Fugger: Viola Davis

BAFTAs Well Played, Viola Davis


This is inching toward Prom-ville, but at the last minute takes a hard left at Awesometown, of which I sort of suspect Viola Davis may be the Mayor:

The fabric could so easily be cheesy, but the pink/orange interplay is so good — so Palm Springs and beachy and fresh — that I think it totally works.  I have such a crush on her wardrobe. It’s so full of color, which is such a huge breath of fresh air when it feels like everyone else is slinking up to the red carpet in dresses so neutral they almost cease to exist.

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SAG Awards Well Played: Viola Davis


Well, Viola besting Meryl is certainly interesting vis a vis the Academy Awards, but Jean Dujardin beating out Intern George means our boy may not win the Oscar — and that’s a shame, because I would’ve loved to see the Intern George/Viola Davis roadshow pass through that press line. It’s fun seeing what Intern George looks like shoulder-to-shoulder with a woman in his own age bracket.

And why wouldn’t you want to be shoulder-to-shoulder with this one? She’s a bombshell. This is the kind of Marchesa that wooed us all in their early days — ladylike, pretty, with details that were more artful than aggressive; I’m curious if we’ll see a return to this style now that everyone finds their current designs so thoroughly ridiculous. (Did anyone catch Georgina Chapman on Project Runway All Stars, telling someone that his/her design used too much stuff? Right before I passed out laughing, I swear I saw Satan strapping on some ice skates.) Anyway, that’s not the point. The subject here is Viola Davis, and while it’s great to see her recognized for her talent, it’s also nice to have a chance to recognize her for being a super hot physical specimen. She’s glowing. Love the cleavage — it’s just enough — and love the more relaxed coif. I know she’s happily married and has a new baby and all, but how awesome would it have been if SHE and Intern George were dating? She would eat him alive. In a way he probably desperately needs. Oh well. Your loss, George; your win, Mr. Viola Davis.

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Golden Globes Well Played Carpet: Viola Davis


I thought Viola had the Globe in the bag — she won several things in the run-up — and then drunk Meryl swooped in and snatched it. Even she seemed sort of surprised by that. But Meryl’s speech was so awful and interminable and kind of rude (Smashed Streep can be fun, but I swear she called SWINTON “Gilda” and that veered it into smug disrespect for me) that I wonder if suddenly no one else will want to put another statuette in her hand this year. Hang in there, Viola — Oscar gold could still be yours. And even if not, at least you eschewed “sexy Temple Grandin” for “glowing Viola Davis who probably knew the names of all the people in her category.” That’s arguably a better win anyway.

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Critics’ Choice Well Played: The Cast of The Help


When you win an ensemble award, it helps when you all look like the million or so bucks you cost to put in the film. It’s also pretty rare that everyone actually does, on the same night, in the same room. Well played indeed, beginning with my girl crush up here, Ms. Stone. It says a lot about her that the whole world adores her, endlessly, fiercely, LOUDLY, over and over again, and yet there appears to be no Emma Fatigue nor blowback nor vicious rumors that she beats her assistant with toenail clippers. That’s a feat and a half.

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Well Played, Viola Davis


I have high hopes for Viola Davis this awards season — not in terms of her winning stuff, because that’s not my area of expertise, but in the sense that I think she’s going to spend the entire time looking GREAT. To wit:

I love this. It’s so shiny, yet understated, like if tweed had a baby with aluminum foil. Viola was similarly understatedly shiny the night prior to this one, too:

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Well Played: Viola Davis


In case you’re wondering whether or not Viola Davis is walking around looking great lately:

The answer is yes.

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