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Miley Cyrus SEVENTEEN Photo Shoot

Karen — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:31:00 GMT

She may be only 15, but major media hit Miley Cyrus is going to be on the cover of Seventeen Magazine. It looks like she wasn't tricked into wearing bedsheets this time. THIS is how a photoshoot of a 15 year old ought to be done (take note, hateful child exploiters):

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Miley Cyrus: "Nobody's Perfect" Indeed

Karen — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:32:00 GMT

Miley Cyrus is still upset over the Vanity Fair photo scandal. The June issue of the publication showed a 15 year old Cyrus wrapped in a sheet, as photographed by Annie Leibowitz. The photo had many parents up in arms over Miley's choice to bare a lot of skin, as a direct conflict of her role model status.

"It still hurts when I think about it. I was embarrassed... but also it's, like, every career thing that I do can't be perfect, and sometimes my decisions are wrong."

Cyrus adds, "I don't think people will look at me any differently because they're like, 'You know what, I'm going to do stupid stuff too, and I'm going to make mistakes, and that's fine.'"

Oh she's just being Miley. I think parents put too much emphasis on young stars to be role models for their children. Yeah Miley's sexual side clearly sells merchandise, but ultimately it's up to us as parents to be a filter and be our kid's best role models, no?

My Best Friend Lesley Says, "She's Just Being Miley"

Karen — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:06:00 GMT

Miley Cyrus refuses to tame her crazy ways for boys, the young Disney star said.

“I’m too much to handle right now," Cyrus said.

“I can’t be quiet and cute for boys - I have to be a bit crazy.”

Miley just completed a photo shoot for Breakout that has Moms turning their heads.

The actress also revealed her embarrassment when she came face-to-face with her celebrity crush.

“It was so embarrassing, when I first moved to Los Angeles, I had a crush on Jesse McCartney," she told Top of the Pops magazine.

"In fact, the first song I ever wrote was about Jesse. He was on my show and I told him and he was like, ‘That’s so cute!’"

Cyrus insists she no longer has a crush on any other celebrities because “they’re all getting old”, but does have a soft spot for one star.

“Orlando Bloom is gorgeous, but he’s a bit of a player,” she said.

Orlando Bloom? Sweetie he is TWICE your age! He wouldn't look in your general direction!

The Sexualization of Miley Cyrus

Karen — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:32:00 GMT

I don't get it. Maybe it's because I'm a Mom of two little boys. Maybe I'm old fashioned, but 15 year old Miley Cyrus looks a hell of a lot older in these photos for her Breakout album.

Also? The microphones? Wrong, just wrong. Between the phallic symbolism and the clothing, the suggestive poses are just icing on the cake in a package that is clearly selling. It makes me sick.

I smell a Britney repeat. Don't get me wrong, this isn't her fault entirely. Her parents obviously are following the money trail and it's so very obvious what sells.

Tons of pictures after the jump. You be the judge.

I wondered what OTMFC meant too. Apparently it means "off the mother-f*cking chain."

Nice.

The View on/of Miley Cyrus- UPDATED, Now With More Ellen!

Whit Honea — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:26:00 GMT

Really? We're still talking about Miley Cyrus posing seemingly topless for Annie Leibovitz on the cover of Vanity Fair? Seems like Jamie Lee Curtis said it best when she alluded to the fact that there are actual problems in the world that should have our attention. Even Rosie O'Donnell is making sense, which may be one of the problems Jamie Lee was alluding to. Frightening.

Not to be outdone by every other person with eyes and an internet connection the ladies of The View offered up their two cents and some change on the matter. The video is below. Brace yourself.

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Miley Cyrus' Parents are to Blame: The World According to Jamie Lee Curtis

Whit Honea — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:49:00 GMT

Jamie Lee Curtis knows a thing or two about posing topless. Of course the uproar over her doing so was that it was for the cover of the AARP magazine, and apparently she's too old for such frivolity. Miley Cyrus, at 15, posed pseudo-topless for Vanity Fair. She's too young.

Americans like our topless models in the 18 - 40 range.

Jamie Lee Curtis is laying the blame on Miley's parents. That isn't to say that Annie Leibovitz didn't go a bit far in her attempt at art, and yes, Miley should have realized that her posing for the pictures in question would cause her career some unwanted criticism. They deserve their share of the responsibility.

People are also bitching about Disney to the point that they felt the need to comment. Disney has nothing to do with it. That's like Nerve Media being blamed for me posing for those awkward photos last weekend. Hey, I needed the money. I didn't call Nerve to okay it, and Disney didn't have any say in Miley's spread.

But I digress. Here's what Jamie Lee Curtis wrote in The Huffington Post:

I woke up this morning concerned about the world food shortage and Korean defectors attempting self immolation in protest of Beijing and was astonished at the amount of attention a young woman named Miley Cyrus was getting for a topless, or shall I say backless, photograph in Vanity Fair.

Just to connect the dots, I too have weathered a recent bout of hysteria over a supposed topless, or shall I say strapless, photograph in a magazine. In my case it was an understanding that the photo in question be shoulders up regardless if I was wearing a suit of armor, chastity belt, wet suit, strapless bra or nothing. It is, was and will always be irrelevant and only became an issue when it was publicized as "topless". All the nipple loving/leering people wanted to know...was it true? Kids I know asked their parents and me if I had posed topless. Saturday Night Live in a funny parody alluded to it as well as the efficacy of Activia yogurt and we all had a good laugh and it sold magazines and it is/was over. Now this. (Video Below)

Apparently young Ms. Cyrus has apologized for something she was told would be artistic and now feels embarrassed about. I feel for her. Of course she is embarrassed. She is a young girl. She shouldn't have to deal with any of this. I don't feel that she was duped. I know the integrity of Ms. Liebovitz and the magazine and I know there were people present at the shoot that should have been looking out to make sure that this didn't happen. In the offending photo she looks tousled and soft and vulnerable and yes...even sexy. She is fifteen after all, and the word sex is starting to come up. I seem to remember a fourteen/fifteen year old Brooke Shields commenting that nothing came between her and her Calvins. There would be no problem if Ms. Cyrus doesn't represent something that is counterintuitive to that image.

In the article in the New York Times Business Section, a Disney executive is quoted, saying "For Miley Cyrus to be a 'good girl' is now a business decision for her. Parents have invested in her godliness. If she violates that trust, she won't get it back." In the world of constant scrutiny how can a young person not violate this and develop a mind, body and spirit of their own? Look at the '50s and the idols of that time. Many gay men with beards...sham marriages. Young stars trying out their sexuality secretly. My own mother (pre-show business) was married at 14 to be able to explore her own passions.

Today's generation of performers have had to navigate the treacherous shoals of adolescence in full frontal viewberty [sic] of the peering voyeurism of the media and it's voyeuristic participants. We have watched them as they stumble out of the safety of childhood, not that being a professional actor as a child is safe, but that is another blog, into the glare of celebrity, rehab, prison, teen pregnancy and now this, a backless shot of a young girl. It was called "artistic'. If we keep a young person's natural sexuality in check during their performing years what happens to it? It has to come out. Daniel Radcliffe is starring in Equus which includes nudity and parodied his natural urges (hilariously) on Ricky Gervais' EXTRAS. He has had to carry the weight and morals of Harry Potter and Warner Brothers and can now, as Harry has grown up and the series is nearing its end, tread lightly into adult fare and explore his art.

When these young people get all dressed up for award show red-carpet events don't we all comment how beautiful, stunning and grown-up they look in their strapless/backless dresses and heels and tousled hair? None of this is new. None of this should be news. But it is news because it is a business. It is all Business. It is called Show Business. Show Abyss-ness! I call it Show-OFF Business. You throw a child into the jaws of a business and they will get eaten.

I know how Miley feels. I too was a little embarrassed by my recent topless "scandal" and the subsequent parodies, but I am an adult woman. I protected myself during the shoot and I can take the heat. I only wish that her guardians had protected her.

Happy Birthday Miley Cyrus!

Whit Honea — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 20:00:00 GMT

Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus turned 15 yesterday on Black Friday. I think it was pretty bright for her. You see, she may have been snubbed by Britney Spears who apparently ignored the Cyrus family Thanksgiving invitation, but she's doing okay. She 's 15-years-old, is selling out stadiums faster than the Beatles, getting ready to film a movie and playing a show in Nashville. That's this week.

On the downside, she's getting old enough now that we'll be weening her off of FameCrawler, but that's okay. This little bird can fly.

Photo: Junior Celebs