2013 Oscars Recap, Part 2
Feb 25, 2013
Continued from Part 1
We've discussed the winners. Time for . . .
THE LOSERS
Anne Hathaway
Uh, yeah, I hate Anne Hathaway, and yeah, it's just personal. Sorry. Them's the breaks. Regardless, this was a no. In her red carpet interview, Anne joked that the (backless) dress was "business in the front; party in the back." A great follow-up question would have been to ask what business emphasizes awkwardly drawing everyone's eyes to your nipples all night long/forever.
Anyway. Didn't like the color, didn't like the neckline/necklace, still don't like Anne.
Halle Berry
I will admit that this is the best-case scenario for what you get when you say "Beetlejuice" three times.
Helen Hunt
Helen Hunt made a statement by wearing a gown from the H&M Conscious Collection. Appreciate the idea behind it, but, uh, it doesn't look good. I totally emphathize, though, because everything I have ever bought from H&M has ended up fitting improperly and wrinkling instantaneously.
Kristen Chenoweth
The personality of a teenager aggressively campaigning for Homecoming Queen combined with Disney villain styling. Weird that that didn't work.
This is also the first of several high buns I hated.
Salma Hayek
Here is Bun of Death #2. I know this crazy "turtleneck made out of Reese's Cup wrappers" thing doesn't leave many hair options, but the dark bun is just way too severe here.
Renee Zellweger
The dress wasn't all that bad., although it was not my cup of tea and it definitely washed her out. But I hate the hair.
Brandi Glanville (Real Housewives of Beverly Hills)
OK, so a D-lister dressing badly for attention is the oldest trick in the red carpet book, but what can I say? I like low-hanging fruit. It is, at least, much better than fruit that has been awkwardly smushed upwards at a painful angle . . .
Kristen Stewart
K-Stew actually ended up on a lot of best-dressed lists with this, but C'MAN. She showed up on crutches, her hair was a mess, she glowered through her turn presenting and had a huge bruise on her arm. So yeah, nice dress, but I'm over this low-energy sourpuss and it's gonna take way more than White Swan to change that.
Amanda Seyfriend
This was a bit predictable--it echoed some of her recent looks--and the hair is approaching the preliminary Bride of Frankenstein warning zone. When you combine that with the automatic 5 point SO SICK OF LES MIS deduction I factored in, it's straight to the bottom for Ms. Seyfried.
Amy Adams
It's probably harsh to put her in Worst Dressed, but I think she's lovely and was disappointed with the blah color and last-season trend of whatever that huge, tulle-ified skirt is called.
Zoe Saldana
I like that she takes risks, but sometimes risks don't pay off. A belt that looks like it has your high school diploma tucked into it falls firmly into the category of "not paying off."
Next up: Part 3
I do generally like Anne Hathaway, but that dress was awful. Unless she actually did come to the Oscars directly from prom '98, in which case I'm impressed.
Posted by: Amanda | Feb 26, 2013 at 10:43 AM
Word. And her hair/skin/makeup are great. She could have really pulled off a bold/deep/dark color. I think this fleshy nude-y tone is about the worst for her.
Posted by: Lauren | Feb 26, 2013 at 10:52 AM
Agreed. Just to clarify, I meant that I'd be impressed by the time travel, still not by the dress. Didn't like it on Buffy Summers. Definitely didn't like it on Anne.
Posted by: Amanda | Feb 26, 2013 at 11:26 AM