Academy Awards Red Carpet: Best and Worst Dressed - Page 2

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There were audible gasps when Felicity Huffman and her well-respected husband William H. Macy stepped out of their car to walk down the red carpet - and for good reason. Huffman, who should have won last night by the way, looked absolutely incredible in this gorgeous black gown. What is it about the Desperate Housewives and always looking so damned beautiful? Well..unless you're Teri Hatcher.

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Jennifer Aniston (who I hope is actually in a good movie sometime soon) looked beautiful in her black dress with a pretty, thin train. Where's Vince, though?

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Jennifer Garner has to be one of the most adorable actresses in Hollywood. She's sexy, but not raunchy, and she picked the perfect dress for her last night and hid her apparent leftover "baby weight" as well as she could. And much kudos to her for recovering from her almost-fall before she presented an award - leaving us with a great line "I do my own stunts."

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And now we come to Jessica Alba. Why exactly invited to the Oscars? The world will never know. Last I heard, both Fantastic Four and Into The Blue were critical duds, but she gave us one of the greatest gowns on the red carpet last night, and her hair was absolutely beautiful. Not even the March issue of Playboy can take away from this gorgeous golden dress.

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This is Naomi Watts' dress done right. Good job, Uma. You look great. Well...minus the cheap hooker smokey eye shadow. But we'll try to forget that, along with Prime.

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  • 1 - Nancy

    Mar 07, 2006 at 8:33 am

    I must disagree on Felicity Huffman's outfit: with a figure (or lack thereof) like that, wearing a dress like that just demonstrates her wishful thinking. A BAD choice for her. She looks pitiful.

  • 2 - Don Baiocchi

    Mar 07, 2006 at 11:05 am

    Nancy, I disagree. I thought Felicity looked fantastic. It's Jennifer Aniston's dress that I think is highly overrated. It's just black with a train. Boring!

    and could someone please explain Jennifer Lopez's nuclear orange glow and the curtains attached to her dress at the hips?

  • 3 - Marilyn Barnicke Belleghem

    Mar 07, 2006 at 11:37 am

    I don't usually get into fashion commentary but I agree Jessica Alba had on a fabulous gown. I loved many of them and wonder why fashion commentaries seem to be more about attacking the person than the cut, line, fabric and fit of the dress.

  • 4 - Judith

    Mar 07, 2006 at 12:19 pm

    One of my favorite actresses--Judi Dench--didn't even earn a picture????? We're not talking youth vs. age, we're supposed to be talking actresses.

  • 5 - Nancy

    Mar 07, 2006 at 12:29 pm

    The one that bowled me over - and not with admiration - was the outfit worn by Helena Bonham Carter. Good lord, she looked like she'd just crawled out of a dryer after a bout with 5 yards of blue satin - and the satin won. Maybe the film or lighting wasn't right, but I thought the green in J Lo's dress was very bad for her coloring. Made her skin look green, too. Obviously, beauty is in the eye of the beholder: I still maintain that Felicity Huffman is far too bony & flat to wear an outfit like that, unless one is turned on by itty bitty titties & boylike figures.

    I would have liked to have seen Dame Judi's gown. She has class. For the record, I thought Dolly Parton's dress was nice, too. Not many others could carry it off like she did, because of it's very pastel coloring, but she did.

    Several people had dresses that would have been very nice if it hadn't been for what looked like scarves trailing after them, like untied sashes. Were those supposed to be trains? They looked like pieces of leftover fabric someone accidently left stuck in the rear zipper.

    In general, I was struck by the relative paucity of glitz - a lot of people were bare of jewelry, & could have desperately used a necklace, earrings, etc. to fill in the big blank between face & dress - and makeup. A lot of them looked downright pasty. I'm not yearning for Divine in Pink Flamingos, but for a big evening occasion, with big gowns, etc. a bare or minimal face is inappropriate, it would seem to me.

  • 6 - Michael J. West

    Mar 07, 2006 at 2:12 pm

    Forgive me for deviating from this list, but there was only one actress at the Academy Awards whose dress was an absolute 10: Salma Hayek.

  • 7 - Sophi

    Mar 07, 2006 at 5:25 pm

    Jennifer aniston was beautiful, I love that Rochas that she wore...

  • 8 - Mel

    Mar 07, 2006 at 6:09 pm

    I thought Meryl looked really good - finally. The dress I thought really flattered her and the deep cut neck was fabulous.

    I also agree with the choice of Ms. Hayek - she looks great in almost anything though!

    Felicity's dress only emphasized how flat she is and i didn't care for the skirt at all - it looked awkwardly cut.

    Jennifer Aniston looked like a yawn in diamonds - way too safe and boring. She should've amped it up a bit.

    Charlize - yuck! Why on earth would you wear something that adds poundage to the hips like that? I don't care how thin you are, no woman on God's green earth would believe that's a good look. And that bow!! What was she thinking? She is normally so graceful and classy but Sunday night was a big step to the left 'cause it certainly wasn't right!

  • 9 - suzanne

    Mar 08, 2006 at 9:10 pm

    I think that Jessica Alba was by far the best dressed at the oscars. Besides being georgous her dress was unbelievable and suited her perfectly!!!!

  • 10 - Ivy

    Mar 15, 2006 at 2:55 pm

    i think tha jennifer annitston and reese witherspoon look great....! they shouldn't be on worst dressed

  • 11 - Chris Evans

    Mar 15, 2006 at 3:28 pm

    Jennifer is not on the Worst Dressed list. She's on the best dressed.

  • 12 - Tyhlia

    Mar 27, 2007 at 8:26 am

    This dresses was very great. Ther R more than more than 1 dress i liked alot. The Queen's was
    the best.

    Tyhlia, 13 year old

  • 13 - Loliti

    Sep 22, 2007 at 7:41 pm

    I actually like Helena Bonham Carter's dress! I cant see anything wrong with it! Its simple and has a nice fit, and it isnt trashy. Her hair is in a cute updo. I think she looks gorgeous in tha "im not trying, but i look great" kinda way. Tim Burton scares me a bit tho lol. He looks like he stuck his finger in a plug socket. Anyways, I think the only reason she is on the worst dressed list is because she has a reputation for dressing quirky... this dress is an exeption!

  • 14 - grace

    Jan 21, 2008 at 5:29 pm

    All dresses were horrible. at school i am named drama queen,posh spice and Rhianna last 2 because of my hair cut.I no fashion. WHAT WERE THEY THINKING. ITS JUST PLAIN UGLY, HITTIOUS, HORRIBLE,DISCUSTING.....................
    SOME HADE NICE COLOURS NICE SHAPE OR BODY LANGUAGE...... BUT IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHO WEARS IT, WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE IN IT AND THEY ACCESORIES.

  • 15 - grace

    Jan 21, 2008 at 5:32 pm

    THIS IS GRACE AGAIN/POSH SPICE AND RHIANNA....
    DID I MENSION THEY WERE HORRIBLE.

  • 16 - Jen

    Feb 18, 2008 at 9:16 pm

    Helena Bonham Carter shouldnt be on the worst dressed list...i love her dress, her and tim burton look great!

  • 17 - mel

    Apr 02, 2008 at 7:14 pm

    ha. too bad someone can't even spell hideous or put together a proper sentence.
    =)

    anyways,
    i thought the majority of these ladies were dressed decently. i love love loved Charlize Theron's updo.

  • 18 - Stargirl

    Jul 12, 2008 at 2:13 pm

    I think that a couple of the dresses in the worst dressed list are really pretty. Like Reese Witherspoon, she looked totally fab.

    But then again, it's an "opinion".

  • 19 - HelenaBonhamCartersPoppit

    Jul 22, 2008 at 5:25 am

    Helena and Tim look gorgeous! Helena's dress was really simple and sweet... And Tim's tie was interesting, at least.

  • 20 - lacie

    Sep 16, 2008 at 9:57 pm

    i disagree with Helena Bonham Carter's critique. i think she always looks beautiful and deserves to be recognized for all the hard work she has done. i also love tim burton too! he is always so mysterious just like johnny depp!

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