Beauty Break: Greatest Photos from Hollywood's High Holy Night
Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at 9:14PM We'll promise to wrap the coverage on the 88th Academy Awards tomorrow but there's still a few things to discuss. Consider this is a catch all place for beauties we didn't otherwise write entire posts on. There's much to parse, celebrate or just plain gawk at in this collection of photos starring Todd Haynes, Tom Hardy, Cate Blanchett, Alicia Vikander, and more after the jump...
The Muse(s)
Todd Haynes with BOTH of his muses. This is an incredibly rare sighting that only Oscar night could bring. For the record Cate Blanchett (Carol, I'm Not There) and Julianne Moore ([safe], Far From Heaven) have both headlined two Haynes pictures. Julianne has a third one on the way called Wonderstruck.
A Boy And His Dog
Apparently Tom Hardy has this picture of him and his doggie on the back of his cel phone case! Discovery by Kim Dadds. This may well be the cutest thing we've ever learned about Tom Hardy.
A Titanic Hug. They really gipped us on Kate/Leo moments at the Oscars -- especially during his speech -- but at least lucky photographers caught these gorgeous moment from the formerly drowning lovers.
Jacob Tremblay's Hot Dad. He continued to excite twitter's awards show base. I threw out a question online to ask if anyone knew what his job was. Quick responses prompted life change:
Daddy Tremblay is a police officer ?
— Nathaniel Rogers (@nathanielr) March 1, 2016
*moves to Canada to commit crimes*
(hat tip @RobbyHarrington @dailymail) pic.twitter.com/Wl5uFVmmaA
Brie Larson's Man. The internet is all who is that? So here's what's going on. His name is Alex Greenwald. He's a musician. They've been dating for three years. He definitely babysits Brie's dog when she's travelling. He was looking fooyyynnne in his tux. And thank you to Price Peterson for explaining to us where we've seen him before: He sang the theme song to the TV show "The O.C." with his band Phantom Planet and he also used to star in Gap commercials as a singing model. Check it out:
The Taylor-Johnsons. The Quicksilver actor and his director wife were out and about at Vanity Fair's party. Still loving on each other publicly despite the world's judgy-ness about their age discrepancy. I only bring this up because you should check out the Vanity Fair PhotoBooth. It's cute.
Jennifer Garner and Melissa George are apparently friends
Jennifer Garner. Let us not speak of her latest gig (Miracles From Heaven looks terrible -- how soon until nutjobs start throwing their sick kids out of trees hoping for a similar Jesus intervention?) According to the Washington Post she smells like cucumbers. Here are my two delicious bits from their party coverage but read the whole thing...
Jennifer Garner is approaching and we mustn’t look too eager, mustn’t look needy, must ever so casually scooch over on the leather bench to show that there’s room here if she wants to sit — those strappy heels look so uncomfy, Jen — and finally, all at once, we’ve done it. Vanity Fair magazine’s current cover star folds up her ball gown and plops down next to us.
She smells like cucumbers, and America.
Les Miz reunion ! (but did Anne stroke his velvet tux?)
Eddie Redmayne, chatting with Captain America Chris Evans. They are intently stroking each other’s tuxes. Eddie’s looks like it is made of velvet, and he is saying “Shut up! Shut uppp!” but in a delightful British way. Must stare instead at Adrien Brody, with some sort of Frenchy silk scarf wrapped around his neck as he periodically claps along to Michael Jackson, or at best-actor nominee Bryan Cranston, who is explaining, “It’s satin,” as someone else fingers his jacket sleeve. Rampant tux-stroking — is this a thing?
Jess ♥ Look at how many hair and makeup people it takes to get Jessica Chastain ready!
Sam Smith. Making out with his Oscar. As one does. My friends and I have not stopped laughing about that deliciously catty drama with Dustin Lance Black (Milk) that ensued after he got his Oscar stats wrong...
BYEEEEEEE
Vulture and Pop Sugar have other fun Oscar photos here and here
Reader Comments (23)
Is that Rashida Jones in The Gap commercial?
Jacob Tremblay's dad creeps me out. Who peddles their kid that early? Jacob is already a Hollywood brat. Cate has got the vacant mannequin thing down. She is inches from needing a year off, but I know she acts. Does Jessica Chastain have any actress girlfriends? That girl is interesting. Brie and her gay boyfriend are adorable!
Alex Greenwald looks like he does gay porn.
The Quicksilver actor and his director husband were out and about at Vanity Fair's party.
John t -- it sure looks like her
Miss Helen -- i haven't heard any reports of bratty behavior from Jacob. I met him twice at various parties this year, once with his gorgeous mom who was very nice (never saw the dad until the awards shows started so i assume he was working like a normal person :).anyway Jacob was always well behaved, nice to all the well wishers (though he did seem somewhat bored by the adult parties obviously haha).
some kids really do want to be actors and push their parents into it rather than the other way around. but who knows. you never know what exactly is going on with child stars or how their careers happened.
Alex Greenwald was also in Donnie Darko as the bully.
You are one catty lady, Miss Helen Lawson.
They're missing one more Haynes' muse there, Mildred Pierce herself, Kate Winslet.
Speakin of, I LOLed when they panned to Kate during Leo's speech and she had the same pose and expression as her husband.
Could he be any hotter, a cop really?!
Did Jess really come to the Oscars though?
That Dustin Black's shade is gay heaven.
I thought Anne Hathaway gave birth a while ago ... it feels like her pregnancy was at least 12 months already.
For those interested, Getty Images, has vintage video of Oscar press room with Kathy Bates. Never seen this before and it is not available on You Tube,
Eddie Redmayne is asking Anne where she got her jumper. Anne is asking Eddie what to give gay men for dinner. Reese is stoned.
Y'all keep talking about Jacob's dad, but seriously, look at his mom!!!!
Y'all keep talking about Jacob's dad, but seriously, look at his mom!!!!
We're all gay here except for you.
Love that color on Reese!
I feel even luckier than usual to live in Vancouver. Maybe Jason's father does beach or bike patrol, he looks very fit. And Jacob seems very well behaved.
Cate brought Todd Haynes as her date, and then he was sitting next to Leo in the audience. Not a bad consolation prize for that totally b.s. non-nomination situation! (And maybe Todd can sweet talk Leo in an upcoming film, with a non-suffering husband/widow role that stretches him into new, post-Oscar territory...)
I'm not sure if people have heard about this but Sam Smith made it even worse!
http://www.spin.com/2016/02/sam-smith-howard-ashman-we-should-date-oscars-academy-awards-foot-in-mouth/
I guess I'm one of the few that wants Dustin Lance Black to show receipts (i.e. - show us screen shots of his texts to Tom), otherwise Sam could have just been saying, "hey Tom" rather than, "Damn Daley, want me to help you go thong shopping?"
I actually think that DLB's response to the controversy made sense. Instead of being catty, he was trying (key word) to be funny. Because Sam Smith knows/texts his fiance, he should know that DLB is gay - and an Oscar-winner.
" This may well be the cutest thing we've ever learned about Tom Hardy." I can't decide if it really is cute (I mean, it's obviously a cute picture of both of them, and also: pupppppyyyyyy!) or really vain and self-involved.
Well I can be just as bitchy as Miss Helen Lawson (love the name by the way) and say that I am optimistic now that Jacob Tremblay will not go the way of Haley Joel Osment or Macauley Culkin, but rather follow in the footsteps of Nicholas Hoult (or Elizabeth Taylor or Natalie Wood).
What a treat to see Todd Haynes with his two leading ladies. And also Anne Hathaway with the Les Miserables co-star Eddie Redmayne.
Kate and Leo really should co-star in another romantic epic...gotta love a man who loves his dog...that Tremblay kid will no only be a child star but if he inherits his dad's good look genes will be a teen idol too