Maggie Gyllenhaal Still Needs an Oscars Dress

by Lisa Marsh (Subscribe to Lisa Marsh's posts)
Posted Feb 26th 2010 at 7:21PM

Maggie Gyllenhall in a Lanvin dress.. Photo: Michael Loccisano, Getty Images

Calling all designers – Maggie Gyllenhaal is not committed for Oscar night.

The Best Supporting Actress nominee for "Crazy Heart" has yet to choose her dress for the March 7 award ceremony.

"I don't know what I'm wearing to the Oscars, but I'm enjoying thinking about it a lot," she told StyleList at the USA Network's Feb. 25 Character Approved Awards event in NYC. "I do have a great dress for the Spirit Awards."

The actress, wearing Lanvin, said she is fresh to the whole dress-shopping process because she wasn't nominated for anything else this season.

"I've been through all that other stuff before where you get to have 30 dresses, but I didn't really do that this time. I was only really nominated for an Oscar," she said.

"In a way, it's been much calmer for me, and I'm not tired the way some people I've seen go through this are tired."

That's not to say she's been completely relaxed: Since releasing "Crazy Heart" was a last-minute decision, "we were doing so much press, like three Q&As a night, then a cocktail party, and more," Maggie said.

"There was more stuff stuffed into a small period of time than any movie I've ever promoted, including "The Dark Knight."

It was a labor of love, she admitted, and she would happily do more to publicize the flick: "My husband Peter [Sarsgaard] said, 'Are they going to ask you to hand out flyers on the corner? Because you would, I think' -- and I maybe would!" So if you see a Lanvin-clad actress on the corner...

Find out why Maggie stripped down to her undies for art.

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Filed under: Celebrity, News, Celebrity Style, Shopping
Tags: best supporting actress, Crazy Heart, maggie gyllenhaal, Oscar Dresses, oscars, Oscars 2010, Oscars Dress Shopping, peter sarsgaard, usa network

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william rauh, 3-01-2010, 8:13PM

I hope whatever she wears looks better than what she has on in this picture. There is just tooooooomuch material in this shroud.

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Evelyn, 3-01-2010, 6:26PM

I'm so pissed. The Academy Awards are this weekend and our county never even bothered to show PRECIOUS. It's not out on DVD yet either and I like to see all the nominated films... but this is the first time we didn't get them all. We got Crazy Heart (loved it - Jeff Bridges was PERFECT in the role) but no Precious :( not fair!

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Heather, 3-01-2010, 6:24PM

Hopefully she will wear something that flatters her figure and does not focus on her face. She's a good actress, but what a butter face!

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Paul, 3-01-2010, 6:38PM

How's about a burlap sack. That should do it.

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Susan, 3-01-2010, 7:22PM

Pretty girl who wears some of the worst outfits. I wish I had a stylist for a night (and an event to go to). Talented actress though .....

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Mike, 3-01-2010, 8:21PM

Hey, see if she can borrow something from Hannah Storm's closet. She'll be the talk of the town.

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mydownthere, 3-01-2010, 8:36PM

It doesn't matter what she wears, as long as she wears a mask to hide her butt-ugly face.

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Elyse, 3-01-2010, 8:51PM

Wow!!! Just... Wow. And that's not meant in a good way. That dress makes her look at least 70! Pity she has no fashion sense, but then it's good she doesn't look like the others who display as much flesh as possible... Total YAWN!!! Borrrringgg!

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Nick Mayor, 3-01-2010, 9:30PM

She won't win anyway so she only has to worry about what she looks like from the shoulders up as they read her nomination. M'onique is a lock.

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Danner, 3-01-2010, 10:28PM

She could do us all a favor and wear a Hefty Steel Sack(over her face). Barring that, it wouldn't hurt to have someone do her hair & make-up. I know that she can't help being homely, but at least she could make an effort to "clean up". Alas, you can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig.......

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