Just two days after leaving rehab at the Betty Ford Center, a refreshed and healthier looking Gerard Butler hit up the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in L.A. on Sunday.
Butler spent three weeks in treatment after realizing he was relying too heavily on prescription medication.
TMZ broke the story ... Butler began using pain meds to deal with the pain caused by the intense physical training regimen to get in shape for "300" ... and the problem became exacerbated after he injured himself in a surfing accident while filming "Of Men and Mavericks" back in December.
Sacha Baron Cohen took shameless promotion to a whole other level on the red carpet of the Oscars tonight -- not only did he show up dressed as his character from the upcoming movie "The Dictator" ... but he spilled an urn filled with fake ashes of Kim Jong Il all over Ryan Seacrest on live television.
Props to Seacrest though ... as he always does, Ryan took the whole thing in stride.
Like the king and queen of the Hollywood prom, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie -- and her legs -- were among the last to arrive to the Academy Awards on Sunday.
Gwyneth Paltrow showed up to the Academy Awards wearing what looks like the remains of Celine Dion's infamous backward white tuxedo from the '99 Oscars.
With the 84th Annual Academy Awards just hours away, take a mystical trip back in time and check out the good, the bad and the ugly from last year's fashion fiascoes!
**Be sure to check back this afternoon to see all of this year's Oscars action!**
Wearing a plunging low cut orange number, Best Actress Oscar nominee Viola Davis showed off some of her other God-given talents at the NAACP Image Awards in L.A. this weekend.
The buxom 46-year-old definitely doesn't need any help in this area.
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