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First thing’s first: Dev Patel looks really great these days, right? Right. While the puffiness of his mustache is questionable, overall he looks really good with facial hair, and I’m enjoying his longer hair overall. These are photos from last night’s BFI London Film Festival premiere of Lion, the true story of an Indian man who was adopted (when he was a child) by an Australian couple. The kid grows up and wants to find his birth family, including a long-lost brother. As I’ve said in previous posts, I’m not really into the story and I think it looks overwrought.

Nicole Kidman plays Dev’s adoptative mother in the film and Rooney Mara plays his girlfriend. Thankfully, Rooney’s sour puss did not make an appearance at the LFF. Kidman and Patel paired up to walk the carpet together and they really looked lovely together. Not in a creepy way, just in a “wow, they’re two tall, lanky, lovely people” way. The Sydney Morning Herald claims that Nicole’s performance could earn her an Oscar nomination. As I said, I’m not really feeling it and I doubt that a story about an Indian man would end up getting an Oscar nomination for the white actress, but stranger things have happened.

Nicole wore this Armani Prive Fall 2016 gown in black velvet. I was beyond thrilled when I realized this was velvet – I love when it gets to be the time of year when velvet starts appearing on red carpets! This is good quality velvet too – the whole look is very “rich.” My only complaint about the dress is that the pockets feel oversized and unnecessary. The gown has a really high slit too, so Kidman was Jolie-Legging all over the place. Also: Nicole’s face looks pretty good, right? I’m sure she’s still Botoxing and stuff, but maybe she has a new guy because it doesn’t look overdone.

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Photos courtesy of WENN.
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