Oscars Chasing Tween Tail By Enlisting Miley Cyrus As A Presenter?
As we read over the list of Oscar presenters released this morning, one sparkly name took all our attention away from the otherwise predictable lot — Miss Miley Cyrus. Just last week, producers of the Grammy Awards dissed the Tween Queen by not asking the biggest star in the recording industry to either perform or present during their flatlining ceremony. However, now Miley is riding high after being scooped up by the typically snobby Oscars. So what gives? Looks to us like quirky duck Gil Cates has his eye squarely trained on the Nielsen numbers.
It's no secret that Oscar ratings have been underwhelming the last few years. Even with a pre-Iggygate Ellen Degeneres hosting the show last year, ratings only managed to climb 2% from the previous year's ceremony (which had dropped 10% from the `06 show). So with Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert setting the B.O. ablaze, it might make sense to train a few tween eyeballs on the ceremony by having Miley present one of the evening's early awards. But if you're wondering why The Rock is on the list of presenters, we're right there with you. We don't have a clue, either.
The "nearly complete" list of presenters includes:
Amy Adams, Jessica Alba, Cate Blanchett, Josh Brolin, Steve Carell, George Clooney, Penelope Cruz, Miley Cyrus, Patrick Dempsey, Cameron Diaz, Colin Farrell, Harrison Ford, Jennifer Garner, Tom Hanks, Anne Hathaway, Katherine Heigl, Jonah Hill, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Nicole Kidman, James McAvoy, Queen Latifah, Seth Rogen, Martin Scorsese, Hilary Swank, John Travolta, Denzel Washington, Renee Zellweger, Forest Whitaker, Helen Mirren, Alan Arkin and Jennifer Hudson
