(Writing by Lisa Baertlein)

Glamour ruled on Hollywood’s biggest night, and “Slumdog Millionaire” star Freida Pinto was brilliant in a blue John Galliano gown, supporting actress winner Penelope Cruz donned a 60-year-old Balmain and best actress winner Kate Winslet dazzled in a one-shoulder number from Yves Saint Laurent.

Stars like Heidi Klum and Natalie Portman added splashes of color, but many stars including Anne Hathaway, Cruz, Taraji P. Henson and Evan Rachel Wood wore white and other light colors.

Who do you think was best dressed? And worst?

Award winners Penelope Cruz in Balmain and Kate Winslet in Yves Saint Laurent

Heidi Klum in Roland Mouret

Freida Pinto in John Galliano

Anne Hathaway in Armani Prive

Viola Davis in Reem Acra and Taraji P. Henson in Roberto Cavalli

Marisa Tomei and Natalie Portman

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(Photos: REUTERS)

Natalie Portman’s inclusion in the short film competition at the Venice film festival has become a major headache for organisers, the press and the actress herself.

A sideline competition normally overlooked by many of the hundreds of journalists and cameramen in Venice each year, the shorts section suddenly became big news when Portman was included and good enough to come to the canal city to talk about her directorial debut “Eve”.

The trouble is, organisers were not ready for the press scrum that greeted the 27-year-old’s arrival, partly explained by the fact that she was in town when there was a dirth of stars generally to keep the celebrity-obsessed media happy. When she accepted an award at the Hotel Des Bains, cameramen jostled hard for position, and Portman looked taken aback by the frenzy.

The next day at a more orderly photo shoot, snappers who traditionally shout loudly to get a star’s attention were told to keep the noise down to avoid unnerving Portman. Stars enjoy a lot of privileges, and putting up with publicity is part and parcel of that life, but it was hard not to feel sorry for Portman.

The shiny brown dress never had a chance.

Last night, 23-year-old Wesley got “Auf’d” from Project Runway after a dress made out of a satin fabric he detested got panned by the show’s judges. You had to feel a little bad for him, given that the environmentally-friendly fabric was chosen by his model and not him.

Still, the judges pulled no punches.

“Shiny, tight and short is the quickest way to look cheap,” judge Nina Garcia said of the dress.

Judge Michael Kors also criticized Wesley’s construction of the dress, saying it looked like it had been handled by 20 sets of hands.

Poor Wesley also got slammed on the show’s message boards for his own outfit — shorts paired with a blazer.

“Wesley looked beaucoup looney in those shorts of his onstage — what was he thinking?” wrote one viewer.

Suede, a 37-year-old designer from Ohio, won the week’s challenge — to create a cocktail dress out of environmentally-friendly fabric chosen by a model. His dress made of red and white fabric strips layered on top of one another really stood out for the judges — including guest judge Natalie Portman.

But it’s Suede’s penchant for talking about himself in the third person that makes him stand out among the contestants.

“Suede is a bisexual Sagittarius,” he said while making his garment.

And, after winning the challenge:

“Suede rocked it!”