• P. Diddy’s assistant lint-brushed him for a full minute before he walked the red carpet. [Jezebel]
• Miss Piggy wore a dress by Zac Posen, Christian Louboutin shoes, and Fred Leighton jewels. Also, her hairstylist also works with Beyoncé and Kerry Washington. [InStyle]
• Princess Charlene of Monaco looked terribly uncomfortable — albeit very pretty — on the red carpet. [HuffPo]
• Ryan Seacrest brought two jackets to the red carpet, which is lucky because Sasha Baron Cohen dumped Kim Jong-il’s “ashes” on his first one. [E!]
• Guests at Madonna’s Oscar after-party got personalized Gucci luggage as a swag bag. Apparently a Gucci craftsman worked at the party to monogram each piece. [Page Six/NYP]
• Veteran Oscars seat-filler Carl Swaybo got a shout-out from Tom Hanks last night, which was especially exciting because he was wearing a powder-blue tux and a fabulous ruffled shirt. [Jezebel]
• Michelle Williams’s Louis Vuitton Oscar dress took over 300 hours to make. [InStyle]
• JCPenney ran five commercials featuring Ellen DeGeneres during the show, which is only newsworthy because these people made such a stink. [WWD]
• Uggie, the canine co-star from The Artist, wore a custom-made satin Chopard bowtie with an eighteen-carat-gold bone charm. [Us]
• The Times was unimpressed by much of the menswear. [NYT]