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Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, Olivia Wilde Herald 'Django Unchained'

By Lisa Marsh | December 12, 2012 8:05am

MIDTOWN — The flashbulbs never stop popping on Quentin Tarantino's red carpet.

The premiere of the director's latest, "Django Unchained," Tuesday night at the Ziegfeld Theatre drew big name after big name, from cast members Leonardo DiCaprio and Samuel L. Jackson to Uma Thurman, Cameron Diaz and Olivia Wilde.

Other stars to attend the premiere included "Unchained" actors Jamie Foxx, Christopher Waltz, Nicole Galicia and Don Johnson, as well as Liv Tyler, Elettra Wiedemann, Hilary Rhoda and Patti Smith. Rounding out the star-studded red carpet were 50 Cent, John Legend, Josh Lucas, Richard Belzer, S. Epatha Merkerson and Mark Sanchez

The film features Foxx in the title role who joins Waltz as a bounty hunter in the pre-Civil War South. The duo is attempting to get Django's wife, played by Kerry Washington, back from her owner, played by DiCaprio. 

The film opens in theaters December 25.

Photos courtesy of PatrickMcMullan.com.