Good luck being a journalist, Maria, I think you’ve just hit the old-news archives. Oh well. The Academy Awards are my SuperBowl, and I believe I have a right to be obsessed up to a full week after they’re over.
I always like to imagine what kind of atrociously bright garment I would wear at my Academy Award debut, and in the meantime am always saddened by the lack of color on the red carpet (except for the red… carpet). Angelina Jolie: all black (except for those green earrings, which gave her this odd witchy edge)! It worked for her because she always seems so mysterious and eccentric. Kate Winslet (so happy she won, obviously): why were you so dark and dreary! Sean Penn wore all black, but looked great since he stood out against the usual black/white tuxed men, and he made a great speech and I absolutely love it when straight men aren’t afraid to stand up for gay rights! (Er, I messed up the picture. I think I meant to say, “standing out because of all the black?” Sigh, journalistic inspirations crushed again!)
Anyway, I was actually intrigued with the white dresses this year. Miley Cyrus looked cute and princessy in her white layered dress that seemed to have been delicatly dipped in silver sparkles. (Last year she wore something way too lady-like and unplayful.) Penelope Cruz could’ve been getting married. Taraji P. Henson wore my favorite white dress, mostly because it was off-set by a dark red clutch and colorful jewels which made the whole look really pop.
Melissa Leo managed to pull off both brown and sleeves without looking matronly, and Freida Pinto not only brought some color to the carpet with her bright blue dress (along with Natalie Portman, looking like a cute little Barbie), but brought some extra stlye with her single decorated sleeve.
And finally, my favorite, Amy Adams. I’m indifferent to the red dress (wearing red is practically like wearing white or black on the Oscar carpet), but her huge, bright, and complex necklace somehow managed to work, turning the whole ensamble from something ordinary into something special.
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