oscar dress faves

Here were my favorite dresses from last night's Oscars.

Michelle Williams in Chanel

Anne Hathaway in Givenchy

Cate Blanchett in Givenchy

Hailee Steinfeld in Marchesa

hollywood swingin'

Behind the scenes of the new Vanity Fair Hollywood cover.

golden globes

Golden Globes fashion was kind of ho-hum this year but here are my favorites. Who were y'all feeling?

I think this is my favorite Angelina Jolie look I can think of. She looks so beautiful in this emerald Versace dress.

My Golden Globes viewing party gasped when Halle Berry was onstage. Here wearing Nina Ricci. She is so stunning!

Emma Stone peachy in Calvin Klein

Claire Danes in similar Calvin Klein. A pretty color on her.

Anne Hathaway was my best dressed, looking beautiful in Giorgio Armani Prive. I like that it's simple and elegant but fashion forward at the same time.

valentine's day

Sluggish pacing is usually death knell for the romantic comedy. Many filmmakers fail at attempting multiple story lines and some succeed. Garry Marshall, who found a knack for frothy films such as 1990's Pretty Woman, would be in the category of the former. Clocking in at 125 minutes, Valentine's Day is a turgid romantic comedy without much romance or comedy. It wastes the talents of Shirley MacLaine, Queen Latifah (playing another stereotype), Kathy Bates (in a nonsensical and completely unnecessary role), Julia Roberts (unbelievably cast as an Iraq soldier on leave), and Anne Hathaway (also unbelievable as a peppy poetry student who temps and moonlights as a phone sex operator). Most of the screen time is given to Ashton Kutcher, an attractive but terrible actor. I kept waiting for him to wink at the camera.

It's the audience who pays to see this who have been "punk'd." I won't even spend time on the plot which is more convoluted than the ridiculous intertwined L.A. story lines in Crash or 1974's Earthquake. I pictured a group of Hollywood executives drawing a Venn diagram on a dry erase board, connecting all of the characters in every possible fashion. The film could have been trimmed by at least 40 minutes, including a predictable subplot featuring Julia Roberts's niece Emma and a quizzical tween romance between Taylor Swift (all of her attempts at comedy fell flat in the audience) and Taylor Lautner. There is a gay storyline, that is shamelessly used as a plot device, with dated, sitcomish jokes sprinkled throughout ("I'm with you, just not behind you"). We watch all of the straight characters kiss, but for some reason, our gay men are reduced to a face caress. The supporting cast features a cutesy kid (Bryce Robinson), the painfully bad Jessica Biel, Geroge Lopez, Jessica Alba, McSteamy and McDreamy from "Grey's," Jamie Foxx, and I believe a dog or multiple dogs were in the movie for "aww cute there's a dog" moments.

In case you don't believe that this film is more a harmless frothy concoction, less a cold Hollywood product, Warner Brothers has already optioned a similar movie for New Year's Eve. The thought of that is equally nauseating. The problem is that Valentine's Day isn't a very compelling holiday. As a teacher, Jennifer Garner attempts to explain its history to a bored classroom. One of the few things that kept my interest, in the most base way, as if I were watching an episode of "Saved By the Bell," was "what is in the mysterious silver box?" Just so you aren't duped like I was, what's in the silver box isn't very thrilling.

-Jeffery Berg

anne, i love your style 2

Anne in In Style.

"If you're going to be glamorous, it has to be tempered with eccentricity so that it incorporates your own personality. Dressing up is great, but you need a twist. And one of my biggest style influences has been Rachel Zoe, who introduced me to glamour. Now I'm kind of pushing her a little bit to explore the eccentric side. Lately, I've been having a lot more fun with how I dress. I am braving the idea of ending up on a worst-dressed list, but I'm also a lot happier with what I wear."

Thanks Blonde Episodes for the pics!

anne, i love your style

I love her (as an actress: Brokeback Mountain and Rachel Getting Married) and the way she dresses! What are some of your favorite looks?

Apologies to Just Jared for stealing so many pics.