The 95th Academy Awards

It may have been around the MeToo movement and up to the pandemic that I had topped watching award shows. Things were too political, and the jokes weren’t funny. I mean not that they weren’t political before because hello Hollywood, I just didn’t like that every acceptance speech was a rant about something. Again, this is just my opinion. I’m just not down for that. I want to know who is wearing what, who arrived with who, and I want photos of the after parties. Oh, the photos!! I would spend days after each award show combing through all of them.

This Sunday not only did I watch the Oscars, but I also went to old faithful E! Entertainment and watched their pre-carpet show, now called Brunch at the Oscars. I thought, you know I watched the ENTIRE Super Bowl, so why not. Oh, how I missed it. The moment I saw Sofia Carson and all her glory step out of her SUV and on to the champaign (yeah, I know it’s not red anymore!) carpet, I was hooked. I vowed that next year I would try to watch as many films as I could and try to catch all the major award shows.

Of the 10 films nominated, I had only seen Maverick and Elvis, which each has a dedicated blog post. I will say even though I wanted Elvis to win Best Picture, I’m so happy that the big winner of the night was Everything Everywhere All At Once. The title alone amazes me, I don’t know why but anyway I need to see it ASAP. Overall, I loved the show, I'm happy with the winners, and I'm happy to be back.

One thing I will say is that I miss hosts like Billy Crystal and even Ellen DeGeneres. They added an extra special touch to the evening. But this is me getting back into it with a renewed zest for award shows. After all the best season is awards season.

Anyway I can go and on and on but before I end this post, I need to call out the fashion. And for those want to know, these were my favorite looks of the evening so far! I mean I haven't seen the Vanity Affair pics yet!

Cara Delevingne in Ellie Sabb (everything about her is amazing but her dress was next level)

Janelle Monae in Custom Vera Wang

Lady Gaga in Versace (literally off the runaway)

Cate Blanchet in Sustainable Archival Louis Vuitton

Nicole Kidman in Armani Prive

Sofia Carson in Giambattista Valli

Harry Shum, Jr. in Adeam

Elizabeth Olsen in Givenchy

Harvey Guillen in Cristian Siriano

Sandra Oh in Giambattista Valli

Mindy Kaling in Vera Wang

Ariana DeBose in Atelier Versace

Jamie Lee Curtis in Dolce & Gabbana

Danai Gurira in Jason Wu

Jennifer Connelly in Louis Vuitton by Nicolas Ghesquière

Ana De Armas in Louis Vuitton (but she should’ve picked up her hair)

Angela Bassett in Jeremy Scott by Moschino

Austin Butle

Emily Blunt in Valentino

Dwayne Johnson in Dolce & Gabbana

Michelle Williams in Chanel