2339 GMT: Amy Adams goes for a grey Oscar de la Renta strapless gown. The actress is nominated for her supporting role in "The Master." She tells Morgan, "I'm so happy to be here that it really supersedes any competition or any need for victory."
2333 GMT: Best Actress nominee Jessica Chastain is on the red carpet. The "Zero Dark Thirty" actress sparkled in a strapless, beaded, flesh-colored Armani gown, her red tresses trailing down her back.
She tells CNN's Piers Morgan that her dress is, "a 'Happy Birthday Mr. President' kind of dress" - evoking Marilyn Monroe and old Hollywood. While dripping in Harry Winston diamonds, she goes on to say, "I'm not going to win the Oscar tonight. I just don't think its my year." WELCOME TO AFP'S LIVE REPORT ON THE 2013 OSCARS, the film industry's biggest night and one of the most exciting Oscar races in years.
2333 GMT: Best Actress nominee Jessica Chastain is on the red carpet. The "Zero Dark Thirty" actress sparkled in a strapless, beaded, flesh-colored Armani gown, her red tresses trailing down her back.
She tells CNN's Piers Morgan that her dress is, "a 'Happy Birthday Mr. President' kind of dress" - evoking Marilyn Monroe and old Hollywood. While dripping in Harry Winston diamonds, she goes on to say, "I'm not going to win the Oscar tonight. I just don't think its my year." WELCOME TO AFP'S LIVE REPORT ON THE 2013 OSCARS, the film industry's biggest night and one of the most exciting Oscar races in years.
With the exception of Daniel Day-Lewis, who's all but guaranteed best actor gold for "Lincoln" (his third), many of tonight's 24 categories are still the subject of furious debate. The big questions: will Ben Affleck's "Argo" continue its triumphant march through the 2013 awards season and beat Steven Spielberg's top-nominated "Lincoln" to the night's big prize, despite Affleck's best director snub (only once in 80 years has a film won best picture without a best director nod)?
Can "Life of Pi's" Ang Lee snatch the directing category from Spielberg like he did in 2006 with "Brokeback Mountain"? And what about the showdown between Jennifer Lawrence and Jessica Chastain for best actress? Lawrence appears to have the edge but Academy members could be keen to give "Zero Dark Thirty" something after Kathryn Bigelow was ignored for best director and the film's best picture chances soured amid rows over its depiction of torture.
Less predictable still could be best supporting actor where five Oscar-winning heavyweights face off including Tommy Lee Jones, Christoph Waltz and Robert De Niro. On stage, expect lots of singing and dancing from the likes of Barbra Streisand and Shirley Bassey - new producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron (of "Chicago" and "Hairspray" fame) booked so many live performances they nearly ran out of dressing rooms.
And, after years of ping-ponging between perceived safe hands (Steve Martin, Billy Crystal, etc.) and more youth-focused hosts (Anne Hathaway, James Franco, Chris Rock), the Academy is once again betting a riskier rookie, "Family Guy" and "Ted" creator Seth MacFarlane, can supply the frisson, younger viewers and ratings boost the marathon telecast desperately needs. So, what's in store for the "thin-skinned" nominees arriving on the red carpet? Let's go to the Dolby Theatre and find out...
AFP
source : the jakarta globe
AFP
source : the jakarta globe
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