Bella Thorne and Zendaya

I mean, I guess at least they're having fun.

Zendaya

The back of this DOES feel very 80s, but the weird thing that I must confess to you is that, when I saw this particular shot, in thumbnail form, I thought it was Bai Ling. I cannot explain why -- the bangs? -- but I can tell you that I was delighted by the idea that Bai Ling might have gotten to go to the Teen Choice Awards. I wish teens would choose Bai Ling again.

Zendaya

I know I qualify for the Adult Cranky Awards, because while this dress is cute enough, I mostly want to tell her to stand up straight, already. I am become my mother.

Zendaya

She changed for the press room, and I actually think this is sort of cute. I totally had that top Back In The Day -- I wore it with stirrup pants, natch -- but something about this seems weirdly cozy and kind of fun.

Bella Thorne

Whereas this might be fun for SOMEONE, cozy it most certainly is not. Breezy, however, I'll easily believe.

Teen Choice Awards WTFs, Fines, and Maybes? Zendaya and Bella Thorne

Zendaya told the press that her pink dress was inspired by Madonna in the Material Girl video, and while no one loves classic Madonna like I do, I wish someone on Team Zendaya had explained that Madonna was herself dressed exactly like Marilyn Monroe in Gentleman Prefer Blondes. You can't expect a seventeen year old to know that (although I did, but I am from a time when what is now The CW was just a local station, and that local TV station showed a LOT of musicals), but you do expect the people who dressed her to give her a correct soundbite so as to avoid such KIDS TODAY GET OFF MY LAWNING as...well, this. You can also apply my curmudgeonly attitude to Bella Thorne's constant near-nip. [Photos: AKM/GSI]