Liveblogging The 80th Academy Awards...

Jennnifer Garner-  my favorite look of the night.  Love it all.  Dress, makeup, hair, jewels.  She's flawless, even if she had to name-check that hag Rachel ZoH.

Amy Adams-  bravo for the super-dark-green color, which I couldn't see properly until she was on stage!  She seems really nice.

Cate Blanchett- luminous, but I don't think it's because of her makeup. :)  She's so beautiful, I'm not even noticing her halter dress.

Katherine Heigl-  not loving the color, but it's okay.  Dress seems fine.  Not her best look.  What is up with the circle-cut-out on the shoulder-trend?  Katherine and one other actress are both sporting this...

Ellen Page-  I like her hair.  She seems to prefer low-key dresses, which is refreshing compared to what other youngsters are sporting.  It works for her, this forgettable frock. ;)

Marion Cotillard-  Gaultier!  Oui, oui!  She is beautiful.  Her dress is art, and might be my favorite among all the super-pale choices of the night.  I keep thinking of koi ponds when I look at her.  You know, my mom used to do my hair like that...LOVE HER SPEECH!

Laura Linney-   lovely.  elegant.

Cameron Diaz-  I dislike the silhouette of this dress, the inverted tulip thing going on around the hips.  I think it's petal pink in color, which I like...and I dig the pleating, but that's about it.  She looks naked, b/c of the color, the lack of jewelry, the makeup...

Jessica Alba- the feathers are distracting!  I'm not in love with the color and I'm annoyed because her dress looks uneven, but not in an intentional, assymetrical way.  In kinder news, I think she might be the only one who could rock that hairstyle and not look stupid.

Kerri Russell- I'd get married in this dress, if it fit my chest better than it did hers.  What gives?  I'm so distracted by this, I can't appreciate what is obviously a pretty gown.

Renee Zellweger- has been working out.  From the back she looks so coke-bottle-shapely, it seems exaggerated...can't wait to see her dress, all I glimpsed was silver above the podium.  Her hair is fabulous, totally suits her face.  Okay just saw her back again, and she looks like someone I once knew from our water polo team.  We didn't have a female one. ;)

Nicole Kidman- I don't know if I like her in black, it almost seems too dark a choice for her ultra-paleness.  Also, her L'Wren Scott necklace isn't centered and thus, is looped over one of her breasts.  Not like I'd know what THAT problem is like...

Penelope Cruz-  eh.

Hillary Swank- I can't decide if I like this dress!  As she's walking on stage, I'm thinking, "not so much", but as they zoom in on her, I like it.  It suits her.  She looks more feminine than Renee did, despite both of them having no body fat...

Tilda Swinton- this might be the ugliest dress at the show.  WHY.

Helen Mirren- another apposite choice for her.  My brain keeps telling me that I should dislike the blinged out,  faux-shrug and type "without that, the dress would have been blockbuster, it's so unnecessary", but she looks good.  I love that red and I love the skirt of the gown.  She looks beautiful.

Diablo Cody-  I hate this dress, pacifically the slit.  And her hair...texture-wise, it reminds me of my own RIGHT after I dye it, it's rough and jagged, but not in a good way.  I like her makeup, though.  And her emotion. :)

Comments

[tamasha]

Agree on most counts, especially Jennifer Garner. She looked beautiful.

And yeah, Keri Russell? You need a dress that fits!!