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...Cyrus stars as Miley Stewart in Hannah Montana, the cable channel's live-action show about a girl who leads a normal life by day but at night dons a blonde wig to perform as a famous pop star (Hannah). It's a role that has turned Cyrus into a real-life TV star and Hannah Montana into a monster hit among a generation of tweens too young for Degrassi and too old for Dora the Explorer. "In Miley we found the perfect girl to carry off this part," says executive producer Michael Poryes. "She has a kind of strength...
...most important part, which Disney has perfected, is identifying and developing unknown talent to star in its shows. Like other Disney Channel series, Hannah Montana was cast-contingent when the network green-lighted the concept in 2005. The search for the right actress to play Miley Stewart - Hannah Montana by night - went on for a year. The young woman had to be appealing and cool for tweens but also parent-friendly. Producers say they want actors who can balance school with the demands of a TV show - and not end up in the tabloids. She also had to have musical...
...high and low to frame the choices that matter most: Harriet Beecher Stowe on slavery, Aldous Huxley on "progress," George Orwell on tyranny, Ralph Ellison on race. We could debate which debate has most refocused the Iraq war: the one moderated by Tim Russert or the one by Jon Stewart. When Crichton takes aim at genetic engineering and argues that "the future is closer than you think - get used to it," he is likely to shape opinion more than all the bioethics seminars and Senate debates combined...
...immediate wake of Sept. 11, humor went out of style.A writer for “The Onion” declared that “the age of irony is over.” Jon Stewart, host of “The Daily Show,” cried on the air.David Rees felt the same sorrow, confusion, and anger. “In New York City after 9-11 you could literally smell death,” he recalls. “It was dreadful.” But he had an entirely different reaction from those other funnymen. He decided...
...Staff writer Stewart H. Hauser can be reached at hauser@fas.harvard.edu