Doris’s day (in celebration of romance, fashion and the movies)
Doris Bergman has done it again, cramming an astonishing mix of philanthropy, fashion and famous folks into an afternoon at the sixth annual Valentine Romance Oscar Style Lounge & Party at West Hollywood’s Fig & Olive restaurant. The inventive and innovative organizer of Oscar month’s first major style lounge welcomed celebrities such as Eva […]
Style this week: do the American Hustle
This week’s style round-up is inspired by the widely talked-about, Golden Globe-winning and Academy Award-nominated movie, American Hustle. This gangster movie, set in the ’70s, has two stunning leading ladies, Amy Adams and Jennifer Lawrence. The ’70s glamazon-style wardrobe these ladies have enlisted for the movie is what I have been inspired by in creating […]
Video: the 2013 Oscars, from red-carpet gowns to Jennifer Lawrence’s fall, and Argo’s win
Official White House photograph Above First Lady Michelle Obama reads out the Best Picture winner live from the White House. Updated at 5.22 a.m. GMT with results of top awards, and at 8.39 a.m. GMT with additional videos With the 85th Academy Awards concluded, Lucire has highlights from the telecast below. Daniel Day-Lewis has […]
Oscar nominations announced, with Lincoln, Life of Pi leading the nods
Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln leads the 2013 Oscar nominations, announced Thursday in Los Angeles, with 12, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Daniel Day-Lewis. Ang Lee’s Life of Pi had 11 nominations, and Silver Linings Playbook and Les Misérables received eight each. Ben Affleck’s Argo, on the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis, managed seven nominations, […]
Palm Springs Film Festival honorees give their thoughts on Oscar nominations
As the celebrities went to the 2013 Palm Springs Film Festival, it was the Oscar nominations, which will be announced on Thursday, that the media wanted to know about. Palm Springs honorees Ben Affleck, Bradley Cooper, Dame Helen Mirren, Richard Gere, Sally Field, Naomi Watts and Tom Hooper were quizzed on the red carpet […]
Oscars pay tribute to 50 years of James Bond
Danjaq LLC/United Artists Corp. Above Instead of Switzerland, it’s Scotland, and Daniel Craig pays homage to Sean Connery in a Skyfall publicity photo. The 85th Academy Awards—the Oscars—will pay tribute to 50 years of the James Bond films, it was announced Friday. Show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron said in a statement that […]
Video: Meryl Streep, Jean Dujardin, and The Artist are the big winners at 2012 Oscars
Jeff Kravitz/Wireimage Pascal Le Segretain/Wireimage Top Meryl Streep and Jean Dujardin, Best Actress and Best Actor in the press room at the 84th Academy Awards. Above Jean Dujardin wearing the Jaeger-LeCoultre Memovox. In our Oscar footage from last night, we first have Meryl Streep’s acceptance speech, for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in The Iron […]
Oscar night gowns: Angelina Jolie and Gwyneth Paltrow make it black and white
The 84th Academy Awards were, as always, a great venue for A-list gown-watching. Looking every inch the movie star, Angelina Jolie wowed in a black Versace gown with a thigh-high split. Michelle Williams donned a bright red strapless Louis Vuitton gown, while Emma Stone also went with red, in Gimabattista Valli. Natalie Portman […]
British Consul-General hosts Oscar bash; Dame Judi Dench tight-lipped about Bond
This year again, the British Consul-General in Los Angeles hosted a bash for principally British stars vying for an Academy Award. Present were Canadian Christopher Plummer (Beginners), (Northern) Irishman Kenneth Branagh (My Week with Marilyn) and Englishman Gary Oldman (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy), all up for Oscar gongs. Janet McTeer, Stephen Daldry, Victoria Beckham and […]
Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black and Audrey Hepburn’s Roman Holiday dresses to be auctioned
Kerry Taylor Auctions Above left Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black dress, designed by Disaya Sorakraikitikul. Above right Audrey Hepburn’s Roman Holiday ivory lace gown, designed by Edith Head. The late Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black dress is the most talked-about item at Kerry Taylor Auctions, and is expected to raise up to £20,000 for the […]
