Images: Charlize Theron sets the stage on fire with her Oscar performance

The performance-heavy Oscars also included an opening number featuring Charlize Theron and Channing Tatum, who did a classy dance while MacFarlane crooned Just the Way You Look Tonight. Daniel Radcliffe and Joseph Gordon-Levitt then joined MacFarlane for an elegant musical rendition of High Hopes. Here are the images.

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[caption id="attachment_637803" align="alignleft" width="940"] Channing Tatum, left, and Charlize Theron perform during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday Feb. 24, 2013, in Los Angeles. AP[/caption] [caption id="attachment_637806" align="alignleft" width="940"] Channing Tatum, left, and Charlize Theron perform during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday Feb. 24, 2013, in Los Angeles. AP[/caption] [caption id="attachment_637809" align="alignleft" width="940"] Channing Tatum, right, and Charlize Theron perform during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday Feb. 24, 2013, in Los Angeles. AP[/caption] [caption id="attachment_637802" align="alignleft" width="940"] From third left, actors Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth MacFarlane and Daniel Radcliffe perform onstage during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday Feb. 24, 2013, in Los Angeles. AP[/caption] [caption id="attachment_637810" align="alignleft" width="940"] Actors, from left, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, host Seth MacFarlane and Daniel Radcliffe perform during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday Feb. 24, 2013, in Los Angeles. AP[/caption]

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