MAKE UP YOUR MIND • "Miley Cyrus doesn't regret her controversial, semi-topless Vanity Fair spread shot by Annie Leibovitz earlier this year. In fact, she says the pictures inspired her to want to be a photographer. … 'I just had to deal with that and just realize that I got to work with an amazing photographer,' she said. 'She was amazing and so talented and her lighting… I would love to work with her again. … That's what I want to do with my life. I would love to be a photographer.'"

FUNNY, BECAUSE WE ALL CONSIDER MILEY TO BE THE NEXT TRAIN WRECK "Billy Ray Cyrus says his family considers famed Vanity Fair photographer Annie Leibovitz — who famously shot Miley semi-topless — to be a paparazzi."

Page Six reports today that overrated photographer Annie Liebovitz flustered Queen Elizabeth II during a recent photo shoot for Vanity Fair, upsetting her so much the Queen lurched off the set as quickly as her age would allow.

"…when [Liebovitz] asked Her Majesty to doff her crown during a photo shoot. A BBC documentary, "A Year With the Queen," shows the monarch storming off after Leibovitz sizes up her formal regalia and says, "I think it would look better without the crown, less dressy." The queen retorts: "Dressy? What do you think this is?" She walks out grumbling, "I'm not changing anything, I've had enough, thank you very much."

You know what else would be less "dressy"? Getting rid of a whole gaggle of pampered figureheads, but that would be harder than prying the Crown Jewels from the stiff, Anglican fingers that clutch them. Nice try, Liebovitz.

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Vanity Fair's July issue, an Africa-themed edition guest-edited by Bono, will feature 20 different star-studded cover photos taken by Annie Liebovitz. The goal of the shoot, Bono said, was to "bring some sex appeal to the idea of wanting to change the world." Here's a thought, Bono: try bringing some money to the idea of wanting to change the world.

To be sure, what this whole pitiful—surely catered—charade amounts to is nothing more than rich people with the best of intentions exerting very little effort in the hopes that it will make a difference. But despite their aspirations, the fact is that this gesture will probably prove to be relatively meaningless.

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