Hannah Montana

Bolt Is Fetching Fun

Rotten Tomatoes  |  Nov 21, 08 1:18 PM CST

(Newser) - Disney's latest animated movie may not win prizes for originality, but Bolt is barking up the right tree for family entertainment, say critics. John Travolta voices with "terrific tenderness" the super-powered pooch who's unaware that his life has been a canine Truman Show , writes Michael Rechtshaffen in the Hollywood Reporter. Miley Cyrus is equally effective as his owner. More »

Miley Cyrus Is Alive and Well

E! Online  |  Nov 17, 08 9:56 AM CST

(Newser) - Miley Cyrus is alive, and a report of her death was the work of a hacker, E! Online reports. A video claiming Cyrus had been killed by a drunk driver went up on the teen sensation's own YouTube page over the weekend, using her new single “Goodbye” as background music and featuring a message supposedly from BFF Mandy Jiroux. Jiroux reassured fans of Cyrus' wellbeing via MySpace, and said the video has been removed. More »

Mmmm... Miley Flirts as Beau Models

New York Post  |  Oct 17, 08 10:17 AM CDT

(Newser) - Miley Cyrus raised eyebrows again at LA Fashion Week on Wednesday night, as the precocious 15-year-old star flirted with her 20-year-old underwear-model boyfriend as he strutted the runway. Cyrus seductively licked her lips in response to Justin Gaston's air kisses and winks, and told a friend they were having an after party "of their own," the New York Post  reports. More »

For 'Sweet 16,' Miley Conquers Disneyland

E! Online  |  Oct 6, 08 12:42 PM CDT

(Newser) - The invitations to Miley Cyrus’ "Sweet 16" bash must have carried a curious message: Skip the gift, bring $250 in cash. But 5,000 fans ponied up for last night's star-studded celebration at Disneyland, E! reports. Guests (presumably nonpaying) included Jennifer Love Hewitt and Miley's reported beau Justin Gaston, who performed "Achy Breaky Heart" with her dad, Billy Ray. More »

Disney's New Princess Could Grab Miley's Crown

Entertainment Weekly  |  Sep 27, 08 8:15 AM CDT

(Newser) - A new star is rising through the Disney ranks and teen entertainment watchers think she could go all the way to the top, Entertainment Weekly reports. At 16, Demi Lovato already has a decade of showbiz experience under her belt and the Camp Rock star looks set to go take off with a debut album out soon and her own show airing next year. More »

Despite Rumors, Miley 'Fully Committed to Hannah '

People  |  Sep 22, 08 5:18 PM CDT

(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 »

Disney Tailors Flick for Miley

Variety  |  Sep 17, 08 12:56 PM CDT

(Newser) - Disney has asked Nicholas Sparks, author of The Notebook and Message in a Bottle , to write a screenplay tailor-made to star Miley Cyrus in an attempt to sell the tween queen to a more adult audience, Variety reports. More »

Underwear Model Squires Miley to Church

E! Online  |  Sep 16, 08 11:11 AM CDT

(Newser) - Fifteen-year-old Miley Cyrus is keeping company with a 20-year-old underwear model and aspiring country singer, E! reports. Justin Gaston, an ex-contestant on Billy Ray Cyrus’ reality TV show Nashville Star , attended church with the family, setting tongues wagging. Reps for the possible couple say he's a "friend" who's in LA "for the week," People reports. More »

Parents Call In Ultimate Authority to Wake Up Kids

Washington Post  |  Aug 1, 08 6:48 PM CDT

(Newser) - Wal-Mart has found the perfect trick for getting back-to-school kids out of bed: Wake-up phone calls from Hannah Montana. Head to www.hannahmontanacalls.com and you can program the Miley Cyrus character to goad your children to rise and shine, reports the Washington Post. She’s placed nearly 30,000 calls already. More »

Miley: End Near for 'Hannah'

E! Online  |  Jul 30, 08 12:15 PM CDT

(Newser) - Tween queen Miley Cyrus is ready to part ways with her Disney show and alter ego Hannah Montana . "We’re thinking this is our last season," 15-year-old Cyrus told E! Online. "I just think we did a lot of episodes. We basically did two seasons in one last year. It seems like it's been on, like, longer." More »

Miley Offered $1M Condom Deal

New York Daily News  |  Jul 28, 08 11:21 AM CDT

(Newser) - Miley Cyrus has said publicly she’ll wait until marriage to have sex, but that isn't stopping a condom company from offering the 15-year-old a lucrative endorsement deal and a lifetime supply of protection. Reps for the tween sensation tell the New York Daily News they haven't been approached but would never consider LifeStyles Condoms' $1 million pitch. More »

Miley Concert Film Debuts in 3D

Chicago Tribune  |  Jul 27, 08 7:58 PM CDT

(Newser) - The Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert gets its 3D TV debut at 9 tonight, while the starlet is in Tennessee filming Hannah Montana: The Movie . The 3D version of the concert film, which grossed $65 million in theaters  this year, will be available on Starz on Demand. No 3-D glasses at home? The channel has a how-to guide for making your own at http://www.starz.com/3D. More »

Bubble-Grunge? Cyrus Oddly Downbeat on Breakout

Los Angeles Times  |  Jul 22, 08 12:20 PM CDT

(Newser) - As Miley Cyrus’ second album under her own name hits stores today, the 15-year-old admitted on Good Morning America that her now-infamous Vanity Fair photos were a “mistake.” But just like those racy pics, the tougher tunes and “feel-bad downers” on Breakout are anathema to her bubbly Disney alter ego, Hannah Montana, the Los Angeles Times reports. More »

Miley Spread Jams VF's Inbox

Women's Wear Daily  |  Jul 15, 08 1:00 PM CDT

(Newser) - Readers really responded to Vanity Fair ’s now-infamous Miley Cyrus photo spread—but not in a bad way. The 915 letters were by far a record, but editor Graydon Carter tells Women's Wear Daily he's seen much worse on the outrage scale: “They were much kinder than the letters we got when Christopher Hitchens took on Mother Teresa. I got angry letters from staff members on that one." More »

Felon Fans Fluster Cyrus

Hollyscoop  |  Jun 20, 08 10:50 AM CDT

(Newser) - Miley Cyrus has a new crop of fans: prisoners. The tween queen’s topless pose in Vanity Fair has made its way through the penitentiary postal service, and now a disgusted Cyrus is being bombarded with letters from the clink, Hollyscoop reports. Prisoners are posting her risque photos on their cell walls, along with other provocative shots that surfaced on the Internet earlier. More »

Pop: Miley Pic 'Stinks,' Move On

MSNBC  |  Jun 18, 08 10:49 AM CDT

(Newser) - Miley Cyrus' father wishes he had stuck around to chaperone his daughter's Vanity Fair photo shoot, he tells the Today show. Billy Ray Cyrus, who posed with his daughter for the mag spread, says he wasn't around when the racy photos of Miley wrapped in a blanket were taken. The onetime country star says snapper Anne Leibovitz is "a good person"—but he had no idea she was going to take the controversial pics. More »

Hollywood's Ickiest Dads

Radar  |  Jun 14, 08 8:56 AM CDT

(Newser) - Father's Day is a time to thank Dad for all he's done—but what if all Dad's done is creep out the general public? Radar lists celebrity fathers who take paternal love to barely legal levels. Joe Simpson: Father to songbirds Jessica and Ashlee, Simpson famously said of his eldest, “She's got DOUBLE Ds! You can't cover those suckers up!” More »

New Game Plays Off Miley's Midriff

TMZ  |  May 20, 08 11:28 AM CDT

(Newser) - Thinking of becoming a paparazzo? AddictingGames.com hosts an animated paparazzi game called Miley Naughty Pics, where the object of the game is to catch Miley Cyrus in varying degrees of undress, TMZ reports. You get “money” based on how much flesh you “snap” of the moving animated 15-year-old, and you lose if dad Billy Ray Cyrus gets into the frame. More »

Hannah Montana: Plagiarist?