Oscars 2017: Which celebrities will get political?
When the Oscars comes around on Sunday, there may be so many anti-Trump speeches they may need an award for the best one.
This year, perhaps more than ever, the ceremony will be about who says what as much as who wins what and who wears what.
Five weeks on from President Trump's inauguration, with the nation divided over the US president and his policies, many Hollywood stars will feel the need to take a stand on the biggest stage of all.
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Meryl Streep got the ball rolling at the Golden Globes seven weeks ago. That made her even more of a hero in Hollywood, pretty much secured her an Oscar nomination and gave other actors licence to speak out too.
It's likely that most of those who want to make a point won't mention Mr Trump by name, but will instead make thinly veiled references to him by talking about tolerance and inclusion.
But Hollywood has a dilemma. The country is split, and Trump supporters already see celebrities - most of whom lined up behind Hillary Clinton - as an out-of-touch elite.
In a recent Hollywood Reporter poll, two thirds of Trump supporters said they had switched off an awards show when the winners got political.
Will making big political or moral pronouncements from the podium change anybody's minds? Or will they just make them turn off?
Who could speak out at the Oscars?
Meryl Streep (again)
If she could, she surely would. But she's the outsider to win best actress for Florence Foster Jenkins.
The favourite is La La Land's Emma Stone, who said in November that Trump's election was a "chance for us to all unite and do the very, very best we can to speak out and be brave."
Stone has shied away from speaking out much since, mostly limiting herself to saying how "the positive gift of creativity" can transcend borders in divisive times.
Also in contention is Natalie Portman, who has also made her opposition clear.
If she wins, perhaps she will repeat a speech she gave to a Women's March in January, in which she thanked Mr Trump for starting "the revolution".
This was a reference to the fact he has galvanised a new movement demanding greater respect and opportunities for women
Mahershala Ali
The Moonlight star and best supporting actor-elect delivered a powerful speechat the Screen Actors Guild Awards recently, first explaining how his film demonstrates what can happen when people are persecuted.
Against the backdrop of Trump's travel ban, he went on to reveal that he converted to Islam 17 years ago and that his mother is a Christian minister - but that they put aside the differences in their beliefs, which are "not that important".
Fellow nominee Dev Patel has said flying into the US in the midst of the travel ban uproar felt like "entering into a nightmare". Jeff Bridges has been more sanguinethan most, urging Americans to "work together to make the most beautiful existence that we can".
He's certainly more sanguine than Michael Shannon, a surprise nominee for Tom Ford's Nocturnal Animals.
Some think Oscar voters picked him partly because of his vitriolic statements about the President - like he "is going to destroy civilisation as we know it, and the earth", and that "if you're voting for Trump, it's time for the urn."
