Here’s a news wrap of the evening from Rory Carroll, our man on the scene in Los Angeles:

Take a look at one of the night’s best moments as Miguel et al sang best original song winner Remember Me

Here are the best quotes and jokes of the night in case you want to re-enact any of the key moments. You might need to get changed first though.

Well of course he’s good at whistling too ...

Here are some backstage quotes from the big winners:

“I am so proud to be a part of a time that’s the beginning of a movement, where I feel like the best films of every genre are being brought to me by black directors” – Jordan Peele

“I have to be at a table read for Mom at 10am tomorrow, so I’m going back to work” – Allison Janney

“I can’t say what it would be like to win an Oscar in any other year, but to win it for playing Winston makes it doubly special. It’s been an unforgettable experience” – Gary Oldman

“I think every time we (Mexico) can demonstrate in any form, sports, science, art or culture, what we bring to the world discourse is extremely important. When we do it, it’s important to remember where we’re from, and honoring your roots and your country” – Guillermo del Toro

There were a number of regrettable snubs in tonight’s In Memoriam section including The Texas Chainsaw Massacre director Tobe Hooper and Batman star Adam West:

So the folks at the Hollywood Reporter did the math and The Shape of Water is the highest-grossing best picture winner for five years, despite having made less than $60m domestically.

Here’s how the last few years stack up:

2018 - The Shape of Water: $57.4m

2017 - Moonlight: $22.1m

2016 - Spotlight: $45m

2015 - Birdman: $37.8m

2014 - 12 Years a Slave: $50.3m

Not everyone was quite so taken with McDormand’s speech given the film she was winning her award for:

Probably the speech that will be shared the most over the next 24 hours:

So this is pretty big, yet buried, news. Tonight, Robert Lopez won an Oscar for co-writing best original song Remember Me from Coco which means he is now a double EGOT.

An EGOT is someone who has won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony. According to Entertainment Weekly, he is the first person to ever manage it twice. There are only 12 people who have managed it once.

Guillermo del Toro is being interviewed by E! right now, before he heads to the afterparties. “It took so much effort not to think about this moment for weeks and months and then, in that moment, you go blank,” he says.

Kimmel was solid but, given the fact that every major US awards show has been hosted by a white man in the past 12 months, next year, the Academy needs to shake it up.

Twitter has decided who they should pick:

Apparently Frances McDormand just found out about what an inclusion rider is last week, which means we’re all forgiven for not knowing what it meant:

Here’s that video of stars talking about the importance of diversity and inclusion in the industry:

Frances McDormand’s speech ended with the term “inclusion rider”, leading most people to quickly type the words “inclusion rider” into Google.

Here’s an explainer:

Remember all that talk of the Tiffany Haddish/Paul Thomas Anderson collaboration? Well he’s keen to work with her and they’ve been talking together about what it could be.

Tonight, she revealed a tad more to Yahoo:

“It could be several things, we’re trying to figure it out. Either it’ll take place in South Central LA back when it was poppin’ off of South Central Boulevard — I don’t know if you know, Central Boulevard was like Sunset back in the day, back in the 30s and 40s. Or maybe it’ll be like a wayback period piece that takes place in the 1600s. I bet you didn’t know black people was in England then, did you? We was!”

For anyone like me who wondered who the activists were in the back of the Common/Andra Day performance, this will prove handy:

Disney-owned ABC used the night to tease the first trailer for Mary Poppins Returns, and the full preview is now up online:

This is pretty nuts:

Here’s a look back at the evening and proof that we didn’t all collectively dream Helen Mirren riding a jet ski:

Can you blame him?

So despite the ceremony coming in a year filled with talk of equality in Hollywood, apparently there were the least amount of female winners for six years.

Only six women took home awards compared to 33 men – and that’s including the two female acting winners. Not great is it?

One of the better speeches of the night here, from Coco director Lee Unkrich, in case you missed it:

Oh and there’s a new Meryl screaming meme to use, which is exciting news for anyone sick of that last Meryl screaming meme:

Oh and finally there’s a gif of Mark Bridges living his best life:

Here’s a lovely piece from November by Guy Lodge on best picture winner The Shape of Water, explaining why, despite its period setting, there’s something topical about its story:

Oh so costume designer Mark Bridges won that jet ski! He was last seen riding it off stage with Helen Mirren at the end of the 11th hour of the ceremony

Here’s that bit when celebrities fired hot dogs at civilians, by the way:

Spare a thought for poor Lady Bird though. Greta Gerwig’s much-loved autobiographical comedy came away with precisely zero awards. Justice for Gerwig!

Oh wait!

Okay so it looks like it was rider but yeah:

It’s rare to see a non-plummy British actor win an Oscar though. Here’s a whole thing on that:

You can do it too!

In case you’re just joining us, the ceremony kicked off about five days ago and here’s a chance to see Kimmel’s okay-ish monologue:

Sam Rockwell was asked about the criticisms of Three Billboards and race backstage:

Now for the In Memoriam segment and Eddie Vedder is on stage singing Tom Petty’s Room at the Top of the World. Harry Dean Stanton, Jonathan Demme, Martin Landau, Roger Moore, Sam Shepard, Jeanne Moreau and Jerry Lewis are just some of the names mentioned.

This guy knew!

Another live performance and this time, it’s the anthemic This is Me from The Greatest Showman. The film was once seen as a bit of a joke with negative buzz and middling reviews but it’s become a phenomenon, making $345m worldwide and the soundtrack becoming a number one hit.

It’s a tearful turn from Keala Settle and she’s received a standing ovation, even from her begrudging competitor Mary J Blige.

It’s montage time! Again! The ceremony is for sure going to run over since we still have seven awards left but hey, here’s another collection of clips.

It’s focused on films that pay tribute to the military from Saving Private Ryan to The Thin Red Line to Platoon to Zero Dark Thirty.

Oh and here’s a look at that screening bit. It’s hardly the Ellen selfie but hey:

Getting a bit foggy over who won what? No need. We got you:

Ashley Judd, Salma Hayek and Annabella Sciorra are on stage to talk about the women who have spoken out against predators in Hollywood. All of them accused Harvey Weinstein of misconduct.

They are introducing a short piece about diversity, inclusion and inequality. Voices include Ava DuVernay, Greta Gerwig, Kumail Nunjiani, Barry Jenkins, Geena Davis and Mira Sorvino.

It’s a rare montage that actually feels worthwhile tonight.

This is a fair point

Backstage Kobe Bryant is greeted with cheers and a few boos, then receives solely softball questions about his transition from athlete to writer, with no questions about the rape accusation, #MeToo or Time’s Up.

“This sense of validation, it’s crazy man,” he smiled. “The hardest thing for athletes when starting over is you have to quiet the ego.. learn the basics of things. My advice to athletes is find something you want to do then everything else tends to make sense.”

Underscoring the blurred lines in Hollywood’s sexual misconduct backlash, Bryant lauded two figureheads of the female empowerment – Oprah Winfrey and Shonda Rhimes – as mentors. “When you have mentors like that in your life.. everything tends to work itself out.”

Bryant gets a high-five as he walks out to applause and grimaces from some journalists who didn’t get to ask questions.

Another musical performance now from the film Marshall, starring Chadwick Boseman as the first African American supreme court judge, Thurgood Marshall. Common and Andra Day are performing and they are joined by a group of important activists on stage.

It’s a cracking, politically charged duet – although without enough explanation, it’s difficult to understand exactly who is standing behind them and what they are standing for.

This is a tough category to call.

And here we are with the slightly patronizing spectacle of well-dressed well-paid actors going in to surprise “the little people” who are busy enjoying their movie.

There are screams of surprise as Gal Gadot arrives with a basket full of snacks. It’s an odd sight. Especially now that Meryl Streep is waving back to them via the big screen.

Kimmel is ridiculing the smell of the cinema because ya know, real people stink, right?

Ansel Elgort is now firing hot dogs into the audience. There is so much screaming that nothing discernible can be heard. Is this happening or am I just really tired?

Want to relive tonight’s red carpet? Can you believe it took place only 18 hours ago?

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So just as I was about to say that tonight has been refreshingly short of attempts at viral moments, well here we are.

Kimmel wants to thank the people who buy tickets to go see movies and so he’s taking a group of actors over the road to the cinema to thank them. Stars include Emily Blunt, Gal Gadot, Armie Hammer and Margot Robbie. The “hilarious” results coming after the break.

The reaction to Kobe Bryant winning an Oscar is, well, not great:

Another musical performance and another reminder of what a strong year it is for the original song category. Sufjan Stevens is on stage to perform Mystery of Love from Call Me by Your Name.

A sweet, melancholic interlude.

Groans and angry murmurs in the press room as Kobe Bryant, who was accused of rape, collects his award. The scorn briefly eclipses the Q&A from The Shape of Water team, which lauds Guillermo del Toro’s aesthetic vision.

The sentiment on Twitter is similarly pleased for Janney but less pleased for I, Tonya

Okay so this short speech joke is turning into a long-running thing. As predicted costume design winner Mark Bridges is currently in the lead. Now the shortest speech giver will also win a trip to Lake Havasu! You go Mark Bridges!

You should all be aware that Lakeith Stanfield is live-tweeting the Oscars

The second nominee for best original song and, as someone who ugly cried through the final 15 minutes, a personal favorite.

Gael Garcia Bernal, Miguel and Natalia LaFourcade are performing Remember Me from Coco, a film that’s set to pick up best animated feature later tonight. Miguel is one heck of a live singer and the staging is a wonderful reminder of what a charming film it is.

One of the best Oscars musical performances in recent memory.

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First snafu of the night, but a mini one no one will care about. Backstage the media receive a transcript of the best supporting actor’s press conference comments while Sam Rockwell is still talking, and the transcript turns out to be of Casey Affleck from last year.

Rockwell says he had several months to prepare for the role. “I did some ridealongs with some cops. I met with a skin graft doctor who introduced me to some burn victims. I had two or three months so got to indulge in all this research.”

The night already feels a bit too montage heavy for me, especially given that the montages are all really dreadfully long. GIVE THE WINNERS THAT TIME INSTEAD.

But yeah we’re already on our 67th (?) of the night running through a seemingly random selection of films from Moonlight to Forrest Gump to It to Precious toWest Side Story to Inception. It’s self-indulgent and long and please Academy, do less.

It’s like film has died and they are paying tribute to the whole medium.

I’m also totally okay with this

The first of the original song performances tonight and it’s this year’s double nominee Mary J Blige singing her track from Mudbound. She’s also up for best supporting actress and is the first person to ever be up for both awards in the same year.

It’s a grand performance, accompanied with a choir and imagery from the film. Miguel singing his Coco song up soon.

Kimmel has made his second joke about Black Panther’s phenomenal box office which makes sense since the show is on ABC owned by Disney who own Marvel who made Black Panther. Funny and true and also smug!

This is essentially true:

Back to the short speech thing! Man, they are really serious with this. If your speech goes on too long this year, Lakeith Stanfield will jump out screaming “Get out!” which was followed by actual Lakeith Stanfield dressed in his costume from the film. Not a bad joke!

We interviewed Rockwell back in October and so yeah he should have thanked us but hey.

You can check it out here:

Kimmel is asking winners to keep their speeches short and whoever gives the shortest speech will, ermmm, win a jet-ski! It’s not a joke, he has a stopwatch!

And that’s it from the Guardian fashion team. So what did we learn? A whiteout could have been the new blackout. Gold is what to wear if you haven’t been nominated. Wear your cause on your pin, be it Black Lives Matter or Time’s Up. But when it came to a potential Time’s Up dress code, the party line was there was no party line. The conversation, it seems, has moved off-carpet and into the ether. Or, tonight, more likely the podium.

With the Queen wearing duck egg blue front row at London Fashion Week, it’s a colour on its way up. Emily Blunt, who has of course played royals in the past, is lending her support to it with this tulle number. A light-as-a-feather macaroon of a dress.

Will JLaw fall over again tonight? Probably:

Who’s your money on? If you want to place some last minute bets with those around you then here’s a final set of predictions from our expert Peter Bradshaw:

Anyone with half an eye on Viola Davis’s red carpet game will know she likes to wear head-to-toe colour. For the Oscars, she gave her support to the pink dress camp. This fuchsia dress brightens things up from the ballet slipper territory. We’re into it.

Bow’d and bejewelled, it’s Nicole Kidman in an architectual feat of a dress: a royal blue strapless gown with a giant bow and central slit.

It looks like this year’s theme is expensive

Meryl Streep is well known for saying she “couldn’t care less” about fashion, so pity the presenter that asked where her dress is from. Still, it’s a triumphant look for the actor, who is nominated for The Post, with a classic Streep neckline, finely belted and, notably, no Time’s Up pin.

More than ever before, this year has seen some pretty intense backlashes to the nominated films. It’s an obvious escalation, given the outrage culture we’re all screaming our way through, and it’s often entirely, and refreshingly valid.

But will it affect who voters actually pick? Do they care about resurfaced allegations of domestic violence against Gary Oldman? Do they believe the claims of plagiarism being leveled at The Shape of Water? Do they agree that Martin McDonagh’s take on race in America is tone-deaf in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri?

My guess = probably not.

The second actress to wear gold, possibly nodding to the actual Oscar statuette, Lupita Nyong’o’s dress is as glitzy as they come. The sash adds a tough detail that tells everyone Nyong’o, like her character in Black Panther, is anything but a pushover.

Presenter and Wonder Woman actor Gal Gadot is also banging the drum for statuette chic in a metallic tasselled hem dress, which judging by the pictures, she appears to be swishing all the time. Look at that movement.

The Academy isn’t always swayed by box office but there’s something to be said about voters gravitating towards the buzzier, more seen films.

Taking a look at this year’s crop, here’s how they stand in terms of global gross. Could Get Out’s phenomenal conversion of $5m budget to $255m gross help push it to the top?

9. Call Me by Your Name – $29m

8. Phantom Thread – $33m

7. Lady Bird – $53m

6. The Shape of Water – $113m

5. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Misouri – $123m

4. Darkest Hour – $136m

3. The Post – $146m

2. Get Out – $255m

1. Dunkirk – $525m

Playing mother and daughter in Lady Bird, Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf arrived together and effectively gave two thumbs up to the pink dress trend. Ronan’s sugarpink dress with big bow has a mid-century fun feel to it, while Metcalf’s column dress is sleek and chic. Matchy-matchy dressing taken to the next level.

Last night, there was a special Oscars skit during Saturday Night Live, taking aim at the many men being accused of sexual harassment this year.

You can take a look here at who won a “grabby”

Here’s Emma Stone and the First Pair Of Trousers of the red carpet – black, naturally – and worn with a red burgundy jacket and pink sash. The clashing colours were a flip to last year’s gold gown. Which makes you wonder if she and Jennifer Lawrence shared notes.

The list of stars presenting awards tonight is both impressive and impresssively diverse. We’ll be seeing Margot Robbie, Tiffany Haddish, Chadwick Boseman, Emily Blunt, Jodie Foster, Zendaya, Kumail Nunjiani, Helen Mirren, Dave Chappelle, Lupita Nyong’o, Taraji P Henson and many others.

But will there be any viral hosting skits? The Oscars is usually light on these (the Globes is usually the home for these) but they have invited three key Weinstein accusers to present (Salma Hayek, Ashley Judd and Annabella Sciorra) which suggests an emotive tribute to the women who have spoken up.

“Something that weights a ton of bricks” and “smoke and mirrors” was Sally Hawkins’s spirited if telling response to what she is wearing on the red carpet. What we do know about the 1940s shouldered dress, which pooled into black beads on the carpet, is that it is in keeping with the whiteout trend. As to the Oscars’ post-Times’ Up? “Still battling with equal pay,” she said, before walking away.

Tonight’s most nominated film The Shape of Water has been nabbing headlines in recent weeks for all of the wrong reasons. Guillermo del Toro’s woozily romantic fantasy has been likened to a play from Paul Zindel and his family have taken legal action for perceived plagiarism. Will this affect its chances?

You can read more here:

In recognition, perhaps, of the Oscar’s statuette, Jennifer Lawrence has come in gold rippled Christian Dior and matching rippled hair. Lawrence’s red carpet hair routinely launches a thousand trends so it’s worth noting. Following a recent photo call and a Versace dress, Lawrence shut down critics who accused her of not advocating feminism as “loud”. Much like her glorious dress.

In 1962 Puerto Rican actor Rita Moreno was awarded best supporting actress for her role as Anita in West Side Story.

Here’s Rita Moreno in that dress, back in 1962, and 2018. Compare and contrast. It’s a good detail to note that after 56 years, she chose to go strapless and pair the dress with glasses and Cleopatra-style necklace. “This has been hanging in my closet all this time, not even in a bag,” she said. “What is amazing is this gold thread didn’t tarnish. I’m 86 now, it’s 56, there are big changes, good changes, I’m thrilled to be here.” She’s an example to us all.

For the Independent Spirit awards, Timothée Chalamet wore a white shirt with name tag that looked like it came from a thrift store. He’s smartened up for the Oscars but kept the slightly esoteric point of view, with the short trousers and pointy boots. More please.

Zoë Brock, a model and writer who accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct, said she wished the Academy Awards would do more to honor the women who have spoken up about the disgraced producer.

“Put us on a stage. Let us wear black! Look us in the eyes and tell us you’re proud of us,” Brock wrote to the Guardian in an email. Brock, who accused Weinstein of making an unwanted sexual advance when she was 23 years old, is part of a class-action lawsuit against the producer and has organized activist efforts with other accusers.

Several high-profile Weinstein accusers are expected to present an award at the ceremony, but Brock said she wished the Academy would do more to recognize the movement that grew out of the Weinstein scandal. Two of the most high-profile accusers, Ashley Judd and Mira Sorvino, promoted the Time’s Up movement on the red carpet and spoke about Weinstein.

“People got rich because of Weinstein. And they won a lot of Academy awards. The Oscars is the ONLY stage I personally want to hear a freaking apology from, and a cut and dry promise that Harvey will never, ever be in that room again,” Brock wrote in her email. “We are standing up to these powerful people no matter how scared we are because we have to. It is the right thing to do.”

She added: “The only reason this issue hasn’t faded already is because we are collectively yelling so loudly. America and the news cycle is back to talking about Trump and the latest school shooting. Hollywood wants to get back to business and so does the public – but we can’t let it.”

Helen Mirren is going to have more fun tonight than any of us

Greta Gerwig is nominated for best director for Lady Bird......

Yellow is on the cusp of being a trend – worn by Baby Driver’s Eiza Gonzalez and now Greta Gerwig. The floor-length, mustard-coloured sequin almost has the feel of a slipdress, and as such could almost fit into the wardrobe of Lady Bird.

In a lengthy interview, Gerwig recently told the Guardian that ahead of the Oscars, she was already doing just fine.

Taraji P Henson has won the Oscar for best way of taking down Ryan Seacrest on live television

OK, two themes emerging here on the red carpet: white gowns and the micro handbag carried louchely, at calf height. As yet, there is no confirmation of a whiteout memo having gone round before the ceremony, but it’s certainly happening. Oh Margot Robbie’s gown is Chanel.

Black Panther’s Chadwick Boseman arrived on the red carpet with the cross-armed salute and shout-out to “Wakanda forever”. Add to that his silver-lapelled suit and Twitter is bowing down.

Never knowingly seen without a pair of sunglasses, even indoors, Whoopi Goldberg has triumphed in the colour stakes, here in a full-skirted yellow and purple print gown and what appears to be a red ribbon to raise awareness for people living with HIV. Tenner she keeps her specs on throughout the ceremony.

It feels like Taraji P Henson wears black because she likes the drama of the colour, rather than for any overtly political reasons. She makes a statement all of her own in this sheer-panelled Vera Wang dress which is just asking for a proper pose.

So it looks like all the major stars did choose to shun Ryan Seacrest, as many had predicted. The host has been accused of sexual harassment, something he denies, and despite this, E! still chose to place him on the red carpet tonight.

As a result, his interviewees were mostly male (Mary J Blige and Allison Janney were the rare exceptions) and instead, ABC has nabbed all of the major pre-ceremony exclusives.

And yeah this was interesting ...

Save James Ivory, the menswear has been a bit one-note, so it’s cheering to see Daniel Kaluuya in a tobacco and black leather lapelled tux jacket, paired with some patent brogues, a colour pairing which is redolent of Michael Strahan’s 2015 look. Except way, way better.

Here’s what the British star of Get Out had to say to the Guardian (including what his mother thinks of his US accent) in a big recent interview.

As the first person ever to be nominated for an acting award and for an original song, Mary J Blige is already a star of the Oscars 2018. Her white dress with asymmetric bodice is an exercise in alpha glamour, while the teeny-tiny bag is a touching addition that proves even Blige needs somewhere to put her phone and lipstick. She’ll need those later when she heads to the afterparty in her honour to be staged by Jay-Z and Beyoncé. Winning.

Could tonight see any records broken?

Taking a look at the nominations, the following winners would prove to be notable hall-of-famers:

• At 88, Christopher Plummer would be the oldest acting winner ever, beating the record he already has after winning for Beginners in 2012.
• Mudbound’s Rachel Morrison is already the first female nominee in the category of best cinematography so if she wins, she will, you’ve guessed it, be the first female winner.
• If Jordan Peele manages to beat favourite Guillermo del Toro for best director, he’ll be the first black winner in this category.
• At 22, Call Me by Your Name’s Timothée Chalamet would be the youngest best actor winner, beating out Adrien Brody who won when he was 29 for The Pianist.
• The most likely of all tonight’s record-breakers is Agnès Varda, who at 89 is already the oldest nominee ever so if her acclaimed film Faces Places wins best documentary (and it really could) then she’d, yep, be the oldest winner too.

In black velvet and a giant, custom-made Black Lives Matters badge on her strap, here is Patrisse Khan-Cullors, one of the co-founders of Black Lives Matter, and one of the most prominent activists of the movement.

The best song category is unusually competitive this year and also, even more unusually, it actually contains some songs worth listening to.

Here’s a look at who might come out on top:

St Vincent wins for bringing the most theatricality to the red carpet. While not quite at the peerless level of Björk in the swan dress in 2001, this is the most experimental look we have seen so far, and it is therefore to be applauded. The resemblance to the emoji dancing girls should also be noted.

Elisabeth Moss is here, wearing an off-shoulder, crystal-embedded pink gown with a soft Hollywood wave and, of course, a Time’s Up pin on her belt. It seems the Oscar’s red carpet is becoming something of a “whiteout” – in comparison to the Golden Globes’ blackout protest.

Laura Dern has arrived, in a white slit-shouldered asymmetric gown. More white, then – we smell a trend, although Dern is noticeably not wearing a Time’s Up pin. Given she is one of the campaign’s original cadre, that she has avoided the black-and-Time’s-Up-pin combo of red carpets late, this looks set to be the direction the nascent organisation is hoping to take.

Salma Hayek is obviously on the Pantone intel – purple is the colour of 2018. Her custom-made Gucci dress goes way beyond fashionable colours, with sparkle, tiers of fabric and a cage of diamonds. Its merits are already being debated on Twitter, which means meme status is only a click away.

Jane Fonda is here to present the award for best actress with Jennifer Lawrence, both actors drafted in to replace Casey Affleck. Naturally Fonda is wearing a Time’s Up pin on her hourglass-shaped white gown by 44 Francois Premier, the couture arm of Balmain’s Olivier Rousteing. Given the circumstances, it will be interesting to see if Fonda talks to Ryan Seacrest...

The Duchess of Cambridge is known for repeat wearing clothes but Rita Moreno, presenting an award here, showed us how it’s really done. She is wearing a dress that she originally wore to the Oscars in 1962 when she won best supporting actress for West Side Story, made from Japanese Obi fabric. No wonder she looks so triumphant.

Last night was the Film Independent Spirit awards and Get Out came out on top scooping up best feature, beating out Three Billboards and Call Me by Your Name. Jordan Peele also won best director while Frances McDormand and Timothée Chalamet picked up lead acting awards.

Sidebar: the best picture winner at the Spirits has been the same as the Oscars for the last four years.

You can read all about it here:

Rachel Morrison is the first woman nominated in the cinematographer category, for her work on Mudbound. She is also one of the few women to wear black.

James Ivory, screenwriter and co-producer of the drama Call Me by Your Name is, at 89, the oldest male Oscar nominee. More to the point though – the shirt. A custom-made monochrome homage to the film’s heartbreaking final scene: Timothée Chalamet’s character, Elio, weeping into the open fire over the dulcet tones of Sufjan Stevens. Special mention, too, to the hand-painted shoes from the Van Gogh Museum.

The National Hispanic Media Coalition has staged a protest of the Oscars to draw attention to the lack of Latino representation in Hollywood.

“We have underrepresentation that is so severe that we cannot continue to let it go year after year,” Alex Nogales, president of the coalition, told the Guardian before the weekend’s protests. “This is a situation that has been intolerable for years.”

Although Latinos comprise 18% of the US population and 23% of moviegoers, only 3% of speaking characters in 2016’s top 100 films were Latinos, according to a University of Southern California study.

Disney’s nominated film Coco, which tells the story of a Mexican boy stuck in the Land of the Dead, had a Latino cast, and Oscar Isaac, who was born in Guatemala, starred in the latest Star Wars trilogy. Guillermo del Toro’s film The Shape of Water is also leading the Oscar’s race with 13 nominations. But no Latinos were nominated for acting Oscars this year.

Advocates plan to escalate the campaigns and pressure film executives to meet with the organizations pushing for better Latino representation, Nogales said.

“If leadership of the studios don’t come and say let’s talk, we’ll call them out by name and see how they like to be called racists and bigots.”

Mira Sorvino and Ashley Judd, both women who spoke out against Harvey Weinstein’s behaviour, arrived together on the red carpet, as a very glamorous united front. They might not be wearing the black of the Golden Globes but their presence is a protest in and of itself.

Here is Andy Serkis with his wife, the actor Lorraine Ashbourne. Serkis is repping for his role as Caesar in War for the Planet of the Apes which is up for best visual effects, although he is currently playing a human being in Black Panther, albeit a terrible one who has stolen Wakandan mining technology. Both parties are, poignantly, in black.

This is the third time Christopher Plummer has been nominated for an Oscar since 2010, this year for playing J Paul Getty in All the Money in the World. Plummer of course replaced Kevin Spacey following sexual harassment and assault allegations against Spacey in November. Quite the turnaround. Plummer wasn’t thrilled about being named “the oldest actor to be nominated for an Oscar”. Still, if he wins, he’ll probably forget about the ageism.

Appearing on the cover of supremely stylish Gentlewoman this month means that Allison Janney now has serious fashion cred. While her Reem Acra red gown is a pretty safe choice for her first time at the Oscars, she has already won best sleeves. Trailing on the ground, they only up her fashion cred and almost overshadow her decision to talk to Ryan Seacrest.

The Academy in 2017: we will do everything in our power to ensure that no one reads out the wrong best picture winner ever again

The Academy in 2018: okay, hear us out though

Singer Miguel wore a black tux, with a coat shoulder-robed, with his girlfriend, model Nazanin Mandi. He is up for best song for Remember Me in Pixar’s Coco, and had a chat to the controversial E host Ryan Seacrest on the red carpet, who other celebrities are said to be boycotting after he has been accused of sexual harassment. Miguel, who has also been accused of – and denies – questionable behaviour, signed off his interview with the line “always a pleasure”.

Patrick Stewart is here showing his true colours, or lack thereof, in a classic black tux with the usual red carpet accoutrements. Is he making a protest? The Time’s Up pin would suggest yes...

What can we learn from the top nine’s splashy “for your consideration” campaigns? According to Stuart Heritage, Get Out has it in the bag while any attempts by the team behind Call Me by Your Name might prove fruitless:

Beanie Feldstein, who plays Julie in Lady Bird, is one of the first stars we’ve seen wearing the Time’s Up pin seen at the Golden Globes. Her black and white gown is also a subtle show of support for the black dress code without going all the way. A careful, clever choice for an Oscars newbie.

Fresh from the ice in PyeongChang, figure skater Adam Rippon has arrived in a custom-made cropped black Jeremy Scott tuxedo jacket with shoulder cut-outs, and curious black leather studded criss-cross chest harness.

Is Armie Hammer going to be well enough to attend tonight? Last night things didn’t look too, well, peachy after the Call Me By Your Name actor skipped the Independent Spirit awards due to illness, and he posted this rather dramatic Oscars prep pic yesterday ...

Pink dresses have a history at the Oscars - think Gwyneth Paltrow’s emotional speech in 1999. Allison Williams, who stars in nominated Get Out continues that tradition. Her embroidered gown and waved hair is a millennial’s take on old Hollywood glamour.

Welcome to the Oscars red carpet, the grande dame of all carpets, and of course award season’s finale. In an unexpected twist, the Time’s Up movement have announced there will be no formal dress code, although attendees are being encouraged to wear Time’s Up pins and orange American flag pins in support of Everytown For Gun Safety, a non-profit against gun violence. Making the point is Disney star Sofia Carson, in red Giambattista Valli.

An early look at the stage here thanks to Nicole Kidman. It looks, ermmm, Oscar-y?

As with other post-Weinstein ceremonies, there will be a strong #MeToo theme running through tonight, from the speeches down to rumors of a special segment in the ceremony.

It’s also likely to affect the red carpet but in a way that could prove a major problem. E!’s coverage is co-hosted by Ryan Seacrest as per usual but the host has recently been accused of sexual harassment by a former stylist (he denies them) and reports suggest that stars might avoid speaking to him on their way inside the Dolby Theatre.

Jennifer Lawrence spoke about the issue earlier this week: “I am not a judge. I am not a jury, you know. I don’t know … That is where this stuff gets tricky. I can’t imagine him being sexual.”

Latest reports suggest that there will be a slight delay between what happens on the red carpet and what E! shows on TV.

You can read more about the allegations here: