Penelope Cruz has strutted her delicious stuff at the official Venuto al Mondo premiere at the San Sebastian festival, and I am experiencing very mixed feelings towards this look compared to yesterday’s photocall event. Penelope is wearing a vintage red Gianni Versace dress here, and Kaiser has remarked that the dress feels a bit too short. I agree — this dress feels very glamorous and like it should be floor length, but instead, we’re getting an odd view of a pair of too matchy-matchy Ferragamo sandals. Penelope’s hair and makeup are very sleek and fitting for this look, so it’s really only the odd dress length holding up this outfit.

Other than fashion, Penelope has many more things on her mind. For example, she’s very concerned about the economic plight of her native Spanish people, so she has promised to produce a few films per year in Spain that will create jobs for hundreds of workers. Behold:

Spanish actress Penelope Cruz said in an interview published Saturday by Italian daily La Stampa that she plans to produce at least two films a year in her homeland to create jobs amid sky-high unemployment.

“I want to bring jobs to my people … I’ll use my privileged position. It’s what interests me the most right now. I know it’s a grain of sand in the desert, but it’s a responsibility I think I have,” Cruz said. “I’ll produce a couple of films a year. A way to give work to hundreds of people. It’s a set idea I have.”

Cruz, winner of a best-supporting actress Oscar for her role as an unstable artist in Woody Allen’s 2008 comedy-drama Vicky Cristina Barcelona, said she has worked hard but also has had a lot of opportunities in life.

The talents of “an entire generation of highly trained young people” are being wasted, Cruz said, adding that though they have lots to offer there is nothing for them to do but “bang their heads against the wall or go out in the street and protest.”

“The disaster in Spain and the problems in Italy are visible to everyone, but also think about what’s happening in Syria or Africa. It’s unacceptable, painful and sad. Like Robert Redford said, today the world’s not a good place,” Cruz said.

Regarding the global economic slowdown, the actress said the decisions governments have adopted to solve the problem “are wrong-headed and are creating more and more desperation.”

Referring specifically to Spain, she said only that she is in “total disagreement” with the policies of conservative Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s administration.

Spain’s economy has been battered in recent years by the collapse of a massive real-estate bubble in the context of the 2008-2009 global recession. The country also is seeking to bring its budget deficit as a percentage of gross domestic product into line with European Union mandates.

[From Fox News Latino]

At this point, I wish that this story revolved around the subject of parenthood, which is controversial in its own way but is something with which I at least have a bit of experience, but economics? That’s a tough one. Penelope’s been delving a bit towards the political lately. And I’m not even talking about the above interview because the film that she’s promoting has a lot to do with it since it’s set against the backdrop of the Balkan Wars. Penelope also stated her general opinion on war: “I think war is always useless, but if you are going to ask me for the solution of conflict, I have nothing. But I don’t think war is the one.” Certainly, it’s a tricky topic. Most people would agree that war for the sake of war is wrong, but an alternative is very hard to come by these days.

However, I do admire Penelope for putting some money where her mouth is and producing films in Spain to create jobs. A lot of actors will whine and complain about political injustices (ahem, Sean Penn), but at least Penelope’s doing something to help remedy the situation.

Photos courtesy of WENN

Here’s some photos of Penelope Cruz at the San Sebastian film festival photocall for Venuto al Mondo. She wore both a dress and a cardigan pantset (shown belowl) by L’Wren Scott and paired black Ferragamo pumps with each of the outfits. The dress, which is far too feminine for my own tastes with all of that mauve floral print, looked spectacular on Penelope. Other than the fact that she can pull off nearly any outfit, I mostly envy her gorgeous hair. Bitch has perfect highlights.

In Venuto al Mondo, Penelope plays an Italian woman (really?), Gemma, who is unable to bear children. In an interview with the Guardian, she says her own experience in becoming a mother at age 37 helped prepare her for Gemma’s experiences. Penelope was also still nursing her and sexy beast Javier Bardem’s son, Leo, while she shot this movie, which made the situation quite interesting when her character held newborn babies. Here are some excerpts:

On her character “I think this movie is homage to all women, a homage to motherhood. It’s a homage to that relationship of mother and child. A woman that doesn’t want children obviously can be happy without children. But one that wants to have children that much … it’s very difficult for her to be happy. Of course I understood all that before I became a mother. But after you give birth you understand in a much deeper way what Gemma was missing.”

Interacting with set babies while she was still nursing: “Some of these babies were only a week old. And so they were smelling me and that made them want to eat. But I was playing a woman who couldn’t feed because she hadn’t given birth! That created a very strange but alive dynamic between me and those babies. You cannot learn something like that. And this film is full of moments that could not be planned.”

On life as a working mother: “More and more I try to be more picky with my selection. I am now able to choose the work I do, which I don’t take for granted.”

[From Guardian]

It’s nice to hear a Hollywood mom acknowledge that not every woman lives to be a mother. I certainly cannot identify with the Jennifer Garner school of thought that dictates there is “no deeper want for a woman than to be a mother.” Even though I do have a child, I honestly never planned to become a parent (it was one of those “happy accidents”), and I don’t understand the yearning to have more children. Things are just fine for me with one child, and she is my world, but I suspect I’d have been just fine without having a kid too. Don’t tell my daughter I said that though!

Back to the Penelope’s fashion — I really dig this black-and-white cardigan with these cropped black pants, and this look is even better than the dress. She’s so beautiful. Javier is a very lucky man!

Photos courtesy of WENN

Now that Katie Holmes has sorted out her personal life (and rid herself of a certain unhinged, lift-wearing midget), she’s getting her professional life back together as well. She’s just signed on as the face of Bobbi Brown cosmetics (with a reported $2-3 million contract). She’ll be back on Broadway in November too, and next Wednesday, Holmes & Yang will stage its first New York Fashion Week presentation with a huge show in the tents outside Lincoln Center. Of course, I still have my doubts on whether that collection will be any better than the Holmes & Yang looks that are illustrated in this post, but we’ll see what happens.

Before we get to some new stuff on the Tom Cruise wife-audition scandal, here’s some excerpts from a new WWD interview with Katie herself. She sounds very confident and optimistic about the future, but in a mostly realistic way:

On the press frenzy over her divorce: “I have a lot of feelings about the press,” she said with a smile. “There are a lot of people with much bigger problems and who are less fortunate. I try to keep it all in perspective.”

On the Holmes & Yang aesthetic: “Very simple, with very classic lines. We use a lot of silks and leathers and suedes. This year, we’re excited because we’ve incorporated a lot of new trims. It’s basically pieces that have evolved from basics, but not too far. They’re just nice, well-made luxury items that highlight the woman wearing them.” Price points start from about $700 and range to $3,000, she said. “We have a lot of casual, and gowns, some unique jackets.” Details include shirts lined in silk — “the silky part of the shirt is on your body all day. We try to make beautiful things, and we’re not so trend-driven. We try to do a touch of rock ‘n’ roll with our stuff, but keep it very classic.”

On stage acting: “It’s a medium I really enjoy.” She’s not bothered by having to perform every night. “I’m a schedule person. I like to have a routine. You’re also very in touch with your audience — they’re very much a part of the show, which is obviously something you don’t have in film. You get to know people in a different way. The matinee audience is obviously very different from the Saturday night audience. You learn about material — you really start to understand what works and what doesn’t. I think both film and stage are so challenging, but in different ways. With film, yeah, you have another take, but a lot of the time you’re losing the light, so you better nail it on that take. I haven’t found any part of acting to be easy.”

On her Bobbi Brown gig: “I think it’s amazing that Bobbi found a hole in the marketplace and said, ‘I’m going to do something about it. I’m going to create a line for real women who want to look pretty and have it be easy. This is my first foray into beauty products and the evolution of a look. You want the hair and makeup to support the woman, just like you want the clothes to support the woman. You don’t want to lose the woman. That’s how Jeanne and I design.”

She & Suri do crafts: Holmes credits her Midwestern upbringing and crafts with her daughter for helping to keep her feet on the ground. “I spray-paint shoe racks, because, why not?” But she says with a laugh that said projects aren’t always successful: “I think, ‘Oh, I’m a great mom’ — and then it doesn’t really pan out the way I think it’s going to. But the intention’s there. My sister teaches art, and she gives me a lot of ideas.”

She keeps moving: Holmes noted that she enjoys trying something new every day, without “being afraid to fail. Who cares? At least you tried. It’s usually the people who haven’t tried who are the naysayers.”

[From WWD]

I love that Katie is sounding increasingly less robotic with each progressive interview. Actually, this is the first real interview that she’s done after her Tom split, right? But she was starting to sound quite independent in those few interviews that filtered out immediately following the split even though they were conducted pre-divorce.

Now let’s get to a new detail on that Vanity Fair October cover story that has so far given mainstream credence to the story (which has also been confirmed by director Paul Haggis) that details and solidifies the Tom Cruise wife-audition process conducted by CO$ (and more about Nicole Kidman’s estrangement from her kids). The article also discusses how Tom ended his two-year relationship with Penelope Cruz over (surprise!) Scientology as well. Apparently, Penelope refused to completely give up her Buddhist ways, so David Miscavige “branded her a ‘dilettante’.” You know they probably originally told her that she could be a Buddhist and a Scientologist at the same time, just like they told Katie should could still be Catholic at the beginning of her relationship as well.

This next part is pretty funny. Business Insider has gotten ahold of a nasty letter from David Miscavige’s lawyer, Jeffrey Riffer, to Vanity Fair, which threatens the magazine with litigation (“The sting of the jury verdict will last longer still; far longer than any pleasure from racing to publish a poorly researched and sourced story“) and also stresses that “Miscavige and Tom Cruise are far too busy to have as close of a relationship as Vanity Fair alleges.” Riiight.

Meanwhile, this week’s tabloids all have their own takes on Katie’s reaction to the wife auditions. Star says that Katie is both “shocked and mortified” because “she had an idea that this is what went on, but not to this extent.” In Touch adds that Katie is “stressed out” over the article and basically feels like a fool for falling for Tom’s act, and Enquirer says that it’s finally settling into Katie’s mind that her marriage to Tom was also “arranged by Scientology” and that she was “also targeted to play the role of his wife.” Even worse, Katie reportedly feels that while her childhood dream of marrying Tom “came true, but it’s turned into a nightmare of the worst kind — and she still can’t escape it.” Yeah, it’s gotta suck for Katie to read that stuff in Vanity Fair. Most of us have seen the article as a good thing, and it certainly makes us empathize with what a horrifically controlling life Katie lived for years, but it’s also got to be difficult for Katie to feel like she’s re-living the nightmare after she finally escaped.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN

Penelope Cruz covers the September issue of W Magazine, and I’m a bit perplexed by the startling difference between the cover and the editorial shoot within the magazine. The cover itself is very 1980s Sophia Loren-esque, right? Except that it looks like Penny’s arm has disappeared (behind all of that big hair) and a phantom hand has made its presence known on the other side of her head. Very strange for a September cover, but it sure as hell beats Lady Gaga’s Vogue cover, which I know that some of you liked, but I just don’t see it.

Incidentally, Penelope’s sister, Monica (who is equally gorgeous) has just appeared in a new Agent Provocateur campaign that features many bondage-inspired shots. The good genes certainly run through that family, but back to Penelope and this W Mag shoot, which is very cinematic in nature. The black-and-white shots are particularly noteworthy, and here are some interview excerpts:

Pedro Almodovar on Penelope’s privacy: “She would like to shoot the paparazzi who try to take [her son's] picture,” Almodovar only half-joked. “But seriously, I always knew Penelope would be an amazing mother. She has no fear of love. You can see that in her work.”

On her first audition: “Yes, it was for the woman who became my manager and still works with me. She was testing around 300 actors. I was 14 years old, and she had me read a scene from Casablanca, which is impossible to do when you are that age. But my manager asked me if I wanted to work with her, and she sent me on some castings. When I was 16, I got Jamon, Jamon. Of course, I had to lie about my age. And I had to lie to my parents about the content of the script.”

On her first meeting with Woody Allen: “Fast. Very fast. We sat down for 30 seconds. He had seen Volver, and he thought I would be right for this character. And that was it. I never spoke to him again until we were shooting. I had no idea who I would be playing. After I said yes, he sent the script with this man who knocked on my door and said, “I will come back and pick it up in an hour.” I had to read really fast, and it was in English. It was the same thing with To Rome With Love–a different man but the same behavior. This time, I asked for two hours [laughs].”

On being funny: “I don’t play comedy as comedy. That would be the biggest trap. I think about the characters and their situations. Then you don’t have to worry where the laugh is going to be. But comedy is harder than drama.”

On death scenes vs. sex scenes: “I don’t like dying. I die in Don’t Move [an Italian film, for which Cruz won the Italian academy award for best actress], and I can’t really look at it because it reminds me of my grandmother when she was very old. But sex scenes are very strange. Absurd, really.”

[From W Magazine]

I have to admit to being slightly disingenous with the headline to this post, for it was obviously Pedro Almodovar who made the claim about Penelope wanting to shoot the paparazzi. Still, the sentiment must have been uttered by the lady herself at some point for Almovadar to have gained that impression of an actress that he knows very well and has worked with on more than one occasion already.

While I doubt that Penelope is actually willing to make like her Vicky Christina Barcelona character with a gun, she does seem much more protective than many stars do over photographs of their progeny. She’s certainly got a lengthy fight ahead of her though since many people will be curious to see how beautiful that kid turns out with parents like Javier Bardem and Penelope.

Incidentally, has anyone else seen Jamon, Jamon? It was not only Penelope’s first movie but also featured some very steamy scenes (including standing-up sex) between her and Javier. And she was only 16 when the movie was shot! Learning that fact somehow makes the movie seem a lot more skeevy.

Photos courtesy of W Mag and The Fashion Spot

Spanish TV station Antena3 is reporting that Penelope Cruz is three months pregnant with her second child! Penelope and her husband, Javier Bardem, welcomed son Leonardo about 18 months ago, and Penelope has been very open about how much she loves motherhood. I first read this story on ShowbizSpy and viewed it as an unsubstantiated rumor, but a quick translation of the source article almost convinced me. They claim to have two sources close to Penelope who have confirmed the news. This is translated from Spanish using Google translate, so it reads awkwardly, but you get the drift:

A few weeks ago the magazine echoed the news: Penelope Cruz might be pregnant. Now the program Public Mirror has been commissioned to confirm the news exclusively.

Penelope is three months pregnant and expecting her baby later this year. This was confirmed by a source close to the couple, plus another that has been working with the actress in Madrid during the filming of an advertisement of a liquor.

It seems that the good news of the marriage of Penelope and Javier Bardem never get through them: and at the time we learned the name of his son Leo by Santiago Segura … So far have not confirmed the pregnancy, or they and his friend Pedro Almodóvar who prefers to remain silent on the issue.

[From Antena3, translated from Spanish]

So I guess they’re saying they have confirmation, but that close friends of the couple are not going on the record to leak the news before they make the announcement.

Antena3 has a video segment with this story, which I understood none of. They put question marks before and after the question in Spanish about whether Penelope is embarazada (I always read that word like “embarassed” during the Spanish classes I took ages ago and have since forgotten), which makes me think their sources aren’t so solid after all. If one of our Spanish-speaking readers could please watch the show and let me know how certain they sound about this news, I would appreciate it.

Penelope recently did an interview with Hello! in which she may have been hinting at expanding her family. She said “I am very close to my parents, to my brother, to my sister. It’s not something I have to force myself to feel – it’s like a stamp on me, it’s in my blood. So now, in the family of my own that I’m creating, it feels very natural to me to be doing what I do.”

Here are Penelope and Javier out at the airport with little Leo on 6-13. She’s also shown out (in the black jacket) on 6-15 and at the 6-20 premiere of To Rome with Love. She’s barely looking bumpy, but who knows. Congratulations to Penelope and Javier if this is true!

Photo credit: FameFlynet

Last night, To Rome With Love had a special screening in NYC, Woody Allen’s hometown (although he’s been spending a lot of time in Europe these days). As you can imagine, tons of celebrities came out for the screening, making this one of the most interesting red carpets in a while. Unfortunately, I keep hearing that To Rome With Love is a POS. Oh, well. Woody averages about 2 crappy films per one good-to-decent one. And yes, I am a defender of Woody’s good films – I love Annie Hall, Hannah and Her Sisters, Bullets Over Broadway, Match Point and Sweet and Lowdown. I liked Vicky Christina Barcelona and Midnight In Paris too. Anyway…

Photos from the screening! Penelope Cruz just gets more and more beautiful, year after year. I buy that she’s not getting tweaked or ‘Toxed or filler’d. I think she’s just aging like a badass. Penelope’s dress is Emilio Pucci – I do like it. It’s a beautiful shade of aubergine. She looks so lovely.

RAGE MONSTER MUST WALK AHEAD OF WOMAN. RAGE MONSTER WILL ATTACK. RAGE MONSTER ANGRY. I’m surprised Alec didn’t take a baseball bat to every photographer at the screening. What’s that? The photographers were there to help Alec sell a movie? Well, I never.

Good God, Julianna Marguilies’ husband is FINE.

Woody being Woody.

Dear Hamm Dong: I love you so much. I love your face. I love your body. I love everything about you. Just keep on keeping on, Hamm Dong.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.

I can’t keep up with all of the film festivals these days – I thought the Los Angeles Film Festival didn’t happen until October or November? But maybe I’m thinking about the AFI Film Fest or something? Anyway, last night the LA Film Festival began with the premiere of Woody Allen’s new movie, To Rome With Love. Penelope Cruz stars in the film – this is her second collaboration with Woody, I believe. The first collaboration was Vicky Christina Barcelona, and Penelope ended up winning a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for the role. In that film, she played a crazy, temperamental, bisexual artist. In this film, Penelope plays a hooker. Because Woody Allen writes so well for women.

Anyway, Penelope wore this Michael Kors which is… okay. I’m not in love with the color, but it’s not bad on Penelope with her beautiful, dark coloring. On a blonde, it would look like oatmeal fug. My biggest problem with this look? Penelope’s beautiful hair looks dirty and oily. What’s the deal? Is that a style choice or is she really walking the carpet with dirty, unwashed hair?

Here’s the trailer for To Rome With Love. It looks cute. Sort of. I do think it’s nice that Woody is mining some fresh young talent like Jesse Eisenberg and Ellen Page.

I’m also including a photo of Julie Delpy because I love her un-Botoxed face, and Woody and Soon Yi. On the red carpet, Woody was asked about his recent “dinner” with Lindsay Lohan, and he said this: “I wouldn’t hesitate to use her in a movie because she’s a very talented girl. That was a social dinner [not for a movie]… I would not hesitate if I had something for her I would certainly call her.” Gross.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.

Penelope Cruz covers the May issue of Harper’s Bazaar, with a photo shoot done by Terry Richardson. Why oh why are magazines still hiring Uncle Terry? A question for another time. In any case, I do like the way Cruz is styled here. I’m getting a massive case of hair-envy – while I generally think my hair is pretty awesome already (Indian genes!), my hair never takes a curl. Just once, I would love to know the joy of these kinds of bouncy curls. Anyway, you can read Penelope’s Bazaar story here, and here are some highlights:

On her red carpet style: “All I look for is to be able to breathe!”

Penelope on Penelope: “One thing that I am proud of: I am really capable of laughing at myself,” she says. She’s bossy too. “I think you want a Coke, right,” she says, which means she wants a Coke. “And you definitely want more turkey baconnnn.”

On Woody Allen: “I love being around Woody. Watching him direct, and sometimes,” she whispers, “he falls asleep while they are lighting the next shot. I take pictures of him because he picks the strangest positions. I always think he is going to fall off his chair.” But it’s when he’s awake that Penélope says she loves Allen the most: “That whole shoot I laughed so hard.”

She’ll work less now that she’s a mom: “Maybe I’ll make one movie a year, maybe two, but it’s not going to be more than that because I have other priorities now.”

She lives in LA now, but maybe not for long: “When I come here now, I have so many memories,” Penélope says. “Some of them good, some of them not so good. I have lived beautiful moments here, but I don’t want to live here. It is not the place where I want to raise my kids.” Ask about Leonardo and she gives a diplomatic smile and declines to elaborate. “I talk about him all day long, even to strangers in the street; it is my favorite subject! But, you know; this is my job.”

Working as the face of Lancôme’s Trésor: “It was actually my first perfume,” she says. Penélope’s mother, who ran a beauty salon in Madrid, gave her the scent in her teens, and she always returns to it. “It’s a real history,” she says, “real memories that are related to this scent. It’s funny, after over 20 years….” Of working with the brand, she adds, “You arrive in this Lancôme world, and everything is full of white flowers, and everything smells good. You feel like you are walking on clouds, and then,” she says laughing, “you go home.”

She’s not a famewhore: “I won’t go to places where you’re going to find more attention. I go to the opposite.” Her perfect day is “running around with my family at the beach, that’s all.”

She’s stubborn: Ask Penelope how her family and friends would describe her and she replies: “Stubborn. Even my mother would say that as the first word!” She would describe herself as “persistent. It is my best friend and my worst enemy. And I don’t just mean fighting for something related to work; it could be anything. I have a strong personality, and I say what I think. I think I’ve been better about being a little more flexible.” Tell her she’s a no-bulls–t girl and she grins broadly. “That is the best compliment you can give me!”

She’s a worrier: Even though Penélope is remarkably direct and is effusive about “being happier in my 30s than I was in my 20s,” she also characterizes herself as a “worrier. I am living for every day and trying to have less fear, less worry. But I have always worried about everything; it’s in my nature. It’s the thing that makes me suffer the most.” It’s an unusual observation, coming from this force of nature, but life isn’t a red carpet all the time. “I don’t like that about myself because it’s really painful. That’s still my main thing to work on. When that is better and I am more in the present, I’m sure it affects my work. But it’s all like periods of your life: You are present, or you’re dealing with a house of monsters.”

She loves Meryl Streep: “When I first started watching movies and I saw Meryl’s work, that’s when I became obsessed with acting,” Penélope says. “Now I kiss her whenever I see her! She must think I’m crazy.” She recalls a magazine shoot they did together a few years ago for the AIDS charity (RED). “As soon as she got to the set, I had to sit topless on top of her. It was the most interesting love scene I’ve ever done.”

[From Harper’s Bazaar]

Yeah, it’s not some epic, revealing piece, nor is it some eye-roll-inducing litany of complaints and gripes. Penelope seems happy these days, but it wasn’t like she was “unhappy” before she was a mother. Back then, she was breezy and confident too, but she does seem different now. Peaceful. More assured. Motherhood does agree with her. And I still haven’t seen photos of Leonardo, right? They never released any formal photos of the baby, but there have been a couple of paparazzi shots of the baby – you can see one here. Leo looks super-happy. So cute.

Photos courtesy of Harper’s Bazaar.

Penelope Cruz was one of my favorite looks of the right. Penelope is always so interesting at the Oscars! I love her. My first thought when I saw her was “Spanish Grace Kelly” – that was definitely her style inspiration, right? I feel like Grace Kelly would have worn this dress, or maybe Grace even DID wear a version of this dress at some point. Plus, the styling and the hairstyle really seemed so Grace Kelly-ish. The hair was my least favorite part though – in motion, her hair looked kind of stiff with bad highlights. But in photos, you can’t really tell. Oh – her long hair was tucked under – that’s why it looks so stiff.

Penelope’s dress is Armani Prive – she has a good relationship with Armani, and I’m guessing they made this especially for her – that’s what she told Tim Gunn anyway: “This is Armani Prive. If you like the dress, it was them, I did nothing. They created this for me… I was blown away by it. It’s one of my favorite dresses that I ever wore.”

I didn’t see any photos of Javier Bardem, her husband. I guess he didn’t come to the Oscars. Too bad – I love when they do a rare event together.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Let’s start this BAFTA fashion post with Penelope Cruz. I was going to start with Michelle Williams, but I fell asleep just looking at photos of her. So here’s Penelope in Armani Prive, in a brilliant, rich red. I love the color – I love the color ON HER. But this is the weirdest dress – I really like the dress from the front, and I loathe it from the side and from the back. From the back, this Armani flattens her ass, right? And from the side, you see how bizarre the cut is at the top. I like straight lines in dresses – I get so tired of sweetheart necklines, I can’t even begin to describe it. While I’m board for the straight, raised bust line, I could do without the mirror effect in the back. It just looks weird. Also: her hair? I’ve never liked her with those little bangs, and I don’t feel any different today.

Helena Bonham Carter in Giles Deacon. I was looking at the fabric close up, and it’s quite lovely. But the dress in total is bad, and it sucks on HBC. But mostly it’s just boring, right? I feel like she wears a version of this dress all the time.

Here’s Jessica Chastain in Oscar de la Renta. Beautiful dress – a dress that would have been AMAZING at the Oscars. For the BAFTAs? I feel like we’re watching her freeze to death. I’m not thinking about how great she looks, I’m just worried that she’s going to lose some toes.

Christina Ricci in Givenchy. Nice metallic, pretty dress, bad bangs and much, much too skinny. You can see her pointy hip bone through the dress.

Michelle Williams in zzzzzz…… what? She’s wearing H&M. I’ll be nice – I’m glad she didn’t wear a pastel. I’m glad her dress wasn’t all-white or all-cream. I’m glad she’s not telegraphing her second virginity through fashion. I’m glad the dress doesn’t look like something she stole from Matilda. But this is totally boring.

Photos courtesy of WENN.