Big girls need big diamonds

No gold-digging for Hollywood. They take diamonds*.

Testimony for that can be had from the dazzling display of rocks that happens on the red carpet the night of the annual Academy Awards every year at Hollywood's Kodak Theater.

Or for that matter at any big show biz evening when diamonds drip.

Don't you think actress Charlize Theron's diamond tear drop earrings by Chopard beautifully compliment her shimmering mermaid-ish dress?

*Respectful apologies to actress Mae West for poaching that quote

Take a look at actress Cameron Diaz's spectacular diamond encrusted ring.

The Charlie's Angels heroine has a penchant for ice and often appears at formal dos wreathed in diamond bracelets or twinkling with danglers.

The entire Sting clan is sporting carbon at this award night. Don't miss the stone on Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner's cravat

Image: Singer Sting with his wife actress Trudie Styler and daughter Coco

So do little boys. Diamonds are steadily becoming man's best friend too.

Check out the earrings English footballer David Beckham wore to accept his OBE from Queen Elizabeth II. He pretty much outdid Victoria. But then again it was his day.

Actress Angelina Jolie's pearl and diamond drops look exquisite against the classy plain black dress she wore for the A Mighty Heart premiere in New York earlier this year.