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Highs and Lows - The Fashion Editor's verdict
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Kate was up for best supporting actress for her role as the young Iris Murdoch. Sam Mendes, theatre director and maker of American Beauty, has been on her arm since shortly after she split from her husband last year.
Guardian Fashion Editor, Jess Cartner-Morley:`Glamorous and unfussy with a simple hairstyle and diamond stud earrings, Winslet looked every inch the screen goddess'
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 | | Reese Witherspoon
The Legally Blonde star presented an award with her husband Ryan Phillipe
Jess Cartner-Morley: 'Witherspoon was an absolute peach in a black lace Valentino gown'
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 | | Nicole Kidman
Kidman was nominated for best actress for Moulin Rouge.
Jess Cartner-Morley: 'Nicole Kidman wore pale pink ruffles - not a look I'd recommend you try at home, but on Kidman's elegant frame (and made by Chanel couture) it was gorgeous'
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Roberts won best actress last year, and expressed jocular sadness at having to 'hand on the crown'.
Jess Cartner-Morley: 'Julia Roberts looked thoroughly modern in a slinky number and simple ponytail after last year's rather stiff vintage gown'
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Helen Mirren and Maggie Smith were both nominated for best supporting actress for their work in Gosford Park.
Jess Cartner-Morley: `A Great night for Giorgio Armani, Helen Mirren looked radiant in an ivory shawl-collared satin bodice and sequin net skirt'
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Paltrow won the best actress award two years ago for Shakespeare in Love
Jess Cartner- Morley: 'The usually chic Gwyneth Paltrow came a cropper in a tacky transparent black vest by Alexander McQueen. Her gap-year plaits, goth eye make-up and clunky jewellery were more Camden Market than red carpet'
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The hotly tipped actress was nominated for a best actress award for Monster's Ball.
Jess Cartner-Morley: `Halle Berry gave us plenty to cringe about in an Elie Saab dress with gaudy embroidered net bodice and a huge taffeta skirt which seemed to have two extra skirts tacked on at each hip for good measure'
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The rest of the red carpet
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This is the first year the ceremony is being held in Hollywood's Kodak theatre.
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Luhrmann's eccentric musical Moulin Rouge is up for several awards.
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Broadbent is nominated for best supporting actor for Iris.
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The British-born director is up for best director for the controversial war film Black Hawk Down.
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 | | Naomi Watts
The Australian actor is one of the leads of David Lynch's film Mulholland Drive.
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 | | Ian McKellen
Sir Ian is nominated for playing Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings.
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 | | Marisa Tomei
The actress already has an Oscar for My Cousin Vinny.
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Those shoes are apparently worth a million dollars.
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 | | Sally Kirkland
You don't want to worry too much about who this woman is. Just admire the dress.
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 | | SWAT police guarding the Oscar ceremony
Security is understandably tighter than ever at this year's ceremony.
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 | | Jennifer Connelly with her father, Jerry
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 | | Jennifer Lopez
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 | | Peter Jackson and Elijah Wood
The New Zealand director's Lord of the Rings is nominated in thirteen categories. Elijah Wood plays Frodo Baggins in the film.
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 | | Helen Hunt
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 | | Ben Kingsley
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 | | Sting and his wife Trudi Styler
Sting is nominated for best song for Kate & Leopold.
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 | | The red carpet
The awards ceremony is being held in downtown Hollywood for the first time in many years, at the Kodak Theatre.
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 | | Will Smith and Nicole Kidman
It's not what it looks like. Probably.
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 | | Samuel L Jackson
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Bob's up for an Oscar for Gosford Park, but it's thought that recent comments of his that have been perceived as unpatriotic will count against him.
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 | | Maggie Smith
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 | | Emily Watson
Watson is one of the many many British thesps gracing the cast list of Robert Altman's Gosford Park.
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Spacek has a best actress Oscar already, for The Coal Miner's Daughter. She's nominated this time for In The Bedroom.
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Richie from Happy Days may this year finally receive the Oscar he craves, for A Beautiful Mind.
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 | | Renee Zellweger
Renee is a long shot for best actress for her turn as the troubled London singleton Bridget Jones.
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 | | Judi Dench
The elder stateswoman of British thespdom is nominated for best actress for playing Iris Murdoch in Iris. She has previously won best supporting actress for her cameo in Shakespeare in Love.
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The dress is Emmanuel Ungaro Couture, says Cameron. The blue thing, she adds, a girlfiend picked out for her.
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Related articles
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Full list of winners and nominees
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Picture galleries
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Special report
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| Oscars 2002 |
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