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So many stars stepped out in style on Sunday (April 25) for the 2021 Academy Awards!

While the stars were walking the red carpet ahead of the ceremony, us here at JustJared.com noticed a big trend among the actresses – cutout dresses!

Four of the five actresses nominated tonight for Best Actress – Andra Day, Carey Mulligan, Vanessa Kirby, and Viola Davis – all showed off some skin in cutout dress as they attended the awards show.

Make sure to check out our other post highlighting EVERY celeb who attended the Oscars.

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2021 Oscars red carpet had a lot of fashion trends tonight, and one of the biggest ones that JustJared spotted were stars dressing in head to toe gold!

Best Actress nominees Andra Day and Carey Mulligan, as well as Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Song nominee Leslie Odom, Jr., were wearing the metallic color from the top all the way to the bottom.

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Andra Day looks beautiful in her gold custom Vera Wang gown on the red carpet at the 2021 Academy Awards on Sunday (April 25) at Union Station in Los Angeles.

The 36-year-old actress is nominated for Best Actress for her performance in The United States vs. Billie Holiday.

She recently said in an interview that she’s still recovering from taking on the role.

“There’s still a lot that I am working out in me from playing Billie,” Andra shared. “She gets in, you know what I mean? She gets ahold.”

“It was a commitment,” she continued. “I think it’s one I’m recovering from still. I’d never smoked cigarettes before. Just starting out smoking, I was practicing with my acting coach … I was like, ‘I want some of your American Spirits. That first day I was drinking vodka and smoking cigarettes, and I went home and threw up, like, five times!”

Andra took a second on the red carpet to chat with Regina King… Click inside to check out the pics!

FYI: Andra is in a custom Vera Wang gown.

Andra revealed what she did with the flowers that Beyonce sent her!

The 2021 Oscars are this weekend and while there are frontrunners in plenty of categories, there’s one category in particular that is still very unpredictable.

The Best Actress award could go to any of the five nominees and there is no clear winner right now. Leading up to the Academy Awards, there are four big awards shows that serve as pre-cursors to help predict who will win the Oscar. These four awards are the Golden Globe, the Critics Choice Award, the SAG Award, and the BAFTA.

All four of those awards went to different women this year!

The five nominees are Nomadland‘s Frances McDormand, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom‘s Viola Davis, Promising Young Woman‘s Carey Mulligan, The United States vs. Billie Holliday‘s Andra Day, and Pieces of a Woman‘s Vanessa Kirby.

We’re breaking down each actress’ chance at winning the award.

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The Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards event is streaming tonight (April 22) and photos from the pre-taped event have been released!

Zendaya looked gorgeous while walking her first red carpet in over a year and Oscar nominee Andra Day also made an in-person appearance for the awards show.

Other attendees included Laverne Cox, Leslie Jones, Storm Reid, and “Me Too” founder Tarana Burke.

Zendaya and Andra are both honorees at the event alongside Whoopi Goldberg, Cynthia Erivo, and Michaela Coel. The show is being hosted by Laverne and Storm is hosting the pre-show. Leslie and Tarana are two of the evening’s presenters!

Make sure to watch the show on Essence.com and Essence Studios.

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Andra Day is opening up about her Oscar nomination for The United States vs. Billie Holiday during her appearance on Friday’s (April 16) Ellen Degeneres Show.

Guest hosted by Tiffany Haddish, the 36-year-old actress and singer opened up about the iconic role she took on and also revealed what happened to the beautiful bouquet of flowers that Beyonce had sent her after her nomination was announced.

“They’re still kicking, too,” Andra confirmed. “They may be dead, but they’re never leaving my house.”

Andra also just released a new song called “Phone Dies”!

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Andra Day almost quit acting.

The 36-year-old The United States Vs. Billie Holiday star revealed that she nearly dropped out of acting in an interview for Variety‘s Awards Circuit podcast.

During the interview, she discussed her recent Golden Globe Awards win, followed by best actress Oscar nomination for her role as Billie Holiday in the Hulu movie.

“I laugh because it just seems so unreal. I feel like only God could have put something like this together. It reminds me of how much care and dedication people put into this story,” she said.

But researching for the role nearly made her consider quitting.

“I thought I was gonna retire after this movie from acting because I thought, ‘This s–t is too deep.’ I’ve always loved actors and always had respect for them, but now I have a whole new respect for them and how deep they have to go. If I had to do something like this again: not eating, not sleeping, just drinking and smoking, I don’t know if I could survive that s–t,” she said.

“It’s difficult to get these stories funded and to get off the ground. A lot of our narratives have been surprised, so I want to tell stories in movies and music,” she added.

Watch her reaction to the news of winning a Golden Globe!