National Board of Review Awards

Awards season is heating up – the Golden Globes takes place this Sunday, the BAFTA nominations were announced today, the Oscar nominations come out tomorrow – and the National Board of Review Awards in New York could be considered a warm-up as there were plenty of Hollywood stars out to celebrate.

Jessica Chastain looks set to be one of the most celebrated actresses of the season and wore an Alexander McQueen dress to collect the night’s Best Actress award her role in Zero Dark Thirty.

The Les Misérables cast was out in force to toast the film being named not only Best Ensemble Cast, but also one of the year’s Top Films – alongside Argo, Django Unchained, Silver Linings Playbook, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Lincoln, Looper and Promised Land. Anne Hathaway chose a tuxedo from Hedi Slimane’s debut Saint Laurent collection for the occasion, while Amanda Seyfried was in a Bottega Veneta nude studded dress. – Vogue