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Miley Mania Takes a Sad Turn/Ormond Strives To Raise Awareness of Slavery

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Miley Mania has taken a sad turn.

With kids out of school for the summer, it looks like the viewer action as far as provocative YouTube clips of Miley Cyrus is getting hotter and heavier — which is a shame. Tagged with such titles as "Do You Really Want Your Kid Looking Up to This?" and "Miley BOOBS!," they're drawing views in the hundreds of thousands, some topping a million, with homemade collections of stills of the "Hannah Montana" star lifting up her shirt, showing off her bod, her underwear and looking like — as users put it so succinctly — a slut. Annie Liebovitz is nowhere in the vicinity for the pics that have been surfacing in recent weeks, in case you wondered. Nor is Papa Billy Ray.

Miley, does it take more than Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan as reference points to see how beautiful, exceptionally talented young women can turn into pathetic fodder for jokes when their self-indulgent ways get out of hand? Show some sense, girl!

The videos — first brought to our attention by some 14-to-16-year-old users — also riff on the antics of Miley and her pal Mandy Jiroux and their rinky-dink "Miley and Mandy Show" YouTube offering that's been running since February. One asks whether Miley is being corrupted by the reportedly 21-year-old dancer (who apparently loves to pose in skimpy lingerie) who's now her best friend — then announces, TOO LATE!, and shows a risqu? Miley picture. Also getting lots of attention is the "Miley and Mandy Show" spoof of Selena Gomez (she plays "Hannah Montana's" archrival on the Disney Channel series, in addition to starring in "Wizards of Waverly Place") and HER best friend, Demi Lovato of "Camp Rock" fame. Mee-ow, looks like the kitty fight is on.

DOUBLE DUTY: "The selling of children is the fastest-growing crime, globally. It is a huge issue, and there's a big movement to raise awareness and get solutions." So says British actress Julia Ormond, who is intent on doing just that as she talks on behalf of the Alliance to Stop Slavery and End Trafficking — in between tubthumping on behalf of her latest film, "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl's Story."

Ormond, whose own daughter is now 3 years old, has been a passionate foe of human trafficking for years. "The Alliance focuses on viewing slavery through the lens of supply chains," she notes, and more information can be found at www.assetcampaign.org.

Meanwhile, besides the "Kit Kittredge" Depression-era tale of a plucky girl who wants to be a reporter, starring Abigail Breslin — which goes into wide release July 2 — Ormond has two major flicks coming up this year.

She's in Brad Pitt's "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and Benicio Del Toro's "Guerrilla." In the latter, "I play Lisa Howard, the first female (network) anchor, who managed to snag these interviews with Castro and Che Guevara" — and subsequently became a go-between for the United States and new Cuban governments.

THE BIG SCREEN SCENE: Matthew Lillard's upcoming indie film, "Spooner," has cult fave written all over it, reports Wendi McLendon-Covey.

"I think it's going to be one of those quiet little love stories that ends up being like 'Napoleon Dynamite,'" predicts the "Reno: 911!" actress, who co-stars with Lillard, Christopher McDonald and Mary Page Keller in the movie. "It's a really adorable script. Matthew plays a lovable loser named Spooner. He's one of those people who just can't get his life started. He's living this very boring life in shades of gray … He's in his 30s, still living with his parents in a small town, working in an auto shop."

His life changes, when "this cute little girl comes in to get her car fixed, and it's love."

Unfortunately, says McLendon-Covey, her character proves to be a fly in the honey. Before true love shows up, Lillard's character is "set up on a blind date with me, and I'm a holy terror. It gets pretty crazy by the end of our date. I see him flirting with this sweet little girl, and I'm not having it. I get into this girl's face talking about 'He's my man!,' and he probably doesn't even remember my name. It's the most horrible blind date story. I loved working on it."

INSIDE ASIDE: J.C. Chasez, who grew to fame busting a move with his former group N'Sync, tells us he's learning more than he expected by being a judge on "America's Best Dance Crew." It especially helps that his co-judge, Shane Sparks, is one of dance's most respected hip-hop choreographers. "Shane's a great guy. He's got a lot of interesting things to say and gives a great perspective," says Chasez, who has returned alongside Sparks for the MTV show's second season. "When we watch the dancers, obviously on camera, we're giving our notes, but we also talk about it after the fact. It's a constant learning experience for us as well. We're versed in what it is, but you never stop learning," he points out. "It's nice to surround yourself with talented people because it makes you better as well."

With reports by Stephanie DuBois and Emily Feimster.

To find out more about Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith and read their past columns, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.

COPYRIGHT 2008 MARILYN BECK AND STACY JENEL SMITH

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