At a screening of "The Darjeeling Limited," two women battled it out for the role of Red Carpet's golden girl. Luckily, they were an ocean (and a month) apart...But STILL, fashion knows no time (or geography), no?

Whatever.

(Spanish actress Elsa Pataky, iin the arms of Adrien Brody, Venice, Sept. 3)

(American actress Leelee Sobieski, in the gown of Dina Bar-El, New York, Sept. 28)

(You can imagine the glitter-on-glitter drama that would have ensued, no?)

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