picture at the 86th academy awards. michelle turner is live at the governor s ball. first of all, i m waiting to see if cate blanchett is coming through the door here, pierce. we have most of the winners that have come through tonight. we re hoping for cate blanchett and hopefully we can talk to her and her publicist won t say no. yeah, we should point out that ms. blanchett dropped the f bomb earlier live on cnn. a little naughty of her, but it happens. it s late, too. cnn after dark. she is the first australian, i think, i would be dropping f bombs if it was me, so good luck
know it s kind of whatever for him. it s not really a thought in his mind to really be fashion forward. but this is the oscar. this is what i mean. a bow tie is telling you that you don t like the man s look. i mean, don t look at my husband right now, because he is wearing a tie. but your husband is not on the red carpet. this is true. but what makes a guy look different, it s really hard, unless he starts wearing a real snazzy suit. then we go what s wrong with him. why did he choose that color today, you know? then call me an old fuddy duddy, piers morgan, because i want a fellow in a bow tie on the oscar s red carpet. welcome back to these 86th academy awards. i m sorry. i was just distracted. i was trying to lure kristin chenoweth over here. it s not easy. she is right next to me and will be joining us any moment. i can see quite a few stars also coming through, the 12 years a slave stars, get them as well. if you bear with us, nischelle,
gravity. jam packed with star power and some amazing musical guests. cnn entertainment correspondent nischelle turner takes a look ahead. the 86th academy awards is set to be hollywood s biggest party with ellen degeneres as ring leader expect nominees like meryl streep and matthew mcconaughey to get their groove on with the talk show queen. hollywood heavyweights like julia roberts and brad pitt are up for some of the night s biggest awards, ensuring it will be no shortage of star power. got to be the best we ve ever done. reporter: 1970 conartists pitted against astronauts for the most trophies. gravity and american hustle lead the pack with ten nominations apiece. facing off against 12 years a slave captain phillips dallas buyers club and wolf
cisco. tomorrow starts here. welcome back to the 86th academy awards. excitement is building here. red carpet is getting ablaze with potential superstars. we ll be here ready for them when they do. let me go back to initial turner and coco rocha. they re up there on the bridge. have we seen any more fashion, leads, at the moment? we have been looking at a couple of pictures. first of all, i saw robin roberts come by. you know i have a little bit of a girl crush on her.
back on the red carpet live here, the 86th academy awards. i m going to go to initial turner and coco rocha on the bridge looking down over all the action. it s all getting very frenzied, nischelle. what are you seeing from up there? yeah, we ve been dancing to the best song ever by one direction, hello! ready to go. coco and i are having a really good time up here because it s kind of like we became instant girlfriends. we are. who are dishing on clothes. that s all we do. who wore what is almost as important as who won what. exactly. on oscar night. first of all we have amy adams right there in blue gucci cutc couture. i m a little surprised by this. she got mixed reviews for that dress, although i thought it was beautiful. some people thought it was a little ill-fitting. the background on the whole