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27 Feb 2012

The Academy Awards 2012

photos via Style.com except for last two

[Rooney Mara in Givenchy Haute Couture]

I absolutely love this gown on her. It’s so refreshing to see her not wearing black for once since most of her press outfits and even gowns on the red carpet recently have been black.

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I spent most of the day watching the red carpet special for the Academy Awards yesterday as E! decided to start it around one if not sooner. Unfortunately, thirty minutes into the show, I decided to give up on watching it to spend my time with some great company. It’s alright – the red carpet is usually the main priority for me…that was until Ashley sent me a text that said, “We could have easily made tonight a drinking game,” which meant that I was missing a whole lot of highlights from the show.

I suppose I can just read about the rest of the stuff that happened during the show. I did, however, witness Sacha Baron Cohen as the Dictator dump Bisquick all over Ryan Seacrest’s Burberry suit. Just watching him trying to contain his anger over the situation was entertaining enough.

And with that, let’s get into some red carpet looks!

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23 Feb 2009

Slumdog Sweeps Oscars

If you haven’t seen the movie, go watch it. Although I wasn’t able to watch the Oscars myself, I hear Slumdog did very well and I have to agree it was very much deserved. I’m still so in love with this movie and I plan on watching it again when I go home. 8 out of 10 Oscars? Not bad. Not bad at all.

The cast accepting for Best Picture

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