Is 15 year old Selena Gomez the next Miley Cyrus?

Selena Gomez, Disney’s latest teen prodigy, was born in New York City on July 22, 1992 but raised in Grand Prairie, Texas. She began her acting career at the young age of 7, when she landed her first big role as “Gianna” on Barney and Friends. Selena was let go from Barney after just two seasons, but credits the show for teaching her everything she knows about acting. In an interview with People magazine Selena stated that,

I was very shy when I was little. I didn’t know what ‘camera right’ was. I didn’t know what blocking was. I learned everything I know from Barney.

When Selena was 12 years old she was discovered by Disney in a nation wide Disney talent search. In 2006 she did a guest appearance on two episodes of The Suite Life of Zack and Cody and in 2007 she was on two episodes of Hannah Montana. In October 2007 Selena landed a starring role for Disney as “Alex Russo” on Wizards of Waverly Place. Selena has also recorded three songs for Walt Disney Records and in 2008 she released her “Cruella De Vil” music video for the February premiere of 101 Dalmatians.

Selena’s latest role , Mary, is the main character in her upcoming DVD movie Another Cinderella Story and this September she will co-star with, her best friend, Demi Lovato in Princess Protection Program.

People magazine sat down with Selena’s mom, Mandy Teefey, for a little Q&A on keeping Selena Grounded.

People: On Her Chores

Mandy: She has to do her own laundry. If she cooks, I clean. If I cook, she cleans. She has to help feed the dogs. There are really no set chores. We all just pitch in when needed.

People: On Her Curfew

Mandy: It depends on who she is with and where they are going, but 90 percent of the time it’s 11:30 p.m. She never goes to movie premieres, wrap up parties or anything related to the business without a parent. Period. That rule is not changing until she is 21!

People: On Growing Up In Hollywood

Mandy: I was never really concerned about Selena. She is a very headstrong and driven girl. I really haven’t changed any rules for her. If she wasn’t allowed to do it in Texas, she’s not allowed to do it here. Selena knows who she is, and I am around to make sure she doesn’t change.

Like we haven’t heard that before. Curfews, allowances, and chores, all the moms say the same thing and all the stars turn out the same way. Have they come out with a Raising a Child Star for

ONTD posted some more candid shots of Miley Cyrus acting like a fool as she puckered her lips continuously for the camera.

Someone should tell her this look is not becoming on her.

Every time I see her pucker her lips I just want to hire a monkey to travel via Pony Express, knock on her front door, reach into his ass canal and give her a extra steamy dirty sanchez.  MMM… tastes like chocolate!

Miley is at it again, taking pictures of herself in a scandalous manner. The 15 year old Hannah Montana star has pictures of herself floating around on the Internet yet again. This time by herself and wearing nothing but a shirt and underwear.

You can’t look at these pictures and tell me that she probably hasn’t already taken worse ones than these. This girl needs her parents to step in right quick before things get any worse for the promising singer/actress.

It seems that the Disney family breeds a bunch of scandalous girls. Apparently, it started with Annette Funicello, as a big sex symbol back in the day, than Christina with her chaps, Britney showing off her “Britney,” Vanessa Hudgens and her naked pics, and now Miley and her questionable pics.

I don’t really understand it all. I mean these girls are on the top of the world. Such pics to raise popularity really is not necessary…

Hugh Hefner is quite the dirty old man! The founder of “Playboy” magazine has extended an offer to Disney star Miley Cyrus to appear in the pages his magazine, but noted that the 15-year-old would have to wait until she hit the legal age. I’m not an expert on Miley Cyrus, but didn’t she make like $17 million this last year? I’m thinking she is not going to be signing up for this gig anytime soon.

Hugh Hefner said of the singing Miley:

“She would be welcomed in the magazine. Very pretty lady.”

Miley Cyrus Photos from Wango Tango:

Along with the controversy surrounding her portrait in Vanity Fair, Miley Cyrus has also been criticized for telling the magazine that Sex and the City is her “favorite show!” – and for comparing the racy series to her Disney mega-hit Hannah Montana. “I love it!” the 15-year-old singer told Vanity Fair of the former HBO series, known for its candid sex scenes and explicit language. “If you watch Sex and the City, like the way the friends are, the way that it’s dry and they all have distinct characters – that’s a thing we try to do on our show.”

But sources say the criticism is unwarranted. “The show she watches is completely sanitized. She watches it on TBS,” says a source close to Cyrus. (TBS airs an edited-for-TV version of the iconic series.) “[Miley's mom] Tish doesn’t allow HBO in the house. They only have basic cable.”

Adds another source: “People who know her know that she’s trying to live a good life and know she has a good family and good faith.”

After news of the skin-showing portrait by famed photographer Annie Leibovitz was revealed last week, Cyrus issued an exclusive statement to PEOPLE saying: “My goal in my music and my acting is always to make people happy. For Vanity Fair, I was so honored and thrilled to work with Annie. I took part in a photo shoot that was supposed to be ‘artistic’ and now, seeing the photographs and reading the story, I feel so embarrassed.”

Hilary Duff may have been in show business for a decade, but she’s never gotten used to tangling with her fellow celebutantes. “It’s hard to find people who don’t feel like they’re in competition with you,” she tells Allure in its May issue. But while Duff, 20, may try to stay out of the fray, she can’t help but chat – a little, anyway – about some of her peers. She dishes to Allure about Lindsay Lohan, Miley Cyrus and Avril Lavigne:

• On Lindsay Lohan: “Supposedly, I stole Lindsay Lohan’s boyfriend [Aaron Carter.] We were, like, 13! And I’ve never stolen anyone’s boyfriend! I don’t know how you do that! . . . She was talking about it and I wasn’t. It made us both look bad and put up a big weirdness. Really she was just a girl my age. We are fine now, by the way.”

• On Miley Cyrus: “We don’t have each other’s phone numbers. But when she meets me, she’s excited. It’s cute – I see a lot of myself in her.”

• On Avril Lavigne: “I said something about how she didn’t like her fans dressing like her, and how she should appreciate that because it’s a compliment. She called me a goody-goody [Lavigne called Duff a 'mommy's girl' in Newsweek] Everyone is trying to prove who they are, and their position. So, I’m ‘the good girl.’ She’s ‘the bad girl’ or ‘the party girl.’ Sarah Jessica Parker doesn’t take her clothes off, but she’s not a ‘good girl.’ [Adult actors] don’t get tagged like we do.”

Another day, another candid-camera controversy for Miley Cyrus.

The Hannah Montana star has issued a statement about her provocative pictures in the new Vanity Fair. Snapped by renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz, the 15-year-old Disney sensation appears to be topless, covered only in a blanket.

“I took part in a photo shoot that was supposed to be ‘artistic’ and now, seeing the photographs and reading the story, I feel so embarrassed,” she says. “I never intended for any of this to happen and I apologize to my fans who I care so deeply about.’”

The Disney Channel is also standing up for its beloved starlet, telling E! News “a situation was created to deliberately manipulate a 15-year-old in order to sell magazines.”

In its own statement, Vanity Fair defends the shoot.

“Miley’s parents and/or minders were on the set all day. Since the photo was taken digitally, they saw it on the shoot and everyone thought it was a beautiful and natural portrait of Miley,” the magazine says.

“In fact, when Bruce Handy interviewed Miley, he asked her about the photo and she was very cheerful about it and thought it was perfectly fine.”

But a source close to the Cyrus clan tells E! News that although her parents were indeed on set for most of the shoot, they actually left before the photograph in question was taken and never reviewed the image.

This is just the latest photo flap for Cyrus. Last week, pictures surfaced that looked like the squeaky-clean tween queen flashing her green bra and posing with her boyfriend. Pics also circulated online in January of Cyrus frolicking on a hotel floor with a female friend. She said those photos were just “two girls at a sleepover.”