Rita Moreno Will Wear Her 1962 Gown to Tonight's Oscars

March 4th, 2018, 01:14 pm

Rita Moreno Will Wear Her 1962 Gown to Tonight's Oscars

Wait till you see what I'm wearing!!! https://t.co/X9oem3aPdO
— Rita Moreno (@TheRitaMoreno) February 27, 2018

Just learned from Rita Moreno’s daughter that her mom will be wearing the same gown she wore to the #Oscars in 1962 pic.twitter.com/Sf6DdgC7jr
— Rebecca Keegan (@ThatRebecca) March 3, 2018

Because Rita Moreno is the underrated queen we don't deserve, she has chosen to present rocking the SAME.GOWN. she wore to the 1962 Oscars, during which she won an Academy award for West Side Story.

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Tagged: award show - academy awards, fashion, latino celebrities

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I'm trying to stay awake to watch it live (it starts at 2am here) but I'm already tired lmao

hmmm maybe set a phone alarm to get you up at 1:45? that way you can catch some zzzzz's?

Yeah I think I'm going to!

Take a nap now and then you'll be awake for then!

She's an actual LEGEND, we don't deserve her. I love the leather jacket that she rocked to the Globes, too.

She's going? Queen.

The red carpet starts at 2am and the show an hour later. Idk how I'm going to make it but I'll try!

try taking a nap and maybe setting a phone alarm to get you up at 1:45?

Yeah, I'm def taking a nap soon, I just need to decide whether I'm going to skip some of the red carpet coverage and get up just before the main thing starts. Difficult decisions, I know, lol.

She's going to look amazing.

this queen. that's amazing.

i just started her autobiography. she's an incredible writer. i'm sad she didn't care for my bb natalie wood though. then again, natalie didnt seem too kind during the filming of 'west side story'.

also, i need to watch 'carnal knowledge'.

Edited at 2018-03-04 07:05 pm (UTC)

What happened between her and Natalie?

over the years she's basically implied that natalie wasn't very personable onset. she was interviewed for a natalie biography i read and, iirc, said how natalie asked her for help with her accent on set but lost interest after a few minutes. she didn't really seem like she wanted to be there and kept her distance from everyone. i read in another article that natalie had a "shit list" on her dressing room wall with richard beymer's (tony) name on it. russ tamblyn asked her about it and she simply said "i don't like him". lol

i love her!

Legend.

This is so cool, and I love the dress!

I just rewatched WSS bc it's on HBO Now (and I am 10x more likely to put on an old movie if I just have to click buttons instead of digging out my DVD), and it's one of my fave movie musicals but I really am kind of looking forward to the update now. I just hope it's not terrible.