For one fabulous night, Hollywood’s best and brightest come together for the ultimate awards ceremony, The Oscars! It’s my annual dream come true. And this year the show was anything but a letdown; from witty and slightly inappropriate jokes from host Seth MacFarlene to the spectacular performances, the Oscars didn’t disappoint. I found myself cheering for well-deserved winners like Jennifer Lawrence and Anne Hathaway and shedding tears for Jennifer Hudson’s rendition of “And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going”. Here’s more about what I loved best about the show:
1. The Breathtaking Gowns
The biggest night in Hollywood of course implies the biggest night for fashion, and as always it was rightfully delivered. I audibly gasped when I saw Naomi Watts strut down the red carpet in this Armani Prive sequins creation and I immediately dubbed her the best dressed of the evening. Runner-ups included Sandra Bullock and Jennifer Lawrence in Dior.
2. Seth MacFarlane’s opening act
It was a no-brainer that the ceremony’s host for this year would get people talking, he is the mind behind Family Guy after all. Seth MacFarlene’s opening act may have been borderline inappropriate (i.e. that stirring musicalnumber “We Saw Your Boobs”), but overall it was unique and fun, something the Oscars need every now and then. Seeing Channing Tatum and Joseph Gordon-Levitt show off their dancing skills wasn’t too bad either!
3. The entertaining performances
During the show, three musicals turned into movies were recognized for their original songs that have kept us entertained and humming to ourselves for years. Catherine Zeta-Jones revisited her character Velma from Chicago in a rendition of “All That Jazz,” followed by a mind-blowing solo from Jennifer Hudson who belted out all the right notes of “And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going” from Dream Girls. Closing the performance was the incredibly talented cast of Les Miserables singing a variation of songs from there film. It just goes to show how undeniably adept these people are across the board.
4. Jennifer Lawrence tripping up the stairs
Blame the gown! That’s what I said after I saw the Oscar-winner gracefully trip before accepting her monumental award. She rightfully laughed it off when the crowd gave her a standing ovation, claiming “you guys are just standing up because I fell and you feel bad!” Only you could pull that off, J. Law. You just became every awkward teenage girl’s idol.
5. Ben Affleck’s tear-jerking speech.
Even though the Argo director was snubbed in the directing category, he managed to defy Oscar odds (as very few pictures have won without their director being nominated) and take home the biggest prize of the night. His acceptance speech was everything it should have been; he thanked the many people who helped him make the film, the team behind the real hostage crisis, and of course his beautiful wife, Jennifer Garner who teared up. He movingly claimed “it doesn’t matter how you get knocked down in life, because that’s going to happen. All that matters is that you gotta get up.” He closed his speech by dedicating his award to his three children before choking up. *swoon*