15 Of The Funniest Oscars Moments EVER

It's Oscars weekend, which basically means a load of already highly praised, stupidly beautiful people get to sit in a big room together and pat each other on the back.

It just so happens that those people are also wickedly funny. And in a live show - anything can happen.

15 Of The Funniest Oscars Moments Ever

Ryan Seacrest must have really struggled to keep himself from exploding with rage as the ever pesky Sacha Baron Cohen ‘accidently’ poured the ashes of Kim Jong Il over his suit.

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The 1974 Oscars saw Robert Opel, a photographer posing as a journalist, run starkers over the stage as Elizabeth Taylor was being announced. We reckon she loved it.

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'Cos coming dressed as J-Lo and Gwyneth Paltrow to the Oscars wasn’t enough, 'South Park' creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone confessed to being high on acid during the 2000 Oscars ceremony.

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Will Ferrell and Jack Black took it upon themselves to perform a song expressing their sadness at comedians being left out of the Oscars. It included threatening to elbow Leonardo DiCaprio “in the larynx” and break Ryan Gosling’s hip.

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Jennifer Lawrence owned the 2013 Oscars. Eyes were on her during every part of the evening, no less here, as she middle fingered a reporter during her post awards press call. Sassy.

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This cannot be comfortable.

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Presenting the award for “Best Achievement In Visual Effects” was never going to be the most exhilarating task, so Ben Stiller attempted to spice it up by dressing in a morph suit, because comedy.

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There’s still no explanation for this other than Bjork being “obsessed with swans” in 2001. The dress was described by one critic as “probably the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen”. Ouch.

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It takes a lot to make U2 look fun, but Benedict just about manages it.

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WE WISH WE HAD THIS MUCH SWAG.

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Yeah, maybe not.

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Not as good as Cumberbatch, but still. That level of attractiveness needs to be brought down a notch sometimes.

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Travolta was given another shot at presenting an award last year, but we'll never forget his monumental mess up pronouncing 'Idina Menzel'.

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Asked to dance by Emma Stone? We wouldn’t even have the guts to turn that down, but Jonah manages it and look like a grumpy old man in the process.

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The selfie that was heard (and tweeted) around the world.

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15 Of The Funniest Oscars Moments EVER

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