The Life & Times of Miley Cyrus

bob miley is now trending on twitter

the only thing that has to be more annoying than miley cyrus irl is miley cyrus on drugs

at least the younger generation will have its lohan tho

miley cyrus is easy to ignore. miley cyrus on drugs is easy to ignore. the truly annoying thing imo is the ghoulishness of media outlets that sit perched in feverish expectation of the next young popstar to undergo lohan-style personal crises

Plenty of uh here.

"Were it not for David Lynch," Cyrus asserts, "Miley would never have been Hannah Montana."

Cold wind's blowing
Sat here knowing
My heart's about to break

In January 2010, shooting for Hannah Montana's final episodes began. "Season four, it was a disaster," he says. "I was going to work every single day knowing that my family had fallen apart, but yet I had to sit in front of that camera. I look back and I go, How did I ever make it through that? I must be a better actor than I thought."

Michael Jackson—I was trying to reach out to Michael Jackson. I knew he had kids, and I was going to invite his kids down to a taping of Hannah—I just felt it would be good for Michael. I don't know why. I met Michael one time at the Grammys. He sat in front of me, in the front row, and a dime rolled out from under and hit my boot—this very boot I've got on—and I reached down and picked up this dime, and looked, he was going through his pockets, and I said, 'Are you looking for this?' 'Thank you.' And he took that dime and put it back in his pocket. I looked at my manager, I just said, 'Why did Michael Jackson have a dime?...' Nobody could tell me."

hahahahah awesome

I must be a better actor than I thought.

no, no you're not.

actually, you're as good an actor as your daughter is a singer.

TS: "Achy Breaky Heart" vs. "Party in the USA"

america is doomed.

dude is kinda a name-dropper

"For the record," he abruptly announces, "to set it straight, I want to tell you: I've never made a dime off of Miley.

i find this hard to believe in a direct sense, and it's certainly untrue in an indirect sense.

the impression that lingers from this article is how utterly impossible it must be to have a father-daughter relationship in a situation like this, and how bizzare it must be to ride your minor daughter's coattailes for the long-tail of your own (momentarily bright) career.

Kurt Cobain had just died, and that really had an impact on me. He was one of those guys that became a friend to me that I never expected. We met at a venue one night, some big coliseum somewhere—his rig was pulling out and mine was pulling in—and I was standing in the shadows, 1 a.m. in the morning, and he's 'Hey man, congratulations—you pissed the whole world off.' We shook hands, and I said, 'Thanks, man... I love what you all do.'"

wow

i'd namedrop too if i could drop those names!

achy breaky heart-shaped box

smells like name-dropping.

haha oh man 'you pissed the whole world off'

yeah, wait, billy ray cyrus pissed the whole world off?

"Billy, wait a minute, that's my girl dogg
'I don't give a fuck, God sent me to piss the world off!'"

ticka ticka ticka slim cyrus

yeah, wait, billy ray cyrus pissed the whole world off?

Hell yes, every time I heard "achy breaky heart" in 1992 I wanted to commit arson and/or murder.

aw

That has to be the most inconsequential story about MJ ever.

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lmao

Political Song for Billy Ray Cyrus.

Tell it to Jadakiss.

that was a really good read

the writer laid it on a little thick with making sure we knew he was holding it all from a cynical arm's length and getting in some easy jokes, but yeah, good read

It's unexpectedly stark, simple, and beautiful, its opening lines an unacknowledged, desolate, distant echo of the song that paid for this house in the first place:

Cold wind's blowing
Sat here knowing
My heart's about to break

...beautiful.

oh man i am gonna read the shit out of this, thanks ned.

the writer laid it on a little thick with making sure we knew he was holding it all from a cynical arm's length

Mmm, I thought the details about the medical endorsement and the faintly horrified publicist and all were good to acknowledge. Then again Heath's one of my favorite writers in music flat out, so I admit bias.

i didn't mean those details, just some of the other bits felt like cheap shots or unnecessary extra effort at playing up the levity

the piece definitely wants to remind you it's not in people but i think it's basically fine, rigorous, etc.. i also liked:

the late comedian Bill Hicks would draw easy audience roars of approval when he'd share his idea for a TV show called Let's Hunt and Kill Billy Ray Cyrus.

because bill hicks in drawing easy roars of approval shocker

piece kinda lapses into awkward dfw mimicry sometimes though.

http://i.imgur.com/us4Bh.png

my facebook wall has apparently stopped showing me dom. sometimes zuckerberg's eerie.

that goddamn Satan.

my impression of Cyrus is that he's a really simple man. not simple like he's discovered some kind of Eastern tranquility. simple like he doesn't have a lot going on in his head and he's kinda a dolt. not that that is necessarily a bad thing but he seems so pathetic and out of his element.

i'm glad you didn't get to interview him

Disney to Billy Ray: Drop Dead!

(She will next be seen in LOL, an April high school comedy for Mandate and Lionsgate, then So Undercover, in which she plays a private eye who infiltrates a sorority.)

love how this thread is like a sad little vestige of the brief period when dudes weren't sure whether to elevate Miley to Ashlee-level hero status and ultimately decided to go with Taylor

“We saw it coming for a long time,” the Disney source says. “She wanted to mature herself, but it kind of backfired. Her future without Disney is TBD.”

ouch. the subtext of the comment raises an interesting question about what's really pushing disney stars to the top of the pop world's collective consciousness (the talent of the artist or the push of the disney machine).

yeah, wait, billy ray cyrus pissed the whole world off?

― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, February 15, 2011 1:14 PM Bookmark

It was like, "Oh you think this Garth Brooks fella has completely ruined country music? Wait until you get a load out of this guy."

*Leans back in rocking chair, puffs on pipe.*

You tell 'em, Lester.