The Oscars red carpet saw a bevy of immaculately dressed ladies as they strutted their finest posing for the shutter bugs.

The twenty-four-year old actress Carey Mulligan nominated for best actress category stood out in a classy dark Prada outfit adorned with mini scissor, spoon, fork works and equally stylish Fred Leighton dangling ear rings.

Sandra Bullock donned an iridescent fitted silverfish gown made of vintage material. Mariah Carey was spotted in a cleavage revealing Valentino outfit meant for someone with a smaller size. However, that did not seem to prevent her from donning it as she smiled gleefully for the cameras alongside hubby Nick Cannon.

Kate Winslet sure took the crown for the being splendidly dressed in a stylish beautiful off-shoulder YSL gown and spectacular Tiffany diamond earrings.

Sarah Jessica Parker turned heads in an off-shoulder Chanel gown. Melanie Griffiths was seen alongside husband Antonio Bandaras. J-Lo looked ravishing in a classic Armani gown. Forty-something Demi Moore looked refreshing in peach gown with a frilly base.

Meryl Streep, a veteran Oscar winner has a third nomination during the current year too, chose to play it safe in an all white outfit.

Floor-sweeping, off-shoulder gown were a favourite with actresses Charlize Therone and Rachel McAdams as they opted for soft pastel shades.

Penelope Cruz chose a maroon off-shoulder gown by designer Donna Karan with Chopard danglers to complete the look. Vera Farmiga, Jane Seymour and Sigourney Weaver all preferred scarlet tone outfits.

Gabourey Sidibe from Precious was seen smiling away in a blue gown. Zoe Saldana of Avatar fame was spotted in a lavender tone gown while Amanda Seyfried opted for all-white princess-themed gown.

After having spent nearly forty minutes on the red carpet, the nominees were offered some champagne.

Cameron Diaz was the among final few to be seen on the red carpet in an off-shoulder beaded outfit.

However there is no likelihood of the Bridget Jones Diary star paling into the expanse at the Film festival opening yesterday night, as she stood out in a revealing off-shoulder blue gown.

The Oscar-garnering actress showed off plentiful skin in her backless dress with a longish train as she struck her finest poses during the opening ceremony-cum- premiere of Chinese movie Tuan Yuan.

Braving the nippy weather, a chilly Renee managed to keep beaming for the paparazzi. Actress Tilda Swinton looked graceful donning a deeper tone of blue.

The 40-year-old actress is part of the 7-member panel of judges, with German Director Werner Herzog heading the pack who would come to a decision on the awards at the conclusion of the ten day lasting film festival on 20th February.

Undoubtedly, Zellweger fans would be anticipating her to be donning an array of high style quotient outfits on each day of the on-going film festival.

The Ghost Writer, a film by Roman Polanski has been set to garner significant attention during the Berlin Film Festival.

In the meantime, Renee’s commitments to judging the film festival entries would be meaning separation time from recent boyfriend, Bradley Cooper on Cupid’s Day.

Even the thirty-five-year-old actor has confessed to be in LA with his mom Gloria during Valentine’s Day.

The pair has been covertly dating for nearly five months and has been seen in each other’s company in Barcelona and Vancouver.

Lately The Hangover actor has vehemently refuted buzz about the pair having jointly procured a house, maintaining that his latest buy of a five million dollar house in Los Angeles has been solely for himself.

Conversing about his V-day plans, the actor mentioned about his mom coming over to visit him and that they would be having a lovely Valentine’s Day.

The glam quotient was impeccably high with the female actor brigade strutting down their finest. Jessica Biel looked splendid in an Oscar de la Renta-designed pink chiffon single-strap garb, sporting similar toned lipstick and lighter tone heels.

Forty-seven-year-old Demi Moore accompanied by better half Ashton Kutcher, looked angelic in an all white off-shoulder outfit with ruffle details down the frontage and alongside the bottom edge of the dress – attesting yet again that she continues to have the ability to blend it up with Hollywood’s young stars.

An intriguing leather-cum-lace fusion black dress worn by Jennifer Garner made her really stand out due to her faintly bizarre option for the red carpet designed by Valentino.

Donning a Proenza Schouler heretical small outfit having peacock feather embellishments and bead details, 28-year-old Jessica Alba matched it up with massive wedge stilettos and ruffled hair.

Other prominent stars gracing the red carpet were Anna Hathaway wearing a blue feathery cocktail outfit and actress Julia Roberts niece, Emma Roberts donned a jewel covered white dress by Jenny Packham.

One noteworthy nonattendance was that of Taylor Swift having lately broken off from guy friend and co-actor, Taylot Lautner – who would turn eighteen this week.

The hilarious love story traces the interlocked story lines of a set of couples living in LA. Director Garry Marshall was able to make the movie in below fifty million dollars by roping in a prestigious star-cast at lesser costs and allowed them to depart promptly to tend to their other projects.

Though not the foremost instance when she has belted out her version of the National Anthem, Underwood acknowledged to have been jittery about her performance on 7th February, Sunday, dreading that she might muddle up the words despite having sung it on umpteen occasions.

Queen Latifah in a gray coat also performed live her version of ‘America the Beautiful’ with a kids choir who backed her up.

Another star who entertained the baseball fans was Jay-Z performing his hit single viewed on wide screen belting out ‘Run This Town’ alongside Rihanna’s voice that had been recorded. Proudly clutching the golden Super Bowl trophy, the rapper was shepherded by Rutgers Symphony Orchestra.

Intermission period of the game show was replete with live performances by ‘The Who’s’ band. Alike those seated within the stadium, spectators outside the site too revelled in the live acts.

Singing a new song from the forthcoming film ‘Valentine’s Day’, Taylor Swift performed ‘Today Was a Fairytale’, later on introducing Stevie Nicks and sang a duet with him. Bon Jovi gave a performance ‘We Weren’t Born to Follow’ prior to inviting upon Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland for a memorable duet.

Black Eyed Peas received the award for the Best Pop Vocal Album. Zac Brown Band won the best new artist award and Kings of Leon won ‘record of the year’ award. A.R. Rehman received two grammys for Best Song and Best Soundtrack from singer and actor Tia Carrere.

Pink acrobatically performed ‘Glitter in the Air’ suspended mid-air while she sung making it appear alike a Cirque de Soliel show.

Black Eyed Peas performed ‘I Gotta Feeling’ on a stage full of prancing tomatoes and robotic creatures.

Lady GaGa gave another one of her over-the-top performances are she sung ‘Poker Face’ and being flung into a pail of fire prior to surfacing alongside singing with similarly soiled and perplexed Elton John.

A multi-star, 3-D homage was paid to Michael Jackson with performances by Celine Dion, Jennifer Hudson, Usher, Smokey Robinson and Carrier Underwood.

The Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded to Michael Jackson, the trophy being accepted by his kids, Prince and Paris.

Prior to the awards function concluding, Eminen, Drake, Lil Wayne and Travis Baker belted out their spectacular double act performance.

Kevin Wall who produced staging show, Live 8 and Live Earth will broadcast the concert around the world; production team behind the concert and tickets details is yet to be announced in January. Artists performing at the celebration concert will be announced close to the show date. Wall said international artists would perform along with that many major African artists and culture would be stressed on to perform. There are rumors that Spice Girls would reunite for the last time through this concert. They are trying to stress on football, culture, color, and music of Africa. Wall believes the show could reach bigger TV audience with the promise of something special. Wall added saying it is believed to be one of the greatest and biggest show ever happened and produced in Africa. 2010 tournament is the first World Cup held in Africa.

Concert will raise money for the world cup’s official charity of 20 centers for 2010. Organisers aim to build twenty Football centers for public health, education, and football across Africa.

Noted on the red carpet were Paris Hilton and Mel B strutting down their designer stuff the former night for the premiere of the film ‘The Bad Lieutenant’. The Desert Flower movie party had none of its stars in attendance though the expensive champagne flowed freely.

Michael Moore’s foremost press screening of his film ‘Capitalism: A Love Story’ was jam-packed with the media clamouring to know what the director was up to since his last release ‘Sicko’ many years back.

Also seen earlier were director Werner Herzog along with the star cast of Nicolas Cage and Eva Mendes that braced the global media for the movie ‘The Bad Lieutenant’.

With a host of innumerable premieres happening concurrently, also spotted on the red carpet were talented duo Viggo Mortenson alongside his youngster Australian co-actor Kodi Smit-Mcphee, Harvey Weinstein from the movie ‘The Road’ whose screening was held here. However, the other movie cast of ‘The Road’ like Guy Pearce, Charlize Theron and Omar were notably absent from the film  festival.

Even as the movie is based on her biography, the film has undertaken a level of arty authorization, turning out to be an unusual mixture of dramedy with fine star casts like Sally Hawkins, Timothy Spall and Juliet Stevenson.

The fundamental message that the movie delivers is quite distressing and traumatic. It is surely a rather sordid matter to take in that female cutting is widely prevalent practise that carries on unabated in Africa and the across the globe.

Dirie is aiding in the movie promotion and was seen alongside Director Hormann in Venice speaking quite emphatically about the movie stating that the movie has been up to her expectations, with a heart-wrenching message that is bound to stir many a souls.

This has been the duo’s first public sighting together and were last seen on the Cannes red carpet in May. Despite fuelled speculations of a major rift in their relationship, the couple displayed a show of oneness as they hugged on the red carpet.

As Jolie gracefully met up with everyone, Brad seemed less restful and stressed due to whirlwind promo of his latest film that has kept him away from Jolie and the kids. Though, he did eagerly sign autographs prior to leading Angelina through the crowded red carpet.

Also noticed on the red carpet was the German actress Diane Kruger, a former model who stars in the movie, looked stunning in a bold backless dress designed by Atelier Versace. Smouldering actress Christina Ricci in a red mini dress seems to have positively revamped her past thin look, effectively metamorphosing into a taut pretty girl. Melanie Laurent who also stars in the film wore a chic black off-shoulder gown.

The down-right odious comic timing of George Lopez about teenagers and Latinos left a foul after- taste in many a mouth. The few of the contenders lined up for Choice Twit Award like M.C. Hammer left many astonished regarding the selection of nominees. Appreciatively, victor Ellen DeGeneres aided in saving the category as she dished one of her humorous lines while accepting the surf board award.

Sean Kingston’s lack lustre performance ‘Fire Burning’ and pitiable lip syncing could not be salvaged despite top-notch pyrotechnic show and heavy unfurling of the Jamaican banners. Suited-booted little eight years old Frankie Jonas was quite a sight as he accepted the award for Breakout Male TV Star.

Miley Cyrus, the accomplished winner of six new Teen Choice awards, seems to have overstepped the line a way bit more with her micro-mini shorts, over-exposed inner wear and the stripper pole act on the ice-cream van lacking much panache and her less than desirable latest single. Maybe, concentrating on the substance rather than the props would have made a positive difference.

It was lovely to see the Teen Awards spanning its nomination across latest critically and commercially viable movies like ‘Land of the Lost’ and ‘My Sister’s Keeper’. With a host of whooping 87 awards in the offing, Britney Spears won the Ultimate Choice Award, Hugh Jackson winning the Choice Movie Actor award, Zac Efron getting the Choice Movie Comedy award and Megan Fox won the Choice Female Hottie Award.

Vanessa Hudgens got a preaching of sorts on cell phone mannerism from humorist Dane Cook in a mortifying exchange of banter at the last night’s Teen Choice Awards. Dane seemingly scoffed at Vanessa regarding her second in line bare photos that are circulating the net.

A cropping sight to watch Mike Tyson chopping off Joe Jonas’s hair on stage only to later realise that it was a gimmick of sorts.