Last night in L.A, stars of the big and small screen gathered for the 17th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, the last big event right before the Oscars. So you know, celebs stepped out draped in the finest jewels, jems, heels and outfits. So of course like all award shows we're going to tell you our best dressed everything27 picks of the night.
Here are the nominees:
"Conviction" starlet, Hilary Swank in Versace gown. The one-shoulder chiffon nude gown was filled with crystal details and Swank paired the dress with a gold clutch. She looks so classy and sexy at the same time, totally capturing the essence of Versace and Donatella's creations
Rosario Dawson looked stunning in a yellow J.Mendel creation that she wore with beautiful jade earrings by Susie Fox Jewelry. The best thing about this fit is you can tell that Rosario is loving her look and having fun. I can't blame her, she looks amazing and uber cute.
Pretty in pink indeed. Angie Harmon looked like a beautiful pink swan in her pink feathered gown. I think I just have an OBSESSION with feathers because again I am brainstorming my next feathered creation. Angie was in a beautiful her ultra feminine Monique Lhuillier gown. She looked like a total princess and it worked for her. She kept the accessories and makeup very simple. 
January Jones of "Mad Men" wasn't seen on the carpet in Versace this time around. Jones opted for a gold lace and black sheer Carolina Herrera Pre-Fall 201l. This look is a total turn around from her Golden Globes gown and I LOVE IT. It shows her versatility and her willingness to explore fashion, but of course always staying true to her old Hollywood glam look. I'm a fan!
"Black Swan" Mila Kunis stayed colourful in a Alexander McQueen Resort 2010 sweetheart printed gown. Usually I am not a fan of red (I actually loathe the colour red), but because of the print I love this gown. Maybe it's because Valentine's day is right around the corner, but I love the romantic, flowly, dramatic feeling of the gown. Kunis paired the look with Cartier jewels. This is a good look for Kunis, so far she has been a hit on all the red carpets this year. Kudos Kunis.
"Glee" star Heather Morris looks stunning in her peach, crystal-embroidered bodice gown by Romona Keveza. This is the best I have ever seen Heather look. I think maybe because every time I look at her I automatically see her character "Brittany" and nothing else. But tonight she definitely stepped out of Brit's shadow. Heather looked so mature and beautiful and this makes me want to see more fabulous looks from her.
But this time around we are going to let you, the everything27 lovers on the world wide web, choose the everything27 Approved look of the night.
Let us know.
Last night in L.A, stars of the big and small screen gathered for the 17th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, the last big event right before the Oscars. So you know, celebs stepped out draped in the finest jewels, jems, heels and outfits. So of course like all award shows we're going to tell you our best dressed everything27 picks of the night.
Here are the nominees:
"Conviction" starlet, Hilary Swank in Versace gown. The one-shoulder chiffon nude gown was filled with crystal details and Swank paired the dress with a gold clutch. She looks so classy and sexy at the same time, totally capturing the essence of Versace and Donatella's creations
Rosario Dawson looked stunning in a yellow J.Mendel creation that she wore with beautiful jade earrings by Susie Fox Jewelry. The best thing about this fit is you can tell that Rosario is loving her look and having fun. I can't blame her, she looks amazing and uber cute.
Pretty in pink indeed. Angie Harmon looked like a beautiful pink swan in her pink feathered gown. I think I just have an OBSESSION with feathers because again I am brainstorming my next feathered creation. Angie was in a beautiful her ultra feminine Monique Lhuillier gown. She looked like a total princess and it worked for her. She kept the accessories and makeup very simple.
January Jones of "Mad Men" wasn't seen on the carpet in Versace this time around. Jones opted for a gold lace and black sheer Carolina Herrera Pre-Fall 201l. This look is a total turn around from her Golden Globes gown and I LOVE IT. It shows her versatility and her willingness to explore fashion, but of course always staying true to her old Hollywood glam look. I'm a fan!
"Black Swan" Mila Kunis stayed colourful in a Alexander McQueen Resort 2010 sweetheart printed gown. Usually I am not a fan of red (I actually loathe the colour red), but because of the print I love this gown. Maybe it's because Valentine's day is right around the corner, but I love the romantic, flowly, dramatic feeling of the gown. Kunis paired the look with Cartier jewels. This is a good look for Kunis, so far she has been a hit on all the red carpets this year. Kudos Kunis.
"Glee" star Heather Morris looks stunning in her peach, crystal-embroidered bodice gown by Romona Keveza. This is the best I have ever seen Heather look. I think maybe because every time I look at her I automatically see her character "Brittany" and nothing else. But tonight she definitely stepped out of Brit's shadow. Heather looked so mature and beautiful and this makes me want to see more fabulous looks from her.
But this time around we are going to let you, the everything27 lovers on the world wide web, choose the everything27 Approved look of the night.
Let us know.
A ballet horror film. It’s not a term commonly thrown around, but that’s what always-evolving director Darren Aronofsky has made in his latest feature Black Swan. The opening sequence alludes to what awaits audiences – both terror and beauty – as Nina Sayers (Natalie Portman) dances a captivating ballet solo before being confronted by a demon. Alas it is all a dream, as once Nina awakes we are jostled into her life as a professional dancer at an American ballet company.
She is something of a kidult, with a bedroom resembling that of a 12-year-old Taylor Swift fan and gets tucked-in by her domineering mother (Barbara Hershey) – who she lives with - every night. But she is also ambitious and when it’s announced the company’s principal dancer (Winona Ryder) is going into a reluctant retirement, she sees an opportunity. Nina campaigns for the role of the Swan Queen in their upcoming take on Swan Lake. But landing the part is just the beginning of her problems. Although her “sweet girl” personality perfectly encompasses the White Swan, she has trouble as the seductive and evil Black Swan, leading to increasing pressure from the director (Vincent Cassel). As Nina becomes obsessed with trying to be “perfect” and find a darker side of herself, the line between reality and psychosis starts to pirouette out of her control. 
Black Swan is tipped as one of the films to lead the Academy Award nominations this month (it’s already up for four Golden Globes) and it’s easy to see why. It’s a majestic spectacle that examines the nature of ambition and how one’s personal demons can become literal. Darren Aronofsky is a director to be admired; from Requiem For A Dream and The Wrestler to executive producing fellow Oscar favourite The Fighter and his next project – the Wolverine sequel - he never does two films alike. It was a brave choice to make a film that wavers between dance drama, psychological thriller and full-blown horror, but it pays off. While others would have stumbled trying to capture the complexity and detail of ballet routines, he takes it with aplomb and plunges the camera deep within the sea of dancers, weaving us in and around their movements.
As much as the spectacular ballet and stunning costumes are engrossing, it’s the character development and unexpected thrills that draw you in. Portman’s portrayal of Nina is particularly absorbing and as she plunges deeper into madness, you’re dragged down with her. Like Aronofsky’s use of imagery throughout, Nina too is black and white, yin and yang, with Portman managing to be both fragile and terrifying. Acclaimed French actor Cassel is also superb, along with the ensemble cast in Ryder, Hershey and Mila Kunis (below) as a wild child and rival within the company.
Unfortunately Black Swan is weighed down slightly by some ballet movie clichés, such as the bulimia moments, cattiness and stage parent/demanding director stereotypes. Like Aronofsky’s Requiem, it’s also brutally humourless, with Kunis providing the closest thing to a reprieve from the dark subject matter.
There hasn’t been an accessible ballet horror film since Italian horror filmmaker Dario Argento’s cult classic Suspiria in 1977, and while it’s sub-genre that will never exist outside of the sub, Black Swan makes the most of a rarely danced stage. It has been thrown into the same sentence as Oscar favourite; Christopher Nolan’s Inception, which was a concept-driven film, supported by great performances while Black Swan is a character-driven film, supported by great dancing. It takes the audience places few would dare to go and is ultimately an exercise in bravery as not only Aronofsky, but his entire cast (especially Portman), took huge risks to make this confronting and at times controversial film. 
Black Swan is out January 20.
And I bring you another trailer fresh off the inter-web from another movie on 14 movies I must see in 2010 list; Date Night!
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