Miley: Relationship With Dad 'Not Weird at All'

No more achy breaky heart?

(NEWSER) - Things are finally looking up for Billy Ray Cyrus: In an interview on The View airing today, he reveals he’s halted divorce proceedings with wife Tish, USA Today reports. “I wanted to put my family back together,” he says. So how is that going? “I think for the first time me and my entire family are finally communicating with each other in a way that, it's been quite some time … and to answer your question, things are really the best they've ever been.” Click for more from the interview, including Billy Ray's comments about Miley. More»

Cyrus says he's now working on 'mending family' after 'GQ' interview

(NEWSER) - On second thought, maybe it wasn’t a great idea for Billy Ray Cyrus to blab on about how Hannah Montana ruined his family . The country musician tells People his comments in a recent GQ interview were “explosive, and unintentionally so,” and says that right now the most important thing to him is “mending my family. … We are working together to make sure our future is stronger and healthier.” More»

She thinks what he did is 'unforgivable,' say pals

(NEWSER) - If you found yourself reading Billy Ray Cyrus's interview bemoaning his daughter's troubles and thinking, "Wow, he sounds like LiLo's dad " ... you're not the only one. "To say Miley is angry is an understatement," a friend tells PopEater . "She's furious that her own flesh and blood would make a private matter so public. Who does he think he is, Michael Lohan?" Another adds that "this isn't what a father does," especially since Billy Ray never complained back when Hannah Montana was making "millions for the family." Click for more, including rumors that father and daughter haven't spoken since the interview. More»

Sad rocker finally admits he's worried about daughter Miley

(NEWSER) - Billy Ray Cyrus is not happy. He's getting divorced , his daughter is doing bong hits on video ... where did it all go wrong? Hannah Montana, he tells GQ . The magazine's long profile paints a depressing picture: Chris Heath spoke to Cyrus mostly in shadow (he likes to have the lights out), just five days after he first saw the infamous bong-hit video. Highlights ... or, as it were, lowlights:

• On Hannah Montana: "It destroyed my family. I'll tell you right now—the damn show destroyed my family. ... I'd erase it all in a second if I could."
• On Miley: "Every time something happened in Miley's career, every time the train went off the track, if you will— Vanity Fair , pole-dancing , whatever scandal it was—her people, or as they say in today's news, her handlers, every time they'd put me... 'Somebody's shooting at Miley! Put the old man up there!' Well, I took it, because I'm her daddy, and that's what daddies do. 'OK, nail me to the cross, I'll take it...'"

She's caught indulging in the herb salvia at party

(USER SUBMITTED) - Oh that Miley. It seems she's forever finding troublesome new ways to get into the press, and her latest escapade was filmed during a November 28th party at her LA home. In the footage believed to be stolen or copied from a friend and posted on TMZ , she is seen taking a hit of what's thought to be the natural herb salvia—it has hallucinogenic qualities but isn't illegal in California—from a bong, reports PopEater . "OK I'm about to lose it now," she says. "I'm having a little bit of a trip right now." More»