Monday, February 27, 2012

Post-Oscars: Red Carpet Highlights

Who cares about the actual winners?  I'm more interested in red carpet shenanigans.  This year's outfits were kind of tame with a side of mediocrity.  Most of the dresses weren't even worth mocking (though Jennifer Lopez looked totally tacky).  Someone please give Angelina "emaciation chic" Jolie a sandwich.  A few people even looked lovely (Gwyneth Paltrow was cool and stately, Natalie Portman was adorable in her subtly red and black polka-dotted number, Octavia Spencer was cute, and I give two thumbs way up to Jessica Chastain's bold black-and-gold choice).  

But nope, the highlight of the entire red carpet experience was comedic gadfly Sacha Baron Cohen crashing the entire thing in a glorious publicity stunt (despite being specifically banned from the event) and ambushing the hapless Ryan Seacrest.  Come on, before getting bundled off by security, Cohen zestfully mocked not only Hollywood pretentiousness and Middle Eastern dictators, but Kim Jong-Il as well.  I loved it and laughed out loud.

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