Miley Cyrus is the richest teen celebrity, according to this week's issue of People Magazine. The Miley/Hannah Montana franchise will be worth an estimated $1 billion by the end of the year. Since she's only 15, most of Miley's money is invested says mom Leticia, but we imagine no one at the Cyrus household gives Miley much hassle about her cell phone bill.

For top-of-the-charts riches, Miley's joined by singing pals The Jonas Brothers,… Read More

April 24, 2008

Being 16 just got sweeter if you're a kid who loves to sing and dance. "High School Musical: Summer Session," an HSM-themed reality show airing this summer, is holding its casting calls in California and Orlando over the next few weeks.

The first call is this Sunday, April 27 at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California. The second will take place Wednesday, May 7 at Champion Stadium at Disney's Wide World of… Read More

Add author to Miley Cyrus' ever-growing resume. The 15-year-old singer/ actress/ awards-show-regular has signed a seven-figure book deal with Disney Publishing.

According to People.com, Cyrus' book will focus on her road to fame -- including her move from Tennessee to Los Angeles -- as well as her close family relationships, with dad Billy Ray Cyrus and mom-manager Leticia.

The book will drop in 2009, just before the release of the … Read More

It's Day One of TV-Turnoff Week. How are you and your family faring?

If the remote control proves tempting, there's only one thing to do. (And it's not to give in and flip to your regularly scheduled programming.) Hit the library or the bookstore for instant entertainment ideas.

Need a recommendation? We're all for grabbing a copy of " The Penderwicks on Gardham Street," the follow-up book to 2005's National Book Award-winning "… Read More

April 18, 2008

We admit it: We do like TV around here and we've been giving you a lot of news on TV events -- " Ben 10: Alien Force," " The Naked Brothers Band," " The Wonder Pets!" and pretty much everything Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana.

But TV-Turnoff Week starts in just a few days -- on April 21, running through April 27 -- and it sounds like a pretty… Read More

April 18, 2008

Nickelodeon's turning its cameras to a new kind of "Beetle" Mania -- The Wonder Pets are traveling to Liverpool, England to save their favorite rock band on "Save the Beetles," an animated mini-operetta premiering 7 p.m. EST/PST Monday, April 21 on Nickelodeon.

Parents have reason to dig this groovy "Pets" show: The tribute will feature Lenie Colacino and Tom Teeley of Broadway's "Beatlemania" as guest voices for the animated bug band, The… Read More