1. Academy flunky gave the Best Actress, Emma Stone for La La Land card to announcer Warren Beatty just to see him squirm on live television.

2. Same flunky correctly predicted that Faye Dunaway would go ahead and announce La La Land as Best Picture, despite the fact that the card said nothing of the kind, and no one would notice the error.

3. A closet white supremacist intent on preventing Moonlight from winning Best Picture had infiltrated the Academy and managed to get a counterfeit “fake” card to Warren Beatty moments before the announcement. He correctly predicted Faye Dunaway would not notice she was looking at a card for another category.

4. With sagging ratings over the past several years, Academy producers thought some controversy and slap stick might renew interest in the show.

5. Russian hackers managed to hack the servers of the Academy and ensure Beatty and Dunaway would have the Best Actress card to announce, rather than one they should have had, the card announcing the winner for Best Picture.

6. Just for laughs and giggles, Best Picture and Best Actress cards were shuffled before handing one of them to Warren Beatty.

7. Steve Harvey was Executive Producer of the Oscars and decided to add his own personal brand to the show.

8. Super-Villain and Arch-Enemy of Hollywood, Donald Trump, decided to exact his revenge on his enemies and send Mike Pence undercover, disguised as an Academy producer, to wreak havoc on the ceremony.