Claudia Winkleman Talks the Oscars, Britney and Playboy!

20-02-2007 14:26

It’s only days away, and the Hollywood’s elite are no doubt already preparing themselves for this year’s Oscar congregation in LA’s sumptuous Kodak theatre. The Oscars are the glitziest event of the year with the most stunning dresses and elaborate hair and make-up money can buy. Oh, and there’s even something for film lovers too!

The 79th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday 25th February is when the movie industry presents the highest of cinematic honours – the infamous golden Oscar statuette. It is hard to believe a ticket to the first Academy Awards was $5. It is now the hottest ticket of the year, but unless you’ve been invited you don’t stand a chance of getting in.

On this special Oscars night, Claudia Winkleman will be the host of the live show for Sky Movies.

A popular English TV presenter and journalist, the 35 year old has appeared on the likes of the Beeb’s Holiday programme, the National Lottery, the entertainment show Liquid News and The House of Tiny Tearaways.

She’s also a regular contributor to The Sunday Times, The Independent, the Metro and Cosmopolitan magazine.

Claudia lives in London with her husband Kris Thykier and two kids Jake, 3, and Matilda, 1. FemaleFirst were able to have a chat with her whilst she took a break from feeding her baby daughter to ask about Fame Academy, fashion and fishnets.

How’s motherhood going at the moment - would you like more children in the future?

It’s fine. I love it – I like juggling. I’d like a hundred more – if you see my husband can you please ask him.

What fashion trends do you think we can expect at this year's Oscars?

Oh God! I just think it will be more and more glamorous. I remember like 12 years ago when Cindy Crawford wore a red dress and everybody was like “Wow, that’s pretty out there.” But they seem to better themselves each year and I think that the pressure is on for them to get it right. Whereas 15 or 20 women would get a lot of coverage for their particular dress, now there’s only really room for one or two proper stars of the catwalk – so the actresses must be terrified. One bad decision – like deciding yellow and purple look good together and you’ll be forever thought of as badly dressed.

The ceremony is to be broadcast in HD for the first time – do you think this will be a major extra concern amongst some of the celebs?

High definition is good. It can only be good, particularly for us as viewers because we can see everything. See every little detail. (Laughs) If there’s like a thread falling off a dress or, you know, like my favourite clutch bag is so old that it actually doesn’t close. They can’t get away with stuff like that with HD.

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