Oh, to be 15, to be the powerhouse behind a $1 billion franchise, and to have your "artistic" portrait--taken by Annie Leibovitz--be criticized! Teen star Miley Cyrus's photographs for the June issue of Vanity Fair have prompted a war of the words between the teen star, Disney (which produces her wildly popular "Hannah Montana" show) and the magazine. The photograph shows Cyrus, seemingly topless, covered by a sheet, and when Entertainment Tonight promo'd it over......

A look at some noteworthy programs this week: New York City Ballet: Bringing Balanchine Back (Sunday, 7:00 p.m. WNET 13) Kevin Kline narrates this documentary following the journey of the New York City Balet to St. Petersburg, the birthplace of its founder George Balanchine, where they perform at the storied Mariinsky Theatre. Great Performances Garrison Keillor's New Year's Eve Special (Sunday, 10:00 p.m. WNET 13 and NJN) we all know about the other hackneyed New......

Annie Leibovitz photographs will be traveling the world soon, and are on view at the Brooklyn Museum starting this week. The exhibit, titled: Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer’s Life, 1990-2005, debuts in Brooklyn and will contain more than 100 photographs. The work on display, and also in the accompanying book of the same name, includes not only work Leibovitz created as a professional photographer, but also personal photographs of her family and close friends. She stated,......

Inventive Fashion Photographs by Chuck Close, Annie Leibovitz, Vik Muniz is an exhibit of the three photographers work on assignments for mainstream glossy magazines. Their trademark styles mingle with the editorial assignment – expanding beyond the boundaries given to them. Included in the exhibit are W Magazine's September 2003 tribute to Kate Moss, where she is photographed with an unmade-up face and body. A fashion spread not used to bring in advertisers and/or sell product?!......

Developer Bruce Ratner has tapped celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz to photograph the development of the new New York Times building on Eighth Avenue. Why? To attract other tenants for the building. The Post calls the 700,000 square feet available in the building "an entire speculative building," and says the photographs, which will be taken periodically, will be plastered in the area. Could photographs by Annie Leibovitz really attract new tenants? Maybe photographs of cash, but......