Vanessa Hudgens is seen chatting up her ex-boyfriend Austin Butler

She had on Coin’s Cento Collection: Fiore Couture Necklace ($69,560) Fiore Couture Ring ($15,200), and Stelle stud earrings ($59,600).

The Oscars were hosted by late night chat show host Jimmy Kimmel.

Butler took his agent to the Oscars to thank him for his career. The 31-year-old actor opted not to walk the champagne carpet at Dolby Theatre with Gerber because he had asked his ‘best friend’ and EvdeN Eve naKliyAt career representative James Farrell along as a gesture of recognition for his support over the years.

Speaking on ABC’s Oscars pre-show, he said: ‘I’ve got my best friend here with me, who is also my agent.

‘And I owe my career to him, so as a thank you, I wanted him to be by my side tonight.’

Austin admitted being at the Oscars ‘felt like a dream come true’. He added: ‘I can’t believe I’m here right now. ‘It’s just celebrating with all these beautiful people. The thing that I didn’t realise ahead of time was the community that you build in these months leading up to tonight.

‘I just feel so honoured and happy to get to celebrate with everybody.’

Meanwhile, the first-time nominee – who lost out on the Best Actor in a Leading Role accolade to The Whale star Brendan Fraser – also admitted the late Lisa Marie Presley was on his mind after they grew close while making the biopic about her father.

He told ‘Entertainment Tonight’: ‘I’m carrying a lot of her with me tonight.’

Austin revealed one of the things he was most proud of with ‘Elvis’ was how it had brought The King to a new generation.

He said: ‘The fans that I’ve gotten to talk to — these 12-year-old kids who told me that it changed their life and they’re playing the guitar now.

‘It’s just brought joy to a little kid, that’s just such a privilege to get to be a part of something that can affect somebody in a positive way like that.’

Last year’s awards had been looking like a comeback edition before ‘the slap’ came to define the ceremony. In the aftermath, the academy banned Will Smith from attending for the next 10 years. 

Though he could have still been nominated, Smith’s performance as a runaway slave in Emancipation didn’t catch on with voters.

But larger concerns are swirling around the movie business. Last year saw flashes of triumphant resurrection for theaters, like the success of Top Gun: Maverick, but less stellar results for most dramas.

Partially due to an inconsistent stream of major releases, ticket sales for the year recovered only about 70percent of pre-pandemic business. 

Stocks for streaming services, meanwhile have plunged as Wall Street looked to streaming services to earn profits, not just add subscribers.

Last year’s Oscar broadcast drew 16.6 million viewers, according to Nielsen, up from the record-low audience of 10.5 million for the pandemic-marred 2021 telecast.