Hollywood prepares for Oscar night

The Oscars air tonight at 8 on ABC.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jewels and parties. Stars and stand-ins. Rehearsals and news conferences. So much swag even Hollywood canines could rack up free goodies. The city is abuzz with all things Oscar as celebrities flock from all over the world for tonight’s Academy Awards ...

Ladies’ night

Half a dozen A-list actresses stopped by the Kodak Theatre on Saturday to rehearse their lines for the next day’s Oscar ceremony.

Cameron Diaz, in a gray sweater, skinny black jeans and towering high heels, opened a prop winner’s envelope and said, “The Oscar goes to — your mama. No, I’m just kidding.”

She stepped off stage and bumped into Jessica Alba. “Hi, honey,” Diaz said as she gave Alba a kiss.

Alba, who is expecting a baby with her fiancé, Cash Warren, hid her growing bump under a loose black tunic.

Renee Zellweger arrived in a sweat shirt, jeans and sneakers, her oversize Gucci bag slung over her shoulder. Before taking the stage, she plunked her bag on the floor and fished out a pair of tall Christian Louboutin heels. She left her socks and sneakers in a pile near her purse as she stepped out to rehearse her lines.

After hitting her mark, she slipped off the stilettos and tossed them back into her bag.

Zellweger greeted Katherine Heigl, who was headed to the stage carrying two pairs of heels. But shoes weren’t her problem — seeing the teleprompter was. Heigl narrowed her eyes as she tried to make out the words on the screen at the back of the theater.

“Oh, no,” she said. “I’ll try not to squint.”

Expectant mom Nicole Kidman didn’t fuss with her shoes. She wore kitten heels with black tights, a black dress and a black overcoat that obscured her tummy. Her husband, Keith Urban, was also dressed in black.

Star-studded rehearsal

Today, the Kodak Theater will be filled with stars. On Saturday, they appeared one at a time.

The eve of the Academy Awards is rehearsal day for celebrity presenters. One by one, in 15-minute increments, Oscar winners and other famous folks come to the Kodak to walk on stage and practice their lines.

Alan Arkin started Saturday’s star parade. He read from the teleprompter, then said, “And the Oscar goes to me!”

Harrison Ford was next. He walked to the edge of the stage to see where he’d be sitting Sunday. A placard with his name and photo sat next to one bearing Calista Flockhart’s.

“Aw, she’s sitting right next to me,” Ford said with mock annoyance about sitting beside his longtime girlfriend.

A few academy officials brought their kids and grandkids to the theater Saturday, and just before 11 a.m., it became clear why: Miley Cyrus was coming in to rehearse. Accompanied by her look-alike mom, the gregarious teen star greeted her young fans — and everyone else she came across — with a megawatt grin.

And the Razzies go to ...

Meanwhile, in Santa Monica, Calif., a year after his Academy Awards dream went up in smoke, Eddie Murphy has not just one consolation prize, but three: Razzie Awards as worst actor, supporting actor and supporting actress for the comedy “Norbit.”

The fourth acting “dis-honor” announced at Saturday’s Golden Raspberry Awards went to Lindsay Lohan, who actually was voted two worst-actress trophies for the thriller “I Know Who Killed Me,” the worst-picture winner in which she played dual roles.

“I Know Who Killed Me” set a new Razzies record with eight awards, including worst screen couple for Lohan in her double role.

Between them, “Norbit” and “I Know Who Killed Me” won all but one of the Razzies.