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Red Carpet Rights and Wrongs

I can't remember the last time I've tuned into the Oscars and seen so many classy dresses and so relatively little sluttiness. Nipplege aside, it was almost like everyone decided that the Janet Jackson boobie-bearing was sort of the terminus of taste as far as breastage revealing, and perhaps sexiness was better conveyed by leaving ordinarily private body parts to the imagination. I for one was thrilled, but I'm a bit of a prude, I'm still hoping for the return of supportive undergarments. ;) I've been trying to find good run-downs of all the fashions, and so far this and this are pretty decent galleries. USA Today's gallery is the funniest as the captions don't match the pictures when you run the slide-show (although they may have fixed that by the time you read this). Julia H also gives her opinions, with accompanying photos. My favorite gowns were definitely Catherine Zeta-Jones and Jennifer Garner. I thought Liv Tyler had the coolest hair style. Worst in my opinion were Jamie Lee Curtis, Susan Sarandon and Diane Lane. (You can't really give Diane Keaton and Marcia Gay Harden points off, as the former has always dressed that way and the latter is dressing for three...) Not sure if I want to sit through the Fashion Police thing tonight, ABC's pre-show was cringe-worthy enough between Billy "I'm the President's Cousin and a Real Insider, Watch Me Push Harvey Weinstein Out of His Seat!" Bush and Maria "It's Really All About Me and My $2.5 Million Gown" Menounos... For my money (and of course I paid nothing), the best line of the evening was in the "Seabiscuit" song performed by Billy Crystal: He'd make a nice brisket...