Bryce Dallas Howard was keeping it real Sunday at the Golden Globes. Or was she? Depends on your definition of real.
The “Jurassic World” star bought her own dress, and she bought it off the rack, and she says she’s a Size 6 -- all things that seem “real,” but also seemed really amazing to red carpet interviewer Giuliana Rancic.
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Howard, who was a nominee in 2008, when the writers’ strike meant the show was canceled, was presenting this time. It was her first trip to the Globes.
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Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence
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Helen Mirren
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Laverne Cox at the 73rd Golden Globe Awards.
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Amy Adams; Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith; and Lady Gaga
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Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart
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Katy Perry, Taylor Schilling and Kate Hudson
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Christian Bale and wife Sibi Blazic
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Regina King and Rachel Bloom.
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Dwayne Johnson and daughter Simone Alexandra Johnson
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Saoirse Ronan
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Julianne Moore, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jennifer Jason Leigh
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Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis
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Director Tom McCarthy and his guest
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Lily Tomlin, Denis O’Hare and Uzo Aduba
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Liev Schreiber and Damian Lewis
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Brie Larson
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From left, actresses Leslie Mann, Zendaya and Eva Longoria.
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Amy Schumer
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Sylvester Stallone with wife and daughters
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Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler
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David and Jessica Oyelowo
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Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, from left, Laverne Cox and Eva Longoria on the red carpet.
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Elvis Nolasco and Richard Cabral
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Wiz Khalifa
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Lola Kirke poses on the red carpet at the 73rd Golden Globe Awards show at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
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Emmy Rossum and Sam Esmail
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Zoe Kazan and Paul Dano
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Giuliana Rancic, Debbie Matenopoulos and Ken and Tran Jeong.
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Maria Menounos
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Ernst & Young couriers deliver the envelopes containing the winners to the 73rd Golden Globes at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
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Carly Steel, left, Brad Goreski and Louise Roe
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Fans in the bleachers watch the red carpet arrivals.
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Actor Alan Cumming documents the red carpet moment.
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Liz Hernandez, left, Carly Steel and Nancy O’Dell
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Nancy O’Dell at the 73rd Golden Globes at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
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Bomb sniffing dogs walked the red carpet January 10, 2016 at the 73rd Golden Globe Awards show at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) “Who are you wearing?,” the E! News host asked, because on red carpets that’s the law.
“I’m wearing Jenny Packham,” said Howard.
“Jenny Packham,” Rancic verified. Just in case.
“I just picked it up at Neiman’s,” Howard said. “This week.”
“You picked it up yourself?,” Rancic marveled. “You went and bought it yourself? I love that.”
Howard had a good reason for her un-Hollywood-like behavior: “I like having lots of options for a Size 6, as opposed to maybe one option, so I always go to department stores for this kind of stuff.”
“Give me a high five, baby,” said Rancic, who could probably fit three times over in a Size 6 dress.
“I mean it’s just, you know how it is?,” the 34-year-old said.
“Oh,” Rancic commiserated, “I hear ya sister.”
We hear ya too, Bryce. And we also hear that off the rack or not, that sparkly Jenny Packham goes for a cool $4,800.
For real.
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