Why is Miley Cyrus always in the news?

Happy Tuesday to you all! Its been a pretty slow news day over all, unless you're obsessed with The Hills, Miley Cyrus, Hillary Duff or Dancing With The Stars. Unfortunately, I am not obsessed with any of those topics, but since that seems to be all there is in the gossip world today, I guess that's what this post will be about. Who knew I would one day long for Britney and Lindsay to be up to their old ways or be dying to hear about Paris' latest party? That's how unimpressed I am about the news today. Well, here it goes.

Of course, the biggest news today (well, actually yesterday, but who's counting?) was the whole Miley Cyrus/Vanity Fair photo debacle. Miley issued an apology yesterday for some photos that were taken for the June issue of Vanity Fair by Annie Leibovitz. Now these photos are slightly more provocative than the usual Hannah Montana fare, but they're hardly Playboy material. You can look at them here and here and probably almost anywhere Google will take you.
Now, my problem isn't the fact that she felt the need to apologize for pictures that are more innocent than the candid ones that made their way to the web last week or the fact that she took them at all. My complaint is the unrelenting coverage this story is getting. Every B list and has been celebrity is putting their two cents in on this whole thing. Here's some examples:

Not everyone is bashing Miley Cyrus for stripping down for Vanity Fair. "I think she’s a young girl in Hollywood, and she’s just having fun," Heidi Montag told Extra. "[She]'s exploring herself.” Added beau Spencer Pratt, “I didn’t think it was that bad. Supposedly, she’s wearing a top underneath. It’s artistic.” Seems he and Lauren Conrad may finally have something to agree on. When asked about the racy pics, Conrad said, “I found it a bit silly. I thought she looked beautiful in the pictures. I didn’t find it that inappropriate. (source US WEEKLY)

And:

Rosie O'Donnell has Miley Cyrus's back. She's taken to her blog to defend the Disney star after her controversial Vanity Fair photographs set off a surge of criticism. "Leave Miley Cyrus alone," O'Donnell says in a video posted Monday night. "Disney [is] making her apologize. Ay yi yi." While some have described the portraits as too risqué – and PEOPLE.com readers deemed them "inappropriate" for a 15-year-old – O'Donnell finds them beautiful, she says, explaining that working with celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz can be an intimidating experience. (source People.com)

And don't forget:

Hilary Duff, who knows better than most what it's like to be in the public eye at a young age, is not passing judgment on Miley Cyrus for the risqu´ photos for Vanity Fair
"Everyone goes through things and takes their own path," Duff said Monday a press event for her new movie War Inc. "Who am I to judge decisions that she made?"
Still, Duff says she would not have chosen the same path for herself. "People are pushing you to do something, and if you want to do it, that's your choice, you know?" added the singer-actress. "It's not what I would choose to do, but if she did then that's fine. That's her choice." (source People.com)

While its hardly surprising that the cast of The Hills felt the need to comment on this debacle, after all, they're famous for doing nothing, if they don't stay in the public eye people will forget about them. And Rosie O'Donnell is always sticking her nose in places it doesn't belong (I still love her though. I totally loved her talk show and though she made The View almost interesting.) As for Hillary Duff, well, as another survivor of a Disney Channel show, she's always asked for her opinion on Miley by the press and she's promoting a movie right now, so go figure. The whole thing is just ridiculous. Next thing you know, the President is going to be commenting on the situation. Though that's not too far fetched considering some of the things he's done in the name of pop culture.

On to other topics (though that one story knocked out three of my topics in one swoop), the current season of Dancing With the Stars has been an injury packed one, but the injuries were mainly focused on the pros. This week, the epidemic moved on to the "stars" in the "competition:

Despite his initial on-air diagnosis, Cristián de la Fuente's dancing injury may have been more serious than just a muscle cramp.
An ABC rep has confirmed to E! News that the Latin hot-stepper is paying a visit to a specialist this morning in advance of tonight's Dancing With the Stars results show—a trip that will not only reveal the true extent of his injury and whether surgery will be required but also determine whether he'll be able to continue on in the competition.
The injury brought his samba with pro partner Cheryl Burke to a near-screeching halt Monday, rendering his left arm lifeless and resulting in Tom Bergeron sending viewers to a premature commercial break.
After receiving his scores from the judges—sevens across the board—which he heard while holding an ice pack on his forearm, de la Fuente was moved on to a gurney and transported via ambulance to the hospital. (Source E Online)

Poor guy. It must suck to be selling out, I mean putting all of your energy into something just to get people to realize who you are I mean, learn something new and really challenging yourself, only to be cut down in your prime by an injury. For his sake, I hope it really is only a muscle cramp, though I doubt an arm injury would really dampen his appeal to the masses. Somehow, I don't think most of America is rooting for him because of his ballroom skills.

I could go on to talk about other Dancing With The Stars news, but I might fall asleep if I do, so I'm going to move on to one more little gossip tidbit before calling it a day.

It seems that Vivid Entertainment,those classy folks who brought us the Pamela Anderson sex tape (Pam just became a U.S. citizen. American plastic surgeons have been seen celebrating in the streets.), are about to release a Jimi Hendrix sex tape filmed forty years ago. Here's the info:

Vivid Entertainment, the company that brought you the X-rated shenanigans of Pamela Anderson and Kim Kardashian, among others, announced it has acquired from a memorabilia collector a sex tape featuring the late guitar god and plans to release it. According to a statement from Vivid, the Hendrix footage was filmed in a hotel room in the late 1960s, doesn't consist of any sound and has poor lighting. But it purportedly features the Axis: Bold as Love axman sporting a bandana over his Afro and getting it on with two foxy ladies. The Los Angeles-based porn distributor is marketing the 11-minute footage as part of a 45-minute DVD, Jimi Hendrix the Sex Tape, which will also include flashbacks of the rock legend's stellar career and retail for $39.95 in stores and via download. (Vivid did not obtain music licenses so the video will not have a Hendrix soundtrack.) (source E Online)

Can I just say a) Ew! and b) who in their right mind wants a sex tape of a dude who's been dead for a very long time? Assuming this tape is real, which experts are saying its not (are these experts on Jimi or sex tapes?), what is the attraction to this particular item? I realize there are some die hard Hendrix fans out there who would pay lots of money for a lock of his hair, but a sex tape? Really? I guess I don't understand the whole sex tape attraction. Every time I hear about one, I'm disinterested and slightly nauseous. At least those people are alive though. It just seems disrespectful in a way to sell a sex tape of someone who can't even sue over it. Maybe that's the appeal. Though I'm sure his estate's going to have something to say about it.

Okay, I'm done. I can't rant anymore without being completely exhausted and I've still got work to do. I should be back to rant again on Friday.

Later.