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Oscar's hot or nots

Keira Knightley made a big impression at the annual parade of movie royalty, while Helena Bonham Carter missed out

AP , NEW YORK

Jennifer Garner wore a halter-style, hand-embroidered Michael Kors gown in nude-colored tulle featuring Swarovski crystals and sterling silver flowers.

Jada Pinkett Smith was in a bright blue strapless column gown by Roberto Cavalli. ``I just wanted to be a little vibrant and a little sexy on the carpet,'' she said. Husband Will Smith chimed in, ``That's my wife in the dress. It becomes difficult to notice the dress itself.''

Salma Hayek had on a slate blue gown, and her hair was long and loose.

One of the biggest misses of the night was Helena Bonham Carter. Her off-the-shoulder, tea-length blue satin gown was fine but her bed-head hair and clunky white shoes were not.

Oscar.com fashion analyst Tom Julian was a fan of Meryl Streep's plum V-neck gown with long sleeves that she wore with dangling earrings. Julian also noted that the shape of the Oscar gowns shifted to full skirts from the more formfitting styles at the award shows earlier in the season.

As for the men, George Clooney was trying to be sarcastic when he told E!'s Isaac Mizrahi, ``I'm very stylish,'' but he indeed was in his Armani two-button peak lapel tuxedo.

And the directors of Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Nick Park and Steve Box, wore oversized striped bow ties, which somehow seemed a perfect fit.

The Oscars were presented at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles.

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