Miley Cyrus

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Why isn't anyone ARRESTING Annie Liebowitz for these photos. If this had been a male photographer or appeared in Playboy exactly as they are now, someone would be in cuffs.

Naah. Male photographers take sexed-up and age-inappropriate pictures of teenaged girls all the time and they've been doing it for years. It's called fashion photography. If he put it in Playboy, he might have a problem (as would any female photographer) but in Vanity Fair or Vogue and other fashion mags, it's accepted.

 

Usually, we don't have any idea how old the girls are so it doesn't cause much of a stir. With this Miley Cyrus chick, everyone knows she's only 15 so it's hard to ignore.

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Curtis Defends Cyrus Over Topless Snap

 

 

Jamie Lee Curtis has defended Miley Cyrus after the teen star posed topless for a forthcoming issue of Vanity Fair.

 

The actress claimed Cyrus should have been "protected" at the shoot, during which she was pictured wrapped in only a blanket.

 

Curtis said she could understand the 15-year-old's feelings after she recently agreed to appear on the cover of AARP magazine standing in the sea in a strapless dress. She was shocked when she later discovered that the snap had been digitally altered to give the impression that she was naked from the waist up.

 

She told People: "I too was a little embarrassed by my recent topless 'scandal' and the subsequent parodies.

 

"But I am an adult. I protected myself during the shoot and I can take the heat. I only wish that her guardians had protected her."

 

The 51-year-old added: "She is a young girl. She shouldn't have to deal with any of this. I know the integrity of Ms. Leibovitz 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."

 

Cyrus has apologised to fans for the picture, saying it had not turned out how she expected.

 

 

Source: digitalspy.co.uk

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Although I'm not creeped about the photo with daddy ~ I've known too many young girls who would have comfortably posed with their dad like that and they're all very happy adults now ~ I am quite perturbed with Ms. Liebovitz who knew very well that everyone would assume Cyrus was naked underneath. Which really disappoints me after driving people to the Legion in SF just to catch her exhibit there. I mean WTF, Ms. L? Cyrus is 15, not 18 and there IS A LINE! As a personal photo in a private home ~ sweet and innocent. In a magazine geared to adults? Definitely not so okay. Maybe it's time to hang up the camera?

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Rosie O'Donnell: 'Leave Miley Cyrus Alone'

 

 

 

Rosie O'Donnell has Miley Cyrus's back. She's taken to her blog to defend the Disney star after her controversial Vanity Fair photographs set off a surge of criticism.

 

"Leave Miley Cyrus alone," O'Donnell says in a video posted Monday night. "Disney [is] making her apologize. Ay yi yi."

 

While some have described the portraits as too risqué – and PEOPLE.com readers deemed them "inappropriate" for a 15-year-old – O'Donnell finds them beautiful, she says, explaining that working with celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz can be an intimidating experience.

 

"Listen, Annie Leibovitz – I had two photo shoots with her," O'Donnell says. "You kind of do what she says. It's intimidating. I also didn't think it was a pornographic photo in any capacity. I thought it was sort of a beautiful portrait.

 

And she continued: "I like the one of her and her dad, too. I don't know. It's Annie Leibovitz, people."

 

O'Donnell has also polled her readers, asking in her "Question of the Day" feature: Do U Care About This Photo? (A majority of her readers have responded 'no.')

 

For her part, Cyrus apologized for the photographs – and Leibovitz too has said she's sorry for any misinterpretation.

 

Source: People

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Disney Bites the Photog that Feeds It

 

 

Ever since Mileygate broke yesterday, Disney's been pissing on Annie Leibovitz and her shoot with Miley for Vanity Fair -- at the same time that Annie's been on the Mouse payroll for a couple years now doing their fancy "Dream Portrait" series.

 

Leibovitz has enlisted everyone from a (very young) Abigail Breslin to Julie Andrews, David Beckham and Beyonce to pose for her in the big-budget shots, designed after Disney stories. But when it came to their biggest and most bankable star, MiCy, all of a sudden they got collective corporate amnesia?

 

Disney said Annie "manipulated" the situation with Miley.

 

Source: TMZ

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Curtis Defends Cyrus Over Topless Snap

 

Jamie Lee Curtis has defended Miley Cyrus after the teen star posed topless for a forthcoming issue of Vanity Fair.

The actress claimed Cyrus should have been "protected" at the shoot, during which she was pictured wrapped in only a blanket.

Curtis said she could understand the 15-year-old's feelings after she recently agreed to appear on the cover of AARP magazine standing in the sea in a strapless dress. She was shocked when she later discovered that the snap had been digitally altered to give the impression that she was naked from the waist up.

Cyrus has apologised to fans for the picture, saying it had not turned out how she expected.

I wish they'd quit lying! TMZ had stills from the shoot and Miley was wrapped in that blanket, it wasn't digitally altered. Also, Vanity Fair and Leibovitz are claiming that Billy Ray was there for it. Plus Leibovitz has a reputation of sharing all of the snaps with everyone, and not making them scandalous. Somebody is obviously lying and I think it's the party that has the most to lose. It's simple, if you want her to be on a Disney channel, don't use sexuality to sell her. Oops.

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All this spin from every angle possible is making me quite dizzy.

 

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Bill O'Reilly: Dad Turned Miley Cyrus Into a "Sex Symbol" at Age of 15

 

Bill O'Reilly blames Billy Ray Cyrus for daughter Mile's Vanity Fair topless photo scandal.

 

On Monday's O'Reilly Factor, he said the country singer had been "canny" about keeping his 15-year-old daughter (who earned $18.2 million last year) out of scandal.

 

"Then they go into Vanity Fair — which is not her audience at all," he said. "He puts her into a situation where she becomes, at 15, a sex symbol.

 

"Middle America," O'Reilly added, "they don't like this."

 

Though O'Reilly said he thinks "Miley is a nice girl," she made "a bad decision."

 

His suggestion? "She should do Oprah and say, 'We made a mistake, here's why and it won't happen again,'" O'Reilly advised.

 

O'Reilly had previously called for a conference to discuss photos of a lingerie-clad Miley that had recently hit the Internet.

 

On Monday, Michele Combs, a spokesperson for the Christian Coalition of America, told Usmagazine.com that Disney should reprimand the Hannah Montana singer.

 

"If she's gonna go out there and represent wholesome values, she needs to be more accountable for her actions," Combs said.

 

 

Source: Us Weekly

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Curtis Defends Cyrus Over Topless Snap

 

Jamie Lee Curtis has defended Miley Cyrus after the teen star posed topless for a forthcoming issue of Vanity Fair.

The actress claimed Cyrus should have been "protected" at the shoot, during which she was pictured wrapped in only a blanket.

Curtis said she could understand the 15-year-old's feelings after she recently agreed to appear on the cover of AARP magazine standing in the sea in a strapless dress. She was shocked when she later discovered that the snap had been digitally altered to give the impression that she was naked from the waist up.

Cyrus has apologised to fans for the picture, saying it had not turned out how she expected.

I wish they'd quit lying! TMZ had stills from the shoot and Miley was wrapped in that blanket, it wasn't digitally altered. Also, Vanity Fair and Leibovitz are claiming that Billy Ray was there for it. Plus Leibovitz has a reputation of sharing all of the snaps with everyone, and not making them scandalous. Somebody is obviously lying and I think it's the party that has the most to lose. It's simple, if you want her to be on a Disney channel, don't use sexuality to sell her. Oops.

 

I think the article is saying that JAMIE CURTIS was shocked that her photo was digitally altered...

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The only thing more nauseating to me than the Billy Ray / Miley photo is all of the people who are going to blow this thing totally out of proportion, and make it about "family values" and "Middle America."

 

The gross thing about the daddy/daughter picture isn't so much the pose as the pose combined with Miley's fish-face "come hither" look.

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Curtis Defends Cyrus Over Topless Snap

 

Jamie Lee Curtis has defended Miley Cyrus after the teen star posed topless for a forthcoming issue of Vanity Fair.

The actress claimed Cyrus should have been "protected" at the shoot, during which she was pictured wrapped in only a blanket.

Curtis said she could understand the 15-year-old's feelings after she recently agreed to appear on the cover of AARP magazine standing in the sea in a strapless dress. She was shocked when she later discovered that the snap had been digitally altered to give the impression that she was naked from the waist up.

Cyrus has apologised to fans for the picture, saying it had not turned out how she expected.

I wish they'd quit lying! TMZ had stills from the shoot and Miley was wrapped in that blanket, it wasn't digitally altered. Also, Vanity Fair and Leibovitz are claiming that Billy Ray was there for it. Plus Leibovitz has a reputation of sharing all of the snaps with everyone, and not making them scandalous. Somebody is obviously lying and I think it's the party that has the most to lose. It's simple, if you want her to be on a Disney channel, don't use sexuality to sell her. Oops.

 

I think the article is saying that JAMIE CURTIS was shocked that her photo was digitally altered...

 

You're right, I see I read that wrong. But I still think that Billy Ray and Miley got caught up and made a mistake in judging the reaction of their audience. They need to fess up!

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I think this might have been intentional. Look at all the attention she's getting. She's on all the major news networks and everyone is talking about her including people who weren't talking about her before.

 

I keep thinking back to Britney Spears' Rolling Stone cover where she was in the bra and hot pants. I remember how parents and the media were outraged at that too. It didn't stop her from becoming the biggest thing in pop music. In fact, that photo shoot was credited with launching her career. She had been popular before but after that everyone knew who she was.

 

Of course, we all know how Britney turned out but these stage parents don't care that they're completely screwing up their kids. All they want is to make their kid famous so they can live vicariously through them and/or become famous themselves.

 

And the picture of Miley with her dad is just sick. The position alone is creepy but the facial expressions make it so much worse. Freud would have a field day if he saw it.

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The only thing more nauseating to me than the Billy Ray / Miley photo is all of the people who are going to blow this thing totally out of proportion, and make it about "family values" and "Middle America."

 

The gross thing about the daddy/daughter picture isn't so much the pose as the pose combined with Miley's fish-face "come hither" look.

 

If I were of the cynical skeptical sort, I would say that this is all very calculated: Miley is tired of being the "good girl" and what better way than a racy photo shoot and the myspace pic leaks to destry that image all to hell?

 

but I would only think that if I were of the cynical skeptical sort.

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You know, I don't think people would care so much if she weren't a widely publicized Disney princess with a huge fan-base of little girls under 12. That's why so many people are making such a stink about it.

 

It's bad enough to pose 15-y.o. girls in even the remotest sexually suggestive context, but this particular 15-y.o. is actually influential to millions of 7,8,9, 10, and 11 year-old girls out there. And the fact that she's willing to ignore that all for the sake of some publicity ploy is more disgraceful and distasteful than the pictures themselves. And it's her parents that are ultimately responsible here, they should be ashamed of themselves. If only fame-whoring trashy rednecks could feel shame.

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Tyra Banks Supports Miley Cyrus: 'She Is a 15-Year-Old!'

 

Don't worry, Miley Cyrus – Tyra Banks has your back.

 

The model-turned-talk-show host spoke out in support of the Disney star following her controversial photo flap, telling the ladies of The View on Wednesday: "She is a 15-year-old, and I just wish everybody would leave her alone!"

 

Banks, 34, said provocative photos can come with the territory when you're a young star, and her own mother kept a close eye on her. "There were definitely jobs they would ask me to do," she said, referring to a request for Banks to pose nude for the legendary Pirelli calendar.

 

But Mama said no-no.

 

 

 

Source: People

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Brittany Snow Is Worried For Miley

 

Both Brittany Snow and Miley Cyrus got their start in showbiz as young children. Now 22, Brittany plays a prostitute in the film Finding Amanda – but she is worried about Miley’s career taking a turn for the worse after her Vanity Fair photo scandal.

 

“It’s weird that she is 15 and she did those photos,” she tells OK! at the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of Finding Amanda. “The more that people put an eye on it and scrutinize her for it, the more she’s likely to veer off into the careers that we all know and talk about like Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan. If she has a good head on her shoulders and she has good family and friends, a picture is not going to lead her in that direction, and everyone just needs to calm down. I think she’s going to be fine.”

 

The former American Dreams star relies on her family, friends and her personality to stay out of trouble.

 

“I’m too hard on myself and such a perfectionist that I want to keep working and I want to do so many things,” she tells OK! “To get it clouded with too much craziness is not worth it to me.”

 

 

 

Source: ok-magazine.com

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Miley Cyrus to skip scheduled Disney red carpet event

 

 

Miley Cyrus won't be attending her first scheduled public appearance since Vanity Fair published photos that have thrown her status as a role model for young girls into question, Disney said Thursday.

 

The 15-year-old star of "Hannah Montana" for weeks has been scheduled to appear at a red carpet event Friday, but is no longer expected, Disney confirmed. Cyrus was to appear at a media party in Orlando on Friday, along with dozens of other Disney Channel stars in town to film the "Disney Channel Games," a charity competition.

 

Disney did not elaborate on the change in Cyrus' status for the party.

 

The photos, showing Cyrus' bare shoulders and back, were taken by renowned celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz. She and the magazine defended the pictures, saying the singer, her parents and her handlers approved of the images during the shoot.

 

Cyrus said earlier this week that she was "embarrassed" by the pictures and apologized to fans.

 

Copyright © 2008 The Associated Press.

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Yes, how dare she show her bare back and shoulders in Vanity Fair! She's never exposed herself in such a way. Tsk tsk. Disgusting.

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This is one of the DUMBEST Non-Issues I can remember. Good GOD, Miley has seemingly been a good kid, has a show that tons of kids love, has conducted herself just fine and she takes one photo with NOTHING showing but a little sexy teen angst and a bare back and everyone has gone nuts.

 

LET IT GO. I have seen so much worse on kids in Jr. High and I wonder how in the world their parents let them leave the house. These are probably the same parents that are screaming the loudest.

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Disney has the nerve to be upset with Miley? Knowing that they are selling this? Really Disney?

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Osmond Slays Cyrus Over Photo Fuss

 

Former teen star DONNY OSMOND has taken aim at pop sensation MILEY CYRUS over the HANNAH MONTANA star’s controversial new Vanity Fair magazine spread, insisting the youngster will regret her provocative topless photo.

 

Cyrus sparked outrage at the beginning of the week (beg28Apr08) when the first images from her Annie Leibovitz shoot appeared online.

 

One shot in particularly - of a topless Cyrus, posing bare-backed, wrapped in a satin sheet - prompted the singer/actress to apologise to fans.

 

And, while many stars like Madonna, Rosie O’Connell and Sally Field have rushed to defend Cyrus in the midst of the photo scandal, Osmond is convinced the 15-year-old went "too far".

 

He says, "That child’s not being protected. She’s going to regret that years from now. I’ve lost a little faith in Miley Cyrus - too drastic for my liking.

 

"That’s being foolish with your career.

 

"Exactly what’s happening is what they wanted to happen - everybody’s talking about it, and, in my opinion, it’s the cheap way to go to change the image.

 

"It’ll be very interesting to see the next move… It probably hurts really bad right now; she’s thinking, ‘What did I do? What have I done?’"

 

Source: pr-inside

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Britney Spears Offers Advice to Miley Cyrus

 

Britney Spears has reportedly offered her advice on being a young star to Miley Cyrus. Cyrus is currently in the center of photo scandal.

 

The 15-year-old Hannah Montana star says she is “embarrassed” of the Vanity Fair photo shoot in which she appears to be partially nude.

 

Sources claim that Spears, who is no stranger to bad media attention, has reached out to Cyrus and offered her support.

 

Britney is all too aware of the pressures of being famous so young and of having to maintain the image of a role model,” says an insider. “She has offered Miley her support and advice should she need it.”

 

Source: transworldnews.com

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Britney Spears Offers Advice to Miley Cyrus

 

Britney Spears has reportedly offered her advice on being a young star to Miley Cyrus. Cyrus is currently in the center of photo scandal.

 

The 15-year-old Hannah Montana star says she is “embarrassed” of the Vanity Fair photo shoot in which she appears to be partially nude.

 

Sources claim that Spears, who is no stranger to bad media attention, has reached out to Cyrus and offered her support.

 

Britney is all too aware of the pressures of being famous so young and of having to maintain the image of a role model,” says an insider. “She has offered Miley her support and advice should she need it.”

 

Source: transworldnews.com

 

Now there's an offer she can't refuse

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Britney Spears Offers Advice to Miley Cyrus

 

Britney Spears has reportedly offered her advice on being a young star to Miley Cyrus. Cyrus is currently in the center of photo scandal.

 

The 15-year-old Hannah Montana star says she is “embarrassed” of the Vanity Fair photo shoot in which she appears to be partially nude.

 

Sources claim that Spears, who is no stranger to bad media attention, has reached out to Cyrus and offered her support.

 

Britney is all too aware of the pressures of being famous so young and of having to maintain the image of a role model,” says an insider. “She has offered Miley her support and advice should she need it.”

 

Source: transworldnews.com

 

Now there's an offer she can't refuse

 

I hope for Miley's sake that she does.

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I just saw a 2006 interview, her lips look different!