Miley's Bro: Tattooed Nice Guy

Singer, tween sensation wants to move on to 'something edgier'

(NEWSER) - The tattoo was only the beginning: Miley Cyrus is ready to shed her pop ways and do "something edgier." The 17-year-old told a British TV show the pop album she's currently working on is "my last for a little while." Up next? A break, during which she'll explore other styles and hopefully change her bubblegum sound. "In a few years, as I grow up, so will my fans," says Cyrus. "I'll be able to have more of the sound of music that I'm into." More»

Pop starlet's latest song is her best—and it could help heal a fractured nation

(NEWSER) - At heart, Miley Cyrus is a “peace broker: She loves trying to get seemingly irreconcilable forces to hug, or at least sit together at the same lunch table.” Her most recent career milestone—“Party in the USA” became her highest-charting single ever—takes this role to a new level, making it clear that “she wants to heal a fractured nation, at least for three and a half minutes,” writes Jonah Weiner for Slate. More»

(NEWSER) - Bad news, Justin Gaston: You might’ve brought Miley Cyrus closer to God, but Nick Jonas will always be her first love. And a sequel is in the works for the two Disney stars, the New York Daily News reports. “Miley was over at the Jonas house recently, and they were smooching,” a source says. “They’re now spending more and more time together, and they’re constantly on the phone.” More»

She was being sarcastic, rep explains

(NEWSER) - Miley Cyrus is not a stoner, and if Kelly Osbourne did not already make that clear , Cyrus’ rep will. The pop star’s Bob Marley cake “was a joke,” her rep tells Us , and Miley’s ensuing response that she’s a big stoner “was intended to be sarcastic.” In more positive Miley-related news, she’s becoming quite the activist: She released a video dedicated to the Occupy Wall Street protests (watch at left), and posed for the NoH8 campaign— click here to see. More»

No, wait, it's just a joke, says pal Kelly Osbourne

(NEWSER) - Goodbye innocence: The once-wholesome image of Miley Cyrus and alter ego Hannah Montana has apparently gone up in smoke. Cyrus is a "stoner," she quipped at her 19th birthday party after pals presented her with a Bob Marley cake. "You know you're a stoner when your friends make you a 'Bob Miley' cake," she laughed in a video obtained by the Daily . "You know you smoke way too much effing weed!' More»