I think Naomi Watts has become one of the most consistently well-dressed women on the red carpet. She wasn’t always – I remember when she first came on the scene in the early aughts, her style could be hit-or-miss. While she still occasionally “phones it in” or errs on the side of wearing too many neutrals, Naomi’s style just gets better and better. It’s really only the neutral thing that bugs me personally – I wish she would stop wearing so many beiges, sand colors, and off-whites (see: the blah dress she wore at the SAGs, at the end of the post). Sometimes they look great, sometimes they was her out but she simply does that neutral color scheme too often. But as I discovered with Naomi’s People Magazine interview, she doesn’t care for one bold color that shows up on every carpet:

We didn’t think there was a single thing Naomi Watts couldn’t wear, but the Academy Award-nominated actress, 44, informs us that there’s just one shade she won’t sport.

“I won’t wear red on the red carpet … I just never think blondes look good in red.” Watts told PEOPLE Wednesday at The Hollywood Reporter and Jimmy Choo’s 25 Most Powerful Stylists luncheon in West Hollywood. “I think it’s good for dark haired girls and dark skinned girls. But for some reason, I always feel like I look trashy in it.”

So trashy, in fact, that she believes “blondes plus red, to me, looks a little bit porno, and I’ve never felt quite right.”

How to explain that “near red moment” in Zac Posen, then?

“Because it had a busy print, it had different colors,” she says. “It wasn’t fire engine red. At the [Golden] Globes I wore burgundy or plum. That wasn’t red. If you put blue in it, I can wear it, but orange does not look good with my skin.”

[From People]

I included a photo of the “red” Zac Posen for the header of this post – I would call that a burgundy or a wine-red, not really lipstick red or an orange-red, like Naomi said. I agree that she probably shouldn’t wear orange-reds – that’s fine with me. I don’t necessarily think she would look “p0rn0” (although I think it’s funny that her association with a blonde in red is “p0rn”), but it probably wouldn’t suit her. And I agree, darker women can pull off reds and bold jewel tones better than most blondes. But I still think Naomi is too cautious about her colors – she would be perfectly capable of finding a balance between not being overwhelmed by a too-bold color and not being washed out by a too-bland neutral. Now… she looks fantastic in metallics and greys, doesn’t she? Maybe that’s the happy-medium.

Additionally, Naomi gave another interview where she discussed Botox and whether she would ever jack her face. It’s funny because she’s BFFs with Nicole Kidman. Naomi said:

“Never say never—and I certainly don’t judge anyone who does it. But most of the characters I play are going through some kind of emotional turmoil, so my job requires me to have expression…. If my face was froze, what right do I have to play that part? All the women who haven’t anything to their faces are still able to play great roles. And some of the ones who have done something have messed it up—they look freakish. Anyway, for me it’s about playing women with rich lives—and the longer the life, the deeper the wrinkles.”

[Via E! News]

Oooooh, did Naomi just shade the hell out of Nicole? “And some of the ones who have done something have messed it up—they look freakish”!!! It certainly sounds like she’s “judging”. And bless her for that – Nicole needs to be shaded (often) for the terrible things she’s done to her once-beautiful face.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Damn Liev Schreiber is looking good. Here we have photos of him on the beach in Malibu with his lucky partner, Naomi Watts, and their two boys: Sasha, 5, and Sammy, 4. I’ll be honest though, I’m not paying attention to Naomi or the kids, as cute as they are. All I can see are Liev’s abs. We saw shirtless photos of Liev last week also – Buzzfeed had some gorgeous high res pics that had me drooling. There were even a series of photos of him shirtless and pouring a big jug of water over himself. Those were kind of amazing, I suggest you go over there to see them. I’ll wait.

See? This dude is hot! I never imagined what he was packing under that suit, and I remember seeing photos of him last year. He was very fit back then but he’s buffed up even more since and it shows. I just checked and he’s 45! I thought he was about 39, and I would have guessed younger if he was just some random non-famous guy.

Liev has three movies coming out this year: Fading Gigolo, Last Days on Mars, and The Butler. Unfortunately I don’t think he plays the lead in Fading Gigolo, that’s John Turturro’s film and he’s pulling a Ben Affleck. Also, everyone and their mother is in The Butler. He does seem to have a major role in Last Days on Mars, it’s a scifi film about astronauts encountering sinister life on the planet. There’s no US release date for it yet, and no trailer. All I could find was this promo pic, which makes it look promising actually. Liev is really growing on me.

You know, if Liam Neeson and Bruce Willis can be action stars at 60 and 57, Liev can get some love too. He has time left to dazzle us in a hero role, and I’ll be waiting.

Last Days on Mars pic via Firstshowing. Other photos credit: FameFlynet

Does anyone else feel bad for Naomi Watts? Reportedly, she gave one of the best performances of her career in The Impossible, and she garnered nominations in every major award show, and it conceivably could have been her year… and then nothing. She didn’t win anything. She got shoved to the side by Jennifer Lawrence and Jessica Chastain. So maybe it was time, Naomi thought, to change up her look. Nothing too dramatic, but something fresh to shake off a slightly bad run. These are photos of Naomi in Paris for the Louis Vuitton show yesterday – she’s showing off a new bob! Just FYI, this is how she looked during the awards season:

See? It’s not a super-dramatic cut, but it’s still notable. I think her bob is really cute! Compared to her old hairstyle, this seems so fresh and clean and youthful-yet-adult. SO much better than midlife crisis (or breakup) bangs. I would be all for it if this was the new trend: ladies taking out their extensions and/or cutting off their overprocessed lengthy hair to something fresh and clean.

When I was looking through the photos of the Louis Vuitton show, I came across these pics of Lily Collins, who was also at the show. I think she came into Paris just for this show, actually. Um… I know Lainey has talked about how thin Lily has gotten, but her weight loss seems especially dramatic in these photos. It’s like half of her face is gone! All I see are bones and brows. Not a good look! Why do all of these young girls think that this super-skinny look is the ideal? It’s like a generation of girls aspire to be Kate Bosworth, and I’m sorry, but that’s ridiculous. Look at Bosworth’s career! Who wants THAT?

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.

Metallics were a big trend at last night’s Oscars, and I’m including some of the best examples of the darker metallics in this post. I see a lot of people loved Best Actress nominee Naomi Watts’ asymmetrical Armani Prive gown, but I just wasn’t into it. Her body looked beautiful, I liked her hair, jewelry and makeup and I love that she seems to be aging naturally. I also loved the color – like a pewter-blue metallic. But I just didn’t love the design of the dress. It feels like the kind of gown that Cate Blanchett – and ONLY La Blanchett – could really rock. On Naomi, it just seemed… “off”. I would have liked it better (on her) if it had a symmetrical design on top.

Nicole Kidman wore L’Wren Scott, a designer which Nicole has been wearing a lot of lately. I’ll admit it – I really liked this gown when I saw it in motion on the red carpet, but the still photos are leaving me cold. The gold swirls at the bottom are amazing, but now that I’m really looking at it… the gown is too small. Nicole stuffed her bolt-ons into it. And while I love that Nicole seemed “looser” on the red carpet, her hair was WAY too loose. She had some of the worst hair on the red carpet (along with Aniston).

And here’s poor Stacy Keibler in Naeem Khan, with her Oscar date George Clooney. They did not rule over the red carpet or the ceremony, which was nice. It was like George was making the effort to not overshadow Ben Affleck. I didn’t really get Stacy’s whole “flapper” styling though. Did the dress really call for it? Not really. So, while I kind of liked the dress, I thought the styling ruined it. PS… Does anyone else think she looks like Giuliana Rancic?

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN.

Have you ever idly wondered, “Is Nicole Kidman secretly a Mean Girl?” While Modern Nicole seems to be all about girl-power and finding strength in womanity and having lots of girlfriends… there’s always been a nagging suspicion – at least for me! – that Nicole is only pro-Woman when she gets to be the top dog. I get the same feeling about Oprah too, by the way. They’re all about empowering women just as long as women know that Oprah and Nicole are at the top of the power heap. So, during this awards season in which Nicole made a big play for an Oscar nomination (for her peeing-on-Efron role in The Paperboy) only to get denied, how does Nicole feel about her Aussie BFF Naomi Watts scoring yet another Best Actress nomination? How many does this make for Naomi? Two Oscar nominations – compared to Nicole’s three noms (and one win). So Nicole is still Top Dog. So why the Girl Drama?

Who needs enemies when you have friends like these? Naomi Watts will appear in an upcoming CBS Oscar segment to help with her Oscar campaign for Best Actress in “The Impossible” — and her best frenemy, Nicole Kidman, is refusing to participate.

Producers wanted Kidman to speak in a quick “five-minute” segment set to air on the network before the Academy Awards on Feb. 24. It was in discussion to be filmed with “60 Minutes” correspondent Lara Logan and focuses on Watts’ dramatic turn in “The Impossible.”

“She declined,” snipes our insider. “Clearly she’s not inclined to help her friend because she’s jealous she’s not in this year’s Oscar’s spotlight.”

Kidman was a Supporting Actress nominee for her role in “The Paperboy” at the Screen Actors Guild awards in January, while Watts also gained a nod there for Leading Actress. Neither stunner took home the award, however, losing to Anne Hathaway and Jennifer Lawrence, respectively.

While an insider close to Kidman insists that the reason she couldn’t plug her pal on “60 Minutes” had nothing to do with a case of sour grapes, producers aren’t buying it. “She couldn’t do it because of her schedule,” says the source. “It was a last-minute thing. Nicole and Naomi are best friends.”

But the source also took a swipe at Watts, saying that without Kidman, the segment is no longer important: “Not sure of the length or importance of it now without Nicole agreeing to it.”

Our original insider with knowledge of the segment isn’t backing down, however. “It was a ‘no’ right off the bat [for Nicole.] She could have made time if it was a priority,” says the source.

The two Aussie actresses, who walked the red carpet arm in arm, wearing similar black dresses, at the recent Producers Guild of America Awards, certainly seemed to have put on a united front.

“We’ve been looking for a movie to do together for a long time now. But both of us have … picky tastes. It has to be the right thing,” Watts told E! last week. They acted together in the 1991 film “Flirting.” “Somebody think of something, please!” Kidman jokingly pleaded to E!.

Both just finished films as two of the world’s most famous women. Kidman will star as Grace Kelly in “Grace of Monaco”; Watts will appear as the princess in “Diana.”

A spokeswoman for Kidman declined to comment. A spokesman for Watts did not return a request for comment by deadline.

[From the NYDN]

Ugh, I forgot that both Nicole and Naomi are doing those high-profile bio-pics. I think both of those films are going to suck. Botox McGee playing Princess Grace? NO. Naomi as Princess Diana? NO. As for the Lady Feud… I don’t know. I’m sure it was something that Nicole could have easily made time for, but I also wonder if Naomi’s people are behind this report, and if it’s the smartest move? It sounds so whiny! Call me naïve, but I do think Nicole wants her friend to succeed and have a great career… just not as great as Nicole’s.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Nicole Kidman was a double-loser last night. She was nominated for Supporting Female Actor for The Paperboy (she lost to Anne Hathaway) and for Female Actor in a TV Movie (she lost to Julianne Moore). The one category which I’m really happy about is the TV Movie one – Nicole just looked flat-out awful (as in, crazy Botox-face and lip injections) in Hemingway & Gellhorn, and Julianne Moore killed it in Game Change, so I’m glad that Nicole keeps on having to eat it when Julianne wins. What’s nice is that I think Nicole has acknowledged to herself that she’s going to lose, because she actually looked like she was having fun last night. She sat with Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber and she just seemed happy and “loose”.

As for how she looked – during the Golden Globes weekend, her face looked kind of crazy, but I actually thought “the freeze” looked a bit looser and “un-frozen” a little bit. The haircut helped – I think she was going for a blunt-cut, rock n’ roll style, but it looked kind of stringy at times. Her Vivienne Westwood gown was the bomb, though. It was one of my favorite dresses of the night. Beautiful color, great fit, lovely design. It suited her too.

Naomi Watts wore this totally boring Marchesa wedding dress. Right? There was nothing special about this dress at all, and there was nothing about to differentiate it from a wedding gown. She’s a beautiful woman, and I love that she doesn’t look “worked on” but I expect more from her, style-wise. I guess the nicest thing I can say is that for Marchesa, at least it’s not actively awful, you know? It’s just nondescript, boring and bridal.

In my mind, Kerry Washington regrets getting bangs. In my mind, she’s still trying to figure out how to do her hair because she realizes she made a huge mistake by chopping her hair and getting those awful bangs trauma. Thus, she side-swept them and tried to make the best of it. But I can still see them, and they haunt me. As for her dress – Rodarte. Eh. Much like Naomi, I expect more from Kerry, and I expect her not to wear a damn wedding dress. She has a great eye and she’s unafraid to try different looks, but this just looks like a re-worked doily and tablecloth.

Photos courtesy of FayesVision/WENN, Fame/Flynet.

These are some photos from last night’s Producers Guild Awards, which… as awards go, this is a decent indicator of which film is going to win Best Picture. Sometimes. Probably. So does it surprise you that Argo picked up the top award, the Darryl F. Zanuck Award? So I guess Argo is going into the Oscars as the “favorite”. You can read more of who won what here at Deadline. This post is just about fashion!

So let’s start with the one everybody loves to loathe, Anne Hathaway. She wore Erdem. I really dislike this whole look, and yet… I’m kind of glad Annie is mixing it up. Almost all of the ladies at this event were wearing black and styled so “Blah, I don’t care, this isn’t a real awards show.” Yes, Anne is a try-hard. But that’s what makes her so fun to talk about! I’m also glad she’s trying different things with her hair.

Nicole Kidman in L’Wren Scott. Naomi Watts in Victoria Beckham. I love Nicole’s look (but I almost always love L’Wren’s stuff) but Nicole’s hair is rough. Naomi’s look is just blah. This was not a good event for fashion.

Jennifer Garner in Oscar de la Renta. Eh. It’s really boring, especially on her.

Amanda Seyfried in Roland Mouret. Did you know Amanda used to have the same stylist as Jennifer Lawrence? The stylist (Elizabeth Stewart) has a major problem with A) colors and B) boobs. Lawrence fired her (and hired Rachel Zoe) last year, so now Amanda gets all of this woman’s attention.

Jessica Alba in Elie Saab. YIKES. First of all, the dress is just too “I’m a sparkly widow!” And WTF is going on with the styling? Her hair is a hot mess.

Kerry Washington in MARCHESA. For why?!? Oh, right. Harvey Weinstein produced Django. Got it. Also: WTF is with her hair? Was there some kind of hair stylist strike last night and no one told me? This whole post is a bad hair buffet of fugness.

Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.

Here are some of the biggest couples of the Golden Globes… where to start? Let’s start with the couple that I was most looking forward to, and who were the biggest disappointments: Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig. As soon as they arrived, I could only see them from the shoulders up, and I thought, “Ahhh… HOTTEST COUPLE.” But no. Rachel’s Louis Vuitton dress is just… just… NO. It’s awful. It’s not flattering or attractive or occasion-appropriate! Rachel is such a beautiful woman, and if we were just judging this from the shoulder up, she would win everything. But this dress is such a NO. I did like that she and Daniel walked the carpet together, hand-in-hand, arm-in-arm. It’s nice to see them at an awards show.

Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber – she wore Zac Posen. I actually LOVED this from the back and I only want to make out with it a little bit from the front. The back was open and sexy and stunning. The fit on this dress was incredible too – she really took the time to have it fitted perfectly.

Bonus Hugh Jackman and his wife Deb. LOVE THEM. And they know how to do a red carpet too. They just seem so connected and lovely together.

Nicole Kidman wore Alexander McQueen… it wasn’t my favorite but it was inoffensive. She looked so tiny. Her waist is crazy. My favorite part of Nic’s look was her big hair – I love it when she does big, fluffy, sexy diva hair. Now, I absolutely hate Keith’s insistence on perfectly maintained and totally ‘90s highlights. His hair looked awful in closeup. As for her face… it didn’t look quite as crazy as it did at the pre-Globe events.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN.

Here are some of the “Best Actresses” from last night’s Critics’ Choice Awards, also known as the Broadcast Film Critics’ Association Awards. While Jennifer Lawrence seemed to sweep in category after category (Bedhead will cover her in a moment), there was some early movement in the Best Actress Oscar campaigns. While Jennifer Lawrence got Best Actress awards for “Comedic Actress” and “Action Actress,” many feel that the real contest is between Naomi Watts for The Impossible and Jessica Chastain for Zero Dark Thirty. Chastain won! And Naomi looked disappointed when they cut to her too. You can see the full list of winners here.

Jessica’s dress was Prada, and it was fussy, which I think we just have to acknowledge is Jessica’s default style, sadly. Her “date” was her grandmother, and she often looks like her grandmother is picking out her red carpet looks – and no disrespect to grandmothers, but NO. Sure, you could make the argument that Jessica doesn’t want to go too big too fast, and the Oscar campaign is a marathon of fashion (for the next seven weeks). But I still want her to go bolder and more interesting. The only interesting thing about this gown is the bejeweled detail at the back, but even that’s kind of meh. PS… I loathe her earring choice.

Marion Cotillard might have been licking her wounds after failing to get an Oscar nomination for Rust & Bone yesterday. Many thought she would definitely make the short list, but she didn’t. I feel kind of bad for her, but not enough to say that I like this fug Zuhair Murad dress. I’m sorry, but this whole look is a mess. And THAT HAIR! She didn’t cut it, it’s just pulled back in a swoopy, unfortunate little bun.

Naomi Watts wore this black Emilio Pucci, and the cut and style was definitely reminiscent of what Jennifer Lawrence wore at the same event, although I really like Naomi’s dress better. It’s simple, elegant, and it’s suits her so much more than what she wore at the People’s Choice Awards, that Alexander McQueen mess which looked like Marchesa. Like Chastain, I guess Naomi is saving her show-stopping fashion for the bigger shows, like the Globes. Here’s the thing: Naomi is pretty much in a fashion groove these days (if you ignore that McQueen) – she’s been looking amazing lately, hitting it out of the park time after time. So I have faith she’ll deliver throughout the award season. I do not have the same faith in Chastain.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

More fashion photos from last night’s People’s Choice awards! You can see the list of last night’s winners here. Sandra Bullock was one of the big “gets” for the People’s Choice, and in true Sandy fashion, she was gracious enough to appear in person (even though it would have been easy for her to blow it off). Sandra was given the People’s Choice Favorite Humanitarian Award for her years of work in New Orleans, including her “dedication to NOLA’s Warren Easton Charter High School.” You can read more about Sandra’s NOLA work here. Sandra wore this pretty and understated Vera Wang two-piece – it’s actually a corseted top and a pencil skirt, not a dress. Blue is one of her best colors, and I think Sandy uses black as a default (as do many women). So, she looked good, she looked classic, and she looked comfortable. Also: I LOVE her darker hair color. I wish more women would go darker.

A lot of people are talking about Naomi Watts’ Alexander McQueen dress like it’s the best thing she’s ever worn. While I like that she went for a different, punky sort of vibe than she usually has, I don’t care for this dress. I think the “bib effect” of the gold sequined top looks really cheap and Marchesa-like. And I don’t like the multi-colored beaded halter thing either. Still, she’s a beautiful woman and she loves fashion, so I hope this will be the first of many interesting/arguable looks that we’ll discuss over the next seven weeks or so.

Call me crazy, but I think Olivia Munn might be too dressed-down for the People’s Choice. This is a boring/fug dress, but it seems more suited for a lunch date than the People’s Choice.

Morena Baccarin (Homeland) in a Donna Karan Atelier jumpsuit. White is a great color on her, she’s beautiful and she has an amazing figure. She kind of annoys me as an actress on Homeland, but whatevs.

Rumer Willis in… I don’t have the designer ID. Sorry! I love this silhouette on her (it’s perfect for her figure) but I’m not crazy about the stripes. She looks like a sparkly barber’s pole.

Photos courtesy of WENN.