We're at the 2016 Oscars live tonight
Leonardo DiCaprio will make history tonight if he picks up his first Oscar for his role in The Revenant.
He will compete with Britain's Eddie Redmayne who is up for his second consecutive best actor gong at the glittering ceremony in Los Angeles.
Charlotte Rampling, 70, is up for best actress for her role in 45 Years, alongside Irish actress Saoirse Ronan, 21, for Brooklyn, in which she plays a homesick immigrant in New York.
The films up for best picture are The Big Short, Bridge Of Spies, Brooklyn, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, The Revenant, Room and Spotlight.
Sam Smith has been nominated for the best original song Oscar for Writing's On The Wall, the theme to James Bond film Spectre.
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