The Academy Awards have always been the pinnacle of yearly fashion, an opportunity for the world’s most glamorous stars to slip into something silky and ham it up for cameras. Since the first annual instance of the event in 1929, the show has evolved from a moderate dinner party into an elaborate red carpet extravaganza. Who could forget some of Oscars showiest red carpet moments, from Cher’s feathered headgear and strappy leather get-up, to Bjork’s swan dress, to Gwyneth Paltrow’s elegant pink Calvin Klein? The last ten years have been decidedly less insane, but several stars have still ma...

Cate Blanchett made quite a style statement at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award Ceremony in Sydney on Tuesday. The actress, 43, looked incredible in a floor-length, red sequined Armani Prive gown.

Blanchett most recently starred in "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey." She also appears in the two sequels, to be released in December 2013 and July 2014.

The Aussie actress appears in the upcoming Terrence Malick film "Knight Of Cups" with Christian Bale. The movie is reportedly centered on the film business in Los Angeles.

Blanchett is also working on the Woody Alle...

It's Fashion Fail Time! That means we take a break from letting you know how good all of your favorite stars look to show the other side of fashion: the fails!

Anne Hathaway: Maybe Anne tore up her ACL and needed a brace. Maybe there was a sale on belts and the shoemaker wanted to take advantage. Either way, we wouldn't be showing off this footwear if we had it on. The giant air bag attached to her back isn't doing her any favors, either.

Kristen Stewart: We think this look would be much better if her dress wasn't see through. Instead, we get to see Stewart's granny-panties/hot pants....

Cate Blanchett attended "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" U.K. premiere today looking glamorous in a white Givenchy gown.

The dress featured a slit up her right leg, showing off her lean figure, and was open in the back.

The film centers on hobbit Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) who joins the wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen) and a band of dwarves on a treacherous quest to a distant mountain. Blanchett plays the elf Galadriel. It hits theaters on Dec. 14.

J.R.R. Tolkein, author of "The Hobbit" and the "Lord of the Rings" trilogly, described Galadriel as "the mightiest and fairest of all the...

A ton of stars attended the 19th Annual ELLE Women in Hollywood Tribute at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles on Monday night.

"Glee" actress Lea Michele showed off her figure in a see-through dress that revealed a black bustier underneath. Emma Stone opted for one of the brightest dresses on the red carpet with a hot pink gown with sheer sleeves and a white schoolgirl collar and cuffs.

Anna Kendrick wore a black and gold dress, while Nina Dobrev chose a bright blue and black lace ensemble. Emma Watson looked sophisticated in a black and cream colored frock.

Robert Pattinson honored h...

We are always use to seeing celebrities blemish free and looking picture perfect where ever they go. While some wouldn't get caught dead barefaced in public, others feel they don't need to look their best all the time; some have even taken to twitter to expose their makeup-free self. Here are 19 celebrities decided to give their skin a chance to breathe a bit.

We recently spotted Kourtney Kardashian barefaced on the beach in Miami getting a bit of exercise.

Here's Christina Ricci having lunch with a friend in New York City.

Makeup-less Rihanna leaves her hotel in New York C...

Actresses Cate Blanchett and Mia Wasikowska are making their directorial debuts by shooting shorts for a film adaptation of Australian author Tim Winton's "The Turning".

The two stars are among a total of 17 directors who will help bring the collection of short stories to life on the big screen. Producer Robert Connolly will be responsible for pulling the films together for an omnibus feature, about a series of characters whose lives are somehow intertwined, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The news will come as a surprise for fans of Blanchett - the Oscar winner recently admitted she...

2012 is shaping up to be a very literate year in motion pictures. Over 30 films on the release schedule are based on books, short stories or comic books. Below are 10 of the most notable.

1. BEING FLYNN

Based on: Another Bullsh*t Night in Suck City by Nick Flynn

Basic plot: A guy who works at a homeless shelter finds his estranged, alcoholic, deadbeat dad wandering in one night.

Starring: Robert DeNiro, Paul Dano, Julianne Moore

Director: Paul Weitz

Why it’ll make you thankful: I’m guessing your father isn’t in a homeless shelter…

Release date: Opened March 2 (limited)

2...

There are a lot of great movies coming out this year, and every one of them wants you to believe it's the biggest film event of the decade. "The Dark Knight Rises"! "The Hunger Games"! The Avengers"!

But as fantastic as those films look, there's one movie coming out this year that is set to rule them all: "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey." So before the onslaught of contenders begins, we thought we'd take a look at everything we know so far about this year's champ.

Release Date: December 14

Star Power: Many of the biggest stars from "The Lord of the Rings" are returning to reprise the...

Australian actress Cate Blanchett is "too frightened" to undertake cosmetic enhancement and pities women who turn to surgeons to alter their looks.

The 42-year-old Elizabeth star has no desire to roll back the years by going under the knife, and admits she has been turned off surgery after seeing the long-term effects of it.

She tells Fashionetc.com, "There's been a decade or probably more of people doing interventions on their faces and their bodies, and now people are seeing that (in the) long term, it's not so great."

"I'm not sitting on a soapbox telling women what they should and...

The man with the hat is back – and looking better than ever! The world's favorite globe-trotting archaeologist is, at long last, embarking on his greatest adventure – when The Complete Indiana Jones Blu-ray Collection comes to Blu-ray Disc from Lucasfilm Ltd. and Paramount Home Media Distribution.

The Complete Indiana Jones Blu-ray Collection will be excavated in the fall of 2012 and will include all four of Indy's thrilling adventures - Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull -...

"Twilight" babe Kristen Stewart has been named Hollywood's most profitable actress.

The 21 year old has topped Forbes magazine's rundown of the most bankable stars, netting an estimated $56 for every dollar she was paid for her last three major films.

Stewart's co-star and real-life boyfriend Robert Pattinson came third in the "Best Actors for the Buck" list, pulling in $39.43 for every $1 he received, while Anne Hathaway was in second place, earning $46 for every $1.

Rounding out the top five are the stars of two massive blockbuster franchises - Daniel Radcliffe of the "Harry Potter" mo...

Actress Cate Blanchett returned to her native Australia on Friday to promote the launch of a new rainwater collection system in Sydney.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button star headed to The Wharf to lend her support to the Sydney Theatre Company's latest green initiative, which captures rainwater from the roof and stores it to service the building's showers and toilets.

Blanchett and her husband Andrew Upton, who both serve as artistic directors at the Sydney Theatre Company, were both on hand for the big unveiling and she commended locals for taking action to save one of the world's m...

Will Smith's pop star daughter Willow has been named a fashion icon by top designer Derek Lam.

The 10-year-old "Whip My Hair" hitmaker and actress has been showing off her sassy style on the red carpet in recent months, and her bold and colorful wardrobe choices have caught the eye of California-based Lam, who has chosen Willow Smith has his top pick for Vogue magazine.

He describes the youngster as: "Naturally talented, charismatic, unblemished optimism, with the whole wide world open to her possibilities and abilities. I think she is the future-forward American icon."

Vogue editors ask...

Liv Tyler is eager to re-team with her Lord Of The Rings cast mates Ian Mckellen, Cate Blanchett and Elijah Wood by joining the cast of the highly-anticipated prequel The Hobbit.

The actress played Arwen in the first three films in the fantasy franchise, but she has so far been left out of the line-up for Peter Jackson's new epic adventure.

Tyler admits seeing the rest of the Lord Of The Rings cast get back together has made her long for a cameo role.

She tells Britain's Daily Express, "I've seen some of the other actors. I had such an amazing time making those films. I wish that I co...

Lost's Evangeline Lilly has joined The Hobbit.

"Evangeline Lilly will be playing a new character—the Woodland Elf, Tauriel," director Peter Jackson announced on Facebook. "Her name means 'daughter of Mirkwood' and, beyond that, we must leave you guessing! (No, there is no romantic connection to Legolas.) What is not a secret is how talented and compelling an actress Evangeline is; we are thrilled and excited she will be the one to bring our first true Sylvan Elf to life."

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You've seen the portraits in museums: Most royalty, while wielding the most power, were not the best-looking bunch (unless they just had really bitter and vindictive portrait artists).

But while it's easy to glamorize someone's life when their entire existence is predicated on living in opulent mansions and having every wish attended to, we've noticed that Hollywood and their European equivalents tend to take certain liberties with its treatment of royalty, sexing them up exponentially.

With the release of the Oscar favorite "The King's Speech," in which Colin Firth's King George VI tries...

Cate Blanchett has launched a film competition in her native Australia encouraging youngsters to step behind the camera to raise awareness of homelessness.

The Oscar-winning actress launched The Oasis: Homeless Short Film Competition in Sydney on Wednesday to coincide with the country's Young Homelessness Matters Day.

Aspiring young filmmakers are asked to create a three-minute movie about the plight of homeless youngsters and the winner will receive a grant of more than $25,000 for their school, according to the AAP.

Blanchett says, "Film and theatre and the visual arts I really stro...

I remember seeing the trailer for "Hanna" and definitely being intrigued – action and intensity with a pinch innocence. Though upon expressing my reaction to others, a strange and very resounding 'looks bad' vibe seemed to come down the pike. After seeing the film such an opinion would be a crying shame, as "Hanna" is hands down one of the most touching, funny and downright kinetic films of 2011 – a five star sight to be seen.

The film follows young teenage girl Hanna (Lovely Bones alum Saoirse Ronan), who lives with her rough and tumble widowed father Erik (Original movie Hulk Eric Bana...

'Hanna' directed by Joe Wright (Atonement) is the story of a teenage girl who goes out into the world for the first time and has to battle for her life.

Hanna, played by Academy Award nominee Saoirse Ronana of 'Atonement' is a 16 year old girl...bright, inquisitive and a devoted daughter. But she is far from your typical teenager...Hanna has the strength, the stamina and the smarts of a super solder.

Her widowed father. Erik (Eric Bana) is ex-CIA. The two of them live nestled away in the snow covered forests of Northern Finland. The only other living creature Hanna has ever seen are the ...

Mad Men star January Jones has ruled out ever portraying Grace Kelly in a movie biopic - she's convinced it would destroy her career.

The actress has frequently been compared to the legendary Hollywood beauty but she's determined never to step into her shoes for a film role, because Kelly is too well known to movie fans.

Jones tells Britain's The Times, "I've been offered a couple of TV movies playing Grace Kelly and there was no way I would touch them with a seven foot pole. It would be career suicide. No one would watch them and come away saying anything other than, 'She's so not Grac...

It's the most glamorous night in Hollywood, and the stars didn't disappoint at this year's Academy Awards ceremony.

It was a colorful red carpet. Actresses Anne Hathaway, Jennifer Hudson, Sandra Bullock and Jennifer Lawrence wore eye-popping crimson.

Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis were pretty in purple, and Amy Adams wore a bright blue sequined gown.

Check out the photos from the hottest night in Tinseltown, and tell us who you think looked best:

Amy Adams

Halle Berry

Natalie Portman

Sandra Bullock

Gwyneth Paltrow

Michelle Williams

Cate Blanchett

Scarlett Johansso...

Helen Mirren's portrayal of The Queen is movie fans' favorite royal role, according to a new online poll.

In anticipation of Colin Firth's Best Actor win at the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday for The King's Speech, and his assured Oscar nomination, websites WENN and Fandango.com staged a weekend vote to find the best movie monarch.

Mirren topped the poll with 47 per cent, while Cate Blanchett's Elizabeth I came in second with 31 per cent of the vote.

Judi Dench came in third and fourth with her portrayals of Elizabeth I (Shakespeare in Love) and Queen Victoria (Mrs. Brown), and Nigel Hawt...

Elijah Wood is returning to Middle Earth - the actor has signed on to star in the "Lord Of The Rings" prequel "The Hobbit."

The actor will reprise the role of Frodo Baggins in the film, which will start shooting in New Zealand next month. Wood played Frodo in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.

Cate Blanchett and Ian McKellen will also reprise their roles from the trilogy.

The Hobbit director Peter Jackson is "thrilled" after confirming Cate Blanchett as the latest star to join the highly-anticipated film.

Blanchett is set to play elven leader Galadriel, the Lady of Lothlorien - the part she played in the Lord of the Rings trilogy - and Jackson is ecstatic the Oscar-winning actress has agreed to be involved.

He says in a statement, "Cate is one of my favorite actors to work with, and I couldn't be more thrilled to have her reprise the role she so beautifully brought to life in the earlier films."

British actor Martin Freeman and Northern Irish star Jame...

Shia LaBeouf has been named the most value-for-money actor in Hollywood for the second year in a row.

The actor topped a survey by Forbes to find the star who pulls in the most money for movie bosses, with LaBeouf earning an estimated $81 in profit for every $1 he is paid.

The 24 year old, who has appeared in a string of high profile blockbusters including Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, topped the same poll last year.

Anne Hathaway, whose hit Disney movie Alice in Wonderland recently passed the $1 billion mark at the worldwi...

Oscar winner Russell Crowe reunites with "Gladiator" director Ridley Scott to reveal the untold story of a common archer’s rise to become a hero in "Robin Hood", the $309 million worldwide blockbuster coming to Blu-ray Hi-Def Combo Pack, 2-Disc Special Edition DVD and single disc DVD on September 21, 2010 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. All of these versions will feature the theatrical film, as well as a never-before-seen unrated director’s cut of the movie. The film and its unrated version will also be available day and date for digital download and video on demand.

The 3-dis...

Cate Blanchett donned a hard hat to launch an eco-friendly construction project at her Sydney Theatre Company headquarters in Australia on Friday.

The actress, who is the artistic director of the company, has thrown her support behind the Greening the Wharf initiative, which will see 1,900 solar panels installed in The Wharf Theatre at Sydney's Walsh Bay. The panels will provide 70 per cent of the theatre's electricity requirements - and the Elizabeth star wants more companies to follow their example by investing in green energy alternatives.

Speaking at the launch, she told reporters, ...

Cate Blanchett wore an extreme metallic silver suit to Sunday night's Tony Awards. She looks like some sort of futuristic figure in the dizzying ensemble. What do you think? Should we give her thumbs up for taking a chance or thumbs down for looking like an alien?

Fun facts about Cate:

She admitted she played The Elf Queen in "The Lord Of The Rings" trilogy simply so she could wear pointy ears.

One of her best friends is Nicole Kidman.

The Australian beauty has a Texan for a father.

See more photos of Kate here!

John Logan's Broadway hit "Red" landed the lion's share of honors at the 64th annual Tony Awards, including Best Play and Best Director. The hit show, starring Brits Alfred Molina and Eddie Redmayne, picked up five awards at New York's Radio City Music Hall.

Bon Jovi star David Bryan's "Memphis" was also the toast of Broadway, picking up four awards - including the night's Best Musical honor. "Fela!" and "La Cage aux Folles" claimed only three of their 11 nominations each.

Onstage husband and wife Denzel Washington and Viola Davis were big winners, claiming the night's Best Actor and Actr...