That’s a thing your Carpetbagger often wonders as he wanders through a dense thicket of celebrities at an award-season party. The Hollywood parties this weekend, all held in advance of Sunday’s Golden Globes, haven’t lacked for big names like Bradley Cooper, Nicole Kidman and Viola Davis. Still, they were reduced to mere satellites whenever Billy Porter showed up, swanning through each crowd in a new wrap dress and cackling with evident pleasure. “I’m black, I’m turning 50, and I’m fierce!” Porter crowed to me Friday night. No other dress in the room received quite as many compliments.

Source: New York Times January 06, 2019 07:18 UTC