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Where are gorgeous women modeling exquisite designer dresses screamed at by frenzied photographers?
At the Paris runway collections. And at Elle magazine's Women in Hollywood Awards honoring Scarlett Johansson, director Julie Taymor, Kate Bosworth, Diane Lane, Lauren Bacall, Jennifer Connelly and Amy Adams
It's de rigueur for still cameramen to yell out stars' names on the red carpet. But the deafening screams last night outside the Four Seasons Hotel actually rivaled photographers' hoots and hollers for top models during high fashion shows.
The noise was bad enough when Jessica Alba, Ali Larter and Kristen Bell arrived. But when Elle's cover girl Johansson showed up, the shrieks hit a crescendo -- "Scarlett, Scarlett! Over here! Look at me! Scarlett!" -- effectively drowning out interviewers' questions and stars' responses.
"This is crazy! I can't hear anything!" Taymor ("Across the Universe") said before she retreated into the ballroom. Kimberly Peirce ("Boys Don't Cry") struggled to be heard, talking about her new film, "Stop Loss," but Oscar hopefuls Emile Hirsch ("Into the Wild") and Ben Foster ("3:10 to Yuma") gave up and hightailed it into the cocktail party. "It’s the worst carpet I've done in 10 years," groused one seasoned cameraman.
Oh, but who cares! The fashion show made it all worthwhile.
Connelly wore a sparkly mini-dress by her friend Nicolas Ghesquiere, the designer for Balenciaga. And she'll probably wear another Balenciaga to the premiere of "Resurrection Road" on Thursday.
Johansson, currently shooting "He's Just Not That Into You," which also stars Connelly, looked luscious in a strapless Louis Vuitton by Marc Jacobs. And Bosworth wore a sheer flesh-colored dress from Lanvin by Alber Elbaz.
Adams, who has two major films coming out this season, "Enchanted" and "Charlie Wilson's War," was ecstatic to hear her sheer black Chanel frock described as a "goddess gown."
Bacall also has a film due out soon. "Oh, don't do that. Don't ask me about my dress," she admonished me last night. "Ask me about my movie!" So I asked her about the film. "It's called 'The Walker,' " she said.
So I asked what it was about. "I'm not going to tell you," she said with a hearty cackle. "You'll have to go see it."
Wow. She's still pretty tough. I half-expected her to ask me if I knew how to whistle.
Oh, you can read all about the award-winning women and their upcoming projects in Elle's November issue. Just look for Scarlett on the cover!
Photo credits: WireImage
Wow, it must have been an exciting Red Carpet experience. Hard for the interviewers but that's great crowd response. Of course ,they might have been all 'high' on something else.
Posted by: gertie | October 16, 2007 at 12:59 PM