The REAL Best-Dressed List: Costume Designers Guild Awards
Feb24

The REAL Best-Dressed List: Costume Designers Guild Awards

  It was another big night for TV darlings “House of Cards,” “Behind the Candelabra” and “Downton Abbey” as their respective costume designers, Tom Broecker, Ellen Mirojnick and Caroline McCall took the top prizes at the 16th Costume Designers Guild Awards.   Held Saturday night February 22 at the Beverly Hilton, in ceremonies hosted by “Scandal’s” Joshua Malina, it’s the gala evening when costume designers in television,...

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Sparkly Gowns and Crystal Trophies at the Costume Designers Guild Awards
Feb22

Sparkly Gowns and Crystal Trophies at the Costume Designers Guild Awards

Anne Hathaway had the crowd going when she dramatically announced, “We should all take a moment of silence…,” took a long pause, and then continued, “for the more than 100 disco balls that died for the sake of my dress.”   It was a comment that may have missed its mark comedically – Hathaway, a recent “Saturday Night Live” host, bowed to the greater expertise of Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph...

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Costume Designers Guild Noms Boost Lincoln, Argo, Les Miz, Zero Dark Thirty and Skyfall
Jan24

Costume Designers Guild Noms Boost Lincoln, Argo, Les Miz, Zero Dark Thirty and Skyfall

It’s a rare period film in which the costumes of the characters are not an integral part of the viewing experience, and this season’s crop of awards contenders are no conception to the rule.   The costume designers of Lincoln, Les Miserables, Argo, Anna Karenina and Moonrise Kingdom were among those honored with nominations from the Costume Designers Guild, which will present its 15th annual awards ceremony on...

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Secrets of the Spanx: Costume Designers Know it All
Feb23

Secrets of the Spanx: Costume Designers Know it All

It’s the one night of the year when costume designers in film and television get more glory than the actors who wear their creations in an event that has a rep for being loose and rollicking, the Costume Designers Guild Awards.   Actress Jane Lynch, outfitted in a stunning long red gown, ably hosted the 14th annual edition of the gala awards ceremony held Tuesday night at the Beverly Hilton’s International Ballroom, which...

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Halle in a See-Through Red Dress! Demi in a Messy, Waist-Length Braid! Boardwalk Triumphs Again, in a Big Night at the CDG Awards
Feb23

Halle in a See-Through Red Dress! Demi in a Messy, Waist-Length Braid! Boardwalk Triumphs Again, in a Big Night at the CDG Awards

If there was ever a place where you’re going to be judged on what you’re wearing, it’s at the Costume Designers Guild Awards. At the star-studded 13th annual ceremonies at the Beverly Hilton, some of the ensembles literally took your breath away. Talk about a stunner, she’s baaaaaaaaaaaaack. Halle Berry had been (a little bit) under the radar, since the Golden Globes at least, in a messy custody battle with her former flame Gabriel...

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