Cate Blanchett

Cate Blanchett is more gorgeous than ever as she expects her third child with her husband, Andrew Upton. The Australian actress was photographed on the red carpet of the Sydney Theatre Company in Australia. She spoke about trying to find a partner for the theatre company in order to provide audiences with more affordable tickets in The Sunday Telegraph. Blanchett and Upton will be joint artistic directors of the Sydney Theatre Company in 2008.

So the votes have been counted, the little gold bald guys have gone home with the winners and the last of the drunk celebrities have been swept off the floor. Now comes the stuff we really care about…who looked good on the red carpet and who looked like they need to fire their stylist.

This year the fashions at the Academy Awards were all about being bold and taking risks. Some of it worked and some of it flopped. Here is my totally uninformed, uneducated, based soley on what made me go “wow” or “yech” Oscar fashion recap.

Fashion winners:

Helen Mirren not only won Best Actress, but she has to be up for Best Dressed as well. She looked gorgeous in a Christian Lacroix gown. Cate Blanchett was oh so sexy in a Swarovski crystal studded Armani dress that clung to her body like Brad Pitt when she got shot in Babel.

Penelope Cruz is sitting on my fashion fence. I loved the top of her Versace gown, but the bottom is questionable. Somehow it mostly works for her, but I’m advising her to avoid feathers in the future.

Nicole Kidman was stunning, as always, in a bright red Balenciaga halter gown with a big ol’ bow one one shoulder. I wasn’t sold on the bow, but then I saw her face and remembered why she can do no wrong. Gorgeous! Hopefully Tom Cruise was kicking himself just a little bit when she hit the stage.

Kate Winslet was channeling her inner Greek godess in a one shoulder Valentino. She may not have had a snowball’s chance in hell at winning this year, but girlfriend looked fabulous. The hair, make-up, jewlery…just perfect.

So those are my picks for style winners. These were the women who made me say, “wow, she’s so beautiful. Bitch.” Now go visit my post on the fashion losers. You know that’s what you really want to read.

In a completely unrelated article, Cate Blanchett has dressed up as Bob Dylan, probably to prove to us that if some famous dude can be a woman on film, she can be a man.

These photos are part of a Bob Dylan biopic called I’m Not There in which seven different actors portray the legendary singer-songwriter. I wonder who the other six will be… I bet it won’t be Travolta! He’s too busy dressing up as a woman, to now dress up as a man. Plus that may be too confusing for him.