Sarah Burton took inspiration for Elle Fanning’s 2025 Oscars dress from Hubert de Givenchy’s first collection.

“I absolutely love this dress,” Fanning told E News on the red carpet. “It’s actually very special. Sarah Burton, who was the designer for Alexander McQueen for a while, is now the designer for Givenchy, but she hasn’t shown a collection yet. So I get to wear...the first Sarah Burton design as designer of Givenchy.”

A Complete Unknown' actress Elle Fanning wore Sarah Burton's first-ever custom Givenchy gown to the Academy Awards on Sunday (02.03.25).

A full year of off-screen drama and movie magic will all culminate with the 97th Academy Awards on Sunday. Though the Oscars typically anoint a front-runner far in advance, there have been no clear favorites during the run-up to film’s biggest evening.

From Oscar red carpet arrivals to the best moments, here's our comprehensive recap from the 2025 Academy Awards.

Macaulay Culkin revealed at the Vanity Fair Oscars party (via Entertainment Weekly) that he cried when his younger brother Kieran Culkin won the Oscar for best supporting actor at the 2025 Academy Awards. It turns out that category was the only part of the Oscars telecast that Culkin and his wife, fellow actor Brenda Strong, …

The red carpet is open ahead of the 97th Academy Awards, which are set to kick off at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles at 7 p.m. Eastern/4 p.m. Pacific.