Tatum O’Neal’s Oscar night outfit was symbolic of the adult she was forced to become
In an exhaustive recap of the 1974 Academy Awards ceremony, Variety writer Addison Verill called winner Tatum O’Neal a “moppet”—pretty diminutive for a person who had just won one of the highest honors in her profession: Best Supporting Actress. …
By wearing the same dress 56 years apart, Moreno showed how little things have changed
“There are all kinds of Latins. Anita in ‘West Side Story’ was a Latin, and she had a temper. But she also had depth of character. The roles I am offered don’t.”
Rita Moreno wore a 56-year-old dress to the 2018 Oscars. It was actually the same dress she wore to the Oscars 56 years ago. Aside from some gray hairs, a few barely noticeable wrinkles, and the addition of glasses, Moreno looked largely the same. Still, during that more than half a century, Rita made some adjustments to the dress, which she acquired in the Philippines while shooting the…
Today, the ‘Juno’ writer would have been lauded for staying true to herself on the red carpet. Not in 2008.
Actresses typically get the bulk of the attention on the Oscars red carpet. It figures: The academy has a frustratingly hard time nominating women in categories where gender isn’t specified. Only five have been honored for directing; the numbers are better when it comes to writing — but not by much. In 90 years, only 16 women have won in the original or adapted screenplay categories. One of those women is Diablo Cody, the mind behind the teen comedy Juno whose origin story seemed as fantastical as her award-winning work. Perhaps not a surprise to anyone who knew her, Diablo…
Despite Hollywood’s reluctance to accept her, the ‘Precious’ star still marched triumphantly down the red carpet
It’s like she wakes up and checks her calendar, and says, ‘Gee! The Golden Globes are this weekend. I wanna wear…YELLOW!’ And somehow a yellow dress shows up, and come that weekend, she’s on the carpet in a yellow dress thinking, Fuck yeah! YELLOW! while somewhere in the background I’m sweating with one heel in my hand, trying to find my seat, and hoping that my dress photographed well so that those bitches on Fashion Police don’t talk shit about me.
The first profiles written about Gabourey Sidibe were all pretty much centered around one thing: The twentysomething from Harlem…
A new understanding of the actress’s notorious red carpet dress
“For the entire evening, big-jawed Paltrow, with her nasal, teeth-clenching Lisa Kudrow style, looks like a Green Bay Packers cheesehead tottering atop a mushy pink Hostess cupcake.”
The first Oscar gown I can remember loving was the one Gwyneth Paltrow wore the night she accepted Best Actress for 1998’s Shakespeare in Love. Sitting in my elementary school’s computer room the morning after the ceremony, I sketched it out to show my best friend. It makes sense: The pink Ralph Lauren look was almost designed to appeal to an eight-year-old. The V-neck bodice was held up by tiny spaghetti straps, hung…
The story behind her lace Givenchy gown revealed the actress was more than an ingénue
“I want to say thank you to everybody who in these past months and years have helped, guided, and given me so much. I’m truly, truly grateful and terribly happy.”
When Audrey Hepburn came to collect her Oscar for 1953’s Roman Holiday, she kept her eyes looking downward, her exaggerated lashes fluttering on her cheeks, as she slowly but deliberately spoke her speech. Her reluctance to make eye contact with anyone in the crowd or play to the camera drew audiences’ eyes to the neckline of her dress. The lace fabric sweeps across her collarbone in a straight line in…
Esther Zuckerman
Esther Zuckerman is a freelance writer in New York. She’s been published online in Vanity Fair, GQ, Marie Claire, and Vulture. She loves dogs and movies.
