Celebritology Archive: Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus's Bittersweet Sixteen

In the crush of controversy that surrounded Miley Cyrus over the past 12 months -- the overpriced concert tickets, that Annie Leibovitz Vanity Fair spread, the cell phone pix, the ill-advised YouTube videos -- we may have lost sight of an important fact. That Cyrus is, in the grand scheme of things, a baby. A self-possessed somewhat media-savvy baby, sure, but still tender, still tentative and definitely not yet capable of fending for herself. (And, since we nominated Miley for Biggest Train Wreck in this year's Lizzies, we get a rap on the knuckles too.) Which is why I felt a little verklempt when I read about Miley's 16th birthday bash at, of course, Disneyland. Because not content to let this girl -- excuse me, I mean child -- celebrate this milestone with a modicum of privacy, she was instead costumed, handed a mike and pushed on stage to perform...

Insta-Poll: Miley's Mileage?

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me a third time and I'm starting to think that there may be more method than madness to Miley Cyrus's continuing parade of scantily-clad pix. Over the weekend, yet more DIY pix of the 15-year-old Disney star in her undies surfaced. And, on the heels of the Great Leibovitz Portrait Debate and Cyrus's previous homemade shots, well, one has to start wondering why pop Billy Ray doesn't take this girl's digicam and lock it in the family safe. Left: Annie Leibovitz's portrait of Miley Cyrus. Right: The June cover. (Images courtesy Vanity Fair) Of course, there's the merest chance that these photos are doctored, but the poses in the new pix echo earlier shots of Cyrus that later proved to be genuine. And with a new album due out in July and a memoir set to hit...