Oh, sweet LORD, this redefines the phrase “dripping with diamonds”:
That is a lot of ice Beyonce is wearing around her neck. That is Antarctica in necklace form. I’m surprised Star Jones, who wouldn’t shut up about how “Mrs. Reynolds” was clad in $500,000 in jewels, didn’t run up on stage and punch Beyonce in the face for outblinging her. I really hope this absurdity puts a cork in everyone’s quest to look like the most expensive mannequin in the room.
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Comments (78):
Neck-glacier aside, she looks pretty good. Tina was not in charge of Oscar-wear, I assume.
To be fair, it was a song for Phantom of the Opera. I think her jewelry fit with that whole theme, although personally I hate the movie and the musical for its ridiculous over the top emoting anyhow.
Agreed ANG, When I first saw her I was all ‘What is that all about!’ Then I realized it was a phantom song. That necklace is extremely remniscent of the chandelier.
Yeah, she looked good for THAT song. But what was up with the neon green eye shadow for her first number? Horrid horrid horrid. So glad they had to paint black glittery makeup over it for the rest of her songs.
The thick black eye shadow for this “scene” was puzzling. It looked like electrical tape cut into half-moons.
At least the hair counterbalanced the necklace enough to keep her standing.
Holly Golightly goes crazy? Sorry, Beyonce; Holly thought diamonds were “tacky” on one younger than 40.
Truthfully, I really don’t think she looked too bad, for her. And maybe we can just consider it “costume” for her number? I really, really, want to believe in an unfugly Beyonce, I guess.
That chandelier around her neck is probably worth, what, 5 billion dollars? (/puts pinky to mouth)
While she is over-blinged here, I thought her earlier green and orange tie-dyed number – WITH matching makeup and earrings! – was far more fug-worthy.
are you sure this is the oscars and not a DeBeer’s showroom?
and as for the dress, the frills are a little annoying. but way better than the jaundice-themed silk-satin fug-fest she wore to last year’s grammys.
I was so distracted by the eyeshadow she was sporting for this number that I completely glossed over the anchor around her neck. Otherwise, I thought she looked very pretty and I’m so thankful she wore a long dress — I’m tired of trying to rationalize her legs in a micro-mini or hot pants.
She said in an interview that they were fake and “from the movie”.
Wait a second, do you mean to tell me that was the OSCARS I was watching last night? I thought it was the Beyonce variety hour, I was wondering why I couldn’t find it on TVGuide.com!
I agree, this was bad, but as others have pointed out there were far greater transgressions. Like her sparkly green eyeshadow in the first number. Or her incessant and completely unnecessary warbling.
I didn’t realize Lamps Plus had a jewelry collection.
BG is right… if I saw Beyonce struggle through one more song that she didn’t have quite the right voice for (and in terrible get-ups to boot), I was going to have to turn it off! As it is, I watched her songs on mute and read a magazine. Is there such a thing as “vocal fug”?
P.S. I normally like her music… but she can’t sing in every style imaginable! Oh, and shouldn’t an actual ‘Phantom of the Opera’ singer have sung? THEN the chandelier would’ve looked right!
I think Beyonde had to sing all those songs cause the people who really should sing them would’ve had to lip sync to actually pull them off. Sad commentary on entertainment as we know it. The voices are now as fake as the faces.
At least the Talentless Simpson Twins weren’t asked to screech – er, “sing.” If that’s what people are calling that these days.
The earrings themselves (which you really can’t see in the picture, sadly) made me wonder just how her poor abused ears just don’t fall off. Someone should put a stop to the chandelier earring madness. A little bit is good, but your earlobes shouldn’t need to hang down to your cleavage when the earrings are out.
I think B did a good job with the vocals, however, she did some strange “overemoting” with each song. She sounded great.. she looked… like she was in a high school play trying to make sure everyone in the back row could see her “emotions.” I don’t know why they made her do all the songs anyway… I particularly liked the Spanish guy who sang his own song for the acceptance. I’m not quite sure what he was trying to prove with that one…
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Why did she change? What happened to that gorgeous vintage Versace she was wearing on the red carpet? I guess I can understand changing into more appropriate costumes — I GUESS — but they were both black dresses! The only difference is that she looked stunning in one and stupid in the other. Stupid costume-change-crazy producers.
Beyonce managed fug in all her getups, except maybe the one she wore on the red carpet. Clearly the acid green makeup frightened the poor boys choir into paralysis and the gaffer tape eye shadow of this monstrosity was inexplicable, but what about the skintight silver gown she wore in the final song? I mean, Beyonce is a lovely young woman and all, but damn if her hips and ass didn’t look as wide as Texas, and shiny to boot.
How many times did she change her costume AND makeup AND hair?? Was this the Oscars or The Beyonce show??…..and I’m sorry, I don’t care how many $20,000 dresses she puts on and how many millions of dollars worth of ice she layers on herself….she always always has the ‘hoocie-mama’ look. Yuck.
Thank you. I’m not the only one that noticed her eye makeup was weighing her lids down.
The poor girl could barely lift them. I was waiting for her to trip, ala Police Story, down that Phantom ramp.
Are you kidding? Beyonce looked HOT in that last silver gown. Hips and ass are a great thing for women. Just take a look at what’s-her-name ex-girlfriend of Orlando Bloom and tell me whether it’s better to starve your ass into a walking skeleton or to show off the lovely curves we were given. I’m usually down with the fuggin’ on this site, but really, Beyonce is beautiful.
Actually, Beyonce singing this song pissed off a bunch of people – self included. Minnie Driver sang this song on the sound track. Her album was released recently, and I’ve heard it’s pretty good. So why wasn’t she asked to sing this song? I mean, she couldn’t have sounded worse and, even though I think she’s a bit of a beast, I doubt she could have looked worse.
“her incessant and completely unnecessary warbling”
I feel sorry for you guys, I missed the show due to it only being on Sky Movies (which I’m not subscribed to). I’ve seen the highlights on Sky News and Beyonce was nowhere to be seen – or heard.
*sniggers*
With all this talk about her singing abilities (or lack there of), I’m shocked no one has mentioned the vocal stylings of Antonio Banderas. I literally had to change the channel.
Personally, I didn’t know where to look first — the necklace…Andrew Lloyd Weber whose hair was strangely askew (and that is the least of his appearance problems) or the fact that there was one of those clapping monkey toys sitting on the gigantic piano. A monkey? I saw the show, not the movie, but I would LOVE to know where the monkey fits in.
I have to admit that I did not watch the Oscars. I decided to TIVO when I found out that the audience was going to have to endure a Destiny’s Child concert. One song -OK – but THREE????
Now back to topic – I think the skirt on the dress is waay overdone more shower curtain chic. I cannot look at the necklace for very long without feeling a vague choking sensation.
i’m so glad that Cirque du Soleil was nominated and B was able to dress up like one of their core members and sing their song. Chapeaus off to you, B.
The new defition of Over Fug-bling!
Beyonce told the world that the jewels were from the movie itself and weren’t real.
She reminds me of the year my friend Jen’s costume for Halloween was “I’m Over-Accessorized.”
Missdirected, apparently Minnie Driver was asked to sing but then booted in favor of Miss Knowles. Sad.
That’s 5% of Jay-Z’s collection.
I didn’t know I was watching a real life version of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast…specifically, the part where the furniture sings. I think Beyonce did a wondeful job of playing the chandelier.
Actually I saw Minnie Driver perform live on Letterman a few months ago– and let me tell you it was shamefully bad. I think we dodged a bullet on that one last night to be honest. Why do actors think that just because they’re famous they can also be muscians and children’s book writers to boot? And by the way, Adam from Counting Crows sounded like crap last night also.
I agree with several people above in that I was more repulsed by the Day-Glo eyeshadow she was sporting earlier.
As for Beyonce herself… she’s pretty, and she has a pretty voice, but if she so much as hums “Eeensy Weensy Spider” in the next week I am going to have to strangle her. I’m not so fond of her even when she’s in her appropriate genre, but you get her singing French and Opera and things just get a bit fugly in general.
She is now officially overexposed. She should go into self-imposed exile and take Jello with her.
It looks like Harry Winston threw up on her decolletage.
BTW was this her audition reel for Dreamgirls? I think she’d make a great Deena.
I love Beyonce and Destiny’s Child howeva, The chick is dramatically overexposed almost surpassing JLO. For the love of sweet Jesus. Take a hiatus for a year.
She was horrid in singing opera. She was worse in french. Just because your name is French does not mean you can sing in French. She has even said she want to win an Oscar. After all the resentment in the audience from the from some of the people who were supposed to sing ( i.e. Mini Driver, the Girl from the Phantom and the other person who was supposed to sing) she’ll be lucky to make a half way decent film.
As for the Bling. It is overwith. Keep it to a minimum. I don’t care if it was in line for the film. TOO MUCH is TOO much.
What annoyed me was that whoever had the brilliant idea of getting her to sing in French didn’t think to give her even a basic pronunciation lesson. At first I was sure she was singing in Spanish, but I couldn’t understand any of it — then I realized it was French, but I could barely make out a single word. And French is my first language.
I remember watching that and thinking, “I bet Heather and Jessica are going to fug BK for that….”
no, no, no. what happened here was that she was getting ready for the phantom of the opera number and the chandelier came crashing down early. unfortunately, beyonce got caught up in the whole mess — but she sure pulled it off with style! what could have potentially ruined the show was in fact turned around by a consummate professional who walking out on stage like nothing happened and that she MEANT to wear sparkles by bacarrat!
“I didn’t know I was watching a real life version of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast…specifically, the part where the furniture sings. I think Beyonce did a wondeful job of playing the chandelier.”
LOL, AllyKat!
As for the French song, I’m amazed that the ghost of Edith Piaf didn’t come back from beyond and throw Beyonce off of the stage. Does anybody know who actually sang the song for the film?
she’s giving Liberace a run for his money but he was very tongue in cheek about it. give your hair and the rest of the world a rest BK.
Lampshade. Fugshade.
However, Minnie Driver can’t sing for toffee (not that she’d eat the toffee these days). Beyonce is one of the few artistes one can count on for a reasonably competent live performance.
I’m really glad that someone brought up the song from Les Choristes. She really butchered it. How hard is it to learn proper pronounciation when you know that millions of people will be watching ?? I changed the channel at about the 4th word out of her mouth.. It makes me cringe just thinking about it.
Dripping in diamonds? More like bukakked in diamonds. I’m sure Star ripped that weave out in the parking lot while Al pulled the gay windmill-scratch-and-kick move on Jay-Z.
I hated the green/yellow eyeshadow, matchy-matchy thing with her first dress. I also found the sparkly number to be very unflattering. I appreciate the hips & ass, but the proportions of that garment were all wrong for her hips & ass.
She had no business performing the song from The Choristes. She was breathing in all the wrong places & had no idea how to pronounce the language.
The name Beyonce isn’t of French origin. It’s one of those African American names meaning “beyond others”. I think you’re thinking of Solange.
Oh Beyonce…honey…no!
Not only has she killed the Phantom song (btw could anyone hear ALW’s paino playing above the sentimental glurge of the tinned orchestra and B’s incessant gospel-choir-vocalizing?,) but she has also tainted the sweet sappiness that is ‘Believe’. I covered my ears and just concentrated on looking at Josh and thinking about Christmas rather than Beyonce’s mermaid getup.
hey guys, f.y.i. only actual opera sopranos can sing those notes. I’ve read interviews with both the director and Andrew Lloyd Webber, and though all of the other leads sang for themselves, finding a soprano with enough of a sense of humor about herself, so they said to play carllotta (spelling) was nearly impossible. So Mini did not sing the opera part for her phantom character, though I’m sure she is a wonderful singer. It’s my belief that there was some kind of international mixer the night before and all the performers were so wasted they didn’t show up for rehearsal at 7 like they were supposed to. Beyonce being the obviously most popular and eager candidate to perform, the academy people were like “ok we’re fucked, but hey people like her ass and her album.” Either way, I hope an end to the confusion surrounding her appearance will be short coming.
At least she’s not wearing gold lame this time.
And I’m sorry, but attempting to amaze people with how many notes you can sing in one breath is not talent. If you want to hear someone with a truly amazing voice listen to any Cocteau Twins album.
when i saw the bling, i remembered that she’s from texas. tasteful dress, obnoxious jewelry. being from texas myself, i’m just glad she wasn’t sporting oversized turquoise, too.
See, the thing is that Beyonce isn’t a great singer, but she’s a competent singer who can manage to show up for a rehearsal sober and hit most of the notes in a song.
Unlike, say, Minnie Driver/Jessica Simpson/etc., etc., etc.
When it comes to jewellry, LESS IS MORE. Are you listening, Usher?
Not only was Beyonce wearing eyeshadow to rival Endora’s, her hair was pulled back so tight in that first number as to render her virtually ASIAN, darlings.
My mother and I were like, “Isn’t Beyonce Black? She’s not Asian, is she?”
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Is it me or did all the arm movements make it look like she was working the floor at a car show?
ok, to be fair, the way beyonce was dressed was fitting to the style The Phantom of the Opera, which is an awesome movie by the way.
Blackbird,
The monkey-with-cymbals thing was a music box from the very beginning part of Phantom, during the auction sequence, remember? It was Lot 666 (ooooh) and it played a little tinkly music-box version of masquerade. Raoul successfully bid for it and had a little musing song about it before the chandelier crashed down and the main theme played.
Okay, yes, I was totally obsessed with the show when I was eleven. I wanted the Phantom to be my boyfriend. I admit it.
HELLO?? IT’S A COSTUME. HAVE YOU SEEN PHANTOM OF THE OPERA????? OBVIOUSLY NOT. IT’S A FREAKIN COSTUME NIT WIT!
Sadly, the reason Beyonce sang the song that was originally slated for Minnie Driver, was because the producers felt Beyonce would have more “pulling” power with the youth. It all came down to marketing, instead of art. This is a trend all of the award shows have been taking, and all of the award shows bombed this year in terms of viewer numbers and ratings.
If a song is nominated for an Oscar, then every attempt should be made to have to original singer perform the song at the Academy Awards presentation, for better or worse. In my opinion, Beyonce is not a versatile singer, and was way out of her league here. The most ridiculous moment came when the producers decided to make a duet out of Josh Groban’s nominated song. She served no purpose singing that song with Josh, other than to re-affirm his incredible talent. Let’s hope all the award presentation shows learn something from their decisions to put marketing ploys over art and good taste this year, and use better judgment in the future. Considering how rampant greed is in the entertaiment business anymore, I wouldn’t bank on it though. Thanks for reading my opinions.
I just wanted to add one thing to my above statement about Beyonce. In all fairness, one can hardly blame Beyonce herself. It’s the producer’s fault for booking her to sing these songs in the first place.
A) I’m from Texas.
B) I love the Beyonce
C) Sadly, she looked like a child pageant contestant.
D) Somewhere, a drag queen was watching TV, saying, “Oh, B! GIRRRRL, That’s TOO MUCH.”
I am torn between these few things when it comes to Beyonce:
She is talented, she can sing (listen to track 4 T-shirt on the new album) there is undeniable range there, however, she has a long way to go to PERFECT her singing skills. She is a very-very pretty girl, but, being a black female, (no way am i predjudice, I have mixed family members) I am getting sick and tired of seeing her in mags. looking like a white woman. lol. Seriously, the blonder than blonde weave HAS TO GO!!! NOW!!…on well more than one occasion I have looked at a photo of her (quickly) and thought is was an old oic of Farrah Faucett until I looked the second time. How ODD is that. Change the look B and quick.
i got that the necklace was about the chandelier from phantom
but i didn’t get why the chandelier decided to bite her head =\
She looks like one of those Black Millenium Barbies from afar
Liked the gown. Thought the jewelry was masterful considering that she was on stage and under hotlights in a large auditorium.
The jewelry is unfortunate. Beyonce’ is more La Belle Otero than Liane de Pougy here.
Typically.
Liked the gown. Thought the makeup was masterful considering that she was on stage and under hotlights in a large auditorium.
The jewelry is unfortunate. Beyonce’ is more La Belle Otero than Liane de Pougy here.
Typically.
I read on another blog those were only crystals. I tend to believe it since each stone is pretty much the size of the Hope diamond.
I read on another blog those were only crystals. I tend to believe it since each stone is pretty much the size of the Hope diamond.
word!to you, snarkymarcy, for the child pageant contestant remark. Star Jones’gurrl Beyonce does look like a grownup Jon(or is that Eric?) Benet Ramsay with a race lift. Addthat to the skeeve of dating a man that looks older than your father/manager, along with your mother designing a gold lame’ Spearmint Rhino/hooker hotpantsuit for you to wear in public,and sister Solange’s teen Pregnancy shotgun marriage and I can imagine Knowles family daddymommy issues that makes Ms Ramsey’s family look like the Waltons by comparison. Beyonce can really sing, but, three times a lady? Too much.
WHY THE HELL did she have to sing THREE songs?! Like, could they have not found anyone. I mean like she’s COOL, NOT GREAT, but COOL when she’s singing in her OWN genre, but french & operatic tunes also? UHH NO! And like I think the green eyeshadow was far more fuggly than this one, however the jewels are TOO much. Freakin’ I’m starting a Beyonce boycott.
ANOTHERFUGGER said: “The name Beyonce isn’t of French origin. It’s one of those African American names meaning “beyond others”. I think you’re thinking of Solange.”
Beyonce is a variation of her mother’s maiden name (Beyince) and her mother is of French Creole ancestry. Beyince is a very common creole last name, so technically it is a “French” name.
I loved the green eyeshadow as well as her sherbert mixed dress. Anyone got any ideas how I can get my hands on the green eyeshadow or how to mix it?
Three times a lady! They are probably trying to wipe out the image of J.Jackson.
I skipped the Oscars and watched the DUKES OF HAZZARD marathon on CMT so I’m opting out of this round.
well, in her defense, it was the necklace a character in the movie wore, so it went with the theme
OK, she looks great. that necklace she’s wearing is the same one that Minnie Driver wore in the Phantom of the Opera during the Il Muto scenes. seeing as how Beyonce is performing a song from the movie, it’s entirely appropriate. no need for a fugging on this outfit.
I think the dress is absdoulutly gorgeous and looks great and flattering on heras apposed to those really tight dresses the she really wears…not to metion the length is a nice relief fom her usual impossibly, shorter-then-short clothes