Charlize Theron shows off her incredible legs in a chic black mini dress during rare outing at Dior's pre-Oscars party

Charlize Theron showed off her incredible legs as she arrived at a pre-Oscars bash on Thursday evening. 

The actress, 50, looked nothing short of sensational in a chic black mini dress as she posed for cameras on arrival at the event, hosted by Dior and W magazine at the longstanding Beverly Hills institution Mr. Chow.

Flaunting her long, toned legs, Charlize added inches to her frame with Dior slingback heels, which retail for £880.

Keeping with the Dior theme, the Oscar-winner completed her look with a black vertical Dior bag, which retails for £3,300. 

Charlize flashed a glimpse of a cheeky smile for the cameras as she exited her car, joining a host of A-list guests at the party, including Kendall Jenner, Hailey Bieber, Emily Ratajkowski, Teyana Taylor, and Anya Taylor-Joy. 

The full list of nominations for the 2026 Oscars was announced in January. 

Timothee Chalamet and Leonardo DiCaprio will face off in the coveted Best Actor category, while Sinners earned the most Academy Awards nominations in history.

Timothee, 30, received a nod for Marty Supreme, while 51-year-old Leonardo was put forward for One Battle Another, going up against Ethan Hawke for Blue Moon, Michael B Jordan for Sinners, and Wagner Moura for The Secret Agent.

Ryan Coogler's Sinners made history as it earned the most Academy Awards nominations ever, with 16, including the biggest prize of the night, Best Picture.

It broke the record of 14 previously shared by 1950's All About Eve, 1997's Titanic and 2016's La La Land.

The horror flick is one of the ten films up for the honour alongside Bugonia, F1, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, The Secret Agent, Sentimental Value and Train Dreams. 

Irish star Jessie Buckley will no doubt be the favourite in the Actress in a Leading Role category for her work in Hamnet, facing a star-studded field including Rose Byrne - If I Had Legs I would Kick You, Kate Hudson - Song Sung Blue, Renate Reinsve - Sentimental Value and Emma Stone - Bugonia. 

However, there was a massive backlash after Ariana Grande was snubbed in the Actress in a Supporting Role category for Wicked: For Good. She had been nominated last year for her work in the first film of the musical franchise. 

Wicked: For Good was completely shut out of nominations. This came despite an acclaimed leading performance by Cynthia Erivo, as well as new songs written for the film, including No Place Like Home and The Girl In The Bubble.

Meanwhile, the nominees for Actress in a Supporting role included: Elle Fanning - Sentimental Value, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Amy Madigan - Weapons, Wunmi Mosaku - Sinners and Teyana Taylor - One Battle After Another.

Gwyneth Paltrow was also left off the list in the category for her work in Marty Supreme. 

When it came to Actor in a Supporting Role, the star-studded field includes: Benicio del Toro - One Battle After Another, Jacob Elordi - Frankenstein, Delroy Lindo - Sinners, Sean Penn - One Battle After Another, and Stellan Skarsgard - Sentimental Value.

Paul Mescal for Hamnet, Adam Sandler for Jay Kelly and Jesse Plemons for Bugonia were considered major snubs in this category.

The contenders for Best Director are some of the greatest filmmakers of the modern era, as Chloé Zhao (Hamnet), Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme), Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another), Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value) and Coogler (Sinners).

There was a new award announced this year for Best Casting as the inaugural field includes: Nina Gold - Hamnet, Jennifer Venditti - Marty Supreme, Cassandra Kulukundis - One Battle After Another, Gabriel Domingues - The Secret Agent, and Francine Maisler - Sinners.

Best Animated Feature Film nods went to Arco, Elio, KPop Demon Hunters, Little Amelie or the Character of Rain, and Zootopia 2. 

Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman announced the nominees in all 24 categories in a livestream from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theatre. 

The 98th annual Academy Awards will take place at The Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on March 15.

There are just over 11,000 members of the Academy, with individuals split into 19 branches. 

Those branches are divided into directors, writers, costume designers, hair and make-up teams, publicists and the biggest one of all: actors.

Of those, just under 10,000 end up voting for the Academy Awards as members who do not vote have emeritus status.

The Academy has massively increased its membership over the past 14 years, as a Los Angeles Times report published in 2012 revealed the Academy had about 5,800 members at that time.

Nominees were chosen through a ranked-choice ballot, AKA a preferential ballot,  as each voter listed their nominees in order of preference. 

Then, when the ballots are counted, nominees are selected based on the number of votes over a particular threshold as well as the number of overall nominees in that category. 

However, for those contenders who do not hit the required threshold, the ranked-choice balloting takes effect. 

At the biggest night in film, 24 gongs will be awarded. Each category features five nominees, except for Best Picture, which has ten. 

Best Picture nominations are determined by eligible members from all 19 Academy branches. 

All rounds of Oscars voting are conducted by secret online ballot, looked after by independent accounting firm PwC. 

Viewers will see a familiar face as Conan O'Brien will return to host after he helped last year's ceremony draw the biggest audience in five years. 

The 98th Oscars will be televised live on ABC and in more than 200 territories worldwide on Sunday, March 15.