Anika Noni Rose recorded a great video for Wonderwall that shows her getting ready for the Oscars before the big event. The transformation began at 8:30 in the morning with hair. Anika also introduced her facemaker who helped with airbrushing. The video even includes the security check at the 82nd Academy Awards and footage from the Red Carpet itself. Take a look:
Anika Noni Rose wore a chic gown by Lebanese fashion designer Rania Salibi to the Oscars. Rania Salibi was the winner of this year's Oscar Designer Challenge. Anika also wore jewelry by Kiwat and shoes by Stuart Weitzman. You can see a photo of Anika in the Salibi gown here. She also shows off the dress in this red carpet interview with TV Guide. Take a look:
Virginia Madsen wore a navy and black bustier gown with a softly draped silk chiffon overlay bodice and Chantilly lace ribbons designed by Kevan Hall to the 82nd Academy Awards. Virginia was one of stars who nearly got caught in the rain. The Chicago Sun-Timesquotes Virgina as saying, "I'm from Chicago. I can take a little rainstorm like this, but I'm not sure my dress can!" Fortunately, an Academy staffer wielding an umbrella arrived to assist her.
Michelle Pfeiffer looked gorgeous in a red one-shouldered Carolina Herrera gown. The gown was from Carolina Herrera's Pre-Fall 2010 collection. You can see the dress here on Style.com. Michelle Pfeiffer presented the Oscar for Best Actor, which was won by Jeff Bridges.
2010 Oscar Fashions: Mariah Carey's Piaget Diamond Watch
Mariah Carey wore some spectacular jewels at the 82nd Academy Awards. Mariah, who co-starred in Precious, wore Piaget's newest Limelight Jazz
inspiration cuff watch in white gold which is set with 591 brilliant-cut diamonds and 3 pear-shaped diamond drops. Mariah wore a midnight blue Valentino gown.
Here's a closeup of the watch and Mariah's wedding ring:
2010 Oscar Fashions: Kate Winslet's $2.5 Million Yellow Diamonds
Kate Winslet wore some amazing jewels to the Oscars this year. Tiffany & Co. custom designed a $2.5 million Art Deco-inspired necklace in platinum, based on jewels in the Tiffany archives. The necklace features a triple-drop pendant of a 13.09-carat and two approximately 6-carat fancy vivid yellow diamonds surrounded by 642 white diamonds. The drop earrings feature 10 total carats of yellow diamonds and her bracelets also feature yellow diamonds, all by Tiffany & Co.
The Hurt Locker movie won both the Best Director and Best Picture awards the 82nd Academy Awards. Films that win Best Picture typically see a boost in box office revenues and in DVD sales. Bloombergreports that analysts expect the film's box office sales to double. The film has only made $21.4 million at the box office worldwide so doubling ticket sales will not be that significant.
Expanding the film to 1,000 theaters in the next few weeks would boost its worldwide box-office sales to an estimated $40 million, said David Joyce, an analyst with Miller Tabak & Co. in New York. The movie has taken in $21.4 million in global ticket sales since its June 26 release, according to Box Office Mojo, a researcher based in Sherman Oaks, California.
The Oscar box office bump is probably expected to be low because The Hurt Locker has been available on DVD since January. The Bloombergarticle does cite media analyst Hal Vogel, who thinks the film could sell another 1 million DVDs, which would be very significant. This would be in addition to the 725,000 Hurt Locker DVDs that have already been sold.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences did not forget to mention Farrah Fawcett during the "In Memoriam" segment at the Oscars Sunday night. The Academy says Farrah Fawcett is best known for her "remarkable television work" and that it is impossible to mention everybody. However, many in the film industry felt she deserved a mention.
Roger Ebert called the miss a major fail. Ryan O'Neal said, "It was a terrible decision and very hurtful. Farrah was a member of the Academy for over 40 years and we could not believe she did not get a mention."
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences executive director Bruce Davis said he wasn't surprised that friends and family members are upset. The BBC quotes Davis as saying, "There's nothing you can say to people, particularly to family members, within a day or two of the show that helps at all."
Apple CEO Steve Jobs arrives on the Red Carpet at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre. Steve Jobs swapped his usual black turtleneck and jeans attire for a sharp tuxedo. Apple also ran its first commercial for the the iPad during the Oscar telecast.
Kathryn Bigelow: First Woman to Win Best Director Oscar
The Hurt Locker director Kathryn Bigelow became the first women to win a Best Director Oscar when she won the Academy Award Sunday night. Kathryn is also holding a Best Picture Oscar in the photograph above. It has taken an extraordinarily long time for a woman to win on Oscar in the Best Picture category. The award was presented by Barbra Streisand. A powerful, character driven movie about one man's addiction to war, The Hurt Locker deserved the Best Picture win. If you haven't seen it, be sure to pick up the DVD. Jeremy Renner is fantastic in it, and Evangeline Lilly has a small part.
Kathryn definitely deserved the win. During her acceptance speech Kathryn dedicated the Oscar to the troops. She said, "I'd just like to dedicate this to the women and men in the military who risk their lives on a daily basis in Iraq and Afghanistan and around the world. And may they come home safe." The red rubber bracelet on her arm is a reminder of the charity she supports, The Wounded EOD Warrior Foundation. The non-profit organization provides assistance to wounded Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians and their families in the form of financial relief. The film centers around members of a team of EOD technicians stationed in Iraq.
Kathryn Bigelow talked to E News very briefly after the Oscars at the Governors Ball. Take a look:
Oprah surprised Precious star and Oscar nominee Gabourey Sidibe at this year's Academy Awards. Oprah told E! News that she felt like a "proud momma/sister/friend" about Gabourey's nomination and performance. Oprah looked fabulous in her blue navy gown. Gabourey Sidibe also looked gorgeous in her royal blue Marchesa gown. You can read more about Gabby's Oscar dress here. Gabby said she knew Oprah was going to be there but she was totally surprised when Oprah took to the Oscar stage to talk about her. Take a look:
Oscar winner Sandra Bullock watches with a guest as Alex Youst engraves her Academy Award at the Governors Ball after the 82nd Annual Academy Awards. A lot of Oscar winners attend the Governors Ball to get their statuettes engraved and eat the delicious food prepared by Chef Wolfgang Puck. Sandra Bullock won Best Actress for her role in The Blind Side. She looked stunning in her Marchesa gown.
Meryl Streep, who was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar, looked fabulous in her white, v-necked gown created for her by Chris March. Chris, who was one of our favorite contestants on Project Runway, also designed Meryl's black belted gown that she wore to the Golden Globes. Meryl accessorized her Oscar look the look with zebra-striped diamond bracelets, a diamond ring and diamond earrings, all by Fred Leighton, and a clutch by Swarovski. Meryl's updo and her makeup were just perfect: she looked beautiful. Her shoes were fab too; she wore silver platform heels.
2010 Oscar Fashions: Miley Cyrus and Amanda Seyfried
Miley wore a champagne colored Jenny Packham gown which featured a bustier style bodice and a full skirt embellished with crystals. Vogue reports that the gown is a custom-made version of this gown from Jenny's Spring/Summer 2010 collection which was shown in London. The runway version of the dress has a sheer white chiffon overlay at the top and ties at the neck. We love the way Jenny modified the dress, and like it better without the overlay.
Miley accessorized the look with bronzed diamond and ruby earrings, a 200-carat bronzed diamond corset cuff bracelet and a 10-carat ruby ring, all by Lorraine Schwartz. Miley wore her hair in an updo and looked really beautiful. If only she would stand up straight! That was driving us crazy from the moment we saw her. But other than that, she looked fabulous.
Amanda looked lovely in a mint green Armani Prive gown which was encrusted with Swarovski crystals. Amanda wore her hair in a tight bun and accessorized with blackened platinum diamond earrings, 250-carat brown, champagne and mint diamond geometric bracelets and a brown diamond ball ring, all by Lorraine Schwartz.
Neil Patrick Harris Opens 2010 Oscars With Song and Dance
Neil Patrick Harris performed a short, entertaining song and dance number to open the 82nd Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre last night. In his performance, NPH explained why the Oscar telecast had two hosts: Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin.
Why wouldn't Crosby give up Hope?
Why does Harold call Kumar when he scores dope?
And why does a prisoner drop the soap?
'Cause no one wants to do it alone
Neil Patrick Harris also said "You can't take James Cameron from his CGI." You can read the full lyrics here.
Cameron Diaz looked stunning at the 82nd annual Academy Awards last night. Cam went for old school glamour, wearing a fabulous Oscar de la Renta ballgown which was embellished with gold sequins and metallic ribbons. The gown featured a full skirt and a form-fitting strapless bodice. Cameron accessorized with $50,000 Cartier white, yellow, rose gold and diamond pave "Trinity" hoop earrings and a Cartier white gold, princess and round cut diamond ring diamond, which retails for close to $60,000. Her hair was styled down in a classic side part, which is a big change for her. She looks elegant and beautiful.
The Hurt Locker movie 
