The 82nd annual Academy Awards take place in Los Angeles this weekend, and while the world wonders whether Avatar can put the hurt on The Hurt Locker, we’ll be watching the Best Animated Short Film category to find out if Logorama’s gun-toting Ronald McDonald can spoil Wallace and Gromit’s Oscar streak.

Five films are up for the award, including Aardman Animations director Nick Park’s A Matter of Loaf and Death, the latest adventure starring those loveable claymation characters Wallace and Gromit. The previous two Wallace and Gromit shorts - The Wrong Trousers and A Close Shave - as well as the full-length feature The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, all won Oscars.

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