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...spotlight.With post-childhood disasters like Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears dominating the celebrity news, it’s unlikely that the “child star phenomenon” will become a thing of the past. In the meantime, let’s hold our breath for Dakota Fanning, Miley Cyrus, and Abigail Breslin. Way before ever becoming an agent, Iris Burton got her start as a dancer on Broadway and then in Hollywood. One of her only two film credits is as an unnamed dancer alongside Charlton Heston in “The Ten Commandments.” Curiously...
...Prince. I read Perez Hilton like a normal person. My thesis advisor then told me that I had a penchant for “windy philosophizing.” After that, I sort of went into a freefall. There were extreme highs and frightening lows. I started listening to Miley Cyrus, then habitually wore a leopard print nightie to the Kirkland Dining Hall. I became obsessed with HUDS’ country fried steak and started to have dreams about it. I would talk about my thesis constantly, even when people’s eyes would glaze over and they would...
Amount grossed during the opening weekend of the new 3-D film documenting teen singer Miley Cyrus' recent tour. The No. 2 film, horror flick The Eye, took in $12.4 million...
...brand--is a marriage of two entertainment families: the Cyruses and Disney. Cyrus was cast after a long search for a show about a meek girl with a secret pop-star life, but, say executive producers Steven Peterman and Michael Poryes, she quickly made the role her own. "Miley is such a pistol, that playing the cautious, introverted girl was not a part of who she was," says Poryes. Her father signed on as her TV dad. "It's art imitating life imitating art," he says. "Miley cut her teeth and learned to walk and sing riding around...
Hannah Montana is Superman for tween girls: she's got the secret identity, a more relevant superpower and a blond wig instead of a cape. But just as key to the show's success is her Clark Kent--the fictional Miley. Celebrity today is as rarefied as ever, yet with YouTube and reality TV, seems more accessible than ever. It's tantalizing but, as personified by Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears, terrifying. Miley--a normal, grounded schoolkid--makes the fantasy safe. The theme song says it all: "You get the best of both worlds...