THE stars have begun to hit the red carpet for the 85th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre. Follow it LIVE here all day.
The Californian sun sparkled on golden Oscar statuettes lining the way as the A-list fashion parade got underway ahead of the awards ceremony, the climax of Hollywood's awards season.
Ben Affleck's Iran hostage drama Argo is bidding to edge out Steven Spielberg's Lincoln in one of the most open races in years.
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Best Supporting Actress nominee Anne Hathaway. Picture: AFP
Among the first down the Dolby Theatre runway was Jessica Chastain, nominated for best actress for Osama bin Laden manhunt movie Zero Dark Thirty, who played down her hopes for the evening.
Best Supporting Actress nominee Jacki Weaver arrives on the red carpet. Picture: AFP
''I'm not going to win the Oscars tonight. I just don't think it's my year,'' Chastain, who wore a strapless beaded flesh-colored Armani gown, told CNN.
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Chastain's main rival, Silver Linings Playbook'star Jennifer Lawrence, strutted her stuff in a strapless cream Dior gown with a full puffy skirt.
Actress Naomi Watts arrives at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre. Picture: AP
''This was such a passion project for all of us,'' she told E! television on the red carpet, referring to the romantic comedy with an edge that earned a total of eight nominations, including one for best picture.
Suraj Sharma, the 19-year-old star of Ang Lee's spectacular 3D fantasy Life of Pi, said he hoped the Taiwan-born director would win.
Musician Keith Urban, left, and actress Nicole Kidman. Picture: AP
''I've seen how hard he's worked.
''I really hope it comes through and he wins,'' he told broadcaster E!.
Nine-year-old Quvenzhane Wallis, the youngest ever best actress nominee, for Beasts of the Southern Wild, wore a bejeweled navy blue Armani dress - accessorised with an age-appropriate fluffy puppy purse.
Actor George Clooney, left, and Stacy Keibler arrive at the Oscars. Picture: AP
''It has been crazy!'' Wallis said of all the attention given to her breakout performance, adding that her fellow nominees were ''more sophisticated.''
Amy Adams, a best supporting actress nominee for her performance in The Master, was on trend in a strapless pearly gray Oscar de la Renta princess gown with soft layers of tulle floating to the ground.
Reese Witherspoon got the strapless memo, but changed up the color palette in a cobalt blue and black Louis Vuitton, and glammed it up with some old-school Veronica Lake curls tumbling down.
Les Miserables star Amanda Seyfried opted for a pale purple halter neck Alexander McQueen with a sexy keyhole neckline and upswept hair.
Best supporting actress nominee and two-time Oscar winner Sally Field, who starred opposite Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln, made a bold statement in a signature Valentino red dress with sheer long sleeves and a train.
And she definitely won the award for best accessory of the night - she arrived with Lincoln co-star Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who plays her son in the film, on her arm.
Justin Theroux, left, and Jennifer Aniston arrive at the Oscars. Picture: AP
For fashion and jewelry designers, having an A-list star show up on the Oscars red carpet in one of their creations is worth more than any print advertising - thanks to the global coverage of Tinseltown's biggest night.
Last year, Angelina Jolie's leg-popping appearance in a strapless black velvet Versace gown with a thigh-high slit went viral - and gave the Italian fashion house unbeatable media exposure.
We hear Aussie Best Actress nominee Naomi Watts is wearing Armani while Best Supporting Actress nominees Anne Hathaway and Sally Field will be wearing Valentino Couture, as will actress Jennifer Aniston.
Actor Daniel Day-Lewis and wife Rebecca Miller. Picture: Getty Images
Heidi Klum had a team of people to help prepare her for Oscars night.
She tweeted "Getting all dolled up with @LindaHayMakeup for one of my favorite nights of the year!
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Actress Jennifer Garner and actor-director Ben Affleck. Picture: Getty Images
Earlier today, Aussie actor Hugh Jackman told Triple M in Sydney he'd prepared for Oscars night with an early-morning swim with his seven-year-old daughter Ava, before heading in for a final rehearsal at the Dolby theatre.
"I gotta tell you I'm feeling pretty good," the Best Actor nominee said.
"I went to rehearsals last night and I caught a glimpse of Seth MacFarlane who's hosting it and it took me back to 2009 when I hosted, and I was like - being nominated is a walk in the park.
"It also helps being in a category where there's Daniel Day Lewis, you don't even have to worry about an acceptance speech.
Jackman tipped Argo to win Best Picture and Ang Lee to take out Best Director for Life of Pi.
Actress Veronica Ferres on the Oscars red carpet. Picture: Jason Merritt/Getty Images Source: Getty Images
Singer Adele arrives to the Oscars. Picture: AFP
In a heavily musical show, British songstress Adele is to sing the 007 theme Skyfall as part of a segment feting 50 years of Bond films - and legendary diva Barbra Streisand will give her first Oscars performance for 36 years.
Ben Affleck - who would be the first person to win best picture without being nominated as director since Driving Miss Daisy in 1990 - got a diplomatic boost on Saturday when new US Secretary of State John Kerry tweeted best wishes.
''Good luck BenAffleck and enArgo at the Oscars. Nice seeing StateDept & our Foreign Service on the big screen.-JK,'' wrote Kerry, referring to the film's plot about an audacious CIA plot which rescued six US diplomats from Tehran.
Reese Witherspoon arrives on the red carpet. Picture: AFP
Steven Spielberg, bidding for his first best picture Oscar since Schindler's List in 1994, tops the nominations with 12 nods for Lincoln - but Argo has cleaned up in Hollywood's awards season so far, despite having only seven.
Although he started the season two months ago as the favorite, Spielberg may have to settle for the best director award - one that Affleck cannot beat him to, having not been nominated in the category, in a perceived snub.
One near-certainty is that Lincoln star Daniel Day-Lewis will be named best actor, a record third for the British-Irish actor after wins in 1990 for My Left Foot and in 2008 for There Will Be Blood.
For best actress, the early favorite was Chastain, but the clever money is now on Jennifer Lawrence for her turn in Silver Linings Playbook.
The best supporting actress race is more open, although Anne Hathaway is probably still the frontrunner for her heart-wrenching turn in Les Miserables, which is also nominated for best picture.
The most unpredictable race of all is perhaps for best supporting actor, with Hollywood legend Robert De Niro tipped by some for playing Cooper's father in Silver Linings Playbook.
Jessica Chastain. Picture: Getty Images
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