Oscars red carpet 2023: Find all looks, fashion, dresses at Academy Awards

LOS ANGELES — Stars are gracing the 95th Oscars red carpet, which — for the first time since 1961 — is not red.

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The academy rolled out a surprise champagne-colored carpet Wednesday for the 2023 ceremony, set to commence at 8 p.m. EST from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

The decision to change the color came from creative consultants Lisa Love, a longtime Vogue contributor, and Raúl vila, the creative director for the Met Gala who wanted to turn a “day event into night.”

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The carpet opens at 3:30 p.m. ET/12:30 p.m. PT. Make sure to watch On The Red Carpet’s Oscars preshow live in the media player above.

Pop-culture connoisseurs are crossing their fingers for extravagant looks from red-carpet veterans like Rihanna, Angela Bassett and Cate Blanchett. (Rihanna is nominated in the original song category, while Bassett and Blanchett have acting nods).

At last year’s Oscars, pastels were a red carpet hit, while reds also took it in the trend department. Some stars used ribbons to show their support for Ukraine, with worldwide attention on the war-torn nation one month after Russia’s invasion.

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.