Miley Cyrus Voted Worst Celebrity Influence

Who didn't see this one coming. 16-year-old singer and actress, Miley Cyrus, star of the popular Disney show "Hannah Montana" has been voted the "Worst Celebrity Influence of 2009" in a pop culture survey. That has to hurt.

It's been one PR disaster after another for Cyrus and when you beat the number one train wreck Britney Spears for the top spot in the run amok stakes, just know things are going very wrong in your life.

From the inappropriate photo leaks to the scantily clad magazine photos, revealing red carpet clothes to the "Sex In The City 2" cameo appearance and let's not forget the stripper pole performance at an awards show this year, the Miley camp has exhibited poor judgment.

She seems like a nice girl, but nonetheless, some very poor choices are being made and it is adding up to a disaster. I dislike it when kids go in the wrong direction and she is at a very crucial point in life.

Her parents need to seek God's guidance, before their child goes down the stand Hollywood child star path of underage sex, STDs and massive drug addiction. No one needs that.

She a gifted young girl and it benefits no one to grow up too fast. I've been imploring the family via the site, for over a year, to put the brakes on the Miley machine, before it crashes.

I know Disney frequents the site, as they are routinely in the site statistics and I do dislike their company, as they are horrible and very exploitative.

So many Disney child stars have hit the skids. To employ the well worn legal phrase, "There ought to be a law."

Miley Cyrus voted worst celebrity influence of 2009

Wed Oct 28, 2:01 pm ET - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Miley Cyrus, one of Disney's hottest stars of the past three years with hit records and hit films, has been voted the worst celebrity influence of 2009 by the very people who made her a star, tweens and teens, according to an online poll on Wednesday.

Cyrus, 16, took 42 percent of votes in the poll for AOL's JSYK.com (Just So You Know) website aimed at 9-15 year-olds, pushing Britney Spears and rapper Kanye West into second and third places, respectively, in a section on worst celebrity influences of the year.

No reasons were given for the poor showing of the singer-actress and the popular star of Disney Channel's "Hannah Montana" television series.

But the ranking follows a year which has seen Cyrus controversially dating a 20 year-old model, making "slant eyes" in an informal snapshot criticized as mocking Asians, and being accused of pole-dancing on a teen awards show...

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"Inglorious Basterds" Opening Weekend

Actor Brad Pitt's graphic film "Inglorious Basterds" directed by Quentin Tarantino, is projected to open at number one at the North American Box Office this weekend, with a moderate take of $30-$35 million in ticket sales.

"Brad Pitt Is A Basterd"

Two days ago, the New York Times published an article, questioning the lackluster box office sales of late, of Hollywood A-List stars such as Pitt and wondered if he would be able to break out of that rut.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt

Well, it does not appear so, as opening numbers for "Inglorious Basterds" are slightly above average, but by no means a smash.

Megan Fox

The only big box office hit thus far this year was the movie "Transformers" starring Megan Fox and Shia LaBoeuf. Maybe opportunistic, fame loving, attention seeking, weed smoking Brad will dump his partner Angelina for her knock off Megan. It's not like he hasn't done something like that before.

A-List Stars Flailing at the Box Office This Summer

Published: August 20, 2009 - LOS ANGELES — The spring and summer box office has murdered megawatt stars like Will Ferrell, Denzel Washington, Julia Roberts, Eddie Murphy, John Travolta, Russell Crowe, Tom Hanks and Adam Sandler.

Can Brad Pitt escape? A-list movie stars have long been measured by their ability to fill theaters on opening weekend. But never have so many failed to deliver, resulting in some rare soul-searching by motion picture studios about why the old formula isn’t working — and a great deal of agita from stars (and agents) about the potential vaporization of their $20 million paychecks.

“The cratering of films with big stars is astounding,” said Peter Guber, the former chairman of Sony Pictures who is now a producer and industry elder statesman. “These supertalented people are failing to aggregate a large audience, and everybody is looking for answers.”

Mr. Guber added, “Even Johnny Depp” — starring in the drama “Public Enemies” — “didn’t exactly deliver a phenomenal result.”

Mr. Ferrell bombed in “Land of the Lost,” a $100 million comedy that sold only $49 million in tickets in North America. Ms. Roberts missed with “Duplicity,” a $60 million thriller that sold $40.5 million. “Angels & Demons” (Mr. Hanks) was soft. Ditto for “The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3” (Mr. Washington and Mr. Travolta)...

The fading ability of Hollywood stars to command box office attention, and why it’s happening, has been a perennial topic in Hollywood. And economists and academics have long argued that marquee names are not worth their expense.

“Stars and success as a corollary is largely a myth,” said S. Abraham Ravid, an economics professor at Rutgers University who has conducted several studies on movie business practices.

But some of the same chewed-over reasoning for lessening star power has become even truer with time: people are harder to move off the sofa; a plethora of entertainment options competes for time and attention; the Web and paparazzi culture have made it difficult for stars to stand apart as rare and unique...

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