Did Miley give too much?

This past Wednesday night “American Idol” and the Idol Gives Back Foundation hosted it’s second annual TV event to raise money and awareness for people in extreme poverty around the world. Miley Cyrus was one of the performers featured in the show, and while many kids were probably waiting impatiently to see her, their parents may have turned the channel before the song was over. While it was nice to finally see a music artist perform live (even if her singing was a little iffy) rather than lip sync, what really surprised me were the other aspects of her performance. We were all thankful when Cyrus came along because she appeared to be such a good role model for young girls, especially compared to other young female starlets. But did we speak too soon?

After seeing Cyrus’ performance on Wednesday night a lot of people might jump to the conclusion that she is on her way to becoming the next outrageous female in Hollywood. Viewers were surprised when they tuned in to see Cyrus dancing provocatively on stage in a way that would not ordinarily be acceptable for a 15-year-old girl. Cyrus seemed to bounce back and forth on the stage while rubbing her body and attempting to make “sexy” faces to the camera. One minute it looked like she was having convulsions and the next I thought I was watching a miniature version of Britney Spears.

I felt like she definitely went over board with her dancing and that it probably would have been a good idea to have rehearsed better moves to do on the show. Given that almost her entire fan base is made up of children, as her publicist I would have suggested something far more G rated rather than PG-13. Although most kids probably weren’t offended by her performance, I wouldn’t be surprised if their parents start censoring Cyrus’ future music videos before letting their kids watch them. At this point, with Cyrus’ 16th birthday around the corner, everyone is beginning to hold their breath and expecting to see her showing up on the cover of tabloids.

Bogus Reality

(photo courtesy of MTV.com)

Where were you on the night of March 24 around 9 p.m. eastern time? According to cable ratings you were probably watching “The Hills.” The season premiere is said to have dominated the cable ratings for that time slot. Not bad for what most people consider a fake reality show. It seems that although rumors are constantly going around about how fake the show is, everyone seems to love it. The latest bit of gossip that helps prove that the show is fabricated is that Lauren Conrad seems to be going to classes in every episode. But in every magazine and website she is constantly in photographs shopping in cities far from her home, such as New York. MTV tries to make her look like a serious student, but all around us is evidence of the contrary. However, although Conrad’s actions may not be helpful in proving the show to be real, I don’t think that it really hurts her “career” at all. I think that pretty much everyone knows that the show is fake, even if they don’t want to admit it. WIth all the staged arguments, pretend jobs and ridiculously over dramatic lives, how could anyone truly believe that this is reality? I think that at this point most people think of it as a soap opera, and just want to see what happens next. So as Conrad’s publicist, I would actually not tell her to act any differently. People apparently don’t care about all of the evidence of the show being fake, and will probably continue to prove this by tuning in every Monday night.