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Hey, don’t know if you’ve heard, but Hannah Montana seems to be a bit popular right now. Can you believe it? Good thing we have some hard hitting journalism from the Dallas Morning News letting us in on the “Hannahmania” and why Ms. Cyrus is so popular, even though anyone that’s watched more than 5 minutes of the show with their kids can figure that one out.

So what is going on here? Why, pray tell, have little girls (and by extension their parents) gone nuts over a rhyming-named character with a raspy voice? Here are 10 reasons, thanks to statistical data, professional insight and, most importantly, the wise words of second-grade girls.

1. “She sings really good” was the first answer from most of the second-graders as they ate their sandwiches at Bluebonnet Elementary in Fort Worth. They also like her “sparkly” clothes, her funny TV show and the fact that she has her priorities in order. (OK, they didn’t put it like that.) Her TV brother wants to be popular, “but she really doesn’t care about that,” says student Skyla Fisher. “If she gets a chance to, she’ll probably go for it, but usually she doesn’t care.” As her pal Maddy Waite put it, “She’s a nice girl.” Which brings us to the next reason.

2. To parents, she’s as pure as the Disney-manufactured snow. This explains why Mom and Dad aren’t opposed to treating their kids to her concert, even if it means taking out a bank loan. (A recent check on stubhub.com showed 67 tickets available for the Fort Worth show, ranging from $145 to $1,600 each.) Hey, in a world full of fallen pop sweethearts (oh, Britney!) and other assorted tawdriness, we’re apparently willing to pay for a night of good, clean fun.

3. That “superhero in disguise” thing gets them every time. Just as no one ever clued into the fact that Clark Kent was the Man of Steel, Miley-Hannah also has her friends on the show fooled. How can this be? Second-grader Bailey Strother has a logical answer: “Because she has a ton of makeup on and has a wig on.” Ah, yes. Just like Clark’s clever glasses.

Read the rest of this painfully obvious list if you have nothing better to do.

Shia LaBeouf, that lovable star of “Transformers” and “Even Stevens” whose name nobody knows how to pronounce, was in Chicago over the weekend, and apparently felt a need to stop into the Windy City’s favorite drug store, Walgreens, at 2:30 in the morning. For some unknown reason security asked him to leave, and LaBeouf refused which led to the trespassing charge:

Shia LaBeouf, who starred in “Disturbia” and “Transformers,” and stars in the upcoming Indiana Jones sequel, was arrested about 2:25 a.m. at the store at 757 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago police spokesman Marcel Bright said.

A security guard summoned police after LaBeouf refused several commands to leave the store, Bright said.

The guard signed a complaint against the actor, who was cited on a misdemeanor count of trespassing.

You know, I like wandering around Walgreen’s aisles as much as the next person, but not so much that I would refuse to leave. Doesn’t Shia have people that can make a decongestant run for him?

Jessica Seinfeld, who recently wrote a book (Deceptively Delicious - see review) about how to sneak veggies into kid foodstuffs, has been accused by a previous author of a similar book, “Sneaky Chef” of stealing her idea.

Jerry Seinfeld speaks out about the baseless accusations and considering those books are written about a year ahead of time (and the previous author has enjoyed a spike in her books sales as a result), I say, “Chill out Sneaky Chef”. It’s not exactly a completely unique or original idea. Don’t be hatin’.:

“So there’s another woman who had another cookbook — and it was a similar kind of thing, with the food and the vegetables in the food — and my wife never saw the book, read the book, used the book,” the 53-year-old comedian said Monday on CBS’ “Late Show With David Letterman.”

“But the books came out at the same time. So this woman says, ‘I sense this could be my wacko moment.’ So she comes out … and she accuses my wife. She says, ‘You stole my mushed-up carrots. You can’t put mushed-up carrots in a casserole. I put mushed-up carrots in a casserole. It’s vegetable plagiarism,’ “Seinfeld joked.

Looks like Jennifer Lopez and her undead husband Marc Anthony have confirmed what everyone has been talking about for months — she hasn’t been downing extra burritos, that tummy bump is indeed due to pregnancy. And since the singing diva can’t do anything small, she’s not having one baby but twins!

“Jennifer is having twins, and she’s over the moon about it,” a source close to the singer reveals exclusively to OK!. “She is absolutely glowing with happiness. She’s spending time relaxing with Marc and enjoying being pregnant, which is something she has always wanted.”

Let me know when you hear the first “Jose and JosB” reference.

And if you are gullible enough to believe that headline, then I need to also warn you those emails from Nigerian princes aren’t real, either.

An obviously doctored scan from J-14 magazine is flying around the internet, the text of which has Miley Cyrus admitting that she is pregnant.

“Yes, sadly it’s true.” ‘Miley supposedly confirmed the pregnancy rumors during a J-14 interview. “I’m going to take good care of my baby. I’ve already gained 7 pounds. I was in real shock when it happened accidentally. I went a little too far. I’m sorry to all of my fans.’”

“While Miley is still planning on going on tour for her new solo cd, she’s currently filming the series finale of ‘Hannah Montana’. Even though she’s keeping hush about who’s the father. Miley’s parents are very disappointed in her: ‘Whatever’s meant to happen will happen. I guess it was meant to be this way.”

And apparently people are jumping all over this rumor like crazy. Really, have you guys not learned by now to not believe everything you read on the web? Sheesh. Billy Ray Cyrus was interviewed recently, and he revealed that Miley and her “boyfriend”, Nick Jonas had only been on group dates. Hannah Montana is Disney’s most successful TV franchise ever, if for some reason Ms. Cyrus did get knocked up is it really plausible that she would reveal it herself to some teeny bopper magazine?

Let’s think things through before everyone starts besmirching a young girl’s name, shall we?

Shenanigans!

Broken hearts aren’t as lucrative as broker deals apparently. Looks like the scorned tweens will have to join the official Miley fan club if they want to see Hannah/Miley live next time…

The City Council is looking into why the “Hannah Montana” concert at the Sprint Center sold out minutes after the tickets went on sale.

City leaders want Ticketmaster and the Sprint Center to explain how some brokers were selling tickets at higher prices and were advertising the tickets before they went on sale.

Wow, it’s not a good month for Vanessa Hudgens. First the nude photos leaked that she supposedly took for crush Drake Bell, and now she’s being sued by her former lawyer.

According to court papers obtained by “Access Hollywood,” a former lawyer for the “HSM” star says she owes him $150,000 in legal fees.

The lawsuit, filed by Brian L. Schall in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday, alleges a breach of contract and unjust enrichment by the 18-year-old Hudgens.

I just might agree with the “unjust enrichment” part — hey, I’m sorry, but I would rather weed a briar patch naked than sit through High School Musical again — but here’s hoping October is better for Ms. Hudgens and she can take an exit off the Lindsay Lohan Freeway.

Casey Affleck and wife Summer Phoenix are expecting their second child, report celebrity news sources.

“They’re very happy and excited about the new addition to their family,” says Affleck’s spokesperson Rebecca Feferman.

The baby, who is due this winter, already has a three-year-old brother, Indiana August. perhaps not so coincidentally, is the name of the young protagonist Phoenix’s late brother River Phoenix played in “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.”

I’m not posting this because I have any idea who either of these people are, but rather because I’m concerned. We all hear about big name celebrities hooking up and having babies, but we rarely hear about the sibling of a celebrity spawing with another sibling of a celebrity. This should not be allowed! You’re watering down the celebrity baby gene pool, people!

Where is our new Jamie Lee Curtis, Gwyneth Paltrow, Michael Douglas or Jennifer Jason Leigh going to come from? I’m afraid we might be doomed to a future of Emma Roberts-es.

Seemingly possessed by the spirit of Anna Nicole, Brit-Brit gave a less than arousing performance last night on MTV, which was supposed to be her “comeback”:

LAS VEGAS (AP) — As in most train wrecks, it was hard to focus on just one thing as the Britney Spears disaster unfolded on MTV’s Video Music Awards. There was just so much that went wrong.

Out-of-synch lip-synching. Lethargic movements that seemed choreographed by a dance instructor for a nursing home. The paunch in place of Spears’ once-taut belly. At times she just stopped singing, as if even she knew nothing could save her performance.

A lot of mothers on various blogs and message boards seem to giving a knee-jerk defense of Britney simply because she squeezed out two kids in the recent past. Lots of comments along the lines of, “I wished I looked that good after giving birth!” Of course, they just have to look good carting their kid to soccer practice, not wearing fishnets and parading around like a stripper.

And of course it’s wrong to poke fun at her gut because certainly that’s all baby weight, no booze or pills packing on the pounds there…

Watch the video and judge for yourself.

Vanessa Hudgens, a household name amongst the Disney set for her starring role in the two High School Musical films, is a bit sheepish today as some nude photos she took have made their way on to the internet:

The photos show a coquettishly smiling Hudgens posing naked in a bedroom in front of a red curtain.

“I want to apologize to my fans, whose support and trust means the world to me,” Hudgens said. “I am embarrassed over this situation and regret having ever taken these photos. I am thankful for the support of my family and friends.”

Since Hudgens is only 18 years old, and there’s no talk in the story of child pornography charges for the person who posted them, one can only assume these photos were recent — certainly after she hit even a remote level of success. What the hell was she thinking?

It goes to show that even if a teen is living the good life of the rich and famous, they can still be pretty naive.