| Miley ToCyrus Hostovershadows TeenHannah Choicewith Awardsnew album | MileyHannah CyrusMontana hasmay beenbe tappedthe tomost hostpotent 2008phenomenon Teenin ChoiceHollywood Awards,right itnow was— announcedbigger onthan Tuesday.Batman, bigger than Brangelina. Yet these days, the girl who truly fascinates is not Hannah, but Miley Cyrus.
“TeenThe Choice15-year-old face of the billion-dollar Disney franchise is no longer a star for just the tween set: She's intriguing people who turn the pages of Seventeen magazine, 2008”as airswell Monday,as Aug.Us 4Weekly and Vanity Fair (more on Fox.THAT later). While "Hannah" is still very much a part of Miley, it does not solely define the singer/actress.
ThisNowhere year’sis nomineesthat areclearer ledthan bywith the gangrelease fromof Miley's latest “Gossipalbum, Girl,”"Breakout," which snaggedcomes out Tuesday. While Miley has already sold millions of albums, it's always been with the "Hannah Montana" moniker attached (2006's "Hannah Montana" and 2007's "Hannah Montana 142: Meet totalMiley nominations.Cyrus").
R&BBut superstarthere's Chrisno Brownblonde isn’twig farto behind,be earningfound nineon nodsthe oncover of this CD. Instead, there's a more mature sound histhat's already finding an older audience. The own,CD's whilefirst single, the night’srocker host,"7 Miley,Things," is upnow forNo. 9 fouron awardsBillboard's ofHot 100 chart) and marks her biggest success in translating her own.music beyond the Radio Disney audience.
Meanwhile,"To lastbe year’splayed reigningon Teenthese Choiceradio stations champ,is Justinawesome, Timberlake,to willbe haveable theto chancerock out to addit in your car without planning it, without it being just a kids channel," says Miley, who with her deep voice threeand self-assured manner seems a decade older that 15.
"(I'm) making it a little more surfboardsfun and edgy, and I think being able to step out of the 'Hannah Montana' thing — not in a way where I'm forgetting her completely, but as my fans grow up, me growing up too and kind of having my own person."
The "Hannah Montana thing" is familiar to hismillions collectionof thiskids year.and Sinceadults 1999,alike. JTA hasmovie takenis due out next homeyear, 21the third season of the teenkitschy awardsTV forshow starts filming soloin weeks, and groupthe DVD of the blockbuster "Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds" tour, which wrapped projects.up earlier this year, is a lock to top the charts when it debuts later this summer.
ForBut anavigating completeher own celebrity path outside the listconfines of nominees,famous orcharacter has proven to castbe yourdifficult. voteWith forformer youteen favoritephenoms Teenlike ChoiceLindsay Lohan and Britney Spears providing epic examples of bad behavior, and the nude photo scandal star,involving visitDisney "High School Musical" star Vanessa Hudgens, tabloids have been eager to document TeenChoiceAwards.com.a Miley implosion.
The first signs of potential concern came in the form of personal pictures that made their way onto the Internet, showing Miley dressed provocatively (though not obscenely) and setting the blogosphere abuzz.
BillyA Raymore Firesserious Backfirestorm onerupted Mileyin ToplessApril Photowhen TheVanity Fair published a photo of Miley Cyruswrapped in a sheet, showing her bare back and shoulders. The photo controversycaused rearedsuch itsoutrage uglythat headno onceless againthan –The thisNew timeYork onTimes chronicled Tuesday'sthe Todaycontroversy, show,and whenMiley Miley'sand her father, country star Billy Ray Cyrus, madesaid histhey firstregretted TVthe commentsresult aboutof the negativephoto reactionshoot. toThey thealso picturessaid inshe was never topless, as the Junephoto issueby ofthe Vanityesteemed Fair.Annie Leibovitz suggested.
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"It hejust said,scared "Ipeople because there was surprisedthe whenword I'sex' in sawthe ittitle, ...you but,know hey,what that'sI mean?" says Miley, life.brushing Stuffoff her happens."critics.
Of"Just because that's what the complaintsshow is about that doesn't mean I'm doing that surfaced... you don't onceall the photossudden becamebecome public,the Cyruscharacter saidthat heyou neverwatch," she adds (though looking very Carrie thoughtBradshaw-ish in a long flowing blue bohemian dress, her hair cascading down her shoulders, with a Chanel bag close to complain.her "Iside).
While didn't,"allowing hethat toldshe's Vieira,made ""mistakes," 'causeshe myalso dadfeels alwaysthat said,the 'Themedia morehas youbeen stompunforgiving in poop,their thescrutiny moreat ittimes stinks.'— "and a bit unwilling to see that she's not a little kid anymore.
His"It's ownkind of reaction,hard heto said,let was,someone "Okay,that thiswas happened.so Weyoung gottawhen dealthey withstarted kind of grow up," reasons Miley, who was 13 when she debuted in the it."role. "You just have to realize that people make mistakes and that makes you almost a little more relatable."
AtHollywood Records A&R executive Jon Lind, who worked with Miley on the time,"Hannah Montana/Meet Miley CyrusCyrus" apologizedalbum forand theher photos,latest whichrecord, weresays takensuch byscrutiny Annieis just a part of today's Leibovitz.tabloid world.
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He "Iadds hadthat he's seen a showsignificant togrowth do,in Miley in just the past year: "The difference between being a 14-year-old and ana obligation,15-year-old toin goany totween Washingtonor stateteenager's ...life playingis foran theextraordinary troopsamount just— backit's fromlike Iraq."dog years."
AsMuch forof thethat picturegrowth ofis Mileyreflected withon her father,new CD. While she strikingco-wrote a posemajority that,of tothe some,songs appearedon morethe suitable"Meet betweenMiley aCyrus" boyfriendhalf andof girlfriendthe last ratherrecord, thanon "Breakout," her songs have a fatherweightier andtone, daughter,discussing Billythe Rayenvironment, breakups and laughed.relationships.
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Mandy:"There "Mileyare Islots Totallyof Single"people who Loswouldn't Angelesnecessarily (E!wanna Online)buy -or Mileylisten Cyrusto isa "totally'Hannah single."Montana' That'srecord whatbecause Miley'sof their predisposition to the Disney television character," says Lind. "But if you listen to this BFFrecord as an artist, the quality of her voice, the quality of her writing, and dancethe quality of the production, I hope, as she does, that it will partnerbe taken Mandyseriously Jirouxby told(an) Ryanolder Seacrestmusic today.audience."
Mandy"I appearedhope onI get Ryan'srespected KIIS-FMa showlittle thisbit more as a writer," says Miley. "I want them to respect morningme and know that I have a lot to promotesay, I have a lot for the M&Mworld to Cru'sknow latestand YouTubetake danceaway videofrom (whichwhat justmy solife experiences happenshave been."
She'd also hoping to show more of those life experiences in her acting. She's like to featuredo some independent Seacrest)films and dispelplay rumorsgritty thatcharacters: 15-year-old"I Mileydo gotwanna, momlike, Tishshowcase ina little more of what I can do, and also some different situations ... I would like to do something that was a tizzylittle bymore deep."
She's datingeven hoping to add a 22-year-oldlittle bit more of an edge backupto "Hannah" dancer.next season.
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Being setin tothe Madonna’spublic “Foureye Minutes,”"gives butme an Chu’sopportunity retaliationto voice involvedthose celebsdecisions, includingthose Adamthings Sandler,I Brittanygo Snow,through Dianaa Ross,little Chrismore Brownpublicly, and Lindsayhopefully they help people out Lohan.in their lives," she says.
GivenCyrus M&M’ssays farshe lessis star-studdedalready video,gearing itup to host the Teen Choice Awards in August. “I’ve already got my outfits," Cyrus says. " I hadwant to be over,very right?Well,different. yesterdaySequins —are twodefinitely monthsvery fromfun thefor dayme, itbut startedI’m —getting Milezkind andof over Manderzdoing releasedthe another'sequins video,thing.' oneHopefully, thatI featurescan appearancesbreak bysome new fashions.” | |
