THE 79TH ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS

FOREST WHITAKER & WIFE, KEISHA ANIKA NONI ROSE QUEEN LATIFAH
VARIOUS STARS ATTEND THE ACADEMY AWARDS

Last night the 79th Annual Academy Awards went down in Los Angeles and madd stars came out to support the nominees. Check out more flicks after the jump.

If you watched the Oscars, you know there isn’t really anything to speak on, other than Forest & Jennifer winning.

ANIKA NONI ROSE & JENNIFER HUDSON

EDDIE MURPHY & TRACEY EDMONDS

djimon hounsou QUINCEY JONES & DAUGHTER, Rashida Jones WILL, JADA, & JADEN SMITH

WILL SMITH & CHRIS GARDNER JENNIFER HUDSON (2) BEYONCE

PICS FROM THE DREAMGIRLS PERFORMANCE

BEYONCE & JENNIFER BEYONCE, JENNIFER, & ANIKA

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187 Responses to THE 79TH ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS

  1. eZ

    i mean First! and J-Hud looks fab!

  2. LORRAINE

    Everyone looks stunning. Gorgeous

  3. KeShawn

    Jennifer looks good, except for the jacket, they could have kept that. was it me or was B trying to out sing every body else?…Jealousy is a bitch

  4. Sheena

    I see yall still on that dumb “first” shit, smh.

    anyway, back to RELEVANT discussion…

    Beyonce’s dress – Hated it! Her face is flawless however.

    Jennifer – That shrug was a no no, but the dress was OK. Happy as hell that she won even though I didn’t like Dreamgirls AT ALL.

    The Smiths – Beautiful black family. Nuff said.

    Forrest – Happy for him.

    Qunicy – what the hell?

    Anika Noni Rose – I liked the dress the first time I saw it…on Beyonce two weeks ago.

    The Dreamgirls – Rocked. That performance made up for the rest of the boringazzness that is known as the Oscars.

  5. beautiful surprise

    It’s offical J. Hud has taken over…this is her year!!! Anika and Jada look great. Even though they look great together, something about Tracy Edmonds and Eddie as an item just dont sit right with me, i’m sorry they just both seem so grimy uuuuuggghhhh.

  6. Sheena

    Oh yeah, Queen La needs to holler at Dr. Atkins and her ex girlfriend aka the trainer. She wide as all outside.

  7. TeTe

    everyone looks nice.but what is jennifer doing with the jacket?and beyonce’s dress is beautiful minus the thing thats going around it from her shoulder.love the smith family but will is looking old these days

  8. anon

    Annika- She rocks that dress. Beautiful woman they
    don’t give her enough credit.

    Forrest wife- Flawless. Love the back of that dress.

    Beyonce- It was just ok. That’s it.

    J-Hud- Damn Shame. The jacket ruined the whole look.
    But she is still beautiful.

  9. pretteyeyez

    Everybody looked really nice. Jennifer has had an amazing, I mean amazing year! I’m so proud of her.

    I want somebody to tell me why Leon Talley dressed her with that Star Trek jacket. The dress was nice all by itself. The dress she performed in was cute, as well as, the one she had on doing her interviews after she won.

    I was stunned that Eddie didn’t win. But he and Tracey were cute.

    Will, Jada and Jaden were just adorable. I think Will and Jada always look fab!

    B was pretty too. I was looking for Jigga but he wasn’t there. Papa Knowles came with her.

    Forest and his wife were cute. I loved his acceptance speech.

    Anika was cute too. She has a beautiful voice.

    WTF was Quincey wearing???

  10. TIBABYMOMMA

    THAT PERFORMANCE WAS DAMN GOOD BEYONCE KILLLLLLLLLLED
    IT AND THEY ALL WERE GOOD

    FASHION: ANIKA TRIED TO HARD SHE SEEMS LIKE A SIMPLE GIRL SHE SHOULD OF WENT WITH SUMTHIN SIMPLE
    JENN: LOOK A DAMN FOOL WITH JACKET DAMN CANT GETTM ALL THE TIME BUT U CAN GET AN OSCAR LOL GO GIRL
    BE: I LUV IT BUT THE STONES ON THE SHOULDER IRRK THE HELL OUT OF ME CANT STAND IT LOL IN ALL THE SHOULD WORE THE CLOTHES THE HAD ON STAGE TO THE OSCARS

    XOXOXXX

  11. poeticjustice

    The show was boring to me but I loved the Dreamgirls performance.I just hate that they announced it and then we had to wait four commercial breaks before we got to see it.

    Quincy Jones could have left that outfit at home.

    Jennifer and that jacket need to part ways

    And Beyonce looked like a fake pagent queen with that big ass thing going accross her shoulder.

    Anika is always over looked,she is beautiful and her voice is amazing.

    They should have asked Eddie to sing with the girls.

    Even though I didn’t like that big ass thing going accross her dress Beyonce looked beautiful.

  12. poeticjustice

    Oh and Ellen did really well also,she kept me laughing.The show ran so long that she became the bright spot in the show.

  13. BIG CANADA

    Am I the only one who is pissed that Will didnt win for The Pursuit of Happiness. I havent even seen the forest Whitaker movie, but it better be good cause Pursuit had a brother sniffiling.

  14. Coko

    Anika was fly…so was B…yes, the jacket Jen had on…NOT feelin it at all.

    Umm…Miss Dana Ownes doesn’t need to lose shyt!! She has never been a skinny bitch and she don’t need to be!

  15. charae

    Yes! I knew Jennifer was going to win. Watch out for the big girl’s.

  16. Steph

    That was a B-O-R-I-N-G show!!

    Can you believe that J Hud just got in the game and has won an OSCAR! While it takes others years and some never win. She must feel on top of the world. Her Rep has climbed in no time. Beyonce can’t touch her there even with the beauty and fame. I love Beyonce, but it’s just funny how things happen

  17. Nikki

    Everyone looked good. The ‘Girls’ did an excellent job. I liked their performance.

  18. Damn, Tracy looks hot.

    I was a bit disappointed that neither Eddie, nor Djimon took the supporting role awards. But was very excited for JHud and Forest.

    Evervody looks good on these pics.

  19. datdude

    I can’t be the only dude dat thinks Quincy has some fine ass daughters. Beyonce stay looking good, wit dat sexy hourglass figure and damn, Forest’s wife is real cute. And the third string Dreamgirl looking hitable in dat dress, keeping her body tight, datdude likes dat.

  20. J hud looked a hot mess.

    Beyonce looked nice.

    Anika looked better than both of them.

    I thought Djimon should’ve gotten the SA award.

    I’m glad J Hud and FW won though

    That dress his wife is wearing is TACKY AS FUCK.

    Uh, Dreamgirls got jipped for best song though.

  21. I'm not a player i just crush alot.

    J-Hud-FABOULOUS!

    Smiths-BEAUTIFUL and their son is so cute. Loved when he and that girl were presenting even though he said the wrong line but he still is great.

    Ellen-sexually abused as a child? I didnt know that.

    Beyonce…???????????dress??????????????
    Her shoes…. Two thumbs up but thats all.

  22. King of Scotland

    #14…To answer your question about why Will Smith didn’t win…it’s bascially about watching a movie that leaves you a little teary eyed at the end…and watching a movie that leaves you speechless…Forest definitely deserved to win…and if anyone hasn’t seen the movie The Departed, that won for best picture, you are really missing out…another fantastic film

  23. Blkenese

    J-Hud looked fab thanks to Andre Leon Talley. The pros at their best.
    Beyonce looked dumb.
    Why isnt anyone talking about Penelope Cruz? Hottest bitch there!

  24. ACHOO!!...SORRY, GOT BEYONCITIS

    ANDRE LEON TALLEY took advantage of his opp to dress J-Hud. THAT JACKET NEEDED TO BE SHOT AND WITH THE ASSYMETRICAL HAIR…NOT A GOOD LOOK JEN!! I was anxious to see what she would have on, she has always looked great on the red carpet, but on the most important carpet, YOU PULL THIS SHIT OUT YOUR ASS????!!! Quite a disappoinment. Love the last two dresses she has on though!

    FOREST deserved to win the Oscar, his portrayal of Amin was incredible! Please go see this movie!!!

    QUINCY JONES has on one of Michael Jackson’s old fits, minus the silver glove…

    PINKETT-SMITHS always know how to step out flawless…the whole family. GOOD JOB!!

    #21…I agree: Anika looked better than both of them.

    IM MAD EDDIE DIDNT WIN!! HE WAS EXCELLENT although I admit I didnt see all the other movies.

    DJIMON looked good, but how many “Africa is fucked up” roles can you play??? Excellent actor, LETS NOT GET TYPECAST!! (with the exception on BeautyShop…lol)

  25. #4 lmao, yea that’s a jealous hatin bish, that’s what happen when peeps give someone to much attention. Why Beyonce have been given so much attention beats me with her ghetto talkin azz, that talk always got under my skin. Awwwwwwwwww little Jaden is so cute. Is it just me, isn’t Will losing the little looks he had as he gets older? little girl look just like him, ummmmmmmmmmmmmm…..Everyone look so beautiful, go Jennifer!!!!!!!!!!

  26. msblacknasty1

    jen out sung bey my opinion. and anika has a beeutiful voice. E news was cappin on beys gown they sed it looks like a snake goin over her shoulder, and she wore a dress close to that some where else. lololololololo where da hell was jay beys big night?oh i forgot he was wiff rhianna lololololol ellen was funn-e. will son to little to be so serious. jada = a man in a dress.

  27. trisha

    glad jennifer and forrest won. but jennifer looked like a FAT HOG in the brown dress. it was a complete HORRA. Beyonce looked great. HATE on her all you guys want, she can’t help she is pretty! i am glad she covered jennifers tit from coming out in the performance. i don’t see jennifer doing anything else movie wise, unless it has something to do with music.

  28. BKYW

    @4

    Beyonce went OFF on Ms Jennifer Hudson!!!!!! She stormed her fierce on her own song!!! LOL LOL

    I just watched the performance again and BEYONCE clearly OUTSUNG Jennifer’s church singing. LOL There was NO competition!!! Even with the power of Jennifer’s voice, it didn’t make it stronger than Beyonce due to the unclarity and poor diction. Beyonce’s voice rang out OVER Jennifer’s church runs. LOL

    Jennifer was NOT holding back! She actually tried her HARDEST to oversing and it just didn’t work out.

    Beyonce made it known that she is the better singer. Not only did she slay Jennifer, she also slayed Anika Noni Rose and the other guy up there. They were all ad libbing and Beyonce’s ad libs were more distinct and powerful than ALL of them!!

    What happened was Jennifer was doing all of those church muffled screams and gospel runs while Beyonce was projecting the song to make it powerful and big. It takes more than gospel runs to turn a song. You have to know how to project your voice and excel the song. You cant just start singing crazy right from the jump. You have to carry the song to another level and emote.

    I am truly impressed by Beyonce. She broke down Ms Hudson’s powerful voice with technique!

  29. urbanpreppy

    Everyone looked amazin I was so happy for Jennifer altough I didn’t like the jacket thing but that’s ok. Will Smith’s son was so cute! Hopefully we will see him in more movies to come. Did anyone noticed Beyonce eyes were watery during Jennifer’s acceptance speech? I like them both but bey was trying her hardest to out sing J. Hud and just couldn’t do it Jennifer nailed Beyonce’s song!

  30. LadyMac

    As long as Ellen was talking, I wasn’t too bored, but the rest was dry as hell! I wish I’d had that “Wrap It Up” box from Dave Chappelle to play all them mofos off! LOL Congrats to JHud and Forrest! Eddie was robbed and I’m still salty…I’m exaggerating, I just like to see black people succeed!

  31. LadyMac

    p.s. I see the Beyonce stans are out bright and early this morning…*looks at #29 and shakes head*

  32. BKYW

    @30

    jhud ain’t nail shit…. her singing next to beyonce,especially on “listen” highlighted her vocal weakness,jhud lack vocal control and defeinately couldn’t sing “listen” in a higher register like beyonce, thats why she stumbled on listen(go back watch the video).beyonce vocals shit all over her 1 dimensional voice.plus being loud and screaming at the top of your lungs DOES NOT equate to vocal prowess and range.

  33. Beyonce looks gorgeous.
    Anika looks great too. I love her dress.
    All the Smith’s look good, and Jden is too cute.
    Jennifer Hudson looks fab minus that lil jacket, damn her stylist for that.

  34. I love seeing Forest and his wife, she is so pretty and personable…they make a wonderful couple.
    Eddie and Tracey were cute, though the front of Tracey’s dress was a little too busy for my taste. Rashida is a pretty girl, but her and dad are all kinds of red carpet wrong. Love the Smith family.

  35. CJ

    everyone looks great,but jhud whole ensemble is so hideous and ugly. she shouldn’t have let andre talley style her

  36. Slovely

    Damnit, Djimon should have won!

  37. Slovely

    Love all three dresses

    http://concreteloop.com/2...s/beyonce-jennifer-anika/

    But seriously Bee……you really thing your a better singer then Jennifer!? You need to snap back to reality!

  38. ACHOO!!...SORRY, GOT BEYONCITIS

    im sorry, i must interject.

    NEITHER OF THEM SOUNDED GOOD IN THAT PERFORMANCE. I know some of y’all are backing J-Hud and her “church voice” (which I agree she has” and others are claiming Bey has more control. LOOKS LIKE THEY BOTH FORGOT WHAT THEY WERE THERE FOR. I think they both overdid it. BEYONCE IS KNOWN FOR HER OVER-EXAGGERATED NOTES. I think they both were too loud and uncontrolled, there was NO HARMONIZING INVOLVED at all! And they could have performed those songs separately….

  39. Clearminded

    All I know is that J-Hud was wearing some tin foil around her shoulders. She must have been trying to bring in satellite signals. Andre Leon Talley did her wrong, and somebody must have broke all the mirrors in her hotel suite.

    Congrats to Jen on her win. Wonder what’s next? She betta have something coming up soon, cuz bandwagoners won’t keep her hot.

    The BEST WIN OF THE NIGHT? FORREST!!!!! That man is a TRUE actor with TRUE skill and he so deserved this win. His speech was genuine and moving. CONGRATS!

  40. Clearminded

    And where the hell was Jamie? I wonder why he wasn’t there on Jen’s big night?

  41. oyster

    I still think Hudson needs some interviewing and grace lessons. She is soooooooooooo rough around the edges, everytime she opens her mouth she sounds bumpkin-ish and unsophisticated. And for me I hold my breath everytime she opens her mouth to speak.

    I am sorry if I offend some you but it’s just my opinion.

    I think Andre from Vogue spent too much time dolling her up and not enough time was spent on PR. I guess she was his My Fair Lady project. But like Eliza Dolittle, she could have used some etiquette training.

    She is such a great looking girl anyone could dress her(without the jacket) but sometmes she seems so clueless about what to say and how to say it. I am not not saying to change who she is but there is a way of being down to earth while still being graceful.

  42. ACHOO!!...SORRY, GOT BEYONCITIS

    @ #28….WHY SHE GOTTA BE A FAT HOG? THATS JUST PLAIN MEAN.

    HERE —>> *HUG* FOR YOUR ANGER

  43. @33

    Beyonce’s singing don’t make up for her WACK ACTING!!! Damn if that chick can act to save her life!

  44. Although the brown dress was nice, Jennifer should have worn the gold one the red carpet.

    Beyounce’s dress – straight hideous!

    Tracey was SMOKIN in that dress!

    I agree with the previous post that they should have asked Eddie to sing with the girls (minus all of bey’s wig shakin & screaming).

  45. whateva1

    Everyone looks nice minus Jennifer’s vest. I’m glad both J-hud and Forest won. I just wish J-hud would only wear dresses that cover up her breasts or at least 3/4 of them, she looks great but there is no way in hell she is a size 12 (not that it’s a bad thing, I just think people should be honest if they are going to make statements). God knows that everyone else gets called out on their false statements. I hope she continues to have a beautiful, humble attitude.

    Beyonce looks great, but not for the Oscar I do not see nor hear absolutely one thing about Jennifer that Beyonce should be jealous of. Anika looks beautiful in both dresses she has a very pretty, refreshing voice. I love the Smith family.

  46. CJ

    I think the academy was just being nice. Jennifer Hudson is not that great an actor. All she did was roll her neck and talk loud. Her emotional scenes were insincere and she was reading her lines like a high school student.
    What she was awarded for was her dynamic singing…in which case she deserver a Grammy no an Oscar. I wasn’t feeling her. And still am not. I don’t see her having any longetivity. She reminds me of one of those big for the moment people who will fade out quickly. Outside of singing she can’t act, and her voice is sort of one-dimensional. We’ll see.

  47. b all the way

    i think it’s just tacky how of ya’ll can’t let jenn shine on HER OWN without mentioning beyonce. dg, it’s over so who you gone say she better than next?

    i’m so proud of beyonce. she kept a high spirit and how classy she is during this whole mess. she stayed level headed and just let people talk while she continued to her. like she said out her own mouth, her mama raised her than some of you fools on here

    beyonce showed up and tore up that performance. i’m glad she didn’t do over the top glam and kept it simple but here some of ya’ll complaining again. she can’t for anything in some of ya’ll eyes..oh well

    congrats to jenn on her award….she was the only good thing last night. anika sang well also

    i can’t believe 8noms they only walked away with 2. 3 songs to choose from and they get snubbed….bullshit

    anyway, let the whole jenn and bee thing go. jenn is doing her thing, bee is going on a worldwide tour in SOLD OUT venues. let them do them

    congrats to jenn again and forest lord knows they were the only black people the academy let shine

  48. Amber

    Beyonce~ dress was cute except that whole cross over shoulder strap

    JHud- The dress looked cute without that ugly ass little jacket. And who makes pockets on dressses?

    Anika-She looked cute, I loved her whole look.

    Tracy Edmonds-She was real cute, she looks to good to be with Eddie but anyway

    Jada- Always looks good. Enough said!

  49. oyster

    I thought of the 3 Dgirls Anika was best dressed. I love the way she carries herself and she looked spectacular in that dress. I wouldn’t wear silver, but it looked great on her without looking over done. She always looks confident and at ease.

    I didn’t like Beyonce’s mint dress at all. I thought her mom made it at first and so did my husband who knows nothing about fashion. I thought it looked too mermaidish. I even thought her hair looked very wiggish-ish and bland. I was so disappointed since I was glued to the tv awaiting her arrival on the red carpet. She looked as if she didn’t want to be there, like she was kinda sad.

    I did like the dress under Jennifer Hudson’s jacket but the damn jacket was so distracting it took away from the dress completely.

    I loved Forrest’s wife’s dress in terms of color but I thought the detail on the back was a bit much.

    I thought Jada looked nice, I loved the fit and the style of her dress. She knows what looks good on her, she never makes the worst dressed list that’s for sure.

    Tracee looks nice in the above pic but at the Awards I almost thought he took someone else because I guess I had never seen her with her hair up or with soooooo much makeup. I didn’t care for her dress either and she is such a beauty it would have been so easy to dress her. She needed color.

    Queen Latifah looked nice but a tad boring. I love her personality. As I said before about JHud not having grace, Queen is a great example of how you can still be yourself while being graceful at the same time.

    Penelope Cruz, Gweneth Paltrow, and Reese Witherspoon were the best dressed.

    I really wanted Djimon to win or Eddie, I felt kinda bad for them. Especially Djimon, maybe 3 times will be a charm

    I thought Little Miss Sunsine and Jaden’s award presentation was very cute. I love that that little girl acts like a little girl unlike Dakota Fanning who acts a little too adult for my taste.

  50. Amber

    @#42- You are right. She sounds so country to me. And I’m from the South so I know what country sounds like. I think if she is really serious about being an actress and being professional and sounding professional she needs to take some speech lessons.

  51. Ti

    Jennifer not the JETSONS jacket u should’ve left that home boo boo

  52. CALL ME DR. PHILLESS

    i’d stick jlo in the list with penelope, reese, gwenth as best dressed

  53. Diamante-Michelle

    #7 do you hate yourself? You are always so negative whenever I come in this room. FYI:Queen Latifah has lost weight. I met her back at home, and she is a size 12, she is far from fat. Post a picture, so we can see what you look like. Black people, can see everyone else’s flaws, but did you ever consider holding up a mirror?

  54. miss myaa

    ok love the smith family, wish eddie wouldve won something, still tryna figure out y she had that metallic jacket on (and i agree she’s very pretty) i think Queen latifah looked very pretty and so what is she’s a plus size woman? she knows how to wear it well and the other dream gurl does deserve more credit-poor her

  55. Happy that JHud won. However, that brown dress is HORRIBLE!! POCKETS on a formal gown????????? WTF???
    Abd that jacket/shrug needs to be burned!!

  56. I wish some of you would stop comparing JHud and Beyonce.I did not see the Dreamgirls performance but I am pretty sure JHud did her thing just as well as Bey.I am also pretty sure Bey over did it just to try to outshine JHud but umm Jen got that Oscar so it is clear she has skills in the acting she cannot take that from her.They are all talented in their own way so no need for the comparisons.

  57. justme

    JHUD SUM HOW MADE THAT UGLY JACKET WORK CAN WE SAY SNOW WHITE,M.E. WON 4 BEST SONG IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD SONG,DA VID IS SAD.BEY WAS TRY-N 2 OUT SING EVERY1 LOL

  58. Everyone looks beautiful. Off topic but, were Eddie & Tracey creepin before he got divorced? They seem awfully close for a couple that just “officially” hooked up.

  59. Forest and wife look great
    For some reason Anika’s dress just isn’t working for me, same with B’s dress,
    Jhud’s dress is aright, not feeling it.
    Queen Latifah looks great
    The smith family-lovely as always
    Tracy Edmonds-no comment, Next
    Quincey Jones- WTF? he looks a boiling hot unflattering mess.

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