Carrie Underwood looked incredible at last night’s Grammys in a high neck long sleeve white and silver sequin Gomez-Gracia gown. It was demure yet sexy and featured a subtle cut out at the back. Our friends at Red Carpet Fashion Awards write that her black clutch was “too heavy for this look,” but I disagree and find it kind of striking against the white. I like her poofy hair and her heavily done eyes paired with neutral lips. In some shots her eyelashes look like caterpillars they’re so huge. It’s overdone but somehow Carrie pulls it off. Carrie was up for Best Country Solo performance, for “Mama’s Song,” which went to Taylor Swift for “Mean.” She performed a duet last night with Tony Bennett, “It Had To Be You,” which was flawless. (You can watch it here.) I loved her performance gown as well and she switched up her hair for that too, opting for flowing waves.

Kate Beckinsale was done to the hilt as usual, only this time she attempted a more “casual” look that’s just as constructed as everything she puts out there. I think Kate looks gorgeous, as she always does, and I like that she has her hair pulled up in loose curls. It highlights her pretty face instead of bringing attention to all the fake hair she has. Kate was in a short Zuhair Murad one-shoulder cream gathered gown with a black ribbon detail. It also featured a trailing chiffon scarf-like loop at the side. It was a decent dress and appropriate for the event but it looked like it should have been knee length instead of so short.

Miranda Lambert was in a peachy-biege embroidered cap sleeve Pavoni gown that had some superficial features in common with Taylor Swift’s dress. I don’t love it and found it somewhat predictable, but it looks nice on Miranda and I like her styling. Kaiser and I were talking about this dress and she thinks it’s very pageanty and similar to a lot of the other tacky dresses Miranda wears. It’s not bad for what it is I guess. What’s up with her shoes, though? Look at her toes peeking out under her dress.

Julianne Hough really rocked a tight sleevess black and grey Kaufman Franco with abstract bamboo-like stripe detail. I love this dress and find it both contemporary and very flattering. Julianne’s styling leaves something to be desired, though. Her makeup could be bolder and her hair is kind of underwhelming with that center part that ends halfway down her scalp. Still, one of the better dresses of the night.

On the other hand Alicia Keys took contemporary too far in this Alexandre Vauthier Couture. Red Carpet Fashion Awards has a photo of the dress on the runway and Alicia paired it with the exact same shoes the designer used. Her feet look crammed in there and like her toes are trying to escape. That’s just the design of the shoes, and it’s so unflattering. Those padded shoulders coupled with that poofy hair just looks ridiculous. Plus she had the worst accessory of all.

Photo credit: Apega/WENN.com and KM/FameFlynet Pictures

I generally find Kate Beckinsale to be rather bland in personality. I don’t hold it against her, really. I think she’s beautiful in a way I associate with Southern beauty pageants – Kate always looks “done” and she’s always “got her face on” and she’s always impeccably (over) dressed. She’s Charlotte in Sex and the City, you know? Anyway, I was going to ignore Kate’s cover interview for the March issue of Women’s Health UK, but I ended up skimming the piece and finding it charming, mostly because Kate gossips a lot about her various leading men. I’ll admit, I liked her more after this piece:

Working with her director husband Les Wiseman on the Total Recall remake with Colin Farrell: “I think it was worse for Colin [Farrell]. It’s awkward if you have to fondle the director’s wife. Especially with Len saying, ‘all right that’s it, you’re fired. Colin’s lovely. He’s such a good actor, really professional and a brilliant dad. There’s nothing bad you can say about Colin – and he’s funny as well. I hate him!”

Taking a three year hiatus and then coming back with Underworld: Awakening and Contraband: “I didn’t plan on a sabbatical, there just wasn’t anything I was dying to do and I have to really make the decision – is it worth me being away from my kid [her daughter Lily].”

Training for Contraband: “It’s not really in my nature to do all this ass-kicking. When I first started training for Underworld they were like: ‘she can’t even f**king run!’ And I couldn’t. I got more bruises on Contraband than in all the Underworlds put together. It was like, ‘let’s not choreograph the fight, let’s just see what happens.’ And all of a sudden Giovanni Ribisi [her Contraband co-star] comes flying into my house and beats the sh*t out of me.”

On Mark Wahlberg: “He’s very manly. And if someone squeezes your boobs at a Katy Perry concert – which is what happened to me in Toronto – I did wish Mark was there because he would have sorted it out.”

On Hugh Jackman: “His reputation is as the nicest person in show business and it’s sort of true. And he’s not shy of skipping and stuff. He knows a lot of show tunes.”

No social networking: “I don’t do Twitter or Facebook. I like to be able to reserve the right to complain about people bothering me in my private life.”

On the paparazzi attention: “It’s a good thing we [she and husband Len Wiseman] weren’t in Europe or I’d be topless. And thank God we’ve been married as long as we have, and the pants stayed on, that’s all I can say!”

Her favorite body part: “I once said, ‘my beaver’, and everyone was shocked. So I’m going to say my ears.”

No Botox: “I haven’t even done Botox. Look, I can move my face.”

[From Women’s Health UK via The Mail]

Do you believe her about the Botox? I think I do. I don’t know. I’m debating it. She been photographed a lot lately, and in some photos, she does look slightly tweaked, but maybe it’s just because she went away for a while and I forgot what she looked like? I don’t think she’s had her eyes done. And her face does MOVE. Okay, I’ll buy her claim that she’s un-tweaked.

Oh, and is this code? “He’s not shy of skipping and stuff. He knows a lot of show tunes.” IS IT? If you said that about Tom Cruise, I would say that was code – BAD code. But since it’s about Hugh Jackman, can we just take it at face value?

Women’s Health photos courtesy of The Mail.

These are photos of Kate Beckinsale and her director husband Len Wiseman at last night’s LA premiere of Underworld: Awakening. Something is bugging me about Kate in these photos, and I can’t really put my finger on what. I think she looks lovely, as she almost always does. I like the cut of her Jenny Packham dress, and while the color doesn’t do much for Kate, it’s not bad or offensive in any way. Kate’s makeup is usually the same too – flawless. And considering Kate is wearing one of Duchess Kate’s new favorite designers (it’s amazing how Jenny Packham’s profile has grown in Hollywood since Duchess Kate started wearing her last year), I think Beckinsale is even trying to style herself after the Duchess of Cambridge. Look at Beckinsale’s waves – it’s like she rolled her hair (Waity-style) and then brushed it out. And Beckinsale’s hair look more red-carpet ready than Waity’s, honestly. Duchess Kate’s curly ‘do always look so “sorority girl on her first job interview.”

So maybe my problem is that Beckinsale has styled herself in the Waity style, and that Beckinsale might have even exceeded Waity’s “look”? I don’t think that’s it. I think my problem is that Kate doesn’t look “special” for her own premiere. Seeing Kate in a beautiful gown is normal – she throws on a gown for ANYTHING. It just seems like another day for her, so she doesn’t look “special” for one of the few events she has where she is The Star.

Also – I’d love to see this dress in red. Wouldn’t it be gorgeous in red? I would wear it.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Kate Beckinsale was on The Late Show last night in a tight sequin one-shoulder Donna Karan gown. She paired it with Louboutin slingbacks and big diamond Neil Lane hoop earrings. She was promoting the fourth Underworld movie, Underworld: Awakening. As Lainey mentions, it looks like she was dressing for an awards ceremony, not for Letterman. She’s so pretty but she constantly overdresses and overstyles herself. Her hair extensions were also ridiculously long as usual. For some reason her hair bugs me like that as it often looks very fake.

On Letterman (video above) Kate told some funny stories involving her 13 year-old daughter. She said that her daughter, Lily, thinks of her mom as embarrassing now. She also shared a photo and a story about parasailing with Lily on vacation in the Bahamas. It was basically terrifying for both of them. I’ve seen other interviews with Kate and she’s always funny, prepared with good stories and completely “on” without seeming to try too hard. (Apart from her fashion.) She never shares anything particularly revealing and she’s clearly got the game down.

In terms of how I feel about her, I’m basically neutral. She seems to get papped a disproportionate amount to her level of fame, and I’m sure she sets up candids. She’s not offensive in any way, but I do find her a bit phony. She’s overrated, I guess that sums it up for me.

Here are some recent photos of her. She looks like Posh, right? So perfectly put together. Somewhat put out to be photographed in transit, but not really.

Photo credit: Fame/Flynet

Note to self: Include Anthony Mackie in the next Hot Guy Friday. For real, he’s so adorable.

These are new photos of the always cute Anthony Mackie and the always try-hard Kate Beckinsale, announcing the Independent Spirit Awards yesterday. Let’s just talk about the superficial stuff before we discuss the noms – why is Kate Beckinsale there? And how cute is her dress? And why don’t my legs look that sexy? As for Anthony – I’m not loving the length of his hair right now. It’s like it’s a half an inch away from being totes Boyz II Men. I also love the gap in his teeth – folklore has it that the gap signifies a lustful nature. PLS!

Here’s the list of this season’s Independent Spirit Award nominees – I’m just including the bigger awards, and you can see the full list here.

BEST FILM: 50/50, Beginners, Drive, Take Shelter, The Artist, The Descendants

BEST DIRECTOR
Michel Hazanavicius The Artist
Mike Mills Beginners
Jeff Nichols Take Shelter
Alexander Payne The Descendants
Nicolas Winding Refn Drive

BEST FEMALE LEAD
Lauren Ambrose Think of Me
Rachael Harris Natural Selection
Adepero Oduye Pariah
Elizabeth Olsen Martha Marcy May Marlene
Michelle Williams My Week with Marilyn

BEST MALE LEAD
Demián Bichir A Better Life
Jean Dujardin The Artist
Ryan Gosling Drive
Woody Harrelson Rampart
Michael Shannon Take Shelter

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Jessica Chastain Take Shelter
Anjelica Huston 50/50
Janet McTeer Albert Nobbs
Harmony Santana Gun Hill Road
Shailene Woodley The Descendants

BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Albert Brooks Drive
John Hawkes Martha Marcy May Marlene
Christopher Plummer Beginners
John C. Reilly Cedar Rapids
Corey Stoll Midnight in Paris

Random thoughts: no lead actress nomination for Glenn Close for Albert Nobbs? Weird. Maybe she’s not a major Best Actress contender after all – which is what I kind of suspected after seeing the trailer, which was a hot mess. And no Joseph Gordon Levitt for Lead Actor for 50/50? That sucks! And no Clooney either – The Descendants and 50/50 both got recognized for best film, but their leads both got shut out. That’s kind of funny in Clooney’s case, since he’s Mr. Oscar Campaign this year.

Beginners is starting to get a lot of buzz too – it won big at the Gotham Awards. The Artist and Jean Dujardin are on everyone’s “Best of” lists right now, so I guess I have to start paying attention to that film. My guesses for the lead awards are Dujardin and Michelle Williams. If it’s not Dujardin, it will be Gosling – I remember when he won the Spirit Award for Half Nelson, and it wouldn’t surprise me if they awarded him again. The supporting categories are anyone’s guess. Meh.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Even more photos from the LACMA event for Clint Eastwood! I told you there were a lot of Fashion Girls there. Previously, I’ve covered Reese Witherspoon, Kate Bosworth, Evan Rachel Wood and Camilla Belle. Hopefully, this will be my last post regarding this event with really bad lighting. First up: Kate Hudson in this gold-bronze cocktail dress. I really, really like the dress, and I think Kate looks great, honestly. She lost the baby weight very quickly, and her lover was on her arm for the event. My only qualm about the styling is the dress looks a little extra baggy in the bust. In some of the photos from the event, she’s tugging at it so she doesn’t expose a tit. The fit could be better, but other than that, beautiful.

Next up: Kate Beckinsale in the same white dress you always see her in. She’s always wearing white dresses, and this is a very familiar silhouette for Kate too. Meh. Her hair is horrible – and she has good hair naturally! She just did something funky with it here.

Emily Blunt, in what I’m guessing is Gucci. The dress is sexy, and her body is great. I HATE the hair, though. And the makeup. She looks very drag queen-y here.

And finally, Amy Adams in Gucci. I don’t get why she wears these blush colors, they do nothing for her. She’s a pale redhead – she needs brighter colors.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

I was going to do some individual posts about Comic-Con and all of the odd fashion choices and cute boys that were swirling around, but I decided to just split this junk up into two posts – Fashion and Cute Boys (better knows as Hot Guy Comic-Con, which I’ll do in a moment). Last night was the Comic-Con premiere of Cowboys & Aliens, and Olivia Wilde chose this… oddly funereal black lace Dolce & Gabbana gown. I don’t understand putting on this kind of heavy, lacy, black mourning garb for a summer premiere at Comic-Con. I don’t understand the super-heavy makeup choice either – while I don’t care for Olivia in general, I think she’s much prettier with more natural makeup (and minus the bangs trauma, so that’s a plus).

Next up: Ginnifer Goodwin in a radioactive-yellow dress by Roksanda Ilincic. Um. I think Ginnifer is cute as a button, but this dress is so bright, and yellow isn’t necessarily her color. But I kind of like that she went so bold.

Freida Pinto at the press conference for The Immortals, designer unknown. Cute and appropriate for a photo call.

Jessica Biel and Kate Beckinsale promoting the Total Recall remake. Both look pretty happy to be amongst the nerds, but I think Biel is a little “too happy”. I’ve never really noticed before how they could be sisters. As for the fashion – Kate is wearing Tibi, and Biel wore this odd, unflattering Christina Cota belly shirt and Aldo shorts. What is this, 1994?

But my new favorite photos are these, from the Snow White press conference/photo call. Both Kristen Stewart (Lip-biting Snow White) and Charlize Theron (haughty Evil Queen) look fine and appropriate. Both my body-language expertise (non-existent) says that Charlize and K-Stew kind of hate each other. Well, Charlize just looks like “This lip-biting bitch.” K-Stew looks more like “Wha?”

Photos courtesy of WENN & Fame.

Last week, LaineyGossip talked about the activities of Michael Sheen, his ex Kate Beckinsale, and his current squeeze, Rachel McAdams. Oh, and Kate and Michael’s daughter, Lily. Michael and his girls were in Toronto, where I believe Michael and Rachel have made their home base, and where Kate brought Lily so that they could all go to the Canadian premiere of Harry Potter. To see those photos, go here. Kate and Michael have always struck me as the best kind of joint-parents. Both seem to actively spend a lot of time with Lily, and it’s always seemed to me that Kate and Michael still get along pretty well in general. Didn’t Kate dump him for her current husband, Len Wiseman? I believe there was some overlap.

Anyway, I’m kind of surprised it took the tabloids so long to create a controversy between Michael’s ex and his current, but better late than never. According to In Touch, Kate Beckinsale kind of hates Rachel McAdams:

He’s the king of schlub, but actor Michael Sheen, 42, has two Hollywood beauties fighting over him! Living with Kate Beckinsale, 38, from 1995 to 2003, the exes have been peacefully sharing custody of their daughter, Lily, 12, for the last eight years. But even though Kate has been married to director Len Wiseman, 38, since 2004, she’s got her claws out when it comes to Michael’s new love, Rachel McAdams, 32.

“Rachel and Kate make a point to avoid each other, and it seems like it’s Kate who’s the resistant one,” says an insider, though her rep denies it.

Just recently, Michael brought Lily to Kate’s hotel to spend the night, and Rachel was left steaming outside of the hotel!

“She couldn’t even go upstairs or inside with him,” reveals the source. And on July 17, he left Rachel home so he could bring Lily – and Kate – to the Canadian premiere of Harry Potter.

“There are opportunities where Michael could bring Rachel along, but he doesn’t,” says the insider.

[From In Touch Weekly, print edition]

Part of me thinks it’s true just because Kate seems like that kind of woman – the kind of woman who “trades up” from a character actor boyfriend to a Hollywood director, then still wants her ex to be hung up on her and acts pissy to whoever he dates. But I’m going to give Kate the benefit of the doubt here – I think she and Michael just focus on being good parents to Lily, and maybe that ongoing relationship – because of their child – is rubbing Rachel the wrong way? I don’t know. I don’t see Rachel as the kind of person who would get pissy about it either. She and Michael seem genuinely loved up. And maybe THAT is what’s pissing off Kate. That her ex found professional success and a cute, younger girlfriend after Kate dumped him.

Photos courtesy of Fame & WENN.

A few weeks ago, Kaiser was aghast to learn that Kate Bosworth was reportedly (at least, according to her publicist) up for a gig opposite Colin Farrell in the superfluous remake of Total Recall. Naturally, it was a terrible idea to consider Bosworth in a remake that shouldn’t exist at all; and while I honestly think that Colin Farrell (who is no slouch in the action department), is quite talented, I don’t see him in the Schwarznegger role either. This is probably because I just don’t see anyone filling Arnold’s formerly musclebound prowess in a sufficient and wholly unlaughable manner. For loyalists like myself, this remake has already been doomed from conception, but at least there’s the positive news now that Bosworth has been disregarded for the role in favor of another Kate, who just happens to have the last name “Beckinsale”:

Kate Beckinsale has been offered one of the female lead roles alongside Colin Farrell in the Sony Pictures remake Total Recall. I’m told she’s been offered to play Lori, who was portrayed in the 1990 Paul Verhoeven-directed actioner by Sharon Stone. In fact, that role really launched Stone’s star after she transformed from the happy spouse of Douglas Quaid (Arnold Schwarzenegger) into someone completely different.

Both that role and the role of Melina (played in the original by Rachel Ticotin) has drawn high interest from actresses. I’ve heard that Eva Mendes and Rosario Dawson are the serious contenders for the latter role. Beckinsale wasn’t among the names most often mentioned among actresses who read for Lori. But she certainly has a track record with the film’s director, Len Wiseman. They’re married, and before that, worked together on the Underworld films. Beckinsale, who just wrapped Contraband with Mark Wahlberg, is also attached to star in The Trials of Kate McCullough, to be directed by Karen Moncrieff. She is currently shooting Underworld 4: New Dawn, so we’ll have to wait a beat to see if she accepts. She’s repped by WME and Brillstein Entertainment Partners.

[From Deadline]

Sure, Kate Beckinsale is a much wiser choice for the Sharon Stone role than Kate Bosworth, but I have a hunch that nearly any famous Kate (Winslet, Hudson, Moss, Gosselin, maybe even Middleton) could eastily do better than Bosworth. She’s such a no talent who has relied on her relative good looks to get her far enough in Hollywood, but she’s no actress. Man, I bet Bosworth is seriously pissed about this little slight. She needs to look at the bright side though, for this will totally free up her schedule and give her more time not only to get papped with Alexander Skarsgard but also to convince the world that she reads Russian literature, right?

Photos courtesy of Fame Pictures

This just a post about the fashion porn at Cannes. The photos just came in from the big opening night premiere of Robin Hood, and evidently, every woman (save Dame Helen Mirren) thought the Cannes Film Festival was a cotillion. Big skirts. Big, big, massive skirts. And pageant hair. Ugh. Let’s start with the only one who looked effortless and chic, my Dame Helen. I would wear this dress in a heartbeat. Except that on me (or anyone else) it would look like a plain black dress (although there’s some detailing on the left neckline and shoulder). Look at Helen’s body in this thing. She’s crazy sexy.

Now, on to the cotillion. I have to give it to Cate Blanchett – if you’re going to do a big f-cking dress, why not do it this way? With a big f-cking eagle/hawk of doom imprinted on your couture. Do you think Cate saw this and was like “Fabulous. The bird of prey, please.” I’m thinking it’s Gaultier, but I could totally be wrong. It’s McQueen. I was wrong.

Next: Eva Longoria. WTF? I didn’t realize the Cannes red carpet was her wedding march. And just FYI to Eva: Charlize and Penelope can make the big tiered/ruffled skirts work, but you can’t. Plus, they were making it work three years ago. Not now.

Kate Beckinsale (who is on the Cannes jury) is trying to do the same Charlize/Penelope thing, and her failure is epic. Plus, the bodice goes on too far, so it makes it seem (to my allergy-drug-addled mind) like Kate has a big, lavender-haired vadge. That veers to the right. It’s so bad I almost missed my boyfriend Benecio del Toro in the corner of the photo. Mmm…he could check out my big lavender vadge. What?

Russell’s wife (I forget her name, Mrs. McAngryPants, whatever) looks over it. She’s all “I wish I was drunk right now.” Russell’s all “I am drunk right now.”

Photos from the Robin Hood premiere in Cannes on May 12, 2010. Credit: WENN.