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So, earlier on Instagram stories, actress Florence Pugh flagged up that she had a blemish on her cheek, and posted a picture of it (it really didn't look bad at all to us!).

Anyway, with the wonders of make-up and styling, she looks as glamorous and unusual as you'd expect. Florence is known for looking striking on the red, ahem, champagne carpet. She's in a short, black body-hugging outfit framed by flowing, champagned-coloured silk ruffles.

Not a blemish in sight!

Michelle Yeoh is of course nominated for best actress for Everything, Everywhere All at Once.

Halle Berry, who is presenting this year, won the same category in 2002 for Monster's Ball. It was momentous, as she was the first woman of colour to win this category.

But since then, all the best actress winners have been white. Could Michelle Yeoh be about to change this tonight? Stay tuned.

Everything Everywhere All at Once (EEAAO) looks most likely to win best picture, having dominated at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards.

Its star Michelle Yeoh won best actress, beating front-runner Cate Blanchett for the film Tar. Blanchett won this category at the Baftas and Golden Globes. It’ll be a close call on the night.

Brendan Fraser continued his comeback by winning best actor at the SAGs for The Whale. Meanwhile, Austin Butler won at the Golden Globes and Baftas - so it looks like one of them will win the Oscar.

Yeoh’s co-star, Ke Huy Quan, became the first Asian to win best supporting actor at the SAGs. He also won at the Golden Globes, making him look like a front-runner. The Bafta for this category went to Barry Keoghan for The Banshees of Inisherin.

There was a shock best supporting actress win at the SAG awards for EEAAO’s Jamie Lee Curtis. Angela Bassett recently won a Golden Globe in this category, while The Banshees of Inisherin’s Kerry Condon won for this at the Baftas.

So it’s another open field on who might win, but regardless of who does, it’s worth noting Bassett is the first person to be nominated for acting in a Marvel movie.

Casting our minds back to last year's ceremony, who could forget the moment when Will Smith slapped Chris Rock on stage, after the comic made a joke about the actor’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith?

Smith struck Rock after he said: "Jada, can't wait for GI Jane 2”, in an apparent reference to her shaved hairdo - a result of the hair loss condition alopecia.

Smith went on to win the best actor Oscar for King Richard, and later tearfully apologised to the Academy and his fellow nominees. He publicly said sorry to Rock a couple of days later.

Meanwhile, Coda won best film, while Jane Campion won best director for The Power of the Dog.

Jessica Chastain took best actress for The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Coda’s Troy Kotsur won best supporting actor and West Side Story’s Ariana DeBose was best supporting actress.

In a recent Netflix special, Rock spoke about the slap, joking that “it still hurts!”.

Why didn’t he fight back?

"I got parents! Because I was raised!" he said. "And you know what my parents taught me? Don't fight in front of white people."

The nominees all get to know each other pretty well as they meet at all the award ceremonies building up to the Oscars.

Best actor nominees Austin Butler, for Elvis, and Bill Nighy, for Living, look very pleased to see each other once more, meeting with a warm embrace.

Emma Saunders

Entertainment reporter

Condon and Hsu are both up for best supporting actress for The Banshees of Inisherin and Everything Everywhere All At Once respectively. And they both look incredible!

Irish actress Condon has plumped for a flowing yellow full-length dress with a fitted bodice and Grecian-style draping.

Hsu has opted for a full-length beautiful pink strapless gown, also with a fitted bodice and a very full skirt.

We have more live action from the red (aka champagne) carpet as more stars arrive for this evening's event.

Back to the "red" carpet now and wowsers! Black Panther: Wakanda Forever's leading ladies are looking AMAZING!

Angela Bassett, who is up for best supporting actress for playing Queen Ramonda, is looking suitably regal in a gorgeous purple dress.

Her co-star Danai Gurira - who plays the fierce, loyal Okoye, and of course had a leading role in TV's zombie drama The Walking Dead - has the most fabulous hair-do. Her black, flowing dress is simple, but very classy.

The Academy has announced some of the stars who will present those golden statuettes. Here’s a few names you can look out for:

Emma Saunders

Entertainment reporter

Viewers in the US can watch the Oscars live on ABC. The network is also streaming the ceremony on its website and app.

In the UK, Sky will air the ceremony across four of its channels simultaneously - Sky Arts, Sky News, Sky Showcase and Sky Cinema Oscars.

Unusually, that means British viewers can watch the Oscars on Freeview and Freesat. It will also be available on streaming service Now (formerly Now TV).

Jimmy Kimmel is hosting, and presenters include three of 2022's winners - Jessica Chastain, Ariana DeBose and Troy Kotsur - but the fourth, Will Smith, is absent as he's been banned for attending the Oscars for 10 years.

Find out more from my colleague, BBC entertainment reporter Steven McIntosh.

Emma Saunders

Entertainment reporter

The time difference can flummox the best of us, so let's get that straight first of all.

And to add to the confusion, for the first time ever, the Oscars are taking place on the very day that the clocks go forward in the US.

This happens at 02:00 on Sunday.

This means the Oscars start in the UK at midnight as Sunday becomes Monday, not the usual 01:00.

That's 17:00 PT / 20:00 ET on Sunday.

The prizes are scheduled to be handed out over three hours - but the ceremony runs late almost every year, often by at least 30 minutes.

The carpet colour may have changed for this year's Oscars, but the Hollywood glamour on show is the same as ever.

Avengers and WandaVision star Elizabeth Olsen's black Givenchy halter neck gown brought a hint of gothic glamour to the classic black dress and it popped against the pale carpet.

Read more about - and take a peek at - the fashion on the red carpet here.

Activist Malala Yousafzai has made her red carpet appearance, in a stunning silver dress.

The youngest person ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize, she is at the Academy Awards in her role as the executive producer of the Oscar-nominated documentary short Stranger at the Gate.

The documentary, which has already garnered a series of awards, tells the story of an Afghan refugee who came face to face with a US Marine who had plans to bomb their Indiana mosque, and what happens next.

Sigourney Weaver - who has previous had three Oscar nominations for Aliens, Working Girl and Gorillas in the Mist - is in an equally gorgeous gold, full-length dress.

Turning Red's Sandra Oh, Ruth E Carter - nominated for costume design for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - and model and activist Winnie Harlow are resplendent in yellow.

Oh is in a golden dress, with layers of fabric that make her look not unlike a stunning Oscars statuette.

Meanwhile, Carter is in beautiful gold silk, while Harlow's flowing, pale yellow dress has a really striking black flower with a long stem running down one side of it. They all look very striking.

I'm working an all-nighter with my colleague Emma Saunders, from New Broadcasting House in the heart of London.

We've seen all the nominated films and will be bringing you analysis from tonight's ceremony, so stand by!

Now back to the "red" carpet...

Ben Derico

Reporting from Los Angeles

Hello everyone!

This is Ben Derico reporting from the Vanity Fair party in Beverly Hills where I'm here with Colin Paterson. I’m new to the BBC and the Oscars so send over your tips.

Things really kick off for us a bit later so stay tuned.

After weeks of storms, the skies have cleared and the sun is shining in LA, just in time for the big day.

I've joined Tom Brook at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, after battling traffic and countless road closures.

When the first Oscars were held here in 1929, it was a private black-tie banquet and all but one of the winners were silent films.

What a contrast to tonight's spectacle, where all eyes will be on a ground-breaking picture set in the multiverse which has been streaming for months.

We're right across the street from the Dolby Theatre, where the awards will be handed out. Many of the guests here at the Roosevelt worked on the nominated films and will be nervously waiting to see the golden envelopes torn open.

Tom Brook

Reporting from Los Angeles

The weirdest thing with the Oscars is putting on a DJ - what the American’s call a tuxedo - in the middle of the day.

Tonight I’m with my colleague Peter Bowes at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, reporting live on the results as they come in for BBC News.

It’s a great place for us to be - the site of the very first Oscars ceremony in 1929 which reportedly lasted just 15 minutes.

I think this year’s ceremony is going to be a long one. I predict it’s going to be a very big night for the adventurous sci-fi action comedy Everything Everywhere All at Once. Michelle Yeoh will win for best actress and Brendan Fraser for best actor and All Quiet on the Western Front will pick up the trophy for best international feature.

This is the 20th time I’ve been to the Oscars. I’m now one behind Meryl Streep.

To celebrate, I was allowed to write a piece that even my mum thought was slightly indulgent, telling my favourite Oscar anecdotes.

Please have a read of it here and see if Avril was right.

Tonight, I’m once again at the Vanity Fair party where over the years I’ve interviewed everyone from Oprah Winfrey to former Manchester United manger Sir Alex Ferguson.

If you are in the UK, please tune in to BBC Breakfast or Radio 5 live in the morning to hear me shouting at famous people.

Here is my favourite answer anyone has given at Vanity Fair: Spike Lee on whether or not he was offended by Green Book.

I’ll be bringing you the latest from backstage at the Dolby Theatre here in Hollywood. I’m stationed in the winners' room where Hollywood’s newly crowned best film-makers and actors will stop by for a chat.

Everything back here is super top-secret (no kidding, there are guards monitoring this room), so while I can’t snap pictures, I can tell you the energy is high, the journalists are buzzing and everyone is excited to get the night started.

This is my first Oscars, so I’m a bit starry-eyed and excited to be here!