Nominated for his portrayal of Dick Cheney in Vice, Christian Bale looked sleeker and very far away from Washington’s stuffy corridors of power on the Oscars red carpet. His black suit, shirt, tie and waistcoat is a classic take on monotoning – and works as the perfect counterpoint to his wife’s Sibi Blazic’s black and white dress

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