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Oscars 2020: Pics & Thoughts

Angie

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I'm a big fan of the Awards shows. It's sport to me. It's become sooo much less about the fashion and glamour, and much more about the messages, media, movies, issues, and the shifting industry for me personally - and I enjoy keeping up with it. But it's fun to watch the fashion part too

There's a shift. People wearing vintage gowns to prevent waste. Jane Fonda rewearing her 2014 gown, and looking incredible. Lots of black. Many repurposed Chanel gowns. Lots of artists and actors saying what the heck to the ridiculous Fashion Police and wearing what they want. I LOVE that!

The show works really well without a host. Better in fact. The movies were good and we watched many of them. I was happy with the wins.

Highlights:

Eminem's performance
Everything that Chris Rock said
Brad Pitt's acceptance speech. Humble and magnetic.
Olivia Coleman's presentation. Soooo much fun!

Was hoping for wins for Brad Pitt, Joaquim Phoenix, and 1917. DONE! Very happy they won. 1917 is the best movie I've seen since Dunkirk, and was hoping they would win Best Picture. They didn't win that award, but they came home with three Oscars. Not too shabby.

Onto the Fashion. My faves were: Penelope Cruz, Olivia Coleman, Mindy Kaling, Jane Fonda, Scarlet Johansson. But I liked all the outfits you see below. Gorgeous! Many of them looked better in motion.

The night belonged to Pararsite and everyone who made that movie happen. They were very surprised, and it made their win even sweeter. CONGRATS!

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Angie

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Eminem's performance. INTENSE. It's only part of it captured here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUFzoSJwdTY

Style Fan

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We are planning to go to see Parasite soon. It is playing within walking distance from where we are staying in Montreal. How wonderful that it won Best Movie!
We didn't watch the awards show but from the pictures, I can see how interesting the fashion was this year. Yeah for that!
Brad Pitt just gets better in every way.

Style Fan

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Angie, amazing performance by Eminem. WOW!!!

LaPed

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Gotta say, I really like Natalie Portman's blunt bob and her protest cape. https://www.hollywoodreporter......et-1277978

Joaquin and Brad are consistently great. Remi Malek looks fantastic in that monochrome tux. I'm not sure olive is Greta Gerwig's best colour, but I sure love that dress. We don't see enough olive at awards shows!

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StyleDetective

I thought Natalie Portman looked great, and I liked the concept of the cape, but in practice I felt like it just covered up the dress a bit too much. Maybe if it wasn't solid black I'd feel a bit differently.

I loved Janelle Monae's look (12). If I could live my life dressed like that I probably would, lol.

I also really liked Billy Porter's look. Yes, it's loud and blingy, but I admire when people aren't afraid to have a bit of fun and do something different.

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Angie

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Style Fan, I’m watching Parasite soon too - Eminem is a force.

La Ped, I LOVED Natalie Portman’s bob. Soooo pretty! I liked her dress without the cape best.

Style Detective, Billy Porter was as dramatic as ever, and looked great!

Jenn

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All I can say is kudos to all those women in their sleeveless dresses and pristine hair/makeup, as it was crazy windy and pouring rain all day.

ChristelJ

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Penelope Cruz and Mindy Kaling really wowed me with their dress choices. That yellow on Mindy! And the shape and details of that sweet and saucy high-low dress on Penelope! Both so refreshing.

April

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Been waiting for your photos, Angie, since I saw almost none of the show. Some years, it comes down to, "I could watch the show, or I could watch the films themselves." This year, the films won out over the red carpet.

rachylou

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I only saw a couple of minutes but looked at the pics. I felt people were properly fancy this year

Sal

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I also loved that people are more diverse and expressive in what they wear. And if you can rewear a stunning dress than that is fabulous.

I didn't see the show but from photos I loved Mindy Kaling, Rebel Wilson, Julia Louis Dreyfus and Florence Pugh. Lots of the males were fab of course too (soft spot for Taika Waititi).

I loved Little Women, JoJo Rabbit and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Yet to see 1917 and Parasite - being summer here the movies are less attractive and it is harder to get to them. But those two are definitely on my list.

CocoLion

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Not to take anything away from Brad (I love him and yes he keeps getting better) but his acceptance speech was written for him. According to NPR more and more awards recipients are using professional writers to script their speeches for them. Smart man.

Haven't seen the Korean film Parasite; stuff like that doesn't come to my gun and truck county. But I did see 1917 and thought it was moving and deserving of multiple awards.

Helena

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Loved Eminem, and I thought Janelle Monae did a great job of shaking up the audience and relaxing the stuffy atmosphere with her opening act. Regina King is always my favourite (Angie's #9 photo) and she knocked it right out of the park this year! I also loves Julia Louis Dreyfus' outfit, and Brie Larson's looked surprisingly comfy so that was my pick for "the one I'd wear if I was a movie star".

Was SO happy for Parasite ... What a crazy, original and powerful movie that was.

BTW, the face Billie Eilish made at Maya and Kristin is literally my daily like with a teenager lol!

nuancedream

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Mindy Kaling, Rebel Wilson, Janelle Monae, Brie Larson and Sigourney Weaver were among my favorites this year. I noticed more black dresses on the red carpet but most were pretty drab IMO. I was very happy the Academy recognized Parasite with the Best Picture Osacar and acknowledged the merit of a film produced by artists of different cultures and backgrounds.

mtnsofthemoon

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Cant believe I actually missed the Oscars! Totally forgot. Thanks for the update. I have to say I love Jane Fonda going natural with her hair color!!! Nice to see images of women who don't look like they are starving themselves for awards season. I will have to catch up on youtube, hahahaha and E!

Janet

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I'm not a big awards show fan, but I enjoy the fashion recaps afterward.

Gotta say I admire so much about Jane Fonda -- a cameraman friend has been with her as she's been arrested in protests in DC, and I love the fresh new silver hair, but mostly her pledge to stop buying any new clothes: https://www.independent.co.uk/.....ty-recycli

nemosmom

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Loved Natalie Portman's hair and Eminem! My Star Wars-obsessed 7yo got to stay up late to watch some of the presenters and was SO excited that Kelly Marie Tran and Natalie Portman were on camera after a close-up of Adam Driver!

And, I am a bit disappointed how much negativity is going around about Joaquin's speech.

Brad Pitt impresses me with every acceptance speech - he seems so humble. I enjoyed his press after winning where he was asked by a reporter, "Are you having the time of your life? Is this the time of your life?" and he hesitated a second and said, "I HOPE not... I mean, I HOPE I got other sh*t going on..." (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spIrg6jZrP8) fast forward to 4:04.

Mainelady

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I love the celebrities who wore dresses for a second time, chose vintage, or repurposed. I absolutely loved Jane Fonda’s silvery steel hair. Fabulous!

cherylm

My favorites - Mindy Kaling in that gorgeous yellow dress. Jane Fonda - classy and tasteful. Janelle Monae for style and being different. Natalie Portman for beauty and tasteful protest. Renee Zellweger white one shoulder number for the style, class and fit. I love red dresses but I just cannot get behind the red lasagna noodle dress.

Angie

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Lots of similarity for our favourite looks. Fun!

Rachy, dead right. People seemed MORE glam AND more relaxed this year.

Jenn, now I'm even more impressed.

Nemosmom, we are Star Wars obsessed too! Was hoping that The Rise of Skywalker would take home an Oscar, but they went to 1917 instead. That was fine by me too

Denise and Sal, 1917 was SUBLIME.

ChristelJ, HIGH FIVE.

April, which your favourite movies?

I'm excited to see Parasite.

Bonnie

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Thanks for posting the photos and the recap. We spent the weekend camping and until I saw your post, I didn't know the awards were last night. I only saw three of the films this year so far, JoJo Rabbit, Little Women, and Once Upon A Time in America, and enjoyed all of them.

Jaime

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I don't watch awards shows generally, but do look at the pictures later! I hadn't seen Jane Fonda, but wow amazing silver hair and repeat outfit. Gotta love that! Janelle Monae is always a favorite and I also kind of want to live in what Maya Rudolph wore.

Joy

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I was not able to see all of the Oscars, but really liked Penelope Cruise’s dress. There were so many one shoulder dresses that it seemed odd. The men looked so good in their formal wear.

Suz

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Fantastic variety in the outfits -- love that this is becoming more evident.

Kari

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Nodding to NuanceDream’s picks. Mindy Kaling, Rebel Wilson, and Janelle Monáe topped my list.

I also loved Tracee Ellis Ross’ gold gown. https://www.google.com/url?sa=.....-oscars-dr

Christian Siriano has some great shots and a cute video on his Instagram. https://instagram.com/csiriano?igshid=iz6ctryaml6z

i don’t watch the Oscars. I show up for pictures of pretty dresses.

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Kari

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Also love Thai singer Gam Wichayanee: https://www.voanews.com/galler.....arpet-2020

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bella

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I don't watch the Oscars either, just looked at the pictures, so I am sure I am missing the true beauty of some gowns in action.
I was woved by Jane Fonda's recycling of her old gown, protest coat and silver hair. The color was created by Jack Martin, the hair wiz, who transforms dyed hair into beautiful silver manes so the clients can stop dyeing their hair. He is very talented (I've been following him on instagram, as I know some of you are), and it's lovely to see that he's getting recognition for it.
My general impression is that DYOT is gaining some traction even in Hollywood and that's a good thing.
Keanu Reaves bringing her mom as his date, who was very elegantly dressed, btw, is another sweet moment. Could he possibly be any more likeable?!

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Sisi

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Without reading others' comments, my absolute favourite is # 8 - simple and stunning at the same time, perfect for her colouring (I do not know who she is) and I like the combination with the necklace.

Laura

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Janelle Monae was my #1. She not only killed it as the show opener but her stunning RL dress was a nod to Prince's 1985 Oscars garb. Clever!

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