Disney Bites the Photog that Feeds It

Ever since Mileygate broke yesterday, Disney's been pissing on Annie Leibovitz and her shoot with Miley for Vanity Fair -- at the same time that Annie's been on the Mouse payroll for a couple years now doing their fancy "Dream Portrait" series.

Leibovitz has enlisted everyone from a (very young) Abigail Breslin to Julie Andrews, David Beckham and Beyonce to pose for her in the big-budget shots, designed after Disney stories. But when it came to their biggest and most bankable star, MiCy, all of a sudden they got collective corporate amnesia?

Disney said Annie "manipulated" the situation with Miley.

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181. Disney is being hipicritial, Miley's picyures are nothing compared to a sixteen year old being pregnant, and they say i's ok!
yeah right!!!!!

Posted at 2:56PM on May 1st 2008 by just saying

182. Wow, this is so typical American. A bit of skin and everyone gets a heart attack. Come on! The girl is not even naked! You see her back. Her back!!!! Annie Liebowitz is a genius. Her photography is pure art and anyone who thinks this photos are vulgar or sexual is either blind or should enter a convent or monastery! Disney included!

Posted at 6:16PM on May 1st 2008 by GetOverIt

183. Liebovitz has taken photos of famous people for decades. I hardly call Miley Cyrus famous, but Liebovitz did her thing and made a professional well polished photo as usual.

If you want to see racy, check out Miley's "Personal" photos taken by herself and her friends.

Posted at 11:52PM on May 1st 2008 by Rick Cain

184. There are certain types of individuals that no mother should leave their daughters alone with. Hillary and Liebovitz come to mind. liebovitz manipulated the situation and she's a smooth con at the expense of others. Her history is vomit and her talent is overblown because she lacks the decency of class and professionalism,

Posted at 11:38AM on May 2nd 2008 by MissClarity

185. Anne Leibovitz is one of America's greatest living photographers. Milly should be pleased that Ms Leibovitz took the time to take her phots for Vanity Fair. I have seen the photos of the shoots and it is obvious that Milly's personal and artistic interests were well served and guarded. I gain to say that ms Milly shows more skin in a bikini at the pool than in the shot that reminds one of a formal dress that is semi-backless. To have Ms Milly saying that she is upset with these images, suggest she is not ready to appear in the real world. The idea that the Disney execs are upset at the publicity they know their "upset" has caused, is laughable.

Posted at 5:54PM on May 2nd 2008 by AsISeeItNow

186. > There are certain types of individuals that no mother should leave
> their daughters alone with. Hillary and Liebovitz come to mind.

Hillary? As in Clinton? Can see why someone might not vote for her, but a child molester? Some reason to fear that possibility even a well-informed voter might not have encountered?

Posted at 6:20PM on May 4th 2008 by anticlintonwackos

187. I spell publicity stunt! Disney wants to have their cake and eat it too. They are even willing to defame someone (annie) in the process, feign ignorance as long as the money keeps rolling in. They make movies that target little girls to be princesses, to sit around and do nothing but yearn for their prince charming. Ick!

Posted at 12:37PM on May 6th 2008 by Mike L

188. the pix of miley covered in a sheet are bad enough..she is only 15 people. for adults to view these pix erotically is WRONG...but worst of all are the pix where she is posing with her father?!?! WTF?!?!?!? is wrong with HIM??? guess his time has come and gone and he's living vicariously through his underaged daughter...he and that trailer park white trash wife who has how many kids by how many different men??? what is WRONG WITH BOTH OF THEM????can take the girl out of the trailer park, but u can't take the trailer park outta the girl...

Posted at 12:56AM on May 8th 2008 by k.d.

189. Disney are hypocritical toadies all about making money and exploiting whoever they need to exploit in order to do so. Just let 'the fans' become irate, or criticism hit their corporate radar, and they'll dump you overboard like 3-day-old tuna. That li'l Miley is just finding this out is going to be part of her education; but it is a little surprising that Billy Ray didn't know anything about corporate greed and dishonesty, given past experience to record companies.

This is a tempest in the celebrity-media teapot, something we see practically every week anymore. But it does make you shake your head and wonder 'what kind of country are we becoming?'

Sad. Really.

Posted at 10:33AM on May 8th 2008 by Harmon Q. Veech

190. obviously this lady didnt force her to do anything (even if she is creepy). other people were at the shoot and if this lady "manipulated" her than we'd be hearing about that too. either way shes stupid (i could say alot more) and this was for publicity and look its working. and the other ray photos of her were obviously taken by herself and who else could release those?

we all just need to stop paying attention to her so she'll just fade away

Posted at 2:54PM on May 10th 2008 by saintm

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