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Nominated for supporting actress for One Battle After Another, Teyana Taylor has been one of the stars of this red carpet season. Today, she's wearing a dramatic black and white Chanel gown with a full train, embroidered with glass pearls and crystals and adorned with feathers, finished with Tiffany & Co. Jewelry.

Another presenter this evening, Nicole Kidman is wearing a Chanel beaded silk crepe bustier dress embellished with feathers.

Best actor nominee for Marty Supreme Timothée Chalamet has arrived in an all-white suit. 

Chalamet caused an uproar recently when comments he made in an interview with fellow actor Matthew McConaughey went viral.

"I don't want to be working in ballet or opera or things where it's like, 'Hey, keep this thing alive, even though, like, no one cares about this anymore,'" he said.

He may have drawn the ire of classical arts lovers everywhere, but the backlash didn't affect his chances at winning best actor. That's because Oscar voting closed on March 5, well before many people picked up on the video.

Costume designer Ruth E. Carter has arrived on the Oscars red carpet. 

With her fifth nomination tonight for Sinners, Carter is now the most nominated Black woman in Oscars history. She was the first Black person to win an Oscar for costume design and remains the only Black woman to have won two Oscars — a record that could be tied this year by her colleague Hannah Beachler. 

I had the great pleasure of interviewing Ruth recently for an article about representation behind the scenes in the film industry. She acknowledged the importance of her success in paving the way for the next generation.

"I was a torchbearer," she said. "I was lighting the way for all of us to come into an industry that was not created for us."

It's called the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences — but where does the science come in?

Since 1931, the Academy has honoured the scientific and technical achievements that make movie magic possible. Those will have their own ceremony in April, but the recipients have already been announced.

Some of the recipients include Benjamin Graf for the design of a widely used dialogue restoration software, and Brent Bell, Josef Köhler and Ian Medwell, each for their individual achievements that contributed to the creation of non-toxic, industry-standard bullets on movie sets.

The British actor, who has his own fine jewelry line, is wearing a standout double-breasted navy satin coat with a contrasting textured lapel and a brooch of his own design at the chest.

The Oscars has a start-studded list of confirmed presenters for tonight's show. Among them are Paul Mescal and Chase Infiniti, of Hamnet and One Battle After Another respectively, which will be competing for best picture tonight.

After taking home acting trophies last year, Mikey Madison, Adrien Brody, Zoe Saldaña and Kieran Culkin will present this year. 

Also confirmed to appear: Will Arnett, Javier Bardem, Chris Evans, Anne Hathaway, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Robert Downey Jr., Demi Moore, Kumail Nanjiani, Gwyneth Paltrow and Maya Rudolph.

We are 20 minutes away! This year's Academy Awards could be one of the last aired on cable television. 

Last December, YouTube won the exclusive rights to broadcast the Oscars ceremony beginning in 2029 through a deal with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

The awards will be aired on the streaming giant until at least 2033 under the deal. Disney ABC, which is airing the event this year, has been the broadcast home for the Oscars for most of its history. 

A broadcasting partner wasn't named when the deal was announced, so it's unclear if the award show will be available on broadcast TV once the rights are handed over to YouTube.  

Sinners power couple Ryan and Zinzi Coogler have arrived in all black, which appears to be a theme for the night.  

The couple is already breaking records heading into tonight's ceremony. Ryan Coogler is only the second Black filmmaker nominated for producing, directing and original screenplay in the same year, following Jordan Peele in 2018. 

Zinzi Coogler is the first Filipino producer nominated for best picture. And they're the first Black married couple nominated together.

The Hamnet star is wearing a black Valentino tuxedo, but what stands out is the floral brooch on his lapel and the stylishly oversized, floppy bow tie moment — a look orchestrated by stylist Rose Forde.

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