Designer Nick Verreos looks back at the days before stylists, when stars had to dress themselves for the Academy Awards. He explains that sometimes actresses can fall in love with a dress but it bombs on the red carpet. Need evidence? Uma Thurman’s frilly number or Demi Moore’s Oscar “biker shorts.” Watch the video to find out why Cher was the original Lady Gaga, especially when it came to her Oscar style.

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WGA award winners 'Argo' and 'Zero Dark Thirty' (Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures/Columbia Pictures)

“Argo” slays “Lincoln” -- again! The 2013 Writers Guild of America announced their winners tonight, and Chris Terrio won best adapted screenplay for “Argo.” Mark Boal’s script for “Zero Dark Thirty” won the other key movie category: best original screenplay.

By now, a week ahead of the Oscars, it’s clear that Hollywood favors Ben Affleck’s humor-peppered seventies political drama over Steven Spielberg’s more serious presidential one. In the past month, Ben Affleck’s movie has won at the DGA, PGA, SAG’s, and ACE Eddies – despite his snub by the Academy for Best Director.

Anne Hathaway at the 2013 British Academy Film Awards (Photo: Stephen Butler/BAFTA)

To paraphrase the Beatles, when it comes to getting that little gold statuette, Anne Hathaway should be singing: "I want you, you know I want you so bad; It's driving me mad, it's driving me mad, yeah."

The "Les Miserables" star is on the verge of driving even her die-hard fans nuts, too. I'm dreading her acceptance speech on Oscar night -- and I'm not alone.

The prevailing attitude is, OK, Anne, you sang your tonsils out, we wept, and the award is yours. You've come a very long way from "The Princess Diaries." BUT if you deliver one more awkward unfunny adlib, one more breathy thank you to cast and crew, one more twinkly-eyed shout out to Mr. Hathaway, we're going to be miserable in a way that doesn't make us want to sing "I Dreamed a Dream."

'Argo' Screenwriter Chris Terrio (Photo: Paul A. Hebert/Getty Images)Chris Terrio, 36, will discuss just about anything relating to his Oscar-nominated adapted screenplay "Argo" - but don't hold his S's against him. He's just had dental surgery, and been to London and back for the BAFTAs. He politely apologizes in advance for "whistling in your ears" -- and he whistles when he does so.

No apology is necessary since there's not a single "s" in Ben Affleck or the movie's title -- and the writer's startlingly articulate for someone jet-lagged and on painkillers. Although he directed the indie drama "Heights," Terrio's sudden renown riding shotgun with Affleck is about as believable as Hollywood collaborating with CIA Agent Tony Mendez (Affleck) to rescue six cornered Americans in Tehran during the Iranian Hostage Crisis of 1979-80. Oh, wait, that's the story of "Argo!"