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• Judi Riggle, left, Alberta Burke, center, and Eileen Swayngim, who visited an Oscar display, pose with an Oscar statuette.
• Actor Dustin Hoffman smiles while reaching for the Oscar statuettes during rehearsals.
• Oscar-nominated actor Jake Gyllenhaal, left, talks to an unidentified woman during Oscar rehearsals.
• Entertainer Will Smith gestures with an Oscar statuette during Oscar rehearsals.
• Jose Danner helps secure an Oscars banner on Hollywood Boulevard.
• Stand-ins wait for their cue to walk down the red carpet during Oscars rehearsals.
• Oscar producer Gil Cates, left, talks with Crunchy Black, DJ Paul, Juicy J and Frayser Boy of the rap group Three 6 Mafia.
• Country singer Dolly Parton talks with Bill Conti, musical director for the Oscars.