Oscars 2013: Stars hit red carpet at Oscar

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Associated Press :Los Angeles, Feb 25 2013, 06:58 IST
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Hollywood\'s glitziest night is under way as Academy Awards nominees in their finest gowns and tuxes hit the red carpet for Sunday\'s show, with nominees Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Adams and Charlize Theron among the more statuesque arrivals.

Chastain, a best-actress contender for Zero Dark Thirty, blew a kiss to cheering fans while wearing a glistening copper-tone strapless gown, who chanted "Jessica!" while hunky best-actor nominee Bradley Cooper of Silver Linings Playbook drew some of the loudest screams from fans. Amanda Seyfried revealed she was wearing a corset: "I feel super tucked in," she said.

Composer Mychael Danna, a dual nominee for the score and theme song to "Life of Pi," joked with red-carpet host Chris Connelly that he was keeping his acceptance speeches in separate pockets of his tuxedo.

Keeping them straight, Danna said, "is one of the reasons I won\'t be having any cocktails before I go in."

Nine-year-old best-actress nominee Quvenzhane Wallis of "Beasts of the Southern Wild" sang a few bars of "Tomorrow" from "Annie," the upcoming movie musical whose title role she snagged in an announcement from Sony Pictures earlier Sunday. She wore a navy-blue dress with black, navy and silver jewels scattered on the skirt and a big bow on the back.

Chef Wolfgang Puck showed off some of the eats he\'ll be serving at the Governors Ball after the show, including baked potatoes with caviar, smoked salmon oscars, chicken pot pie with truffle and kobe steak.

"It\'s going to be the greatest party ever," Puck said.

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