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3 December, 2008

Posts Tagged ‘Hannah Montana’

Calling Norma Rae It’s D-Day

By Denis Campbell • Jun 30th, 2008 • Category: Features, Lead Story
Last year’s writer’s strike saw a shortened television season, cost $2.5 billion dollars (according to the LA Economic Development Corp.) and multiple Hollywood projects were placed on hold for four months over web residual payments to writers. The quality of television programming sank further as studios overloaded with so-called “reality” programming and 22-24 week seasons [...]


Miley Cyrus All Growed Up

By Denis Campbell • May 5th, 2008 • Category: Innovators
There is a furore in America as Disney’s Hannah Montana’s alter ego actress Miley Cyrus, a genuine idol to pre-teens and younger, had a grown-up photo shoot with Annie Lebovitz for Vanity Fair.
The 15-year old was shown in one shot wrapped only in a bedsheet and in another sprawled, fully clothed, across Billy Ray Cyrus, [...]