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The closest most of us have gotten to a real awards show is a few feet away from the TV screen. And, the closest we've been to a red carpet was that time we overturned a bottle of Merlot while laughing a little too hard at the show's opening sketch. From an outsider's perspective, an awards show is a surreal place; it combines the spontaneity of live TV with the entertainment factor of primetime — and it takes months of planning for it to go off without a hitch too many hitches. At home, we're quick to rag on presenters if they flub a line, but in reality, it's a wonder that the carefully orchestrated, technically complicated production isn't a bumpier ride for all. We asked awards-show pro and author of Front Roe: How To Be The Leading Lady In Your Own Life, Louise Roe, for the insider scoop on what gets lost in translation en route to your TV.

Fact 1: The red carpet is packed early. Everyone except for the nominees is dressed and in place about 90 minutes before any actors arrive. This year, the security was extra tight, so I totaled about four and a half hours in those heels on our Access Hollywood stage.

Fact 2: Arrival times for actors are not random. This is a well-oiled machine! Publicists usually decide on an arrival moment — the bigger the star, the later they walk up. George and Amal Clooney caused the biggest commotion when they walked the carpet at their first-ever awards ceremony together, right before the show started.

Fact 3: Most awards ceremonies, including the Oscars, are dry, meaning that there are no snacks and certainly no bubbles while you watch. But, the Golden Globes are different. While everyone takes their seats, dinner is served, and once the live show begins, chocolates and Champagne keep circulating around the room. So, the heckling, laughing, and bustle in the room are real; people are partying.

Fact 4: The Golden Globe statues themselves are lined up neatly on a little table, by the side of the stage. Last year, I sat a mere meter away and was kind of astounded at how unguarded they are.

Fact 5: During the commercial breaks, people mingle like crazy. A man on a loudspeaker has to politely encourage everyone to please take their seats, but by the end of the show, it’s like a little party in there. My all-time favorite moment was a couple of years ago when Adele won for her Skyfall track. She had her high heels in one hand, her statue in the other, and came up to me asking if I’d help her find her way back to her table. She ended up tiptoeing across the stage in her tights while the show came back on air; the cameras missed her by a second.

Fact 6: The best way to see all the action is by being a guest at the Hilton. Book a room! Unlike any other awards show, the Golden Globes awards ceremony and plethora of after-parties are all held under one roof: the Beverly Hilton Hotel. This year, I caught everyone from Melissa McCarthy to Diane Kruger to Adam Levine to Lorde just milling around in the lobby.

Fact 7: In fact, everyone has to line up for the parties, even the stars. This year, I queued up behind Maggie Q and Dylan McDermott.

Fact 8: For me, and a whole lot of other people in Hollywood, this is the night of no sleep. I behaved and left the party by midnight, but I had to be up at 3 a.m. to host a style segment on The Today Show. Then, it was straight to Access Hollywood to round up the night’s fashion hits and misses. And now, finally, a nap.

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Why millennials think they hate feminism

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Actress Shailene Woodley pissed off the Internet this week when, in an interview with Time, she declared she was not a feminist “because I like men.” The implication, of course, was that to be a feminist one must also be a dour, man-hating radical, with a wild armpit bush and leg hair.

It’s a problem that has long plagued feminism: what constitutes a feminist? Is it a particular political ideology? The t-shirts, bumper stickers, pins and mugs define feminism as gender equality, but the term still carries pernicious stereotypes, and card-carrying feminists remain hell-bent on erasing the stigma. And there’s nothing that infuriates them more than celebrities like Woodley who profess to believe in the tenets of gender equality but distance themselves from the F-word.

“I think the idea of ‘raise women to power, take the men away from the power’ is never going to work out because you need balance,” the 22-year-old Divergent star told Time, stressing that she’s “50 percent feminine and 50 percent masculine, same as I think a lot of us are. And I think that is important to note.”

Woodley added that she’s a proponent of “sisterhood” rather than feminism, and is troubled by how women readily throw each other under the bus: “There’s so much jealousy, so much comparison and envy. And ‘This girl did this to me and that girl did that to me.’ And it’s just so silly and heartbreaking in a way.” She went on to praise the new comedy The Other Woman for showing “women coming together and supporting each other and creating a sisterhood of support for one another versus hating each other for something that somebody else created.”

When asked to explain what exactly is empowering about a movie that celebrates two women bonding over being cheated on by the same man (critics have derided its failure to pass the Bechdel test), Woodley fumbled for words. “They create a sisterhood. And he did something wrong, and they’re, you know. They’re going to go after him for it. I think it’s great.”

The backlash was swift and nasty: Jezebel slammed Woodley for “advocating for women to embrace the status quo.” Others condescended that she didn’t understand the concept of feminism. “Nope, Shailene, I am pretty sure you are still a feminist,” wrote The Washington Post’s Alexandra Petri. Bustle weighed in with more finger-wagging: “Oh Shailene. Shailene, Shailene, Shailene… You are—essentially—a feminist! So, uh, why are you saying you aren’t one?”

Yes, her latest musings on feminism and sisterhood were poorly articulated, but does Woodley deserve to be roundly mocked for not having the correct view of what constitutes feminism? After all, even self-described feminists differ wildly on what the movement actually means and what sort of policies and politics it does or doesn’t support (not to mention who can be a part of it).

Rather than seeing Woodley’s slightly confused mutterings on feminism as the problem, her critics might consider why someone outside of the feminist firmament might find the label too constraining. The young, female celebrity who doesn’t identify with the feminist label has become a cliché, which is precisely why Woodley’s comments went viral. Time columnist James Poniewozik was representative, tweeting, “Breaking: Celebrity says she’s not a feminist, then espouses essentially feminist belief.” Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, and other young celebrities who eschewed the label have met with similarly sharp criticism in the feminist blogosphere. Even 66-year-old actress and political activist Susan Sarandon, who has long advocated for women’s rights, got criticized for abandoning “feminist” in favor of “humanist” because she thought it was “less alienating to people who think of feminism as a load of strident bitches.”

But rather than defaulting to sanctimony, it’s worth asking why so many women are now taking this stance. One can understand the profound disappointment from the professional feminist class when a powerful female voice champions their ideology but turns her nose up at the label. But railing against these voices only perpetuates the “strident bitches” feminist stereotype. It’s a sign that self-identifying feminists have become too preoccupied with identity politics: the label becomes the argument, the ideas end up taking a back seat. Take The Frisky’s snarky rant about being “sick to death of bullshit, stupid answers” like Woodley’s: “It baffles me that you could have such a piss-poor understanding of what it means to be a feminist.” One can’t help but wonder what young female fan of Woodley’s would want to associate with the movement after seeing self-declared feminists attack the actress for speaking her mind about the issue.

Isn’t it more interesting to consider why, time and again, so many interviewers feel the need to ask the boring “do you consider yourself a feminist” question in the first place (and in Time’s case, only after pointing out that Woodley has previously offered insightful remarks about women’s empowerment about being a woman in Hollywood and the strong female roles she’s chosen)?

There is only one takeaway from the torrent of criticism directed at Shailene Woodley: you, average American woman, probably don’t understand what a feminist is. You should mold your definition of feminism to the one held by your critics. And when you’ve done that, acknowledge that you’re probably a feminist anyway. Problem solved.

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Little of Lady Gaga's charity actually goes to charity

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Lady Gaga’s charitable foundation gave out millions in 2012 — to lawyers, accountants and publicity teams, tax records show.

The pop superstar’s fledgling Born This Way Foundation spent $429,682 on outreach with its wildly popular “Born to Be Brave” 23-event US bus tour, but the effort dimmed in comparison with what Gaga’s coterie of consultants pulled down, according to the charity’s 2012 filing.

The nonprofit — which took in $2.65 million in revenue — paid out a staggering $406,552 for legal fees, $300,000 for “strategic development” and $150,000 for “philanthropic consulting,” the latest filings show.

Fees added to the hefty expenses. They included $348,000 for the bus-tour production; $77,923 for travel; $62,836 for stage production; $60,000 for research; $58,678 for publicity; $50,000 for social-media development; and $47,825 for meeting and event coordination.

Total expenses came to $1.85 million.

Among all that, the foundation paid out a single $5,000 grant.

In terms of do-gooding, the foundation — for which Gaga’s mom, Cynthia Germanotta, serves as unpaid president — claims it had nearly 19,288 young participants learning about civic engagement during last year’s summer bus tour. It also claimed 24 kids participated in a youth advisory board summit to help guide the charity’s future programs.

The forms do not spell out the source of the charity’s contributions and income, but Gaga announced in 2011 when she launched Born This Way that she would be funding the bulk of it.

The singer is known for her charity give-backs.

In 2012, she and fellow chart-topper Taylor Swift topped the list of DoSomething.org’s “Top 20 Celebs Gone Good” list.

According to the list, Gaga launched the Born This Way fund with a personal $1.2 million donation and also gave another $1 million to victims of Hurricane Sandy.

Gaga’s foundation said that all its expenses are well worth it.

“Every dollar spent across these categories, including the legal fees towards the safe and effective implementation of each initiative, directly serves the Born This Way Foundation’s core mission of empowering youth,” a statement read.

Gaga, meanwhile, is scheduled to give the keynote address at the South by Southwest music festival and conference in Austin, Texas.

In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, she promised to give festival fans an experience they will never forget.

“I want the audience in Austin to see me live in a way I never have before,” Gaga said.

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Drug store beauty buys recommended by celebrities

While we can wax poetic about our favorite $300 face creams, we still know an amazing beauty bargain when we see one. And it turns out, celebs do too! We got stars like Naya Rivera, Candice Swanepoel and Jamie Chung to tell us their drugstore beauty game-changers—and the best part is that every one of their picks is $14 or less.


KARLIE KLOSS 

This Victoria's Secret model likes her lips to look and feel angelic. "I stock up on these tiny Vaseline lip balms. It's [also] a good little gift!"

Vaseline Cocoa Butter Lip Therapy, $3.43 on Amazon.com

EMMY ROSSUM

This "Shameless" star has no shame rocking the drugstore hairspray. "L'Oréal Elnett Hairspray is my absolute favorite. It works the best."

L'Oréal Elnett Strong Hold Hairspray, $12 on Amazon.com

NAYA RIVERA

Naya's days on the Glee set and singing career make her a busy gal, so these lip crayons are easy to apply when on the go. "My favorite inexpensive beauty buys are the tinted lipstick balms by Pixi. I love them because they're only $14 each, come in amazing colors and are a great alternative to traditional lipsticks or balm."

Pixi Tinted Brilliance Balms, $14 each at Target.com

ZOEY DEUTCH

Zoey plays a half human, half vampire on the big screen in Vampire Academy, and you can probably find her at the drugstore during dark hours looking for more beauty products.

"I hate drugstores because I love drugstore products so much that I spend hours perusing and searching them for things I probably don't need, but still buy. Out of all the millions of products I've tried, my favorites are both Cetaphil's cleanser and moisturizer. Seems simple, but that stuff works super well."

Cetaphil Daily Facial Moisturizer, $10.16 at Target.com

JAMIE CHUNG

This reality star known for appearing on MTV's Real World in 2004 and rising to fame starring in movies such as Sucker Punch favors a quick change to her nail art routine. "My favorite drugstore finds are the Sally Hansen Salon Effects Nail Polish Strips. I actually used them for a quick mani change for the Cushnie et Ochs fall fashion show."

Sally Hansen Salon Effects Nail Polish Strips, starting at $4.90 at Amazon.com

HARLEY VIERA NEWTON

This DJ and model likes her lip products to stay put while she's spinning the tunes at clubs in NYC.

"I love Revlon's Just Bitten Lip Stains. They're just so easy to throw in your bag and apply. One side is a balm so it's super helpful to keep lips moisturized."

Revlon Just Bitten Lipstain, starting at $6 each on Amazon.com

OLIVIA MUNN

When Olivia isn't shooting episodes for The Newsroom, she's dazzling red carpets and events around the world. This busy schedule takes a toll on the hair and skin. Fortunately, Olivia found her holy grail product.

"My favorite is Pantene Damage Detox Weekly Rehab Crème. It's a weekly intense moisture treatment!"

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