It's a long way from Adelaide to LA, but one of fashion designer Paul Vasileff's stunning creations made the journey for a very special occasion today – the 86th annual Academy Awards.
It’s a long way from Adelaide to LA, but one of fashion designer Paul Vasileff’s stunning creations made the journey for a very special occasion today – the 86th annual Academy Awards.
Vasileff, the founder of Aussie couture label Paolo Sebastian, dressed E! News presenter Giuliana Rancic – host of the channel’s red carpet special – for Hollywood’s night of nights, one of his biggest commissions yet.
The ethereal gown Rancic chose featured a bodice crafted from crystal-embellished lace atop invisible tulle to give the illusion the gems were floating on the skin. Its full skirt was made from more than 50 metres of French tulle.
“I didn’t know if she would wear one of our gowns but I had a feeling if she did it would be that one,” Vasileff said.
“It’s been one of my life goals to have one of my designs on the Oscars red carpet. It’s a huge honour, I feel so lucky to have been chosen.”
Giuliana Rancic on the Oscars red carpet in a Paolo Sebastian design, created by 23-year-old Adelaide boy Paul Vasileff.
Actress Keltie Knight in Paolo Sebastian at the Vanity Fair Oscars Party.
Keltie also chose Paolo for the Grammys this year.
Catt Sadler wore this Paolo Sebastian gown to the Golden Globes this year.
Sonia Kruger chose Paolo Sebastian while filming a live eviction on Big Brother last year.
Dannii Minogue also wore a Paolo Sebastian design on The X Factor last year.
Ada Nicodemou wearing Paolo Sebastian at the Logies last year.
Ellen poses with Academy Awards guests for a selfie
Cate Blanchett has won the Oscar for best actress and become the first Australian to win two Academy Awards for acting.
She received the award for her role in Blue Valentine and was up against international stars Sandra Bullock and Amy Adams.
“There is so much talent in Australia,” Blanchett said at the end of her speech.
Matthew McConaughey took out the best actor award from his first Academy Award nomination for The Dallas Buyers Club, leaving Leonardo Oscar-less for the fifth time round.
12 Years A Slave has been awarded the all-important best picture award.
But it has been a big day for Aussies in Hollywood, with Catherine Martin also breaking records. She became the most successful Australian at the Academy Awards ever, winning Oscars for Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design for eye-feast spectacular, The Great Gatsby.
“I have a few words tucked into my bra. It’s a very Australian thing to do,” Catherine said during her acceptance speech.
“It’s where you keep your tissues.”
The incredibly talented and relative newbie, Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong’o, took out the best supporting actress role for her moving portrayal as a slave in 12 Years A Slave.
In an emotional speech Lupita said, “It doesn’t escape me for one minute that so much joy in my life is thanks to so much pain in someone else’s.”
“Thank you for putting me in this position, it has been the joy of life.”
She was up against some of the industry’s most distinguished and well-recognised actors, including Julia Roberts, June Squibb and Jennifer Lawrence.
Jared Leto beat a host of amazing actors to take out best supporting actor, including Bradley Cooper and Jonah Hill, for his role in Dallas Buyers Club.
Disney has finally won its first Oscar with the best animated feature for Frozen. Sci-fi blockbuster Gravity has stolen the show with six awards — including best cinematography, sound editing, sound effects, sound mixing and best visual effects.
Gravity beat Frozen in the race for best original score however the Disney favourite won best original song with Let it Go.
**The winners are:
-Best Picture: 12 Years A Slave
-Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
-Best Actor: Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
-Best Actress: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
-Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
-Best Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years A Slave
-Best Adapted Screenplay: John Ridley, 12 Years A Slave
-Best Original Screenplay: Spike Jonze, Her
-Best Cinematography: Gravity
-Best Editing: Gravity
-Best Art Direction: The Great Gatsby
-Best Original Score: Gravity
-Best Song: ‘Let it Go’, Frozen
-Best Makeup: Dallas Buyers Club
-Best Costume Design: The Great Gatsby
-Best Live Action Short: Helium
-Best Animated Short: Mr Hublot
-Best Animated Feature: Frozen
-Best Documentary: 20 Feet From Stardom
-Best Documentary Short: The Lady in Number 6
-Best Foreign Language Film: The Great Beauty (Italy)
-Best Sound Mixing: Gravity
-Best Sound Effects Editing: Gravity
-Best Visual Effects: Gravity**
Ellen DeGeneres may have proved a popular host with her selfie-taking and pizza ordering, but her jokes have been pretty tough on some guests.
“I’m not going to say who is the most beautiful tonight, but let’s face it, it’s Jared Leto,” she said.
“Boy, he’s pretty.”
Liza Minelli also was a target.
“You are one of the best Liza Minnelli impersonators I have ever seen,” she said.
The 23-year-old rising star was almost unrecognisable with her raven locks, wine-coloured lipstick and black sequinned gown.
Margot accessorised her rather gothic outfit with a multi-million dollar diamond necklace with matching earrings.
The young starlet was nervous before the awards ceremony, posting a picture of herself getting ready with the caption: “Never thought I’d say this … I’m getting ready for the Oscars!”
Cate Blanchett accepting the Academy Award for best actress.
Cate, 44, who looked stunning in a heavily-embellished Armani gown, triumphed in a tough category, beating Sandra Bullock (Gravity), Amy Adams (American Hustle), Judi Dench (Philomena) and veteran Meryl Streep (August: Osage County).
“This award means a great deal in a year of extraordinary performances by women,” she said in her acceptance speech. “This proves movies about women are not niche – they can be very popular and they can make money!”
Cate also controversially thanked Blue Jasmine’s director Woody Allen, who has been accused of child molestation by his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow.
It is Cate’s second Oscar – she won the best supporting actress award in 2004 for her role in The Aviator and was nominated in best actress category in 1998 for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth I in Elizabeth.
Cate wasn’t the only big Aussie winner on the night – Catherine Martin won two Oscars, taking her total tally to four, breaking the record for the most Academy Awards won by an Australian.
Catherine was recognised in the costume design and production design categories for her work on husband Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby. She also won two awards for Moulin Rouge in 2002.
This takes her past fellow Aussie costume designer Orry-Kelly, who previously held the record with wins for An American in Paris, Les Girls and Some Like It Hot in the 1950s.
In her acceptance speech, Catherine thanked her creative and sewing team and her director husband.
“He makes it all possible,” she said. “He dreams the dream.”
Catherine Martin accepting her Oscar for costume design.
Catherine took home the golden statues for costume and production design for her work on her husband Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby.
She has now won four Oscars, after winning two for her work on Moulin Rouge in 2002.
This takes her past fellow Aussie costume designer Orry-Kelly, who previously held the record with wins for An American in Paris, Les Girls and Some Like It Hot in the 1950s.
In her acceptance speeches, Catherine thanked her creative and sewing team, her children, and her director husband.
“He makes it all possible,” she said. “He dreams the dream.”
Catherine was also nominated for Romeo + Juliet and Australia.
They may not look natural, but these stars clearly think they’ve hit a winner with these poses.
Depending on whether they want to maximise or minimise, slim or accentuate, celebrities have particular red carpet poses that they return to again and again.
The leg-out pose is probably the most common, and Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Lopez take it to its full potential while Lea Michele relies on it more often but less exaggeratedly.
As facial expressions go, Keira Knightley is in a constant pout while Megan Fox keeps her lips slightly apart as if she’s on the cover of a men’s magazine.
It’s Hollywood’s night of nights – the 86th annual Academy Awards, and the stars did not disappoint on the red carpet.
Best actress nominee Cate Blanchett looked stunning in a nude embellished Armani gown, while last year’s winner Jennifer Lawrence dazzled in a red Dior dress.
Sandra Bullock and Amy Adams looked lovely in navy while newcomer Lupita Nyong’o chose a lighter blue for her ethereal frock.
Here are some of the best – and worst – outfits from the 2014 Oscars red carpet.
Amy Adams, Cate Blanchett, Jennifer Lawrence, Angelina Jolie and Sandra Bullock.
Prince Andrew is dating George Clooney’s on-again off-again girlfriend of seven years, Croatian model Monika Jakisic.
Jakisic, 33, known as “the Croatian Sensation” and whose Wikipedia page stipulates in capital letters that she is a “supermodel”, has progressed from the closest thing to royalty in the United States to the Duke of York.
The Duke and the model were spotted at an intimate table at Italian restaurant Cecconi’s on Mayfair in London, celebrating the Duke’s 54thbirthday.
An eye witness has said, “They sat next to each other at an intimate table by the front of the restaurant and were cuddling up to each other.
“Andrew was making Monika laugh and kissing her hand.
“Monika gave him a birthday card and the server brought out a white birthday cake for dessert.”
The couple were spotted again two days later at The Arts Club in Mayfair, where he had his arms wrapped around Monika. An onlooker has said there was no mistaking their relationship status. “It was obvious they are a couple, they looked like two lovebirds!”
The Royal Family has finally confirmed Prince George will be travelling Down Under with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and released an itinerary for the trip.
The royal couple revealed they simply could not be away from their first born “so far and for so long” in a statement made by Prince William’s private secretary, Miguel Head.
“It’s a tremendously exciting visit and I can tell you Their Royal Highnesses are looking forward to it immensely,” he said at a media briefing at Kensington Palace.
Prince George will be just under eight months old when the trip takes place but he will not be making formal public appearances with his parents. Instead, Catherine will be hiring a full-time nanny to accompany them.
There will be two occasions, once in New Zealand and again in the Northern Territory, where the royal couple will make overnight trips without Prince George.
“One or two engagements across the three weeks have been identified as times when the Duke and Duchess might take Prince George along, too,” Miguel Head explained.
“But, George being just a little over eight-months-old by the time they travel, I’m sure you will appreciate that the couple will have to make a final decision on those moments much closer to the time.
“The Duke and Duchess are content enough to know that he will be with them in the two countries.”
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