The Week in Red Carpet
Leighton Meester showed some skin on New Year’s Eve, Carrie Underwood stunned in net, and Kim Kardashian sparkled on Jay Leno. VIEW OUR GALLERY of the best looks of the week.

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Leighton Meester left little up to the imagination in a cut-out Christopher Kane dress and YSL platforms at the opening of Miami Beach’s Klutch. She opted for a plunging cobalt tank and pencil skirt at Atlantic City’s Dusk on New Year’s Eve, and went sheer in a lace turtleneck at the Underground in Chicago.
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Before donning an apron to deep-fry Oreos with chef Guy Fieri on The Jay Leno Show, Kim Kardashian glittered in a metallic mini-dress and black platform heels.
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Valentine’s Day star Jessica Alba wore a silver sculpted dress by Antonio Berardi and jewelry from Cartier at the 2010 People’s Choice Awards.
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The Blind Side’s Sandra Bullock radiated at the People’s Choice Awards in an off-the-shoulder golden dress, a brown crocodile Salvatore Ferragamo miniaudiere and Brian Atwood “Maniac” pumps.
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Ginnifer Goodwin opted for stripes in a Christian Lacroix dress with Van Cleef and Arpels diamonds at the People’s Choice Awards on Wednesday night.
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Glee’s Lea Michele took home the award for “Favorite New TV Comedy” with her crooning classmates in this crimson Nuj Novakhett dress. She finished off the look with a Jenny Pacham clutch, House of Lavande gunmetal earrings from the 1970s, and rainbow Christian Louboutin peep-toe heels.
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Melrose Place’s Katie Cassidy ditched her publicist skirt-suits for a Talbot Runhof fringed cocktail dress at the People’s Choice Awards. She paired the look with Casadei champagne satin heels.
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Diane Kruger stunned in a form-fitting bone-colored Hervé Léger dress at the 2010 People’s Choice Awards. She paired the bandage look with a pair of Emilio Pucci gladiator heels.
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Private Practice star Kate Walsh sparkled in a vintage sequined minidress at the People’s Choice Awards on Wednesday. She finished off the look with Casadei platform pumps and Anita Ko yellow and rose gold earrings.
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Taraji P. Henson wore a dramatic, one-shouldered Alberta Ferretti gown at the People’s Choice Awards.
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Carrie Underwood glowed in a webbed Christian Cota dress at the 2010 People’s Choice Awards. The “Favorite Female Artist” finished off her eye-catching look with laced-up platforms from Rock & Republic, a simple black Lauren Merkin clutch, Johnathon Arndt jewels, and an eye-catching engagement ring from her fiancé, Mike Fisher.
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Daybreakers co-stars Willem Dafoe and Ethan Hawke channeled their dark sides at the film’s New York premiere on Thursday.
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Leann Rimes went short and sweet at GBK’s BCS National Championship Gift Lounge in Pasadena Wednesday night in a metallic mini skirt and black motorcycle jacket.
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Miss USA Kristen Dalton sported her sash at premiere of Daybreakers in New York on Thursday night.
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At the Palm Springs International Film Festival, Nine starlet Marion Cotillard accepted her Desert Palm Achievement Award in a black Elie Saab dress, metallic Christian Dior heels, a Christian Louboutin clutch, and a bracelet she purchased on a trip to Africa.
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Diablo Cody donned a floral Dolce & Gabbana dress at the Palm Springs Film Festival. And on her feet, she found a way to stay comfortable in a pair of Cole Haan heels “that have the incredible Nike technology in them so my feet won’t hurt,” she told Entertainment Tonight.
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Career Achievement Award recipient Helen Mirren dazzled in a sheer black gown at the Palm Springs Film Festival. “Armani always helps,” she told Entertainment Tonight.
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Invictus’s Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman posed for the cameras at the Palm Springs International Film Festival’s before taking home the Sonny Bono Visionary Award and Career Achievement Award, respectively.
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The Palm Springs International Film Festival’s Rising Star Award went to Anna Kendrick, who shined in a J. Mendel dress, Cartier earrings, and metallic Jimmy Choo heels. And she’s already planning her Golden Globes outfit: “It’s tricky because you want it to be special,” the first-time nominee told Entertainment Tonight.
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