continue to live vicariously through Hilary Swank. “Excuse me. Excuse me, Sir. Have you seen my boobs? It appears as if I’ve lost them somewhere along the way.”

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The only surprising event for Oscar night 2006 was Crash receiving the award for Best Motion Picture over the highly anticipated nominee Brokeback Mountain as well as the fact that I made it to the toilet to puke and I didn’t fall asleep this year.   

Here’s a little breakdown of the highlights:

• Best Actor:  Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote
• Best Supporting Actor:  George Clooney in Syriana
• Best Actress:  Reese Witherspoon in Walk the Line
• Best Supporting Actress:  Rachel Weisz in The Contant Gardener
• Best Animated Film:  Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit
• Best Foreign Language Film:  “Tsotsi”
• Best Motion Picture:  Crash

For a more detailed and full account of the winners and nominees, please see http://www.oscars.org/78academyawards/nomswins.html.

John Stewart was a welcome and refreshing host of the annual event, although I’m still left pondering why he accepted this role.  In a very Daily Show approach, he broke the endless movie montages (did anyone else want to go to sleep?) with campy advertisements for the nominees.  In one advertisement the scene is set by an elderly, white married couple sitting at the kitchen table discussing the fact that Best Actress should be awarded to a nominee with an American name like Reese Witherspoon, not by the likes of folks named Felcity, Keira or Charlize.  Pretty cute stuff and it looks like the faux advertisement paid off for Witherspoon.

I almost didn’t make it to the bathroom with my projectile vomit after hearing Reese Witherspoon’s acceptance speech.  “I’m just trying to matter, and live a good life.”  It’s almost too sweet, but then you realize you are not only listening to the star of Legally Blonde, but also Legally Blonde II.  But Reese will cut you, so I better watch what I say.

And speaking of which, did anyone happen to catch that John Stewart scientology joke?  I can just see Tom Cruise now looking around the audience to see who laughed and adding those names to his ‘I’m going to get you, sucker’ little black book.

My highlights:

• My heart went out to the shaking, stammering elderly actress Lauren Bacall.  I’m pretty sure the preemptive movie montage spared her more embarrassment.  I won’t be surprised if I read she overdosed on pills after that performance.  I think she has reached the totaled-out phase of her acting career.
• Morgan Freeman is the man.  He can trip over words, stumble into a wall- but the 68-year-old actor can pull off seasoned gray hair, a pair of earrings, and an oxford shirt with a tuxedo.  I pay homage to this man.
• I’m not sure who decided to make Frances McDormand, Joel Cohen’s wife, look homeless.  But they did a good number on her.  Perhaps the North County role went a little too far into her psyche.

Lesson to be learned from the 78th annual Academy Awards:  Go to the movies, dammit and leave the DVD’s for uncaring, insensitive, cheap and lack-of-character assholes.

Stay tuned for the 26th annual Golden Raspberry Award Winners post.

 

 

 

 

 

Are you ready for the first-ever rap performance and first-ever broadcasted ‘bitches’ at the Academy Awards?  At the request of the Academy & ABC the authors, Three 6 Mafia, of Best Song nominee “It’s Hard Out There for a Pimp” from the film Hustle and Flow will be performing a less offensive version of the song for the red carpet-ridden awards night. 

Here’s a little taste: 

“You know it’s hard out here for a pimp (you ain’t knowin)
When he tryin to get this money for the rent (you ain’t knowin)
For the Cadillacs and gas money spent (you ain’t knowin)
Because a whole lot of bitches talkin shit (you ain’t knowin)
Will have a whole lot of bitches talkin shit (you ain’t knowin)

Man it seems like I’m duckin dodgin bullets everyday
Niggaz hatin on me cause I got, hoes on the tray
But I gotta stay paid, gotta stay above water
Couldn’t keep up with my hoes, that’s when shit got harder
North Memphis where I’m from, I’m 7th Street bound
Where niggaz all the time end up lost and never found”

 
The song portrays the life of a hustler in the inner city of Memphis, Tennessee.  Three 6 Mafia and Taraji P. Henson will be performing the song at Sunday night’s festivities.  Although many lyric changes have been made a spokesman for Gil Cates, the producer of the Oscars telecast, confirmed that the word “bitches” was not one of them.  So if we can only get Janet Jackson to bare both breasts, if will be a night to remember.  But I’m just a bitch talkin shit.

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With Oscar night and the red carpet just around the corner, I thought we’d reminisce over the past Oscar years.  I have carefully uncovered 10 photographs that I didn’t think we could live without, enjoy.

 

 

 

Icelandic singer Bjork ruffled feathers at Oscar night 2001 with her quite amusing Swan Lake tutu, complete with billed head, stitched unto a flesh-colored bodysuit.  I think only Bjork could pull this off, Cher might try- but no dice.  You know, I think she’s rather cute.

 

 

 

Do you think twice when you invite South Park creators Matt Stone & Trey Parker to the 2000 Oscars?  Leave it to this creatively hilarious duo to come in drag.  Stone is apparently wearing a replica of the pink cotton Ralph Lauren gown Gwyneth Paltrow wore  in 1999 when she won Best Actress for her work in Shakespeare In Love.

Parker opted for the much-talked-about green Versace dress that Jennifer Lopez wore at the Grammy awards that year, which was threatening to halt proceeding with the plunging neckline.  Oh, you boys!

Francis Ford Coppola is seen in 1975 with three of six Academy Awards Godfather II raked in that year.  He would later stand with his daughter, Sofia, when she won her Oscar for Lost In Translation in 2004.  That’s kinda sweet.

 

In 1998, the one and only Roberto Benigni won big for the Italian film, Life Is Beautiful.  He entertained and shocked everyone by climbing over seats to collect his award.  When accepting his first Oscar for Best Foreign Film, Benigni said: “This is a moment of joy, and I want to kiss everybody. I feel like now, really, to dive in this ocean of generosity. I would like to thank my parents for giving me the greatest gift… of poverty.”

 

In a huge surprise, everyone’s money was on Tom Hanks for Saving Private Ryan, Benigni also won Best Actor- becoming the first performer in a foreign language film to win this award.  In his bafflement and excitement he shared, “This is a terrible mistake because I have used up all my English.  I would like to be Jupiter in the firmament… lying down and making love to everybody. This is something I cannot forget from the bottom of heart. Really, I don’t deserve this, but I hope to win some other Oscars.”

You cannot help but to love this man to pieces.

 

In a custom-made blue tuxedo, a painfully goateed Johnny Depp hits the red carpet in 2005 with his lovely Vanessa Paradis.  I’m not sure what he was going for with the pirated Buddy Holly look, maybe Jack Sparrow has been getting further into his head, and wardrobe, than need be.  All I can really say is, “Arrrrrrrrrr.”  BTW, do you need to know your pirate name?

 

 

 

At the 2004 Oscars, Renee Zelweger is looking radiant in this lovely old-Hollywood number.  She won Best Supporting Actress that year for her role in Cold Mountain.  Funny, cold mountain seems to describe her current emotional welfare after the short-lived marriage to country singer Kenny Chesney. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can I be Adrian Brody for a while and sweep folks into a dead-stop, open mouth smooch?  When Halle Berry read out the winner for Best Actor in 2003, ‘Adrian Brody!!’ burst from her lips.  Brody came up from the audience to accept his award for The Pianist and casually, decisively, gathered Halle into a long, unforgettable french kiss- which was soon to be of legend and lore.

 

 

 

 

And yet again in 2004 when Brody was in charge of reading the winner of Best Actress Charlize Theron, who won for Monster, was taken- after a spray of breath freshener- into a short, but sexy kiss.  I tell you, I’m just going to start kissing strangers this way.  If I see a hottie, that’s it- it’s over, they’re mine. 

I do have to say that I lost Brody with that ridiculous Coke commercial.  You feeling me?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mystic River pulled from the murky waters an Oscar in 2004 for Tim Robbins as Best Supporting Actor.  Here he is seen with his long-breasted life partner Susan Sarandon.  It looks like you can dance on those things.

 

 

 

 

I saved a goodie for last.  Marlon Brando & Bette Davis are seen at the 1954 Oscars where Brando won Best Actor for On The Waterfront.  He would only win two Oscars in his lifetime, the other for Best Actor in The Godfather.  Did anyone else know that Bette Davis was an elf? 

Well, we have traveled to & fro in this Oscar award love affair and I’m only getting more excited for Sunday’s show.