Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw were so good in Black Doves, but I thought the series was lacking somehow. It needed more kick assery and less lovelorn pining. Plus it was so dark visuallly, like I could barely make out some of the scenes. It turns out that was a setting on Netflix I figured out after I squinted through the whole thing. Oh well. If you want to see an amazing spy/assassin show, watch Day of The Jackal with Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch! That’s worth subscribing to Peacock for.
Keira wore a Chanel empire waist sequin, velvet and feather gown that I would like better without the dippy bown at the top. She looks effortlessly luxurious though, there’s something so fashionable about her. It might be how tall and whispy she is. I also really like her blunt cut. As I mentioned earlier today, I’m so tempted to chop my hair into a bob, but I don’t know how versatile that would be. I’m thinking about it! Keira was nominated for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series, Drama, for Black Doves. That category went to Anna Sawai for Shogun.
Keri Russell seems like she’s nominated for something just about every year. I guess she just picks prestige projects. She was also nominated in this category, for The Diplomat. Keri wore a giant white Stephane Rolland zoot suit dress. She takes a lot of risks with her fashion and they don’t always pay off. To her credit, she does not seem to give a sh-t and I admire that about her.
Jessica Gunning won Best Female Supporting Actor, Television for Baby Reindeer. She’s also won an Emmy and is nominated for Critics Choice Award for that role. I didn’t realize that she’s English, not Scottish like her character! Jessica was in a velvet Christian Siriano gown with a ruffled neckline. I love how rich and colorful this gown is. I love a good jewel tone, but we didn’t see that many last night.
Allison Janney was nominated in Jessica Gunning’s category, for her role in The Diplomat. She was also in Siriano, in a lovely cold shoulder navy column gown. The necklace makes the look! Check out her glambot video.
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I can hear my mother saying, “Stop hunching your shoulders!” when I look at Keira.
Keira Knightley is a beautiful woman and needs to embrace the woman and leave behind the girly girly fashions; for me this was mutton dressed as lamb from the neck down. Neck up was FABULOUS, those more sleek, cutting edge, solid color or neutral unfussy looks suit her (she needs Emma Stone’s stylist).
Also not a fan of Keri Russell’s look, it was wearing her and she looked uncomfortable, not like she was rocking it like she has in the past. I get that she takes risks but not all of them pay off and this was one of those times IMO…
Alison Janney as always is more gorgeous than ever, what a perfect color for her! J’adore!
Totally agree with you about K. Knightley and Keri Russell’s looks. With Knightley she looks professional and almost “corporate” from the neck up with the blunt cut hair and minimal makeup, but from the neck down she’s all feathers and bow and V-neck with the thinnest spaghetti straps. She looks dressed up for two different events.
“Mutton dressed as lamb” is a truly ugly expression. It’s both ageist and misogynistic. I just can’t imagine referring to another woman as “mutton.” Can’t you dislike a dress without demeaning the woman wearing it?
I think Keri’s dress would look better with black tights. Bit of an early aughts throwback but it would ground all that white. At least sheer hose!
The color of Jessica’s dress is gorgeous and it looks really good. I actually love Keri’s look. One of my favorites. She just looks v cool in what she’s wearing.
Always liked Keri Russell and just loved her in the Diplomat. Can’t wait for season 3. And Alison Janney is, as always, stunning.
I like how Keira Knightley is taking on different roles – haven’t seen Black Doves yet, was going to binge watch over the holidays but the reviews seem mixed….
Me too, I’ve always enjoyed Keri.
The Diplomat was pretty good, I’ve watched it a few times because it’s so much information I missed things lol
@justthatmuch – yes, a few times I had to pause and try to remember the various plot twists!
Go ahead and watch! The pacing can be a bit slow but the performances are great. And I actually laughed a lot. There’s some good dark humor. Great platonic chemistry between knightley and Whishaw. And the latter plays a gay assassin who’s a total badass. Very unique character.
@bqm – thanks for the info – I will check it out!
You wrote:
Kerry was nominated for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series, Drama, for Black Doves.
Did you mean Keira?
Also, Black Doves was blah. Slow Horses is so much better and was shamefully snubbed at the GGs.
I agree that Slow Horses is a lot better. But Wishaw was great.
Celebitchy, what is your hair texture? I have straight hair and have had a long bob for almost all of my adult life. Shoulder length, all one length (no layers), so that in six to 8 weeks, it’s just beyond my shoulders. Sometimes I’ll go a little shorter. But I have it slightly angled so that it is longer in the front. It’s called an Inverted Bob. That way, I can still pull it back. It is soooo easy.
My hair is thin and wavy. I think getting it cut to my shoulders would be a better way to go, that’s a great idea!
Thanks for the tip on brightening the screen. I find that so many shows do this and it’s so frustrating. I mean I sat through GOT and I feel like I paid my dues with dim lighting.
I liked Black Doves.
It was a bit stupid but Ben made up for it.
He was better in it, far better than Keira. She was the weakest for me. She has this way of mumbling her lines through her teeth I just cannot stand, or understand what she’s saying. Plus she kept going out & leaving her kids which was stupid.
Christmas Eve & she’s out. It didn’t add to the show, her having kids. Maybe she just wanted to get to say how hard childbirth is (again) in case someone missed her “battlefield” analogy.
Love Ben though, in everything. The support cast were excellent.
Wishaw was way better, I agree. I like KK but I get what you mean about the way she talks through her teeth. There’s a woman on TikTok (I think) who demonstrates “tooth acting” and she’s spot on, it’s really funny. Emma Thompson acts with her lower teeth, Lily James with her upper teeth and KK with both. I’m not putting any of these actors in the same category with each other, but she’s not wrong.
Siriano really flies under the radar at times. I just love how that man makes the most beautiful creations for women of every size and shape. They all look beautiful and deserve to feel it!
Wow Jessica Gunning looks beautiful! What a lovely face.
I like Keira in anything (I love me a period drama so very fond of her) – she’s beautiful but is that buccal fat removal or just ageing? She’s always had incredible bone structure so am leaning towards ageing and she must have got this look naturally, but her cheeks look very hollowed and sculpted!
I love Keira’s dress, Jessica, and Alison’s dress. Keira did not have the buccal fat removal, as she has always had those incredible cheek bones.
I love the color of Jessica’s dress.
What’s wrong with it? I think she looks nice