I’m a Julia Roberts stan. I don’t have anything to hide. One of the saddest moments this fall was realizing she’d had her birthday and I couldn’t pretend to be Oprah interviewing her all “Julia is FIFTYYYYYY” anymore.

I take immense pleasure in everything she does and says (and wears – I’ll get …

Wow, Julia Roberts certainly looks… um, fresh? Freshened, perhaps. Her skin is tighter now than it was when she was in Steel Magnolias. I honestly didn’t even recognize her at first, although looking at her more closely now, you can tell that it’s a combination of things – a dark tan and a brassy hair color to camouflage the subtle new work on her face. Julia’s pantsuited ensemble is Stella McCartney. You guys now how I feel about Stella’s work, but I tend to think this is… okay? It’s certainly flattering, giving Julia an illusion of a very weird hourglass figure. But if you look at the pieces separately, you can see that the trousers are actually terrible.

Honestly, Dakota Fanning was one of my picks for best dressed. I know we’ve seen this style of Armani gown on other women in other years, but it’s a classic cut done well, and it looks amazing on her.

I truly didn’t notice it last night, but Glenn Close wore one of the most amazing sack dresses OF ALL TIME. Angelina Jolie is so jealous that didn’t think of literally wearing a black sack with arm and neck holes to an awards show. Glenn’s sack dress is Armani. She got to sweep her sack dress up to the stage when she won Best Actress in a Drama. I wish we had a good cutaway to Gaga at that very moment.

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Halle Berry is so gorgeous she makes me want to give up sugar. I know she’s on a keto diet by necessity as she has Type 1 diabetes, but if that’s her secret (along with a ton of exercise, which frankly would be easier for me than cutting sugar) I will consider it. She was in Zuhair Murad, in a cranberry gown with a deep v neck and velvet stripes. I swear we’ve seen her in many variations of this dress over the years but my god does it work for her. She’s 52 years old and I should know this by now but I have to look it up every time because she looks like this. One complaint is that her fake ponytail is too long, but I did not notice that when she was on stage.

Halle presented along with Lena Waithe, who was also strikingly gorgeous on camera. Lena is usually cute and sporty looking but last night she just looked elegant. It’s her new hair I think. This still photo doesn’t do her justice.

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Kristen Bell also killed it in Zuhair Murad. She looked like she was 5-10 years younger. It was her styling along with how perfect that dress was. I’ve been rightfully criticized for liking very safe, classic looks so if that’s your criticism of this gown I’m ok with that. Overall she knocked it out of the park though. Oh and I linked to this in an earlier post today but she made me feel better about not owning any designer heels. (Unless Stuart Weitzman counts. They were on sale!)

This is a post with beautiful gowns, so here’s Gemma Chan in a breathtaking Valentino gown. It’s rare that one of these stupid open mullet gowns actually works like this. Look at the draping and gathering along the skirt, it’s perfection. It has pockets too and a bow at the back. They stuck to a single rich color in a single fabric and let the amazing cut of the dress shine. Her hair and makeup are so gorgeous too. I don’t even mind the matchy shoes.

Nominee Laura Dern was also in Valentino, in that deep crimson color which was so popular, but unlike Gemma’s gown there’s just a little too much happening here. Maybe I would like it without sleeves or with a sleek bodice.

Gemma’s costar Michelle Yeoh was in bright green and she wore her Crazy Rich Asians character Eleanor’s emerald ring on the red carpet! She told Giuliana on the red carpet that it was her own ring too. I don’t have an ID on her gown, but it’s really striking and I love the wrap. It looks like the dress is leather and lace.

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I really feel things for Timothée Chalamet. He’s impossibly beautiful and incredibly talented. He’s also SO young and SO fun. Timothee likes fashion. He dated Madonna’s daughter, and now he’s dating Lily-Rose Depp, a young fashionista/actress. He’s turning into the best actor of his generation too. So basically, I loved that Timothee turned up at the Golden Globes in this honest-to-God SPARKLY HARNESS. His ensemble is Louis Vuitton and I love a sparkly harness. How chic. How now.

I don’t know what’s happening to me, because I usually loathe yellow dresses, but I was totally fine with Rachel Brosnahan’s Prada gown. Do I wish it was a different color? Sure, maybe. But I didn’t think it looked bad at all. The cut was spectacular.

Everyone knows that Rami Malek and Lucy Boynton are dating right? They’re dating. She wore this gold Celine gown and they managed to not pose together solo. Rami is waging one of the smartest Oscar campaigns I’ve ever seen, and I would not be surprised at all if Rami ends up winning an Oscar this year.

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These photos don’t do Saoirse Ronan justice. Whenever the Golden Globes or E! cameras found her, she was glowing and shimmering. She’s become one of my favorite young women to watch, on and off screen. Her bone structure has really popped over the past few years, and she’s lost her girlish, coltish beauty and become an absolutely stunning young woman and a bombshell. Saoirse knew that she was just there to party and have a good time, and that’s how she dressed – this Gucci dress is sexy without being trashy, interesting without being too “look at me.” She’s just gorgeous.

Also in Gucci? Giuliana Rancic. This sh-t looks off-the-rack. And I’m still so mad at Giuliana and Ryan Seacrest for still being incapable of doing their f–king jobs.

Here’s Claire Foy in Miu Miu. I saw some questions about whether yellow was the right color for her. I generally hate yellow on the red carpet, but I think the color here is fine on her – she’s pale enough where it really looks striking. The problem with this dress is the fit – there is too much looseness in the bust, and it makes her boobs look sad.

Kate Mara also wore Miu Miu and this was very easily one of the worst looks of the night. Everything was bad – terrible hair, too-dark makeup and one of the ugliest dresses I’ve ever seen.

Camilla Belle in Jason Wu. Pretty color, but the dress looks way too stiff, and the whole look just felt too much.

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Regina King was nominated in two categories last night, Best Actress in a Limited Series, for Seven Seconds, and Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, for If Beale Street Could Talk. She won for Beale Street and her speech was amazing! She almost got played off by the music but they DIDN’T DARE.

The best part is around 2:05 where she says celebrities are criticized for using their soapbox but then she did that and it was triumphant.

Celebrities say we’re using the time to talk about ourselves when we’re on our soapbox and using a moment to talk about the system things that are going on in life.

Times up times two. The reason why we do this is because we understand that our microphones are big and we’re speaking for everyone.

I’m going to use my platform right now to say that in the next two years, everything that I produce… [will be] 50% women. I just challenge anyone out there who is in a position of power, not just in our industry, but in all industries… to stand with us in solidarity and do the same.

Now I have chills. I saw this last night of course but rewatching it again is getting to me. I want to see Beale Street, even though I know it will make me cry. The part where she thanked director Barry Jenkins and said “my son said to me that it was the first time he really saw himself” got to me. Speaking of her son, Ian, who turns 22 this month, he went to the Globes with his mom. Their interview with Ryan Seacrest on the red carpet is below. Look at Ryan touching Ian’s jacket at :40 in. Their interview was almost over when Regina pointed out Ian’s Time’s Up pin. SHE KNEW WHAT SHE WAS DOING. She is subtly calling out Ryan for being an abusive a-hole and Ian took the hint and ran with it.

Regina was in an amazing pink sequin Alberta Ferretti gown. I love the detailing and the pattern differences in the beading. This must have taken hundreds of hours to make. Also in Alberta Ferretti we have Yvonne Strahovski of The Handmaid’s Tale looking lovely and understated and Judy Greer. Greer wore a full on oversized suit with a giant bow tie! Points for looking unique I guess but this could also be called a clown suit.

Y’all, @ReginaKing should be the winner of everything. Plus she is the nicest human ever.

— shonda rhimes (@shondarhimes) January 7, 2019

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Janelle Monae wore Chanel’s 2019 pre-fall collection, including a leather gold couch crown I think may just be the greatest piece of headwear I have ever seen on a red carpet. I believe Vogue when they write that Karl Lagerfeld crafted this hat for his Egyptian-themed Metiers d’Art collection and no…

Janelle Monae wore Chanel’s 2019 pre-fall collection, including a leather gold couch crown I think may just be the greatest piece of headwear I have ever seen on a red carpet. I believe Vogue when they write that Karl Lagerfeld crafted this hat for his Egyptian-themed Metiers d’Art collection and no…

It’s sad that Black Panther didn’t win any Golden Globes. It feels like the awards shows have just decided that Black Panther is going to be nominated for all of the “Best Picture” awards, but it won’t actually win anything. We’re past the moment when a film as significant as Black Panther can just be nominated and everyone’s happy with that though. It’s especially galling that on the same night Black Panther was ignored, the HFPA gave a bunch of Golden Globes to that white savior bulls–t Green Book.

The main people of Black Panther came out for the Globes: Lupita Nyong’o, Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Danai Gurira, and writer/director Ryan Coogler. I don’t think Chadwick walked the carpet, but Lupita, MBJ, Danai and Ryan all walked and posed together. Lupita wore an absolutely stunning custom Calvin Klein gown which shimmered whenever she moved. Danai wore a Rodarte gown which is basically the fire emoji come to life. Also: Lupita and MBJ seem very touchy-feely with each other. I have to ask again: are they just flirty friends, or is there something there?

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Is Chrissy Metz calling Alison Brie a “bitch” on a hot mic the new “did Grover say the F word” controversy? (I can still hear that Grover video either way!) In this case you can’t fully hear what Chrissy is saying though. This was streamed on Facebook live, and it’s Chrissy giving commentary on Alison when the camera cutaway and she presumably didn’t know her mic was still on. Some people think she’s saying “she’s such a bitch.” You can listen to that below, but it cuts off right before the word is completed.

Here’s Chrissy Metz calling Alison Brie a “bitch,” not knowing her mic is still on. #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/YfkPJhcwI4

— Ryan Schocket (@RyanSchocket) January 7, 2019

Here’s another clip.

Here’s the Chrissy Metz calling Allison Brie a “b” at #GoldenGlobes2019 pic.twitter.com/Wwl25s3DMR

— Will C (@wheelsee) January 7, 2019

So Chrissy could be saying “she’s such a b-ig star” or something like that! It does sound like she’s calling her a bitch, but you can’t actually hear the end of the sentence, at least in the clips I found. In fact Chrissy told People Magazine that she said “oh boy, I love her!” She also tweeted that the story was fake. A couple of people tweeted that they heard “she’s so sweet.”

“I’m so distraught and upset,” the This Is Us actress said.

“I don’t speak about anyone like that I don’t speak like that. I love Alison, I follow her,” Metz shared. “When I was walking up they said, ‘Do you know Alison,’ and I said, ‘Oh boy, do I.’ I love her.”

In a statement, a rep for Metz also said: “Chrissy never said that. She would never say that about anybody. She’s a huge fan and friend of Alison Brie. Chrissy has nothing but admiration and respect for Alison and, frankly, every fellow actor who must wade through this much-too-common attempt to create a feud among colleagues.”

[From People]

Alison Brie shared a photo with Chrissy from the SAG Awards last year on her IG stories and wrote “nothing but love,” so they’re all good! I believe Chrissy, her explanation sounds reasonable and it’s very easy to mishear things. I can still hear Grover saying “f’ing” if I assume that’s what he’s saying. This is probably a similar case.

Yeah, no. I listened to it several times a didn’t anything remotely like that.

— Jeanne (@lilbrick4) January 7, 2019

Alison Brie was in a custom Vera Wang dress with a black bandeau bra adorned with different-sized pearls and a baby blue sheer overlay with a long voluminous skirt. It’s interesting, I’ll give it that. I really liked the skirt part. She was nominated for Actress in a TV series, for GLOW, which went to Rachel Brosnahan.

I’m including a couple of other actresses in Vera Wang last night as we need to keep cranking out the fashion! Here’s Taraji P Henson in green velvet. I’m not into the top of this dress and find it too revealing. It has such potential though. Constance Wu is pulling off this nude colored Wang with the red-orange bow. It’s borderline fug with that lingerie look top and the tulle skirt but she’s a fashion girl and she’s owning it.

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