Oscars 2020: Gerard Butler and glamorous girlfriend Morgan Brown look smitten as they walk the red carpet
They have been dating on and off for more than five years.
And Gerard Butler and girlfriend Morgan Brown looked smitten as they arrived at the 92nd annual Academy Awards at Hollywood's Dolby Theatre on Sunday.
The 300 actor, 50, and his glamorous love put on a cosy display as they held hands and posed for photographers.
![Smitten: Gerard Butler and girlfriend Morgan Brown looked smitten as they arrived at the 92nd annual Academy Awards at Hollywood's Dolby Theatre on Sunday](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/02/09/23/24521708-7985125-image-a-32_1581291303563.jpg)
Smitten: Gerard Butler and girlfriend Morgan Brown looked smitten as they arrived at the 92nd annual Academy Awards at Hollywood's Dolby Theatre on Sunday
Gerard looked handsome in a midnight blue suit with black lapels, worn with a black silk shirt and bow tie as he attended.
The Scottish star wore his brunette locks in a quiffed style and sported a light smattering of stubble.
Morgan showcased her toned figure in a striking scarlet asymmetric gown with elaborate lace detail.
The dress cinched in at her slender waist and featured a daring thigh-split which revealed her honed legs.
Gerard attended the Academy Awards to represent his film How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, which is nominated in the Animated Feature category.
![Wow: The 300 actor, 50, and his glamorous love put on a cosy display as they held hands and posed for photographers](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/02/09/23/24521706-7985125-image-m-35_1581291502092.jpg)
Wow: The 300 actor, 50, and his glamorous love put on a cosy display as they held hands and posed for photographers
The A-lister and the statuesque beauty have been dating on-and-off for more than five years, with their initial joint outing coming in September of 2014 in Malibu, California.
They parted ways in November of 2016, Page Six reported, with a source telling the outlet it was difficult for the 300 actor to remain in a relationship as 'girls throw themselves at him.
'It’s hard for him to constantly say, "No. Get away from me. I have a girlfriend,"' the source added.
The Den of Thieves star and Brown were on-and-off in 2017, with a July beach excursion in Tulum, Mexico, followed by a split that fall, People reported.
![Dapper: Gerard looked handsome in a midnight blue suit with black lapels, worn with a black silk shirt and bow tie as he attended](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/02/10/02/24521700-7985125-Dapper_Gerard_looked_handsome_in_a_midnight_blue_suit_with_black-a-32_1581302066664.jpg)
Dapper: Gerard looked handsome in a midnight blue suit with black lapels, worn with a black silk shirt and bow tie as he attended
But things renewed between Brown and the Scottish star by last October, according to Page Six, describing an intimate dinner between the couple at New York City's Omar at Vaucluse.
While 'Butler had every woman in the room cranking her neck to try to catch his eye,' he was solely focused on Brown, the source said.
The couple was snapped together this past August looking happy at the Los Angeles premiere of his film Angel Has Fallen.
Butler has past been romantically linked to actresses Jennifer Aniston and Madalina Diana Ghenea, French TV host Laurie Cholewa, and reality star Brandi Glanville.
Hollywood's awards season reaches its climax tonight, with a cliffhanger over the top prize after a season marked by dark horses, renewed anguish over diversity, and a South Korean underdog that could snatch victory from the biggest names in show business.
While dark comic book movie Joker goes into the ceremony with a leading 11 nominations, it's the immersive World War One movie 1917 that has emerged as the film to beat in the best picture race after winning a slew of accolades in the last five weeks.
![Pose; Gerard struck a smouldering pose for the cameras](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/02/09/23/24521702-7985125-image-m-45_1581291563665.jpg)
![Animated: The star put on an animated display on the red carpet as he posed](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/02/10/02/24521704-7985125-Animated_The_star_put_on_an_animated_display_on_the_red_carpet_a-a-31_1581302066662.jpg)
Animated: The star put on an animated display on the red carpet as he posed
Yet a win for 1917 is far from a foregone conclusion, with South Korean social satire Parasite and sentimental favorite Once Upon a Time in Hollywood from Quentin Tarantino also jostling for attention from the 8,000 voters of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Korean-language film Parasite seems certain to take the renamed best international feature Oscar and would make history if the black comedy about haves and have-nots in modern Seoul also takes home the best picture statuette.
Martin Scorsese's mob saga The Irishman seems to have lost momentum despite lavish early praise and a cast that includes Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci. But it has failed to take home major acting or directing awards this season, likely dashing Netflix's best hope so far of picking up its first best picture Oscar.
The best director category, a controversially all-male affair, is equally hard to call according to Oscar pundits, with a lineup featuring Sam Mendes (1917), Scorsese, Todd Phillips (Joker), Tarantino and Bong Joon Ho (Parasite).
Some races appear to be already locked up. Brad Pitt has never won an acting award, but he has charmed awards audiences with his witty speeches and supporting actor performance as a laid-back stunt double in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Joaquin Phoenix has dominated best actor prizes for his terrifying portrayal of an isolated loner in Joker, while Renee Zellweger seems to have locked up best actress for playing an aging Judy Garland in Judy.
A win by Zellweger would defeat Harriet star Cynthia Erivo, the only person of color in the acting lineup that has renewed the #OscarsSoWhite furor despite four years of efforts to diversify the academy's membership.
Taking place without a host for the second year, Oscar organizers have given few details of the ceremony, other than to announce live performances by original song contenders Elton John, Idina Menzel, Randy Newman, Chrissie Metz and Erivo.
Five-time Grammy winner Billie Eilish will also take the stage for what is billed as a special performance that could see her debut her theme song for the upcoming James Bond movie No Time to Die.
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Smile: The star wore his brunette locks in a quiffed style and sported a light smattering of stubble
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