Glittering goddess! Giuliana Rancic dazzles in jewelled halterneck gown as she leads celebrity arrivals at 2017 Screen Actors Guild Awards

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Giuliana Rancic kicked off the red carpet in spectacular fashion at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday.

The 42-year-old TV personality lead the celebrity arrivals in a glittering halterneck dress which accentuated her deep golden tan.

Celebs gathered at The Shrine Auditorium to toast another year in film and television at one of the few awards ceremonies where actors are judged by their peers.

The ceremony held in Los Angeles made room for some of the biggest names in entertainment including Natalie Portman, Amy Adams, and Nicole Kidman to name but a few.

Beaded beauty! Giuliana Rancic was one of the first stars to step on the red carpet at the 2017 Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday

Bronzed beauty: The 42-year-old TV star stunned in a jeweled halterneck gown and beachy blonde wave

The annual show is often seen as the best predictor for the Oscars, with most categories falling right in step with the Academy Awards. 

While the SAG awards only honour categories in acting, the best ensemble award category often offers a hint as to what film will snag best picture at the Oscars. 

The rising chorus for La La Land was suddenly missing a very conspicuous note on Sunday night.

The 23rd annual Screen Actors Guild nominated the leads of Damien Chazelle's acclaimed musical, Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling. 

So glam: Anna Chlumsky was a screen goddess in a ruched fuchsia gown and diamond jewellry

But the perceived Oscar front-runner was notably absent in the SAGs' top category, best ensemble.

La La Land has been marching toward best-picture winner at the Oscars, picking up a nomination in the coveted category, after breaking records at the Golden Globes. Granted, La La Land, largely focused on its leads, doesn't scream ensemble.

But if it goes on to win best picture, it will be only the second to do so without a SAG ensemble nod in the category's history. 

Only Mel Gibson's Braveheart managed it 20 years ago. 

Glitter girl: Zuri Hall stunned in a gold gown with centre slit

Camera ready: Tituss Burgess made sure to stand out in a snazzy blue suit while George MacKay and Glen Powell opted for traditional black tuxes

However, this is simply being nominated in the category. The statistics for those ensembles that win at the SAG awards is a bit different. 

The Screen Actors Guild has handed out the ensemble award 21 times (SAG only began giving out ensemble awards in 1996), but of the films that were awarded the honour only 11 went on to land best picture at the Oscars (52%). 

Still, actors, the largest group in the Academy of Motion Pictures, hold considerable sway. (SAG, though, is much larger, with about 160,000 members, compared to about 1,200 actors in the academy.) 

Bold and beautiful: Nancy O'Dell and Liz Hernandez highlighted their curves in rich red hues

Off-the-shoulder: Annalise Basso showed of a long flowing skirt and sleeves 

Better together: Ryan Michelle Bathe and Sterling K. Brown made a glam red carpet couple

Jolene Purdy sparkled in a blue sheer gown with pretty embellishments

Suited up! Some of the young castmembers of Stranger Things looked very dapper. L-R: Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Noah Schnapp and Caleb McLaughlin

Starlet: Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown opted for a flowing red Giorgio Armani gown with tie belt

The best ensemble nominees were Barry Jenkins' coming-of-age tale Moonlight, Kenneth Lonergan's Massachusetts family drama Manchester by the Sea, the rousing NASA drama Hidden Figures and, in a surprise, the Viggo Mortensen-led bohemian romp Captain Fantastic. 

Manchester by the Sea led all films with four nominations, including best actor for Casey Affleck and supporting nods for Michelle Williams and Lucas Hedges.

In television, series newcomers The Crown, Westworld and Stranger Things all picked up three nominations each, alongside Emmys favorite The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story and Game of Thrones.

Netlfix dominated with 17 total nominations, followed by HBO's 13.

Family affair: Actor Matthew Modine arrived with his daughter Ruby who looked glam in a champagne dress

Belle of the ball: TV personality Renee Bargh stunned in a strapless ballgown

Cut-out queens: Keltie Knight and Charissa Thompson took the plunge in their elegant gowns

Individual film SAG nominees have historically aligned about four-out-of-five with Oscar acting categories. The other lead actor nominees were Denzel Washington (Fences) and Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge). After being passed over by the Globes, Tom Hanks, star of Clint Eastwood's Sully, might be on the outside this awards season.

Up for best actress alongside Stone are Amy Adams (Arrival), Natalie Portman (Jackie), Meryl Streep (Florence Foster Jenkins) and, in a real twist, Emily Blunt, star of the tepidly reviewed The Girl on the Train.

Nominees are selected by separate movie and TV nominating panels, each comprised of more than 2,000 randomly selected SAG members.