Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: red carpet

red carpet stories: 13 news summaries
SLIDESHOW

 Emmys' Fashion 
 Winners, Losers 




Drew Barrymore 'luminous,' Tina Fey dowdy on the red carpet

Sep 21, 09 8:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Emmy winners and losers weren’t just singled out onstage—sartorial successes and failures stalked the red carpet as well. Elizabeth Snead offers a wrap-up in the Los Angeles Times. The Winners:
  • Drew Barrymore: “Luminous in Monique Lhuillier’s blush-hued tulle strapless gown.
... More »

MORE ABOUT:
entertainment • fashion • Tina Fey • celebrity • Heidi Klum • Emmy Awards • red carpet • Sarah Silverman • Vanessa Williams • Drew Barrymore • Jennifer Love Hewitt • Kristin Chenoweth

 Rihanna Hits 
 Red Carpet, 
 Nixes Concert 

Singer debuts at Met, cancels show on same day

May 5, 09 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rihanna hit the red carpet last night for the first time since her alleged beating by Chris Brown, the AP reports. The singer, clad in a tuxedo, attended the Metropolitan Museum’s annual costume gala. Also yesterday, a comeback concert in Dubai—scheduled for May 28, the day of Brown’... More »

MORE ABOUT:
entertainment • celebrity trials • domestic violence • Dubai • celebrity • concert • red carpet • assault • Rihanna • Metropolitan Museum of Art • physical abuse • Chris Brown

OPINION

 Cut It Out, Mr. & Mrs. Smug 


Feb 24, 09 2:04 PM CST
(Newser) - Reached the end of your rope with the Brangelina hype? Danica Lo of the New York Post is right there with you: “Just because you are a rabid adopter, zealous breeder, star as benighted mothers in movies no one watches, and live in France,” Lo fumes, “you... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • celebrity • award show • red carpet • Brangelina • Oscars

 Stars, Photogs 
 Rip Red-Carpet 
 Restrictions 

Academy uses back entrance to boost ratings

Feb 23, 09 10:02 AM CST
(Newser) - Not everyone walked the red carpet at last night’s Oscars, and photographers were none too pleased, Variety reports. The Academy asked some stars to enter out of cameras’ reach, to keep fashion choices a secret until the telecast—in an attempt to boost ratings. Some celebs, including Jennifer Aniston... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Academy Awards • paparazzi • award show • photographers • Jennifer Aniston • red carpet • Miley Cyrus • Jessica Alba • Oscars • Kevin Kline

 New Oscar Tech 
 Stalks Stars 

Audiences get closer to the red carpet than ever

Feb 21, 09 7:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Thanks to the wonders of technology, you’ll be able to get closer than ever to the stars on the red carpet come Oscar night tomorrow, Variety reports. Several websites will allow users to zoom in, à la Google Earth, and magnify high-res photos up to four times. More »

MORE ABOUT:
technology • Academy Awards • digital photography • celebrity • award show • red carpet • Oscars

Academy to Presenters:
Skip the Oscars Red Carpet

Presenters won't be seen until they present

Feb 11, 09 10:39 AM CST
(Newser) - After Oscar ratings hit historic lows last year, the Academy is taking a bold step: It’s asking presenters to skip their preshow jaunts down the red carpet, the LA Times reports. The Oscar honchos reckon that’ll force fashion-obsessed viewers to watch the actual envelope-opening parts of the... More »

MORE ABOUT:
fashion • Academy Awards • awards • award show • red carpet • Oscars

SLIDESHOW

 Grammy Fashion Mostly Boring 

Rock stars need to stop playing it safe

Feb 9, 09 8:07 AM CST
(Newser) - What happened to rock stars dressing like rock stars?, wonders Monica Corcoran in the Los Angeles Times. Last night’s Grammy Awards were “glutted with tasteful gowns,” with nominees wearing “plenty of dresses that wouldn't make a pastor flinch.” Gone are the days of the tacky,... More »

MORE ABOUT:
fashion • awards • award show • red carpet • Miley Cyrus • Grammy Awards • MIA • Katy Perry • Taylor Swift

SLIDESHOW

 SAG Fashion 
 Highs, Lows 


Jan 26, 09 11:32 AM CST
(Newser) - The SAG awards have been handed out, but there are still plenty of snickers and praise to heap upon last night's red carpet fashions. Elizabeth Snead doles out plenty of both in the Los Angeles Times. Click the image to the left and judge for yourself.
  • Amy Poehler gets
... More »

MORE ABOUT:
fashion • list • award show • red carpet • Screen Actors Guild • actor

OPINION

 Globes' Fashion 
 Winners, Losers 

The Golden Globes' fashion winners
and losers

Jan 13, 09 1:23 PM CST
(Newser) - The statues have been doled out, but here come the real awards. The Los Angeles Times delivers Golden Globes' red carpet winners and losers:
  1. Renee Zellweger wore what can only be described as a mermaid's funeral attire—"so many shades of wrong."
  2. Anne Hathaway looked shrunken
... More »

MORE ABOUT:
fashion • Eva Longoria • celebrity • award show • red carpet • Cameron Diaz • Renee Zellweger • Drew Barrymore • Golden Globes • Demi Moore • Anne Hathaway • America Ferrera

Designers Target Red-Carpet Season to Stay in Black

Fashion industry more aggressively seeking celebs to strut its stuff at awards shows

Jan 11, 09 2:49 PM CST
(Newser) - With sales of designer goods plunging like a Hollywood starlet’s neckline, the fashion industry is looking to jump-start spending. Designers say print advertising doesn’t cut it anymore, so they’re lobbying harder than ever to outfit celebrities for red-carpet appearances, the Wall Street Journal reports. Awards shows provide... More »

MORE ABOUT:
fashion • advertising • marketing • red carpet • fashion designer • fashion industry • Jay-ZTV

Seacrest Media Empire Still Expanding

'American Idol' host runs 6 companies and wants to 'try everything'

Mar 23, 08 7:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ryan Seacrest has a mission, and he’s proud to admit it: He aims to be the Dick Clark, Merv Griffin, and Larry King of his generation. Since childhood, the "American Idol" host has plotted every step to get closer to his goal, writes Tom Shales in the Washington ... More »

MORE ABOUT:
television • radio • American Idol • fashion • advertising • Larry King • Dick Clark • Merv Griffin • red carpet • host • Ryan Seacrest • E! Entertainment Network

Canceled Awards Shows Could Cost Fashion Biz

Designers will lose millions in visibility

Jan 9, 08 5:25 PM CST
(Newser) - The writers' strike-canceled Golden Globes will hit designers and the fashion industry hard, reports the Wall Street Journal, citing design houses that rely on red carpet-strutters for priceless exposure that can reverberate for months and years. If a big star wears your dress, that's big money. "It's a crapshoot,... More »

MORE ABOUT:
fashion • Academy Awards • red carpet • Reese Witherspoon • Hollywood writers' strike • Golden Globes • fashion designer • Nina Ricci

Joan Rivers
Gets Ready for Her Close-Up

Comic puts on her game face for new theatrical piece

Aug 19, 07 5:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Having been relieved of red-carpet duty, Joan Rivers is busy workshopping an autobiographical comedy in San Francisco. It's the 74-year-old Barnard grad's third play, and she's planning to take it off-Broadway once she figures out "what's funny and poignant and what isn't." The LA Times pays a call... More »

MORE ABOUT:
plastic surgery • theater • comedy • Joan Rivers • red carpet • autobiography

13 Stories


from our news partners