The Cheetah Girls Release First Studio Album

The Cheetah Girls Release First Studio Album

Adrienne Bailon, Sabrina Bryan and Kiely Williams, better known as The Cheetah Girls, may have been some of the reason for the success of High School Musical.

The Disney Channel darlings were birthed in 2003, along with “That’s So Raven” star Raven Symone.  They starred in a made-for-TV movie based on Deborah Gregory’s books.  And then insanity ensued.

After they saw how successful a made-for-TV-movie could be, Disney decided to take a chance on High School Musical, and struck gold twice.  HSM broke all the records on it’s opening night.

The gauntlet had been thrown down, and the Cheetahs weren’t looking to play second fiddle to the HSM gang.  So when the second Cheetah Girls movie garnered even higher ratings than their Disney peers, they were thrilled.  The soundtrack even hit #5 on the Billboard 200 album chart.

Now The Cheetah Girls have released “TCG” a full-length album of songs that are sure to tickle the ears of their pre and post-pubescent fans.

Miley Still Working for the Mouse

Miley Cyrus is ready for another, more age-appropriate close-up.

Just a few days after her Vanity Fair photo flap exploded to epic proportionsand a few days after rumors swirled that Disney would be keeping a closer watch over the Mouse House moneymakerthe tween queen is getting ready to return to the spotlight, prepping to make her first postscandal public appearance at a concert this weekend.

E! News has confirmed that the 15-year-old, who has been working in Nashville this week on her upcoming Hannah Montana movie, will go forward as planned with a special concert set to take place at (where else?) the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando on Saturday.

Cyrus was definitely not in a chatty mood when she was corned by a camera crew in a Target parking lot.

Asked how she was holding up, Cyrus simply said, "Good, thank you."

When the questions turned to her Annie Leibovitz snaps, however, Cyrus issued a "no comment."

Meanwhile, though the concert is getting filmed this weekend, the singing spot won't be televised until this summer, when it will air as part of the cable network's Disney Channel Games, a competition series which, in addition to Cyrus, will feature appearances from fellow homegrown network talent the Jonas Brothers, the Cheetah Girls' Sabrina Bryan, Adrienne Bailon and Kiely Williams and Dylan and Cole Sprouse.

As far as Cyrus' participation continuing as scheduled, Disney spokeswoman Brenda Kelly Grant told News that "nothing has changed on our production."

The weekend concert will also help to ease Cyrus back into a bigger spotlight, which she will no doubt feel when she returns to an even bigger stage May 10, when she is scheduled to perform at KIIS-FM's annual Wango Tango concert in Orange County.

Reporting by Whitney English

Miley Still Working for the Mouse

Miley Cyrus is ready for another, more age-appropriate close-up.

Just a few days after her Vanity Fair photo flap exploded to epic proportionsand a few days after rumors swirled that Disney would be keeping a closer watch over the Mouse House moneymakerthe tween queen is getting ready to return to the spotlight, prepping to make her first postscandal public appearance at a concert this weekend.

E! News has confirmed that the 15-year-old, who has been working in Nashville this week on her upcoming Hannah Montana movie, will go forward as planned with a special concert set to take place at (where else?) the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando on Saturday.

Cyrus was definitely not in a chatty mood when she was corned by a camera crew in a Target parking lot.

Asked how she was holding up, Cyrus simply said, "Good, thank you."

When the questions turned to her Annie Leibovitz snaps, however, Cyrus issued a "no comment."

Meanwhile, though the concert is getting filmed this weekend, the singing spot won't be televised until this summer, when it will air as part of the cable network's Disney Channel Games, a competition series which, in addition to Cyrus, will feature appearances from fellow homegrown network talent the Jonas Brothers, the Cheetah Girls' Sabrina Bryan, Adrienne Bailon and Kiely Williams and Dylan and Cole Sprouse.

As far as Cyrus' participation continuing as scheduled, Disney spokeswoman Brenda Kelly Grant told News that "nothing has changed on our production."

The weekend concert will also help to ease Cyrus back into a bigger spotlight, which she will no doubt feel when she returns to an even bigger stage May 10, when she is scheduled to perform at KIIS-FM's annual Wango Tango concert in Orange County.

Reporting by Whitney English