As we talked about yesterday, George Clooney and his gang opened up the Venice Film Festival with The Ides of March. We already covered the photo call and the fact that Clooney is flying solo in Venice, with no crazy girlfriends, no chicks with Adam’s apples, no desperate C-listers. Last night was the big red carpet premiere, and these are some of the photos.

First: Evan Rachel Wood in Alessandra Rich… which I actually thought was Carolina Herrera. The dress is a glorified shirtdress, and yet… it looks good/interesting. Only a specific kind of girl could pull this off. Kristen Stewart – with her mouth-breathing, lip-biting and slumped shoulders – could not pull this off. ERW can and does. Shoulders back, that great David Bowie hair, simple makeup, gorgeous jewelry, and she’s working the hell out of this dress. It’s an odd choice for someone so young too, but that’s part of the charm as well.

I like that Clooney is doing the red carpet solo. Maybe he realizes that his dating patterns have become kind of obvious and sad. Time for some alone-time. Or maybe he’s just Evan in his sights.

Marisa Tomei in mustard Marios Schwab, with some kind of funky faux pearl (?) detailing. Why does she look so awful in Venice? Is it the air? Is it the lighting? Is she sick? She looks kind of bloated and sickly, so that may be it. Although… conspiracy theory, Marisa spent a week partying with Clooney, ERW and Clooney’s friends at Lake Como before coming to Venice. So maybe she’s just super-hungover. But yeah, I hate this dress. It needs to burnt in a healing fire.

Cindy Crawford looking less tweaked than she looked several months ago. Maybe she’s taking it easier on the ‘Tox. Cindy and her husband Rande Gerber were there to support their BFF Clooney. I still don’t know how that works – does Rande ever get creeped out by Clooney leering at his wife? Does Cindy ever feel weird when Clooney chooses girlfriends based on their resemblance to her? Anyway, Cindy is in Roberto Cavalli. She looks great in red, but the whole look is a little game-show hostess.

Diane Kruger isn’t in the movie, but she was at the Venice premiere. She wore Elie Saab, and if you look closely, you can almost make out her biscuits. Diane loves showing off those biscuits. I do like the gown, and I’m not even going to complain about it washing her out. Diane looks like she’s putting on a little weight, right? My first thought when I saw these photos of her was “pregnant.” But I doubt she is…?

And lastly, let me end it on my boyfriend/husband/lover Philip Seymour Hoffman. He’s so hot. I want to have a beer with him and then spend a weekend in bed with him… watching old movies.

Photos courtesy of WENN.