Posts Tagged ‘Public Appearances’
The Los Angeles premiere of the film “What To Expect When You’re Expecting” is being held tonight! There will be a special livestream from the event online – you can watch it here at 6 p.m. PT!
Elizabeth Banks was a guest at the 2012 Costume Institute Gala in New York City last night. I have just finished adding 100 HQ and MQ images of Elizabeth from the event into our photo gallery!
I have a total of 121 HQ and MQ images of Elizabeth Banks from the most recent events she attended into our photo gallery!
Elizabeth Banks, who plays Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games, turned up at the Lucky FABB Conference, the mag’s first held in Santa Monica, on Monday afternoon.
The all-day event featured dozens of special guests from the worlds of blogging, fashion, retail and beauty to discuss the future of fashion and style on the web. Attendees networked and foraged in fabulous suites by Michael Stars, House of Zappos, JellyPop, Miss Me, Le SportSac, Samsung and P&G products, including Covergirl, Olay and Venus.
Naturally, Banks looked appropriately chic for her appearance in a dark, shiny frock by British designer Matthew Williamson, and a pair of highly-coveted black shiny heels by Jean-Charles du Castelbajac, which she described as “a hot Mary Jane.”
The disarmingly frank and funny actress — think Chelsea Handler without the profanity and the vodka – talked with Lucky Editor-in-Chief Brandon Holley, wearing a FABB-ulous outfit by Kelly Wearstler — before a room packed with young, enthusiastic female bloggers. The main topic at hand: her own blog, ElizabethBanks.com.
Banks explained why she got into blogging, what her criterion is for blog items, and how she’s big into aggregating and would love to showcase other bloggers’ work. She’s mostly interested in bloggers with a point of view, a voice, curiosity, a sense of humor and “a little bit of girl power.” No negativity, please. Life’s too short.
Her blog has fun categories like Work Stuff, Geeky Stuff, Yummy Stuff, Pretty Stuff, Silly Stuff, Good Stuff. She even has a Book Club and is currently reading The Memory of Running by Ron McLarty.
To our knowledge, Banks is definitely the first actress in the history of the Hollywood who posts photos of herself on red carpets and actually asks you to critique her looks. “Be honest. I can take it,” she tells her viewers.
Ok, so many readers did not care for those floral golf pants she wore on The Ellen DeGeneres talk show. But eveyone love-loved her bright yellow Bill Blass gown and Judith Leiber bag at the London Games premiere.
Her hair and makeup artist, Karen Adler, also writes on Banks’ blog about creating her looks for special events, even detailing the products she uses on the actress; such as Kevin Murphy’s Fresh Hair, Powder Puff, Ardell individual lashes, Bare Minerals blush and Buxom gloss in a shade called “leslie.”
Predictably, the topic turned to Hunger Games when one blogger asked Banks what she’d steal from Effie Trinket’s eccentric wardrobe.The actress ‘fessed up that she has her eye on a pair of Effie’s flashy footwear. “Effie had some amazing gold Alexander McQueen booties that I am deservately trying to get. They’re probably going to be worth money some day and that’s why they don’t want to give them to me. I’ll wear them. They probably just preserve them!”
As for the new director of the sequel Catching Fire, Frances Lawrence, Banks observed: “I’ve never met Francis but he seems lovely. I like his movies and I’m excited for a new voice to be involved. It’s gonna be great for the franchise and that’s really all I know.”
Watch video of Banks’ FABB appearance below.
The Lucky “Fabb West” conference to be held April 30th in L.A. was put together by Lucky magazine’s editor-in-chief Brandon Holly, after producing three conferences in New York. Covering beauty and fashion, it will feature panelists such as Mad Men costume designer Janie Bryant, Project Runway producer Desiree Gruber, the founders of whowhatwear.com, Easy A director Will Gluck, and others.
The star panelists are also star bloggers: Jessica Alba (Honest.com, a site for moms), Elizabeth Banks (Elizabethbanks.com covers the stars’ own beauty and fashion choices), Dianna Agron (who blogs under the name But You Can Call Me Charlie), as well as keynote speaker Zac Posen. And if that wasn’t enough, Randi Zuckerberg, sister of Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, will participate, as well as Mad Men’s Kiernan Shipka, whose teen looks are making viral waves.
Panel topics and speaker sessions will include What Fashion Can Learn From Hollywood, Working with fashion and entertainment brands and talent in cyberspace, and Finding your voice and monetizing for the blogosphere.
This all happens next on April 30, and Fash Track will follow up on location and tickets. Interesting that stars and producers are now wanting to capitalize on the blogger crazy. Here’s one way a monthly print magazine can compete with the daily bloggers: give them a conference! If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.
I have added an additional 18 photos of Elizabeth Banks from the press conference for the film “The Hunger Games” into our photo gallery!
I have just added 39 HQ images of Elizabeth Banks from the Restoration Hardware Spring 2012 Launch in Los Angeles that was held on March 22nd.
