I also thought Ellen Degeneres was a huge improvement over Chris Rock and that she managed to keep the evening, which is way too long to begin with, moving along while injecting humor in some pretty interesting ways – although I have to admit by 11:00 I had had enough and went to bed.

I agree, Andre Leon Talley did not shine and his unabashedly transparent on air promotion of his fashion friends – none of whom merit the free PR – was both insulting and obnoxious.

It seems there is no winning for today’s actresses. Use a stylist and you’re accused of looking like everyone else. Don’t use a stylist and you’re ridiculed for making terrible choices, despite bringing your own individuality to the process. Come on, those women looked stunning, every one of them. Can’t we just oooh and aaah without all that mean bitchiness? No, I guess not. Then we’d have nothing to talk about.