Billy Ray Cyrus blames "Hannah Montana" show for family troubles

[GaPeach]

Excuse me, Independence Day is a great movie. It may not be the best movie ever made but it's certainly enjoyable.

Greatest movie ever because Jeff Goldblum is in it!

[Southpaw]

I liked The Pursuit of Happyness, but thought he was woefully miscast as Ali.

But...but....Ali said Will was the only actor pretty enough to play him.

[FigureSpins]

nevermind - wrong thread

[AxelAnnie]

The bar thing is not such a huge deal where I live. Bars allow 18 and up in but only 21 and up can drink. It would not be unusual at all for an 18 year old to have their party at a bar or to go out to a bar that night since they officially can.

The problem I have with the entire thing is this: The Cyrus family was making a fortune from the Disney name and image. Show a little respect. Would it have been so hard?

[MacMadame]

Also...who names their kids after themselves that way? Seriously.

Well I dated a guy who named both his kids after himself.

[numbers123]

But yeah, like so many other actors who start out so strong, he became more interested in a paycheck than putting out real quality work.

I think everyone is more interested in paycheck. Some people do combine paychecks with other things, but it is very hard to turn down that much money.

[Jot the Dot Dot]

I still blame his mullett and hit song "Achy Breaky Heart" for the family problems.

[UGG]

have you watched the show? I am very careful about what my kids watch, and they watched Hannah Montana. It is a very kid and family friendly show. Miley Cyrus is not Hannah Montana, and vice versa. I also don't allow my children to dress like Ho's but they do have Hannah Montana clothes and music. My children do not read gossip magazines, they do not watch tabloid tv, and they do not go to Perez Hilton, or tmz websites. They have no idea that there has ever been controversy surrounding Miley, they know her as Hannah Montana.

Didn't you know that it is your television's responsibility and the responsibility of celebs to parent your children?

Kidding aside your post makes me want to clap. I cannot stand when parents blame Paris Hilton, Britney Spears etc..for decisions their children make. Kids cannot even be kids anymore. I go to a pretty expensive salon to get my hair done and cannot believe the amount of tweens who get highlights and manicures all while carrying their Coach bags. It's like their parents cannot wait for them to grow up but as soon as they get in trouble for their ho outfit at school, Britney Spears gets blamed LOL.

[genevieve]

Men in Black was a great, great film - and I looooove both I Am Legend and Hancock

[Civic]

...Jada has a VERY shady background, VERY. I cannot stand her. She's lucky she got her a Will Smith.

Details, man details!

Edited to add: Oops! I should have finished reading this thread.

[antmanb]

The problem I have with the entire thing is this: The Cyrus family was making a fortune from the Disney name and image. Show a little respect. Would it have been so hard?

A little respect? To Disney? .... ....ooooookay.

[Jenny]

Also...who names their kids after themselves that way? Seriously.

Victoria and Nicholas Newman are named for their parents, Nikki and Victor Newman!

sez she dealt that shit when she lived in Baltimore. I've heard this from too many different sources to dismiss it as gossip. I can't stand drug dealers.

Really? If she grew up under difficult circumstances and managed to rise above it, I'd give her some points for that. And if she used some of her millions to help those less fortunate than her overcome similar challenges.

My issue with her is that she looks like she works out WAY too much, and has that dehydrated look of bodybuilders right before competition - her arms may look great on the red carpet, but it pulls her face in very weird ways.

[Rex]

Details, man details!

Edited to add: Oops! I should have finished reading this thread.

She was a supposedly a big ol' drug dealer back in Baltimore before coming out to Hollywood. She owns a property in Baltimore, IIRC, that was involved in a huge drug sting a few years back.

Really? If she grew up under difficult circumstances and managed to rise above it, I'd give her some points for that. And if she used some of her millions to help those less fortunate than her overcome similar challenges.

Lots of people grow up under difficult circumstances and they don't sell drugs in order to make it. I could never justify that. I cringe now when I hear some celebs, especially in the hip-hop community, talk about how they sold drugs before they hit it big. Someone could have possibly OD'd or DIED because of them. I've seen too many people die from drugs and all of its nasty aftereffects to give someone "points" because they sold them to "get by". No one. I know of a couple of "mainstream" actors - a big sitcom star and an Oscar-nominated actress who sold them too. Don't have time for them.

My issue with her is that she looks like she works out WAY too much, and has that dehydrated look of bodybuilders right before competition - her arms may look great on the red carpet, but it pulls her face in very weird ways.

She's botoxed. Lately she's been wearing wigs to hide the immobile parts of her face. Sandra Bullock did this recently at the Globes. She had that horrible wig on to hide the fact that she could barely move her face.

[manleywoman]

I had forgotten about Pursuit of Happyness, and I LOVED Six Degrees of Separation. I Am Legend was good too. But there were so many bad ones . . .

[Rex]

But there were so many bad ones . . .

The Wild, Wild West, Hancock, The Legend of Bagger Vance....allegedly, he's in talks to do a remake of Alfred Hitchock's Suspicion. Leave it alone, Will.

[MacMadame]

I liked The Wild, Wild West. It wasn't necessarily a good movie, but it wasn't a bad movie either.

I've liked him in pretty much everything he's been in that I've seen. But I haven't seen most of the movies that people are bitching about. (Mostly because they looked stupid.)

Um, so what does this have to do with Billy Ray Cyrus?

[overedge]

Um, so what does this have to do with Billy Ray Cyrus?

Showbiz parents with kids in showbiz. And their respective successes (or lack thereof) in parenting.

[Rhianna]

Greatest movie ever because Jeff Goldblum is in it!

Jurassic Park remains my favorite movie of all time for a reason.

[liv]

Billy Ray liked that show enough and wanted his daughter promoted so he posed for magazine pictures with her etc.. He could have said no, could have limited her exposure, but that taste of big money just couldn't be spit out. Now it's biting him back.

As for the Smiths... i didn't notice willow at first because Jaden looked like the most spoiled cocky kid ever. His facial expression in pictures just made me want to turn the page because he was so smug. Willow is no better. She just looks totally entitled.

When you grow up with parents who have everything, and who probably told them they could be whatever they wanted, and seeing the Hollywood crowd come visit all the time, of course they'd grow up thinking they could act that way and of course that behaviour makes them appear precocious. What 10 year old from small town America has that confidence and support system? Not many.

[Andrushka]

Badams I have seen the show,and I still wouldn't let my kids watch it,sorry.It's too mature for the audience that was being drawn into it. I've had piano students in the past who were in the 1st-2nd grade,dressing like Hannah Montana.It's not cute.Kids should be kids.