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          The 85th Academy Awards held on Sunday, February 24, 2013 began with a fanfare of excitement as the ladies and gents strolled down the red carpet under the sunny California sky. Form fitting strapless gowns sparkled with waves of Veronica Lake hair and subtle jewelry saluting yesteryear screen sirens. Photographic images of Old Hollywood fashionistas graced the runway – perhaps Rita, Audrey, Ava, Lana and Veronica.     The A-Lister's column fitted gowns were in hues of metallic glitter, a whipped frosting palette, Audrey blacks,  breathtaking blues and several Valentino reds.   Let's not even mention thespians or reality television starlets draped in minimal cloth showing off bosoms perhaps in a vain effort to be twenty again.  These topless few need to learn a lesson from Jane Fonda bedecked in a silhouette defining Atelier Versace ...

    Tonight - The 85th Academy Awards show will celebrate the top films of 2012.  Django Unchained, Argo, Zero Dark Thirty, Life of Pi, Lincoln and Les Miserables are the leading contenders.  So, get ready, turn on the television, pour the champagne and behold the Oscar winners and fashion.  Pray tell who will be the Best Dressed this year?  And, which movie will take the Oscar?     2013 Oscar Predictions: Best Actor:   Daniel Day Lewis - Lincoln Best Actress:   Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook Best Supporting Actor:   Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained Best Supporting Actress:   Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables Best Director: Steven Spielberg - Lincoln Movie of the Year:   Life of Pi or Silver Linings Playbook Hollywood Most Likely Pick:   Argo Recap of Fashion - from March 3, 2012 - 84th Oscars 2012, Forever Chic Style Overview The fashio...

               The 70th Annual Golden Globes bash was held on January 13, 2013 attended by Hollywood’s finest ladies and gents   draped in hues of demure nudes, rich palettes of reds and wines, a few daring blues and many in stylish black gowns.   Similar to 2012, form fitting dresses with fishtails hems prevailed along with sweetheart necklines combined with shimmer, shine and sheer fabrics with perfect hair and makeup. The men wore elegant black suits, some in black tuxes and perhaps outdid the women in 2013.    George Clooney, Ben Affleck and Hugh Jackman led the pack for the men. Alas, a few mishaps such as Holly Berry and Emily Blunt with  bizarre material cutouts, Lucy Liu with a Gone with the Wind concoction in a wallpaper pattern meant for a garden room at Versailles and Sienna Miller with flowers all over in a non-flattering two-piece gown. Lastly, several evoked Angelina Jolie...

  Django Unchained is a woven tapestry of  spaghetti Western films, other movies and television shows all rolled into one outrageous, entertaining and violent flick.  The acting is unrivaled, script ingenious, music delightfully bold, with good versus evil culminating in the ultimate revenge that is so seductively sweet.   Django Unchained is one of the best films of the year.  Tarentino has done it again. The story begins two years prior to the Civil War in the deep south where slavery is rampant and the plantation owners rule the land.   Dr. King Schultz, Christoph Waltz poses as a German dentist though in actuality is a bounty hunter where killing the dangerous, twisted and evil is highly profitable.   In searching for the "wanted dead or alive" Brittle brothers, Shultz propositions Django, Jamie Fox , with freedom if recognizing the brothers and subsequently is taught...

The 70th Annual Golden Globes - Lights, Camera and Action - January 13, 2013      Tina Fey and Amy Poehler were hilarious and the best hosts to date for this annual star studded affair.  The Golden Globe winners spoke eloquently on stage, fashion was sublime and overall a memorable show.  The top films of 2012 were varied in themes including the following:  Silver Linings Playbook , Argo, Zero Dark Thirty, Life of Pi, Les Miserables, Lincoln and Django Unchained.   As for television, the number one show of 2012 was Homeland .           And, the Golden Globe Goes To: Motion Picture, Drama: Argo Actor, Motion Picture Drama: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln Actress, Motion Picture Drama: Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy: Les Miserables Actor, Motion Picture Musical or Comedy: Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables Director, Motion Picture: Ben Affleck, Argo Cecil B. DeMille A...

Life of Pi is an absolutely visually stunning epic with a well told story from start to finish.  The entire feat is mesmerizing between the young Pi, Suraj Sharman , and the older Pi, Irrfan Khan  recounting the tale of surviving a ship wreck at sea to the writer, Rafe Spall.   The brilliant saga begins with a  young Pi growing up with his father and family managing a local zoo.  Hence, Richard Parker, a Bengal tiger is introduced to the audience as a vicious predator.  The family must sell and move to Canada.  Thus, on a ship, the animals are packed away along with the family.  Similar to Noah's arc.   A disaster entails and the story becomes an journey of adventure and discovery.  A young man lost at sea with a connection to another survivor - Richard Parker - a Bengal tiger. The movie is about survival, religion, life, family values and spirituality all wrapped in a visual...

Zero Dark Thirty is a riveting and captivating chronicle of the 10 year CIA hunt for Osama bin Laden after the abominable September 11, 2001 attack killing 3000 American citizens. The opening of the film was horrifying in portraying the final minutes of those trapped in the twin towers in New York city. The scene sets the stage for all that transpires in this must see film. Jessica Chastain plays CIA analyst and operative Maya who is obsessed with finding Osama bin Laden spending the next ten years on an all encompassing mission. Chastain is top notch as the intellectual and hands on Maya who deserves both the  Golden Globe and the Oscar for  Best Actress in a dramatic film.  The paths that are taken to locate this diabolical killer are graphic and not for the feint of heart.   Jason Clarke , Dan, is the hardcore CIA integrator, Kyle Chandler , Joseph Bradley, CIA Station Chief and Chris Pratt , Navy S...