I like the NYT slideshow. They put multiple people in the same colors side by side, so it is good for comparisons. I like the Marisa dress more and more.
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Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
msbelle - Feb 23, 2009 9:16:57 am PST #7921 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
P.M. Marc - Feb 23, 2009 9:23:13 am PST #7922 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I don't think it was super unflattering, but it just isn't a "dressy" color to me. And was not great on stage.
It would be a dressy color on someone who didn't look sallow and sickly in it. Ms Portman is so completely and totally NOT a spring.
megan walker - Feb 23, 2009 9:23:23 am PST #7923 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I like the Marisa dress more and more.
Also, one of the few people who can carry off white. And it didn't look too bridal.
Burrell - Feb 23, 2009 9:24:35 am PST #7924 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I found most of the dresses meh. Besides Jessica's apt point about the horrid sash epidemic, I was also left pondering the question of who sent out the memo that everyone was supposed to wear a strapless prom dress to the Oscars. Lame. I mean, I don't have a problem with strapless gowns, but a room full of the same ol' dress over and over again is room full of boring.
I am a bit surprised at the frequent comment (not here, but on NPR and elsewhere) that there was too many song and dance numbers. I mean, apart from the happy that is Hugh Jackman singing, isn't there usually between 2 and 3 dance numbers per show? I guess one could argue that there should be less, but that would be a criticism against every Oscar broadcast, not this one in particular. For me, I think just for efficiency the show should lose one song and 3 or 4 of the video montages.
Dana - Feb 23, 2009 9:26:52 am PST #7925 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
People who can do and/or wear whatever they want, as far as I'm concerned:
- Hugh Jackman
- Tilda Swinton
- Kate Winslet
- Sophia Loren
megan walker - Feb 23, 2009 9:28:33 am PST #7926 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I like the NYT slideshow. They put multiple people in the same colors side by side, so it is good for comparisons. I like the Marisa dress more and more.
Link please, I'm not finding this.
I am a bit surprised at the frequent comment (not here, but on NPR and elsewhere) that there was too many song and dance numbers. I mean, apart from the happy that is Hugh Jackman singing, isn't there usually between 2 and 3 dance numbers per show?
Yes, but they are usually the song nominees. I thought both the opening one and the "salute to musicals" were too long and just kind of pointless. Again, it's the Oscars, not the Tonys--show us clips dammit!
Tom Scola - Feb 23, 2009 9:31:29 am PST #7927 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
megan walker - Feb 23, 2009 9:32:08 am PST #7928 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Thanks Tom!
Burrell - Feb 23, 2009 9:34:30 am PST #7929 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Yes, but they are usually the song nominees.
Those too, but there have been many years of one or two dance numbers in addition to the song nominees.
Oh, and link
I didn't see the red carpet so this was the first time I saw Heidi Klum's dress. She looks like an unwrapped Christmas present.
Jessica - Feb 23, 2009 9:35:20 am PST #7930 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I concur with Dana's list. Tilda Swinton's dress on the rack probably didn't look too different from the table cloth Jessical Biel was wearing, but on Tilda, it WORKED.