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As his daughter Miley Cyrus tries out more mature endeavors in her career, actor and musician Billy Ray Cyrus is okay with letting go. He knows that the 17-year-old pop sensation will be busy with her projects, so instead he’s focusing on his own.
Still, one thing that keeps them together is the Disney Channel series Hannah Montana. Now that it’s coming to an end, what exactly will these stars get involved with? There will be other shows and movies though, but the fans will certainly remember them most for this one.
Too bad for them, because Billy Ray Cyrus has confirmed that Hannah Montana
really is on its last legs. “The future is we are doing 11 more episodes,” the 48-year-old star revealed to Inside TV. “Disney will have new episodes to air all the way through 2011.”
A spokesperson from Disney recently announced that the cast is filming the final episodes of Hannah Montana, and after which will wrap up production for the show. Right now, the network is still airing season 3. Following that would be the installment leading to the series’ end.
Despite the arrival of the series’ final season, Billy Ray Cyrus has no trouble dealing with endings. He already took the opportunity to work on new material, which will certainly further him in his career.
During the premiere of his new flick The Spy Next Door, Billy Ray said, “Starting the year with [co-stars George] Lopez and Jackie Chan is a good way to do it.”
He added, “I laughed so much making this movie. I just stood around. I knew my lines and got to play this character Colton James, and become something very different for me, this particular role.”
When that’s over and done with though, Billy Ray Cyrus has things covered. “I have two more film projects after I finish ‘Hannah,’ and I am just excited about 2010,” he announced. Can’t say we’re really looking forward to it, but it still might be a commendable career move for the star.
Just like she hinted last year, Miley Cyrus will end her run as “Hannah Montana“. The show that started in 2006 and catapulted the starlet’s name into stardom will wrap it up in season 4 which was ordered by Disney Channel back in June 2009.
The comedy show starring also Emily Osment and Mitchel Musso is in its third season and will have its season finale called “Is Miley Saying Goodbye?” airing in mid March as a one-hour special. Miley will decide whether she should stay in Los Angeles or return to Tennessee.
It will be “a big one-hour event where we find out what Miley Stewart’s decision is going to be,” Disney Channel Worldwide programming exec Adam Bonnett said. Ray Liotta and Angus T. Jones are set to guest star.
The production of season 4 meanwhile will go in motion on January 18. The episodes will run until at least “over a full year”. The story will wrap up in a way similar to “Hannah Montana: The Movie“. Bonnett elaborated, “It’s one of the things she’s been wrestling with for months – whether it’s time to make a decision to continue being Hannah Montana or just be a regular, ordinary girl.”
We’ve all been hearing rumors about the 17-year-old star of Hannah Montana
for weeks now, but nothing beats hearing from the pop princess herself. Miley Cyrus admitted that she’s had it with all these tall tales about her, but she knows it won’t be stopping anytime soon. That’s why she’d rather discuss it all herself.
“People like controversy because that’s what sells,” the Disney juggernaut told Harper’s Bazaar in an interview. She appeared on the magazine’s front cover and talked about many issues that have hit her in the past. From the Vanity Fair shoot to the simple deletion of a social networking account, there’s plenty that Miley Cyrus has to say.
On her work with photographer Annie Leibovitz where the teen star was wrapped in a bed sheet, Miley explained: “Here, my parents are thinking they’re seeing a beautiful picture by a major photographer, and the people of America want to see something dirty in that?”
“It doesn’t make sense to us because [my family] doesn’t look for negativity,” she added. “[...] No one wants to look at something like that and see the positive because it doesn’t sell a magazine.”
Being a public figure certainly has its disadvantages, and the Hannah Montana star is aware of them. It’s the fact that millions of children look up to her making her a bit uneasy, but she believes that she isn’t the one raising other people’s kids.
“My job is to be a role model, and that’s what I want to do, but my job isn’t to be a parent,” Cyrus explained. “My job isn’t to tell your kids how to act or how not to act, because I’m still figuring that out for myself. So to take that away from me is a bit selfish. Your kids are going to make mistakes whether I do or not. That’s just life.”
Living her own life is what Miley’s more concerned about, and a big part of it is her future. Many fans know about her upcoming flick The Last Song, which Cyrus is certainly proud of. But as for her next projects, she wants something better, something deeper.
“I want to do edgier movies–movies where you walk away feeling fulfilled,” she said. Talking about her music, the star added, “I’m doing a record right now that’s another pop record, and then I want to come out with an album that’s really who I am.”
HANNAH MONTANA “Come Fail Away” Season 3 Episode 27 which airs on SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6 (7:30-8:00 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney Channel.
Episode Synopsis: HANNAH MONTANA “Judge Me Tender” Season 3 Episode 25 -Miley doesn’t exactly make an impact when she auditions for the starring role of a cartoon duck, so Kyle, a professional voice-over actor, offers his advice. When she is still unable to impress the director, Miley tries an assortment of techniques, including working with a real duck, to land the part. Meanwhile, Rico tries to transform “Rico’s” into a high-end restaurant by utilizing fancy restaurant gadgets like electronic pagers and a number dispenser, in a new episode of “Hannah Montana,” premiering SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6 (7:30-8:00 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney Channel.
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If there’s one thing rumors are good for, it’s that they can be the foundation for good ideas. At least, that’s what Rock of Ages director Adam Shankman thinks so.
There have been stories circulating that Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus would be starring in the big screen version of the hit Broadway musical. Even though those aren’t true as of now, they could be in a few months or so.
Miley Cyrus has been a fan of Rock of Ages ever since she watched the performance. She even visited the actors backstage, and they later appeared for her 80s-themed party in New York City. It was her 17th birthday, and her mother surprised her with a rock-and-roll bash.
The next thing we know, Hairspray director Adam Shankman’s already cooking up ideas. He’s also her producer for The Last Song, so it certainly looks like these two are bound to work together on another project. Some time in the future, that is.
“It’s way too soon,” Shankman told E! Online during the Dizzy Feet Foundation event. He had also considered casting other actors, but the news about Miley Cyrus definitely stood out.
“I love it, though,” he went on. “She went to see the show and she loved it and then I had to email her and say, ‘I hear you’re starring in my movie. Fantastic! Congratulations!’ It was just so crazy. She saw the show and that was all.”
Unfortunately, Miley Cyrus rep denied the 16-year-old star’s involvement in the project. Again, it’s too early to say so. Whether or not we’ll be seeing the Disney princess don giant hair wigs is still unclear, but surely the fans are anticipating it.
Until then, just catch the Hannah Montana star on her show and on the upcoming flick The Last Song, as well as in her cameo in the second Sex and the City movie.
Miley Cyrus has a thing for Zac Efron.
In a radio interview, Cyrus says she ‘really’ like fellow Disney star Vanessa Hudgens man.
“I think Zac Efron is the hottest person in the world,” she gushes. “I really, really like him. It’s weird because he’s my friend. I could call him and be like, whatever.”
But the ‘Hannah Montana’ star says Hudgens has nothing to worry about it because Efron is so ‘loyal’.
“Zac could get any girl… and do whatever, and he is so loyal and a really good friend.”
And just incase you’ve forgotten, Miley elaborates: “He’s just like super good looking.”
Given a chance to back off her hate for ‘Twilight’, the now 17-year-old says her feelings towards the vampire saga haven’t changed.
“I think it’s bad,” she says. “People get too into it. When guys look at supermodels and they’re like ‘that’s the perfect girl’ that’s what those kind of movies do to us. You know what I’m saying?”
“They’re like thinking that’s what girls should be like and not everyone is going to be Edward, hate to say it.”
