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Sylvester Stallone, a grizzly bear and Sacha Baron Cohen: bound to combine in some way this weekend. Composite: Getty Images/Alamy
Sylvester Stallone, a grizzly bear and Sacha Baron Cohen: bound to combine in some way this weekend. Composite: Getty Images/Alamy

Tears, Trump and bear jokes: it’s the Oscars checklist!

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How many of the following will you spot at this Sunday’s Academy Awards?

  • Leonardo DiCaprio wins an Oscar
  • Leonardo DiCaprio loses and literally explodes
  • Five-minute polemic on diversity from Quincy Jones, as promised
  • Speech about sexism
  • Speech about racism
  • Speech about ageism
  • Speech about Donald Trump
  • Camera catches someone frowning
  • Camera catches someone yawning
  • Tears
Will she, won’t she? The gravitationally challenged Jennifer Lawrence. Photograph: Kevin Winter/Getty Images
  • Orchestra plays off a winner
  • Winner ignores orchestra playing them off
  • A movie you’ve seen wins an Oscar
  • A movie you enjoyed wins an Oscar
  • Cute moments involving Jacob Tremblay
  • Chris Rock references #OscarsSoWhite
  • Chris Rock is mean about Jude Law again
  • Saoirse Ronan’s name gets massacred
  • Poo joke gets pegged to The Martian
Oscar’s host Chris Rock. He’s coming for you, Jude ... Photograph: Andrew Eccles/ABC
  • Bear rape joke gets pegged to The Revenant
  • Lesbianism joke gets pegged to Carol
  • Questionable trans joke
  • A joke involving raw bison liver
  • Any joke about Spotlight at all
  • John Travolta is allowed to talk in public
  • Sacha Baron Cohen comes on in character and alienates everyone
  • Someone comes on dressed as The Revenant bear
  • Someone wears a Mad Max mask
  • Eager cut to Leonardo DiCaprio’s face when Lady Gaga performs
  • Stallone poses for pictures with fists raised
  • Cut to Charlotte Rampling’s face after a black actor is on stage
  • Jennifer Lawrence falls over again
  • A musical performance designed to appeal to young people who aren’t watching anyway
  • Kate Winslet expressing her surprise at winning, following victories at the Baftas and Golden Globes
  • An envelope sticks
  • A range of black film-makers tweet about alternative Oscars plans
  • Leonardo DiCaprio talks about the environment in his speech …
  • … followed by a shot of Mark Ruffalo clapping firmly
  • The In Memoriam section forgets to include a beloved figure
  • The In Memoriam section includes someone who isn’t dead
  • Jack Nicholson

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