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  • Amal Clooney, Taylor Swift Make Vanity Fair’s Best Dressed List

    Amal Clooney and Taylor Swift are among the stunning people named to Vanity Fair’s most recent best dressed list. The 2015 edition of Vanity Fair’s International Best-Dressed List came out on Wednesday, and includes–as usual–a few surprises as well as a few tried and true honorees.

    Taylor Swift and Amal Clooney are, of course, among that second group. Always impeccably dressed in not just the latest, but the most appropriate of fashions for every occasion at which they’re captured on film. These ladies rate at the top of everyone’s list. Swift sets an exceptional example for young women and girls, and Amal Clooney is revered by women all over the world as being 100 percent on her game in the fashion world.

    One big surprise name receiving the honor from Vanity Fair is musician FKA Twigs, who has made headlines in recent months for dating former Twilight hunk and ex-boyfriend of Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson. Another surprise on the coveted list–at least for those who love fashion–is Rihanna.

    Amal Clooney and handsome hubby George Clooney recently hosted actor Ed Norton and his family at their home in Italy. Any photogs who got wind of this gang touring the Italian countryside likely got some amazing shots that featured not just gorgeous, sexy people–but also some stunning fashion trends. George and Amal Clooney somehow manage to look perfect no matter where they are or what they are doing.

    Check out Vanity Fair for the complete list of those chosen for their Best-Dressed list. Besides Amal Clooney and Taylor Swift, see if those you expected to make the list did–and if those you least expected might have made it, too.

  • Maureen O’Hara, Harry Belafonte Receive Honorary Oscars in Front of Star-Studded Audience.

    Maureen O’Hara and Harry Belafonte were awarded honorary Academy Awards Saturday night in front of a star-studded audience at the Governor’s Awards Ceremony.

    Joining the legendary Irish actress and the social activist in receiving an honorary Academy Award were filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki and screenwriter Jean-Claude Carriere. The event was held at a private dinner ceremony at Hollywood & Highland’s Ray Dolby Ballroom.

    Liam Neeson and Clint Eastwood introduced the 94-year-old O’Hara and concurred that both once had a crush on the beautiful actress. Described by Neeson as “one of the true legends of cinema” and “one of the most adventurous women who ever lived,” he said she was a pioneer in the industry for women by doing her own stunt work, notably in several John Wayne films.

    Arriving on stage in a wheelchair, O’Hara thanked filmmakers Charles Laughton and John Ford, and her late friend and co-star Wayne.

    “What’s this?!” said O’Hara when the award was handed to her. “I only hope it’s silver or gold and not like a spoon out of the kitchen.”

    Belafonte, 87, was introduced by Chris Rock and Susan Sarandon and accepted the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for his social activism.

    “I’m not here to honor you,” Rock said. “I’m here to thank you.”

    Sarandon called the actor and singer “a real-life, flesh and blood hero.”

    Belafonte accepted his award with his typical grace and eloquence.

    “To be rewarded by my peers for my work for human rights, civil rights and for peace… It powerfully mutes the enemy’s thunder,” he said.

    Belafonte said he shared the award with friend and colleague Sidney Poitier.

    “He redirected the ship of racial hatred in American culture,” Belafonte said, mentioning the actor’s long list of films, including 12 Years a Slave, noting the influential power of the film.

    “Maybe, just maybe, it could be civilization’s game-changer,” he said.

    Other attendees of the ceremony included Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston, Steve Carell, Kevin Costner, Mark Wahlberg, Ed Norton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Eddie Redmayne, Ron Howard and Hilary Swank.

    The Governors Awards was established by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2009. Highlights from the ceremony will be featured in the 2015 Oscar telecast in February.