Parents Fume Over Miley Pole Dance

Billy Ray writes it off as her love of 'entertaining'

(NEWSER) - At least one parent isn’t upset over Miley Cyrus’ raunchy pole dance at the Teen Choice Awards—Billy Ray Cyrus. When asked about it by Access Hollywood, the proud pop non-answered with, “I just think that Miley loves entertaining people. She loves singing, songwriting. I always tell her to love what you’re doing and stay focused for the love of the art and not worry so much about opinions.” More»

Miley's little sister performs 'Smack That,' acts it out

(NEWSER) - In a video that Gawker calls “disturbing on seven different levels,” Miley Cyrus' 9-year-old sister Noah performs—complete with butt-slapping, and to the cheers of adults—Akon’s “Smack That.” Is Noah, who also wore a dominatrix-like costume for Halloween, aiming to be just like her pole-dancing, cleavage-baring, racy-photo-posing (and posing and posing ) older sister? Judge for yourself by watching the clip. More»

Hannah Montana star gets nearly half of votes—from fellow kids

(NEWSER) - Even her fellow teens and tweens are sick of Miley Cyrus' slanty-eyed pictures and pole dancing hijinks. The Disney starlet was voted Worst Celeb Influence of 2009, winning out over drunk-driving Shia LaBeouf, racy-photo-posing Vanessa Hudgens, Taylor-Swift-interrupting Kanye West, and the self-explanatory Britney Spears. Cyrus got an impressive 42% of votes in the poll on AOL's Just So You Know website for 9- to 15-year-olds—although she also got 16% of votes for Favorite Female Artist. More»

(NEWSER) - Wary of being associated with fast food, Disney and others are leaving Happy Meals behind and targeting young buyers—well, their parents—by branding everything from eggs to apples, the Big Money reports. Disney properties like Mickey Mouse, Miley Cyrus, and Zac Efron appear on packaging as well as the tiny stickers that dot the stock in the produce aisle. Hannah Montana banana, anyone? More»

Cyrus upset by reports of on-set mischief

(NEWSER) - Tweens can rest easy: Miley Cyrus says she remains devoted to alter ego Hannah Montana and her TV series. Gossip sites buzzed this weekend with reports that Miley and dad/co-star Billy Ray Cyrus had caused scenes on set and talked openly about leaving, but Disney reps dismissed the reports as empty rumors. Miley is “really upset by the gossip,” a source told People. More»