Aah the Oscars, one of the most decadent and eagerly anticipated awards ceremonies of the season. Cue Ben 'Avatar' Stiller, a Dolce clad Neil Patrick Harris dancing his way on stage (sorry, who are you again?) and mistimed wisecracks courtesy of Steve Martin and co-host Alec Baldwin, confirming once and for all that as Team America insightfully noted all those months ago, the latter is nothing but a member of the F.A.G. Predictably, the British side failed to bring home the bacon on the statuette front, but garnered sartorial attention instead with red carpet appearances by Marchesa and breakout London born star Carey Mulligan's daring Prada ensemble. Indeed, Best Actress Sandra Bullock's pitch perfect speech following her well deserved win for The Blind Side was outdone only by her equally shiny silk frock; back-up presumably, since coming to the Oscars dressed as one is probably better than nothing. But the biggest congratulations of the night go of course to The Hurt Locker's Kathryn Bigelow, who proved not only that women over the age of 50 can give the upper arms of Jennifer Aniston a run for their money, but that girl power really can take you further than a Union Jack dress and a pair of platforms...
