Take your seats please everyone, the 2016 Oscars will begin in around two minutes.

Fresh off her four wins at the Brits earlier this week, Adele has Instagrammed a message of good luck to Leonardo DiCaprio accompanied with a selfie on what looks like a staircase on the Titanic.

She said:

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She may have left him to freeze to death in the middle of the Atlantic, but nearly 20 years after Titantic, Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio are still clearly bezzies.

They are both in the running for awards tonight, Leo's favourite for best actor while Kate's role in Steve Jobs has her a supporting actress nomination.

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Fashionista and hitmaker Pharrell Williams is rocking the a full man-ankle, or "mankle" at the Oscars and a bleached blonde look.

Nuff said.

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Cate Blanchett, nominated for best actress for Carol shows off her jewellery and a rather beguiling smile to boot.

It's her sixth nomination and she has won two Oscars for The Aviator and Blue Jasmine.

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Here are a few pictures shared by tonight's A-listers on their preparation for the Oscars.

Looks like a healthy breakfast yoiu have there Brie!

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Tonight's host Chris Rock is putting the finishing touches to his script - with Hollywood holding its breath to hear who he takes aim at in his opening monologue.

  On the red carpet, Tina Fey called him "the greatest living American stand-up comedian".  

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Still feel like you need to do a bit of brushing up before this year's Oscars starts?

Then head over to our Oscars special page for news stories, features and profiles of the nominees in the main acting categories.

Duncan Jarman - Leonardo Di Caprio's prosthetic make-up artist on The Revenant - has spoken to 5 live about how he created the "extreme make-up" seen in the film. 

He's nominated along with the make-up and hair department for creating effects, including Tom Hardy's partially scalped head and Leonardo DiCaprio's wounds from the bear attack.

You may need a strong stomach for this...

Hot-footing their way over from the Grimsby premiere earlier this week, Sacha Baron Cohen has turned up in a much more red carpet appropriate suit along with his actress wife, Isla Fisher.

Sacha sported a dressing gown and slippers for the Grimsby premiere - Isla may be hiding slippers under her long dress.

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The Independent has an interesting take on the film roles that are most likely to swing a vote to win the golden statue.

Apparently if you're an actor it's a criminal, and you're an actress the role is that of a wife.

No criminals this year but one wife role - British actress Charlotte Rampling in 45 Years. Could she unseat current favourite Brie Larson?

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Not that we want to focus on all the women, but let's be honest - they usually make more effort than the chaps. 

Here's Naomi Watts, Olivia Wilde and Patricia Arquette.

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You may not recognise the name Sian Grigg but she is responsible for one of The Revenant's 14 nominations.

She's up for make up and hair and told us on the red carpet she was lucky on the shoot as she and her team got to wear cold weather gear unlike Leonardo and the rest of the cast.

They spent most of the time freezing. On film.

In past years we've had an office sweepstakes to predict all the Oscar winners. 

This year we're doing something a bit different - focusing solely on what colour dress the best actress winner will be wearing.

We've covered all the main bases - colours of the rainbow as well as black, white, silver and gold.  

The person who has drawn purple feels like he's drawn the short straw, but Natalie Portman won in purple a few years ago for Black Swan - so there's still hope.

What do you think?

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Brooklyn is one of the best picture nominees and has a nomination for best actress for Saoirse Ronan. 

The film is about a young Irish girl who emigrates to New York in the 1950s.

Director John Crowley is on the red carpet with the film's producers: 

Whoopi Goldberg has arrived with a rather large hand ornament - is it a spider? Is it an octopus? We're not quite sure, but we're guessing it's quite expensive...

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Sylvester Stallone and wife Jennifer Flavin are ready to find out if he's won best supporting actor for reprising the role of Rocky Balboa - almost 40 years after he was first nominated for playing the boxer.

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Here is with Muhammad Ali in 1977. Our money would have been on Ali, sorry Rocky...

Of course, it's not just the ladies who have to look their best for the red carpet this evening.

Here's a glimpse into the preparations of best supporting actor nominee Mark Ruffalo.