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this thing sounds like that thing
Most people over the age of 16 have heard of Miley Cyrus (or at least Hannah Montana), but many have probably never actually heard one of her songs. I was one of these fortunate souls until last Monday, when a friend made me—and I'm still not sure exactly why—watch the Brett Ratner-directed video for her single "7 Things." The one thing that struck me about this more or less mediocre song: Miley Cyrus' voice sounds just like that belonging to the cop's wife from Chapters 8-11 of Trapped in the Closet.
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Trapped In The Closet With Miley Cyrus
Most people over the age of 16 have heard of Miley Cyrus (or at least Hannah Montana), but many have probably never actually heard one of her songs. I was one of these fortunate souls until last Monday, when a friend made me—and I'm still not sure exactly why—watch the Brett Ratner-directed video for her single "7 Things." The one thing that struck me about this more or less mediocre song: Miley Cyrus' voice sounds just like that belonging to the cop's wife from Chapters 8-11 of Trapped in the Closet.
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everybody's a winner
As opposed to last year, when the Teen Choice Awards spread the wealth among a bunch of olds (Fergie, Timbaland), this year's slate of music-related winners was highly concentrated. By which I mean that if a nominee in one of the Fox-produced event's music categories wasn't associated with the Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus, or Chris Brown, it didn't stand a chance of emerging from the evening with a surfboard. (But hey, at least this resulted in good news for Lil Mama.) Music winners after the jump.
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Teen Choice Awards Pick A Couple Of Age-Appropriate Winners For Once
As opposed to last year, when the Teen Choice Awards spread the wealth among a bunch of olds (Fergie, Timbaland), this year's slate of music-related winners was highly concentrated. By which I mean that if a nominee in one of the Fox-produced event's music categories wasn't associated with the Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus, or Chris Brown, it didn't stand a chance of emerging from the evening with a surfboard. (But hey, at least this resulted in good news for Lil Mama.) Music winners after the jump.
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putdowns
I mean, not that i'm the type to defend Katy Perry and her "bi-curious until last call" ways, but doesn't the Hannah Montana star's response to a question about Miley and Katy sharing a girl-on-girl kiss at the forthcoming Video Music Awards smack of... well, something that's worthy to be smacked over? "No thanks.... She sang on my record. So I think she's kind of getting back at me, because she was doing harmonies and backgrounds." I don't even like Perry, but between this and the video Cyrus made where she tried to mock a video-blog made by her Disney-demographic successors Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez, I'm starting to think that Miley's inevitable denouement into D-list Celebreality hell is going to inspire a lot of schadenfreude. [E!]
Miley Cyrus Is Really Kind Of A Brat, Huh?
I mean, not that i'm the type to defend Katy Perry and her "bi-curious until last call" ways, but doesn't the Hannah Montana star's response to a question about Miley and Katy sharing a girl-on-girl kiss at the forthcoming Video Music Awards smack of... well, something that's worthy to be smacked over? "No thanks.... She sang on my record. So I think she's kind of getting back at me, because she was doing harmonies and backgrounds." I don't even like Perry, but between this and the video Cyrus made where she tried to mock a video-blog made by her Disney-demographic successors Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez, I'm starting to think that Miley's inevitable denouement into D-list Celebreality hell is going to inspire a lot of schadenfreude. [E!]
they're just being miley
Now that the end of Hannah Montana might be near, LifeStyles Condoms is ready to help bring the image of its star, Miley Cyrus, into a realm that's even more grown-up than those wet T-shirt pictures might imply; it's offered to pay Cyrus a cool million dolalrs to become its spokesperson. "With teenage pregnancy running rampant throughout the US, LifeStyles Condoms wants to ensure that Miley Cyrus and her legions of loyal fans don't become just more statistics. As one of the leading condom makers in the country, LifeStyles is offering Miley Cyrus $1 million to become the new company spokesperson to appeal to the younger demographic that is in need the most." This "open letter to a potential endorser" recently worked out in a very bad way for Taco Bell, which is now being sued by 50 Cent for offering him a measly $10,000 and "requesting" that he change his name to 79 Cent in a letter they leaked to the media. But there's been no response from the Cyrus camp yet, which one could see as a sign that Cyrus might be interested—or, at the very least, not completely insulted by the condom company's offer. Five lessons that LifeStyles took from Taco Bell's marketing burp, and that you might want to keep in mind should you want to follow a similar route, after the jump.
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Five Lessons LifeStyles Condoms Learned From The Whole 50 Cent/Taco Bell Debacle
Now that the end of Hannah Montana might be near, LifeStyles Condoms is ready to help bring the image of its star, Miley Cyrus, into a realm that's even more grown-up than those wet T-shirt pictures might imply; it's offered to pay Cyrus a cool million dolalrs to become its spokesperson. "With teenage pregnancy running rampant throughout the US, LifeStyles Condoms wants to ensure that Miley Cyrus and her legions of loyal fans don't become just more statistics. As one of the leading condom makers in the country, LifeStyles is offering Miley Cyrus $1 million to become the new company spokesperson to appeal to the younger demographic that is in need the most." This "open letter to a potential endorser" recently worked out in a very bad way for Taco Bell, which is now being sued by 50 Cent for offering him a measly $10,000 and "requesting" that he change his name to 79 Cent in a letter they leaked to the media. But there's been no response from the Cyrus camp yet, which one could see as a sign that Cyrus might be interested—or, at the very least, not completely insulted by the condom company's offer. Five lessons that LifeStyles took from Taco Bell's marketing burp, and that you might want to keep in mind should you want to follow a similar route, after the jump.
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friday chart preview
The Great Miley Cyrus/Sugarland Battle of '08 continues with today's chart projections from Hits. Little did we know that Miley had a trick up her sleeve (on those days that she actually wears sleeves, anyway).
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Sugarland Vs. Miley Cyrus: Anyone's Guess
The Great Miley Cyrus/Sugarland Battle of '08 continues with today's chart projections from Hits. Little did we know that Miley had a trick up her sleeve (on those days that she actually wears sleeves, anyway).
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OMG, could Sugarland keep Miley Cyrus from the top spot on the album charts next week? Breakout was only 2,000 sales ahead of the super-deluxe edition of Sugarland's Love On The Inside through the end of yesterday, according to sales reported by Trans World Entertainment, Best Buy, Circuit City, Starbucks, Borders, iTunes, Target, Anderson Merchandisers, and Handleman. (Both albums officially hit stores on Tuesday.) And Sugarland's outselling Miley at Amazon, too! What will Disney do? Does this mean more MySpace picture leaks are in the offing? [Billboard]
the last word
Every week, we round up the all-important, all-summarizing last sentences of the biggest new-music reviews. Today's entry is Miley Cyrus' Breakout, which hits stores tomorrow.
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Miley Cyrus Can't Wait To Grow Up
Every week, we round up the all-important, all-summarizing last sentences of the biggest new-music reviews. Today's entry is Miley Cyrus' Breakout, which hits stores tomorrow.
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videodrone
Unfortunately, Miley Cyrus' new, Brett Ratner-directed video isn't a Miley-led Guitar Hero marathon; instead, it's a pretty straightforward clip in which Miley and a bunch of her besties lip-sync along with the super-Avrilly breakup anthem "7 Things." As of this writing, there are 10,269 comments in the attendant YouTube comment section over whether or not the dog tag that Miley is wearing around her neck/nearly swallowing whole as she tries to kiss it is a sign that she is or isn't sending all her love to Nick Jonas, and whether or not the shot of her holding up a picture of making her now-patented duck-lip pose at the 1:52 mark has Nick blacked out. Me, I'm just wondering why exactly Ratner was hand-picked to direct this kinda low-budget-looking clip, since nothing was blown up and Miley wasn't transformed into her own videogame character. Maybe there's a sequel on the way? [YouTube]
Miley Cyrus Would Like To Make A List For You
Unfortunately, Miley Cyrus' new, Brett Ratner-directed video isn't a Miley-led Guitar Hero marathon; instead, it's a pretty straightforward clip in which Miley and a bunch of her besties lip-sync along with the super-Avrilly breakup anthem "7 Things." As of this writing, there are 10,269 comments in the attendant YouTube comment section over whether or not the dog tag that Miley is wearing around her neck/nearly swallowing whole as she tries to kiss it is a sign that she is or isn't sending all her love to Nick Jonas, and whether or not the shot of her holding up a picture of making her now-patented duck-lip pose at the 1:52 mark has Nick blacked out. Me, I'm just wondering why exactly Ratner was hand-picked to direct this kinda low-budget-looking clip, since nothing was blown up and Miley wasn't transformed into her own videogame character. Maybe there's a sequel on the way? [YouTube]
100 and single
Just In Time For Summer, Millennial Teenpop Takes Over The Hot 100
Ed. note: Chris "dennisobell" Molanphy, our resident chart guru, looks at the upward, downward, and lack of movement on this week's Billboard charts:
In the last two years, we've seen several impressive feats on Billboard's Hot 100 by Disney Channel-groomed pop acts, and this week, we see another.
Four songs from the Jonas Brothers vehicle Camp Rock, which premiered on the channel last week, debut within the Top 40. And separately, Miley Cyrus previews her first album unattached from the Hannah Montana brand—and quickly scores her second-ever Top 10 hit.
Dig below these impressive numbers, and it becomes apparent that this is not necessarily another short-lived High School Musical-style chart blip. One week into summer, teenpop may be launching one of its once-a-decade all-out assaults on the pop charts—the kind of siege that will make even you, person over 18, forcibly aware of these songs faster than you can say "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)."
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covers
Oh, Miley Cyrus. You must love to tweak the noses of your elders, what with you deciding to bring your 40-year-ciggie-habit voice and sheeny production to Cyndi Lauper's ode to feminine acting-out. But does your daddy really ask you what you're doing with your life at this point, given that what you're doing these days pretty much amounts to "helping people forget about that whole unfortunate mullet thing by letting him creepily stage-parent"? Just curious. (Original version of the song after the jump, because I suspect if I didn't put it there someone would take to the comments section and complain.) More »
Miley Cyrus Is Just Being Cyndi
Oh, Miley Cyrus. You must love to tweak the noses of your elders, what with you deciding to bring your 40-year-ciggie-habit voice and sheeny production to Cyndi Lauper's ode to feminine acting-out. But does your daddy really ask you what you're doing with your life at this point, given that what you're doing these days pretty much amounts to "helping people forget about that whole unfortunate mullet thing by letting him creepily stage-parent"? Just curious. (Original version of the song after the jump, because I suspect if I didn't put it there someone would take to the comments section and complain.) More »
More exciting news about is year's MTV Video Music Awards! "This year's event will mark a first in VMA lore: The channel will be turning to its audience, asking them to executive-produce the big show. MTV will give fans a chance to decide this year's nominees, helping to create an awards show with the music they love (details on this will be coming soon!)." Wow, we get to be the executive producers? Can we submit potential podium banter? As if we needed more proof that nobody at MTV gives a fuck. [MTV]
the hook-up category has a different meaning than it does at the avn awards
Teenagers are the target of nearly all media these days, so shouldn't the unveiling of the Teen Choice Award nominations be an event on the same level as the the big hullabaloo surrounding the Grammy nominations? Well, the fact that the Pussycat Dolls offshoot group Girlicious happens to be nominated in multiple categories kind of blows that idea out of the water. All the music-related nominations are below the cut.
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Teen Choice Nominations: Finally Some Credit For The Jonas Brothers
Teenagers are the target of nearly all media these days, so shouldn't the unveiling of the Teen Choice Award nominations be an event on the same level as the the big hullabaloo surrounding the Grammy nominations? Well, the fact that the Pussycat Dolls offshoot group Girlicious happens to be nominated in multiple categories kind of blows that idea out of the water. All the music-related nominations are below the cut.
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R. Kelly attorney Sam Adam Jr. has publicly apologized to Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana for dragging her name into the Gary Coleman and X-rated-snowman-filled closing arguments of his client's trial last week. "This wasn't a gardener or the man down the street or a janitor," Adam's argument went. "This was a 13-year-old girl having sex with a superstar, and she doesn't tell anyone? She doesn't let it slip to her best friend? Never? Not anyone? You can't keep a 13-year-old's mouth closed over Hannah Montana tickets, but this?" Classy! Adam has since taken to MTV to tell Miley/Hannah "sorry," saying that he didn't mean to drag her into the worst of both worlds and that he only brought her into his spiel because she's "the biggest thing out—no offense, Robert." (Yes, he really did append that apology. Talk about digging a hole!) [MTV via The Kelly Chronicles]
collaborations
Pictures from the set of the dreaded Brett Ratner/Miley Cyrus collaboration have leaked, and the end result looks like it'll be... well, it looks like it'll be a music video. A very boring music video. Where are the laser-shooting mutants, Brett? The broad culture-clash humor? The obligatory car chase sequences?
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Brett Ratner Brings His C-Game To The Miley Cyrus Video Shoot
Pictures from the set of the dreaded Brett Ratner/Miley Cyrus collaboration have leaked, and the end result looks like it'll be... well, it looks like it'll be a music video. A very boring music video. Where are the laser-shooting mutants, Brett? The broad culture-clash humor? The obligatory car chase sequences?
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coming soon
The new Miley Cyrus video is going to be directed by Brett Ratner. This puts the odds that it'll be a four-minute-long goof on those cleavage-flaunting MySpace pics somwehere around 4-5. But tasteful, people, tasteful! We don't want her alienating all of her fanbase before they graduate from puberty. [Video Static]
Be Very Afraid
The new Miley Cyrus video is going to be directed by Brett Ratner. This puts the odds that it'll be a four-minute-long goof on those cleavage-flaunting MySpace pics somwehere around 4-5. But tasteful, people, tasteful! We don't want her alienating all of her fanbase before they graduate from puberty. [Video Static]
Rock Hack Tries To Get In On The "Gaming Google" Act
Some sort of award should be handed out to the opening sentence of Dan Aquilante's Zootopia review: "IN the concert shocker of the year, the teen star of the popular "Hannah Montana" TV series—Miley Cyrus—was totally naked under her clothes when she headlined Z100's annual Zootopia concert Saturday at the Meadowlands." Oh, Dan, Dan. It's a nice effort, but everyone knows that "topless Miley Cyrus" is the real phrase that pays in the "maximizing your SEO" department. [NYP]
