Oprah wears big hair, pink Theia at ‘The Butler’ premiere: glamorous or terrible?

Here are some photos from last night’s NYC premiere of The Butler, which is increasingly looking like the biggest hot mess movie of the year. Oprah Winfrey decided to stunt-queen the premiere with a gigantic hair style. Is this a wig? It’s a wig, right? Oprah wore a similar wig for the new issue of O Magazine too – go here to see. Is it weird that I actually think Oprah looks pretty good with this wig? Plus, I really like her Theia dress too. She looks pretty. Also: it’s nice to see Steadman walk the carpet with her.

More photos from the premiere – Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber. Naomi wore a Thakoon jumpsuit. Boring.

Mariah Carey is so brave and so beautiful to walk the red carpet with her broken wing. SHE’S AN ANGEL.

Minka Kelly in Sophie Theallet. Boring. She plays Jackie Kennedy in the movie.

Forest and Keisha Whitaker. She wore Badgley Mischka.

Andre Leon Talley brings the GLAMOUR!!!

Jane Fonda got a new facelift, correct?

I would love it if Lenny Kravitz and Cicely Tyson were the hot new couple.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.

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  1. LAK says:

    I love Oprah’s entire outfit. She’s finally embraced her size but not in a way where she’s the big girl trying to appear smaller.

    Love, love that wig.

    And as always, bow down to Edna Mode.

    • Babalon says:

      LOVE the hair (my big afro approves) and the dress. Hate the accessories. Blech.

    • Diana says:

      Oprah looks beautiful. Love her!!

    • j.eyre says:

      Edna Mode – that’s funny.

      I do love her hair. And Mariah’s studded sling.

    • littlestar says:

      Oprah’s hair is freaking awesome here!

    • nicegirl says:

      Edna Mode, love it!

      OPRAH looks beautiful! Love the dress, the hair, the makeup, shoes – she is a GLAMOUR DO.

      ALT and AW are also looking FETCH imo.

    • cs says:

      Love Love the Fro on Oprah.. I know some will say Kelis, Lauren Hill started the fro movement. But, I believe black woman are embracing the fro in 2013 because of Solange Knowles.

      All of these women look fab. The best Mariah looked in years. I thought Shirley Jones look great for an 80 year old.. but Cicely Tyson takes the award. I can’t believe she turns 80 this year.

  2. Marty says:

    Oprah…smh. Girl, you are not Diana Ross. Even she can’t pull off that look all
    the time.

  3. jen says:

    Um, are Forrest and Keisha on some sort of illicit “diet” that goes through their noses?

    • Lulu86 says:

      You could be right, they look unhealthy and strung out out. Not a good look

    • SisterMaryHotPantz says:

      I was just thinking the same thing!

    • mslewis says:

      Forest went on a diet to lose weight, for his health. Perhaps his wife went on the diet with him for encouragement. It’s really too easy to accuse someone you only see a photograph of of being a druggie. Learn the background before you speak.

      • Dena says:

        I knew he was dieting but here they look ill. No disrespect to either of them. Perhaps they are vegan?

      • Jacqueline says:

        How is someone going to know the background if they can’t ask an innocent enough question. He appears deflated and she is cringe-worthy skinny.

    • littlestar says:

      I thought his wife looked rather thin in that picture too.

  4. Beatrice says:

    Anna Wintour’s dress is the best of the lot. Anyone know the designer??

    • Lyssa says:

      I loved her dress, but I don’t know what she was thinking with that bag & her shoes. They look like she left in a hurry.

      I couldn’t look at Forrest in that picture. I was so taken with how scary his wife looks. She’d be so beautiful at a healthy weight. I heard rumors of an eating disorder.

  5. Nev says:

    Andreeeee!!!!!!! Yayyyyy!

  6. Stef Leppard says:

    Forest’s wife, omg! Does she have cancer or something or is she anorexic?

    Oprah’s dress is so pretty, but can I say that the hairstyle makes her look old?

    • Tanguerita says:

      forget about his wife, look at him!!he lost so much weight I had troubles recognizing him.

  7. Aud says:

    Anna Wintour’s dress pattern reminds me of the armour shell of an armadillo.
    When I’m over 60 I want to look like Jane Fonda, surgery and all. She’s looking great.

  8. Tapioca says:

    Loving Oprah’s style – the hair, the make-up, the dress, everything! She looks like a pentagenarian Serena Williams at her pinkest.

    Forest Whitaker and his missus look hungry.

  9. oliveo says:

    The absolute ridiculousness of Mariah Carey continues to amuse me to no end.

    • Chicagogurl says:

      Sidebar: I made my husband watch like 20 mins of her Butterfly jewelry collection premiere on HSN because I knew it would be comedy gold. 30 seconds in he’s terrified, says “this is the kind of woman who builds a hello kitty dream house” and we start counting how many times she pets her own hair like its a lapdog strapped to her head. He gave up after 60. Now whenever he sees her he just says “over 60 times baby! 60 times!” And it amuses me to no end.

    • Nemesis says:

      How long do people with dislocated shoulders usually wear a sling? Seems like she’s had her arm in a sling forever now.

  10. nancypants says:

    What the hell is going on here?
    I don’t even know where to start.

    Oprah’s hair is ridiculous and I LIKE big hair but her dress is pretty.
    Naomi didn’t even bother to dress up a little.
    Has Mariah lost weight or did she see Dr. Plastic too? Her face looks really thin.
    Keisha has finally become a stick-person.
    I don’t even know what to say about Andre’s Hefty bag dress but I think A.Wintour is probably looking like a snack.
    I wouldn’t have known that was Jane if I ran into her on the street and what is she wearing? Jeans?

    Lenny is holding Miss Cicely’s hand because she reminds him of his Meemaw.

  11. lisa2 says:

    I don’t like Oprah’s hair.. but she and Stedman look great together. He is a very attractive men. I love that silver grey.

    Jane looks hot body wise.. but she is totally overdoing it in the face. But damn I would hurt someone for that body type. I know I can buy it; but I need to have a place to sleep and I like that.

    • MaiGirl says:

      I agree about Jane. She is starting to not look like herself anymore, and that makes me sad. Her autobiography is one of the best I have ever read, and she talks a lot about self-love and acceptance, which is especially sad, as these bad surgeries happened after. I wish Jane would take her own good advice.

    • MavenTheFirst says:

      @nymeria,

      Adding to that, Jane is looking like the Wicked Witch of the West with that chin. Did she have a chin implant? She looks dreadful.

    • tessy says:

      Is that really Jane? I thought it was Joan Rivers. Oh, thats just awful what she’s done to herself.

  12. pao la says:

    Lenny Kravitz!!! *Swoooooooon*

    • j.eyre says:

      I’ll catch you and then you catch me when I swoon over him next, m’kay? And I absolutely want Cicely and Lenny as the next hot couple.

      • pao la says:

        Yes i definetely need someone to catch me!! Sorry but i have a word stuck in my head: hot hot hot hot hot hot hot!!
        I’ve just seen him in ‘The hunger games’ as Cinna. I love him (and i WANT that golden eyeliner NOW!)

  13. MeowuiRose says:

    I live for Liev!!!!!!!!!!!!! Also I feel 95% positive that’s Oprah’s “hur”.

    • Betty says:

      Thank you, I agree. Oprah has thick, long hair that she’s shown in its natural state more than once on her show and in her magazine. I remember when Chris Rock was on her show promoting “Good Hair,” and he was shocked to learn that she had so much hair. She wears wigs sometimes but she’s always had thick, luscious hair I’d give my eyeteeth for.

    • MaiGirl says:

      I think so, too. Her natural hair is gorgeous. I mean, she has the best of everything to take care of it. She has blessed follicular emissaries wash her hair in angel tears and groom it with combs made of unicorn ivory while luxuriating on her mountain in Maui!

  14. Ncboudicca says:

    Lenny’s boots are awesome. Not every guy could pull those off but he manages it.

    Also, I think Mariah looks good – dress not too tight for once!

  15. truthful says:

    Steadman used to grace billboards all over Chicago during his modeling career, quite the lothario in his day.

    Andre’!!!!

    he tickles ME! I see you Miss Anna!

    Forest Whitaker’s wife has always been super thin, wasn’t she a model??

    I think I glanced at a promo, Oprah is saying that is her hair, if I am not mistaken.

    Lenny still looks good to me, yummmmmm

  16. L says:

    Other than Oprah/Cecily Tyson/Naomi Watts (who looks stunning in my opinion)-this group is what I always imagined the people who lived in the Capitol in the hunger games looked liked. Skinny or plastic or both.

    Andre is wearing a garbage bag.

  17. Talie says:

    You know, Jane’s Fonda’s surgery never looks like surgery… but that may be the makeup. Maybe it hides crazy scars or something, but she looks like a senior who is aging well.

  18. Dawn says:

    I think Ophra looks wonderful, gee she is going to be 60 in six months! Jane looks wonderful and she is in her 70’s I believe. And well Lenny never looks anything less then cool.

  19. Stefni says:

    OMG people can we please get it together! That’s Oprah’s real hair. Everyone knows her natural hair is long and huuuuge. Not all black women have to wear wigs.

    I’m worried about Forest Whitaker’s wife 🙁

  20. Madpoe says:

    LOVE Kravitz boots!
    Oprah move your head I can’t see the screen!

  21. Anna says:

    um, WHERE IS ALAN RICKMAN???

    • j.eyre says:

      I asked the same thing just last night when I walked into an empty bedroom.

    • Miss M says:

      @Anna: I was going to ask the same, where is he?! He was great as President Ronald Reagan along with Jane Fonda as Mrs. Reagan.

      @j.eyre: LOL

    • MonkeyTowz says:

      Sorry ladies, Alan belongs to me as I’ve had to wait for 20 plus years for him to live in my bed & I’ve more than earned him 😉

  22. Liberty says:

    I think it’s fun that everyone looks great in their own way, which somehow goes with summer to me, loosen up, be happy. But I don’t love Minka’s dress.

  23. mslewis says:

    I believe that is Oprah’s real hair. Her hair is quite long and her hairdresser loves to play with it. However, that is a wig on the O cover. I think Oprah looks good; I like the dress and Stedman.

    Why do you say this movie looks like a “hot mess”? I’m looking forward to seeing it.

    • Darlene says:

      I agree, it’s her real hair. The cover was a wig or Photoshop, for sure, but this is her natural hair. She loves to talk about it.

  24. smee says:

    LOVE Oprah’s look – that hair is the proportion she needs for her body. And her dress is to die for. Best look ever!

    Andre Leon Talley, on the other hand, looks like he’s wearing someones discarded, wrinkly graduation gown.

  25. PrettyTarheelFan says:

    Keisha Whitaker looks terribly thin. Is she sick and I missed it somewhere along the way?
    Jane Fonda is beginning to look like Joan Collins. She’s either lost some weight unnecessarily, and I think it’s making her facial work show up more drastically, or her new face-lift is pulled too tight around the cheekbones and jawline. Her face was prettier a bit rounder (see Monster-In-Law).

  26. the artful dodger says:

    Oprah looks amazing!

  27. Kiddo says:

    Um….um, what the hell with that mustard gold balloon smock? Fug to the highest power.

    No fan of Oprah, but she looks good. I like the hair.

    Mariah Carey and that arm brace, not so much. As far as her dress, it looks like both she and Brittany Spears shop in the Stuck-in-a-certain-era-of-tight- dresses store.

  28. Lulu86 says:

    Stedman Graham looks devine, he has not aged in 20 years. Apart from his hair getting whiter he really looks the same. Men are so lucky, most of them just get better with age.

  29. Madriani's Girl says:

    And Talley is supposed to be some arbiter of fashion????? REALLY?

    I hope that’s a wig because if it isn’t, rather than being a tragic wig, it’s tragic real hair and that’s just wrong.

    My God Fonda looks smashing!

  30. littlestar says:

    Andre Leon Talley looks awful in that yellow graduation gown – it’s very unflattering and just calls attention to what he is trying to hide. I feel kind of bad for the guy. I remember reading an article years ago (likely in Vogue) where he lost a bunch of weight and said that the reason he wore the huge billowing mumus before was to hide his body because he felt so bad about himself. He’s obviously gained all of the weight back if he is wearing mumus again :(.

    • mslewis says:

      Andre Leon Talley is not trying to hide anything. He never has. He is proudly fat and proudly gay and proudly a fashionista . . . at least in his own mind. I don’t remember that he has ever lost weight because if he did, I missed it. He has always worn these ugly, billowing, horrible caftans and has said he used to buy them in Morocco but now someone makes them for him. Personally, I think he is one of the ugliest men I’ve ever seen and he looks even uglier and more horrendous in person. The man is well over 6’6″ and must weigh 350. He is one scary dude.

      • littlestar says:

        In the article I read, Andre said that he would portray himself as confident to the world but inside he felt miserable with himself. That is why he chose to lose weight. This was around ten years ago. I feel bad for the poor man, he will have serious health problems one day. But that doesn’t mean anyone should be calling him hideous, because he is not.

  31. The Original G says:

    I love her dress and I love the *idea* of her hair, but, any do that makes you want to take hedge clippers to it needs some editing.

  32. Masque says:

    Everytime I see Cicely Tyson I wonder how many portraits of Dorian Gray she has in her attic. She is always so damn beautiful.

  33. Peachy says:

    What makes the movie a hot mess?

  34. Stubbylove says:

    I love Forest and Keisha Whitaker, but WTF does their diet consist of – Air? Holy crap, Stedman! Thought ‘ol boy was long gone.

  35. F5 says:

    Andre Leon and Jane Fonda own that carpet.

  36. diva says:

    I love Mariah and Lenny. The movie doesn’t look bad to me I’m just not emotional strong enough to watch any of these movies coming out this year dealing with race. That’s why I haven’t seen Fruitville yet

  37. lucy2 says:

    I kind of love Oprah’s whole look. Naomi’s is understated, I like that, and even Mariah toned it down a bit, except for her blinged out sling.

    Jane’s face was definitely tweaked again. She doesn’t look bad, just not like herself.

  38. Jess says:

    Oprah looks awesome! And I’m not even a fan.

  39. emma says:

    I LOVE afros. She looks great.

  40. Claudia says:

    The Whitakers look ill, but I actually gasped when I saw Keisha. That is not healthy (remember the camera adds 10 pounds… that’s my mantra whenever I see pictures of myself these days), her arm looks child-like.

    That Leon Talley guy looks ridiculous.

  41. e.non says:

    wonder if a booster seat was provided to whoever got stuck sitting behind oprah…
    yikes.. what’s up with the whitakers.. neither of them look healthy.
    fonda is unrecognizable… i thought just recently she was regretting her earlier plastic surgery.

    • Vera says:

      Fonda needs to ixnay on the plastic surgery. She doesn’t look bad, but she’s at a tipping point.

      That was my first thought when I saw the Whitakers too.

  42. K-Rock says:

    Ugh! Awful.

  43. Suze says:

    Oprah’s dress is pretty.

    That’s all I’ve got here.

  44. Vera says:

    Loving Oprah’s hair and dress, and Lenny’s shoes are giving me life!

  45. Jayna says:

    Come to me, Lenny. Love that man. I kind of liked him and Nicole Kidman together. I would loved to have seen what their baby would have looked like.

  46. Janet says:

    Shiverin’ shitfits, Jane Fonda is 75 YEARS OLD and looking drop dead gorgeous! It ain’t fair!

  47. Grant says:

    I think Oprah and Naomi both look lovely!

  48. user00005 says:

    The only person that looks like a star there is Anna Wintour. The rest made beyond hideous choices:

    Oprah – too fat to wear anything tight and sparkly.
    Mariah – hideous shoes.
    Lenny – the worst footwear taste in all the world.

  49. tealily says:

    Minka as Jackie?