OMG, Miley’s Like So Exploited

Fifteen-year-old Miley Cyrus and her Disney bosses are “shocked, shocked” to see the latest issue of Vanity Fair.
“I took part in a photo shoot that was supposed to be 'artistic' and now, seeing the photographs and reading the story, I feel so embarrassed,” Cyrus said in a statement. "I never intended for any of this to happen and I apologize to my fans who I care so deeply about."
First of all, Miley, it’s whom. Don’t be a fool, stay in school.
And does she really expect us to believe she didn’t get contractual pre-approval of the shoot before it went to press and saw it too late to have it changed? And what exactly was she thinking when photographer Annie Lebovitz told her to take off her shirt and hold a sheet against herself in a faux postcoital pose? And her father and entourage just happened to be out of the room when that happened? And she never mentioned it to them?
Just exactly how dumb do they think the American people are?
If you’re worried about her future, take heart. Just as Jamie Lyn Spears’ pregnancy won’t hurt her relationship with Nickelodeon one bit, neither will this Vanity Fair flap hurt Miley. In both cases the companies are “shocked” and “disappointed” all the way to the bank. Both “Zoe 101” and “Hannah Montana” will pick up tens of thousands more adolescent male viewers, more merchandise will be sold, the sponsors will get more business and everyone wins, even the newspapers who proclaim their righteous indignation even while plastering the "offensive" photo all over their page and Web sites. Meanwhile, both girls are providing for their future by beginning the transition from child star to grown up (I hesitate to say adult) stars.
If this all seems familiar, maybe it’s because not so long ago teen star Vanessa Hudgens of “High School Musical” fame, another Disney employee, turned up in her own, more explicit pictures. (At least in her case she was of legal age.) Again, we are asked to believe the actress had no idea how those pictures wound up on the Internet.
If you want to blame anyone, blame Jessica Biel, the likely trailblazer in all this. About a decade ago, she was a star of the WB’s family- friendly drama “Seventh Heaven,” playing the daughter of a minister. Then she found her way into the pages of a men’s magazine, and was fired by producer Aaron Spelling. No skin off Biel’s back. She’s now a major movie star, appearing in top-grossing films like "Stealth" and "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry" as well as the upcoming "Nailed." Needless to say, she's no longer playing preacher’s daughters. Heard from any of her demure costars lately?
As long as sex means big money for American corporations, get used to seeing fewer boundaries on both.