Oscars 2023: Relive the ceremony, as it happened
Updates from Chelsea Bailey in the Oscars winners' room, Colin Paterson and Ben Derico at the Vanity Fair watch party, Peter Bowes and Tom Brook at the Roosevelt Hotel. Analysis from Helen Bushby, Emma Saunders and Sophie Long.
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Edited by Marianna Brady, Alexandra Fouché, Jessica Murphy and Emma Owen
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Fuller dresses and flowing jackets on the champagne carpet
Helen Bushby
Entertainment reporter
I'm just logging in for a night shift here in London and I must say... the champagne carpet is a very new look for this year's Oscars.
A dramatic red carpet provides a startling contrast for lighter outfits, while this year's beige-coloured flooring instead makes dark colours pop.
There's plenty of flowing fabric so far this year, with Top Gun: Maverick's Monica Barbaro looking stunning in pale blue and burgundy, an unusual colour combo that works really well.
And high-five to actor Harvey Guillen. He plays the endearing Guillermo de la Cruz in vampire TV comedy What We Do in the Shadows. His jacket is fabulously full of material, bunched up behind him and he looks great as he twirls!
Meanwhile Sofia Carson, who will perform Oscar-nominated song Applause with Diane Warren, is in a white dress fitted to her hips. It then flows outwards with a huge skirt and slight train at the back. It's not unlike something you'd see on a Disney princess.
Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava arrive at the Oscars
Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava have just arrived on the carpet. Their lively number from the film RRR won best original song at the Golden Globes, where it beat heavyweights like Taylor Swift and Rihanna.
It's the first Indian feature film to be nominated for anything other than best international film at the Academy Awards.
Written and directed by SS Rajamouli, RRR stands for Rise, Roar, Revolt – it missed out on any film nominations, but is a historical fantasy that tells the story of two revolutionaries who fight against British rule in India.
Unusual fact for you: the video for the hit song was filmed in front of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky's official residence in 2021.
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Glenn Close tests positive for Covid-19
Actress Glenn Close will not be attending the Oscars after she tested positive for Covid-19.
The 75-year-old actress was among more than 40 other Hollywood stars who were due to present an award this evening.
A representative for the actress told the Associated Press that she was currently isolating and resting.
All of the attendees for tonight’s Oscars ceremony at the Dolby Theatre are required to test for Covid-19.
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A full list of the nominations can be found here.
The carpet is the biggest news of the night, so far
Chelsea Bailey
Reporting from Los Angeles
To Colin's point - the decision to go from red to champagne-coloured has been met with mixed reviews.
In a thinly veiled reference to the Will Smith slap heard around the world last year, the host of this year's show, Jimmy Kimmel, joked: “I think the decision to go with a champagne carpet rather than a red carpet shows how confident we are that no blood will be shed."
I'll be bringing you updates from the Oscars winner's room tonight in the Dolby theatre here in Hollywood.
Red card to the red carpet
Colin Paterson
Entertainment correspondent, Los Angeles
For the first time in history, the red carpet is not red.
Officially it is champagne. When I was down there last night the word beige was being bandied about a lot. As were comparisons with your grandma's front hall.
The Oscars first introduced a red carpet for the 33rd Awards in 1961.
The decision to change the red carpet this year was made by a red carpet creative consultant. Lisa Love explained that a “champagne”-coloured carpet would help with “the change from daytime arrivals to an elegant evening setting”.
News presenters are simply never going to say: “Let’s cross live to the champagne carpet.”
I would like to predict here and now, that the red carpet will be back next year. In fact, Will Smith has more chance of returning to the Oscars than this carpet, which simply puts the “no” into Champagne Supernova.
Welcome to the Oscars!
A warm welcome to our live coverage of the 95th Academy Awards in Los Angeles - Hollywood’s biggest night - coming again this year from the Dolby Theatre.
We’re wearing our sequins, our snacks are lined up and we’re primed and ready to go!
We have BBC reporters across Los Angeles covering the night - we'll be introducing them shortly.
Stay with us as we bring you live updates from the red carpet where stars are beginning to arrive.