Miley Cyrus Idol thoughts

“It’s so much fun,” said the 16-year-old superstar. “I have these amazing opportunities and I’m doing what I love.”

The frenzied schedule,which Cyrus chronicles on her Twitter account,is apt to get more chaotic as Hannah Montana: The Movie,a big-screen adaptation of the popular Disney series,hits theatres.

If the success of her 3-D concert movie,Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds—which took in $31.1 million its opening weekend in February—is any indication,fans are likely to swarm theatres to catch their favorite wig-wearing star. Or will they?

The movie’s soundtrack debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200,selling 139,000 units—a fraction of the opening numbers of Cyrus’ previous releases. And the recent less-than-rocking box-office opening of Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience further questions the hysteria surrounding Disney’s most celebrated teenage stars. But Cyrus isn’t too worried.

“I think,you know,we’re at a bad time in our economy,” said the singer-actress,who takes time to compose her thoughts before answering questions. “I definitely don’t want to go out and say this is going to be the biggest movie of the year because I’ll just be setting myself up for a downfall.”

In the film,directed by Peter Chelsom (Shall We Dance,Serendipity),Miley Stewart’s growing ego over rising popularity as her secret pop-star persona Hannah Montana makes it difficult for her to manage school,friends and her career. To teach her a lesson,Stewart’s dad takes the teenager home to Crowley Corners,Tennessee,to reflect on what matters in life.

It’s the kind of move Cyrus said she would welcome in her own life.
“The moment she says,‘Daddy,let’s go back to the farm,’ I’ll be the first guy to load up the truck,” said dad Billy Ray Cyrus,who also costars with her in Hannah Montana: The Movie.
In addition to the film,Cyrus recently released her autobiography Miles to Go,which begins with her sixth-grade year and chronicles her road to Disney stardom.
“I think she gets a raw deal when it comes to some of her publicity,” said Jason Earles,who plays Jackson in the series and the film. “To think that she can be perfect all of the time is just silly.”

Silly or not,the criticisms don’t stop—she’s being slammed for dating 20-year-old model Justin Gaston,there was a provocative Vanity Fair spread,self-portraits of a scantily clad Cyrus that circulated in cyberspace and a photo that some viewed as racially insensitive because Cyrus is shown pulling her eyes into a slanted position.
“I want to be a role model,” Cyrus said. “But I’m going to make mistakes. While your kids are growing up,I have to grow up too.”
_Yvonne Villarreal,LATWP