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Oscars 2026 Best Dressed Celebrities: Nicole Kidman, Zoe Saldaña & More
Steven Spielberg was phoning home to find his date for the 2026 Oscars.
The E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial director accompanied his granddaughter Poppy Gavigan, 13, to her first-ever red carpet at the award ceremony, hosted by Conan O’Brien at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood March 15.
For the rare family outing, Steven sported a classic black tuxedo and bowtie. Meanwhile, Poppy—whose parents are Steven’s stepdaughter Jessica Capshaw and her husband Christopher Gavigan—donned a light blue satin dress with a corset, which she paired with a red clutch purse and matching beaded necklace. (Click here to check out all the stars’ red carpet fashion.)
Of course, this wasn’t the first time that the Jaws filmmaker—who was nominated at the ceremony for Best Picture for producing Hamnet—made the Oscars red carpet a family affair. In 2024, he brought Poppy’s older sister Eva, 15, as his date, and the night out also marked the teenager’s red carpet debut.
Although Steven, 79, clearly loves to be surrounded by family, he previously detailed how kids weren’t always part of his plan.
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"I didn't want to have kids because it was not a kind of equation that made sense for me as I went from movie to movie to movie, script to script," he told Variety in 2022. "It never occurred to me till halfway through E.T.: I was a parent on that film. I was literally feeling like I was very protective of…my whole cast, and especially Drew [Barrymore], who was only 6 years old."
After the film, Steven’s mindset shifted.
"I started thinking, 'Well, maybe this could be my real life someday,'” he continued. “It was the first time that it occurred to me that maybe I could be a dad. And maybe in a way, a director is a dad, or a mom.”
“I really felt that that would be my big production," Steven added. "I have seven kids and six grandchildren, so E.T. worked for me very well."
Read on to see Steven and Poppy, as well as more celebs, who graced the red carpet at the 2026 Oscars.
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Teyana Taylor
in Chanel and Tiffany and Co. jewelry.
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Chase Infiniti
in custom Louis Vuitton and De Beers jewelry.
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Jessie Buckley
in custom Chanel.
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Michael B. Jordan
in custom Louis Vuitton.
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Timothée Chalamet
in custom Givenchy by Sarah Burton.
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Emma Stone
in custom Louis Vuitton and Repossi jewelry.
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Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas
in Loewe and Swarovski jewelry.
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Elle Fanning
in custom Givenchy by Sarah Burton and Cartier jewelry.
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Rose Byrne
in custom Dior.
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Bobby Cannavale
in Dior.
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Kate Hudson
in custom Armani Privé and Garatti jewelry.
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Kirsten Dunst
in Celine.
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Gwyneth Paltrow
in Giorgio Armani, Christian Louboutin shoes and Tiffany & Co. jewelry.
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Wagner Moura
in custom Zegna, Omega watch and Andre Lasmar jewelry.
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Benicio del Toro
in Giorgio Armani, Christian Louboutin shoes and Oliver Peoples glasses.
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Demi Moore
in custom Gucci.
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Regina Hall
in Yara Shoemaker and Pomellato jewelry.
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Zoe Saldana
in Saint Laurent and Cartier jewelry.
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Ethan Hawke
in Prada and Andy Wolf glasses.
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Pedro Pascal
in Chanel.
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Amanda Anka & Jason Bateman
in Dunhill (Bateman).
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Channing Tatum
in Versace, Christian Louboutin shoes and Tiffany & Co. jewelry.
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Odessa A'zion
in Valentino and Pandora jewelry.
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Zinzi Coogler & Ryan Coogler
in custom Louis Vuitton and Catier jewelry (Zinzi) and custom Louis Vuitton, Christian Louboutin shoes and Cartier jewelry (Ryan).
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Rei Ami
in custom Rahul Mishra, Flor de Maria shoes and David Webb jewelry.
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EJAE
in custom Dior and Swarovski jewelry.
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Kelly Ripa & Mark Consuelos
in Christian Siriano (Ripa) and Michael Andrews Bespoke (Consuelos).
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Audrey Nuna
in custom Thom Browne and Chopard jewelry.
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Kieran Culkin
in Paul Smith, Hublot watch and Sauvereign brooch.
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May Hong
in archive Roberto Cavalli and Spinelli Kilcollin jewelry.
Watch the Oscars 2026 Sunday, March 15, at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT on ABC and streaming on Hulu.
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