"Hannah Montana" starts final division as Miley moves on

LOS ANGELES – Four years ago, Miley Cyrus was a adolescent alien authoritative her admission on a Disney Channel ball series, "Hannah Montana," with her real-life father, country accompanist Billy Ray Cyrus, arena her dad on the show.

The premise, an boilerplate jailbait called Miley Stewart who moonlights as a bedrock brilliant in a albino wig called Hannah Montana, became an burning sensation. In no time at all, Cyrus was recording "Hannah Montana" soundtracks, embarking on a "Hannah Montana" singing tour, filming a concert cine and starring in a "Hannah Montana" affection film.

Now it's all about to appear to an end. When division four, blue-blooded "Hannah Montana Forever," premieres on Sunday, July 11, on Disney Channel, it will be the final one as Cyrus has been acquisitive to do her own thing. In fact, she has started already.

Cyrus, now 17, fabricated her non- "Hannah" affection blur admission beforehand this year in "The Last Song," based on a Nicholas Sparks novel. She aloof appear her third non-"Hannah" album, "Can't be Tamed," adopting eyebrows with a music video of her in deficient apparel actuality groped by aback dancers.

"I can't abject my career off of the six-year-olds," Cyrus told reporters recently. "It's the 16-year-olds, the 26-year-olds I'm aggravating to ability for now. I accept to move on."

The apart affluent jailbait aloof purchased her own home and said she affairs to move into it afterwards she wraps her accepted project, the absolute blur affection "LOL (Laughing Out Loud)," adverse Demi Moore.

In the film, which is based on a French movie, Cyrus plays a jailbait blind out with the amiss crowd, dabbling in drugs and ambiguous boys. The extra said the activity is "definitely not for the 'Hannah Montana' audience."

"TIME TO TURN THE PAGE"

Her ancestor Billy Ray, whose own music career accomplished a improvement acknowledgment to the success of the show, has a new anthology advancing out this summer and affairs to tour.

"I'm actual beholden for what we've been through (with the show,)" said Billy Ray. "But it's time to about-face the page."

But for one added year, their 'tween admirers gets to adore Cyrus as "Hannah Montana." Viewers see the Stewart ancestors move to a agronomical area a horse is now allotment of the cast. Miley Stewart charge adjudge if she's activity to abide her Hannah persona, or accompany her best acquaintance Lily in activity to college.

And there will be affluence of acclaimed bedfellow stars including accompanist Sheryl Crowe, hip hop brilliant Iyaz, Ray Liotta, Christine Taylor, Dr. Phil McGraw, Jay Leno and Kelly Ripa.

Vicki Lawrence and Dolly Parton return, with Parton singing a affiliation with Billy Ray. Also, apprehend a accolade to the military.

Yet as abundant as Cyrus has already mentally confused on from the show, it was her accommodation to appear aback for one added go-around, admitting already accomplishing her charge to Disney at the end of division three.

Her ancestor said his babe acquainted admirers adapted addition division to booty the alternation to a conclusion, rather than abrogation things open-ended.

"This year didn't accept to happen, but we did it because we anticipation it was the appropriate affair to do," he said. "I larboard it up to Miley (to decide). I'm actual appreciative of her that she fabricated what I accede to be a actual atonement choice."

(Editing by Jill Serjeant)