Cyrus Circus

(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 »

(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 »

(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 »

(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 »

(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 »

(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 »

(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 »

(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 »

(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 »

(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 »