The 96th Academy Awards, or the Oscars, are set to take place in Los Angeles on Sunday – which is Monday in Australia.
Ahead of the highly anticipated event, details of this year’s ceremony have emerged – including the fact the carpet is set to go back to red.
It comes after the stir caused in 2023 by the champagne carpet, with many outfits clashing with the carpet and the lighter rug showing plenty of stains and marks.
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Photos from Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre show staff setting up the media wall and red carpet, with the carpet being the traditional red colour – or ‘Academy red’.
Producer for carpet proceedings Joe Lewis told KABC-TV things were “more traditional this year, I would say for sure.”
“If you look around now you can see the differences from last year, and I think every day you’ll see it getting a little closer to what everyone considers to be the big Oscars red carpet.”
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Last year, the controversial beige colour was reportedly chosen by the Oscars production team, with organisers saying they wanted the rug to be “mellow, like a beach at sunset”, per the New York Times.
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According to The Cut, creative consultants Lisa Love and Raúl Àvila also hoped the new shade would make for a more seamless transition from daytime carpet arrivals to an evening event.
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It marked the first time the red carpet hadn’t been a shade of red since 1961.
According to Variety, even before high-profile talent like Austin Butler, Lady Gaga, Michelle Yeoh and more arrived at the theatre, the carpet was becoming muddied.
This meant organisers had to quickly – and quietly – cut away the dirty patches and replace it, lest the nominees, or worse, members of the press, noticed.
Staffers, press and publicists were instructed via email the week of the event last year to abide by a new dress code.
According to Variety, the email sent out from the Academy said ”there are design elements in place meant to highlight our nominees and guests” – the new champagne carpet – which meant anyone who was not on-camera and had to be in the general vicinity of the carpet had to wear dark blue or black.
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