Red Carpet Rundown: 2026 Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party

Posted on March 20, 2026

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One final look at the 2026 award season and we saved the very tackiest red carpet for last! It’s Elton John’s annual glitterfest, where the lighting is always terrible and a sequin will get you in the front door. Let’s be mean!

 

Callum Turner (in Louis Vuitton) and Dua Lipa (in Gucci)
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That’s a killer dress. We can’t be mean about it. She looks amazing. He looks very fine.

 

Diego Boneta in Brioni
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We have embraced a lot of colors in formalwear over the years, but we draw the line at mauve dinner jackets.

 

Dove Cameron in Oscar de la Renta
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The bust is painfully tight and looks overdesigned.

 

Dylan Efron
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Cute, but strangely businesslike.

 

Kate Beckinsale in Georges Chakra Couture 
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God bless and protect this bouffant’d diva. She never fails to bring it. And by “it,” we mean “the loudest, most outrageous look of the night.”

 

Keke Palmer in Saint Laurent
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Keke. tell your boobs to stop looking at us like that.

 

Laverne Cox in Archival Saint Laurent
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There’s way too much going on in that print, but the colors look great on her and her makeup is gorgeous. The fuzzy hem is awful.

 

Maria Bakalova in Idan Cohen
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It’s pretty, but the bodice looks stiff and encrusted.

 

Melissa McCarthy (in Fjolla Haxhismajli) and Ben Falcone
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That might be one of the best dresses she’s worn in a long time. The color looks great on her. His sneakers are irritating, but then again, it’s not like this is the Vanity Fair party.

 

Nathalie Emmanuel in Akris
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The bust is interesting, but we hate reversible sequins. Always looks tacky to us.

 

Patricia Arquette
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It’s very Grande Dame. The colors are interesting, but we think they’d look better on a Black woman, to be honest. Her hair is a mess and the exposed cami makes the look come off sloppy.

 

RuPaul
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Can’t argue with that, although the shoulderpads are a but much.

 

Sheryl Lee Ralph in Eman AlAjlan
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We don’t think you can solve the challenges that come with a sheer skirt by giving it a tongue.

 

Tiffany Haddish in Tony Ward Couture
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It’s a great dress but the sandal should be silver.

 

Tonatiuh
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Very cute.

 

[Photo Credit: Dave Starbuck/Future Image/Cover Images]

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