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This Is Not Tilda Swinton

Sandy Powell, not Tilda Swinton.
Sandy Powell, not Tilda Swinton.
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Costume Designer Sandy Powell is a 12 time Academy Award nominee (tonight for Carol and for Cinderella), a three time winner (for Shakespeare in Love, The Aviator, and The Young Victoria), and like, many of us, not Tilda Swinton. This did not stop E! News for going on and on about Tilda's new look.

Sandy Powell is Sandy Powell, and that is pretty cool. Here are some other people who are not Tilda Swinton

  • Lady Gaga
  • The late David Bowie
  • Vice President Joe Biden
  • Common
  • Powell's fellow Costume Design nominees Paco Delgado, Jenny Beavan, and Jacqueline West
  • Anna Wintour
  • The Angel Gabriel
  • Garfield the cat
  • Garfield the president
  • Paul Bunyan
  • The cute kid from Room
  • Sylvester Stallone
  • Your Mom
  • Ryan Seacrest
  • Olivia Munn
  • An Oscar Statue
  • One of those dudes in Times Square who dresses up as a robot
  • A table
  • Two tables stacked on top of each other
  • A coat rack
  • Michael Jordan
  • Michael B. Jordan
  • Me
  • You, unless you are
  • Christian Bale
  • Bjork
  • The Academy accountants
  • Director Adam McKay
  • Chris Martin
  • Gwyneth Paltrow
  • Apple Martin
  • Moses Martin
  • Leonardo DiCaprio
Check back on this post for updates as to who is else is not Tilda Swinton. This list may not be complete.