Fug File: BAFTAs

BAFTAs Rumor-Mongering Carpet: Jessica Alba


Please to note: I wrote this entry last night at like 3am. AHEM:

It’s a tale as old as time — although not mentioned specifically in Beauty and the Beast:

When you are living though a time of an unprecedented upswing in celebrity pregnancies, and you are a celebrity who may or may not need a wee extra bit of attention — after all, how long has it been since you knew or cared this much about what’s happening to Selma Blair? — it is very possibly in your best interest to either decide to get knocked up yourself, or to at least FLOAT THE NOTION VISUALLY.

But I think she actually might be. LOOK:

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BAFTAs Well-Played and Also EMOTIONALLY PERPLEXING: Helena Bonham Carter


So many conflicting emotions:

  1. She looks great.
  2. I MISS THE CRAZY.
  3. Speaking of, I forgot how crazy gorgeous she actually is. Remember this?

(From A Room With a View, of course — perhaps my favorite movie ever and one in which each role is truly perfectly cast. Also: full frontal male nudity. You know, just in case you haven’t seen it. You probably should.)

Also:

  1. She has aged surprisingly little
  2. She may have, secretly, when she’s not doing it with a blender, some of the best hair ever — hair which, in fact, prompted my mother during the period in which I was watching RWaV regularly to lament that I should probably get a perm.
  3. I do miss the crazy. What am I supposed to do with myself if HBC doesn’t show up places dressed like a pirate wench? I loved the pirate wench craziness.
  4. OMG, you don’t think a return to normalcy signals PROBLEMS WITH TIM BURTON? I mean, HE is ALSO wacky, so if she de-wackifies….no. No, I can’t deal with that. Talk about two people who seem perfectly suited to one another. And it was just Valentine’s Day. Surely all is well. I will brook no argument.
  5. What does this mean in light of her widely reported statement that her Oscars look will “probably be a catastrophe”? Is she lulling us into a false sense of security??? That is WILY.
  6. I love her. The end.
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BAFTAs Weekend Fug(ish) Carpet: Emma Watson


Dearest Emma Watson, I know you probably want to be known for things other than your Harry Potter role. But throw me a bone, then, okay? Because if you hadn’t worn this, then I wouldn’t be sitting here thinking, “Oh, Hermione, I guess you walked into the wrong side of one of Draco Malfoy’s ruffling spell.”

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BAFTA Fug Carpet: Emma Stone


“Um, what?”

Emma Stone

“No, I don’t play the pan flute. … Nope, no lute. … Definitely not the cello… I could maybe fake it on the washboard? But seriously, I know it LOOKS that way, but I don’t really want to be part of a band of minstrels playing Peace Jamborees in pastures across America. So could we move onto another line of questioning?”

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BAFTAs Fug Carpet: Kate Winslet


If you were to ask me to identify the take-home lesson that validates Paris Hilton’s continued existence, my answer likely would NOT be, “Paris teaches us the value of standing with our pelvises thrust out at all times.” 
Oh, KATE. You are better than the Paris Pelvis. You are also better than a dress I wore to a winter formal in 1996. I get that you probably think it shows off a streamlined physique that no doubt you will claim is due only to running around after your kids — and you DO look fantastic, it’s true, so please put out a “Running Around After Your Kids: How To Get Calf Muscles and Lose Ten Pounds Just By Being A Mom” DVD — but the frock is just a bit Donna Martin Goes To See Fergie’s Girl-Band Wild Orchid Play The After-Dark for my taste.
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BAFTAs Oooh, So Close: Mickey Rourke


Okay, I don’t know a ton about menswear, but I am fairly certain that suit vests are supposed to be worn with shirts under them.

But overall, isn’t this SO much better? Remember when Mickey Rourke showed up at official events looking like a riverboat gambler, or in flowered Vans and cowboy hats? I mean, the guy made it two rounds deep into Fug Madness 2009, and only fell to Mischa Barton by an eight-percent margin. He was reeking of the Fug something fierce, so this, to me, is like a breath of fresh Body Wash.
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