Style Starz At The Awards Gala
Posted on Oct 27, 2009 @ 12:01PM - Add a comment
All of our favorite leading ladies showed up for The 13th Annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Awards Gala at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, presented by Starz! Hilary Swank, who is once again receiving Oscar buzz for her performance as Amelia Earhart in Amelia, stunned in a cut-out Monique Lhuillier Fall 2009 gown, while newcomer Carey Mulligan dared to be different in a Spring 2010 Prabal Gurung strapless number.
PHOTOS: See Kate Beckinsale, Charlize Theron, Carey Mulligan, Diablo Cody, Hilary Swank, Zooey Deschanel, Diane Kruger, Julianne Moore, Michelle Monaghan, Maria Bello And Taraji P. Henson In Their Gala Get Up!
What Oscar nominated darling added some red carpet pizzazz in plaid?
Check out the gallery to find out!
Movie Review: Amelia
Posted on Oct 23, 2009 @ 02:12PM - Add a comment
Among Hollywood actresses of a certain echelon, there’s a lot of unscientifically quantified grumbling about the dearth of quality roles. It’s too bad then, that when one of the biggest recent opportunities for cinematic grrl-power arrives, it’s marred by flat storytelling, stilted writing and an overwrought score that drowns out whatever subtlety was left.
Amelia is the much-anticipated biopic of Amelia Earhart (Hilary Swank), who disappeared in 1937 during her attempt to become the first woman to fly around the world. For those of us with just a vague notion of who she was and what her life was like, the film fills in some basic details and fleshes out the contours of her experience, both in the air -- where she explored exquisite landscapes from Africa to Ireland -- and on the ground, where she married publishing mogul George Putnam (Richard Gere) and had a romance with Gene Vidal (Ewan McGregor). Amelia is also committed to reinforcing Earhart’s legacy as a true feminist in every facet of her life -- from insisting on removing the word “obey” from her marriage vows, to reminding us that (in case we missed it) she refuses the shackles of convention.
The film lovingly incorporates what are ostensibly Earhart’s actual letters and diary entries, but the effect is distracting. We see Swank’s Amelia looking out of airplane windows over sun-scorched savannas, waxing poetic about savoring her freedom and clouds that look like resting cats. Later, she pontificates to a young Gore Vidal (William Cuddy) about lush jungles and facing your fears, while assuring him that it’s OK that she won’t marry his daddy, because -- obvs! -- you can’t be married to two men at once.
It’s possible that there wasn’t actually any nuance to Earhart’s life: that she was the simple, midwest tomboy she claimed to be, with no emotional stumbles during her swift ascent into public life or residual regrets about her high-speed endorsement train for products she didn’t use. Despite these dubious points, Swank embodies Earhart as a strong-willed, straightforward woman who’s uncomplicated and self-assured, gracefully swapping flight suits for luscious satin gowns and cockpits for cocktail hour. Yet even compelling visuals and competent acting can’t bring Amelia any closer than arm’s length, particularly amid cloying proclamations and heavy-handed exposition.
Unfolding with sumptuous aesthetics and honey-dipped cinematography -- the most awesome of which include outdoor scenes on rugged coastlines and exotic terrain -- Amelia chugs along in fits and starts, accelerating here and stalling there, but never quite taking flight. The film lands in theaters this week with the promising tag-line, “Defying The Impossible. Living The Dream,” but for all its ambition and grandiosity, it could use more emotional substance, and less self-awareness.
Hilary Swank Flies The High Fashion Skies!
Posted on Oct 21, 2009 @ 10:28AM - Add a comment
Hilary Swank Flies The High Fashion Skies!
STYLE RADAR: Best And Worst Weekend Wear
Posted on Oct 19, 2009 @ 05:34PM - Add a comment
This weekend celebs were busy giving and receiving awards, attending charity events, purchasing pumpkins, canoodling with clowns, and shopping for new duds! While Hilary Swank was dressed to impressed, playing with puppies and kittens at the Iams Home 4 the Holidays pet adoption drive, Mary-Louise Parker dressed up like the opposite sex, and Phoebe Price put on her best pink princess gown to hit the pumpkin patch.
PHOTOS: See Hilary Swank, Mary-Louise Parker, Audrey Kitching, Juliette Lewis, Katy Perry, Dita De Leon, Anne Heche, Shannyn Sossamon, Phoebe Price, Helen Mirren, And Queen Latifah In Their Weekend Wear!
Who dressed like a dude and looked a little too crude? Check out the Best And Worst Weekend Wear gallery to find out!
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Style Radar: Faboo or Faux Pas? Downtown Hipster to Uptown Glitterati
Posted on May 19, 2009 @ 01:56PM - Add a comment
Strapless couture gowns, and the divas who wore them, impressed on different continents last night, from the lights of the Big Apple to the red carpet in Cannes.
In New York, Renee Zellweger stunned in a dramatic smoked jacquard Carolina Herrera number. Milky beauty Anne Hathaway didn't wear Prada, but looked python chic all the same in a marvelous Proenza Schouler get-up. And Michelle Obama continued to bring her elegant, with-the-times fashion sense last seen in the White House during the days of Jackie O's pillbox hat. The first lady looked resplendent in a purple Isaac Mizrahi set.
Hilary Swank wowed in a gunmetal tiered gown in Cannes, reflecting her tough-yet-sexy aura.
Going less formal, but still chic -- Rihanna lived her life with a hip, downtown look, complementing her high forehead with high hair, a motorcycle jacket, and dunks in Manhattan. The Barbados beauty, just like in music, continues churning out fashion hits with style and grace, making her one of the foremost trendsetters of the times.
All of these looks and many more hit our Style Radar!
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Out N' About: Dyrdek Goes Hollywood, Griffith Gets 'Obsessed'
Posted on Apr 27, 2009 @ 01:00PM - Add a comment
Cult-fave pro skater Rob Dyrdek went from half-pipe to Hollywood this weekend, surfacing at the Newport Beach Film Festival to hype his flick Street Dreams.
The likes of 90210 hottie Adam Gregory showed to support, as well as E!'s Sal Masakela and Jason Bergh whose Berkela Motion Pictures produced Street.
Back in Los Angeles, Melanie Griffith treated she and Antonio Banderas' daughter Stella to a a guilty pleasure--Beyonce's movie Obsessed.
