Oscars 2018: Follow live coverage of the Academy Awards 2018 red carpet.
The 90th Academy Awards at The Dolby Theatre in Hollywood has started. Deemed as the holy grail of awards in cinematic excellence, and not only that, this is the one red carpet most designers aim to be seen at. Which also means that many of them are willing to experiment with nouveau ideas, while others opt to go for the classics.
This year, though, the red carpet is a lot more than just our favourite Hollywood stars twirling in the finest of designer wear. Awards season began with the film fraternity turning to fashion as a means of showing unity against sexual harassment by wearing black. This was followed by them sporting the Time’s Up pin and the music fraternity showing solidarity by pinning a white rose.
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According to reports, though the leaders of the Time’s Up organisation had asked for the Oscar’s red carpet to not be politicised (though wearing of the pin will be appreciated), celebrities like Jane Fonda, Elisabeth Moss, Sam Rockwell and Shape of Water director Guillermo del Toro exhibited their support for the Time’s Up movement by sporting a pin. Host Jimmy Kimmel, who had said that in his material he will include a nod to both the Me Too and Time’s Up movements, roasted Harvey Weinstein in his speech.
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With the ultimate red carpet now being converted from not just a glitzy fashionable affair to a socio-political battleground, here’s a look at what’s going down at The Dolby Theatre on Oscars night in Hollywood.
Updates from the red carpet.
- 8:20AM05 Mar, 18St Vincent walked the red carpet wearing an outfit from Saint Laurent
- 8:15AM05 Mar, 18Blanca Blanco walked the red carpet wearing a risque Atria Couture number
- 8:06AM05 Mar, 18Viola Davis stuns in a hot pink gown at the red carpet
- 8:02AM05 Mar, 18Skater Adam Rippon wore a black harness under his tuxedo and started quite a conversation on social media
- 7:54AM05 Mar, 18James Ivory, writer of Call Me By Your Name wore a shirt with Timothee Chalamet's face on it
- 7:46AM05 Mar, 18Jennifer Lawrence looked fierce in a gold sequinned Dior dress
- 7:36AM05 Mar, 18Danai Gurira pulled off a daring head stamp with elan at the red carpet
- 7:34AM05 Mar, 18Armie Hammer looked dapper as he arrived with his wife Elizabeth Chambers
- 7:28AM05 Mar, 18Whoopi Goldberg in a custom Christian Siriano gown arrived at the red carpet
- 7:23AM05 Mar, 18Abbie Cornish looked resplendent in Elie Saab couture
- 7:21AM05 Mar, 18Sally Hawkins shimmers at the red carpet
- 7:19AM05 Mar, 18Saoirse Ronan looked breathtaking in a Calvin Klein strapless pink gown
- 7:04AM05 Mar, 18Jennifer Garner was a vision in royal blue Atelier Versace gown, competing with Nicole Kidman for the best dressed of the evening
- 7:01AM05 Mar, 18Lupita Nyong'o channelled her inner Nakia from Black Panther at the red carpet
- 6:58AM05 Mar, 18Salma Hayek wears the Pantone colour of the year in this sequinned Gucci number with sparkles and diamonds. Much too much?
- 6:56AM05 Mar, 18Kelly Marie Tran looking gorgeous in a Jenny Packham gown and Chopard jewellery
- 6:55AM05 Mar, 18Emily Blunt looks like royalty in this feathery light dress
- 6:50AM05 Mar, 18Elisabeth Moss look resplendent in a Dior
- 6:48AM05 Mar, 18Laura Dern in a Calvin Klein By Appointment
- 6:47AM05 Mar, 18Gina Rodriguez wears Zuhair Murad's Spring 2018 couture
- 6:41AM05 Mar, 18Camila Alves in a stunning off-shoulder white gown sporting Chopard jewellery with and actor Matthew McConaughey looking dapper in a black suit and maroon bow
- 6:38AM05 Mar, 18Emma Stone in a burgundy jacket, bright pink sash and black tights was a rare sight of a woman in trousers at this year's Oscars so far
- 6:37AM05 Mar, 18Meryl Streep sans the Time's Up pin, but looking a picture of elegance in this red floor-length gown
- 6:35AM05 Mar, 18Greta Gerwig looks cute as a button in this yellow slip-like dress
- 6:32AM05 Mar, 18Margot Robbie in this white Chanel is fancy, luxurious and cool, which is exactly what she wanted
- 6:30AM05 Mar, 18Wonder Woman Gal Godot in a beautiful metallic tassled hem dress that's playful and chic
- 6:25AM05 Mar, 18The gorgeous Nicole Kidman is a vision in this structured strapless blue gown with a hige bow and thigh-high slit
- 6:23AM05 Mar, 18Helen Mirren in high spirits
- 6:14AM05 Mar, 18Zendaya wears Giambattista Valli haute couture
- 5:59AM05 Mar, 18Sir Patrick Stewart at the Oscars red carpet
- 5:54AM05 Mar, 18Tiffany Haddish pays a tribute to her Eritrean heritage with her traditional gown
- 5:50AM05 Mar, 18Taraji P Henson in an all-black sheer gown
- 5:43AM05 Mar, 18Most memorable Oscars dressesAs we wait for celebrities to arrive at The Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California, here's a look back at some of the most memorable Oscars dresses - the brilliant, the good, the bad and the downright ugly.
- 5:42AM05 Mar, 18E! host Ryan Seacrest, whose appearance at the red carpet is shrouded in controversy, tweeted out a picture of himself getting ready for the big show.
- 5:38AM05 Mar, 18Fashion is not only about what you wear for the world to see, but also what's under.