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Oscars 2008: So Forest Fed Her Some Greens?
Keisha Whitaker was looking way less hungry tonight (seriously) on the Oscars red carpet:
Photogs: AP/Vespa
That eat-nan-a-piece-of-foood diet is not what’s hot in the streets. Fabulous dress and she looked even more fabulous in it. Heavy bronzer and all. And her hubby Forest looked quite dapper himself in a custom-made tuxedo by Domenico Vacca. And he rocked over $100k in diamonds: Kwiat Platinum, Diamond, and Onyx Cufflinks and a Chris Aire Platinum, Diamond, and Red Gold Traveler Watch. Nice.
OSCAR UPDATE: Ruby Dee did not win for Best Supporting Actress tonight. Damn.
Allison
On Feb 24, 2008 at 9:50 pm | Reply | Quotefirst
Pam
On Feb 24, 2008 at 9:50 pm | Reply | QuoteFirst ! NIce
Pam
On Feb 24, 2008 at 9:50 pm | Reply | QuoteAllison wrote:
Damn you Alison (smile)
GIRLFRIENDS MOVIE
On Feb 24, 2008 at 9:50 pm | Reply | QuoteGIRLFRIENDS MOVIE…. PLEASE
AngieMnDC
On Feb 24, 2008 at 10:00 pm | Reply | QuoteThis child needs some grits and biscuits.
Serene
On Feb 24, 2008 at 10:02 pm | Reply | QuoteShe still looks foolishly skinny….there is no way her collar bone should be sticking out like that.
Amy
On Feb 24, 2008 at 10:05 pm | Reply | QuotePretty dress. She still needs to eat more. All men don’t want bones. I am over weight to me but not my husband. And no he is not a chubby chaser. Even if I lost 10-20 pounds I would still not be rail thin. I am just thick and tall like Kimora.
Tiffany
On Feb 24, 2008 at 10:07 pm | Reply | QuoteAmy (above me), what does that have to do with anything??
I think she looks beautiful the way she is. And she’d still be beautiful is she gained weight as well.
Sharonda
On Feb 24, 2008 at 10:10 pm | Reply | QuoteHer head is huge.But I think she has a funny face (in a good way).Was she any chance a model?I remember hearing actress though.She looks nice though.Glamorous.
Amy
On Feb 24, 2008 at 10:14 pm | Reply | QuoteTiffany wrote:
Just tired of woman thinking thin is in. She looks frail at times.
Meagan
On Feb 24, 2008 at 10:19 pm | Reply | QuoteI was upset when Ruby Dee didn’t win what she was truly deserving of. However, I know that her life, her legacy, and her work will continue to illustrate what true class, talent, and integrity represents. Hollywood can snub her on the Oscar, but they can not deny the doors she has opened nor the influence she has had on the performing arts.
khinglahma
On Feb 24, 2008 at 10:22 pm | Reply | QuoteI mean not to be a hater but, what did Ruby Dee do to earn an oscar. That minimul role she had in American Gangster was nothing Oscar worthy. I’m not giving it to her just becuase she’s a black women (and i’m a black male so i can talk). Hell in my opinion jennifer hudson didnt deserve it last year
~Nic Nac~
On Feb 24, 2008 at 10:29 pm | Reply | QuoteShe don’t look hungry, she look malnourished. Gotdamn, somebody please give her a turkey sammich and all the fixins!
~Nic Nac~
On Feb 24, 2008 at 10:30 pm | Reply | QuoteGIRLFRIENDS MOVIE wrote:
Yes please! Though this has nothing to do with the post, lol…
Sanaa
On Feb 24, 2008 at 10:36 pm | Reply | Quotekhinglahma wrote:
I see another blk man hating on a blk women, typical
Sanaa
On Feb 24, 2008 at 10:38 pm | Reply | Quotekhinglahma wrote:
No one said she deserved it because she is black.
gabi
On Feb 24, 2008 at 10:38 pm | Reply | Quoteshe looks amazing, that dress is fierce.
khinglahma
On Feb 24, 2008 at 10:45 pm | Reply | Quote@Sanna. No hatin love, just telling it like it is. I can see if i was disrespecting and/ or degrading them then you could say that. I think alot of times we as black people soley look at things one sided. If anyone from that movie should have been nominated, it should have been Denzel. I’d give him the oscar for AG before Training Day. I’m salute what they are doing for our people, especially young black women, but the oscars is not based on that. If that where the case than yeah, give them (jennifer hudson, ruby dee)the award
khinglahma
On Feb 24, 2008 at 10:46 pm | Reply | Quote“are not” sorry
Meagan
On Feb 24, 2008 at 10:46 pm | Reply | QuoteSanaa wrote:
Thank you.
khinglahma
On Feb 24, 2008 at 10:54 pm | Reply | Quote@Sanna. Let me ask you, do you think she deserved it? If so, than why?
whatev..
On Feb 24, 2008 at 11:01 pm | Reply | QuoteHer dress is nice, actually… so what if she’s skinny… the point is… you work with what you have. You dress appropriately and step out with confidence. Ruby Dee deserved it… but I guess it wasn’t her year… let’s hope for the next one…
Arianna
On Feb 24, 2008 at 11:07 pm | Reply | Quotekhinglahma wrote:
I have to agree with you about Ruby Dee. I honestly felt that the other nominees in that category gave more powerful/riveting performances (I watched all the nominated films). How many of you can honestly say that you were rooting for her because you thought she was the best and not because she’s black. I do that sometimes I have to admit (e.g always rooting for the black athlete/contestant on a reality show etc. etc.) which is fine in the sense that we gotta support our own- but I think that too often we are blinded by color and I try to hold myself up to the same standards that I would others.
TT
On Feb 24, 2008 at 11:08 pm | Reply | Quote~Hasnt Ruby been in the game for sometime now? Im pretty sure she didnt just pop out of nowhere.
~Forrest’s wife has a stiff look to her as she cant move from the neck up?????
chixtra
On Feb 24, 2008 at 11:10 pm | Reply | QuoteShe is less than a size ZERO and that is whoefully unhealthy for a female who is at least 5′9″ in height. She needs an intervention, placement in an eating disorders unit. Plain and simple.
Sanaa
On Feb 24, 2008 at 11:15 pm | Reply | QuoteArianna wrote:
Why is it that when your blk and you support a blk person, blk people ALWAYS say you support them becuase there blk? Why is the same thing not applied to white people?
Poo
On Feb 24, 2008 at 11:18 pm | Reply | QuoteU know some people are just naturally skinny. Don’t see what the big deal is with Keisha’s size. I’m sure she eats just fine. As you can tell Forrest doesn’t look like he misses too many meals.
As far as Ruby Dee, she has a body of excellent work and sometimes actors get nominated for just that. Halle Berry and Denzel should have had Oscars for “Losing Isaiah” and “Malcolm X” but they didn’t get it til much later. That’s just the way Hollywood rolls sometimes when it comes to black folk…sadly
Joe
On Feb 24, 2008 at 11:19 pm | Reply | QuoteSanaa wrote:
All black men are not the same
JosephineBaker
On Feb 24, 2008 at 11:19 pm | Reply | QuoteI love the Whitakers just as much as I love Will and Jada!
eNUFF sAID
On Feb 24, 2008 at 11:20 pm | Reply | QuoteGirlfriend needs to hit up a couple of spring food festival in a town very closr to her residence. She is too thin …Not a good look for any one! She still a nice looking lady
wizchk
On Feb 24, 2008 at 11:23 pm | Reply | QuoteWell I liked Ruby’s performance, and there have been instances where people have won Academy Awards for five minute appearances in films. But to move on, I was hoping Raise It Up the song from the movie August Rush would win the song Oscar, but no such luck. The little girl Jamia Nash killed it on stage though!!!
nicke
On Feb 24, 2008 at 11:27 pm | Reply | QuoteYou know, people kil me. When a celeb is thin, they’re “too thin”. Then when they gain some weight (ie Megan Goode), they are pregnant and/or need to lose weight. Why can’t we just celebrate beauty no matter the package it comes in? Jennifer Hudson is too fleshy and Keisha is too thin. Gimme a break…let’s just celebrate beauty and not the damn weight on a scale.
Chica
On Feb 24, 2008 at 11:31 pm | Reply | QuoteSome people are just slim…whatever works for u..but the Star Jones neck thing on anyone creeps me out….
Oh, Ruby Dee’s performance was not Oscar worthy..she had like 3 parts in the movie…I am still trying to figure that one out….and that’s not hate, that’s real.
khinglahma
On Feb 24, 2008 at 11:38 pm | Reply | QuoteSo let me get this straight, i voice my opinion as to why i dont think ruby dee deserved the oscar and not to mention praised her in the same sentence, and “i’m hating on black women”. But most of the black women on here are clownin on Forest Whitikers wife and they get a pass. Wow i have to go back to my book of slang and read the definition of hating one more time. Good looking out Arianna, and yes Joe most of us men are alike stop tryna get points lmao.
holla
On Feb 24, 2008 at 11:50 pm | Reply | Quotekhinglahma wrote:
PREACH on the last part. no hating… i love jhud…but just being real.
Writer Chick
On Feb 24, 2008 at 11:53 pm | Reply | QuoteI had the privilege to meet her at a pre-oscar party last week, and she is truly a phenomnal woman. If her nomination was based soley on the entire scope of her career, then I would say yes she is more then deserving of the award. While, her supporting role in American Gangster may not have been as “Oscar-worthy,” as others I think she is long overdue for one. She should have gotten one for A Raisin In The Sun.
shell
On Feb 25, 2008 at 12:01 am | Reply | Quotekeisha is not cute! I guess pale and thin mean cute to most black men but she just looks pale, cold, and uncomfortable. Not sexy. Not attractive. No thank you
khinglahma
On Feb 25, 2008 at 12:04 am | Reply | QuoteI’ll agree with you writer chick. That’s why they gave Martin Scorscaecy ( i know thats spelled wrong) for the departed. That was not some of his best work but he was long overdue for one. Same with Denzel, his role as a “villian” in training day was nowhere near as good as his role in american gangster. He should’ve taken it home for Malcom X, but thats how the ball bounces i guess.
Lili
On Feb 25, 2008 at 1:12 am | Reply | QuoteShe looks fabulous. Beautiful dress…doesn’t look like she gained that much weight, but whatever…
Beeyah!
On Feb 25, 2008 at 1:32 am | Reply | Quoteclearly she has an eating disorder
Chelly's 2 Cents...
On Feb 25, 2008 at 7:51 am | Reply | QuoteI’m on a diet myself but uh hell to the naw that is too skinny.
Looking like a walking skelton is not the business. Forrest get ya wife a chicken and biscuit. Loves her dress though…
Michele Musher
On Feb 25, 2008 at 8:50 am | Reply | QuoteWOAH!!! SHE IS NOT HEALTHY!!!! She looks horrible!
Pretty Paige
On Feb 25, 2008 at 9:13 am | Reply | Quotelove the color and detail of the dress. Keisha is the wife of an A-Lister actor, and she looks the part. Keisha looks healthy and beautiful.
Mary
On Feb 25, 2008 at 9:29 am | Reply | Quotewizchk wrote:
I thought the song was going to win also. Either way it got noticed.
thin med student
On Feb 25, 2008 at 10:08 am | Reply | QuoteWhy does every black woman on this site hate on thin girls? She is healthy and she doesn’t have an eating disorder. Being less than 5′9 and wieghing 140 is unhealthy. Go ask your doctor. i understand that most black women are overwieght but that doesnt mean you can bash a beautiful woman for being thin with a small waist and being light skinned. Youre all obviouly insecure since you have tummy bulges rolls and a gym membership that never gets used. if you are 5′7-5′9 it is healthy to wieght between 110 and 140. if you are 5′0-5′5 125 is pushing it. God you people need med school
Erica
On Feb 25, 2008 at 10:14 am | Reply | QuoteShe looks really bad. Makes me want to go grab something to eat…even though I’m not even hungry.
Desiree
On Feb 25, 2008 at 10:37 am | Reply | QuoteSo what if she’s skinny? Not everyone needs to be “thick” AKA “fat”. Some people are just naturally thin (i.e. me) and we don’t need to justify what and how much we eat. I think she looks great.
Serena
On Feb 25, 2008 at 10:38 am | Reply | QuoteI agree, they didn’t deserve an Oscar, and Ruby Dee has like 3 lines….that’s not oscar worthy. It’s about the role you got nominated for, not your lifetime achievement, not because you are black or a woman, not because your old and its about time….
But on the flip side, J Hudson shouldn’t have won an oscar either. She simply didn’t deserve it.
MissPriss
On Feb 25, 2008 at 11:13 am | Reply | QuoteI think she looks really po’ and sunken-in. That’s not a good look, and it SCREAMS low self-esteem to me. I don’t know why her dress gets such rave reviews– I’ve seen it 1000 times in pageants.
Me
On Feb 25, 2008 at 11:34 am | Reply | QuoteCo-sign Desiree & what does low self esteem have to do with being naturally thin?? Apparently it’s okay to bash thin people but wrong to attack people who are overweight, unhealthy and killing themselves in the process???? Puh-lease! lol!
MissPriss
On Feb 25, 2008 at 11:59 am | Reply | QuoteI AM naturally thin, which is why I think Keisha has taken it a little too far. She hasn’t looked this scrawny in the past. When she was on Oprah a few months ago, she looked healthy & normal.
Poo
On Feb 25, 2008 at 2:02 pm | Reply | QuoteMissPriss wrote:
What is normal??
MissPriss
On Feb 25, 2008 at 2:34 pm | Reply | QuoteNormal is not having clavicles that could cut glass.
Melissa
On Feb 25, 2008 at 3:18 pm | Reply | QuoteThank you for keeping it real. We are not supposed to support people kiilling them selves to look like an ideal that is not healthy. I have enought problems teaching a high school popluation that thinks that looking and acting like a video hoe( some mans standard of a women)to know that you can eat and still be beautiful.
shocked-n-laughin
On Feb 25, 2008 at 3:21 pm | Reply | Quoteomg!!!!!!the dress IS beautiful. but a few more layers of skin should’ve went wit that attire!!!
Miss Behavin
On Feb 25, 2008 at 4:19 pm | Reply | Quoteum………. Mrs. Whitaker you need your glasses??
why is she pushing her head out like that? Seems like some serious head/neck action. Sit her ass on a truck dashboard and hit her on top of her head! - BOBBLEHEAD!!
ModelGurl817
On Feb 25, 2008 at 5:09 pm | Reply | Quote^^normal=obese lol jk but no rly, the average height in america is 5′4″ and the average size is 14 so……thats pretty big. of course this mostly reflects the blk and latin communities