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Tonight, after the Oscars are presented, the stars will chow down on some fancy food.

Six Hollywood hopefuls instantly became insiders when they won spots on the film academy's Team Oscar, and their superstar access began deep inside Disney's archives.

The nominees for categories real people care about are:

The wickedly talented, Tony winning Idina Menzel performed "Let It Go" from Frozen with Jimmy Fallon and the Roots last night. She's the bright light on Broadway who's name was so badly butchered by John Travolta at the Oscars it's amazing it didn't throw off her performance Sunday night.

An estimated 43 million people watched the Academy Awards, the most-watched audience for the show in a decade and most popular entertainment event on television since the "Friends" finale in 2004.

This was being called one of the closest Oscar races in recent history, so our colleagues at Screencrush tracked the 2014 nominees and compiled their predictions. See how many they nailed.

If tonight's major Oscar nominees don't win the "hardware", they'll get one heck of a consolation prize.

The con-artist caper "American Hustle" won the best picture for a comedy or musical and acting awards for Amy Adams and Jennifer Lawrence at Sunday night's Golden Globe Awards.

Since the "theme" for the 2013 Academy Awards is music in movies, it makes sense that Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson would be called upon to perform the big number from the movie that won her the prize, 'Dreamgirls.' Here she is singing a bit of 'And I'm Telling You...

When it comes to taking fashion risks, awards shows are the ideal time to just buck up and go for it. There are like, millions of people watching, after all. That being said, it does take a whole 'lotta guts to ere on the side of crazy couture, but this year's Oscars were bound to have some of those fashion risks, right? You betcha! Check out the craziest getups from the Red Carpet.