Jennifer Garner in a wrinkly LBD at charity event: cute or meh?

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These are new photos from last night’s Chrysalis Butterfly Ball, a charity event that benefits the homeless and/or unemployed. In past years, the event has gotten good turnout, and last night’s was decent. I guess two of the biggest A-listers there were Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck, who refused to walk the red carpet together. I don’t even think Affleck walked the red carpet at all, because there is only one photo of him that I’ve seen, and he’s exiting the event. Can I just say something to Garner and Affleck? The jig is up. We know you’re together. You have two children together and you get pap’d all the time, often on a daily basis. You can walk a red carpet together, for the love of God. You are not Gwyneth and Chris Martin. Don’t try to be.

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Anyway, I don’t know who did Jennifer’s dress, but it’s kind of cute. It looks kind of wrinkly and like she just threw it on, but at least it doesn’t age her by ten years, like so many of her “dress up” clothes do.

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Next up: Balthazar and Rosetta Getty. As time goes on, I realize more and more why Balthy tried to get away from Rosetta for The Year of Sienna Miller. Rosetta just seems so crazy to me. Balthy is a mess too.

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Speaking of messes, Vince Vaughn. Jesus, remember when he didn’t look so… unhealthy?

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I don’t pretend to “get” Olivia Wilde, as a person, as an actress, or as a Fashion Girl. This dress is fug, and the hair is just… ugh. Bangs AND a ponytail? And yet… all together, Olivia doesn’t really look bad, I have to admit. She looks healthy and fresh, somehow.

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Ryan Phillippe: Biscuit Predator.

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Photos courtesy of Fame & WENN.

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  1. Franny says:

    Almost everyone looks toasted. Props to Jennifer for trying…i only wish her dress had been in a different fabric. Also, I really like band with ponytails…for me personally, I either have my hair down with bangs on the side, or hair up with bangs down

  2. brin says:

    LOL “biscuit predator”. Wonder if Ryan honed in on Olivia.
    Jennifer looks great in comparison to some of her other outfits. I agree about her being on the red carpet with Ben…just do it already.

  3. jacq says:

    Balthazar and his wife could be twins. Identical twins. Creepy. Ryan looks like he just rolled up, three sheets to the wind. “Yewwwww, with that camera. You shootin’ me? Yewwws gots a problem?” (Hiccup)

  4. Flounder says:

    Ryan is so creepy!

  5. Dhavy says:

    wow looks like Vince and Ryan had a rough night

    Is it me or does Jennifer looks too ‘wrinkle-free’? Her skin looks amazing so whatever she uses for her skin she should have used for her dress!

  6. zesty says:

    It’s hard for me to look at Garner’s face up close…why is that?

  7. lisa says:

    I never got the “we don’t walk RC together” thing; with Ben/Jen or Gwenny/Chris.

    Funny all the couples that make that grand statement seem to lack any chemistry together in photographs or they have all broken up.

    I saw Ben at the TOL premier don’t know if Jennifer was there too. That picture of Ben reminds me of Chris Martin (in all his pictures)

    but that could be just me thinking things.

  8. Alix says:

    Female celebs never seem to remember that satin WRINKLES!

    Vince would look fine if it weren’t for the complete set of Samsonite luggage under his eyes. Dayum!

  9. Louise says:

    Vince has always looked unhealthy. Looking average and sloppy is what he’s known for. I think Olivia’s hair looks fine and not traumatic. The dress would have looked so much better without the sleeves and shear back. It looks weird. It looks childish and matronly at the same time.

  10. lisa says:

    Vince has a new baby at home..

    He I hope has earned those bags.. getting up to help with the baby

    Good for him

  11. carrie says:

    satin is not good for her and someone remember when Cruise and Kidman broke up ? just before they went to Golden Globe but not together

  12. Boo says:

    Can we talk about Ben’s hair? That’s GOT to be a piece, right? Vince does look kinda awful…doesn’t he have a new-ish born at home? Not that I imagine he ever gets his ass out of the bed to care for him/her…

  13. Emma says:

    Why did they refuse to be photographed together. Is it an attempt to maintain their privacy or what?

  14. Sue says:

    Jen dress is boring there is nothing special about it even her accessories are boring where’s the pop and don’t get me started on the fact that it’s WRINKLES, her hair and make- up are good.

    I’m so over her and Ben not walking the red carpet together your married you have two kids and lets’ face it they get photograph more in their privet lives than at events so why try to hide that your together on the RC when the world knows your married; someone should tell them it’s ok to show their support for one another at events.

  15. Crash2GO2 says:

    Ew on Ryan’s little pig eyes. *shudder*

  16. Mairead says:

    I think she looks lovely – in need of an iron, but lovely.

    What’s wrong with having a fringe (bangs if you must), either with or without a ponytail?

  17. You don't say says:

    I think she is still ticked off about the “Lively” incident and how he really did not treat her (Garner) all that well during the Oscar campaign for The Town, though it did not work. She was there, but they seemed distant and he ignored her even when they were together. It was odd. Dimples (her smiled even seems forced) is still making him work for whatever it is they have as she will not let her “perfect, cute” family go just yet.

  18. RocketMerry says:

    Jennifer looks so beautiful and sweet! I like her.
    And oddly enough, I like Olivia Wilde too, here. The dress kinda looks good on her.

  19. dr.bombay says:

    I know that Jennifer was successful & popular on a tv show a few years ago and appears to be a genuinely nice, grounded person; but, in all honesty, I don’t see an ounce of appeal or charisma in her–at least not on the big-screen level. I WANT to like her because she’s so darn sweet, but I can’t!

  20. KLaw says:

    What’s an “LBD”?

  21. KLaw says:

    Wait! As soon as I hit “submit” I realized!

    Little Black Dress

  22. Anne says:

    The thing I like about her is; she really does not seem to want to play the Hollywood starlet.

  23. lucy2 says:

    Everyone looks kind of blah. Jennifer’s dress is cute but would be better in a non-satiny fabric.

  24. kat says:

    Jennifer looked cute and happy. They don’t walk together because they don’t want the publicity ,like some other couples who do everything together just for the publicity.Good for them!

  25. ctkat1 says:

    I’ll take Olivia Wilde over Blake Lively any day. One, I think Olivia can act. She’s no Meryl Streep, but her acting doesn’t detract/distract from whatever she’s in, so I have no problem there. Two, though she seems to be getting with every hot single guy in Hollywood, she also seems to be hitting and quitting, which I can respect. She’s not a stage 5 clinger, trying to build a career on her back.

  26. OriginalGracie says:

    Seriously, I agree with everyone, who or what sucked all the hot out of Ryan?
    He looks like a drunk child molester.

  27. Lucy says:

    I’ve really been pulling for ben and jen to make it for the long haul, but I have a feeling that this marriage isn’t going to last much longer…wish his left hand wasn’t in his pocket, wondering if he is wearing his wedding ring…they don’t seem to have any chemistry…at least when brad and angie are together you feel like they are a unit and still hot for each other…ben and jen, not so much…

  28. TeeTee says:

    I can’t say anything bad about Vince since he’s left Jenn and got on w/his life, he lives in in Chgo-suburb and is raising his lil one w/his wife.

    I ran into them at a steak house and he is the most doting and caring dad–from what I have seen and he was sooo friendly and funny. his mom is very nice too.

    Jenn looks good, yeah I agree it looks like she kinda threw in on and ran with it..and yes, it looks like Ben has on a wig/lacefront.he always seems so bitter.
    LOL

    would he rather be drunk and gambling??
    I do not see many happy pics from him, it can’t all be about the paps–cause he sure grinned and waved when he was circa–JHo

    he has such a nice lil family–ie. the dimple parade–lol

  29. thinkaboutit says:

    How does any woman, let alone an A-list (B-list) actress, wear a strapless black dress with NO earrings and NOTHING around her neck? It looks like she got dressed in the car on the way to the event. Even her makeup is very much a day look. I guess Rachel Zoe is too busy breastfeeding and changing diapers…LOLOLOLOL yeah right!

  30. gee says:

    This is the best Olivia has ever looked.

  31. Quest says:

    Loving Jennifer’s look, nothing a good iron couldn’t fix. Ryan P = Biscuit Predator, absolute classic Kaiser

  32. Sue says:

    kat@ Please they get more publicity not walking together then if they did. I mean look everyone is talking about how come they didn’t do the RC together it happens all the time; now if they did walk together I bet people would be saying how cute they look together.

  33. werty says:

    KLaw:
    June 12th, 2011 at 2:22 pm
    What’s an “LBD”?
    ____________________________________
    Lesbian Bed Death
    (This is problebly not the correct lbd tho;)

  34. kasper says:

    I’m surprised Garner didn’t drag her kids along to reinforce her “I’m such a great mommy, look at me doing mommy things” meme. Or has someone alerted her to the fact that her favorite attention play is getting as boring as she is?

  35. kazoo says:

    ewwww.

  36. Lady Kim says:

    Anne:@ Because she not a Hollywood starlet she a C list celebrity her marriage to Ben made her a B list celeb, she had a hit show 5 years ago and since then she been in a couple of mediocre movies. She more known now for her daily photos with her kids than anything.

  37. Madison says:

    Olivia looks good, Garner looks ok, needs some earings or a necklace would have helped, the getty couple are meh. I use to think people were joking when they talked about Affleck wearing a wig, now not so much his hair doesn’t look real. I think Jen Garner would love it if Ben wanted to be a red carpet couple again, he didn’t mind being photographed with her before, spare me the crap excuse about privacy, it’s because ben doesn’t want to.

  38. Lisa says:

    They dont walk the red carpet together because I remember a Katie Couric interview he did around the time of Jersey Girl (right after the JoLo implosion) where she basically called him a fame whore for showing up at all those premieres with JLo and shoving themselves on the public — remember everyone thought he and JLo were ick even though Brangelina gets a pass for fame whoring their relationship the same way….

  39. Kat says:

    She could have run an iron over it before she went out. Her husband is a real tool.

  40. Kevin says:

    Vince should rub a little bit of preparation-H on his eye bags. Not kidding.

  41. Kimbob says:

    @OriginalGracie…funny comment. I’ll have to admit, this is the 1st bad pic I’ve seen of Ryan. Yes, he’s a sleaze, but he usually looks good. He looks bad because he’s HAMMERED. I’ve noticed that he tends to get liquored up at many of his outings. Sometimes he makes a fool of himself. I think he’s really into rap music.

  42. Sue says:

    Lisa@ please spare me the whole (Brangelina gets a pass for fame whoring their relationship the same way) it getting old because there are many other celebrities couples that walk the RC together TRY comparing someone new and Brad and Angelina go to the first big premiere of each other movies together any second or third premiere of their movie they go solo like many other couples.

    Jennifer Garner and her first husband Scott Foley used to walk the red carpet together all the time but I guess she was whoring their relationship than too?

    If that’s the reason Ben doesn’t want to walk the RC with his wife, than he needs to get over it grow a pair and stop caring what other people think and letting that dictate the way he lives his life because Jen doesn’t seem to have any problem walking RC or being seem with her man, she all smiles with her first husband and Ben on the red carpet.

  43. Charlotte says:

    love her, and think she’s sooooo gorgeous. But that dress isn’t lookin’ good. it looks cheap, and the dress is off center!

  44. Laura says:

    As much as I hate Ryan Phillipe as a person, he always looks so attractive to me. SHAME!

  45. HannahG says:

    Hopefully Vince is grand and just underslept with his new baby.

    🙁 Ryan Phillipe is getting old which means so am i…

  46. Jenny says:

    Funny, Garner showed up with her spouse when he was pimping The Town for an Oscar, but don’t show up together otherwise? The reason for that was?!? Sorry, most couples who enjoy each other’s company and support the other, show up together. Not for every premiere, but for one at least.

  47. Ari says:

    Damn Vince has Jabba the Hutt under his eyes!

  48. original kate says:

    vince vaughan’s eyebags have eyebags.

  49. Julie says:

    My take: 1) Jennifer looks fresh and beautiful but she seems to get alot of hate or dislike out there that I don’t get, 2) Olivia, never understand the hoopla over her….don’t like the bangs either, 3) Vince, he didn’t always look that bad and it has looked like major bloat to me for a long while now, 4) Getty’s wife does give off a strange vibe.

  50. Jacque says:

    Balthazar Getty actually seems to get better looking with age- not fair! Too bad he is a cheating douche.

    Jennifer Garner looks pretty- but her dress is so asymmetrically cut that it is distracting me! Looks crooked…

  51. MJ says:

    Yeah, I really wish Balthazar Getty wasn’t such an extremely hot man. I really don’t want to be attracted to him, but he makes it difficult. He needs to put the pink pants back on!

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