A tour bus carrying the concert production crew of singer Miley Cyrus overturned in Virginia on Friday morning — reportedly killing its driver, with nine others suffering minor injuries.
The Associated Press reports that Cyrus, 16, was not on board the bus when it flipped on Interstate 85, about 40 miles south of Richmond.
According to TMZ, the bus involved was part of a 4-vehicle caravan and included 14 passengers.
The bus apparently drifted off the road — which was particularly wet from overnight rains. Authorities are not yet releasing the identities of those injured.
Miley Cyrus doesn’t want to be “an idol” for her young fans.
The “Hannah Montana” star insists she would rather be a role model who people look up to than an idealistic figure that teenagers want to be like.
She said: “If you look at me as a role model I agree with it. If you look at me as an idol, I don’t agree. An idol for me is someone that you want to replicate. You want to be them. I don’t wish that on anyone, to lose what they have personally, because that’s when your spark goes.”
Miley, 16 – whose controversial behavior has included appearing in racy photos published in Vanity Fair magazine, dancing with a stripper pole during this year’s Teen Choice Awards, and seemingly grabbing her crotch during a concert – also revealed she is planning to undertake charity work in Indonesia next year.
She told Britain’s Daily Record newspaper: “I’ve been planning going to Indonesia since I was eight. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do, and I was never old enough to go with my church when they all headed out there.”
Miley was recently voted Worst Celebrity Influence by a teen website.
Miley Cyrus’ biggest career accomplishment isn’t Hannah Montana.
It’s a cameo she shot in the upcoming Sex and the City 2.
“It was the best job I’ve ever done,” the singer, 16, said on Ryan Seacrest’s KIIS-FM radio show Friday. “It was a total dream come true.”
She filmed her scene Oct. 17 at NYC’s famed Ziegfeld Theater. She wore the same dress as Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall) at what appeared to be a movie premiere for Samantha’s on-and-off beau, Smith Jerrod (Jason Lewis).
“I didn’t end up shooting until 11 p.m.,” Cyrus said. “It was awesome — I got a free trip to New York. I hung out in New York all day and then I got to go to the set. I literally shot for an hour-and-a-half, and it was done.”
Cyrus said “working with Kim was really cool. Sarah Jessica Parker was the nicest person in the world.”
In Sex and the City 2, Samantha is invited to the premiere of her boyfriend, Smith Jerrod’s, new film.
She says she wants to look ‘hot and young’ on the red carpet, and buys herself a sexy, strapless silver dress.
But when she turns up the premiere, she spots Miley Cyrus wearing exactly the same dress.
Rather than make a swift exit, poor Samantha is caught by the paparazzi as gay best friend Anthony Marentino yells out, ‘Mother of God. She’s wearing the same dress as Hannah Montana!’
Both stars team the short silver sequined dress with a studded black belt and identical knee-high brown suede boots.
But while Kim, 53, opts for a large necklace with brown stones, Hannah Montana star Miley, 16, goes for a studded dog collar and elbow-length black leather gloves.
Miley does not have any lines in the scene, but still manages to leave Samantha lost for words!
Sex and the City 2 is due to be released in May 2010.
The Hannah Montana star, 17, was spotted on the sequel’s NYC set Friday.
She wore the same dress as Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall) at what appeared to be a movie premiere for Samantha’s on-and-off beau, Smith Jerodd (Jason Lewis). Cast members Sarah Jessica Parker (Carrie Bradshaw), Chris Noth (Mr. Big) and Mario Cantone (Anthony Marantino) were also at the shoot, which took place at the famed Ziegfeld Theater. A marquee revealed Smith Jerodd movie to be titled Heart of the Dessert.
Miley Cyrus is finally speaking out about her abrupt departure from Twitter… in rap form. The 16-year-old singer tells her fans, “I had to say goodbye, and this little rap is to tell my fans why.”
