Oscars 2022: Billie Eilish turns heads in a HUGE black ruffle dress

Billie Eilish turned heads as she hit the red carpet at the star-studded 94th annual Academy Awards, which were held at the iconic Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday.

The singer, 20, modeled a HUGE black ruffled off-the-shoulder gown with a lengthy train that trailed behind her as she posed for shutterbugs.

Eilish is set to perform her Bond theme song, No Time To Die, which is nominated in the Best Original Song category at tonight’s ceremony.

Eilish wore her raven tresses parted to one side and flipped up at the ends and drew attention to her ice blue eyes with a bold cateye flick.

Her complexion looked matte and flawless, with her cheeks doused in baby pink blusher.

As for accessories, the Grammy Award-winner rocked a variety of glitzy silver rings and a pair of sparkly stud earrings. 

She was joined by her brother/collaborator Finneas O’Connell, who co-wrote No Time To Die with Eilish. 

Finneas looked dapper in a classic black tuxedo styled with a crisp white dress shirt and black bow tie.

The 24-year-old musician’s facial hair was neatly groomed and his strawberry blonde hair was slightly tousled.

The brother-sister duo posed confidently beside one another before heading inside the venue.

No Time To Die accompanies the Bond film of the same name, which hit theaters in November 2021 following a slew of delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Eilish and Finneas’ track premiered in January 2020 and went on to score the Grammy Award for Best Song Written For Visual Media during the 2021 ceremony.

After making her stroll down the red carpet on Sunday, fans of the Bad Guy singer eagerly took to Twitter to react to her bizarre gown – with some even going as far as to compare it to the getup worn by the supervillain Ursula from Disney’s The Little Mermaid.

‘What the hell is Billie Eilish wearing?’ wrote one user, who included a gift of Ursula with their critical tweet.  

She was also compared to a piece of decor that’d catch the eye of Addams Family matriarch Morticia, as well as an eerie black faux Christmas tree and a parachute.

Taking a jab at Kristen Stewart and Timothee Chalamet’s barely-there Oscar looks, a fan tweeted out that Eilish is simply ‘wearing the rest’ of their outfits. 

One Twitter wrote that the singer’s gown inspired them to ‘take my living room curtain and make a robe.’ 

Another jokingly penned, ‘Where did #billieeilish get that black fitted sheet from, her bedroom? I’m SCREAMING’

‘What is Billie Eilish wearing? Kinda rug like? Okay,’ read another Oscars tweet.  

Among the brutal criticism and comparisons, several Twitter users commended Eilish’s choice of dress.

‘Billie Eilish has the right idea about red carpet outfits. She could be wearing sweatpants under that dress and no one would know,’ one wrote.

The 94th annual Academy Awards ceremony has returned to its regular venue of the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California after being held at Union Station last year.

In a rather bold move, the show will be hosted by a trio of stars in Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes as it has gone without a host over the last three years.

The trio have made history as it is the first time there is an all-female host line-up as they are also the first emcees since 2018.  

 Netflix’s Power Of The Dog led nominations with 12 nods, including Best Picture, Best Director and recognition for all of its top actors: Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons and Kodi Smit-McPhee.

Campion, a nominee for 1993′s The Piano, became the first woman to ever be nominated twice for best director. 

Last year, Chloé Zhao became just the second woman to ever win the award. Campion’s director of photography, Ari Wegner, also became the second woman ever nominated for Best Cinematography.

Dune followed closely behind with 10 nominations spread out largely in the technical categories that rewarded the gargantuan craft of Villeneuve’s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel, yet unexpectedly bypassed Villeneuve’s direction. 

The Warner Bros. release debuted simultaneously in theaters and — against the strenuous objections of its director — on HBO Max.

With The Power Of The Dog and Dune, the nominees for best picture are: Belfast, CODA, Don’t Look Up, Drive My Car, Licorice Pizza, King Richard, Nightmare Alley and West Side Story.

No streaming service has ever won Best Picture, but half of the 10 nominees were released by streamers. This year, the odds may be better than ever that Netflix — which led all studios with 27 nominations — or another service will finally break through.

Apple TV+ notched its first best-picture nomination with the deaf drama CODA, which also made history as Supporting Actor nominee Troy Kotsur became only the second deaf actor ever nominated as his CODA co-star Marlee Matlin was the first in 1987.

Netflix backed The Power of the Dog and Adam McKay’s apocalyptic comedy Don’t Look Up. And both King Richard and Dune launched on HBO Max. Even the academy for the first time ruled out hard-copy DVD screeners for its members, who instead could watch submissions on the academy’s streaming platform.

It is also set to be a night of great musical performances as Beyonce and Billie Eilish are set to perform but outspoken vaccine skeptic Van Morrison is skipping Hollywood’s biggest night.

All three performers are nominated for Best Song along with Lin-Manuel Miranda and Diane Warren, whose songs will also be performed on the broadcast.

Pop superstar Beyonce’s Oscar-nominated ballad Be Alive was penned for tennis biopic King Richard, which stars Will Smith as the father of tennis greats Serena and Venus Williams.

Hollywood trade publication Variety reported that Beyonce will perform live from the tennis courts in Compton where the sisters played as children. 

Eilish and her brother Finneas will perform No Time To Die from the recent James Bond movie.

But while Morrison, who wrote Down to Joy for Kenneth Branagh’s black-and-white childhood drama Belfast, was invited to perform at the star-studded gala, he ‘will not attend the Oscars due to his tour schedule,’ organizers said.

The singer, known as ‘Van the Man’ to his fans, is due to tour England in late March, before arriving in the US next month for further dates.

Morrison’s high-profile criticism of pandemic restrictions — including three anti-lockdown ‘protest songs’ — and opposition to vaccine mandates had led to questions about whether he would be welcomed at the Oscars.

The ceremony taking place Sunday in Hollywood requires nominees, guests and press to be vaccinated, although performers and presenters are reportedly able to attend without proof of vaccine if they undergo rigorous testing.

Miranda’s Dos Oruguitas from Disney animated movie Encanto will be performed by Sebastian Yatra.

Best known for creating Broadway sensation Hamilton, Miranda will attain the coveted and rare EGOT status for winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award if he wins on Sunday.

Warren’s song Somehow You Do from Four Good Days — which will be performed by Reba McEntire — is her 13th Oscar nomination, but she has never won.

Also performing at the Oscars will be an all-star band including Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, and DJ D-Nice.

There will also be many A-list presenters including Bill Murray, Lady Gaga, Kevin Costner, Samuel L. Jackson, Zoë Kravitz, Lupita Nyong’o. Anthony Hopkins, Lily James, Daniel Kaluuya, and Mila Kunis.

As if that already wasn’t enough John Leguizamo, Simu Liu, Rami Malek, Rosie Perez, Chris Rock, Naomi Scott, Wesley Snipes, Uma Thurman, John Travolta, Yuh-jung Youn, Ruth E. Carter, Halle Bailey, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, Jamie Lee Curtis, Woody Harrelson, Shawn Mendes, Tyler Perry, Tracee Ellis Ross, Stephanie Beatriz, DJ Khaled, Jennifer Garner, H.E.R., Tiffany Haddish, Tony Hawk, Elliot Page, Kelly Slater and Shaun White will also be taking to the stage.