Though downsized in some areas, this year’s celebrations guarantee glitz Chef Wolfgang Puck eats a gold covered Oscar chocolate during the Food and Wine
preview in preparation for the 81st Academy Awards in Los Angeles. Photograph: Damian Dovarganes/AP A stretch of Hollywood Boulevard has been closed to traffic all week, its bumpy tarmac replaced by a red carpet covered in plastic sheeting. Marquees and stands are up, and with the help of a tape measure, a man is placing box hedges along the route the stars will take into the Kodak theatre for tomorrow’s Oscar ceremony. Next to Mo