How many necklaces will he wear? We hope it’s at least two.
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This Sunday, the 98th annual Academy Awards will bring Hollywood’s shiniest stars together to finally determine who among them did this year’s best moviemaking. Today, the Academy announced its final lineup of presenters — including Rose Byrne and Nicole Kidman — alongside one truly earth-shattering revelation: Comedian, actor, musician, and vocal maestro Matt Berry will be this year’s announcer. We at Vulture have long been pushing for Berry to appear in more things, including the Oscars ceremony, for literally years.

Berry’s singular talent for pronunciation has made him something of a walking meme; his talents have already reinvented the way people think about words like “New York City” and “YES!” In addition to the Oscars, we’ve previously lobbied for him to host every reality-TV show, serve as an Olympics commentator, and be crowned the spokesperson for Ocean Spray cranberries. His inclusion in this weekend’s Conan O’Brien–hosted ceremony suggests that this year’s Oscars will fully embrace some much-needed levity in these trying times. Still, this news has sparked more questions than answers: Will Berry announce the category names? Will he appear on-camera? And most important, will he be given artistic license to pronounce words as he sees fit?

Now that we are days away from our dreams coming true, we’ve gotten far too excited and assembled a list of all the names and other Oscars-related terminology that we are most excited for Berry to say, presented in the form of how we anticipate he will say them:

• “And now, please WELcome your hOST”

• Dolllby Theatre, Los Ahngeleeese

• Neee-cole Kiiiiiidman

• Zoe Saldañññññña

• RRRRRRRobert Downey JUN-ior

• Chase InFINiti

• Delroy Lindo [appreciative growl]

• Vvvvagner Mouuuura

• Leeeeewis Pullman

• Bill PullMAN

• Co-NAN OH BRIAN

• Channing TAY-TUM

• Gwyneth PAL-trow

• EWWWan Mack GreGOR

• “Coming up, a performance from kayPOP Demon HUNters”

• SIGOURNEIIGHHHH [goes real low] Weaver

• Kieran Culkin

• “When we return, the award for Best ACT-TOR”

• KU-mail Nan-GEEANNY

• Mar-TAY Supremé

• Price Water House Co-Oopers

As of this writing, it is not clear if Idina Menzel will be in attendance, but the Academy still has three days.

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