The Oscar Stars Arrive!

George Clooney brings a date, Patrick Dempsey has a tiny surprise and more from the red carpet at the Kodak Theatre
By People Staff
Updated February 22, 2008 06:00 PM

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DATE NIGHT

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George Clooney chats up the cameras as he holds tight to his first-ever

romantic Oscar date, his girlfriend of less than a year, Sarah Larson.

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JUST THE TWO OF THEM

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Seal and Heidi Klum make it an Oscar date, too, as the supermodel admits to E! that she's less than overwhelmed by the A-list arrivals – she just wants to see

her husband.

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POCKET-SIZED PATRICK

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It's a mini McDreamy! Patrick Dempsey (with wife Jillian Fink) shows off his

Enchanted action figure – just big enough to take home ...

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WHAT A DOLL

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And costar Amy Adams clutches a doll of her own, even joking to Ryan

Seacrest that she's planning on dressing one up for each film she's in.

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FUNNY GIRL

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Anne Hathaway – in floor-length Marchesa – gets a laugh out of

co-presenter Steve Carell and wife Nancy Walls.

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LOVE HANDLE

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Atonement star James McAvoy and wife Anne-Marie Duff (Becoming Jane) can't keep their eyes – or hands – off each

other. The two held onto one another as they made their way down the carpet.

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GIRLS' NIGHT OUT

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Presenter Miley Cyrus arrives with a chaperone who knows her better than anybody: mom and manager Leticia.

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YES, SIR!

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Sean Combs makes a salute to Oscar as he heads into the Kodak Theatre.

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POLE POSITION

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Who's that blonde flirting with the cameras? It's the queen herself, last

year's Best Actress winner Helen Mirren.

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TRAVELIN' PAIR

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Cameron Diaz and Jessica Alba take a private moment aside to catch up. The

two have history: They previously traveled together to Honduras for Diaz's

MTV show Trippin'.

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OPEN ARMS

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Best Supporting Actor winner Javier Bardem has a big bear of a greeting for

nominated director Julian Schnabel (The Diving Bell and the

Butterfly).

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SO AUSSIE

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Keith Urban and his Oscar-winning wife Nicole Kidman – wearing a

1,399-carat diamond necklace by L'Wren Scott – share their own bit of

brilliance before heading into the show.

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