Found 7 posts tagged as "Miley Cyrus"
Katy Perry’s mom is reportedly shopping a memoir that details how her daughter’s risqué act has affected her Christian ministry. 
Katy Perry’s mom wants her daughter to raise people’s spirits, but not in a sexy way. If she had her way, Katy Perry would be using her performance talents to lead faith healing sessions and Christian sing-a-longs. But instead the saucy pop starlet croons about kissing girls and melting figurative popsicles, and that doesn't jive with her mother's evangelical ministry.
Last week the New York Post reported that Katy Perry’s preacher mom, Mary Perry Hudson, has been shopping a proposal for a book about her famous daughter. This week the New York Post has obtained an actual copy of the proposal, which includes Mary Perry Hudson’s thoughts on her daughter’s frequently exposed breasts and “foul-mouthed” husband, Russell Brand.
Miley Cyrus and John Mayer were reportedly spotted flirting over Grammy weekend.  A light hand on the small of her back, a stolen kiss, a playful butt slap. Sounds like the stuff of modern romance, right? Insert John Mayer, and the story starts reading like trashy romance. But what happens when you add Miley Cyrus? I’m serious. I know you don’t want to. Add her. Because John Mayer and Miley Cyrus may just be the world’s next tabloid super couple.
Justin Timberlake doesn’t want young kids listening to his raunchy songs.  Justin Timberlake is not even a teen star anymore, but he still cares about his influence on impressionable children. Miley Cyrus, put down your bong and listen to this.
 This year my family is having a simple Christmas. Instead of our usual gift exchange, we decided to pitch in on a plane ticket to bring my sister home for the holidays. I love my little sister, but she lives on the other side of the country, and spending time with her is more precious than anything that could be bought in a store. Plus, she does an amazing rendition of "All I Want for Christmas Is You", and Christmas karaoke just isn't the same without her. But I wonder: if I were rich and famous, would I still find value in simplicity, or would I splash out on plane tickets and extravagant gifts for all my loved ones?
 Maybe you’re a Chekhov fan who happens to enjoy celebrity news. Or perhaps you’re a celeb watcher who’s always intended to brush up on your Russian literature, but just haven’t gotten around to it yet. Well, good news my high-culture/low-culture friends, because New York writer Ben Greenman has invented a novel mashup that “celebritizes” the works of famed Russian writer Anton Chekhov. Note: this might be the only time you get to read “Chekhov” and “Paris Hilton” in the same piece, so savour it.
Miley Cyrus didn't always
have her cute name. The pop star, who reportedly spent the weekend enjoying Paris’s
laxer teen drinking laws, was actually born Destiny Hope Cyrus. Surprisingly,
Cyrus did not want to spend her life sounding like a bad soap opera, so she
legally changed her name to Miley. According to TMZ, now her mom, Leticia is
following suit, and has filed to become “Tish” instead.
Hollywood, of course, is
full of discarded names, from Michael Douglas (Michael Keaton’s birth name,
which he had to give up because it was already taken by, uh, Michael Douglas) to Stefani Germonatta
(now Lady Gaga).
But my favourite name change
had nothing to do with fixing bad parental choices (seriously, Destiny Hope?),
sounding cooler, or avoiding confusion with similarly named actors. Those of
you who sent their little ones back to school this morning may wish your
children were as excited about education as pop chanteuse Shakira (yes, that’s
her real name) is. The Latin sensation has been known to go by her middle name, Isabel, so that she can enjoy university classes incognito,
something she likes to do when she’s on break from tour. A few years ago she
told UK’s The Guardian, “The universe is so broad, I cannot be at the centre of
it. So I decided to go to the university and study history for a summer course,
just to kind of switch gears, taste the student life.”
If only all of Hollywood’s
starlets would choose education, instead of say, clubbing, as their relaxation
of choice, then I could run headlines like “LiLo and Paris Just Can’t Agree
on the Best Postmodern Novel” instead of “Paris Hilton/Lindsay Lohan Gets
Arrested Again." Wouldn’t that be nice?
Janie Carmen* used to throw
the best parties in my elementary school, and getting an invitation to dance in
her living room, or better yet, to French kiss in the make-out closet under her
stairs, was an irrefutable sign of coolness. Having spent most of grade 8 in
band and the spelling club, I was happily surprised to be invited to her
year-end bash, and showed up with my then-boyfriend Amon Andrews.
It was a magical night. Amon and I danced to Brian Adam’s hit song, “Everything I Do”, and before I could
say “after-school-special”, his hands were firmly lodged in the back pockets of
my Levi’s 501s. It was grade 8, and ass-grabs still rated on the base scale,
somewhere between 2nd and 3rd . But I was class
valedictorian-incumbent, a geeky and earnest girl on the fringe of the cool
group; not that kind of girl. This supposed clash of values was too much for reigning gossip
Peaches Wong. Although she had also
been engaging in some very public pocket sharing, she was gobsmacked that I
would do the same. “You’re not ready!”
she shrieked as I left the party with what was fast becoming a familiar
feeling—that intoxicating teenaged mixture of elation and shame.
Miley Cyrus has had the same
kind of week, except instead of having to fend off Peaches and the lunchroom inquisition,
she has EVERYONE on her tail. Recently blasted for simulating a kiss with a
female dancer on Britain’s Got Talent,
Miley has come out fighting, writing on her blog, “GET OVER IT! NOTHING
HAPPENED. THERE ARE WAYYYYYYY MORE IMPORTANT THINGS IN THE WORLD.”
She also noted, “I promise you I did not kiss her and it is
ridiculous that two entertainers cant [sic] even rock out with each other
without the media making it some type of
story. I really hope my fans are not disappointed
in me because the truth is I did nothing wrong.”
It must be tough to come of age in public, and I feel for Miley, but I wonder:
would she have been put on the defensive if she’d simulated a kiss with a guy?
Does the backlash against Miley’s budding public sexuality represent nostalgia
for her innocent Disney days, or is it just plain homophobia? In any case, I agree with Miley.
There are way more important aspects of her career that we should demand she
change, starting with her promotion of poisonous kids’ products. Now there’s a scandal worth yelling about, Peaches. * All non-celebrity names have been
changed.
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