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Young actor Sunny Pawar totally stole the show at the at the 2017 Academy Awards held at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday (February 26) in Hollywood.

The 8-year-old Lion star was lifted up by host Jimmy Kimmel in a super cute bit with The Lion King while the theme song played.

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“Wanna do the thing when the lion lifts the kid up in the air?” Jimmy asked him. “I’ll be the kid, you lift me up in the air.”

Watch the adorable exchange between Jimmy and Sunny below!

Sunny Pawar has arrived!

The eight-year-old Lion star steals the scene as he hits the red carpet looking handsome for the 2017 Academy Awards held at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday (February 26) in Hollywood.

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Also spotted arriving at the Oscars was Sunny‘s co-star Dev Patel.

The 26-year-old actor was joined on the red carpet by his mom Anita!

Dev is nominated at the awards tonight for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Lion.

FYI: Dev is wearing a custom Burberry suit.

Dev Patel shares a cute moment with his Lion co-star Sunny Pawar while attending The Weinstein Company’s Pre-Oscar Dinner on Saturday night (February 25) at the Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.

The 26-year-old actor is nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his work in the film and he won the BAFTA for his performance in Lion earlier this month.

Sunny makes his debut acting performance in the film as the younger version of Dev‘s character and lots of people argued that the Oscars should have a category for younger actors specifically for superb work like his!

Dev and Sunny shared some absolutely adorable moments while hanging out at the event, presented in partnership with Bvlgari and Grey Goose. See photos in the gallery!

Lion is tackling some important issues ahead of Oscars weekend.

Two of the movie’s stars Nicole Kidman and Dev Patel stepped out at the Lion premiere at Cinema Gaumont Opera on Friday (February 10) in Paris, France.

The day before, the Los Angeles Times ran a For Your Consideration ad for the film which confronted Donald Trump‘s travel ban.

“It took an extraordinary effort to get 8-year-old actor Sunny Pawar a visa so that he could come to America for the very first time. Next year, that might not be an option,” the ad read.

Although Sunny‘s Oscar attendance does not seem to be in question, other nominees like Iranian director Asghar Farhadi will not be attending the ceremony in light of recent political events.

FYI: Nicole is wearing Saint Laurent.

Oscar nominees including Justin Timberlake, Viola Davis and Naomie Harris all stepped out to celebrate their nominations!

The trio attended The Hollywood Reporter’s Nominee Night on Monday (February 6) at Spago in Beverly Hills, Calif.

They were also joined by fellow nominees Isabelle Huppert, Dev Patel, Faye Dunaway, Sunny Pawar, Glen Powell, Auli’i Cravalho, Annalise Basso and Emmanuelle Chriqui.

During the event, Justin, who is nominated for his song “Can’t Stop the Feeling” from Trolls, spilled on his plans for Oscar night.

“We’ll try to sneak a flask in,” Justin joked.

FYI: Justin is wearing a Tom Ford suit and shirt with Tod’s shoes. Glen is wearing a John Varvatos suit.

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Nicole Kidman poses with Lion co-star Sunny Pawar and director Garth Davis at the Directors Guild Awards on Saturday night (February 4) at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.

The 49-year-old actress and her young co-star presented their director with the First-Time Feature Director Award during the event.

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Other stars who attended the event were Rooney Mara, Isabelle Huppert, Helen Mirran and husband Taylor Hackford, David Hasselhoff, Jane Lynch, and America Ferrara.

FYI: Nicole is wearing a Marchesa dress.

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Dev Patel and Jonah Hill both step out for the 2017 Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday (January 8) in Beverly Hills, Calif.

The former took the stage with his co-star Sunny Pawar to present their film Lion, which is nominated for Best Motion Picture Drama.

Dev was up for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama, Musical or Comedy, and Jonah was nominated for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy. Sadly, they both lost out.

FYI: Jonah is wearing Prada. Dev is wearing Burberry.

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