Here are some more photos from the twenty-million events in and around the Tribeca Film Festival over the weekend. Let’s start with Michelle Williams, who looked happier than I’ve seen her in a long time. That is the look of love, people. Jason Segel has been in New York for the past week, and he and Michelle have been loved up. Michelle is even feeling bold enough to smile with her teeth! Anyway, Michelle wore this Giambattista Valli dress to the Take This Waltz premiere. I’m not in love with the dress, and she’s completely exhausted this silhouette. But sure. For what it is, and for the look she was going for, this is solid.

Here’s some Eric Bana, just because we rarely have new photos of him and this man is FINE.

Here’s James Franco, looking like a d-bag. Here’s the name of the film he’s promoting: Francophrenia (Or: Don’t Kill Me, I Know Where The Baby Is). For real.

Call me crazy, but Sarah Silverman looks really good here. I’m not even a fan.

Chris Colfer is adorable, isn’t he? Out of the entire Glee cast, I hope he’s the one that really breaks out and has a long career.

Olivia Wilde has been all over the Tribeca Film Festival for various reasons – she’s in some new films, but she’s also been to some premieres just for the hell of it. Here’s Olivia in Mason. Eh. I’m not crazy about it, but it’s not actively horrible. I can’t wait for her to dye her hair back too – this color doesn’t suit her at all. (Not even talking about the crazy Brian Atwood shoes, okay?)

And here’s Olivia in Prada. Now THIS is actively bad. And why would you put this horrible dress with those shoes? Ugh.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

The Tribeca Film Festival opened last night with a premiere of 5 Year Engagement, that movie with Emily Blunt and Jason Segel playing an engaged couple who simply can’t get married for various reasons. Jason was there, of course, but there were barely any photos of him, the star. Maybe he didn’t walk the carpet for very long? People Magazine explains why – Jason’s girlfriend of a month and a half was there. There are no photos of Michelle Williams, but People still managed to detail all of their loved-up PDA throughout the night:

New movie, new love. Michelle Williams and Jason Segel had plenty to feel giddy about Wednesday night, as the new couple attended the premiere of his movie The Five-Year Engagement at the Tribeca Film Festival – and snuggled together at the afterparty.

They were affectionate throughout the night. As the movie ended, he gave her a little kiss on the cheek, as she took off and he stayed in New York’s Ziegfeld Theater to chat with friends and well-wishers.

They were practically inseparable at the afterparty in the Museum of Modern Art. Segel held Williams’s hand and took her around to tables, whispering in her ear. They looked very new and very happy. At one point, he pulled her behind a curtain and she came back out and pointed at him jokingly.

Williams, 31, left before Segel, 32 – she leaned in, kissed his cheek, said something quickly in his ear, rubbed his back and dipped out through the curtain.

Speaking generally, not talking about Williams specifically, Segel, who co-wrote, the film about engaged couple who keep delaying their wedding, told PEOPLE about his own grand plans for getting engaged.

“My plan is to get her to marry me as quickly as possible before she finds out who I really am,” he said with a laugh. “I’ll do it romantic, but I’ll do it like over a three-day weekend. We’ll meet on Friday, have our first date on Saturday, engaged on Sunday and married on Monday.”

Segal certainly seems closer to making that kind of commitment than he used to be. “I hit my thirties and enough became enough,” he said. “I’m ready to enter phase three. I put the puppets into a closet. I’m getting nice furniture.”

Segel said his goal in making The Five-Year Engagement, which he co-wrote, was to show how complicated relationships are over the long haul. “A lot of people say ‘I do’ to a moment, but they don’t realize they’re saying ‘I do’ to a lifetime,” he said.

Asked if he would relocate for love, like his character does, Segel replied: “I would, absolutely.”

[From People Magazine]

Wow… he sounds like he’s ready for a major commitment. I’m a big believer in the theory popularized by Sex and the City – when most men are ready for to get married, they “put their light on” (like a cab), and the next girl they meet is “the one”. For Jason, it seems to be about timing – he got older, he entered his 30s, he made the choice to stop partying so much and he started thinking about settling down. And Michelle was the first quality woman he met within his new mindset. I guess that’s the storyline now – that’s “the love story” between Jason and Michelle, and it conveniently explains his past as a player. Still, lots of guys do make these kinds of changes as they get older, and I’m starting to see why Michelle and Jason are “happening” all of a sudden. Maybe they will end up getting married.

More photos from the 5 Year Engagement premiere – Olivia Wilde’s new blonde hair is awful. It doesn’t suit her at all. I’m not crazy about her Yigal Azrouel dress either.

LeeLee Sobieski in Band of Outsiders. Why does she keep wearing full-length gowns?

And Emily Blunt in Jason Wu. She loves this silhouette. I like the green-and-black combination – it suits her coloring. Plus, the pop of the emerald earrings is really nice too.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Michelle Williams and Jason Segel seem to have started up around this year’s Oscars. Michelle’s BFF Busy Phillips set them up, maybe because Busy thought they would be a good pair, or maybe because Busy was just kind of exhausted with being Michelle’s go-to date every weekend. Early reports indicated that Jason and Michelle were totally loved-up, smitten and cutesy together, and their romance seemed to go coast to coast too – Michelle would come to LA, Jason would come to Brooklyn. There were even photos of Jason hanging out with Matilda too. So… it’s serious.

Then Us Weekly ran a cover story about Michelle that seemed a bit too sympathetic. It was a pity-poor-Michelle piece, like the tabloids are really trying to make her into the next “America’s Sweetheart/America’s Victim,” in the image of the patron-saint of tabloid-victimization, Jennifer Aniston. Through the course of the cover story, Michelle’s unnamed friends managed to throw every one of Michelle’s post-Heath Ledger boyfriends under the bus while making Heath into some kind of idealized figure, Michelle’s own love martyr. The gist of the story was that all of the men Michelle dated after she and Heath broke up (months before his death) were all d-bags and Jason is the real thing. Which, in my opinion, is quite a lot of pressure to put on your boyfriend of little more than a month, especially given that Jason’s Hollywood reputation isn’t quite so family-friendly. Even the UK’s Shagger of Year Russell Brand thinks Jason’s player game is extraordinary – and that should tell you something.

But, in the meantime, everything is going well with Michelle and Jason. Jason even commented on his relationship during his promotional rounds for 5 Year Engagement.

His many weeks with Michelle! Since Us Weekly broke news last month — with adorable photo evidence — of Jason Segel and Michelle Williams’ unexpected new relationship, the couple has stayed quiet about their surprisingly serious relationship.

But Segel, 32, finally piped up when asked by Extra about Williams, 31.

“I think we would just very much like to be happy. That’s all I’m going to say about it,” the actor said alongside 5 Year Engagement costar Emily Blunt.

Blunt herself cooed of Segel’s romantic evolution: “He’s a man-boy! He used to be a boy-boy and now he’s a man-boy.”

Joked Segel: “I think I might even be becoming a man-man… potentially!”

In all seriousness, insiders told Us that Segel “has been trying to be more of a grown-up lately” to show his “commitment” to Williams, single mom to daughter Matilda. “He is taking care of himself more, exercising, eating right and dressing better. Basically, not acting like a frat boy anymore.”

Friends for years via mutual pal Busy Philips, the couple’s relationship “kind of happened overnight!” another pal marveled.

[From Us Weekly]

“I think we would just very much like to be happy…” Sure. Okay. Good luck! I mean it, too. I would love for Michelle to be in a committed relationship with a decent guy who genuinely likes and respects her, and maybe Jason really has changed. *fingers crossed*

In case you missed it, Jason was also photographed with his iPhone, which had photos of Michelle taped to the back - you can see the pics here. A friend of Michelle’s also notes, “Jason has already shown her his commitment to her.” Good God! It’s only been six weeks! Tops. Of course, Michelle does tend to move fast, doesn’t she? She and Heath got pregnant within, like, 8 weeks of knowing each other too, right? That’s my memory of it – but maybe I’m wrong?

Photos courtesy WENN.

I don’t even have the energy to give Us Weekly’s cover story the proper hyper-dramatic eye roll it so desperately needs. Michelle Williams is “finally letting go of the pain and allowing herself to love again” after Heath Ledger. This would have been a decent story in the months before Heath’s death, when both Heath and Michelle were seeing other people. This was definitely a better story when Michelle began dating again about a year after Heath died, when she counted directors Spike Jonze and Cary Fukunaga as steady boyfriends. But because Cary and Spike aren’t regulars on your television set like Jason Segel, I guess we’re all supposed to just wholeheartedly buy into Michelle’s second virginity. It’s not that her grief bugs me – she has every right to grieve. What bugs is that I feel like Michelle uses her grief as a PR angle. I feel like I’m being sold Michelle’s grief, prepackaged in Us Weekly and People Magazine.

Anyway, some highlights from Us Weekly’s cover story:

*On March 25, Michelle and Jason Segel had an early dinner in the Brooklyn restaurant Rucola. “Jason had his arm around her,” said a source. Four friends joined them for the meal, and Jason paid the check.

*A source close to Jason says that “romantically, this kind of happened overnight!”

*After Heath died, Michelle said she “felt like a walking open wound.” A source close to Ledger says, “She was caught up in a big tornado and she had a lot to recover from.”

*Michelle really likes Jason. A source close to Michelle says, “Jason is supersweet. He makes Michelle laugh and feel good about herself.” And Jason is good with Matilda too.

*Michelle is already telling friends that she “loves” Jason.

*Busy Phillips set them up. Busy talked up Jason to Michelle, then she set up a dinner between the three of them, and Busy left “conspicuously early.” After Busy left, Michelle and Jason sat there for hours drinking, talking and laughing.

*When Jason was in New York in March, he stayed with Michelle in her Brooklyn brownstone.

*Source: “Michelle doesn’t do flings. Every person she gets involved with is someone she can entertain the possibility of spending the rest of her life with.”

*Russell Brand once referred to Jason Segel (who apparently was/is a two-pack-a-day chain smoker) as “a falcon among gulls when it comes to womanizing.”

*Michelle finds Jason charming, romantic, funny and kind. Jason reportedly has “curbed” his bad habits – “He has made an effort to clean up his act… he’s been trying to be more of a grownup lately. He is taking care of himself more, exercising, eating right and dressing better. Basically, not acting like a frat boy anymore.”

*Jason thinks Michelle is “classy.” He was worried about introducing her to his friends because he doesn’t want anything to go wrong.

*She dated Spike Jonze from summer 2008 to late 2009. A source says, “When she met Spike, she was alone, sad and crying often.”

*At some point, Michelle seriously considering marrying a platonic friend – “They didn’t really have strong feelings for each other…it was so Matilda could have more stability and a father.”

*After that, Michelle began dating “a–holes who didn’t treat her right,” says an insider. One of those “a–holes,” according to the source, was Cary Fukunaga. They broke up, according to this pro-Michelle source, because Cary “didn’t want to step up and be a stepfather to Matilda. He was just looking for an unserious situation.”

*Michelle also hooked up with a cinematographer in Michigan (while she was working on Oz: The Great and Powerful) last year.

[From Us Weekly, print edition]

At one point when Us Weekly cues the violins for Michelle, they reference that Vanity Fair article about Heath’s death, in which several people close to Heath said negative things about Michelle and how she treated Heath in the final months, and how she denied him access to Matilda (you can read some highlights from the VF piece here). Us Weekly notes that Michelle never deigned to answer those criticisms, but the way the issue is framed in the tabloid, it’s like Michelle is being persecuted. There’s even a reference to “knives” being plunged into Michelle’s back.

Here’s a real question: why is Michelle Williams suddenly getting the Jennifer Aniston-Victimhood Tabloid Treatment? We get it, she’s sympathetic. She would be more sympathetic if she wasn’t trying to force us to see her as sympathetic.

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Shortly after the Oscars, LaineyGossip had an exclusive about Michelle Williams and Jason Segel. Allegedly, they were spotted out on a date, looking friendly and flirty at the Marmont. Now, Michelle spent the entire awards season ensconced in her second virginity, seemingly too fragile, too delicate, too vulnerable to allow another man into her life after Heath Ledger (you know, except for all of the boyfriends she had after Heath). While I thought the Michelle-Jason pairing was interesting, I didn’t really buy that they were a real love-match or anything. But I was wrong! Us Weekly has new, exclusive photos of Michelle, Jason and Matilda hanging out together, and they look… like a happy family?

No more blue Valentines for Michelle Williams! The demure three-time Oscar nominee, 31, has fallen for longtime pal Jason Segel, a source confirms exclusively to Us Weekly.

“They are smitten and very serious,” the source says of the My Week With Marilyn star and Segel, 32. (The actress split from Heath Ledger five months before his death in 2008.)

The unexpected new couple was photographed taking a romantic stroll after a meal at Frankie’s Spuntino in Brooklyn March 24. “He put his arm around her and made her laugh as they walked,” says a witness. “[They] seemed very relaxed.”

The next day, How I Met Your Mother star Segel was snapped bonding with Matilda, Williams’ 6-year-old daughter, as she went for a ride on her scooter.

Friends for years through Williams’ BFF and Segel’s Freaks and Geeks costar Busy Philipps, their relationship only recently turned romantic.

They dined (and giggled) at L.A.’s Chateau Marmont Feb. 27, and then shared supper at West Hollywood’s Comme Ca March 16.

Although they live on different coasts, the Brooklyn-based actress and L.A. denizen are “trying to make it work,” the source says. “She hasn’t been this happy in a long time.”

[From Us Weekly]

I didn’t realize that Michelle and Jason have probably known each other for years. That makes it better, I think. Acquaintances first, sharing a mutual friend (Busy), then becoming friends, and then starting to date. That’s nice. And it makes sense as to why Michelle is already letting Jason spend time with Matilda – Matilda probably already met Jason when Jason and Michelle were simply friends.

Still, I do have some slight concerns. From what I know about Jason Segel, he’s a talented writer and comedic actor, but he also has a taste for some of the trashier elements in Hollywood. Like, I believe he hooked up with Lindsay Lohan a few years ago. Gross. Of course, Heath Ledger did too.

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As I said during this past awards season, I liked the idea of Michelle Williams bringing her BFF Busy Phillips as her “date” for the big events. I think they are truly best friends, and I think their friendship transcends Hollywood press and photo ops and image consulting and Oscar campaigns. I like that Michelle brought a girl-date who would be a lot of fun, and she wouldn’t have to think about the sexual politics of everything. So, what’s the problem? Well, first of all, Busy was Michelle’s date for everything! Like, Busy went everywhere with Michelle throughout January and February. Busy has a husband and a daughter, and it started to feel a little bit weird that Busy was always “on call” for Michelle. Second problem: Michelle’s Oscar campaign seemed to include a “second virginity clause” where Michelle acted like she was much too delicate to even allow a boy to touch her fragile body. In plain terms, she acted like her grief over Heath Ledger had re-virginized her. And it was sketchy.

Still, Busy and Michelle’s friendship took no hits. Michelle lost out on most awards, but whatever happened, Busy kept Michelle’s spirits up. Plus, Busy is a good enough friend to know that she could never look better, style-wise, than Michelle. So Busy always under-dressed. Perfect date! But just how perfect? Dun dun dun. The Enquirer claims that there are now “rumors” about Michelle and Busy’s “close” relationship:

Men come and go, but women who are best friends last forever! That’s the mottor of Michelle Williams, who is stuck like glue to Busy Phillips.

“Michelle and Busy have a mutual girl crush on each other,” an insider told The Enquirer. “They’re soul mates who do absolutely everything together. Lots of people whisper behind their backs, speculating that their relationship is more than just platonic. But they’re just the best of friends.”

Busy has been married to screenwriter Marc Silverstein since 2007, and they have a 3-year-old daughter. Meanwhile, Michelle is mother to daughter Matilda, age 6. Michelle has dated on and off since Heath Ledger’s death in 2008, like a post-Heath romance with indie director Spike Jonze. She was also recently spotted out with actor Jason Segel.

“But there’s nothing serious going on,” said the source, adding, “ Nothing will ever touch the feelings she had for Heath. He was the love of her life.”

Recently, Michelle sparked rumors when she took Busy as her date to several awards season events, but the source says: “The truth is that Michelle is reluctant to dive back into the dating scene… frankly, she’s more comfortable having Busy by her side.”

[From The Enquirer, print edition]

I think they probably are nonsexual-girlfriend soulmates. They seem to have a lot of love for each other, and I hope (hope hope) that it goes both ways between them – that Michelle listens to Busy’s problems as much as Busy is listening to Michelle’s problems, you know? So… yeah. Whatever. I don’t think Busy and Michelle are anything but best friends. As for Michelle being “reluctant to dive back into the dating scene”… for the love of God. She’s had several boyfriends since Heath died! Why is Michelle pretending like that never happened? The jig is up!

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I have to give Michelle Williams some belated credit. Even though her Oscar campaign annoyed me to no end, she wasn’t using actively using her daughter as part of her campaign. Like, Michelle played up her “mommy” credentials, of course, all while being ensconced in her second virginity, and all while actively playing The Widow Ledger. But in retrospect, isn’t it nice that there weren’t dozens of “candid” photo shoots of Michelle and Matilda? I like that Michelle actively (and truly) seems to want to keep Matilda away from Hollywood and from the paparazzi lenses. If it had been Jennifer Garner up for an Oscar, there would have been twice-daily photo ops, every single day of her campaign.

So what do you make of these photos? Michelle and Matilda have been photographed out and about in LA twice this week, post-Oscars. I’m going to give Michelle the rare benefit of the doubt and say that Michelle is simply not used to being in LA with Matilda, and she wasn’t expecting the paparazzi to catch her out with Mattie. Is that fair to her? Or is this part of a new kind of mommy-centric campaign?

Mattie is a cutie, isn’t she? As she gets older, I see more of Michelle in her and less of Heath. And I like that Mattie isn’t used to seeing photographers too – she seems uncomfortable seeing strange men around her. As most normal kids would be.

One last thing – have you read this blind item? A lot of people think it’s about Michelle. I think it could be about Rooney Mara or Viola Davis, but Michelle probably is the better guess.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN.

I wanted to group all of these dresses together for some reason last night. I don’t remember why. In my defense, I was half asleep because the Oscars were so damn dull. Anyway, this is a post devoted to the “red dresses” of the Oscars. Look, don’t even yell at me because you think Michelle Williams’ gown is “coral” or “dark pink.” It’s a pink-orange-red. It’s still a shade of red to me. Let’s just start with Michelle’s gown, okay? It’s Louis Vuitton, and I dislike it. I’m not a complete hater, though. I just didn’t think it was so special, and the peplum gave the impression of a little girl’s party dress. Which… Michelle was probably going for, since she loves to dress like a little girl. Michelle’s hair is her thing, and while I personally dislike it, I’ve grown to accept it. It’s fine. Whatever. Michelle doesn’t make my best-dressed or my worst-dressed. I just wish she would go back to her normal speaking voice and stop with the affected, lispy little-girl crap.

Here’s Natalie Portman in vintage Dior. I liked it at first glance, but now that I’m really examining it… the polka dots are not great. The shade of red isn’t the best. The fit is off, especially in the bust. The necklace doesn’t go with the gown. Her hair is meh and her makeup is gorgeous, al always. And her K-Fed is shorn.

Here’s Janet McTeer, nominee for Best Supporting Actress, in David Meister Signature. I think she looks really, really hot. Her body looks great, the dress is flattering, and she seems like she was just having fun.

Emma Stone in Giambattista Valli – although she claimed it’s “fuchsia” – which it isn’t. It looked too much like Nicole Kidman’s gown in 2007. Plus, I don’t like Emma in stuff that’s high-necked. It makes her look stocky, which she isn’t.

And here’s Livia Firth in custom-made Valentino. It’s too puffy, and the bust is weird. She’s so supremely gorgeous though, I kind of forgot to look at her dress.

Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.