[Articles] Miley's 'Movement' marches on, with no looking back

“I still feel like I’m beginning,” Cyrus says in her new MTV documentary.

Miley Cyrus has no regrets.

That’s the takeaway from — or at least, the oft-repeated message in — Miley: The Movement (* * out of four), the MTV documentary that premieres Wednesday (10 p.m. ET/PT).

The Movement was conceived earlier this year, presumably as a means of promoting the 20-year-old TV and pop veteran’s upcoming album, Bangerz, out Oct. 8. As anyone reading this knows, Cyrus kicked that campaign into high gear awhile ago with a series of provocative gestures — the most notorious being the twerk seen ’round the world at August’s MTV Video Music Awards, which Cyrus memorably describes here as a “strategic hot mess.”

But what else would you expect? Show business is, essentially, all that this still-very-young woman has known. “There’s no life for me other than entertaining,” she says in one interview segment. Mother Tish Cyrus, a prominent presence in the film, notes that the younger Cyrus “gave up her childhood” — as if that decision had been made without parental consent.

Father Billy Ray Cyrus wasn’t interviewed for the documentary, which follows his daughter over roughly three months, mostly at public appearances — culminating, of course, with the VMAs. Even more conspicuous in his absence is Cyrus’ former fiancé, Liam Hemsworth, whose split with her made news two weeks ago.

Instead, Pharrell Williams, one of her collaborators on Bangerz, turns up to vouch for Cyrus’ character and authenticity. She’s “still evolving,” Williams says, praising her “crazy” voice and calling her “a byproduct of America.”

That Cyrus is. She tells us so, not in those precise words, but in how she presents her goals and defines contemporary fame. Defending her creative choice at the VMAs, she says, “You want to make history. … Everything’s about what’s going to be the big moment in pop culture.”

Cyrus cites similar “moments” provided by Madonna and Britney Spears. The latter, Cyrus’ idol and a guest on Bangerz, chats with her in a cute segment; Cyrus tells Spears that she has been a Madonna-like inspiration “to my whole generation.”

Throughout Miley, Cyrus comes across as good-humored and grateful to her fans, the “army” driving her titular movement. She greets admirers with seemingly genuine enthusiasm after a radio interview and a Good Morning America appearance.

“Now people really get to see what the movement is all about,” the former child star says, later adding, “Right now, I still feel like I’m beginning.”

Cyrus is certainly entitled to that perspective at her age. Let’s just hope that her unfolding story doesn’t become yet another cautionary tale.

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[Articles] Miley Cyrus' "The Movement" documentary: 10 things to watch for

The MTV doc shows Miley to be a smart, savvy businesswoman who talks to dogs and is done with making movies.

Miley Cyrus’ ascent in 2013 has been a surreal experience to witness — but none of it was an accident. In “Miley Cyrus: The Movement,” a new hour-long MTV documentary premiering on Wednesday night (Oct. 2), the pop star’s bold steps toward “Bangerz” are captured in full, as the unshakeable vision of her return from 2010′s disappointing “Can’t Be Tamed” is translated to the selection of “We Can’t Stop” as a comeback single, the hip-hop-centric collaborators on her new album, and her audacious performance at the MTV Video Music Awards in August. Throughout the documentary, Cyrus makes sure to stress that the presentation of her new image is more than just a promotional detail. “To me, a movement is bigger than just a record,” says Cyrus. “For me, a movement represents something like… taking over the world.”

Before Cyrus takes over your TV screens on Wednesday night, check out 10 tidbits to watch for in “Miley Cyrus: The Movement,” which Billboard got a sneak peek of last week.

1. Miley’s Momentary Doubting of “We Can’t Stop.” The first portion of the documentary focuses on the launch of “We Can’t Stop” as the first single from “Bangerz,” and although Cyrus projects enormous confidence over the single selection, she does have a moment of doubt when the song debuts a little low on the iTunes Chart. She then has this conversation with producer/BFF Mike WiLL Made It:

Miley: “Did we make the right decision?”

Mike: “Everybody’s saying the shit is crazy.”

Miley: “Yeah… It is crazy.”

And Miley’s nerves were subsequently calmed, and the rest, as they say, is history.

2. Miley’s Britney Meet-Up. The recording of the Miley/Britney Spears duet “SMS (Bangerz)” is documented and is as fascinating as one might expect. After Spears is shown recording her portion of the track (sample line: “Catwalk! Slick talk!”), the two pop singers from two very different generations are shown awkwardly chatting about Cyrus’ then-upcoming VMAs performance. “You’re not gonna be topless on stage, right?” Spears asks nervously. “I tried!” Cyrus responds to her idol, shaking her head with disappointment that MTV’s producers wouldn’t even let her use “nude latex.” Ah, the trials and tribulations of button-pushing pop queens.

3. The Lack of Billy Ray… and Liam. While “Miley Cyrus: The Movement” includes video interviews with her mom, Tish Cyrus, and with artists like Pharrell Williams, her father Billy Ray Cyrus is noticeably absent from the project, as is any mention of her ex-fiancee, Liam Hemsworth. According to executive producer Dave Sirulnick, the elder Cyrus simply wasn’t around while the documentary was being filmed earlier this year. As for Hemsworth’s name never being mentioned onscreen: “We were not doing a documentary about anything in her personal life,” says Sirulnick of Cyrus.

4. The VMAs Play-By-Play. Inspired by the salacious divas before her, Cyrus gleefully understood that her twerk-happy performance at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards was going to cause people to chatter about her long after the Barclays Center show had wrapped. “You could have watched that performance at the VMAs and think it was a hot mess, but it was a strategic hot mess,” says Cyrus emphatically, pointing to the Madonna-Britney lip lock at the 2003 ceremony. “Madonna’s done it, Britney’s done it… you might as well make [people] talk for two weeks instead of two seconds.”

5. Pharrell’s Words of Encouragement. One of the more interesting passages in “The Movement” involves the super-producer serving as something of a mentor for Cyrus as she underwent her “Bangerz” transformation. Pharrell is the one Cyrus called when she needed encouragement about chopping off her long locks, and Pharrell is the one who best understands Miley’s recent behavior. “Her dad is Billy Ray Cyrus, her godmother is Dolly Parton, and she grew up in the era when kids listen to hip-hop,” Williams explains. “People ask, ‘Why is she twerking? Why is she doing this? Because she’s a bi-product of America.”

6. Miley Talks To Her Dogs. The real secret to Miley’s success? Perhaps her ability to pull a Dr. Dolittle and successfully tell her dogs to calm down. We can only hope that “Bangerz” makes a lyrical reference to this special skill.

7. The End of Miley’s Film Career. It’s a minor detail in “The Movement,” but a surprising one nonetheless: Cyrus, succinctly put, is done making movies for the foreseeable future. “I made one movie, and I never wanted to do it again,” Cyrus declares, referencing her little-seen 2012 project “LOL.” “I want to make music for the rest of my life.”

8. Tish Cyrus Says The Name “Juicy J,” and It’s Everything You Could Hope For. Watching Miley’s mom discuss the collaborators on “Bangerz” is a real treat, and when her Southern accent carefully tiptoes across the Three 6 Mafia member’s name, one can imagine Tish and Juicy running into each other at a recording studio and engaging in a vigorous high-five.

9. Miley’s Pre-VMAs Breakdown. The only instance of “drama” in the MTV documentary occurs when Miley’s car pulls up to the red carpet at the Video Music Awards and she doesn’t quite get the grand entrance she wanted. There’s a hesitation over stepping out of the car at the incorrect entry point, and when others suggests backing the car up, the 20-year-old loses it. “Are you fucking kidding?” rages Cyrus. “I’m not gonna back the fuck up and start over!” Tish doesn’t know what to do; Miley doesn’t know what to do. The music swells. Nails are bitten. Does Miley make it out of this predicament successfully? No spoilers here, folks.

10. Miley’s Attitude Toward Her “Hannah Montana” Days. When Miley unveils “We Can’t Stop” on Ryan Seacrest’s syndicated radio show, the studio is surrounded by diehard Miley fans, likely all “Hannah Montana” lifers. To her credit, Cyrus understands that teenage fandom — “The way that I am about Britney, that’s how a lot of people are for me,” she says — and tries to bring along her longtime fans for the “Bangerz” ride while executing her own vision of her career, after years of obeying to a Disney persona. “It has to be fully me and all my creative vision behind it,” says Cyrus, “or else, I don’t want to do it.”

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[News] Paris Hilton praises 'sexy' Miley Cyrus

Paris Hilton thinks Miley Cyrus is ”sexy”.

The 32-year-old socialite has praised the ‘Wrecking Ball’ hitmaker and insisted the criticism she has come under for her risque image is unfair because she’s simply enjoying herself.

She told MTV News: ”I think that she’s having fun. I think she doesn’t worry about what anyone thinks.

”She’s having fun. I think she looks sexy. Whatever, she can do what she wants.”

Paris is the latest star to come to the 20-year-old singer’s defence after her controversial performance – which saw her grinding and twerking routine on Robin Thicke – at the MTV Video Music Awards last month.

Miley’s father Billy Ray recently opened up about his daughter’s racy appearance at the event, insisting she was only trying to create a ”special moment”.

He previously said: ”I knew that she wanted to do something really special and something everyone would be talking about.

”I knew she’d been putting a lot of practice and thought into what happened in New York.”

Meanwhile Miley has claimed her performance was actually edited to make it less outrageous.

She claimed: ”I was trying to slap Robin’s ass but no one saw it! Believe me! MTV edited so much. They cut almost everything I did. I’m proud of that performance.”

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[News] Miley: "Britney is the Madonna of my generation"

By now we figured the only way to see more of Miley Cyrus would be to be her gynecologist. Really, what could be left?

Turns out plenty.

A documentary called “Miley: The Movement” airing on MTV Wednesday (Oct. 2) reveals an intimate side of Cyrus — but only business intimate.

That takes a moment to digest, but the 41-minute film is timed to coincide with her new album, “Bangerz,” which drops Tuesday, Oct. 8, and this is all about how Cyrus is completely focused on her career.

That means no Liam Hemsworth, no discussion of the broken engagement. Though there are some photos of her childhood and mentions of dad Billy Ray Cyrus, there are no probing interviews as in a traditional documentary. Cyrus had editorial control over the film.

What it shows is a very confident, very relaxed young artist, over the course of almost four months. The taping began before her Video Music Awards twerking and gyrating performance and features a lot from backstage that night.

She’s surprised that people are surprised she’s not Hannah Montana. She grew up.

“I had to do something that didn’t feel like me for so long,” Cyrus says.

Now, she has come into her own.

“I needed to let go of a past in a way, so I felt I could be the bad b**** I am,” Cyrus says.

And she is not apologetic.

“Five years ago, I thought I would be like a paramour in the band,” Cyrus says.

For most of “The Movement,” Cyrus is not the performer with her tongue out and hips thrusting. She comes across as incredibly focused and hard-working. And in the film’s most telling scene, Cyrus comes across as an unabashed Britney Spears fan.

“I always say I only want one b**** on my records and that is Britney, b****,” she says.

Cyrus is amped up when she works with Spears and tells her, “The way you have been with Madonna? That’s how you have been for my generation.”

Spears smiles as a shadow crosses her face.

Cyrus also reflects on watching the 2002 VMAs, when Spears wore the Burmese python as a boa. Cyrus was enthralled, worrying her father, whom she quotes as saying, “My daughter’s going to be a stripper.”

The cameras follow Cyrus in her Los Angeles home, with her dogs, and into cars, to radio stations and posing with fans. She’s usually in a teeny top and short-shorts. Her mom, Tish Cyrus, is usually in the car or rehearsal studio with her.

“Anyone who has ever said, ‘Where is her mother?’ Right beside her,” Tish says.

Her mom was next to her in the SUV that took her to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, site of the 2013 VMAs. Cyrus was supposed to transfer into a police car, but something went awry. Cyrus, already nervous before what she knew was her biggest night, was furious and cursing. But the moment she emerged from the SUV she posed for the fans and left the emotion behind.

Then she went into the arena to give the twerking performance that did precisely what she wanted.

“How many times have you seen this play out in pop?” Cyrus asks. “Madonna’s done it. Britney’s done it.”

And when everyone is buzzing about her grinding on Robin Thicke and finding innovative uses for a foam finger, Cyrus says, “I’m onto the next one. Yes, I am very comfortable with my sexuality.”

Plus, she doesn’t find that performance outrageous.

“People can look at that performance and think it’s a hot mess,” she says. “It’s a strategic hot mess. If I wanted a raunchy sex show, I wouldn’t have been dressed as a damned bear.”

Producer Pharrell Williams, who worked with her on several tracks from “Bangerz,” says, “I’m telling you, the world thinks they know this girl but my thing to you is, don’t be fooled.”

He raves about her voice, and says, “So when people are going, ‘Why is she twerking? Why is she doing this?’ Because she is a byproduct of America.”

“Miley: The Movement” airs at 10 p.m. ET Wednesday on MTV.

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[News] Miley to guest judge on "Styled to rock"

The US version of Rihanna’s fashion competition series Styled to Rock will now air on Bravo.

The show, based on the UK Sky Living original, was originally ordered by the Style Network, which was replaced by the male-oriented Esquire Network last week.

Styled to Rock stars Pharrell Williams, model Erin Wasson and Rihanna’s personal stylist Mel Ottenberg as mentors to 12 up-and-coming designers.

The contestants will battle it out for a $100,000 cash prize, a feature in Glamour magazine and the chance to become a member of Rihanna’s design team.

Rihanna executive produced the series, which features guest judges including Miley Cyrus, Carly Rae Jepsen, Khloé Kardashian, Kylie Minogue, Kelly Osbourne, The Band Perry, Naya Rivera, Big Sean and Ne-Yo.

Shed Media US, Overbrook Entertainment and Marcy Media Films are also producing.

Styled to Rock premieres on Friday, October 25 at 8/7c.

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[News] Robin Thicke "Wouldn't Change a Thing" About VMAs Performance

The MTV Video Music Awards were over a month ago now, but guess what people are still talking about? Yep, Robin Thicke and Miley Cyrus.

But that's totally OK. In fact, that's what they both wanted to happen.

Miley has said she's "proud" of their performance, and last night during the Baggage Claim premiere, Thicke told E! News that he "wouldn't change a thing."

"Miley and I had a blast. She's a great girl. Great family. We went out there to raise some eyebrows and provoke some energy so we accomplished our goal," he told us.

Even Thicke's wife Paula Patton was a little shocked at how their act was perceived and told E! News yesterday, "It's just so funny because when I saw him perform I was like, 'You guys killed it!' We hugged each other, we went out, celebrated," Patton said. "The next day, my cell phone [has] all these texts: 'Praying for you. If you need to talk, I'm here.'"

She added, "It was all about the Miley thing and I thought, Why are people making such a big deal about it? Quite frankly, all my friends dance like that with him. He's like the guy that you can dance with, 'cause he's safe!"

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[Interview] Miley Cyrus on Why She Loves Weed, Went Wild at the VMAs and Much More

When we hung out with Miley Cyrus for our new cover story, the 20-year-old superstar didn’t just get Rolling $tone tattooed on her feet and jump out of an airplane. She also said a bunch of smart, funny things! It turns out Miley’s mouth isn’t just the place her tongue hangs out between posing for photos. The interviews covered way more ground than could fit in the story, so we’ve gathered some of the best parts. Presenting, the Wisdom of Miley.

ON HER VMAS PERFORMANCE

I know what I’m doing. I know I’m shocking you. When I’m dressed in that teddy bear thing, I think that’s funny. I was saying yesterday, I had this obsession about this character that’s like an adult baby. Like if you see a baby do something like that it’s so warped and weird, but there’s something creepily hot about it. So when I’m in that teddy bear suit, I’m like a creepy, sexy baby. But I forget that it’s, like, people in Kansas watching the show. That people that sit their kid in front of the TV and are like, “Oh, an awards show! Let’s watch.”

ON RACE AND POP MUSIC

Me and [producer] Mike WiLL were talking about it. He said, “For me, my biggest achievement has been working with a white girl—but for a white girl to work and associate with black producers, you’re being ratchet.” He’s like, “Why am I on the come-up if I work with you, but if you work with me, it’s like you’re trying to be hood?” It’s a double-standard. I didn’t really realize it, but people are still racist. It’s kind of insane. Like if I had come out [at the VMAs] with all white-girl dancers, and done the fucking “Cha Cha Slide”— same outfit, same everything — it wouldn’t have been bad. But because of who I came out with, people got upset. Because they were girls from the club. They had thick asses. They were twerking. That’s what I want, though — I want real girls up there who can really party. The Baker girls [her backup dance crew, the L.A. Bakers] don’t give a fuck about me. They love me, but they’re not kissing my ass. They’re just excited to not be dancing at the club.

ON DRUGS

I think weed is the best drug on earth. One time I smoked a joint with peyote in it, and I saw a wolf howling at the moon. Hollywood is a coke town, but weed is so much better. And molly, too. Those are happy drugs— social drugs. They make you want to be with friends. You’re out in the open. You’re not in a bathroom. I really don’t like coke. It’s so gross and so dark. It’s like what are you, from the ’90s? Ew.

ON BEING IN THE SPOTLIGHT

I said I was going to take a year off before I made this record. But it’s hard to take a break. It’s almost depressing when you’re not working. You’re so used to people calling your name, and that energy, and when you don’t have it anymore … That’s why I never complain about people wanting autographs or pictures. Because if there were a few days where no one asked, I’d probably be like “What the fuck’s going on? Do people not like me?” I hate the paparazzi — but when they’re not sitting there waiting for you, you’re like “Who’s bigger news? Who are you trying to get a picture of?”

ON THE “WRECKING BALL” VIDEO

It’s the opposite of the VMAs. It’s like the Sinead O’Connor video [for "Nothing Compares 2 U"], but, like, the most modern version. I wanted it to be tough but really pretty — that’s what Sinead did with her hair and everything. The trick is getting the camera up above you, so it almost looks like you’re looking up at someone and crying. I think people are going to hate it, they’re going to see my ass and be like, “Oh my God, I can’t believe she did that” — and then when we get to the bridge, they’re gonna have a little tear and be like, “Fuck you!” I think it will be one of those iconic videos too. I think it’s something that people are not gonna forget. Hopefully an artist 30 years from now will be like “Yo you remember that Miley Cyrus video? We gotta do something like that.”

That sledgehammer was heavy as shit, though. My arms were so sore the next day. And they didn’t tell me it was painted, so I was licking it, and they were like, “Don’t lick that!”

ON HER FAMOUS TONGUE

I just stick my tongue out because I hate smiling in pictures. It’s so awkward. It looks so cheesy. Now people expect it — like, “Put your tongue out!” It’s just easier that way. Taking pictures is so embarrassing. But there’s also something about it that I think is cool. Every other girl is so serious — like this is my moment on the red carpet, I’m in my ball gown, looking pretty. There’s something empowering about what I’m doing right now. Especially having “short hair don’t care.” I think it’s empowering for girls. Because there’s not one thing that defines what beauty is.

ON LIVING IN LOS ANGELES

The thing about L.A. is it’s pretty much always nice out here. Even when it was 100 the other day, I loved it. It felt good. I worked on my album in Philly, and I would take the train to New York on the weekends, and I’d get off the train and immediately want to die. I would just hate my life. And I’m from Nashville, which is kind of similar — when it’s hot, it’s fucking miserable. But Nashville at least it kind of rains in the summer. I don’t even remember the last time it rained out here. I always wondered how those big-ass fires start in L.A., and then I’ll throw my cigarette out the window or something, and I’m like “There it is.”

ON ANIMALS

I love animals, but I don’t really like riding animals. Like, I don’t love being on a horse — it’s just not my thing. I feel kinda bad. Like, I just want to pet you. I don’t really want to put you to work. But cats — cats are fucking creepy. Oh my God, cats are creepy. Every time I see a cat, I think it’s gonna turn on me. It’s gonna turn for the worst. I don’t ever see loyalty in cats. They’re gonna scratch you, and then run away. Same with little dogs. Did you know Yorkies were bred to kill mice in the Queen’s palace? I had a Yorkshire Terrier —and if I was a rat, it definitely would have eaten me. And Chihuahuas are the most scary animals on the planet. I’m terrified of Chihuahuas.

ON WATCHING TV

I like Workaholics a lot. American Horror Story is my favorite show — it’s so good, so scary. I think I’m gonna start Downton Abbey next, but I don’t know if it’s my vibe. I always thought that shit was too hipster. And Breaking Bad I just got into, but I haven’t been able to keep up with it as much. There’s just a lot of him coughing. I’m in the first season, and the coughing is driving me crazy. Like, we get it. You’re dying. Do you really need a whole two-minute scene of another cough attack? It’s too much. In every bad situation, how does he get out? He just starts coughing.

ON HER HUMANITARIAN WORK

I do these hearing aids for deaf kids in Haiti. We go to the schools and fit the kids for hearing aids, and then go back and give them to them. It’s the craziest experience, because you go in and it’s so quiet, because no one’s ever talked. There are people who are 90 years old who’ve never talked at all. And then you leave, and it’s so loud! They’re all yelling over each other, because they can hear. It’s so awesome. When I first went, I was wearing, like, mountain climbing boots, but now I go back and I’m in flip flops, I’m touching everyone’s hands, I get wasted on rum. Haitians are awesome. They have no idea who I am. They know that I’m someone, but they don’t know what. They just know that they’re selling my backpacks in the street.

ON MEDIA OUTRAGE

I think it’s all marketing. If a website is like, “We love Miley’s performance!”, I don’t think people are gonna click on it. “Miley’s cute performance with teddy bears!”— no one is gonna click on that. So I think it’s the media riling up the people, rather than people riling up the media. And what makes me kind of sick is, Trayvon Martin’s trial didn’t happen more than two months ago. It got talked about a lot — but it still got done being talked about a lot quicker than the VMAs. And that’s really sad. For about two days, it was on Twitter and everything, everyone had their pictures as Trayvon — and then two days later, where was it? Who cared anymore? Even I was like, “I want to help his family when it’s an appropriate time.” But then people just forgot. It slips your mind. We go on to the next thing, our next problem. It’s like, “Why are we not still dealing with that? Why are we not still mourning that loss?”

ON RELATIONSHIPS

It’s all a back-and-forth. Like, when my parents are good, they’re good, and when they’re not they’re not, but they always get themselves back on track. They never put pressure on themselves. And I think that’s a better way to be. That’s how they’ve gotten themselves through everything they’ve been through. The best thing my parents ever taught me is that you don’t have to be attached at the fucking hip. You don’t have to be holding hands all the fucking time. Like my dad can go chill in Nashville for a while, and my mom can stay in L.A., but they’re still walking side by side. And as long as you’re on the same path, one can go a little ahead, and one can be a little behind.

ON GOING BACK TO SCHOOL

Once I ended [Hannah Montana], I thought I might go to NYU or something and study photography. Or to Savannah — they’ve got a really good school in Savannah. I love photography. I have a Canon 5D. I want to co-direct something soon. When they’re saying, “Change this lens to this millimeter,” I want to know what they’re talking about. But I’m never going to be able to go to school and have the normal life. I kind of like the way Mary Kate and Ashley did it. They were bajillionaires from being these kid stars, and they decided that that wasn’t the future that they wanted. So they did fashion, and they kind of blended in at NYU. I don’t think people bug them. I think in New York, it’s not cool to care.

ON HER WORK-LIFE BALANCE

I try to not work too many Sundays. At least on Sunday nights, I try to chill out a little bit. I call it Sunday Funday. Before I got my chef, it would be like Chinese takeout, chill by the pool. Every Sunday, I try to get in my pool for at least a little bit and just chill with the dogs. Have a second to reset my mind, get ready for Monday. Not really do anything, just be home. I look forward to those days.

ON HER VERSION OF STARDOM

I want to be the cool chick that everyone wants to be friends with. I want the people who watch my shows or watch my videos to be like, “She looks like the most fun person to hang out with ever. I want to be that girl’s best friend. I want to party with her.” It’s like, if you’re hanging out with Beyoncé, it’s almost like you’re hanging out with a goddess. She’s like a real queen. It’s a different realm. Where my thing is kind of the opposite. My shtick is I’m the homey.

ON HER DAD’S RELUCTANCE TO LET HER BE IN SHOW BUSINESS

I think if he’d known how it was going to pan out, he would have let me. It’s more that he didn’t necessarily want me to. It’s almost like Toddlers and Tiaras — getting the little kids all dolled up and putting so much pressure on them to win. He didn’t want me ever to feel … the right word isn’t “pageant-y,” but I don’t think he wanted me to feel like I had to be a certain way. Even when it comes to growing up — like, I didn’t really start dressing myself until I was fucking 16. I always had a stylist. So I think my dad wanted me to figure out all that out on my own. To go through my awkward stages without people zooming in on every fucking pimple. I think he wanted me to be able to be a kid and have braces and go through my ugly phase, without people talking about it. To be able to just hang and live.

ON BEING TALKED ABOUT IN THE PRESS

My parents have never allowed tabloids in the house. When my mom used to have assistants or whatever and they would bring tabloids over, she would be like, “Can’t work with us. I don’t want my kids reading that.” So my dad doesn’t really know what they’re saying about me or our family — which is better. It’s good that he doesn’t know how to Google and all that shit. My dad barely knows how to use the computer. It literally takes him 45 minutes to send a tweet. He’s like, “Can I do a picture on my BlackBerry? Is there an app for that?” I’m like, “Dad, you don’t have an iPhone. You don’t even know what that means.”

ON HER ROLE MODELS

I watch people like Dolly [Parton]. Dolly knows what she is. She’s smart. She’s not just a blonde with big titties — she is a genius under there. She literally came from nothing, and now you go anywhere in the world, and they know Dolly Parton. It’s like, don’t let people’s judgment define who you are. Don’t read the comments and get nervous. Know who you are.

ON SPACE TRAVEL

I’ve always dreamed of going into space. I’m going to go at some point. Virgin Galactic is taking a ship up next year — I’m trying to get on there right now. I’ve got a friend who invested in it, and he can kind of hook it up. I want to be one of the first ones. I thought the only way I would ever be allowed to go to space was if I was an astronaut. I never thought it was gonna be, like, a plane trip. At some point it’s gonna be a normal fare. Right now it’s like a billion dollars. But at some point it’s gonna be like going to Australia.

ON CIVIL RIGHTS

When my kids are around, there will be no one on this planet who was alive when there was segregation. Like, my grandma was around when there was real segregation, when there was no intertwining. For her, for someone that was born in the ’30s, it’s kind of shocking to have a black president. My grandma didn’t have a fucking phone even in her house. It was like Gone With the Wind. Calling long distance was like the craziest shit ever. Now my grandma’s like, “What do you mean you can watch a video on your phone?” It’s gonna be the exact same thing with my kids: “What do you mean gay people couldn’t get married?”

ON HER LOVE OF MUSIC

I’m just around music all the time. Even today, I woke up this morning, went in to my jam room, and I just jammed. I’ll sit in there and jam all day. My chef loves it, ’cause every morning I’m down there playing the piano. I’m writing pretty much all the time. Sometimes I think other people don’t get it — to them, it seems like all I do is work. But you can’t shut off from this.

ON HER NEW ALBUM, BANGERZ

It’s coming out soon, so right now I’m listening to it 20,000 times to make sure it’s perfect. I have to make sure every detail is perfect. There are albums that people still are listening to, like Michael Jackson’s Bad, because it’s so fucking dope. I want people to listen to my album like that. There’s a line Ludacris says on my album that goes, “If I die before my time, at least I’ll still be living through my music.” That’s something I’ve said over and over again. Like, I have one Pixies record that is a time for me — from the time I was 16 until I was 18, the Pixies is all I listened to. And I’m going to be that artist to so many people, so I want to make sure my record is the best it can be. I’m trying to set a new standard for pop music. So it has to live up.

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[Articles] Forbes: The brilliance of Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus is brilliant. I know you’re probably thinking “Bobby has lost his mind” right about now but hear me out. We’ve just witnessed one of the most complete marketing makeovers in show business history when it comes to Miley. Let me explain why.

A little more than a month ago, Ms Cyrus was a former teen star struggling to be taken seriously in her new world of adulthood. The efforts to distance herself from her Disney past just made her look like another child star floundering in a grown-up world on the edge of another celebrity burn-out. A month later, near record time, the media world’s perception of her is totally different.

I say this as neither a fan of her or her music (I’m way past the demographic to care about either), but I have to say that over that short period I went from “Not her again” in my newsfeed to admiration of the campaign that she and her handlers created to kill the old Miley Cyrus and invent a new one. Let’s look at a rough chronology of events.

Early August Miley is still perceived as a grown Hannah Montana by a disdainful public, with many of her former fans having moved on to a new set of age-appropriate celebrities. Then came the famous “twerking” incident on the Video Music Awards in late August and she seemed more like a bratty young women willing to do anything for attention. But in quick succession, her provocative “Wrecking Ball BLL -1.01%” video dropped, she’s topless on the cover of The Rolling Stone and photos of the new Miley flood the news and the web, she feeds the controversy with interviews, then gets the cover of Fashion Magazine and photos and interviews flood the web and social media again, and what do we have? Complete reinvention.

That includes a number one hit atop the Billboard Hot 100 (for a second week) with “Wrecking Ball,” a song that might’ve gotten a few days of play then dropped like a stone hadn’t the “new Miley” emerged. The downloads are now over half a million and the YouTube views of the song are up over 150 million, and you can bet the farm that she wouldn’t have had anywhere near the numbers like this in her previous persona. Of course, the current lifespan of any pop star is short-lived and her latest 15 minutes might be up soon, but the fact of the matter is that she managed to get an extra half-hour that has the possibility of extending even a bit longer as a result of this transformation.

In almost the blink of a show-business eye she’s managed to completely erase the image of Miley as Hannah Montana and become Miley the adult pop singer. This just goes to show that you can change public perception and do it fast with the right guidance and PR campaign.

Take notice that nowhere so far have I mentioned her talent. Decide for yourself whether what she offers speaks to you (or your kids). For that matter, take talent completely out of the picture. What we’re talking about here is more a case study on how to change public opinion quickly in three simple steps.

1. Bury the old image and perception. Don’t acknowledge the past because from this point forward it’s dead.

2. Appear in the most public situation possible, then wear the new perception like a comfortable overcoat, only outrageously so. Make people gasp. Make them talk, tweet and share.

3. Begin a barrage media campaign on multiple formats completely in the new perception. Be prepared to act upon every situation presented, and then execute robustly.

That, my friends, is how to recreate your image overnight. The brilliance of Miley Cyrus is that she was willing to do it with vigor.

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[Video] 'Miley: The Movement' Commercial

[Video] HAIM cover Miley Cyrus' Wrecking Ball

[News] Miley Cyrus Selling Old Camera on eBay

Turns out, Miley Cyrus has a lucrative side gig as an eBay seller. (No, seriously.)

The 20-year-old pop star—whose estimated net worth is a reported $150 million—is selling her old camera on the online shopping site.

And while the starting bid began at a very reasonable $26, the price has since skyrocketed, after Cyrus alerted her over 14 million Twitter followers that her Nikon N80 35mm SLR film camera is up for sale. 

"BUY MY OLD CAMERA!," the "Wrecking Ball" singer tweeted Wednesday with a link to the product page, although she removed the tweet from her feed minutes later.

But the deleted tweet didn't stop her loyal Smilers from heading over to eBay to start bidding on the "barely used" camera, with the top bid currently being $10,100 as the price continues to increase at a rapid rate. (There's still 6 days left to place your bids!)

While the camera probably doesn't come with any sexy selfies, it does come with a 28-90mm Lens Kit and "is fully operational and functions as intended," according to the item description.

But what's even more surprising than the starlet's eBay sale is the fact that she's been a member of the site since Nov. 2007 and has sold 16 items under the username "getit555."

Cyrus keeps her identity secret on the page, which is common for many eBay sellers, although she clearly let the cat of the bag with her latest 140 character request.

She also has 100 percent positive feedback on the site, with numerous buyers calling the pop star an "excellent eBayer" (one user did have a complaint over a shirt purchased from Cyrus back in 2010, saying the "shirt was not a women's medium, but child's size").

Still want a piece of Cyrus, but worried her camera will break your bank account?

Well, you're in luck, because the performer is also currently selling her Apple iPhone 4, with the current bid being just $61. (We're sure that number's gone up by now.)

Clearly, that product didn't get a promotional tweet.

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[News] Nicki Minaj Talks Miley Cyrus

Could you imagine the twerking that would go on if Miley Cyrus and Nicki Minaj performed together?

Well, it almost actually happened. Buzz about a collaboration between the two began after a photo of Cyrus, her "23" partner Mike WILL Made It and Minaj in a recording studio together hit Instagram in early August.

"I didn't make any music with Miley," Minaj told me yesterday while promoting her new fragrance, Minajesty, at the L'Ermitage Beverly Hills hotel. "There was a song that was a possibility but it didn't work out."

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[Video] Miley Cyrus' Insane Skydiving

“I’ve always wanted to [go sky-diving],” Miley Cyrus tells contributing editor Josh Eells in her new Rolling Stone cover story. “We should do it.” The next morning, the duo drove to Skydive Perris in the desert outside of L.A. “If I die,” Cryus tells instructor Scott Smith, “you guys are so fucked.”

The video, captured by Smith and videographer George Katsoulis, documents Cyrus’ six-minute flight from 12,500 feet. “I’m finally a bird,” Miley says in mid-air, “like I always wanted to be.”

Back on Earth, Cyrus called her mother to say she’s alive. “One thing about sky diving,” she says, “you really know who you love, based on who you call.”

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[Interiew] Miley on the cover of Fashion magazine

Ten days after Miley Cyrus’s explosive performance at MTV’s Video Music Awards, FASHION magazine photographed the 20-year-old chart-topper at a private estate in the Hollywood Hills for the November issue. Features editor Elio Iannacci was on set to conduct an in-depth interview with the singer, who opened up on her recent, radical transformation, her critics, and the making of her soon-to-be-released album, Bangerz. Here is a sneak peek of our cover story, which hits newsstands nationwide on October 7, 2013.

On her discerning taste in fashion:

“I can go through so many clothes say ‘no, that’s not me’ right away. I’m so adamant and controlling and OCD about my work that I can scare some people—especially when it comes to clothes. I have a very specific style of my own and I think it is better to be stylish than trendy. I find vintage Celine or Chanel and mix it with athletic or vintage pieces makes a look modern and fresh. Vintage makes everything look punk.”

On the way MTV censored her VMA performance:

“I was trying to slap Robin’s ass but no one saw it! Believe me! MTV edited so much. They cut almost everything I did. I’m proud of that performance. I feel like music is really stale right now. I could have guessed what a lot of artists would have done that night. The reaction to what I did has been insane. I think it was a breath of fresh air! For the people that don’t get it, you weren’t meant to.”

On critics and competition:

“I feel like I’m in a different lane now. When it comes to critics, I have my blinders on and I don’t really feel like I have to compete with other pop artists. I never think, ‘oh this performance is going to make her look bad or out-shadow her’ either but if there is no competition, there would be no reason for any of us to show up to work. At an office, everyone is trying to be boss. Pop music is the same. What I wear adds a factor that other girls can’t compete with.”

On “Drive”—a new song that alludes to her relationship with ex-boyfriend, Liam Hemsworth:

“I wrote it while I was working on Valentine’s Day—emotionally it was such a hard time. It is about needing to leave someone but not really wanting to completely cut yourself off from the relationship. It’s a time when you want to leave but you can’t. It’s also about moving on.”

On the artists who fuel her vision:

“Terry Richardson shot my video for “Wrecking Ball” and he’s about capturing strength versus beauty. His women look so strong in his images. I was so inspired by [photographer] Ryan McGinley’s work too [for the video to "We Can't Stop"]-especially a series where he shot all these the girls coming out of trees. Having artist Todd James create all the teddy bears for the VMAs was a thrill too—it was one of the things I was hoping people would focus on. I was hoping some would think, ‘Miley may be out there shaking her ass and having fun but she’s got some intelligence.’ Some people just saw the teddy bears but they didn’t look into the details. We had [faux] Picasso paintings going by the stage too. People who want to open their eyes can see something bigger in my work.”

On taking style advice from Pharrell Williams:

“I found what I wore on the red carpet to the VMAs with Pharrell. It was a Dolce and Gabbana piece from 1992—the year I was born. He saw it and said, ‘you have to buy it.’ I think that outfit added a factor that the other girls couldn’t compete with. Pharrell says it’s not about what you’re wearing; it’s the way you wear it. That was a lesson I took to heart. I think it is important that I execute a look better than other people. Fashion is what separates me from everyone else.”

To read our cover story, pick up the FASHION Magazine November 2013 issue starring Miley Cyrus, available on newsstands October 7, 2013.

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[News] Miley Cyrus' 'Wrecking Ball' Spends Second Week Atop Hot 100

Miley Cyrus holds at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Wrecking Ball." The song wins a close race with Katy Perry's former two-week topper "Roar," which takes over atop the Radio Songs chart. Lorde, meanwhile, climbs to No. 1 on Digital Songs with "Royals," which remains at No. 3 on the Hot 100.

Last week, "Ball" bounded 22-1 on the Hot 100 as it soared 21-1 on Streaming Songs with a 1,565% gain to 36.5 million streams in the chart's tracking week, according to Nielsen BDS, following the song's Sept. 9 video premiere. This week, the ballad stays atop Streaming Songs but with a 61% loss to 14.3 million. "Ball" concurrently leads the subscription services-based On-Demand Songs chart for a second week with a 4% decrease to 2.7 million.

"Ball" drops 1-3 on Digital Songs with a 36% fall to 301,000, according to Nielsen SoundScan; last week, it rocketed 10-1 with 477,000, a 312% rise. Airplay, meanwhile, is building strongly for the track, as it flies 59-31 on Radio Songs with 38 million all-format audience impressions (up 90%), according to BDS.

While it reigns for a second frame, "Ball" deflates by 50% in overall Hot 100 chart points. As Perry's "Roar" (2-2) is down by 8%, the songs are separated by just 2% in points. Last week, "Ball" boasted an almost two-to-one points lead.

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[Lists] Miley is #3 on Billboard's Hottest 21 under 21 stars

They've got hit records, millions of fans, and the kind of success most musicians only dream of -- and they can't even legally uncork a bottle of champagne to celebrate their success. Welcome to Billboard.com's 2013 edition of 21 Under 21, our annual ranking of music's most powerful minors.

From bubbly boy bands (and a cool girl group) to hip-hop powerhouses, a sweet K-Pop princess to a rising EDM star, and of course, international pop icons, these are the fresh faces whose careers will continue to pack the biggest punches over the next 12 months. Get used to them all, because they're just getting started.

#3 Miley Cyrus

Last Year's Rank: 18

Birthdate: November 23, 1992 (age 20)

Why She's Hot: On last year's 21 Under 21 list, Miley Cyrus was ranked at No. 18, and we argued, "Miley Cyrus' musical career has been quiet this year, but that's looking to change in 2013." Boy, did it ever. After her 2010 album "Can't Be Tamed" debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 chart but failed to spawn an overpoweringly hot single, Cyrus regrouped, chopped off her locks, linked up with new collaborators and returned with a fresh, hip-hop-inflected sound. The Mike WiLL Made It-produced "We Can't Stop" served as a summer-appropriate comeback single and presented the most unforgettable moment at this year's MTV Video Music Awards, but "Wrecking Ball" was an even bigger smash (pun intended), and gave Cyrus her first No. 1 single on the Hot 100 chart. With "SNL," a TV documentary and lots more twerking in her immediate future, the sky is the limit for the former Hannah Montana on the eve of her 21st birthday.

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[Videos] James Arthur and Cher cover Miley songs

James's cover of "Wrecking Ball":

Cher's cover of "I Hope You Find It":

[Video] NRJ Radio Commercial

[Video] Wrecking Ball Director's Cut

[News] See Miley Cyrus' Outrageous 'Rolling Stone' Tattoo

For her first Rolling Stone cover story, Miley Cyrus wanted to do something fun. “I thought about going to play laser tag,” she tells contributing editor Josh Eells. “But laser tag sucks.” Naturally, the next idea was getting a tattoo.

Eells was with the Bangerz singer as she had the words ROLLING inked on her right foot and $TONE added to her left. While these are the 20-year-old pop star’s first tattoos on her feet, she has lots of others: a peace sign, an equal sign, a heart and a cross (all on her fingers); the words love inside her right ear and just breathe over her rib cage; a Leonardo da Vinci sketch on her right forearm, and above it, the Roman numerals VIIXCI, for 7/91, the month and year her parents first met.

Most impressive, though, is the art on the inside of her left forearm – the words SO THAT HIS PLACE SHALL NEVER BE WITH THOSE COLD AND TIMID SOULS WHO NEITHER KNOW VICTORY NOR DEFEAT. “It’s from a Teddy Roosevelt speech,” Cyrus says. “It’s about how people judge who wins and who loses, but they’re not the ones in there fighting.”

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[Gallery Updates] Miley on the cover of Rolling Stone

In the backroom of a tattoo parlor on North La Brea Avenue in L.A., Miley Cyrus is about to get some new ink. "All right, face down," says the tattoo artist, a bald guy named Mojo. Miley flips onto her stomach and sticks her ass in the air. On the bottom of her dirty feet, in ballpoint pen, are written the words ROLLING (right foot) and $TONE (left).

"People get tattoos of the most fucked-up shit," Miley says. "Did you know Alec Baldwin has Hannah Montana's initials tattooed on him? No, wait – Stephen Baldwin. He said he was my biggest fan, and I told him my biggest fans have tattoos. So he got hm tattooed on his shoulder." She shakes her head. "People do fucked-up shit."

For her first Rolling Stone cover story, Miley wanted to do something fun. "I thought about going to play laser tag," she says. "But laser tag sucks. And we could have gone bowling, but what are we, 90?" Naturally, the next idea was getting a tattoo.

"All right, darlin'," says Mojo. "You ready?"

"Ready," she says. Mojo fires up the needle, which begins buzzing extremely loudly. "I hate seeing the needle," says Miley. She cranes her neck backward. "Does it hurt? It hurts, right?"

Mojo: "Yeah, it hurts."

These are the 20-year-old pop star's first tattoos on her feet, but she has lots of others: a peace sign, an equal sign, a heart and a cross (all on her fingers); the words love inside her right ear and just breathe over her rib cage; a Leonardo da Vinci sketch on her right forearm, and above it, the Roman numerals VIIXCI, for 7/91, the month and year her parents first met. And on the inside of her left forearm, the words so THAT HIS PLACE SHALL NEVER BE WITH THOSE COLD AND TIMID SOULS WHO NEITHER KNOW VICTORY NOR DEFEAT. "It's from a Teddy Roosevelt speech," she says. "It's about how people judge who wins and who loses, but they're not the ones in there fighting." In other words, "It's about critics."

Four days earlier, Miley performed at the VMAs. Maybe you heard about it. A lot of people got mad. Miley did things with a foam finger that made the inventor of the foam finger accuse her of having "degraded" an "icon." Most people thought it was Miley's fault, but Miley didn't care. That's what the Teddy Roosevelt quote is about. Haters gonna hate.

Mojo leans in with the needle. On the stereo, "Apache," by the Incredible Bongo Band, is playing. He writes the r, then the o. "How you doing?" he asks.

"Good," Miley says, gritting her teeth.

Then he does the l. "Motherfucker!"

Over on the couch, a guy named Cheyne is cracking up. Cheyne, 22, is Miley's assistant, and also her best friend. They've known each other for a long time, but Miley hired him only last year, before she went to Philadelphia and Miami to record her new album. Cheyne was working at Starbucks at the time. "And I was like, 'Fuck that,'" Miley says. "My best friend can't work at Starbucks! We've been working ever since."

Mojo, on the g, hits a nerve. "Owwww!" Miley screams.

"You hanging in there?" Mojo asks.

"I'm alive," she says.

"OK. We're almost done."

Mojo takes a quick break while Miley collects herself, and then finishes the job. "Easy!" Miley says. After, Mojo asks if she'll do him a favor. He takes out his phone and calls his 10-year-old daughter, Josie, who just started fifth grade.

"What a cool dad!" says Miley. "Face­Timing from the tattoo shop."

Josie's face pops up onscreen. "Hi, Daddy!" she says.

"Hi, sweet angel!" says Mojo.

Miley leans in. "Hey! I hear you make a face like me!" Josie smiles and sticks her tongue out, and Miley does the same. "Yay!" Miley says.

"OK, say good night," says Mojo.

"Good night!" says Josie.

"Adios!" Miley says. Mojo hangs up, and Miley hops down off the table and lands on her feet.

"Motherfucker!" she says.

In this era of deep national polarization, there's one thing on which we can pretty much all agree: It's an interesting time to be Miley Cyrus. She's been dealing with fame in varying degrees for her entire life, first as the daughter of country star Billy Ray Cyrus, whose "Achy Breaky Heart" was to 1992 what "Blurred Lines" is to 2013, then as the insanely popular Disney tween icon Hannah Montana. But all that was just a prelude to Miley 3.0, a tongue-wagging, hard-twerking, all-grown-up pop star, like it or not.

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[Video] "23" Official Music Video

[News] Miley Cyrus' 'Wrecking Ball' Helped Convince RCA To Sign Her

One week after Miley Cyrus' salacious music video for "Wrecking Ball" smashed the 24-hour record for views across the Vevo platform, the accumulation of those streams helped propel the ballad to the top of the Billboard Hot 100. "Wrecking Ball" leapt 22-1 on last week's chart, giving the 20-year-old Cyrus her first chart-topper less than a month before "Bangerz," her fourth studio album and RCA Records debut, arrives Oct. 8.

After "Wrecking Ball" dipped from a prior peak of No. 14 to No. 22 on last issue's Hot 100, the Sept. 9 Vevo premiere of the song's music video helped increase its U.S. streaming numbers by 1,565% in its fourth week on the chart. Directed by Terry Richardson, the clip depicts Cyrus straddling a swinging wrecking ball and licking a sledgehammer in slow motion.

"Clearly after [MTV's Video Music Awards], her fans and people [in general] were looking for the next 'Miley event,'" RCA president/COO Tom Corson says. He also points out that Cyrus helped stoke interest in the "Wrecking Ball" video by promising her 13 million Twitter followers that she would unveil the full track list to "Bangerz" if her latest clip set the 24-hour Vevo record. After the video smashed the mark set by One Direction's "Best Song Ever" clip (12.3 million views) by garnering 19.3 million in one day, Cyrus kept her word, revealing collaborations with Britney Spears, French Montana and Nelly, among others.

"We feel like [the video] over-performed, and we were very pleased with the pickup," continues Corson. "The video is obviously high-quality, and the song is beautiful and wonderful. It's one of the songs that convinced us to sign her."

Produced by Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald and Cirkut, "Wrecking Ball" offers starker lyrical content and a slower tempo than Cyrus' previous single, "We Can't Stop," which spent most of the summer camped out in the Hot 100's top five. However, WHTZ (Z100) New York PD Sharon Dastur believes pop listeners are ready to put away the summer's dance anthems in favor of something more contemplative on top 40.

"Now we're heading into fall, and ... the timing is perfect for this type of tempo and style," Dastur says, adding that "Wrecking Ball" is still in Z100's "new" rotation category but that early indications signal a huge hit. The track debuts at No. 35 on the Mainstream Top 40 chart.

Cyrus debuted "Wrecking Ball" live on Saturday (Sept. 20) at the 2013 iHeartRadio Music Festival, during a daytime performance at the outdoor iHeartRadio Village, and then on the main stage at the MGM Grand Garden Arena later that evening. The singer is set to smash the "Saturday Night Live" crowd with her first No. 1 single during her hosting/performing gig on Oct. 5.

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[Gallery Updates] Miley with Justin Timberlake and Mike Will

After the iHeartRadio festival on Saturday (21st Sep), Miley was spotted chatting with Justin Timberlake and Mike Will Made It backstage. Check out the candids in the gallery.

Miley also hosted an after party the same night, check out a couple of pictures here.

If you missed her performances, check out videos HERE and photos HERE.

Backstage at the iHeartRadio 

[News] 'Don’t rush to judgment’ on Miley Cyrus, says Pharrell

Pharrell Williams says the world has only seen “two colours of a colour wheel” when it comes to his friend and collaborator Miley Cyrus.

The superstar singer-songwriter and producer teamed up with Cyrus on her upcoming album.

The former Disney star has made waves with her barely-there ensembles and provocative videos.

She’s also raised eyebrows with her fondness for “twerking,” most recently at the MTV Video Music Awards where she showed off the suggestive, butt-shaking dance move.

Williams described Cyrus as a “professional” who is “just having fun.” And he sees a long future in store for the 20-year-old pop sensation.

Cyrus’s new album “Bangerz” is due out on Oct. 8.

“She’s really eclectic, she’s a Sag(ittarius), so she’s young and fiery and has been doing it for a long time,” Williams said in an interview at Holt Renfrew’s flagship Toronto location in support of his pop-up shop and collaborative line with the retailer.

“(She) has a really great voice and she kind of knows what she wants. So I wouldn’t rush to judgment so fast. I would sort of pace myself because you guys are in for a long journey.”

So does Williams feel people have been rushing to judgment when it comes to Cyrus?

“I don’t know, I couldn’t tell you. To each his own, in terms of your opinion,” replied the hitmaker, who lent his vocals to two summer smash hits — Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” and Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky.”

“I can tell you what I know about her voice. I can tell you what I know about her songs. And I would just say I think it’s important to point out that her dad is Billy Ray Cyrus, so she knows a lot about that genre and does it well,” he added in reference to her country music lineage.

“I mean, you’ve got to hear her. Just go online and see her cover ‘Jolene.’ And speaking of which, her godmother is Dolly Parton. So I wouldn’t rush to judgment so fast. I mean, twerking is like a household phrase because of who? Right?”

Williams also pointed to the record-breaking successes on YouTube for the lead singles from “Bangerz” as further proof of Cyrus’s viability as an artist.

The clip for Cyrus’s “We Can’t Stop” became the fastest to reach 100 million views across Vevo platforms, reaching certified status 37 days since its June premiere.

Cyrus eclipsed her own record with the video for the anthemic “Wrecking Ball” — which features the pop star in the buff — and hit the 100-million mark within just six days of being posted on Sept. 9. “Wrecking Ball” has also catapulted to the No. 1. spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

“That girl is a professional,” said Williams. “She’s just having fun.”

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[News] Katy Perry praises Miley Cyrus' voice

Katy Perry thinks Miley Cyrus has ”an incredible voice”.

The ‘Roar’ hitmaker is very excited for the 20-year-old’s new album ‘Bangerz’ to be released on October 8 and admits she would consider collaborating with the ‘Wrecking Ball’ singer in the future.

Katy, who will celebrate her 29th birthday next month, told E! News at the iHeart Radio Music Festival in Las Vegas on Saturday (22.09.13): ”I don’t know…maybe…she’s got an incredible voice.

”I have heard her sing ‘Wrecking Ball’ before that single came out and I tweeted about it a long time ago before it even came out and I was just so excited about it for her. She’s got a set of pipes that are incredible.”

The ‘Part of Me’ singer voiced her support for Miley, who was recently criticised by a number of other artists including Pink, Elton John, Cher and Jessie J, following her raunchy performance at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York City last month, which saw her gyrating up against Robin Thicke while suggestively touching herself with a foam finger and strutting around the stage with her tongue hanging out while wearing just a latex bikini.

Justin Timberlake also had some kind words for Miley recently but he admitted while he admires her as an artist, he isn’t entirely convinced by her new image.

He previously said: ”I don’t know that I have a definitive thought in one direction or the other about it. I think she’s really smart, and I think she’s really talented.

”I’m not saying I agree with the presentation, but I also feel like every 10 to 15 years we pick somebody that this is what we’re going to do with them, is we’re going to make them the model of who we want our daughters to be or not be.”

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[Gallery Updates] iHeartRadio Festival

Yesterday (21st Sep), Miley performed at the iHeartRadio Village and Main Show in Las Vegas! She performed her biggest hits We Can't Stop, Party in the USA and Wrecking Ball as well as a cover of Melanie Safta's country jam Look What They've Done To My Song. She got very emotional during both of her performances of Wrecking Ball. Check out all the videos of her performances here.

Take a look at all of the pics of her on stage, backstage and on the red carpet in the gallery, Miley looked incredible! 

iHeartRadio Village: Backstage

iHeartRadio Village: Arrivals

iHeartRadio Village: Performance

 iHeartRadio Main Show: Backstage

iHeartRadio Main Show: Performance