Miley Cyrus Seat Belt Flap Debated

By JAKE COYLE � 3 hours ago

NEW YORK (AP) � When Consumer Reports posted a blog last week criticizing Miley Cyrus for not wearing her seat belt in a new film, Hannah Montana Nation rallied in her defense. Before long, the posting had received nearly 200 comments (far more than the typical one or two) � and made national news.

"Absolutely we were caught off-guard," said Don Mays, who wrote the post. "Whether people agree or not with our analysis, at the very least, I would like them to understand the risk."

But anyone looking for car safety tips from Hollywood would be advised to avoid most movies. Immediately, one might write off the work of Bruce Willis, Steve McQueen and Burt Reynolds � not to mention avoid "Thelma & Louise" entirely. Read more..

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Hannah Montana News








Hannah
Montana -- A Real Doll


Hannah
Montana News
- CBS
News, NY
- 30
minutes ago


(CBS) It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas already in New York
this week -- as the toy industry looks ahead to the holiday season at
Toy Fair '08. ...








Things
I Learned Watching Hannah Montana 3D


Hannah
Montana News
- Village
Voice, NY
- Feb
13, 2008


I didn't even know this Hannah Montana 3D movie was coming out until the
weekend before last, when I finally went to see Cloverfield and saw a
penned-in mob ...LA Canyon NewsHannah Montana Does Something
NaughtyantiMUSIC.com, CA - Feb 15, 2008








Gov.
Jindal's Chief of Staff & Several Legislators..


Hannah
Montana News
- KSLA-TV, LA
- Feb
15, 2008


9NEWS has learned that Timmy Teepell, the governor's chief of staff,
asked for and received three free tickets to the popular Hannah Montana
concert in New ...








Hannah
Montana: Miley Cyrus To Present An Oscar


Hannah
Montana News
- BuddyTV
- Feb
15, 2008


Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus has been the center of some minor
controversies in the last few weeks. Photos of her in her underwear and
playfully eating ...National LedgerHannah Montana Star Weight Loss:
Miley Cyrus Hires a Trainer?National Ledger, AZ - Feb 15, 2008








Consumer
Reports hating on Hannah Montana


Hannah
Montana News
- Baltimore
Sun, United States
- Feb
12, 2008


Tickets for Hannah Montana were hard to come by until now. A blog post
from Consumer Reports points out that teenage singer Miley Ray Cryus and
her dad are ...Hannah Montana tour cancellation provokes riots in
LondonThe Spoof (satire), UK - Feb 15, 2008








Saturday
school prepares students


Hannah
Montana News
- Baltimore
Sun, United States
- Feb
17, 2008


It was a Saturday morning after all, and she could have spent it in bed
or watching Hannah Montana or fiddling around online, caring for her
virtual Webkinz ...








#3
"Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds


Hannah
Montana News
- MTV.com
- Feb
11, 2008


Ticket sales for "Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both
Worlds Concert" dropped 66 percent over the weekend compared to the
flick's flick's historic ...Dads Go the Distance for Hannah Montana
TixOK! Magazine, NY - Feb 14, 2008








Miley
Cyrus Brings Hannah Montana to the Oscars


Hannah
Montana News
- National
Ledger, AZ
- Feb
14, 2008


The star of the Hannah Montana star from the Disney channel has been
involved in all sorts of photos scandals of late, from kissing other
girls to posing in ...JAKKS Pacific� Presents a Powerhouse Portfolio of
Interactive Toys ...Business Wire (press release), CA - 4
hours ago








'Hannah
Montana' dad: Sorry for not buckling up


Hannah
Montana News
- CNN
- Feb
14, 2008


YONKERS, New York (AP) -- Billy Ray Cyrus says he and his daughter, the
"Hannah Montana" actress Miley Cyrus, simply forgot to buckle
up for one of their ...Obama easily gets 'Hannah Montana' tickets for
childrenDaily Mail - Charleston, WV - Feb 14, 2008








memo
to Disney, re: Hannah Montana nonsense


Hannah
Montana News
- CNET
News.com, CA
- Feb
7, 2008


I'm referring to the Hannah Montana 3D concert movie, which you promoted
last week as an exclusive seven-day theater release. The film
subsequently broke ...Cyrus sorry for 'Hannah Montana' mistakeabc13.com, TX -
Feb 13, 2008

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Hannah Montana' Star Comes Under Fire Again








Hannah
Montana' Star Comes Under Fire Again

No one knows how to rake in the dough like the Disney Channel and its
wildly popular show, Hannah
Montana
. Last year, star Miley
Cyrus
headed out on tour, performing as herself and her alter
ego. Tickets went fast and many parents and children were left out
in the cold. Naturally, Disney had a solution: create a 3-D film
version so fans everywhere could be part of the concert experience.
The film was originally released for a limited engagement and, of
course, tickets sold out. Disney extended the release, therefore
filling more seats and bringing in more cash. It seems that Miley
is currently on top of the world but just because she's Disney's pop
princess doesn't mean that she's immune to controversy and criticism.


The movie, Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds
Concert Tour
, features lots of backstage and behind the scenes
footage of Cyrus. In one particular scene, Miley and her father,
Billy Ray, are on their way to rehearsal for her concert. As they
drive to the rehearsal venue in his Range Rover, it is quite apparent
that neither is wearing a seat belt, a move that had Consumer Reports
magazine very concerned.


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The leaked photos of Miley Cyrus have not kept Hannah Montana down

Miley Cyrus Photo Scandal Doesn't Keep Hannah Montana Star Down
By Jo Anne Way
Jan 1, 2008

The leaked photos of Miley Cyrus that have made their way far and wide all over the World Wide Web have not kept the starlet of the Disney Channel's Hannah Montana down. The photos are of Miley and a friend playing around and they are snapped on the floor together in short skirts and flirting with the camera.

Immediately they were leaked and a full-blown photo scandal was unleashed on the web until finally Miley Cyrus had to respond during a radio interview right before her New Year's Eve concert appearance in Times Square with the Jonas brothers. Unlike fellow Disney star Vanessa Hudgens, Miley refused to go underground and was on stage on Monday night.
When the whole photo scandal for Vanessa hit she only released a statement through a representative and then spent the better part of a month out of sight. Now granted, Vanessa was full frontal while these photos of Miley are much more tame but obviously Miley has decided to deal with it head on and hold her head high.

She was right there on ABC last night singing her little heart out. The video is here and shows the Jonas Brothers performing �S.O.S.,� and �Hold On,� at Dick Clark�s New Years Eve. Miley later joins them on stage to perform �We Got the Party.�

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Hannah Montana

s an American children's television series which debuted on Friday, March 24, 2006 on Disney Channel.

Miley Cyrus stars as the central character Miley Stewart / Hannah Montana, who lives a double life as an average teenage girl at school during the day Miley Stewart and a famous pop singer by Hannah Montana at night, concealing her real identity from the public other than her close friends and her family. Cyrus' real-life father

Billy Ray Cyrus stars as Miley Stewart's father and Hannah Montana's songwriter/manager Robby Stewart. Jason Earles stars as brother Jackson Stewart, and Miley Stewart's two best friends Lilly Truscott and Oliver Oken are played by

Emily Osment and Mitchel Musso, respectively.

The show's theme song is "Best of Both Worlds," performed by Miley Cyrus as Hannah Montana, who also performs the songs that are featured on the show.

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Miley Cyrus Seat Belt Flap Debated

NEW YORK (AP) � When Consumer Reports posted a blog last week criticizing Miley Cyrus for not wearing her seat belt in a new film, Hannah Montana Nation rallied in her defense. Before long, the posting had received nearly 200 comments (far more than the typical one or two) � and made national news.

"Absolutely we were caught off-guard," said Don Mays, who wrote the post. "Whether people agree or not with our analysis, at the very least, I would like them to understand the risk."

But anyone looking for car safety tips from Hollywood would be advised to avoid most movies. Immediately, one might write off the work of Bruce Willis, Steve McQueen and Burt Reynolds � not to mention avoid "Thelma & Louise" entirely.

Even aside from Hollywood's propensity for road rage, movies generally don't portray seat-belt usage. A study in 2001 found that only 30 percent of movies showed seat belts buckled.

Was Cyrus singled out?

"Absolutely," said Heather A. Jacobsen, a professor at the Saint Louis University School of Public Health and lead investigator of the 2001 study. "It is the norm for characters in movies to not wear a seat belt."

In her new 3-D Disney concert film "Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert," the actress and her father, Billy Ray Cyrus, are seen riding, not bucked up, in the back seat of a Range Rover.

Mays' post criticized Cyrus for not buckling up and thereby influencing her legion of young followers. It had a snarky title, too: "Note to Hannah Montana: Seat belts are necessary not an accessory."

Billy Ray Cyrus subsequently apologized: "We made a mistake and forgot to buckle our seat belts."

Mays said that Cyrus has a greater responsibility to her impressionable fans. To explain the issue's seriousness, he cited statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that people were not wearing their belts in 55 percent of passenger vehicle fatalities in 2006.

The effects of sex and violence in films, of course, have been an issue of debate for decades. The closer parallel, though, might be smoking.

Smoking on television and in movies has declined over the years, partly thanks to campaigns to drive it off screen. Just this week, the New York state Health Department took out full page ads in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal encouraging the movie industry to give movies with smoking an R-rating.

According to the Motion Picture Association of America rating board, the percentage of films that included smoking dropped from 60 percent to 52 percent from July 2004 to July 2006.

But the romantic portrayals of smoking (think Humphrey Bogart lighting Lauren Bacall's cigarette) don't exactly compare to the more utilitarian buckling up. No protagonist ever got the girl by flaunting state seat belt laws.

"It's not so much that people mimicked the behavior, but because films established that behavior as very normal and something everybody did," said Jacobsen.

That is out of line with the pattern of seat-belt usage by the public, which Jacobsen's study counted as about 70 percent. (In many states, it's the law to buckle up.) The reason for the discrepancy may be suggested in Billy Ray Cyrus' explanation.

"We got caught up in the moment of filming," said the country music star.

Family films typically give seat belts more attention. In 1995's "Toy Story," for example, even Buzz Lightyear buckles up with a belt nearly as big as he is. A 1997 study by Michigan State University found that one of the most seat belt-friendly movies was "Dead Man Walking" (1995), which depicts buckled-up drivers in five of the film's six driving scenes.

So how far should movies go in putting forth images of health and safety?

"People may want to see more vegetables in film and less fast food. Less soda, and more milk or juice," said Jacobsen. "There are any number of health issues whose agendas can be set forth through movies."

Robert Thompson, professor of television and popular culture at Syracuse University, believes safety and health advocates have every right to raise awareness for an issue by criticizing films or TV shows. But he thinks concerns over seat belt use should stick to reality and keep out of fiction.

"If you're going to start strapping any storyteller, whether it be a movie or a television show or a novel with only behavior that's good and healthy role-modeling behavior," said Thompson, "then we're in really big trouble."

The Disney Channel is owned by The Walt Disney Co.

Source: Associated Press

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