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Actress Charlize Theron arrives to the 78th Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre on March 5, 2006 in Hollywood, California. Theron's forest-green, handpainted gown with a bow on one shoulder was designed by John Galliano for Christian Dior. She said the leather silk satin fabric was "insane," but some might have said that about the too-big bow.
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Actress Jennifer Garner arrives to the 78th Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre on March 5, 2006. Garner wore a halter-style, hand-embroidered Michael Kors gown in nude-colored tulle featuring Swarovski crystals and sterling silver flowers.
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Jennifer Lopez arrives to the 78th Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre on March 5, 2006. Lopez was in a green gown with a fitted bodice that laced up in the back like a corset.
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Actress Jennifer Aniston arrives to the 78th Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre on March 5, 2006. Aniston was in a black tank gown by Rochas with a long train and a vintage platinum-and-diamond Bulgari necklace from the 1930s. Makeup artist Angela Levin, calling Aniston "a sun-kissed angel," emphasized her eyelashes with a not-yet-available Chanel mascara.
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Actress Felicity Huffman arrives to the 78th Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre on March 5, 2006. Huffman wore a supersexy black gown by Zac Posen with a plunging V neck, keyhole back, sheer panels on the side and pleated bodice and hem.
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Actress Sandra Bullock arrives to the 78th Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre on March 5, 2006. Bullock's navy gown was by Angel Sanchez.
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Actress Jessica Alba arrives to the 78th Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre on March 5, 2006. She chose a tight gold Versace halter gown with floral beading that she said "fit like a glove."
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And here's Jessica Alba showing off the back of her gown.
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Actress Jane Seymour arrives to the 78th Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre on March 5, 2006. Seymour was in a champagne satin halter gown with jeweled accents on the bodice by Pamella Roland.
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Actress Michelle Williams arrives at the 78th Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre on March 5, 2006. Williams modeled herself after classic screen sirens, wearing a yellow chiffon gown with tulle pleats surrounding the V neck.
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Jada Pinkett Smith arrives for the Oscars in a bright blue strapless column gown by Roberto Cavalli. "I just wanted to be a little vibrant and a little sexy on the carpet," she said. Husband Will Smith chimed in, "That's my wife in the dress. It becomes difficult to notice the dress itself."
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Actress Naomi Watts arrives to the 78th Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre on March 5, 2006. Watts wore a nude-colored, one-shoulder gown with frayed fabric on the top by Givenchy. As the model in jeweler David Yurman's new ads, Watts' rose quartz-and-diamond earrings and a rose quartz ring were made especially for her.
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Actress Uma Thurman arrives at the 78th Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre on March 5, 2006 in Hollywood, California.
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Queen Latifah arrives for the 78th Academy Awards March 5, 2006. Carmen Marc Valvo custom-designed the Queen's black strapless gown with tiers of soft, diagonal ruffles.
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Catherine Keener arrives at the 78th Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre March 5, 2006 in Hollywood, Calif.
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Actress Hilary Swank arrives at the 78th Annual Academy Awards March 5, 2006 in Hollywood. Swank was in a sweetheart-style black strapless gown by Versace.
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Reese Witherspoon arrives at the 78th Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre on March 5, 2006 in Hollywood, Calif. She wore a gown with rows of silver beads.
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Ziyi Zhang arrives at the 78th Annual Academy Awards March 5, 2006. She picked a Giorgio Armani gown fresh off the runway: a black scalloped seashell-shaped lace bustier with jet beading worn with a gray Swarovski crystal encrusted full crinoline skirt.
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Keira Knightley arrives at the 78th Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre March 5, 2006. She wore a wine-colored, one-shoulder gown by Vera Wang, her hair in a loose ponytail, and she had on a one-of-a-kind necklace with emeralds, rubies and diamonds from the 1960s she chose from the Bulgari archives.
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Salma Hayek arrives for the 78th Academy Awards March 5, 2006.
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