Anna Wintour and Anne Hathaway recreate Devil Wears Prada moment at the Oscars

If you had "Anna Wintour doing stand-up comedy" connected your 2026 Oscars bingo card, congratulations - you conscionable won.In what is already being called the astir iconic 14 seconds successful manner history, the 98th Academy Awards gave america the crossover we didn’t cognize we needed. Ahead of the monolithic The Devil Wears Prada sequel dropping this May, the real-life "Miranda Priestly," Anna Wintour, shared the signifier with Anne Hathaway to contiguous the awards for Costume Design and Makeup.And honestly? It was pure, unadulterated chaos successful the champion mode possible.

"Thank You, Emily"

The conception started with the duo strutting retired to Madonna’s Vogue (obviously), and the vigor was immediate. Anne played the portion of the "meek assistant" to perfection, feigning disposable nerves portion lasting adjacent to the legendary Vogue editor.After a little code astir however costumes archer a story, Anne decided to poke the bear. She looked astatine Anna and bravely asked, "Anna, conscionable curious, what bash you deliberation of my formal tonight?"

In a determination that proved she has amended comedic timing than astir nonrecreational hosts, Anna didn't adjacent look astatine her.

She dilatory enactment connected her trademark sunglasses, stared icily into the camera, and simply said, "And the nominees are."The assemblage perfectly mislaid it. But the existent "mic drop" infinitesimal came aft they announced the winner. As they were wrapping up, Anna turned to Anne and casually muttered, "Thank you, Emily." For the uninitiated, that’s the eventual wink to the film—the moving gag wherever Miranda Priestly refuses to larn her assistants' names and calls them each "Emily."

The Internet is Losing Its Mind

Social media was instantly flooded with fans losing their chill implicit the reunion. Some adjacent joked that Anna Wintour was funnier than Conan O’Brien. One instrumentality summed it up perfectly: "The real-life Miranda Priestly and Andy Sachs connected the Oscar signifier together... cipher was acceptable for this."It was a masterclass successful PR for the upcoming sequel. Seeing the pistillate who inspired the "icy" quality yet thin into the gag showed a broadside of Anna Wintour we seldom see.

A Rare Moment of Self-Awareness

For years, Wintour has been a spot coy astir her transportation to the film. Back successful 2024, she told the BBC it was "up to the audience" to determine if determination were similarities betwixt her and Miranda. But tonight, by wearing those shades and shutting down Anne’s question with a azygous look, she fundamentally sent a connection to the world: She knows, and she’s successful connected the joke.With the sequel hitting cinemas connected May 1, this was the cleanable mode to footwear disconnected the property tour. It reminded america wherefore we fell successful emotion with this satellite successful the archetypal spot - the manner is high-stakes, the wit is sharp, and astatine the extremity of the day, everyone is conscionable an "Emily" successful Anna’s world.