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What could be a better birthday present to a 16-year-old than a brand new Porsche? Not many things could top that list for a teenager, but Miley Cyrus has done a fabulous job following up the gifts of her sweet sixteenth by gaining a nomination for a Golden Globe Award, announced in last week’s awards show fervor. Cyrus’ new Porsche Cayenne took the backseat to the artist’s newest gift of a possible Golden Globe, as the Hannah Montana star recently secured her spot to the second awards show since November, when she performed at the American Music Awards.

Cyrus and singer-songwriter Jeffrey Steele picked up the Golden Globe nod for “I Thought I Lost You,” a song the two co-wrote for the Disney film Bolt. The single is up for Best Original Song in a Motion Picture, and it will compete against Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman with “Down to Earth” from Wall-E; Jamie Cullum, Clint Eastwood, Kyle Eastwood and Michael Stevens for “Gran Torino” from Gran Torino; Beyonce Knowles, Amanda Ghost, Scott McFarmon, Ian Dench, James Dring and Jody Street for “Once in a Lifetime” from Cadillac Records and Bruce Springsteen for “The Wrestler” in The Wrestler. This year’s Golden Globe Awards, the 66th annual presentation, will commence on January 11.

While 2008 has been one monumental year in the spotlight for Miley Cyrus, the teen pop sensation has been at the forefront of media attention ever since she was born, being the first daughter of country music legend and “Achy, Breaky Heart” vocalist Billy Ray Cyrus. Miley’s entertainer gene was evident from childhood, and she got the nickname Miley (her real name is Destiny Hope) as a shortened version of “Smiley,” a name she gained due to her cheerful disposition as a baby. Miley Cyrus made her debut into the entertainment world in 2003 when she made a cameo in the television series Doc, soon thereafter landing a small role in the Tim Burton film Big Fish. The child prodigy made her big break in 2005, however, when she gained the title role in the Disney series Hannah Montana. The TV show let Cyrus demonstrate both her acting and singing skills, as she played a character leading a double life as normal teenager Miley Stewart by day and superstar Hannah Montana by night. The first Hannah Montana soundtrack came out in 2006 following the release of the Hannah Montana film, and Cyrus absolutely exploded as a teen icon thereafter.

Since 2006, Cyrus has gone on to conquer all means of the entertainment industry, embarking upon several national tours and releasing many smash singles and albums both as Hannah Montana and as Miley Cyrus. Cyrus’ debut solo release as herself dropped in the summer of 2008 under the title Breakout, and that’s just what this sugar-coated pop tart has done ever since. Cyrus’ live performances are appropriate for all ages, so if you haven’t seen the Hannah Montana star rock the stage live, get Miley Cyrus tickets from http://www.stubhub.com/miley-cyrus-tickets and get the party started!

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2008 has been one monumental year for the life and career of the legendary Scott Weiland, and ever since the vocalist split from Velvet Revolver this spring, he has been tearing through the media as a rejoined piece of the award-winning rock band Stone Temple Pilots. Most recently, Weiland and STP showed their reunited fervor by performing at Los Angeles’ Gibson Amphitheatre at KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas concert. Jamming alongside rockers like Offspring, Rise Against and Staind, the Stone Temple Pilots tore up the stage in L.A. as part of the concert’s first night of entertainment, proving their mainstay status in the hard rock realm.

Everyone with Stone Temple Pilots tickets rocked out to STP classics like “Big Empty,” “Interstate Love Song” and “Vasoline” at this weekend’s two-day Almost Acoustic Christmas concert in Los Angeles, praising the long-awaited performance by one of the most influential rock bands of the decade. This year’s performance at the concert marks Weiland’s first appearance in the KROQ show since 2004, when he took the stage alongside his then-band Velvet Revolver.

Although Weiland and the Stone Temple Pilots have a history of ups and downs, this year’s appearance at the Almost Acoustic Christmas concert means one more round of musical domination for this legendary rock band. STP started their reign in the rock realm in 1992, when the quartet formed as a grunge/punk-influenced band and started creating raucous tunes that propelled their debut album Core to the top of the rock charts, selling more than three million copies and even winning a Grammy Award in the band’s first year of inception. The Stone Temple Pilots flew to superstar status overnight, and the band’s sophomore release Purple also debuted at the number one spot on the Billboard charts in 1994.

Despite a blowout music career in the mid-’90s, STP took a breather in 1995 when the band’s frontman Weiland suffered from a heroin addiction, next spending time in and out of federal prisons for drug possession charges. By 1996, Weiland and the Stone Temple Pilots were back and better than ever, releasing the album Tiny Music…Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop, but Weiland’s relapse the following year put a damper on the band’s success. By the late ’90s, Weiland had spun off on his own solo career, briefly reuniting with STP before landing in jail once again with drug charges.

In the early 2000s, a sober Weiland and the Stone Temple Pilots once again reemerged on the music scene, releasing 2001′s Shangri-La Dee Da and 2003′s Thank You greatest-hits package before going on hiatus once again. Weiland joined the ex-Guns N’ Roses-driven hard rock band Velvet Revolver in 2004, gaining a monumental following the releases of 2004′s Contraband and 2007′s Libertad before the vocalist exited the band, going back to the Stone Temple Pilots in the spring of 2008. Since STP’s recent rejuvenation, the band has been touring relentlessly. To get in on all the recent excitement of the Stone Temple Pilots, get concert tickets from http://www.stubhub.com/stone-temple-pilots-tickets before the band disappears again!

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