Lily Collins was all dolled up for the Oscars in a stunning see-through Zuhair Murad gown which she paired with a lovely pair of Christian Louboutin shoes.
Lily Collins topped it all off with a Salvatore Ferragamo clutch.
However, Lily Collins’ most notable accessory was her super short new pixie cut.
Lily Collins has been on a hair cutting spree for a while now. It began in the summer of 2013 when she went for an adorable shoulder-length bob.
I guess Lily Collins enjoyed it so much, she decided to go a little further.
Also, Zendaya went big in order to avoid going home. She showed up with faux Lisa Bonet-style dreads that lent a relaxed look to her ivory Vivienne Westwood gown and beautiful Chopard jewelry.
The very pregnant wife of Sacha Baron Cohen started out Oscar celebrations on Wednesday evening. Isla Fisher and her hubby doubled up with George Clooney and his new wife, Amal Almuddin.
The foursome dined together at Sunset Tower Hotel’s Tower Bar.
It seems Isla Fisher’s belly wasn’t the only attention grabber of the night. The newly minted Mrs. George Clooney was wearing a “very short navy skirt” that showed off her “very long legs.”
Sources said that Almuddin was turning heads all night.
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However, Isla Fisher‘s belly got even more attention on Sunday night at the Vanity Fair Oscars afterparty.
The soon-to-be mother of three dressed her bump in a lovely floor-length blue and white gown that accentuated her bump very nicely.
So nicely, apparently, that Jennifer Aniston couldn’t resist giving Isla Fisher’s bump a sweet kiss.
Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen’s third baby is due this spring, and will join its sisters, Elula, 4, and Olive, 7.
Isla Fisher loves being pregnant and all the benefits that go with it.
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Isla Fisher said back in 2012, “I loved being able to eat whatever I wanted and the whole experience of giving life. And I never worried about losing the weight afterwards, because breastfeeding burns all the calories up so fast.”
But that’s not the only secret weapon that Isla Fisher deploys after each child.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcjFoX1VtPE
She admitted, “That and Spanx. Anytime anyone compliments me on my figure, I’m wearing my Spanx undies.”
Aha! That makes it a little more real.
What do you think about Isla Fisher’s awesome photo op with Jennifer Aniston kissing her belly?
Stephen Hawking took to Facebook Sunday to congratulate Eddie Redmayne on his Oscar win for best actor for his portrayal of the ALS-afflicted physicist in The Theory Of Everything.
Stephen Hawking was unable to attend the awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday, but sent a message of congratulations via his Facebook page, saying he was “proud” of the actor.
Meanwhile Eddie Redmayne, 33, said backstage at the ceremony that he can’t wait to take his Oscar statuette to Cambridge to show Stephen Hawking in person.
Eddie Redmayne‘s moment was made even more special when he accepted his Oscar from actress Cate Blanchett, with whom he worked on Elizabeth: The Golden Age.
“I was recovering from that excitement of seeing her, and then just trying to bury all this frenzy of nerves and white noise and trying to speak articulately and, of course, you then forget everything but it just felt like a euphoria really, an extraordinary euphoria. It’s something I will not forget in a hurry,” he said.
Needless to say, Eddie Redmayne was beyond excited to win his very first for playing Stephen Hawking, but likely not the last, Oscar recognition. In his acceptance speech, he said the award is for ALS sufferers worldwide and said he would keep good care of the statuette on their behalf.
Faith Hill and Tim McGraw attended the Oscars ceremony Sunday, looking gorgeous as ever sporting matching short, blond hair styles.
The first couple of country stole the show on the Oscars red carpet with their non-stop adorable PDA and that new look.
Faith Hill and Tim McGraw have been married for 18 years and the spark between them was still very much evident on the red carpet. Their sleek new short dos made them look very chic and classy.
“She looks pretty hot, huh?” Tim McGraw asked ABC’s Lara Spencer after the reporter complimented Faith Hill’s hair on the red carpet. “I married up.”
Once inside the Dolby Theatre, Tim McGraw offered a moving performance of veteran country singer Glen Campbell’s I’m Not Gonna Miss You on his behalf.
The song, written by Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond, was nominated for best original song, from Campbell’s biographical film Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me, which documents the legendary country singer’s battle with Alzheimer’s disease on his final tour.
Jennifer Aniston kneeled down to give Isla Fisher‘s baby bump a sweet little kiss at Vanity Fair’s Oscars 2015 afterparty on Sunday.
Jennifer Aniston, looking gorgeous in a gold Versace gown, and Isla Fisher, who is expecting her third child with husband Sacha Baron Cohen, are long-time friends so it was only fitting that the Friends alum take a moment to greet and kiss her pal’s baby. The sweet greeting took place at the star-studded bash hosted Sunday by Graydon Carter at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.
Jennifer Aniston appeared at the after party with fiancé Justin Theroux, after attending the 87th Academy Awards show live in the Shrine Auditorium.
Isla Fisher, who didn’t attend the ceremony, wore a baby bump-friendly white gown covered in blue flowers, which makes one wonder if its a hint at the sex of the baby.
During an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in November, Jennifer Aniston shared how desperate Isla Fisher is to see her married to Theroux. She shared that every time she hosts an innocent dinner party, Theroux hopes its actually a wedding celebration.
“Our friends Sacha and Isla showed up for four little gatherings, about a year ago, in beautiful wedding wear,” Jennifer Aniston told DeGeneres, laughing. “Even for the Fourth of July last year, Sacha was in a powder blue suit, and Isla was in a little cute dress and we were like, ‘Guys, it’s Fourth of July, we were in cutoffs, eating hot dogs. We will actually let you know!’”
Laura Dern gathered with fellow Oscar nominees on Friday to celebrate and promote women in front of, and behind, the camera.
The event, which kicked off an exciting Oscar weekend, was called the Women in Film Pre-Oscar Cocktail Party and was hosted at Hyde Sunset Kitchen + Cocktails in Los Angeles.
Besides Laura Dern, the famous female faces included the stunning and talented Meryl Streep, Rosamund Pike, and newcomers like Elle Fanning.
Laura Dern is one among a small pool of females in Hollywood that are wanting to promote and acknowlege women who star in, direct, cast, design costumes for, and do so many other jobs to make some of Hollywood’s biggest movies and great independent films happen.
Lately, there has been a movement to bring a bigger female voice to Hollywood, which Laura Dern, Meryl Streep, and many other actresses find glaringly male.
How bout getting nominated alongside some of your best friends?! Congrats for all the beautiful work honored today!
He then proceeded to sum up the American film industry’s view of women and that of Britian, saying, “There are so many more women who are writers, who are actors, who are producers and they should be able to stand just even with all the males. Hollywood’s got a screwball way of doing it.”
He added. “Unlike in Great Britain where they revere their older actors and actresses, here, all the women are chasing youth and it’s a terrible thing.”
While that holds true for many actresses of today, great women like the above-mentioned Laura Dern and Meryl Streep seem to age gracefully and not try to keep up with their younger counter parts. And they are doing just fine.
In fact, Meryl Streep has had some huge successes of late, like her magnificent role in Into the Woods.
Laura Dern isn’t doing so bad herself.
Laura Dern has signed on to join Michelle Williams in Kelly Reichardt’s next film, which remains an untitled independent film based on short stories by Maile Meloy.
She has a big Oscar weekend in the works with her nomination for Wild. She has previously starred in The Fault in Our Stars, When the Game Stands Tall and the upcoming 99 Homes.
Best of luck to Laura Dern at the Oscars on Sunday!
Lupita Nyong’o won an Academy award last year for her stunning performance in 12 Years A Slave.
Lupita Nyong’o’s win was among a variety of instances in which diversity was a big part of last year’s Oscars.
In addition to Lupita Nyong’o, Ellen DeGeneres, an outspoken lesbian, was hosting and the first Latino, Alfonso Cuaron, won the Oscar for best director.
And, of course, filmmaker Steve McQueen was infamously hopping for joy after 12 Years a Slave won best picture.
Shortly before her win, Lupita Nyong’o made the world love her with a speech on “dark beauty”.
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Since then, Lupita Nyong’o has become a symbol of “dark beauty” herself.
During her speech, Lupita Nyong’o told of a young girl who wrote her a letter saying that Nyong’o had saved her.
The girl was apparently getting ready to lighten her skin, but after Nyongo’s success, she decided not to and to be proud of who she was.
Lupita Nyong’o said at the end of her speech, “I remember a time when I too felt unbeautiful. I put on the TV and only saw pale skin.”
She added, “And so I hope that my presence on your screens and in the magazines may lead you, young girl, on a similar journey.”
This year, the Oscars are noticeably lacking in the diversity department.
In fact, all 20 acting nominees are white this year. Also, the lack of nods for Selma is a shock, and some might say a disgrace.
As to the Oscars’ exclusive history, Darnell Hunt, a UCLA professor and director of the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies and co-author of a 2014 diversity report on the film and TV industries, says it’s nothing new.
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He added, “What we saw in terms of the nominations this year was business as usual. What we got was more or less an accurate reflection of the way the industry is structured and the way the academy is populated.”
The outcry has attracted the likes of Al Sharpton, who called for a task force to look into the diversity problem at the Oscars. Sharpton said of the movie industry, “The movie industry is like the Rocky Mountains, the higher you get, the whiter it gets.”
That guy. Always classy.
However, Lionel Chetwynd, an Oscar-nominated writer and an academy member, argued against the whole “task force” idea.
He said, “Enforced ‘diversity’ will undermine the very mission of AMPAS. As new filmmakers and craftspeople achieve new levels of excellence, the face of the academy will change as it should, to the meter of its time, the pace of its art.”
What do you think? Do you think Hollywood should experience some enforced diversity or do you think the Academy is a pretty fair judge of art and talent and they should be left to do their jobs without interference?
