Miley Cyrus is the cover girl for the March issue of Marie Claire (American). I hate myself for liking the styling of this shoot – I get the feeling that Miley’s default styling is on “duck-lip pose while wearing something trashy”. Marie Claire subdued that and made her look almost wholesome-pretty. I really like the black & white photo at the bottom of the post too. Anyhoodle, Miley’s interview is somewhat interesting – the full piece is here, and I’ll just do the highlights. Miley talks about the smoking salvia thing… and being a role model. And that’s about it. Oh, she’s now tight with Demi Moore. Eh.
The Salvia Incident: The subject of “The Bong Incident” (which, in case you have been living under a rock, involved a two-and-a-half-minute video of Cyrus smoking a bong filled with salvia, an herb sold legally in many health-food stores, posted on TMZ in December) has come up, and after she says all the things you expect her to say (“I’m not perfect … I made a mistake … I’m disappointed in myself for disappointing my fans …”), I cannot help but set my journalist hat aside for a minute and say, “But do you really think it was a mistake? Obviously college kids your age all over America are smoking bongs with a lot more than salvia in them.” She looks at me with her big blue baby-doll eyes. “But they’re not Miley Cyrus,” she says. “They’re not role models. So for me it was a bad decision, because of my fans and because of what I stand for.”
Miley’s goal: To “spread love and change the world in 2011.”
On Demi Moore: There is the comedy LOL that she made earlier this year with Demi Moore, with whom she still talks to (or texts) almost every day. (“It really felt like Demi was my mom a little bit because we had such great conversations, and I feel like it shows on-screen. I can’t wait for LOL to come out. It’s what I’m most proud of.”)
On Kelly Osbourne: There is her So Undercover costar and new friend Kelly Osbourne, whom she adores and often runs around with on the set, singing “You’re the One That I Want” from Grease or “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music. (“We’re so much alike, it’s crazy.”)
[From Marie Claire]
I think my favorite is her goal to “spread love and change the world in 2011.” Because… that sounds about right. My goal is a butterfly up everybody’s ass and world peace.
Here’s the behind-the-scenes video of her Marie Claire shoot. Her voice will make you want to punch someone.
Photos courtesy of Marie Claire‘s slideshow.
love how she looks like she is rolling her eyes on the cover. How appropriate.
Can not stand the sight of the girl. Everytime I see her the only thing that pops in my head is “A horse is a horse of course of course unless it’s Mr. Ed,” not sure if it’s her teeth her face shape, but all I see is a damn horse!
Let’s ban the preamble to all excuses, which is “I’m not perfect…”, from the English language. God I hate that.
My question: Um, what exactly does she stand for? Cutoffs, butterfly tats, and white dudes who wear wife b’s? Oh and that spread love crap, you can tell she has been hanging out with Ashton Kutcher.
…did she really pronounce it “Mary Claire”?!
Give her a break. Who hasn’t smoked a bong before? Seriously.
But she needs to grow a brain. Not everyone she hangs out with has her interests in mind.
you’ve got to admit, shes got amazing legs, for real!
She’s spreading love alright, has she been without a boyfriend for more than a second?
I want that platinum futuristic dress.
I’m surprise she didn’t add cure hunger and bring about world peace to all of that. To her credit she said changing the world not making it a better place …
The correct pronunciation is “Mare” Claire. However, most Americans say “Marie.” The irrational hate for this kid and some of the others her age befuddles me. She is just a dorky kid, learning about life, and is pretty honest about who she is. What do you want from her? Kids say and do stupid shit. That’s reality.
They obviously photoshopped the edge of her face and arm to make her look skinnier.
That’s a “I don’t give a f*ck” pose on the front cover of Marie Claire.
After smoking the bong – the whole world is a lovely wonderous place (weeeeeee)
Well, the pictures are really good and I like the way she handled the salvia questions. She admits it was a mistake and she’s sorry in a decent way. I thought it was an olsen twin at first on the cover though.
I wish I could say that I was cooler at her age but I probably just thought I was. I didn’t have the same interests but we all say and do really dumb DUMB things at that age…hell I still do.
On Top Model, doesn’t Tyra Banks pronounce it, “Mary Claire?” Not that I watch Top Model often, but I know that Tyra is never wrong.
she looks like ashley olsen on the cover
she’s horrible!
I still can’t figure out why she’s famous. She’s not cute, can’t sing, can’t act. Yeah, her father’s Billy Ray Cyrus, but I still can’t figure out how he’s famous either.
She’s so cute. But she looks like a lost Olsen twin in her cover shot.
Agree 19, but in our lowbrow celebutard culture, she’s famous for being famous. But wtf is she doing on the cover of a fashion mag. She has less fashion sense than Arnold the Pig from Green Acres. Do American fashion mags not even care about fashion anymore – what’s next Snooki. And butler the contempt is not irrational – she’s made millions and she has NO talent; she’s a total corporate Disney product which is why the faux “rebellion” is laughable, and she doesn’t seem the least bit grateful for her good fortune considering that there are thousands of young women out there with far more talent that we will never hear about. Yes, life’s not fair yada yada yada but why does the brainless media need to shove chipmunk face at us. Go away.
she looks good in these pictures.
but, you know, why doesnt she just admit there was the good shit in that bong? I mean, come on, there are far worse things (not supporting weed-abuse in any way) but seriously, come on.
honestly, what difference does it make? not that there would be legal consequences for her…
How is she not grateful? She posts videos constantly updating fans and thanking them, is nice 99% of the time to the paps, and signs autographs/takes pics for everyone. On top of that she works for 5 different charities.And really does work for them. I have first hand knowledge, as my relative is a promoter. Everyone that works with her comes away with respect and really likes her. It’s ok not to like her, but she does have talent, whether it’s your taste or not. I think she says stupid shit all the time. But she’s a teen. They do that, famous or not.
She looks like a long lost Olsen twin in that cover shot.
Please, butler, you can’t seriously believe this autotuned corporate gimmick has real talent – right, her acting skills are up there with a young liz talyor and her live singing abilities are equal to Janis Joplin, Selena, Tina Turner, Aretha, etc. – she may have her nice moments, but she has no talent – have standards in music and acting really fallen this low. Please,get real.
i hope she’s not getting into this “i made a mistake” excuse for the umpteenth time. she’s so stupid making all these poor judgments.
She made a mistake by not making sure cell phones and cameras were left at the door.
I’ve always found her to be repulsive. I’m glad she’s making it obvious now.
Jover,
I never remember saying or implying she was a young Liz Taylor or Aretha Franklin. I said she is a talented young lady, which she is, that genuinely seems to care about her fans and about the charities she represents. She employs far less of the auto tune than any of the other crop of young singers, plays several instruments, and can do pratfall comedy fairly well. My whole point was that she is neither worse nor better than most, but for some reason she gets annihilated by women. Women who probably call themselves feminists, yet have no problem tearing down a young woman. I’d worry less about what bad habits she might be teaching my daughter versus the ones I was employing. I wouldn’t want my teen daughter to know I was calling another teen girl a “pig-face,” regardless who it was.
I don’t think she can dance, sing or act. I hope that scissor thing works out.
Okay butler, you say she is talented – what is your comparison class – Selena Gomez and Miranda Cosgrove. Defending the indefensible takes intellectual agility. You qualify her singing by asserting she uses less autotune than others. That shows how low standards are in some people’s minds – real singers don’t need autotune. Hannah Montana is the example of pratfall comedy – really. SHe had a cd that came out last year – if she’s talented why isn’t she touring on a continuous basis, headlining major venues with 2 hr live performances – because she has no talent and no one will pay to see her “live.” SHe’s bad and all the other tweens are just as bad and all need to go away before pop music is completely ruined.
Pop music has always been corny and fairly crappy live. I saw my first live concert in 1977. It sucked, and so have many others. I hate auto-tune, but if you’ve seen Rhianna, Katy Perry, or Niki Minaj live, then you saw tons of it. As for Cyrus, she has a billion dollar empire, and this is the list of top 201o female earners:
Oprah – $315 million
Beyonce – $87 million
Britney Spears – $64 million
Lady Gaga – $62 million
Madonna – $58 million
Sandra Bullock $56 million
Ellen DeGeneres – $55 million
Miley Cyrus – $48 million
Taylor Swift – $45 million
Judge Judy Sheindlin – $45 million
I don’t think money is an issue, nor ticket sales. I don’t know why you are trying to make me defend her, I just said she was no worse than the rest, and better than some.
@jover – FYI, music is subjective.
Yeah, she made a mistake, she got caught. I wonder how many more “mistakes” she’s made that we don’t know about. I’m so sick of living in a world where public figures are expected to pander to the conservative mentality. It’s a lie; we know a lot of these stars are nowhere near as conservative as they make themselves out to be but I guess they don’t want to bite the hand that feeds them.
@jover she has actually done stadium tours twice, and sold out most if not all the venues both times. I would know. I used to nanny two little girls who would have shanked their own mother to get tickets.
As for Miley’s actual level of talent, I really think she should quit acting for awhile and take some lessons on the subject. Her acting is just terrible. However, I hate to admit, some of her music isn’t bad. When she’s doing country/rock type stuff, she actually sounds decent. Further more, she doesn’t need autotune when she sings like that. Look up her live performance of Jolene with Dolly Parton on YouTube. She’s really very listenable when she isn’t trying so hard.
@Di Butler I cosign your comments. Miley seems ok in my book too. I especially agree with your sentiments about calling her pig face. It’s not right to tear a young girl apart like that. For people who don’t like her, she’s fairly easy to ignore. Just don’t watch the Disney chanel or listen to Disney radio. I don’t think she’s on adult media often enough to truly be annoying.
I must’ve missed the part when someone accused her of being perfect.
🙄 Ugh.
Clicked into the comments and the first that caught my eye was Rita’s:
Let’s ban the preamble to all excuses, which is “I’m not perfect…”, from the English language. God I hate that.
100% agree! No one expects celebrities to be perfect, but they need to understand that if they have young fans and want to “grow up” in the public eye, at least come clean about it and don’t expect the fans to buy PR spin if only to sell more music, movies, perfume, etc.
I actually think the cover is really pretty. Too bad I don’t like Miley.