{"id":173,"date":"2011-02-16T03:00:50","date_gmt":"2011-02-16T03:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/catholicsmediaandculture\/2011\/02\/cautionary-stories-of-fame-involving-billy-ray-cyrus-miley-cyrus-charlie-sheen-and-anna-nicole-smith.html"},"modified":"2011-02-16T03:00:50","modified_gmt":"2011-02-16T03:00:50","slug":"cautionary-stories-of-fame-involving-billy-ray-cyrus-miley-cyrus-charlie-sheen-and-anna-nicole-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/catholicsmediaandculture\/2011\/02\/cautionary-stories-of-fame-involving-billy-ray-cyrus-miley-cyrus-charlie-sheen-and-anna-nicole-smith.html","title":{"rendered":"Cautionary stories of fame involving Billy Ray Cyrus, Miley Cyrus, Charlie Sheen and Anna Nicole Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"

Billy Ray Cyrus wishes he never heard of Hannah Montana<\/i>.<\/b><\/a> The singer\/actor who played the dad of his real-life daughter Miley in the hit Disney Channel sitcom tells GQ Magazine<\/a> that the show tore his family apart — and, he fears, put Miley on a self-destructive path. <\/p>\n

From the article<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“Somewhere along this journey,” he says, “both mine and Miley’s faith
\nhas been shaken. That saddens me the most.” When they first came to
\nHollywood for <\/i>Hannah Montana, the two of them would drive down
\nthe freeway together to the studio each morning, and every day Miley
\nwould point out the sign that said<\/i><\/p>\n

ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY
\nATHEISTS UNITED<\/i><\/p>\n

Just before moving out to Los Angeles, the whole family had been
\nbaptized together by their pastor at the People’s Church in Franklin,
\nTennessee. “It was <\/i>(his wife)Tish’s <\/i> idea,” he remembers. “She said, ‘We’re going
\nto be under attack, and we have to be strong in our faith and we’re all
\ngoing to be baptized…'” And there, driving to work each day in the
\nCity of Angels, was this sign. “A physical sign. It could have easily
\nsaid ‘You will now be attacked by Satan.’ ‘Entering this industry, you
\nare now on the highway to darkness…'”<\/i><\/p>\n

A stark view of the industry to be sure — but Cyrus speaks with obvious and understandable pain. For some reason, his story brings the 23rd Psalm<\/a> to mind. <\/p>\n

Charlie Sheen says he can handle crack “socially.<\/i><\/b>“<\/i><\/a> The actor blames his bosses — not his drug rehab — for Two and a Half Men<\/i>‘s (temporary?) production shutdown.  Martin Sheen<\/a> can no doubt relate to Billy Ray Cyrus’ fatherly fears of a child (even a 45-year-old child<\/a>) on a destructive path. <\/p>\n

Anna Nicole<\/i>: The Opera.<\/b><\/a> The tragic life and death of Anna Nicole Smith<\/a> gets the operatic treatment in a production that premieres at London’s Royal Opera House tomorrow. The pin-up model\/reality TV star died of a prescription drug overdose in 2007 at the age of 39 — her story a sad reminder that fame and fortune do not equal happiness.<\/p>\n

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