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Tweens you know and love

Article from: The Boston Globe Article date: November 08, 2008 Author: JOANNA WEISS

When "True Jackson, V.P." premieres tonight, 15-year-old Keke Palmer will join an exclusive club of tween sitcom headliners past and present - some reaching the entertainment stratosphere, some suddenly fallen from grace. Here's a look at her fellow stars.

MILEY CYRUS

The "Hannah Montana" star - and daughter of country singer Billy Ray Cyrus - has had two top-selling albums, a hit movie, and an hot- ticket tour. But do provocative photos in Vanity Fair signal impending graduation from the tween scene?

RAVEN-SYMONE

The former "Cosby Show" kid turned into a tween phenomenon with Disney's sitcom ...

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Meet the Next Miley

Posted Apr 30, 08 11:01 AM CDT in Gossip 

Meet the Next Miley
Source: Getty Images (by Event) Individuals

(Newser) – With tween queen Miley Cyrus' squeaky-clean image taking a drubbing, E! Online reports that Disney execs may be shopping for a new fresh face--and may have found one in lesser-known and untainted Selena Gomez. “Selena sings and acts…She is going to be the next Miley Cyrus,” an insider said.

The 15-year-old currently stars in Disney’s “Wizard of Waverly Place,” has a Warner Bros. flick called Another Cinderella Story out this fall and coincidentally played one of Cyrus’ pop star rivals on “Hannah Montana.” Though Disney reps deny Cyrus is being pushed aside, Selena “deserves all the success that’s coming her way,” a rep said.

Source: E! Online

More about:  Disney • Miley Cyrus • Disney Channel • Selena Gomez

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