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Brian Tyree Henry INTIMIDATED to Meet Jennifer Lawrence
Jennifer Lawrence's small achromatic formal will marque you look up.
The Hunger Games star oozed Old Hollywood glamour astatine the 2022 Gotham Awards on Nov. 28, seemingly channeling Audrey Hepburn's iconic Breakfast astatine Tiffany's evening gown—but with a modern twist.
For the awards ceremony—held astatine Cipriani Wall Street successful New York City—J-Law looked some regal and radiant arsenic ever in a tea-length dress by Christian Dior, which featured a scoop neckline, a structured bodice that cinched her waist and voluminous skirt that fanned out.
She accessorized the effortlessly chic plan with achromatic pointed-toe Manolo Blahnik pumps and a thick diamond choker, which was reminiscent of the monolithic necklace Audrey wore with her achromatic Givenchy gown successful the 1961 film.
Of course, Jennifer added her ain rotation to the classical look by topping it disconnected with a bold reddish lip. However, she kept the remainder of her glam simple, opting for escaped beachy waves and natural-looking makeup.
The Don't Look Up star presented the Best Feature Award, which was awarded to the Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan co-directed film, Everything Everywhere All astatine Once.
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While astatine the event, Jennifer's Causeway co-star Brian Tyree Henry exclusively told E! News the saccharine reason he was intimidated to enactment with her astatine first.
"She's specified a powerhouse," he explained connected the reddish carpet. "She started successful autarkic films, truthful to travel backmost to an autarkic movie was similar her getting backmost to her roots."
The Eternals histrion added, "I was like, 'OMG, they take maine to bash this?"
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Bryan revealed that helium built a relationship with the Oscar winner, breaking the crystal with her implicit a classic Sylvia Plath novel.
"She was reading The Bell Jar and I knocked it retired of her manus and was like, 'What are you doing? Why are you bringing this publication here?'" Bryan recalled. "And she was like, 'I wanna beryllium deep.' But we were ever talking astir everything and sharing shared experiences."
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