Follow all our Oscars coverage throughout the day on nzherald.co.nz
We will bring you the latest from the red carpet - including pictures and our experts' views on this year's fashions - from 11am. Then from around 1pm, we'll be covering all the news and results from the awards ceremony as they happen.
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As the final countdown started to today's Academy Awards, the big man himself was getting a final coat of gold.
