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A gallery of images from the Academy Awards in Los Angeles

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Rooney Mara, best actress nominee for her role in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," is the girl in the see-through dress on the Oscars red carpet Sunday.LUCY NICHOLSON/Reuters

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Penelope Cruz is a knockout on the Oscars red carpet Sunday.Matt Sayles/The Associated Press

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Sacha Baron Cohen walks the red carpet as General Aladeen, the character he plays in his upcoming film "The Dictator."Matt Sayles/The Associated Press

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Meryl Streep is solid gold on the Oscars red carpet Sunday.Chris Pizzello/The Associated Press

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Sandra Bullock goes with black and white on the red carpet Sunday.Matt Sayles/The Associated Press

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Glenn Close went with green on the Oscars red carpet Sunday.LUCY NICHOLSON/Reuters

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Jennifer Lopez wears a stretchy substance on the Oscars red carpet Sunday.LUCY NICHOLSON/Reuters

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Michelle Williams hits the Oscars red carpet Sunday.Matt Sayles/The Associated Press

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Natalie Portman on the Oscars red carpet Sunday.LUCY NICHOLSON/Reuters

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Cameron Diaz is creamy on the Oscars red carpet Sunday.LUCY NICHOLSON/Reuters

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Jean Dujardin of France, best actor nominee for his role in "The Artist," on the Oscars red carpet Sunday.LUCY NICHOLSON/Reuters

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George Clooney, best actor nominee for his role in "The Descendants," and his girlfriend Stacy Keibler on the Oscars red carpet Sunday.LUCY NICHOLSON/Reuters

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The man standing next to Melissa Leo on the Oscars red carpet can't believe what she just said to him.LUCY NICHOLSON/Reuters

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Representing France, the Power Couple of the Night: Berenice Bejo, best supporting actress nominee for her role in "The Artist", and her husband, Michel Hazanavicius, best director nominee for the same film.Reuters

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The full Bejo.Reuters

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Viola Davis, best actress nominee for her role in "The Help", on the Oscars red carpet Sunday.LUCY NICHOLSON/Reuters

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The full ViolaLUCY NICHOLSON/Reuters

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Maya Rudolph of the film "Bridemaids" on the Oscars red carpet Sunday.MARIO ANZUONI/Reuters

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Actress Leslie Mann posed on the Oscars red carpet Sunday.LUCY NICHOLSON/Reuters

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Melissa McCarthy, best supporting actress nominee for her role in "Bridesmaids," on the Oscars red carpet Sunday.LUCY NICHOLSON/Reuters

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Canada's own Christopher Plummer was the picture of aging male elegance on the Oscars red carpet Sunday.LUCY NICHOLSON/Reuters

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Virginia Madsen had the hardest working train-wrangler on the Oscar red carpet Sunday.MARIO ANZUONI/Reuters

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Lea Thompson on the red carpetReuters

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Milla Jovovich was among the first to hit the red carpet at the Oscars on Sunday. They could have rolled it up right then and there and moved on to the awards ceremony, frankly.Reuters

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We rest our case.Reuters

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We were obliged to continue, however. Penelope Ann Miller from "The Artist" on the Oscars red carpet.Reuters

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Jessica Chastain, best supporting actress nominee for her role in "The Help," on the Oscars red carpet Sunday.LUCY NICHOLSON/Reuters

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James Cromwell could have tried harder on the Oscars red carpet Sunday night in Los Angeles.Matt Sayles/The Associated Press

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Judy Greer from the film "The Descendants" mixed black and less black.MARIO ANZUONI/Reuters

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Jane Seymour went with red on the Oscars carpet of the same colour Sunday.LUCY NICHOLSON/Reuters

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A powdery blue Missi Pyle on the Oscars red carpet Sunday.LUCY NICHOLSON/Reuters

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Shailene Woodley from "The Descendants" on the Oscars red carpet Sunday.LUCY NICHOLSON/Reuters

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