Yeetle Box - The Best of Both Worlds

Billy Ray Cyrus, country music star whose hit "Achy Breaky Heart" launched him into the spotlight and set oiff a wave of Stepford line-dancing across the United States. Billy Ray said he and his daughter, the "Hannah Montana" actress Miley Cyrus, simply forgot to buckle up for one of their scenes in their new hit movie.

"It can happen to anybody," he said. "But we have a resposibility to our fans, our fans' parents, and their grandparents, as well as all persons across the nation who sometimes forget to buckle up while filming a movie."

"We got caught up in the moment of filming, and we made a mistake and forgot to buckle our seat belts," the country music star said Wednesday on People magazine's Web site. "Seat belt safety is extremely important."

Consumer Reports magazine had noticed that the Cyruses were not wearing seat belts as they rode in the back of a Range Rover during Disney's "Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert" - which is odd for a magazine, but, Consumer Reports spokespersons noted that the magazine was designed with intelligent reconnaissance.

Don Mays, the director of product safety at Consumers Union, which publishes Yonkers-based Consumer Reports, said Wednesday, "We applaud the Cyrus family for recognizing that wearing seat belts in rear seats is essential. (Or is it wearing rear seats in the front belts?) Anyway, we not only applaud them, we idolize them for this great public relations moment."

The magazine had noted that 65 percent of the 13-to-15-year-olds killed in auto accidents in 2006 were not wearing seat belts - again, an amazing capability from a seemingly small stack of paper.

Miley Cyrus is 15 and is a prime candidate for death-by-no-seat-belt. Her father, Billy Ray, promised to write a song about seatbelt safety among teens. "It's the least I can do to make up for this great transgression," he said.

Telephone calls and e-mails to Disney and to several of Miley Cyrus' representatives were not immediately returned Wednesday. Instead, Mr. William Hung intercepted the calls to note his thanks to Billy Ray Cyrus and to say that he, too, has experienced the best of both worlds.



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