Oscars Revisited

In keeping with the spirit of my last two posts — the one on Disney (pre) teen stars and the Oscars — I am going to discuss both topics again in one brand new post.

This year marked the first time I actually watched the entire Oscars telecast (I normally watch the red carpet). Oddly enough, it was also the lowest rated Oscars telecast in years. But in any case, I watched it, and it was just like I'd imagine it to be: bad jokes, awkward wins and losses, and some accidents. Perhaps what made it enjoyable for me wasn't the actual telecast, but my friend Casey who made snarky comments about the ceremony to me via iChat. His comments were hysterical and could only come from someone with a love for pop culture.

Anyway, one of Casey's jokes was most likely about Miley Cyrus (I don't remember exactly, though). For some reason, the Disney star with more identities than I can understand, attended the Oscars ceremony. Bizarre, right? Well, in any case, like most misguided fifteen-year-olds, Miley Cyrus normally dresses like a twenty-five-year-old barfly. Or a mermaid. Or a combination of both.





I think this photo is from that beacon-of-taste, the Teen Choice Awards. You know, that ceremony that no one watches where people get surfboards instead of little statues? Yeah, that.
Anyway, this dress is too short and too shiny and her hair has far too many extensions. I also don't understand the print of the dress, either. Then again, when I was her age, I wore band t-shirts and was a crazy vegan. In case you care, I now wear a lot of J.Crew and am only a vegetarian.

Now, imagine how surprised I was when Miss Cyrus showed up wearing this:



The dress is Valentino, by the way.

Anyway, aside from the slight awkwardness she shows in wearing it — but nothing as awkward as the six years older, Ellen Page in anything she wears (will she get some grace, finally? As not-feminist as this sounds, send her to finishing school or something) — she looks perfect. Her makeup is young, sophisticated, and tasteful. And the dress is absolutely gorgeous and age-appropriate.

For Oscars, Miley might have been my best dressed. Katherine Heigl, of course, was a very close second.

I feel like this Disney thing won't be going away anytime soon, if Miley Cyrus's presence at the ceremony is any indication. She has gone from Disney star to actual celebrity, and I'm sure others will follow.