Andre Leon Tally owes Jennifer Hudson an apology.

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Vogue's larger-than-life editor-at-large styled the fast-rising starlet beautifully for the Golden Globes last month, but his Midas touch turned to Medusa's curse as Ms. Hudson hit the red carpet in an unflattering brown Oscar de la Renta gown under some sort of metallic motorcycle bolero.

She should have arrived singing "One Night Only."

Happily, when the camera later panned the audience in the Kodak Theatre, it appeared Ms. Hudson had checked the botched bolero in the coat room.

That aside, the evening was all about women in memorable gowns. Just when it appeared that black was going to be the dominant color of the night -- and it was, of course, for the men -- actresses began arriving in a rainbow of reds, greens, yellows, blues, purples and metallics.

While some hair was pulled back in meticulously coiffed up-dos, more locks were loose and soft. Blinged-out bracelets replaced statement necklaces, continuing a trend. And jewelry-like embellishment built into gowns was a popular look, from Rachel Weisz's sultry platinum Vera Wang design to Beyonce's mint green Armani number with an elaborate stone motif extending from the waist, bisecting the bust and trailing over a shoulder.

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And now, a lot of kisses and a few disses:

Kisses

Maggie Gyllenhall, whose black one-shoulder fitted gown had an attractive feathered bottom. She showed you can glam it up but still exercise restraint.

Rinko Kikuchi, whose va-va-voom lace and crystal strapless gown was one of the evening's hottest black dresses.

Cameron Diaz, breathtaking in a strapless, fitted-bodice, bias-cut dress that, in counter-intuitive white, was a lovely complement to her short auburn tresses and blue-ish eyes and earrings.

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Jessica Biel, who reminded us that spring is coming in her sleeveless raspberry sorbet dress with a black belt by Oscar de la Renta.

Kelly Preston, who dared to be different in a slinky cheetah-print gown by Dolce & Gabbana.

Celine Dion, stunning in a draping, moss green dress with modest detailing and a glittering pin at the waist.

Anika Noni Rose, whose foxy silver-sequined gown by Naeem Khan sported a sexy cutout back.

Cate Blanchett, whose snug, glimmering, off-one-shoulder Armani Prive gown was Tinseltown glitz done right.

Reese Witherspoon, at the top of her game in a take-that-Ryan, curve-hugging, purple spiral strapless dress.

	Reese Witherspoon Click photo for larger image.

Kate Winslet, a breath of fresh air in a breezy, mint-green goddess gown.

Disses

Jennifer Lopez. It's time to get away from those vintage-y, empire-waisted garments and wife-y hair. She seems to get more matronly by the minute.

Nicole Kidman. She looked gift-wrapped in bad-girl red with the bow sticking out of the right side of her neck.

Jodie Foster. Another case of great hair -- a short, feathered do -- upstaged by the wrong dress choice. The sapphire, crinkled silk chiffon halter gown by Vera Wang wasn't the right color.

Penelope Cruz. Another case of pretty hair but the wrong gown. It was hard to appreciate the intricate design details when the blush color was washing her out.

Jennifer Hudson. No, we're not done with her yet. Nice hair styling, but the pockets were the best thing about that sad-sack brown dress. Oh, and Judy Jetson called and wants her itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny metallic motorcycle jacket back. Wrong, wrong, wrong!