Spring Break
The Daily OrangeTop Pop Culture Moments of 2008
By Blake Rong
Posted: 1/13/09, 12:44 AM EST Section: Best of 2008
7. The Disney star rise and fall (Miley's photos, what's her faces get pregnant (Jamie Lynn and some other less attractive one)
This was the year people actually realized that Miley Cyrus wasn't just a family friendly pit of overpriced merchandise and, in real life, is a living, breathing teenager, with the flaws and sexual experimentation we all went through. Her backless Annie Leibovitz photos stirred up the paranoid parent crowd, but she's still trucking on - demanding that no one name her children after her.
8. Twilight - vampires become cool again
Stephanie Meyer's romantic coming-of-age story on teen bloodlust could have languished in obscurity if Robert Pattinson's delicate coiffure hadn't found its way into the hearts of preteens everywhere. "Twilight" created a following of horny teenagers across the nation who no relish in the thought of blood-thirst.
9. Superbowl - Giants upset
In one of the most intense football games of the last half-century, the underdog team from New York City defeated godly New England Patriots in the final minutes of the 2007 Super Bowl.
10. Phillies win the World Series and people freak
Thanks to a last-minute 4-3 victory against the Tampa Bay Rays, now all of Pennsylvania can know what Boston and Chicago sports fans feel like. The postgame celebration spawned a slew of viral videos and lasted days - until half of Philly got fired for missing work.
This was the year people actually realized that Miley Cyrus wasn't just a family friendly pit of overpriced merchandise and, in real life, is a living, breathing teenager, with the flaws and sexual experimentation we all went through. Her backless Annie Leibovitz photos stirred up the paranoid parent crowd, but she's still trucking on - demanding that no one name her children after her.
8. Twilight - vampires become cool again
Stephanie Meyer's romantic coming-of-age story on teen bloodlust could have languished in obscurity if Robert Pattinson's delicate coiffure hadn't found its way into the hearts of preteens everywhere. "Twilight" created a following of horny teenagers across the nation who no relish in the thought of blood-thirst.
9. Superbowl - Giants upset
In one of the most intense football games of the last half-century, the underdog team from New York City defeated godly New England Patriots in the final minutes of the 2007 Super Bowl.
10. Phillies win the World Series and people freak
Thanks to a last-minute 4-3 victory against the Tampa Bay Rays, now all of Pennsylvania can know what Boston and Chicago sports fans feel like. The postgame celebration spawned a slew of viral videos and lasted days - until half of Philly got fired for missing work.
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