Trace Cyrus is a big fan of needle art, shown by the many adornments on his body. His entire body is covered in tattoos, but he still wants more. The 23-year old musician simply shaved his head, to make some
space for his latest addition. Yesterday Trace went to a tattoo parlor with dad Billy Ray Cyrus. He tweeted, "With my dad! He is getting his back tattooed! Gangster!" Followed by, "Yes I think I'm about to do this!" and "Getting my head tattooed right now" A few hours later the former guitarist and singer of Metro Station showed off the result. He tweeted, "Got my head tatted today! Excuse all the ink on my face. And yes this hurt!!!" Now an image of a Native American Chief is immortalised onto his scalp. It is significantly larger than the facial tattoos he previously had etched on. The photo shows off other inkings such as a diamond ring, a dove, two feathers and the initials TN with an anchor. And even though he wrote, "Late night coffe. I got a headache!!!" he also tweeted about plans to get the other side of his head inked as well, "Thank you Chris Garcia for coming up from Vegas to tattoo my family and I. I can't wait till next week to tattoo the other side of my head!
Trace is Miley Cyrus' half brother, dad Billy Ray Cyrus adopted him when he was little. However, a love of tattoos seems to run in the family, with dad Billy Ray having several, including a full sleeve, mom Tish, who sports (among other tats) a set of big angel wings on her back. Sister Miley reportedly has thirteen tattoos, six small ones on the fingers of her right hand (an equal sign; a peace symbol; a cross; a heart; the word 'karma'; and an eye), 'Just Breathe' on her chest, 'Love' in her ear, a big dreamcatcher on her side, an anchor on her right wrist, an 'ohm' symbol on her left wrist, a skull on her ankle, and 'Love never dies' on her arm.
Trace was in the news last year, when rumours broke that his girlfriend, Brenda Song, was pregnant with their first child. These rumours were proven to be false. Trace and Brenda, known for her roles in The Social Network, Disney series such as The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and Disney movie Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior, have been together for two years. The announced their engagement on October 14th, 2011.
May this year Brenda Song and Trace Cyrus made their first public appearance as a couple. Now news break that the 23-year old Disney and The Social Network actress is pregnant with the 22-year old Metro Station musician's child.
The Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior and former The Suite Life of Zack and Cody star has been dating the rocker, who also performs solo under the name Ashland High, in secret for the past couple of months.
Celebuzz was first to report the news that Brenda is pregnant, she is about eight weeks along. This will be the first child for both. The baby will be born into a family with loads of actors and singers: it'll be Billy Ray Cyrus's first grand child and the little boy or girl can call Miley Cyrus his/her aunt.
She was born on January 19, 1946, the fourth of twelve children, to "dirt poor" parents in the mountains of Tennessee -- all fourteen living in a one-room cabin. Today, she is the undisputed Queen of Country Music, a crossover superstar, a pop culture icon, and the idol of drag queens, trannies and hookers everywhere. She is, of course, Miss Dolly Parton; and she was also our latest Mystery Guest!
Parton's flight from poverty began with her successful association with country music star Porter Wagoner, who featured Parton on his syndicated television series and recorded a string of hit duets with his talented protege. By 1971, Parton was establishing herself as a solo star to be recknoned with: "Coat of Many Colors" became a huge country hit, as well as her signature song; until it was topped by the even more-indelible "Jolene"; and then that was topped by the future standard, "I Will Always Love You."
"I Will Always Love You" was written by Parton as a kiss-off to Wagoner as their professional union came to an end; although she was now a bona fide country queen, Parton had her eye on greener pastures. She switched to a high-powered Hollywood PR firm, with Sandy Gallin acting as her personal manager. Her music was specifically tailored for "crossover" pop appeal, and suddenly, Parton wasn't just on Hee Haw and its ilk; she was everywhere, crooning with Cher, camping it up with Carol Burnett, being candid with Barbara Walters, and going chest to chest with Arnold Schwarzenegger.
"Here You Come Again" became Parton's first pop Top 10 smash in 1977; within a few years, Dolly was doing disco ("Baby I'm Burnin'," 1978); recording #1 hits written by Donna Summer ("Starting Over Again," 1980) and the Bee Gees ("Islands in the Stream" with Kenny Rogers, 1983); and becoming a bona fide movie star, stealing 9 to 5 (1980) right out from under a stellar ensemble cast headed by the formidable Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin -- and scoring another #1 hit with the theme song for good measure.
From the beginning, Parton cultivated a flamboyant, eye-catching image: her impossible-to-ignore curves were accentuated by over-the-top gowns, while her huge bazooms were matched by even bigger hair. But what really set Parton apart was her remarkable talent: that heartfelt, heartbreaking soprano would have been as achingly gorgeous no matter the song, but the fact that much of Parton's best material is from her own pen is truly impressive. Even more impressive: in spite of her outrageous appearance, Parton is genuinely admired and respected by her audiences, peers and critics for her achievements and accomplishments. The talent is first and foremost; the boobs, wigs and plastic surgeries are secondary -- tabloids be damned.
It hasn't been one smooth road, of course; a glitzy attempt to revive the variety television show format in 1987 (creatively titled Dolly) was a major flop; and while another ensemble film, Steel Magnolias (1988), was a hit, the Dolly-driven vehicles Rhinestone (1984) and Straight Talk (1989) were not. Parton's pop music success also bottomed out by the mid-1980's, as she recorded such irresistibly campy, synthesized fluff as "Potential New Boyfriend" (1983) and "Dump the Dude" (1987). Guilty pleasures, yes; critically acclaimed, no.
A return to her roots briefly restored Parton to the top of the country charts in the late 1980's; but then the 1990's saw the veteran diva veering all over the musical map, chasing popular trends with varying degrees of success -- "Romeo" (1993) featured a cheesy cameo by mullet-of-the-moment Billy Ray Cyrus, while a retread of "I Will Always Love You" done as a duet with the smarmy Vince Gill (1994) had none of the delicacy of the 1974 original; nor the panache of Dolly's 1982 re-recording; nor even the bombast of Whitney Houston's zillion-selling 1992 cover for The Bodyguard soundtrack. Indeed, Houston's caterwauling rendition was probably the best thing for Parton's visibility and bank account during that bleak decade.
In more recent years, Parton thankfully returned to her bluegrass roots with a string of critically-acclaimed albums: The Grass is Blue (1999), Little Sparrow (2001), and Halos & Horns (2003). She was nominated for a Best Original Song Oscar in 2005 for "Travelin' Thru," which Parton wrote for Transamerica, a film about a transsexual woman and her son. This venture brought Parton hate mail from some of her less enlightened fans; an irony, considering Parton's longtime standing as not only a gay icon, but also gay-friendly. Hell, she even once opined, "If I'd have been born a man, I'd have been a drag queen!"
A successful venture back to mainstream country, Backwoods Barbie (2008), took its title track from the score of 9 to 5: The Musical, which had a fairly disastrous bow on Broadway in 2009, but proved successful on its national tour. And that's the continuing saga of Dolly Parton: like all true legends, she bounces back after every fall -- and she never seems to muss her wig or break a nail in the process. Neither does soyons-suave, our man in Paris; naturally, he was the only one to guess correctly! Perhaps he and Dolly will form their own bluegrass jug band? As always, thanks for playing, darlings!
