Monday, February 27

The Film Fatales' Best & Worst Dressed: Oscars 2012

elizabeth: Some years the Best and Worst Dressed list is my favorite things about the Oscars, but I think everyone played it a little too safe Sunday night. Did they leave their imaginations in their trailers or did their agents abscond with it? This is starting to be the norm, so finding my fave is a tad harder than finding my most boring. Let the claws come out.

Nicole: It wasn’t the best of the best red carpet last night – but there were some really great highlights and some “WTF was she thinking?” moments.

Melissa McCarthy. Bridesmaids.

elizabeth: Now, I thought Melissa McCarthy was quite funny in a movie that otherwise was offensive at times, but now I have something else to hate – this gown. The color and style make her look like she shops in Plus Sized Girls Are Not Allowed To Be Sexy and she deserves better. The sleeves should be ripped off. That would be a good start.

Nicole: I agree, the more I look at this schmattah, the more I realize just how friggin’ ugly it is. While the cut isn’t so terrible, she really needs to take a page from Octavia Spencer’s book. Now that is how a curvy woman should dress.


Glenn Close. Albert Nobbs.
elizabeth: An older actress in a tux dress? Who would have thought. Glenn is still sexy, so why be all covered up? I am surprised she didn’t wear an apron over it.
Nicole: Well, it’s not THE worst I’ve seen, but it’s a yawn-fest of a dress. Just so, so boring. Glenn should consult with Helen Mirren the next time she wants to rock the red carpet. Helen knows how to work it.
Angelina Jolie doing the Funky Chicken

elizabeth:  is she ice skating under that gown? What is this woman doing with her leg? It’s a slit; we would have found this out sooner or later. Angelina took a perfectly beautiful gown and made herself look completely goofy in it. So now I would say there is hope for all of us.

Nicole: OMG. I cannot agree with you more on the goofy thing going on here. This is definitely a WTF moment. I don’t think Angelina realizes how unattractive she’s become – and this stance is proving it. Doesn’t she see how totally skeletal she’s become? Couple that with the pale hue of her skin and I’m seriously thinking she’s Nosferatu.

Sacha Baron Cohen

elizabeth: This man is a jackass. Albeit a good looking jackass. In this day and age, are terrorists funny? Or good looking?

Nicole: I will say this much – pranking Ryan Seacrest on the red carpet will forever delight me to no end.
Rooney Mara. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
elizabeth: Love her bangs.  It’s Audrey Hepburn looking for a meal look, but I love this look. Youthful, edgy and she stands out in the crowd. And her legs are where they should be as opposed to Ms. Jolie.

Nicole: Cassidy, are you smoking the ganga? She looks like crap. That dress is a travesty. And she needs to buy herself a personality with that billion bucks her family owns.


Penelope Cruz

elizabeth: This is going to kill me to say this, but this is my favorite gown. The cut, the fabric and the train are all reminiscent of a different time and era. Why do I hate to give Penelope Cruz her props? She gets to wake up with Javier Bardem and that kinda sticks in my craw – whatever the hell my craw is. She can’t have everything!!!!

Nicole: You’re so transparent. As if we couldn’t guess the reason you hate Penelope Cruz. Pah-lease. While I do love this dress, my favorite of the evening was Emma Stone in Giambattista Valli.

Sandra Bullock

elizabeth:  Dear Sandy, I have had days when I put on something and then realized too late that I was so, so mistaken and the guilt washes over me. Did you feel that way on Oscar night? Well, girlfriend you should have. Nothing ages a beautiful woman more then to wear her grandmother’s dress. Give it back to her. Please.

Nicole: It’s like a trifecta of wrong. It’s ill-fitted, whatever that design around the waist is looks as if it’s strangling her, and the color-blocking is sooooo unflattering. Oof. Hot mess.