EVENING NIGHTCAP: Critics Choice Fashuuun. Gayle King Complains *insert eye roll*

 

► Award season (aka celebrity circle jerk) has official kicked-off with the Critics Choice Awards held last night. As most of you know, I hate award shows. First of, there are too many of them. Second, why hand out prizes to overpaid celebs who are doing their damn jobs? If that's how society is going to roll, then every industry should have an award show. I'd like to see awards show for the Janitorial Arts, Pipefitters Union, and American Society for Convenience Store Clerks. Anyhoo, since PW Manor readers are astute connoisseurs of fashion, below are the frocks that grabbed my attention. Read More

Chelsea Handler, host of the 2026 Critics Choice Awards. Photo: Critics Choice

Comment: Starting the parade of WTF is Teyana Taylor. She opted with throw everything on to see what would stick. In her case, everything. She went to a Men's Warehouse and hit the clearance rack. Then decided for a bit of Las Vegas charm by tackling a showgirl and running off with a feather boa. The final coup de grace was throwing the "hook 'em horns" hand gesture to show her pleather gloves courtesy of Burlington Coat Factory.  BTW, Grace Jones did the men's wear look waaaay better than this try-hard.

Next up is Alicia Silverstone, the 90's Aerosmith video muse / shitty actress turned MAGA princess-antivaxxer who pre-chews food before feeding it to her kid. Alicia is doing her best to hold a fart while squeezing into a champagne flute in hopes of winning first place at a Veronica Lake tribute at a drag show. Oye, Seth Rogan. WTF is going on? His beard and tuft of grey hair does not match the fake brown tumbleweed on top of his head. Plus, his suit is a Cadbury chocolate bar that failed quality control. 

Have you ever wondered what an old fashioned ice bag, a butt plug, and a can of radioactive waste material would look like when combined?  Look no further than Erin Doherty's mess. How the hell do you sit wearing that? 

Ethan Hawke is embroidery gone rogue. Dude can't dress for shit. I have no idea who Wunmi Mosaku is. But I like her dress. It reminded me of a lake with cascading waterfalls - very pretty. That's my say something nice for the week. Amy Madigan....so that's what happens when recycled denim and 1980's sofa fabric are converted into a circus MC jacket for Adam Ant's closet. 
 

Teyana Taylor at 2026 Critics Choice Awards. Photo: JC Olivera / WWD

Alicia Silverstone at 2026 Critics Choice Awards. Photo: JC Olivera / WWD

Seth Rogan (left) at 2026 Critics Choice Awards. Photo: JC Olivera / WWD

Erin Doherty at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards. Photo: Monica Schipper/Getty Images/Daily Beast

Ethan Hawke at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards. Photo: Matt Winklemeyer/Getty Images/Business Insider

Wunmi Mosaku at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards. Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images/Elle.com

Amy Madigan at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards. Photo: Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images/Elle.com

► Gayle King, whose career as a faux journalist/ astronaut was funded supported her by BFF Oprah, went on a passive aggressive rampage to complain about not having a window seat on a flight back from Hawaii. She shared a screen shot of her ticket showing she paid for window. But she got 1/2 or 3/4 of a window while the passenger in front of her and across the aisle got a full window. Aye dios mio! Surprised she didn't demand congressional hearings and called it Window Gate. Gayle over-estimated how much the internet would sympathize with her plight. She uploaded a video of her Karen-esque fit, whining like a five year old who was given the wrong toy in a Happy Meal. The internet wasn't having any of her shit today. The comments are spot on: Read More

 "This is what we are actually complaining about? What are you a teenage girl?"

 "Imagine living a life where this is your biggest problem."

 "Gayle you've been to space what more do you need to see mama."

 "Boohoo Gayle. Flying business class is so challenging." 

Gayle King, undated. Photo: Essence.com

Comment: As millions of people are wondering how the hell they're going to afford rent, food, and basic necessities now that US health care subsidies have expired, Gayle is bitching about not having a full window seat so she can stare at clouds. WTF is wrong with this brat? Was she expecting to see ET and Superman sitting on the plane wing doing jagermesiter shots? Be thankful you even got a seat given how airlines are operating these days JFC, some people live in a bubble of entitlement.