BBC News | OSCARS 2000 | The Oscars: Red carpet highlights

The cameras were clicking as the biggest and most glamorous names in the movie industry arrived for the 72nd Oscars awards ceremony at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.

Best supporting actor nominee Michael Clarke Duncan is all smiles.

Singer Erykah Badu turns heads as she arrives at the Shrine Auditorium for the awards.

American Beauty star Kevin Spacey gets set for a successful night.

Boys Don't Cry star Hilary Swank is accompanied by her proud husband Chad Lowe.

Director Michael Mann, nominated for his film The Insider, is accompanied by his wife.

Spanish director Pedro Almodovar with actresses Salma Hayek, Penelope Cruz and Cecilia Roth.

Boys Don't Cry actress Chloe Sevigny raided her jewellery chest for her big night.

Best supporting actor Michael Caine with his wife Shakira before receiving his award for The Cider House Rules.

The Sixth Sense star Haley Joel Osment, 11, is proud to be one of the Academy's youngest nominees.

American Beauty director Sam Mendes has the moral support of his mother on his big night.

Lasse Hallstrom, director of The Cider House Rules, and wife Lena Olin.

Jude Law, British star of The Talented Mr Ripley, only has eyes for wife Sadie Frost.


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