Red carpet misconceptions
The Associated Press reports that it is actually a “secret shade of cayenne,‿ more burgundy than red.
Wouldn’t “cayenne carpet‿ sound better? Or even “claret carpet‿? If alliteration isn’t your thing, it seems as though “vermillion‿ is a more regal-sounding adjective for the mother of all carpet remnants. Joan Rivers calls it “Nancy Reagan red.‿
As long as there’s no official ruling on this, I’m going to name it after my favorite nail polish color: “Bus Stop Crimson.‿ I’m not sure what it means, but it has attitude, doesn’t it?
More trivia:
*There are five nylon tons of the carpet.
*Its provenance: Dalton, Ga.
*For the first time this year, it is bordered in gold.
*It’s replaced every other year; this is an “old carpet‿ year.
*In a 485 B.C. play, Agammemnon walked a red carpet. (Unfortunately, he didn’t take home an Oscar.)
Comments
Hey Paige, are you wearing that Bus Stop Crimson on your toes right now? I was hoping you were going to say that you went for your pre-Oscar pedicure!
Bloscar replies:
Yay! The foot fetishists are back! I'm looking forward to your red carpet insights (knee-down division).
Posted by: Colin P. | March 5, 2006 9:08 AM
Agammemnon may not have won an Oscar, but Brian Cox (who played him in Troy) won a BAFTA in 2004.
Posted by: Nils | March 5, 2006 9:26 AM
Hollywood's OscarFest is such a good ole' boys club...
I long for the day when a woman will be honored as Best Director...
Where a woman receives a Lifetime Achievement Award...
And the host of the grand show is frequently a woman!
Other than that >>> Please Reese, show up tonight in a frock that is truly Oscar-worthy. (You *do* have a stylist, right?)
Posted by: Paulette | March 5, 2006 9:37 AM
Personally I can't do the pedicure thing. When the technician starts using that square thing on the bottoms of my feet, I can't stop laughing! It's kind of embarrassing. What about you Paige? Although I don't think you should tell anyone which salon you go to, or your "fans" will follow!
Bloscar responds:
OK, I'm going to go with this foot thing. Resistance seems to be futile. I do my own mani/pedi, actually, although I have tremendous respect for nail technicians who have to do the process UPSIDE DOWN. Can you imagine? My question: Where can I get one of those Barcaloungers with the foot bubble baths? I never see them at Sally Beauty Supply.
Posted by: Lee | March 5, 2006 11:05 AM
I was hoping you'd say that your lipstick was "Bus Stop Crimson" red and you had a white Marlboro dangling from them.
Sorry.
Figured if the feet guys get to spout off their fantasies, us smoking fetishists should have a spot, too.
Got a light, Paige?
Posted by: Rob | March 5, 2006 11:07 AM
Women have already won the Lifetime Achievement Award. Since 1990: Sophia Loren, Myrna Loy, and Deborah Kerr.
Since this could also be called the the Mr/Ms Congeniality, or the "Oops, sorry we forgot about you when you still mattered" Award, I'm not sure why you would wish it on anyone. I would compare it to kissing your sister, but I think we saw in the 2000 ceremony that that isn't always a bad thing - at least if you're James Haven:
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/news-7136/
Posted by: Nils | March 5, 2006 11:12 AM