>> fast and furious 7. ♪ ♪ >> insurgent. and certainly at the end of the year, "star wars," everyone wants to experience luke skywalker. >> brian stelter, cnn, los angeles. >> that will do it for me. i'm poppy harlow. hollywood's biggest night hosted by don lemon and michaela by don lemon and michaela perrera begins right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com tonight, the stars. >> you need me a lot more than i need you. >> i knew i shouldn't have had that champagne. >> the movies. >> come to selma. join us. >> who are you? >> the surprises. ♪ ♪ >> i'm grateful. >> is this for real or are you shooting a -- >> you people are full of crap!

>> are you ready to have some fun? >> she's been murdered, and you think i did it. ♪ ♪ >> the unforgettable moments. >> you have a grenade and an rkg russian grenade for the kid. >> and all of the glamour of the red carpet. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> it's hollywood's biggest night and it all starts now here are michaela pereira and don lemon. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> here it is, people, the moment we have all been waiting for every a-lister in this town is getting ready to step out on that red carpet and you know what? they're not going to let a little diva named mother nature rain on their parade. welcome to hollywood's biggest

night. we are counting down to the start of the 87th annual academy awards. i have got the best view in the house, a bird's-eye view i birdman's eye view, got that? of all of the action. my boy don lemon is down on the red carpet and in the mix talking to the people that are arriving. you look so handsome, my dear. >> thank you very much. you look beautiful. you totally stole my line, birdman eye view of the red carpet. you mentioned a-listers and you don't get any bigger than this. we will start off with patricia arquette is here and congratulations on your nomination for best supporting actress. this really was a labor of love for you, 12 years. >> yeah. and working with some of the most incredible people i've ever known. it's all winding up which means the end of the movie so that's kind of hard, but what a beautiful way to end it. >> this is about family for you. you brought your entire family. >> brought my posse. >> your daughter. >> they're here to support you. >> that's right. they are, and the rest of them

were, like, we're going to stay home and have the party at home so when you get back you will have a big party. >> what did you say, roxanna? >> our brother and sister. >> hi, harlow. how are you doing? excited for mom? >> yes. >> why did you decide to do this? this was quite labor intensive over 12 years and you get to see how you look after 12 years. >> it's a beautiful story about human beings and kids growing up and people that you see in your life, and usually people don't make movies about everyday people. >> yeah. >> and richard linkletter loves all people, and i want to be a part of one of his films. it was so beautiful. >> your daughter was bosh during all this, right? >> i think between year one and two or year two and three. yeah. >> what did you say? >> after year one. >> year one. she was not even here when you started this. >> i know, it was weird.

i was playing a mom who had a son and a daughter and i had a son, but suddenly i had a daughter. >> yeah. this film was nominated for so many thing, best motion picture, best performance of an actress, and screenplay, best achievement in editing. that's a lot. >> and we didn't even know if anyone would go see this movie so it's very mind-boggling. we're very grateful. >> congratulations and good luck, and i've enjoyed the speeches that you've made so far. congratulations. >> oh, thank you. >> thanks for waiting and good luck. did you prepare a speech yet? >> you have to be prepared. i did this morning. you have to be prepared if you're one in five people because it may actually happen, so -- yeah. i did. >> did you bring glasses? >> i brought my glasses. >> tell them about your contacts. >> what about the contacts? >> so this morning i was supposed to get a manicure, but instead i ended up launching a sweepstakes where you can come

with me on an adventure around the world working on one of our sites and we do eco sanitatisano check out and let's go on an adventure. >> i'd fail. i failed the mani cam. >> thank you, guys. good luck. >> patricia arquette, best actress in a supporting role. >> a-lister right off the bat. back to you, michaela. >> you're kind of a magnet for that. i like what she said, a little film that they thought nobody would see about regular people and that's why it's resonated with so many people, boyhood, one of the nominees and patricia arquette one of the nominees, as well and i'm with joanna coles, editor in chief of cosmopolitan and fashionista extraordinaire and you'll keep me honest on the fashion today. >> i thought patricia arquette looked amazing and she was wearing rosetta getty. i loved that she had her hair pulled back.

it didn't look like it was the most important day of her life. >> we'll talk about that coming up because it could be an interesting year for oscar fashion and that's why we are so glad to have you here. rocsi diaz, anchor and kre correspondent with the bird's-eye view. they'll be coming there in a moment and you'll be joined by a few thousand people and entertainment reporter katrina zish is the one that has the action and the view. she's on the roof of the historic roosevelt hotel. you can see everything there. how are you ladies doing? rocsi, how are you doing up there? >> i'm getting ready to party and i have my dancing shoes on and it's time to go. i'm just waiting for elton to show up, but it is such a great event. it's one of the biggest events of the night. so we're going to be a-listed out over here, michaela. >> and katrina, how about you? i know that you've been watching this in terms of what kind of year this is going to be overall.

some are saying that this could be the most predictable oscars ever. do you think that's the case? >> oh, absolutely not. we've seen the globes and we've seen the sags and of course, we have an idea of who the favorites are, but there are always surprises when it comes to the oscars and that's what makes it so much fun, particularly this year i think best picture could upset or could surprise all of us, i think people are saying it will be birdman or "boyhood," but i really think "american sniper" can come in and take the big award. it has resonated so much with the audiences and of course, the story is now continuing in a texas courtroom as we really see this real-life story continue to unfold. >> yeah. you're right. it's not just a film and the story of a man's life and his subsequent death. katrina and rocsi, thank you so much. you know what we're missing? a little dose of canadian rock star power. don lemon has got it. my wish is your command!

>> i heard you, you were, like, we need tegan and sarah, the lonely island and look who is here. tegan and sarah. >> how does it feel to be played by legos? >> the whole night from the beginning of this lego movie adventure until now has been absolutely incredible and the fact that we're at the oscar, i can't admit to it, being on a lifelong list so everything is awesome. >> you're performing tonight. >> we are. >> are you nervous? >> everything is awesome. >> everything is awesome and that's the song we're going to sing and we'll do hopefully an amazing job. it deserves it. it's a great song. >> everything is awesome. "everything is awesome. ♪ everything is cool when you're part of the team ♪ >> one of the anchors is from canada and she said we need canadian influence in this. >> we are here to bring you the

canadian. >> is it just, like, nerve-racking? >> didn't imagine the rehearsals to be as nerve-racking and so many people in the audience and the writers and neil patrick harris and every time you rehearse it you put forth your best performance. >> that guy is a task master. >> neil always gives us notes at the end. >> and a frowny face the whole time. >> we're playing "everything is awesome" now. some people may not know you're identical twins. >> we are. we're ident cal twins although i'm taller and i tested higher in i.q. and more charming, but tegan is taller. >> good luck tonight and we'll be watching and we'll be watching. >> so everything is awesome here on the red carpet and i keep looking to the left. i see common down the way, michaela. that would be very exciting for anybody to see. >> work on grabbing more people over towards you.

we'll bring it back up here so i can talk to joanna coles because you had mentioned with tegan and sara are proud products of calgary, alberta, canada. talk about neil patrick harris, the host of this year's academy awards, the 87th and this is his first time hosting the oscars, but he's a bit of an awards show darling. >> he was so good in the tony awards and has big shoes to fill because ellen was so good last year. the oscars had a couple of rocky years and she had the brilliant moment with the selfie. >> i'm sure he's going to try, and i saw him very recently in a headwig. he was just having another round on broadway. he was unbelievable. unbelievable. the man's energy is fantastic and that's what this show needs is a song and dance man and you've got it in neil patrick harris. i just like to call him nph. he's the triple threat. >> i like the idea of calling him a hat trick.

he does have the triple threat. listen, he is an eminently capable guy of holding this show together and there are so many different bids and there are ebbs and flows in the energy and people's speeches go on too long and he can nail it very quickly and the idea that you get out of the way and let the show happen and if the show is dragging you need to be a part of it. the producers promised magic and music and there will be performances this year and we know that we are going to hear and i think it's a beautiful thing, glen campbell's final song that he wrote about his experience with alzheimer's. there he is. neil patrick harris and his husband. >> very elegant in the gray, too. that's lovely. he doesn't look nervous, although i'm sure he is, and i've been told that he was talking to john legend this weekend. >> and he said, actually, he wasn't expecting to be nervous and suddenly at the rehearsal he became nervous and this is a huge crowd and everybody knows me and this is more frightening

than i thought. >> can i just say it is refreshing to see men depart from the standard black and white. i love a navy tux. i love a navy tux and i'm worried that the white looks like they should be on a cruise ship serving salmon and that would be my observation there, but i love the gray and i don't think you can beat navy and we saw a bit of navy at the golden globes and i hope it re-emerges. >> you know you made don lemon more unbearable because he's wearing a navy blue tux. >> you are so on point. all right. did you hear that? >> did i hear midnight blue? >> the original color of a tuxedo was midnight blue because it photographed better with the flash and everything in black and white. so it's midnight blue. i think don is expressing himself as a newsman. >> do you think you will see departures? >> he wears a bow tie every day,

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♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ all right. we are back on the red carpet and i'm don lemon and michaela pereira will join me in a bit, but look who we have here. you recognize this guy? hi, common. >> good to see you. how are you doing? >> i'm doing well. are you excited? >> i'm overly excited if i could think of more adjectives i would. this is one of the greatest days ever. >> we call it best song, but it's achievement in music and we like to say best song in music. it's a beautiful tux. not only were you nominated in

music and you played james bevel in the move. >> that experience is what helped me to create the song. it's an honor to be a part of "selma." it is like being a part of the movement and being able to be an extension of what dr. king and those people created at that time, so to be an actor is what generated me to be able to do a song for it. >> as i was watching it, i can't believe that there has not been a picture and a feature film about dr. king and it was the first one. >> it's something because this film actually came at the right time. as much as we know it should have been a film about dr. king it happened in divine time because when we saw what was going on in our country and saw what was going on, we needed dr. king now. so maybe through this film a lot of people are becoming educated on nonviolent protests and how to strategize to make changes in an organized way and in an intelligent way. >> so you had a lot of very strong women around you. >> yes.

>> oprah. >> ava. >> what was that experience like? >> well, i have to say this lady over there is my mother. she's a strong mother, so i grew up around that strong woman energy. >> mom! >> ma! ma! he said i have ava dubonair. and i said i grew up around a strong woman. >> i'm a mama's boy. what is your name? >> majalia. how proud are you of him? >> i am so proud of him, and i'm proud that he's at the oscars and he's going to perform, but i'm most proud of the kind of person he is. he has a good spirit. he's a kind, young man and the oscars is -- that's what he do, that's a job. i'm proud of the person he is. >> now i see where you get it from. >> it's all right here. >> it's all right here, but it took a lot of strong women like your mom to do that and this movie featured women, strong women and it showed their involvement in the movement.

>> i think that is so important to acknowledge and recognize that it was, many people say coretta scott king helped give dr. king into the movement early on. so women played such a significant part in making the change in this world that we have to acknowledge and they will continue to make an important impact and a powerful impact on changing the world. so it's great to get the love. >> what was the collaboration like with john legend? did it just flow? >> it really flowed because it was one of those moments where you just, like, i need to call john legend about doing this song and i hadn't thought what we were going to do, but i knew that we should do a song together for "selma." i called him and told him three titles and i told him glory, and he really liked that. and he wrote and gave me the piano and i was inspired to write. it was one of those that we could do this song forever because this is what we want to do this type of music.

>> so ava, did ava -- she takes the high road. she's a very bright woman and a very positive woman and there was talk about the film being snubbed and i just have to keep moving forward. we were nominated for best picture. what do you think about this talk about being snubbed? >> we're grateful to be nominated for best picture and it wouldn't be withoava and dav oyelowo. look, the movie is about the voting process. unfortunately, they didn't get voted to be best director, but they have long careers ahead, and i know that one day they'll be here as nominees and hopefully win it. i wanted everybody on our team to get nominated, but of course, it's disappointment. >> it does speak to diversity in hollywood. >> i mean, i think that's part of the process. i don't think it's, like, i don't think we can say hollywood is not just about being diverse. i think the world, as you know, we have to all have the dialogue

to be able to bring people and give understanding, and i think progress will come. >> yeah. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> good luck to you. >> nice to meet you, mom. good luck. >> appreciate it. >> appreciate it. >> so, listen, now you see where this strong man comes from, he comes from his mom who is joining me on the red carpet and they're nominated for best achievement in music, but as we like to say best song in a movie. >> best song. >> michaela pereira. i see, ladies are, like, oh, my gosh. >> please, i was up here swooning. >> and will.i.am looking stylish as always. >> how are you doing? >> it looks like they're in the middle of a conversation. see if you can work on getting will. that would be great. >> while we're waiting on you -- seeing if you can get him, why don't you pull up the best picture nominees and we can refresh ourselves before we head into the big show because you're talking to common about selma. selma is one of the films

nominated for best picture. let's run through the list "american sniper," -- oh, you got will? let's go talk to will.i.am. >> are you proud of this guy? >> common, i was just congratulating him for his role on "selma" and for musicians to transition from, like, one thing to another thing, you know, a lot of times the art slacks. i had to congratulate him. the lyrics that you've got on this song and the performance that you did in that film, you know, to be able to serve both sides of -- of the field as an actor and still keep it thorough and awesome as a musician, and the lyricist, hats off to common. >> let's talk about the movies because i know you're a man of the music. let's talk about the movies. did you get to see many of them this year? >> i saw pretty much all of them. >> what do you think? >> what do i think about what? >> what do you think about "boyhood"? what do you think about "selma"?

>> "selma" was amazing. >> run through them for me. >> "selma" struck a cord in me because i learned things in the film that i wasn't taught in school and certain details about martin luther king, so that's the one to me that really was entertaining and it was educational and inspirational, emotional. it hit all of the buttons. so, i thought ava did a really good job for directing, but not nominated, what do you think about that? >> um, -- i -- i try not to get my emotions get wrapped up in politics and all i know is i nominated it. it hit a chord in me, and i know to me, i don't let someone else's opinion dictate how i relate to it and how it resonates within myself. so i don't even know how to answer that question. >> i think you did a fine job

and you're performing after. >> thank you very much. thank you very much. god bless you. will.i.am. >> it was emotional for a lot of people, michaela when it comes to selma. "selma" is emotional for people who fought for civil rights and not just people of color in the country and people who fought for all ethnicities and fought for civil rights and went to see that movie and many thought that ava should have been nominated and she wasn't and said we have a big picture nomination and achievement in music nomination and tonight we'll hear from her if she comes down the red carpet. >> all right. we will hear from her and we're looking forward to what she's wearing as well. fashionwise she looks stunning. don't miss a moment of the red carpet action. you are with us for hollywood's biggest night. ♪ ♪ ♪

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♪ ♪ >> are they performing? ♪ ♪ all right. welcome back to the 87th academy awards and this is cnn's live coverage. everybody is up on the red carpet and everyone, i see tim mcgraw and faith hill, but right behind me we have the lonely island. guys, do you want to turn around and be on television? you might recognize this guy. this is andy samberg. there's also akima schaefer. >> yorma.

>> like the guitarist that we all know. >> how's "girls"? >> it's good. i just had to bring it up. what's up? >> not much. just here at the oscars. it's our first time and we're very excited and three best friends from california and we're having a great time. >> and you're performing with tegan and sara. >> what are you doing?" everything is awesome. >> we pretend to rap and people's minds are expanded. >> how do you come out? because you were hired by snl. >> right. >> how do you come up with stuff like dick in a box? >> and you get locked in a room and told there is a video that has to air in 48 hours and what about -- in a box? >> yeah! yeah! yeah! >> and justin timberlake comes in and sings really well and everyone thinks it's great. >> that was entirely accurate. that was pretty accurate. >> how did you enjoy the 40th

anniversary. >> it was great. >> does he talk? >> i am here just to look at them and go, ha, ha, ha, oh, no, what did he say? >> confidence. >> are you nervous at all? >> do you get nervous still? >> yeah. we get nervous and we're reserving that for later. >> you would think that after doing sketch comedy and live on the fly that you wouldn't get nervous. >> it's not as bad as it would be if i hadn't done that. >> we haven't toured before so the only time we've ever performed one of our songs is live on television because we can't pass up the opportunity. >> let me see your left hand. check out the bling. >> you just got married? >> yeah. that is a mani cam in more ways than one, an m-a-n-i--cam. >> you should have cleaned your fingernails, too. >> good luck, guys. >> continued success on "brooklyn 99". >> hey now! >> hey now! >> i like the midnight blue

tuxedo. who are you wearing? >> we are wearing xenia across the board in a big way! >> congratulations. thank you very much. >> there you go. the lonely island. these guys are nuts. i love all those sketches that they do, michaela, on snl. >> those are the guys for "dick in a box." >> oh, you said it. >> your mom is watching. >> i have breaking news. >> i have breaking news. it is now raining in hollywood. you don't know that it's raining because you're under a tent, but behind us we can see it actually coming down which will make the arrivals a bit of a problem and our fashion expert here with me and is that something they have to take into consideration and they knew it was the possibility of it raining. >> and it's a hollywood nightmare really because of the hair. for the men it's not so bad, but the women they would have spent most of the morning sort of being teased and pulled and straightened and this is your

worst nightmare. i advise a lot of hairspray in the back of those limos right now. >> do you think there would be a game time decision about changing a dress? we know some of these fashion choices are made in those final days and hours before. >> i think by the time you're in the car you're in the dress -- >> you're not going to grab it and change in the car? >> no. it's pretty efficient. you remember the guys of p. diddy with the guy carrying the black umbrella. >> i think patricia arquette is feeling smug because she got here earlier. >> it is chilly. >> we say that tongue in cheek to all of our friends on the east coast, maybe not the worst winter in recorded history and the winter that doesn't end. >> here everyone is in a strapless gown. it makes it cold. >> all right. so you have special country music stars with you down there,

don lemon. >> guess what? they're friends of mine. i have to show him a picture and see if he remembers this. where is it? i can't find it. oh, here it is. do you remember that? >> in atlanta, and the function you guys did, four years ago? >> absolutely. absolutely. >> that's a picture of us that we did at a function a couple of years ago, and we look so young. it was three or four years ago. it is so good to see you, faith hill and tim mcgraw and how are you? i saw you the other night. you look beautiful. >> thank you. i am so excited for my husband to get up there and sing tonight and such a beautiful song. >> you performed in 2000, did you give him any advice? >> um, he's, like, a much better performer than me and all i said is take a few deep breaths before and you'll do fine. >> and the movie "i'll be me" and it's about old timers. >> i just heard that, and i just

heard that and it was fantastic. when you look across the american musical landscape and you think of glen campbell and you think of the songs he recorded and the career that he had from the '60s and all of the records that he played here in l.a. and his musicianship as a guitar player and all of the others that he's so well versed in and the songs and he had galveston. by the time i get to phoenix, wichita lineman, rhinestone cowboy and a huge, iconic reference and for him to go into this part of his life carrying the message that he's carrying and laying it out there for the world to see in advance of all ziemers research, it's pretty special that you can have the legacy he has and to carry something forward. >> does it make you a little bit nervous because the family is here? >> yeah. we just talked. >> it does make you nervous because you want to represent as best as you can represent, and you want to bring honor that you

can bring to it and that's what i'm going to try to do because it is a big honor to be here and he has to do it. >> and it's about alzheimer's and people are talking about it. it's on everyone's mind and it's about time. it's great bumping into you. i wish i could do it all of the time. you're okay, too, buddy. you're a lucky man. >> i am a very lucky man. >> i'll see you soon. >> what a beautiful couple. you don't get any more attractive than that. we still have a whole lot to come and i see some of the stars from "selma," the woman who played coretta scott king right next to me. much more coverage right here on cnn and you can follow us along on twitter, on social media, on facebook and instagram, just go cnn -- #cnnoscars. we'll be right back.

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welcome back to hollywood's biggest night. we are having a grand time watching all of the arrivals in the rain. you can tell that the stars are hiding under some of those umbrellas. it's sprinkling here in hollywood and apparently showers are expected. the weather service is saying they'll happen for the rest of the afternoon, but that's not going to rain on our parade, oh, no, it won't. we understand that down on the red carpet a bit of a rock star has arrived near don lemon. are you going to have a chance to talk to richard linkletter there? >> it is so loud i can -- is she coming to me? can you hear all of the screaming? yes, it is, the director of "boyhood." >> you showed up. somebody showed up. i think the applause it for you. this is a long way -- i say this because motion picture of the year, right? best achievement in directing, best writing for a screen play, all of those things and more. you started and you were on an oil rig when you were in college and then you decided you wanted to be a director and you brought

a super 8 camera and here you are. >> and add 33 years or whatever of working pretty hard and yeah, fun. it was fun how you work at something and life kind of gives you a fun journey, potentially. >> why this film? >> this film's been done a while and we premiered at sundance and it always kind of connected to people and they really can relate to it. i wouldn't have necessarily have predicted that because of the nature of the film, it's a little different, but people just saw themselves in it. >> what was the idea coming up to shoot something over 12 years. i call that -- obviously, it's bigger than that, but it's like a video time lapse. >> a film time lapse. >> yeah. >> we're telling a story about what it feels like to grow up, you know? to be a parent, to change and those relationships and how you feel different at different times. i don't know. >> you watched your daughter grow up in the movie. >> sure did. in life and in the movie, but

the movie is a pretty powerful record of both and the kids. >> rotten apples and only 11 films and yours included by rotten tomatoes and yours is one of them. that's a big deal. >> we are here because we had an enormous critical response, critical reset, you know, assessment and all of the people who really supported the movie and we had a lot of people pulling for us. >> do you see that guy down there two cameras away. do you know him? >> there he is. >> that is mr. ethan hawke. he said if you happened to pass away he would take over the film. >> i asked him to do that. that's when you know you're really in love with something. if i get hit by the bus, ethan, you have to finish it and here are the last scenes. >> that was pretty morbid -- >> and it was kind of a joke. >> was it tough for people to sign on to this because patricia arquette said i was in. >> one phone call and she said

let's do it. artists get it. it's a new way to tell a story and they just jumped in. ethan, patricia and very, very brave people. >> let's get one of these or all of these. >> we'll take whatever we get. >> richard linklater, the director of boyhood which is the odds-on favorite to win fipictu of the year. and patricia arquette and she's the odds-on favorite. >> i actually think it's my pick for best picture and it could be a toss-up between that and "birdman." we want to talk about fashion for a second because we spied marian cotillard walking on the red carpet and joanna coles is here. >> i was swooning at that dress. >> you got weak in the knees. >> which would be scary. she looks amazing and we also caught a glimpse of laura dern, nominated for best supporting in metallic.

metallic is one of the trends for spring and what's interesting for the red carpet and red carpet trends are different to the trends that you will see actually in the fashion market. >> isn't that an interesting thing? and it's actually because the stars now are dressing very much on the defensive, i think. >> twitter? >> and they don't want to become memes. >> she really has very good advice. very good -- >> do you see steve carell and his wife, and power couple in hollywood and a wonderful delight and his role in "foxcatcher". >> i just wish there had been a woman in "foxcatcher." we have a great lineup of male nominees and the female nominees, although wonderful, have had fewer parts. >> you said there weren't as many strong roles for women. >> there really wasn't, with the exception of julianne moore. >> and reese witherspoon who is very vocal in hollywood that she

specifically bought the book to turn into this movie because she was looking for roles. she took matters into her own hands. >> mike keaton and an interesting photo. >> michael keaton and david oyelowo. >> what an oversight. for a generation of people he will be martin luther king. and i have to say i love the color in his maroon tux. i'm so sorry he wasn't nominated. that was an amazing performance. >> i have to stop you because there is craziness hopping off on the red carpet. did kevin hart stop by to say "hi." >> he won't stop talking. he'll be presenting tonight and he keeps looking over here and then kevin, the other kevin from somewhere else, but we'll get him and there's ethan hawke, too, as well, on the red carpet and -- >> it's really picking up down there now. >> it is picking up. there are so many people down here and we are waiting, but

kevin hart is a little nuts, michaela. you are absolutely right. >> i love that guy. i just watched one of his specials last night. >> ethan hawke looks so old hollywood glamour. he looks phenomenal. >> he is a handsome guy, as you would say. if you opened up handsome in the dictionary -- >> there would be a picture of him. >> a photograph of ethan hawke. >> can we talk to someone we saw behind you. marco robby. >> sensational in st. laurent. >> really good. >> and i love the fact she's got sleeves on. >> adam levin looking like the rock star he is with his wond wonderful supermodel girlfriend. >> speaking of fashion -- speaking of fashion. look at this. >> boom! >> put it together. put it together. i think if you'll be on the red carpet you might as well pop! that's what this is. this is a popping outfit. >> a black man in a white tuxedo, kevin, come on, what's

up. >> only a few can pull this off. only a few of us can pull this off right here. >> what are you wearing? >> this is my fiance. >> aniko say hi, baby. >> you're gorgeous. you're gorgeous. >> yes, she is. >> who are pru presenting tonight. >> and presenting best animated short. >> best animated short and excited to be on this oscar stage, this is my first time. >> when i watch "real husbands of hol wlywoohollywood," why ar always bringing me up. >> it's a repetitive joke. >> it's us paying homage to you in our unique way. >> and i'll be warming up dinner in the microwave and did kevin hart mention me again? are you excited to be here? >> i can't even say it. i can't even put it in words. yes. yes. the goal is to come back years later and be hosting. that's the goal now. >> i hear you talking about your journey and how it is to make

it, and that you bought a house and you were so cheap that you didn't put lights in the driveway. is that a true story? >> that's a true story. >> and you locked your son out. >> anything i talked about comes from a real situation. >> it is all set from the real situation expect i think that's what makes me funny and talk about things people can relate to. >> you have to pick. >> isn't she beautiful? >> love her to death. >> i run into her all of the time. do you have a favorite for best film? >> you know what? i won't even put myself in that situation. i'm here as a fan. i'm speck tating and at the end of the day, everything nominated deserves to be nominated. >> step back, let the audience see this. >> back up! open it up! open it up! >> show them the lines. >> thank you! >> see that little black detail right there? nobody saw that black detail right there. i have to show you all, that black detail right there. >> touch. you're a lucky man. >> you got a lot of money and

that's why you got her. >> thank you, kevin. >> joanna, what do you think of that outfit? a white tux owed owe with black lapels. beautiful. >> i think nobody is mistaking kevin hart for a waiter tonight which is often in danger with a white jacket and he is magnificent. he can pull anything off with the attitude. >> you don't let the clothes wear you, you wear the clothes. >> i think the fell as are doing well. >> we've seen the red tuxedo and the white on black. >> we awe commsaw common lookin absolutely super. >> isn't it refreshing to see them branch out a little bit and taking some risks. >> i'll tell you what i loved. so far we haven't seen any of the short, cropped pant look. >> you were looking for shorts? >> i was very nervous that there could be some -- apparently, they told ethan hawke -- >> ethan hawke has arrived because he look amazing. >> the ladies are up on the bridge watching you walk in and

they said oh, my god, that is a handsome man. classically handsome. i don't know, what do you think of that? >> i don't know what to say to that. i -- i feel like i bet they say that about all of the boys. i feel like we all look exactly the same. the women all look so beautiful and the guys, we all, some ever these guys have style. i've never had any style. i enjoy making movies so much that, i mean, i remember when i came for my first screen test we were at the holiday inn and i was 13 years old and came right around here, walking around and dreaming of this kind of thing, so i just try to never lose sight of that. >> i like the shawl collar. what are you wearing? >> i'm wearing prada, baby. >> nice! this is your fourth oscar nomination. this feels different. this movie is spectacular, and it's different -- >> it's different for me because it's not -- it was never a job. it was a strange, crazy dream

and it's just ballooned and surpassed anything i could have imagined for it and i also got to make it with a film director that i really believe in. patricia arquette is one of my favorite actresses of my generation and to get to do something serious with her and to get to be a part of something original doesn't get to happen very often in an actor's life. as an actor, you don't always get this opportunity. >> are you thinking of robin? >> the last time i was nominated for best picture was with him 25 years ago, and so -- yeah, i'll be thinking of robin. i'll be thinking of phil. i'll be thinking of river phoenix. all of these people who affect your life stay with you. robin got me my first agent. he's here tonight and he had a party for me last night. >> you've been in some of the best pictures ever and this picture and "dead poet's society," did you ever think in

a million years this is you. >> you spend each day one at a time and i think about how to get through tomorrow and how can i not embarrass myself in this interview and slowly as time goes by and it's like a spider web and you go from one thing to the next and it never seems like a big deal. and you look back and you think i have been living the life. >> thank you. good luck and congratulations. thank you, guys. thank you, guys. i see david oyelowo. there's steve carell, as well. i don't know if you guys can see them. steve carell is over there and david oyelowo played dr. king in the movie "selma" and -- oh, yeah -- okay, anyway. we'll be back from the red carpet live at the oscars, the 87th annual oscars academy awards. we'll try to get the guy from "selma" right after this break. ♪ ♪ ♪

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♪ ♪ people have -- i can't tell you how many times people have told me it never rains in l.a. yeah, right. joanna coles up here watching the red carpet arrivals. if you can somehow factor an umbrella into your look you'd be straight. >> this would have been the perfect year for bjork. she would have swum down the red carpet. >> we'll swim down the road to the elton john party because we have the host of that party with rocsi diaz. rocsi, you lucky girl. >> i am the luckiest girl in the world and here with none other

than mr. elton john. >> congratulations on search a long run. when did you know that you knew it would mean something? it was a party with a purpose. >> and we rised a lot of money that was $300,000 and we knew as a result we had to keep doing it. it was fun, but the cause, you know, it's still out there, and i think that's why people come here to celebrate the oscars, but to do good work and give money to a great cause and they've been coming year after year after year and we are so luck bethat. >> people are going to have so much fun because tonight you have noah rogers and you are first with your husband david furst and these outfits are so fun. i had to compliment you on your shoes. do you have your favorites for tonight? >> winners? redmond, and he's a great actor and he's british. it will be interesting to see who wins best actor and best film and best director and that's the race.

>> i think everybody else has pretty much shown up, i think. >> we'll go back to don on the red carpet and eddie was just passing by, right, don? >> all right. >> it's really loud out here. there she is, laura dern. it's great to see you. you look fantastic. the dress is important, but the work is more important. this work is wild. is this a most unusual experience you've had with a movie? >> it really is because it's come from such incredible authenticity. there is no one like cheryl stray. she poured her heart and soul into the book "wild" and told her life story and shared the life of her mother who i va the privilege of playing with reese and my family and her family. >> it's about her journey as she gets a divorce and there were things that happened in her life and she decides to take a hike, right? >> a 1,000-mile hike carrying this big backpack.

reese witherspoon plays her in the movie and you play the mom and you're only nine years older than reese. >> because, i think, the fact that they were quite close in age, not that close and they were like sisters. she raised her kids on her own having left an abusive marriage and was such a lightning rod for earned gratitude. >> yes. >> and tragically died of lung cancer. >> we are live around the world, by the way. i want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. you might recognize this guy. >> this guy is my dad bruce dern who i got to be his date when he was nominated for "nebraska" and vitt privilege to be here with his grandchildren, my children tonight. >> beautiful family. how proud are you? >> i'm very proud. we've had seven in the family, nominati nominations, and she always took

risks and when she first started out and she's still taking them and the fact that they got that movie made. >> right. >> and the fact that that woman actually did that. >> you were nominated for "nebraska" last year and so you repaid the favor, right? >> she let me be her date. >> and are they going in? it's going to be bed time soon, no? >> they're going to watch the whole experience. >> you look fantastic. thank you. good luck to you. >> thank you so much. >> a pleasure seeing you. >> nice meeting you. nice meeting you, too. >> who are you wearing, by the way? >> custom alberto ferrety. >> and that was not my first question. >> you will get a lot of props and a lot of people watching when are they going to ask the girls more than what they wear. it is an exciting night for women which there are 47 nominees which is the most

nominated. >> and they put it together. very exciting. beautiful. >> good luck. >> watch mom. >> okay. >> katrina, what do you think about her dress looks amazing and it's raining and the rain is coming down. we're getting little raindrops inside the tent here on the red carpet. that's a no-no. >> little raindrops. we're having a torible downpour here. we have tarps and umbrellas. this is pretty awesome. i think we should do a weather report for the oscars and start asking people what umbrellas they are carrying and it would be big business tonight in the accessories industry and what i'm seeing down there, everybody looks amazing and my favorite best dressed i'll throw it out there, margo robby from "selma" looks spectacular. i think she's looks wonderful and i hope you're enjoying the drive because we are soaked and it's kind of awesome here. >> katrina, thank you very much. >> thank you.

>> thank you very much. >> michaela is up on the bridge and felicity jones is here from "the theory of everything." congratulations. how are you feeling? >> thank you. great. it's so exciting to be here. i'm with my family and i'm sharing it all with them. >> you know, it's interesting, this movie there's this transformation and you are like the wife that just won't quit. >> she is definitely not a quitter. she is a tremendously strong woman, she still is. she's still alive and i absolutely have such admiration for her and she was an incredible woman to play. >> the strength of jane hawking kept her going, right? >> absolutely. kept them all going. >> what is it like to work with eddie in this movie? because he had to have a real transformation and actually his spine is permanently curved from having to play this role. >> i know. i know. he's great to work with, with great friends and collaborators and very much a team effort all

of the way through and continuing to come into awards doing it together. >> i'm going to let you go early because it's raining. >> this is an alexander mcqueen dress. >> felicity jones. >> she is nominated for "the theory of everything". >> michaela, it's raining down here. i don't know what we'll do. the stars will run right past. >> i want to pull back the curtain a little bit on what's going on on the bridge where we are. >> think we've turned into weathermen. >> it is not raining, people. the heavens have opened. >> it is almost monsoon. >> lupita looks breath taking. >> she's wearing calvin klein. >> my prediction is she'll be in the top five best dressed. >> she's done it. >> she's done it with the same designer. it's calvin klein collection by francisco costa. she looks unbelievable. >> you know she loves it because she's enjoying it. >> she had such a good moment last year and she's gone back to the same designer and she looks great. >> unbelievable texture on that

dress and it's completely beaded. >> a wonderful neck line and so sexy which is not too overt and she has beautiful arms and lots of skin, but without being crazy. >> so here, you've got to see from where we are. we've got an umbrella. say hi to mom. there you go. one of our guys. >> what was that dress that we just saw. >> we just saw an incredible dress. >> can we shoot back to that dress? there was a lot of boobage going on. >> which is why we probably pulled away. >> they're using big, red -- these using sticks to push the tent up. >> are you getting wet where you are? >> oh, my goodness. >> that just opened up here. >> that's probably about 12 feet next to us, but before we -- you know, they get there, they're here. >> hello. >> the hi, chrissy. how are you doing, baby?

>> great. i'm excited to win the oveng ar tonig oscar tonight. >> john legend is here. >> i'm not going to be sexist. >> i'm wearing gucci. >> i spoke with common earlier and he said the collaboration, it just sort of, once you guys got together it just kind of poured out. >> we did it all over the phone, actually. i was touring in london, and he was in l.a., and they were working on the edit of the film and ava said we need a song for the closing credits and common called me and said, john, i need help with a song. and so we did the song and i wrote the chorus and the bridge and sent it to him and he wrote the rap and made a song. >> will you let a little rain stop you guys? >> no. the tent will stop the rain. >> are you nervous at all? >> not yet. i might get nervous when it's closer to time to perform. i'll be nervous then and then they announce the award right after that, so i'll be nervous. >> thank you very much.

>> thank you. >> chrissy, you look fantastic. >> you look all right. >> thank you, guys. >> eddie redmain, michaela pereira. >> i see qwest love right behind you. my boy! >> there he is! >> we're cold and we're wet and the fact is they better get the rest of those stars inside because they're absolutely going to melt. >> this is every starlet's anxiety. >> this is #redcarpetnightmare. >> it's horrifying. >> hollywood's biggest night is turning into hollywood's wettest night. don't go away, and we'll be back after a flash. >> look at the smiles. at least they're having a great time. ♪ ♪

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i want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. eddie redmayne, your movie has been seen around the world, as well. congratulations. how are you doing? how are you feeling? >> i feel great to be here. it's raining which makes me feel like i'm at home and it's a real privilege to be here. >> who are you wearing? >> i'm wearing alexander mcqueen. >> i love alexander mcqueen. as is my wife and i feel very lucky to get dressed by them. >> you lost 15 pounds. have you been putting it back on? >> i have been gently putting it back on. steven lost weight throughout his disease and i lost all of this weight and occasionally people would see that i would get a pizza arriving to my trailer. >> you are my pick. i watched the movie and it was amazing. you worked with a dancer and your spine is permanently altered, is that true? >> i'm not sure it is now.

i saw a wonderful osteopath throughout the filming who helped align me. at moments you were physically uncomfortable. steven hawking sometimes thought he was watching himself when he saw you. >> it was the greatest review of my life. >> let me show you this. >> oh, well. we're matching. >> we're matching today. >> thank you, eddie. good luck. thank you very much. eddie redmayne here, best actor nominee before they walk under the drenching canopy here. so let's see what happens. back to you, michaela. up on the bridge, how are you doing up there? >> we are going gaga over julianne moore who just arrived and we believe she's a lock for her portrayal in "still alice," and we're seeing more white on the red carp sneet this is julianne moore in chanel which is not a common designer for her. we saw her in givenchy for the golden globes, but metallics,

creams, whites are on trends for spring. >> and that beading is so ornate and the camelia is a house flower. and her stylist, leslie freemar who is one of the best and the nicest stylists is also working with reese witherspoon and she has the two american nominees. >> this whole notion of starlets not using a stylist is not true. >> reese witherspoon and julianne moore acknowledge they use leslie and they never make an error and do you want someone, as well to give you the honesty. we've all been in the dressing room that say i can do this and you get out on the red carpet and it's nerve-racking and people are taking photos and you are not dressing -- it's almost like you're not dressing for yourself. you are dressing to be photographed. >> we'll get into that in a second because there is a whole topic about that, a bit of the

backlash that's going on on the red carpet and people saying i'm more than just the dress. i'm a role and i'm an artist. you can see the umbrellas are still up and it is pouring rain. don lemon has a very special guest with him down on the red carpet and hopefully he has someone holding an umbrella over him, too. >> oh, my god, what is going on over here? this is crazy. i love this guy, by the way. >> they're dealing with the rain. >> i watched the movie again yesterday and -- >> yeah. >> the amazing robert duval is here and his beautiful wife luciana. >> thank you. we just finished a move ney utah called "wild horses" and she plays a texas ranger. >> we love that, and we want to talk about this movie. >> i want to talk about "wild horses." >> we want to talk about "the judge." >> i thought you guys were great in that movie.

tough work. tough job, and i had to dig. do you think you're the typical straight-nosed father? because a lot of people have relationships with their father -- >> i don't know any family on any continent in any city where they don't have problems. you can't do away with the family unit and it's very complex wherever you go. >> yeah. and this is not that unusual. >> yeah. >> how did you like your co-star in that movie? >> great. he's a great guy. tremendously talented and great producer and his wife susan downey, and he's great to work with. >> robert downey, jr., plays your son who is an attorney. >> yes. >> he comes to visit after your wife, his mother, dies. >> yes. >> as it turns out you're dealing with cancer and you are taking chemotherapy drugs. >> yes. >> so you run over someone in a car that is believed to be and he represents you in court. >> you know it better than i do. >> i loved the movie. i loved it. >> good father and son.

the writer was so unique in his approach to the whole thing. it was really great working on it. >> i was wondering, just like the great santini, right? >> i thought the movie would end with you going to jail. i said i wonder what's going to happen? i shouldn't give too much of it away. >> i do go to jail. >> i know you, do. >> and some transition, just the two sins at the end. >> who are you wearing? >> xenia. >> and harry winston. >> oh, my gosh. a lot of harry winston. look at this, holy schmoly. >> it's the argentine flag. >> and we live 50 miles west of washington. >> what channel am i on? >> 202. >> what did you say before? >> i love watching you. >> thank you very much. i love watching you. >> thank you, guys. >> you look fantastic. >> michaela, we're dealing with the rain and you should see this. it's crazy, you know what?

-- >> i think next year when i come to do the oscars i'll wear hip waders, don lemon, they'll be part of my couture look. >> we'll cart them in from the cars. >> look, there's still a lot of people arriving. that's the thing. they've got to get these folks in there. we know we're only a few minutes away from the big show, hollywood's biggest night and the red carpet, a soggy one continues. stay with us here on cnn. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i am totally blind. and sometimes i struggle to sleep at night,

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♪ ♪ ♪ all right. we're back on the red carpet in los angeles, in hollywood.

j.k. simmons, what an incredible performance. how are you? >> good to see you. is this your lovely wife? >> michelle. >> hi, michelle. >> who are you wearing? >> zac posen. >> very beautiful. i loved your performance. >> thank you. >> you were a jerk in this movie. >> some people thought that. i didn't quite get it. >> was this a tough performance. you're a nice guy and i heard about working with you with the nicest guy in the world. is it tough to may a task master. >> it's not tough to play a character who was very clear on the page and it was very easy. >> the movie goes fast and it's intense. i kept watching it. i watched it twice. once in the theater and once at home and my heart kept pounding. like, you can't sleep after. >> i love that. people say they walked out of the theater exhilarated and/or beat up and sort of debating, you know, what the movie was saying to them. >> do you have a musical background? >> i do, yeah. >> you do? you studied music in college,

right? you're everything. you're every man. you're in this, in the insurance commercials. i loved you in "the closer." you're the yellow m&m. what can't you do? >> i haven't really played a chick yet, but you know, i'm open. >> i'll bet it can happen. >> thank you very much. thank you very much. >> a lot of folks are still -- wow! look at that gorgeous. i don't know who that is. i just sow one of the most beautiful women on the red carpet is that rita ora? >> hi. >> oh, what do you guys think of what she's wearing, michaela? >> joanna, she was at the tom ford show on friday which was really the big kickoff party for this weekend. i thought she looked amazing. we had her on our cover, the cosmo cover in december. she has great, great style. >> you can see a few wardrobe changes from her tonight and she'ses performing one of the

best song nominees. anna wintour has arrived. >> so, you know, it's interesting. i was talking to you about whiplash in the break. i am so excited for people to see this movie. it's the lowest-grossing film ever to be nominated for an academy award and not a lot of people got a chance to see it. >> it was one tiny bit for the girlfriend, and i watched this movie thinking this is ridiculous. no one would get away with being a teacher like this nowadays, and then i remembered that actually my own son had a music teacher who was fired for hitting children and john legend told me, i'm just dropping his name. >> drop a name. drop a name. >> that he thought it was terrible, but many music teachers do behave like this to try to coax out genius from their students. >> the plot of the movie, but i think the way they incorporated music into this film. i'm a big fan of jazz. the way they incorporated jazz into that film was phenomenal. >> miles is terrific, and such

wonderful energy. >> so you can see them down underneath the tented red carpet to get the pooled water off of the tent to prevent it from falling on the heads of the red carpet. >> this is how we are at cnn. we don't even need someone to hold our umbrella. it just sort of -- >> it is its own nomination. >> so you see it. >> it can actually fly away like mary poppins. >> speaking of british people, you should be very trade. >> eddie redmayne, felicity jones. >> very good year. benedict cumberbatch. >> i do. >> you're a redmania. >> yes, i am, actually. >> i had no idea. i am learning so many things about you. give us an idea of the trends we've seen for women.

>> we've seen metallics. >> and white. >> and asymmetry. and yes, that cate blanchett. >> what a statement necklace. >> we're seeing a lot of blue and a lot of skin, but not that much cleavage. >> can i tell you what else is very funny? >> we are seeing a lot of cell phone cameras. i imagine this will be the most instagramed and most selfied event of the year. when we walked down on the red carpet in advance of the show when it was just the media types hanging out there were so many people taking selfies that you had to dodge around them when you were walking. >> look at rita ora. >> oh, don's going to talk to you. >> i tornaurned around, and i si can't see that far, but it's the most beautiful woman i've ever seen. >> there are a lot of beautiful women here, so that's a very nice compliment. >> what are you wearing? >> forres cana. youer performing "grateful".

>> and just women in the music industry and in movies, just kind of being together. >> are you grateful or nervous? >> together, great nervous. >> you look fantastic. >> thank you very much. >> she is gorgeous. >> she looks -- >> so good. >> can you see the train there. >> that's crazy. >> don't step on it. >> that's a beautiful fish tail by marchesa. >> and very simple, but ornate at the same time. >> kerry washington. >> the lovely gray slate blue. >> did you say kerry washington? >> scandalocity! >> kerry is in miu miu. >> you look fantastic. >> how are you? >> i'm great. how are you? >> i got a little bit of sleep. just a little bit. >> who are you wearing? >> i'm wearing miu miu. >> who? >> miu miu. >> great. you are presenting. >> i'm presenting shorts with jason bateman. >> it's been a crazy couple of

years for you. >> it has been. >> snl, "scandal". >> uh-huh. >> you are everything and everywhere. every time you're on television you're trending. i'm sure you're trending now. what does that feel like? >> i think that's a little bit of an exaggeration. it's been a good ride. i just honestly feel blessed to have a job and to be doing work that i love. yeah. >> so this is a big year for women when you think about what's going on, you think of how women were portrayed in the movie "selma" and showed how much importance women had in the movement and the women who are nominated and the women behind the scenes and in front of the camera and movies. it's a big year. how do you feel about that? >> i love being a woman and any time women get props i'm excited about it. >> do you have a pick? >> no. no. it's too much pressure, you know? i have so many friends who are nominated so i don't like to have picks. i feel like if you get to be here you're a winner and that's all that matters. >> you're a winner. >> thank you for coming over. >> thank you. it's good to see you. >> i'm done. that's it.

>> you're smitten. >> i can go to heaven. >> i know, she is so gorgeous. >> look at her. i mean, look. come on. >> that is perfection. >> she's beautiful. >> joanna, do you like being a woman? >> i'm very happy to be a woman and very happy, indeed. >> been one for a while. it's interesting, she's presenting, kerry washington is presenting and the diverse press enders is making up for the fact that this is the year that people are calling the #oscars. >> it's unfortunate that they don't have a single nominee that isn't white in the category and they have to make it up especially if they want a big american audience. >> and there is mary in the cinematographer and editing. >> women only have 28% of the dialogue in hollywood and you think, really, we have to work for change. >> we have to work for change. >> there's been a pushback and i saw some on twitter and people saying why are you bothering

asking people who you're air wearing and explain that before we go to break. >> one of the reason the stars want to say which designer they're wearing is because they often want a contract with that designer and this is often where stars will figure out, are they going to get a beauty contract and will they become a face of the fashion brand. we saw that with lupita last year. she made such an amazing impression on everybody. it's a business decision and it's not just a beautiful way to uplift women. >> it's been a delight to have you here in the bird's-eye view. don lemon and joanna will join you for the post show. the stars are headed into the dolby theater. have a great time. >> thank you very much. we'll be back after this is over, and i'm going have a great time and i'll probably be up all night. >> that's harvey weinstein behind us. i'm so excited to be here. make sure you follow us on twitter #cnnoscars, and i'll see you soon after the big show.

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