CMA Awards Best Dressed

Well it's award season again! And the CMA Awards aired last night! I taped it because I need to skip through the boring speeches, the terrible performances and Taylor Swift. So today I'm just going to post about the best dressed! Carrie Underwood takes the #1 spot. She looked stunning on the red carpet. Normally her hair and makeup are amazing but I don't really love her dress choices. I'm not a huge ball gown lover and I feel she tends to choose those for the red carpet, so I'm so happy to see she went for something much more figure flattering and on trend. I also cannot get over her legs. I WISH I had legs like hers....#jealous. Her outfit choices for the actual awards show however.....not so great. But her LEGS.... gah! Anyways below are my top picks from the night!*

Ralph & Russo with Jimmi Choo Shoes

 

Robert Cavalli
Miranda was also a top pick! She looks STUNNING in this electric blue gown. She has lost some weight, slimmed down and chose a very flattering dress. Good for her because she normally looks kind of trashy {in my opinion}. I feel like her hair should be up in a low bun....to show off the dresses neck line...?!

 

Georges Chakra

Stunning! And I'm so glad her hair has finally grown back! And she looks like she has put on some weight since her Dancing with the Stars days, I think she looks amazing! She was too skinny before!

 

Naeem Khan

Jennifer Nettles was on the worst dressed list but I really like this drop waist gown! I think she looks amazing for just having a baby not too long ago! I love the beading on the top and the tulle skirt on the bottom I would choose this dress in a heart beat! And her makeup looks great, I feel she is missing something maybe a clutch but details...

 

 

 

 

 

Country Music Awards!

So the 48th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards aired on Sunday night and I missed it... BUT was able to watch it on Monday and was mesmerized by the amazing performances. I normally fast forward through the bad performances and long speeches, but I didn't even think of pressing that button during this one. It was a star-studded night with performances by Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley, Taylor Swifts, Miranda Lambert, Keith Urban, Band Perry, Luke Bryan....the list goes on. Here are my favorite performances of the night!*

Miranda Lambert - Mama's Broken Heart

Carrie Underwood - Two Black Cadillacs

Luke Bryan - Crash my Party

{i fell in love with him during this!}

Hunter Hayes - I Want Crazy

Fashion Winners @ the Oscars*

It was slim pickings at this years Academy Awards, I wasn't totally blown away by anyone this year!  The Fashion Police on E! voted Jennifer Lawrance best dressed, and I have to disagree. I loved the backwards necklace {I've always loved that style} but I thought her dress was too bridal, not a dress for an Oscar winner, if it was a difference colour....maybe black I think it would have been stunning.

Here are my top 5 picks for best dressed at the Oscars!*

Stacy Keibler always stunning....very statuesque!

Designer, Naeem Khan

 

I loved loved loved the back of this dress....! You don't even realize shes pregnant until she turns sideways...

She looks stunning!

Jenna Dewan Tatum in Rachael Roy

Naomi Watts amazing in metallic sparkle Armani Prive.

I love the cut of the top of the dress very flattering on her

Charlize Theron beautiful in Dior.

My favorite is the sparkle on the Peplum

Amy Adams in Darren Le Gallo

To me, this is what an Oscar winner/nominee should wear

People Choice & Critics Choice Awards Best Dressed!*

Award season has arrived everyone! So far the PCA's and CCAs have aired and I'm not too excited about this seasons dresses, hopefully the Oscar's deliver! Here are the best dressed {in my opinion} and Did you tune in? Don't forget the Golden Globes are on THS Sunday, January 13th!*

Peoples Choice Awards

Brittany Snow

Kaley Cuoco

Lea Michele {i love sparkle}

Mary Rickards {more sparkle!}

Taylor Swift

{i'm really not a Taylor fan...but she looks stunning in this dress}

Rumor Willis {i love anything Alice & Olivia}

Rachel-leigh Cook {love this colour}

Critics Choice Awards

Amanda Seyfried 

{i love the top of this dress..the bottom not so much}

Helen Hunt

{she's smoking for her age love the lace cut-outs on the side}

Jennifer Lawrance

Nina Dobrev

{Sparkle!!}

...and the nominees are!

Today, Emma Stone and Seth McFarlane {the host of this years Oscars} announced the nominees for the 85th Annual Academy Awards! See the list below, for the complete list at the link at the bottom on the post*

And the nominees are…


Best Actor In A Leading Role:
Bradley Cooper in Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln
Hugh Jackman in Les Misérables
Joaquin Phoenix in The Master
Denzel Washington in Flight

Best Actor In A Supporting Role:
Alan Arkin in Argo
Robert De Niro in Silver Linings Playbook
Philip Seymour Hoffman in The Master
Tommy Lee Jones in Lincoln
Christoph Waltz in Django Unchained

Best Actress In A Leading Role:
Jessica Chastain in Zero Dark Thirty
Jennifer Lawrence in Silver Linings Playbook
Emmanuelle Riva in Amour
Quvenzhané Wallis in Beasts of the Southern Wild
Naomi Watts in The Impossible

Best Actress In A Supporting Role:
Amy Adams in The Master
Sally Field in Lincoln
Anne Hathaway in Les Misérables
Helen Hunt in The Sessions
Jacki Weaver in Silver Linings Playbook

Best Animated Feature Film:
Brave
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Wreck-It Ralph

Best Costume Design:
Anna Karenina Jacqueline Durran
Les Misérables Paco Delgado
Lincoln Joanna Johnston
Mirror Mirror Eiko Ishioka
Snow White and the Huntsman Colleen Atwood

Best Director:
Amour Michael Haneke
Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin
Life of Pi Ang Lee
Lincoln Steven Spielberg
Silver Linings Playbook David O. Russell


Best Makeup and Hairstyling:
Hitchcock Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane
Les Misérables Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell

Best Original Score:
Anna Karenina Dario Marianelli
Argo Alexandre Desplat
Life of Pi Mychael Danna
Lincoln John Williams
Skyfall Thomas Newman

Best Original Song:
“Before My Time” from Chasing Ice — Music and Lyric by J. Ralph
“Everybody Needs A Best Friend” from Ted – Music by Walter Murphy; Lyric by Seth MacFarlane
“Pi’s Lullaby” from Life of Pi – Music by Mychael Danna; Lyric by Bombay Jayashri
“Skyfall” from Skyfall – Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
“Suddenly” from Les Misérables – Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil

Best Picture:
Amour
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty

For the complete list of the 2013 Oscar Nominees click {here!}*

Sunday Night at the Oscars*

So last night was the 84th Annual Academy Awards, and I obviously planned my whole day around preparing our Oscar party for 2, watching the red carpet and of course the awards! It's been a tradition with my friends for the past few years to order chinese food, fill out our ballots and pool together any spare change/gift cards as a prize!  Since I'm across the country this year, Jon and I had our own Oscar party! We filled out ballots {which I won}, made crab-cakes and cupcakes and drank Skinny Girl Margaritas and wine!

Having DVR definitely comes in handy when watching award shows that are as long as the Oscars are! Fast forwarding through all the red carpet commentary and speeches you aren't necessarily interested in makes watching so much better! I thought Billy Crystal was hilarious! He always does such a great job! And E! News also did an awesome job at reporting form the red carpet...! I wasn't overly impressed with the looks last night, but the ladies that nailed it looked classic and chic...very Academy Awards appropriate. Here are my favorite looks form last night!

Penelope Cruz in Armani

Maya Rudolph in Johanna Johnson

Milla Jovovich in Ellie Saab

{my #1 choice}

Stacey Keibler in Marchesa

Michelle Williams in Louis Vuitton

{loved the coral colour}

Cameron Diaz  in Gucci

Missi Pyle in an eco-friendly dress

Giuliana Rancic in Tony Ward Couture

{this would have been my #1 but I think she looks too skinny, but the dress is stunning}

Incase you missed the awards, click {here} for a complete list of last nights winners! Did you watch?!*

And the Grammy goes to.....*

So last night was the 54th Grammy Awards...and after waiting an extra 3 hours for it to air on the west coast, I was happily surprised! I thought it was well done! {I could have done without Chris Brown's lip syncing performance and Grammy win}. I also thought the producers of the show did a wonderful job paying tribute to the recent passing of the legendary Whitney Houston. Everything that was said and done was respectful and classy, and it was hard to watch her closest friends fight back the tears on the red carpet. But the show must go on I suppose!

I'm so happy for Adele! Winning a total of 6 awards! That girl deserves it 100%! Her performance was flawless, only solidifying why she deserves these 6 awards! {and I was secretly happy when she beat out Taylor Swift...!} For a complete list of the winners from last night click here!

Worst Performance(s) of the night....Maroon 5, Foster the People and the Beach Boys....it was painful to watch and of course Chris Brown, but that's a given.

Best Performance(s): ADELE obviously! Rihanna and Coldplay! For some reason I loved Katy Perry's new song Part of Me, the whole performance was just one huge dig at Russel Brand and I kind of loved it and loved her for doing it! And I think Bruno Mars killed it!

Anyways, I thought everyone looked stunning last night on the red carpet a few misses *cough* Nikki Minaj...a little too weird for me! But, here are my favorite looks from the night!

Rihanna took my #1 spot! She looked smokin' good! I really have nothing more to say about this look!

I wish I had seen the back of Carrie Underwood's dress on the red carpet. But I thought she looked flawless as usual!

I actually loved Fergie's look....It's the Grammy's! If I had her body, I would wear this too!

I'm happy Katy Perry chose a more mature, put together look for her post-divorce debut! I think she looked stunning!

And of course Adele looked like perfection in her head to toe sparkle! Queen's deserve a lot of sparkle! Her makeup was flawless! I love her exaggerated eyes...

and the nominees are....

The 2012 Academy Award Nominees were announced early this morning!  I don't know about you, but I anticipate this every year! I love the Oscars for so many reasons! Obviously the red carpet fashion is the #1 reason I watch, but I love the intensity of it all....hoping your favorite movie, actor or actress will win! The speeches I can take or leave! For the past few years my friends and I have had Oscar parties. We print off the nominee list...make our picks prior to the show...and pool some money together! Whoever has the most correct at the end of the show wins! {I won last year!} It makes the show 100 times more interesting! Now that the nominees are out, I have to get renting some movies so I can accurately make my picks...!

Here are the nominees {...the ones we care about!}

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Bérénice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn

Jonah Hill, Moneyball

Nick Nolte, Warrior

Christopher Plummer, Beginners

Max von Sydow, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius

Bridesmaids - Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumulo

Margin Call - J.C. Chandor

Midnight in Paris - Woody Allen

A Separation - Asghar Farhadi

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

The Descendants - Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash

Hugo - John Logan and Brian Selznick

Ides of March - George Clooney, Grant Heslov, and Beau Willimon

Moneyball - Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, and Stan Chervin

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan

ANIMATED FEATURE

A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango

FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Bullhead (Belgium)

Footnote (Israel)

In Darkness (Poland)

Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)

A Separation (Iran)

BEST ACTOR

Demián Bichir, A Better Life

George Clooney, The Descendants

Jean Dujardin, The Artist

Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Brad Pitt, Moneyball

BEST ACTRESS

Glenn Close, Alfred Nobbs

Viola Davis, The Help

Rooney Mara, Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Meryl Streep, Iron Lady

Michelle Williams, My Week

BEST DIRECTOR
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Martin Scorcese, Hugo
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Terence Malik, The Tree of Life

BEST PICTURE

The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
Warhorse

What are your picks for this years winners?!*