America's tween idol rules.

• Author: Barret, Wayne M.
• Position: ENTERTAINMENT - Hannah Montana

Her parents named her Destiny Hope because they believed she would accomplish great things. At age 15, Miley Cyrus has an Emmy Award-nominated cable TV show and pulls down around $3,500,000 in salary annually--that figure undoubtedly bolstered by her sold-out 52-city concert tour and subsequent 3D movie of the same name: "Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour" The live 2007 tour literally sold out in minutes, with many desperate parents placating their frustrated offspring by forking over upwards of $3,500 a ducat to ticket brokers. The 3D movie version, meanwhile, directed by "High School Musical" mastermind Kenny Ortega, was sup posed to run for one week only, Feb 1-7. Disney, however, knows how to get the most out its cash cows--so, the show must (and did) go on for several additional weeks. Although it opened in only 638 theaters, it was the number-one movie that first weekend, setting a record of over $42,000 per theater. It also set a record for the highest revenue for a 3D picture for one weekend. Finally, it set yet another milestone for gross revenue for a movie opening during Super Bowl weekend ($29,000,000), undoubtedly helped by the presence of those other tween heartthrobs, The Jonas Brothers, who not only warmed up for Hannah Montana, but joined her during the main event to share a song before she slips offstage to assume the persona of Miley Cyrus, whose music, while similar to Hannah's, nevertheless has a distinctive tone.

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"The Best of Both Worlds" is the theme song from Cyrus' Disney Channel series, "Hannah Montana" Hannah, a famous pop idol, is the secret superstar identity of Miley Stewart, an ordinary, somewhat dorky girl struggling to get through her freshmen year of high school. By night, however, Miley---a nickname she picked up as a toddler thanks to her constant smiling (by the way, her real-life and "IV father is country crooner Billy Ray "Achy Breaky Heart" Cyrus) dons a...