Here are more photos from yesterday’s Oscar nominees luncheon in Beverly Hills. I always think this must be one of the best events during the awards season – you don’t have to wear a gown, you don’t have to pose on a red carpet, you get to eat lunch with friends and other talented people, and you pose for a big “class photo” at the end. It seems more low-key, and as such, it’s never a big fashion event. Still, it’s nice to look at the photos. First off, here’s Michelle Williams, back to her beloved pale colors and Mia Farrow-in-1973-styling. Michelle is actually wearing a Victoria Beckham dress! Eh, I still don’t like it on Michelle.

I love Glenn Close’s face, and I love her talent. I’m happy she was nominated for an Oscar this year. But dear God, that is one ugly coat.

I love this color on Melissa McCarthy.

Can we talk about how great Meryl Streep looks? She’s so beautiful. I love her hair these days, and Meryl isn’t a hair person. This look is perfection except for the panty hose-with-open-toe shoes thing.

I actually like Rooney Mara’s outfit here. The blazer is Thierry Mugler and the jumpsuit is Asos. The pants need to lose an inch or two, though.

Viola in too-bright Juan Carlos Obando. I love her in bright colors, but this is just too “look at me!” for my tastes.

Octavia Spencer looks great here. I love her hairstyle!

And here’s a little Demian Bichir, because I haven’t been paying enough attention to him. He’s fine, isn’t he?

Photos courtesy of WENN.

You know I think highly of Sharon Stone’s looks, right? It’s debatable as to whether she’s been tweaked or not, but whatever she’s doing, her face looks good. She’s a mature woman who looks great for her age. And normally, she’s a good casual dresser too. But this is maybe the worst she’s looked in YEARS. And it’s all about the outfit. This outfit would be fug on someone half Sharon’s age, and on her it’s just a catastrophe. What is the cut-off point for leather pants? And why would you pair low-slung leather pants with loafers and a cropped turtleneck? What’s especially disturbing is that this isn’t just some casual look Sharon threw on at the last minute – she was at a business lunch or something. Terrible.

Meanwhile, Sharon appears on the cover of this month’s AARP Magazine, and she talks in detail about her past health issues, including her brain hemorrhage and her miscarriages:

On her brain hemorrhage, the 53-year-old Stone explained, “I came out of the hospital with short- and long-term memory loss. My lower left leg was numb. I couldn’t hear out of my right ear. The side of my face was falling down. I thought, ‘I’ll never be pretty again. Who’s going to want to be around me?’”

Over the past dozen years, she also suffered two miscarriages, which led her and Bronstein to adopt Roan, now 11. “The last time I lost the baby, I went into 36 hours of labor. While we were at the hospital, our adoption attorney called. I thought, ‘This is such a godsend. This is so right.’ I always thought I would adopt. Even when I was young, I used to look up how to adopt.”

A bitter divorce from Bronstein in 2004, however, delivered another blow when Stone lost a custody battle for Roan.

But out of it came her choice to adopt her two more boys; Laird, 6, and Quinn, 5. Stone gushed, “I’m loving raising my kids. Quinn is in junior kindergarten, and he’s very exclamatory! Like a little FBI agent, he tells you everything that’s happening, so I call him Agent Quinn. ‘Mom! Toots pooped in the yard!’ ‘Thank you, Agent Quinn.’ I’ve made humanitarian causes and my children much more my priority than the Hollywood scene, being liked and getting movie parts.”

[From Extra]

I had totally forgotten that Sharon lost custody of her oldest son. That’s sad.

Oh, and Sharon just signed on for a new movie called Attachment. She plays a mother of a teenager – the mother has an affair with a college student (a boy) and the boy starts dating the daughter and then terrorizing the family. I don’t even know. It sounds like a gender-reversed version of the Alicia Silverstone movie, The Crush. I LOVE that movie.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.

These are some new photos of Rooney Mara at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival over the weekend, where she won the “Virtuoso” Award for her work in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Rooney wore this lovely green Louis Vuitton dress and matching coat for the occasion. I whole-heartedly approve of this look on her, and I can finally see why she gets (too many) comparisons to Audrey Hepburn. This is the kind of look that petite, small-chested girls can really pull off beautifully – the fitted, high-necked top with the architectural, puffy skirt. Plus, Rooney finally found a color that looks beautiful on her – some people look sickly in green, but Rooney finally “pops”.

Rooney is still out and about, promoting The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo internationally – she was just in Japan last week. Part of her recent appearances could be construed as an effort towards her Oscar campaign – remember, she’s up for Best Actress along with Meryl Streep and Viola Davis. Most critics/Oscar watchers think Best Actress is just that two-woman race between Meryl and Viola, with Glenn Close, Rooney and Michelle Williams not even figuring into it that much. But if there was going to be a spoiler, would it be Rooney? Or would it be Michelle? I suspect Michelle has the better shot. I also suspect that Rooney isn’t going to have a full-blown Oscar campaign. Partly because she’s so “over” the Hollywood thing (FOR REAL, she’s so hardcore, y’all) and partly because I’m guessing the studio doesn’t want to spend the money, maybe.

Maybe I would feel differently about Rooney’s Oscar nomination if I didn’t think she was such a brat. Maybe I feel differently about her as a person if she was really wowing me with her style. But isn’t she just an underwhelming person in total? Still, I love this Louis Vuitton on her. I hope she wears a good color for the Oscars.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN.

Here are some new photos of Scarlett Johansson at the Golden Camera Awards in Germany over the weekend. She looks weird, right? Her face looks different to me, but I’m thinking it’s just a makeup change and weight loss rather than tweaking. Scarlett does look like she’s lost weight all over, although she’s being helped along by the built-in corset in this Calvin Klein dress. She looks good – well, she looks BETTER. She’s looked like hell for most of the last year, like Sean Penn sucked the pretty right out of her. It’s good to see her go back to a lighter hair color and really try to look sexy and va-va-voom.

Maybe she looks better because she has a new dude in her life? She’s allegedly been dating New York ad man Nate Naylor for the past six months… which I don’t believe. I don’t think she’s been with someone for six months and we’ve only heard about him this past week. But that’s their story, so whatever. At first I was really happy that Scarlett went for a non-celebrity guy with an actual career, but as more is written about this Naylor guy, the more suspicious I am. It seems like he’s really trying to use Scarlett to launch himself as… something. Here’s the suspicious People Mag article about him:

Scarlett Johansson has been linked to many celebrities, but her new beau Nate Naylor isn’t a household name. So who is the New York City-based advertising executive, who’s seeing the 27-year-old actress? Here’s what you need to know:

1. He has an eye for risqué art
Virgin eyes should steer clear from Naylor’s Tumblr. The blog, which he calls Up in Guts, is filled with provocative paintings and photographs of scantily clad women, skeletons, grizzly bears and more.

2. He gets high praise from friends – for his work and looks
Naylor “is the most beautiful man I’ve ever seen in person,” says fellow freelance creative director Lawson Clarke, who is known in the ad world as Male Copywriter. “He basically looks like Morrissey in his prime.” But Naylor’s not just another pretty face. “Bottom line is Nate’s a great guy and really respected in the industry,” adds Clarke, who has worked with Naylor multiple times. “Scarlett should be so lucky.”

3. Johansson isn’t the first celebrity he’s been linked to
Though it didn’t appear to be anything serious, Naylor spent time with former 3rd Rock from the Sun star Kristen Johnston. He accompanied the actress to the Atlantic Theater Company’s spring gala in 2008, where the pair was photographed together.

4. He’s worked all over the country
Naylor is an Arizona native, but he didn’t stay put in his hometown. He’s worked for various ad agencies in Amsterdam, as well as in San Diego, Boston and San Francisco. His boast-worthy list of top-tier clients over the years includes: Disney, Sega, Taco Bell, MTV, U2 and Cadillac.

5. He likes to go out on the town
Johansson and Naylor have been keeping their romance under the radar, but the pair have been spotted out and about together several times. Earlier this month, they had a night out with friends at New York City club Sway where the actress was “smiling a ton,” according to an onlooker. The couple “sat together at the booth and were talking and laughing,” added the source. Naylor and Johansson were also seen dining at Bowery Hotel restaurant Gemma over the weekend and attended the opening of Le Baron on Jan. 27.

[From People]

Nate “is the most beautiful man I’ve ever seen in person… He basically looks like Morrissey in his prime.” For the love of God. Well, we know one thing for sure: Nate Naylor hangs out with a lot of gay guys who think he’s hot. Nate also managed to get a story in Life & Style (photo below), all about how Nate is a great boyfriend because he shares his food with Scarlett.

Photos courtesy of WENN, Life & Style.

Here are some new photos of Stacy Keibler in Las Vegas last night. She was hostessing “the Big Game Eve” at the Bellagio. I wonder how much she charged? She makes five-figures for red carpet appearances now that she’s “George Clooney’s girlfriend” but I’m guessing she makes low six-figures for party hostessing, especially for a big Las Vegas event. I still don’t really get why anyone would pay Stacy that kind of money just to attend an event solo. It would be one thing if her presence guaranteed George Clooney’s presence too, but he never comes to her events. Anyway, she looks pretty decent here. I like the mini-dress and leather jacket combo – her legs are so great, it’s nice to see her styled to look sexy and rock n’ roll, rather than aged and conservative, which is how she’s looked on the red carpet for all of Clooney’s awards shows.

Also, Page Six had another interesting item about Stacy and her money-making skills – apparently, she’s going to be everywhere during New York Fashion Week, and all of the big designers want her front row center during their shows:

Stacy Keibler may be coming soon to a front row near you. We hear George Clooney’s gal pal, a former pro wrestler not known as a fashion muse, is being offered $5,000-plus to wear jeans and other branded duds during Fashion Week, which begins Thursday. “She’s an all-American girl. She’s hot in the press right now,” a fashion marketer told us. Keibler recently signed with William Morris Endeavor, and sources say she’s upped her personal appearance fee to $25,000.

[From Page Six]

Fine, I’ll admit it. I’m jealous. This seems like a really sweet gig, and I would love to know how the business side of this goes down. Does Stacy have, like, dozens of offers from various companies, “Please wear these free jeans, and carry this Gucci handbag, we’ll pay you $10,000.” I wish I could get paid for wearing certain things. Hanes Her Way never calls, though.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

These are some new photos of Daniel Radcliffe at the premiere of his film, The Lady In Black. Look… I love DanRad. I think he’s funny, charming, bright, cool and interesting. I find myself attracted to him just because of his personality, and because I personally like a 1970s-style natural bush, and I get the feeling that Daniel does too. All of that being said, this is an AWFUL look for Daniel. I get the feeling that he’s really trying to be “cool” in a James Dean way, and it just looks like a really cheesy costume. Don’t make me feel sorry for you, Daniel! Just wear a suit to your premieres, for the love of God. This leather jacket makes him look like a really young, really short little kid who just saw Rebel Without A Cause for the first time. Oh, and Daniel needs to pluck his eyebrows. They’re getting into Lily Collins territory.

Guess who else showed up at the premiere? DanRad’s friend Tom Felton. Damn it, Felton looks HOT. He’s been spending more time in America’s beaches, getting some color and working a breezier style. I can’t say that I like his outfit, but at least Felton looks like he didn’t spend an hour on it. Tom Felton: I would hit it. Hard.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.

Cate Blanchett is like my Australian, girlie-version of Michael Fassbender. I’m drawn to her like a moth to a flame. I find her enchanting, timeless, sexy, insanely talented and impossibly cool. I wouldn’t mind a threesome with Fassy and Blanchett, honestly. Where would you even start? I’m guessing it would begin with cocktails, and then Fassy would take his clothes off and Blanchett would smile cryptically and then she, too, would slip out of her gown (because she’s wearing a gown in my sexual fantasy).

Anyway, this is all to say that I love writing about Cate Blanchett, and if there are new photos of her, I always want to write about her. A few days ago, there were new pics of Blanchett that I ignored (it was after the SAGs and we had other stuff to cover), but last night, Cate was a presenter at the 2012 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards held in Sydney, so we have even more new photos of her. Cate wore this gold Alexander McQueen dress which… she pulls off. Very few women could make this work like Cate. Like, I think this is the kind of dress Salma Hayek would attempt, and it would look like a terrible costume on her. On Cate, though, it looks amazing.

And here are some photos of Cate in a Louis Vuitton Pre-Fall 2012 dress in Rome over the weekend. Cate must have pulled in a major Louis Vuitton contract, because her only public appearances recently have been on behalf of Louis Vuitton. This event was called the ‘Maison Louis Vuitton Roma Etoile’ Cocktail Rome. Once again, on another woman, this would look like a shapeless sack. On Cate, it’s perfection.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Yesterday’s Keira Knightley post was nice, wasn’t it? It’s good to remember every now and then that Keira Knightley really is an interesting young woman. She’s been mostly quiet the past few years, but with the international release of A Dangerous Method, Keira is doing more interviews and I’ve come to the realization that… Keira is fine. I was worried about her for no reason. She’s doing well.

Anyway, these are photos from the “gala premiere” of A Dangerous Method in London. I thought they had already done the premiere in the UK, but that was just for the London Film Festival. This is the real premiere, and Method is about to open in England. Keira wore this rich burgundy Burberry gown which…I kind of like. It’s somewhat plain, but it really works on a tall, slender beanpole like Keira. Plus, her hair and makeup are really good here too. It’s all working for me.

I’m going to put the Viggo Mortensen and Michael Fassbender photos in another post – but I’d just like to note again, Keira and Viggo Mortensen are very friendly and handsy with each other. That’s Viggo’s hand on her ass – NOT Fassy’s. Fassy got to spank her in the movie (and she hated it!!!!!!!) but in real life, Keira and Michael seem to not be that comfortable with each other. Personally, I kind of think Viggo might have tapped that. I’m just sayin’.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN.

One of the (few) things I’ve always liked about Katherine Heigl is that she’s not a small girl. She’s tall, she has a lovely bust, she’s got “soft” looking figure. I’m sure she’s toned and everything – but she doesn’t look like she spends all of her free time doing yoga and Pilates, which I appreciate. She looks like she eats normal food and struggles with a diet and exercise program, just like most women. And like most women, I think Heigl struggles to figure out what kind of styles flatter her figure. Some days, she gets it right, but for the most part, Heigl’s style really, really sucks.

So here are new photos of Heigl at the French premiere of One for the Money, the Stephanie Plum movie that kind of bombed this past weekend. Heigl wore this custom Maria Lucia Hohan which… it’s really pretty from the front. I don’t think the bust fits Heigl the way it should, but it’s very pretty. From the back, though… rough. That sheer panel looks like Heigl’s control-top pantyhose is creeping up, and it makes her back look… bad.

Still, you can tell Heigl loves her dress, and she wants to flutter her skirt around, even at the expense of her husband trying to kiss on her. Poor Josh. I actually like Heigl’s makeup and hair too – I think this look is mostly a win. She just should pose over-the-shoulder.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Last night was the UK premiere of This Means War, that absolutely horrible-looking Reese Witherspoon vehicle which is just a rip-off of Mr. and Mrs. Smith (only in this one, the two spies are dudes and “the girl” is just a clumsy ditz!). Reese wore Louis Vuitton for the premiere, which… maybe on Cate Blanchett, I might kind of like this dress. But is it just me, or is this dress really unflattering on Reese’s figure? It makes her look really thick in the middle, and she’s NOT. It also makes her look like she’s hiding a boob job, which she very well may be hiding (new husband, new boobs?). Should I even say anything about the bangs (trauma)? I think Reese has a pretty heart-shaped face, and these scraggily, flat-ironed bangs don’t do much. I almost wish she had just kept the Jennifer Aniston-esque “beachy ditz” styling.

So unflattering. Why is she smiling like that? She’s going to bust something, she’s trying so hard.

Reese’s costars also walked the red carpet – here’s Chris Pine. This boy is handsome, but he does nothing for me. I think his attractive face seems kind of douchey.

But Tom Hardy was also there, and I need some alone time with these photos. JESUS. *fans self* Tom Hardy with a beard and a scarf? Who knew? He looks gorgeous. Unfortunately (or fortunately?), Tom seems to be back with his ex-fiancée, Charlotte Riley. They broke up a year ago (after Tom seemed to have gotten cozy with Lindsay Lohan!!!), but I guess they’re back on. She was at the premiere too, and they posed together briefly, but not exclusively. Don’t even get me started on her bow-covered dress.

Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.