LAST YEAR’S RED carpet was all about the guys.

Well, about the beards.

Case in point? Michael Fassbender’s majestic scruff.

Swoon.

This year, however, beards were tragically absent from the red carpet with just a few opting to neglect their razors for the occasion.

Presenting Beard Watch 2015…

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Chris Evans

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Beard game: ridey.

Jared Leto

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Beard game: definitely has crumbs in it.

Mark Ruffalo

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Beard game: effortless.

Common

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Beard game: spray paint.

Josh Hutcherson

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Beard game: pre-pubescent.

Steve Carell

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Beard game: stately.

Adam Levine

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Beard game: carefully cultivated stubble.

Ethan Hawke

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Beard game: forgot to shave.

Chiwetel Ejiofor

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Beard game: thespian-like.

And then there were the clean-shaven lads, who admittedly all looked pretty sharp…

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Benedict Cumberbatch

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Bradley Cooper

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Doing a bit of the Angelina leg there.

Edward Norton

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Miles Teller

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David Oyelowo and Michael Keaton

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Eddie Redmayne

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Chris Pratt

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The Lonely Island

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David Burtka and Neil Patrick Harris

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John Legend

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The entire cast of The Grand Budapest Hotel

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Ansel Elgort

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Beards aside, the hat game was reasonably strong.

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It’s certainly a choice. You have to give them that.

While others brought their scarf game — ladies and gentleman, superstar composer Hans Zimmer

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Best-dressed, tbh.

And John Travolta brought the sass game.

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Nice hand on hip action there, John.

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