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Rising Disney Star Eyes Miley Cyrus' Tweenybop Throne, Earns Spot On All-Time Best Teen Feuds List
Posted by Molly Friedman at 10:00 AM on June 19, 2008
After a bumpy spring protecting and investing their billion dollar baby Miley Cyrus, today brings news that there may be additional troubles brewing over at the Mouse House. 15-year old Selena Gomez, the rising star of the newest Disney series Wizards Of Waverly Place, whose elevator pitch was most likely "Gossip Girl Meets Harry Potter Meets Charmed But Like, Happy!," is reportedly usurping the scandal-plagued Cyrus' dimming star power. Quietly crowned "The Next Miley Cyrus" by various newsies, the Miley lookalike (minus gummy smile, plus premature Jolie-level hotness) plays Alex, whose painfully ironic mantra is "cast magic first, ask questions later." But the turbulence among competing teens trying to catch their big break by stepping over their peers left and right is a trend as old as the Mousketeers' first dimpled disciples. After the jump, we count down our top three favourite teen feuds of yesteryear.
Lindsay Lohan v. Hilary Duff: As silly, catty and pointless as the battle for waste of space Aaron Carter was back in 2003, freckle-faced Lindsay Lohan and healthy Hilary Duff spent years exchanging passive-aggressive jabs aimed at each other via bad songs, magazine interviews, and of course, endless false claims that things were Totally Cool! between the two. The feud was memorably spoofed in this 2004 SNL clip in which Lindsay assures the world there's no truth to her feuds with Duff (as portrayed by Rachel Dratch).
Lauren Conrad v. Kristin Cavallari and Lauren Conrad vs. Heidi Montag: After spending a few shameful years with our eyes glued to the insanely gorgeous cast of MTV's Laguna Beach, the series ended its wildly successful run with a focus on the brewing animosity between good girl LC and bad girl with bigger boobs Kristin Cavallari. Over an irritatingly boring boy, of course. But Lauren Conrad's girl trouble didn't stop there. Along with the rumoured cat pee-based tension between Lauren and silicone-enhanced roommate Audrina Patridge on The Hills, the entire point of the show has always circled around her hatred of hip hop star/runaway bride of Frankenstein, Heidi Montag. High-pitched screaming fights both seen on-camera and gossiped about endlessly off-camera, have been reported for what feels like centuries. And yet, and yet...how to look away?
Shannen Doherty v. Entire Beverly Hills: 90210 Cast: Doherty landed the career-changing part of Brenda Walsh in 1990 at the age of 19, and almost as soon as the epic series wrapped its first few episodes, rumours were rampant that her on-screen catty demeanor was not a result of magnificent acting. After just four years, Brenda's character was shipped off to Paris and replaced by the sexier Tiffani-Amber Thiessen. Why? Long story short, Doherty made a series of bizarre decisions off-camera: trashing hotel rooms, adding two quickie marriages followed by two quickie divorces to her personal resume, giving paparazzi the bird, and most memorably, appearing in uncomfortably unsexy nudie spreads in Playboy.
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adffsbsfb
Posted June 20, 2008 3:47 AM
Selena Gomez will never be the next Miley Cyrus she should just stick to her lame wizards crap.
kristy
Posted June 20, 2008 12:46 PM
I don't like Selena she is so fake and a wanna be, she is always posing as Vanessa and steeling everyone elses styles. and Demi is as real as Heide Montag's nose and boobs. Camp rock is not gonna be as big as HSM2 get real the moive sucks it's first review and got a c-
al gore
Posted June 29, 2008 1:13 AM
"After just four years, Brenda's character was shipped off to Paris and replaced by the sexier Tiffani-Amber Thiessen."
it was london she was shipped to not paris
vanessa
Posted July 15, 2008 5:38 AM
krsty thank god u took this out...selena gomez sux along with vanessa hudgens...wizarks of stuped place suks
EuroDad
Posted 10:32 AM 19/6/08
and here i thought Shannen left 90210 because her eye finally slid completely off of her face
EuroDad
EuroDad
Posted 10:32 AM 19/6/08
@heidiho:
give it time
EuroDad
heidiho
Posted 10:31 AM 19/6/08
I'm happy for Selena. She's a good kid.
heidiho
IndustryDropOut
Posted 10:02 AM 19/6/08
All i have to say is congrats to Jamie Freed for signing Selena Gomez. I hope your pockets are getting full.
IndustryDropOut
Douglas Reinhardt
Posted 11:27 AM 19/6/08
Selena Gomez is pretty good on "Wizards Of Waverly Place" but where's the love for Demi Lovato? Is she too under the radar yet?
Douglas Reinhardt
heidiho
Posted 1:01 PM 19/6/08
@Douglas Reinhardt: Wait 'til Camp Rock's numbers come in on Monday. It's going to be High School Musical times a million.
heidiho
bess marvin, girl detective
Posted 1:56 PM 19/6/08
all these girls are viciously untalented. we all lose
bess marvin, girl detective
WasatchMan
Posted 3:23 PM 19/6/08
I was going to write "don't forget Ashley Tisdale" but then I felt like a total perv for even commenting on this thread.
WasatchMan
Pomalina
Posted 3:45 PM 19/6/08
For reals, they look as much alike as Jennifer and Angelina.
Pomalina
TheQuestion
Posted 4:12 PM 19/6/08
I'm of the opinion that if Disney started promoting the new kid over Miley, Miley would breathe a sigh of relief, flash her stomach and a bra strap on myspace again, and call her friend Mandy to bring over boys and beer.
TheQuestion
SanFranBetsu
Posted 2:14 AM 20/6/08
...all the drama of my kids' middle school.
SanFranBetsu
SaphocratSam
Posted 10:23 AM 19/6/08
@IndustryDropOut:
"hey jamie, is that a large wad of cash in your pocket or is your guilt over exploiting oversexed pre-teens who will be dropped back into obscurity before they turn 17 making you excited?"
SaphocratSam
TryThisAtHome
Posted 5:35 AM 20/6/08
How are these two girls "lookalikes?" Besides their like, total awesomeness and horribly very bad overacting? Oh, and the equally bad shows?
TryThisAtHome