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July 2008
- 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 »
June 2008
- 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 »
May 2008
- 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?
  
  New York Post | May 16, 08 10:45 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - It’s not easy being a rockstar. Just ask Miley Cyrus, who’s just finished apologizing for sultry Annie Leibovitz shots that shocked some of her fans (or at least their parents) and now is being accused of ripping off her new song “Rockstar,” the New York Post reports. The band Lustra says the song is too similar to their “Scotty Doesn’t Know” to be a coincidence, and they’re mulling legal action against Cyrus. Miley’s response? “She doesn’t write the songs—she sings them,” says her rep. “We have referred this to Disney.” More »
- Hef Calls Miley Bunny Material
  
  OK! | May 10, 08 12:23 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Hugh Hefner says he'd definitely like to see Miley Cyrus in Playboy when she's old enough, OK! Magazine reports. "Very pretty lady," the 81-year-old adult mag tycoon said of the 15-year-old superstar. Hefner scoffed at the flap over the teen's racy Vanity Fair photos, saying it showed "how schizophrenic America is about sexuality." More »
- Miley Thanks Fans for Support
  
  People | May 4, 08 8:36 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - At a Disney Channel concert last night, Miley Cyrus followed the dustup over revealing Vanity Fair photos by thanking fans for their support, People reports. "I hope you had an awesome time," she said at the close of the show. “I saw a sign back there that said, 'Miley, I'm praying for you.' I could not be more appreciative.” Fans’ enthusiasm ran high despite pouring rain at the concert, which airs in July. More »
- Miley Scandal a Matter of Brand Name
  
  Boston Globe | May 3, 08 7:10 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The brouhaha over Miley Cyrus' Vanity Fair photo shoot is a “simple misunderstanding” stemming from a clash of brand names, writes Mark Feeney in the Boston Globe . Cyrus’ Hannah Montana is an established Disney brand--and when Hannah met Vanity Fair , a sudden change in that image was the result. “If Hannah Montana were a Fox franchise, would we have heard a peep?” Feeney asks. More »
- Miley Ducking Media Party
  
  E! Online | May 2, 08 10:20 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Teen hottie Miley Cyrus will skip a red-carpet party at Disney World today that would have been her first public appearance since racy photos of her caused a kerfuffle, reports E! Online. Disney, host of the media shindig, didn't give a reason for Miley's absence. She's not avoiding the limelight entirely: the 15-year-old will perform a concert in Orlando tomorrow. More »
April 2008
- Hot Miley Pix: Mistake or Career Move?
  
  Time | Apr 30, 08 2:03 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - As tween queen Miley Cyrus deals with continuing fallout from provocative Vanity Fair photos , some industry insiders are wondering aloud if the shots were really a mistake—or a calculated career move. Though Cyrus, 15, claims she was duped by photographer Annie Liebowitz, others believe the sultry shots may have been a ploy to rope boys and men into her market, reports Time . More »
- Meet the Next Miley
  
  E! Online | Apr 30, 08 11:01 AM CDT
  
  (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. More »
- Photographer Defends 'Classic Portrait' of Miley
  
  CNN | Apr 28, 08 7:11 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Photographer Annie Leibovitz is defending her controversial picture of 15-year-old Miley Cyrus, saying the shot for Vanity Fair has been "misinterpreted," CNN reports. "The photograph is a simple, classic portrait," Leibovitz said of the picture of a topless Cyrus with a towel covering her breasts. "I think it is very beautiful." More »
- Miley 'Ashamed' of Provocative New Photos
  
  E! Online | Apr 28, 08 6:34 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus is upset about provocative new Vanity Fair photos, including one showing her barely wrapped in a satin sheet on the cover, reports E! Online. The teen says she's now embarrassed by pics snapped by photographer Annie Leibovitz. The Disney Channel has accused Vanity Fair of manipulating the 15-year-old star, but magazine execs say Miley's parents were present during the shooting. More »
- Call Her Hannah Karenina
  
  Associated Press | Apr 22, 08 5:27 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus, 15, has signed a seven-figure deal with Disney-Hyperion for a memoir, the New York Times reports today. The book will focus on her childhood in Tennessee and the positive influence of her mother on her career. It is scheduled to be released in spring 2009, coinciding with the upcoming Hannah Montana film. More »
- Racy Miley Bra Pics Hit Internet
  
  Egotastic! | Apr 21, 08 11:04 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Don't tell her achy-breaky dad, but risque photos of squeaky-clean Miley Cyrus have found their way to the Internet. The tween queen flashes a green lace bra and canoodles with a mystery teenage boy whose hands had better not travel any farther in photos likely to make Disney and dad frown, the Egotastic! blog reports. More »