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Actor Colin Farrell, who will be a presenter for the 80th Academy Awards, sits among the placards in the theater audience at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, Friday, Feb. 22, 2008. The Oscars will be presented on Sunday.
AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes
Designer Stuart Weitzman displays his "Retro Rose" shoe, which will be worn by Academy Award nominee Diablo Cody at the Academy Awards. More than 1,800 Kwiat diamonds weighing 100 carats were used to make the roses and 400 of them have been incorporated into the design of the shoe, which is worth over $1 million. Two of the roses adorn the 1940's retro-style beige metallic T-strap shoes.
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Jamia Nash, 11, rehearses the song "Raise It Up" from the movie "August Rush" for the 80th Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008. "Raise it Up" is nominated for best original song.
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Jon Stewart, host of the 80th Academy Awards, poses for a photo at the Kodak Theater in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008. Stewart first hosted the event in 2006.
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Actress Kristin Chenoweth, right, listens to her recording of the song "That's How You Know" from the film "Enchanted," at Capital Records in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008. Chenoweth will perform the song at the 80th Academy Awards on Sunday.
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Workers roll out the red carpet at the Kodak Theatre in preparation for the 80th Annual Academy Awards Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. With rain in the forecast for the event on Sunday, Feb. 24, tents have been erected along the red carpet.
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The first Oscar waits to be crane-lifted into place at the entrance of the Kodak Theatre on Monday, February 18, 2008, as preparations begin for the 80th Academy Awards.
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A pedestrian looks at Gary Cooper's Oscar statue, left, which he won for "Sergeant York" in 1941 and Thelma Schoonmaker's Oscar statue for her work on last years "The Departed", on display at ABC Studios in Times Square, Friday, Feb. 15, 2008, in New York. The 80th Annual Academy Awards take place on Sunday, Feb. 24.
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The latest fashions from the biggest names in couture hit the runway Feb. 13, 2008, at the Academy of Motions Pictures Art and Sciences for the 80th Annual Academy Awards Fashion Preview. Here, model Sarah Happel models a Randolph Duke gown with jewlery by Bo Chic.
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Show producer Gil Cates, standing, talks with show staff as talent coordinator Danette Herman, left, and show director Louis Horvitz in foreground at the first meeting of the 80th annual Academy Awards production team, at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008. The Oscars will be presented on Feb. 24.
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Actress Jessica Alba, front row center, poses with winners of Scientific and Technical Achievement Academy Awards Feb. 9, 2008, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Alba hosted the black-tie presentation dinner.
AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes
Breast cancer survivor Tomazine Traeumer reacts as she holds a real Oscar statuette during a public display "Meet the Oscars" at the Hollywood & Highland Center in Los Angeles Friday, Feb. 8, 2008. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2007 will be presented on Sunday Feb. 24, 2008.
AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes
A preview of the set design for the 80th Academy Awards ceremony is revealed at the The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, AMPAS, in Beverly Hills, Calif., Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008.
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Best actor nominee George Clooney, center, shares a laugh with best supporting actor nominees Casey Affleck, left, and Javier Bardem at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Oscar
AMPAS/Richard Harbaugh
This year's Governors Ball, the Academy's celebration following the 80th Academy Awards, will feature a color palette inspired by two of Hollywood's most recognizable icons: the red carpet and the gold Oscar statuette.
AP Photo/Reed Saxon
Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck talks about his main dishes: macaroni and cheese with black winter truffles, lower right and center, and wagyu beef steak, lower left, which make up the "comfort food" main course that will be served to guests at the Governors Ball following the upcoming 80th Academy Awards.
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Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck holds a tray of appetizers that will be served to guests at the Governors Ball following the upcoming 80th Academy Awards, during a news conference previewing the Ball food and decor in Los Angeles Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008. Governors Ball chair Cheryl Boone Isaacs is at left.
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