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Teen singing sensation Miley Cyrus is among the A-list stars who rock the annual "Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade." She serves as the opening act for the parade, singing the popular track "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town."

To Disney 365's reporter, she says she sings the song because she and her family like it. She also shares what she is celebrating for the year 2008.

People TV Watch has just got its hands on an exclusive sneak peek of "The Hills" spin-off, "The City". In support of the upcoming debut of the new reality show, the short clip highlights on the building up tension between the two guys who are close to the series' star, Whitney Port.

Giving more on one particular scene shown in the previously-released trailer, the video footage displays the moment Whitney's newest love interest and Australian musician Jay, and her former love interest Alex, come face to face with each other in a club. While the two are sizing each other up, Whitney watches the brawl from the sidelines. The video can be seen via People.

In support of the upcoming season two of "Damages", several selected scenes of the legal drama series have been released by the FX network. Giving a sneak peek to what to expect next in the series, the snippets bring up various problems faced by the characters. The videos also pick up different focus of the series from thought on revenge to Patty's nightmare.

Season two of "Damages" will be kicked off on Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at 10/9c on the FX network. It is said that the episode entitled "I Lied, Too" will deal with Glenn Close's Patty Hewes who finds herself entangled in a case with personal and professional repercussions when a man from her past, Daniel Purcell, calls.

Expected to make a guest appearance in "The Suite Life on Deck", Ashley Tisdale will finally come on board the S.S. Tipton in the new year. The latest news coming from the sitcom series reveals that the actress who plays Maddie Fitzpatrick in Disney's "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody" will reprise her role as London's BFF in the spin-off's January 16, 2009 episode.

In the episode entitled "Maddie on Deck" to be aired at 8/7c on Disney Channel, Tisdale's Maddie will be seen visiting Zack, Cody and London in Europe and capturing the heart of 8-years-old prince Jeffy of Lichtenstamp who wants her hand in marriage. The story goes on with a catch that if Maddie refuses the prince's request, she will be imprisoned and S.S. Tipton will not be permitted to leave Lichtenstamp.

Next year will officially be the year of werewolves for FOX have decided to go on with a new dramedy called "Bitches". Apart from "The Wolfman" that will come out November 6 and "New Moon" on November 20, a TV series that chronicles the story of four female werewolves is en route.

Reports of such project being developed by Michael Dougherty had surfaced a couple of months ago, and The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that the network are taking green light steps towards the show.

FOX are gearing up to welcome their new TV series, "Dollhouse", by releasing a clip from the sci-fi show. Focusing on the character Echo, which is played by Eliza Dushku, the footage reveals on how a Doll or Active is getting his or her memory erased by the The Dollhouse on a special chair.

Topher is a lab tech working for the facility who is responsible to perform the duty of erasing the memory and terminating the tape. He is seen in discussion with Echo's guard, Boyd, on how the memory-erasing practice has its effect on Echo who found the man of her dream just before she went through the process. While Boyd is worried on the personal life of Echo, Topher says that she is actually "living the dream" by not having a care of the world.

Aired on Friday, December 12 night was a special E! True Hollywood Story that picked up the theme of "Young Hollywood: A to Zac". Among the young celebs featured in the program was Miley Cyrus whose life from a country girl to a teen superstar was chronicled in a half-hour segment.

"Young Hollywood" covers Miley's rise to stardom, beginning when her country singer dad Billy Ray Cyrus landed a part in "Doc" and Miley chipped in for a small role. It also documented Miley's first failure to get the "Hannah Montana" titular role and her success in convincing the producers to let her take the part. Topic of discussion also touches the issue of her racy picture on Vanity Fair and her reputation as teen role model.

Disney Channel have been airing Happy Holidays commercials that feature their notable teen stars. Over the weekend, the network released the one with the cast of "Camp Rock" after those by the stars of "Wizards of Waverly Place", "Hannah Montana" and "Sonny with a Chance".

Representing the cast of "Camp Rock" who wish the viewers "happy holidays" are Demi Lovato, all the three siblings of Jonas Brothers, and Alyson Stoner. Demi in particular, appears twice in such commercial since she also starred in the one by the cast of new Disney original series "Sonny with a Chance".

Two new promos of Disney Channel's original series, "Sonny with a Chance", have been released. The footages contain scenes from the TV movie starring Demi Lovato, plus the introduction to the lead character, Sonny.

Sonny, a talented Midwestern girl, has won a nationwide talent search to move to Los Angeles and star in a popular television series. Sonny's home and work life is documented along with her adjustment to life in the spotlight.

Carmen Electra paid Ellen DeGeneres a visit on her daily show "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" on Friday, December 19. The actress' name has been making rounds on the headlines lately due to her cover for Playboy, the adult magazine that catapulted her name to wider market.

Coming to the show, Carmen treated the audience with a sultry dance to Beyonce Knowles' "Naughty Girl" and was joined by Ellen who wanted a "spank" before she began with the interview. Carmen also talks about her engagement to Korn guitarist Rob Patterson and whether or not she wants to have kids. Upon that question Carmen said, "Yeah, soon. I've done everything except for this."

Memorable moments from the recent Beijing Olympic will be highlighted in a two-hour special by NBC. The network will air "Beijing Olympic Opening Ceremony: TV Event of the Year" on a primetime slot (8/7c) on December 27 with hosts Bob Costas and Matt Lauer.

The two men, who also hosted the original telecast in August, will show the biggest moments in the sports event, including the performance of swimmer Michael Phelps that brought U.S.A. eight gold medallions. There will also be a brief look forward to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.

The chance for "Pushing Daisies" to get a revival is getting slimmer as its star, Kristin Chenoweth, has been hired for a new TV series created by David E. Kelley. The man who is also known as the creator of "Ally McBeal", is gearing up NBC's new project, "Legally Mad", by casting Chenoweth as one of the characters.

"I've wanted to work with her for a long time and can't wait to reveal her as someone who's completely mad," Kelley said. Chenoweth will take the role as Skippy Pylon, an apparently cheerful and brilliant attorney who still has psychotic sides in her. She is often mistaken as a teenager, but enjoys the compliment.

It was reported earlier this month that there will be a re-casting on "Samantha Who?" for the role of Sam's ex, Funk, and apparently execs have found the new guy. If the character was previously known to be played by Timothy Olyphant, the role now belongs to Billy Zane.

EW's Michael Ausiello revealed sources confirmed to him, that producers of the show starring Christina Applegate as Samantha, have replaced Olyphant with the "Titanic" star. This was reasoned as a scheduling conflict because when it was decided that Funk is brought back on the script, Olyphant had already committed himself to FX's "Damages".

The CW have started with the promo of their new reality TV series, "13: Fear is Real". After a clip previewing a scene from the show was released yesterday, the network have unleashed two more promos, an intro to the show and a title sequence.

Apt to its title, the promo gives introduction to how the game will be played, and where it will take place. 13 people are transported to a remote place in Louisiana Bayou which is deemed the most haunted place in the U.S. as well as the place where Voodoo is practiced largely. The contestants only know that they will be dropped into a dark wood to face their fears but they have no idea that they are being watched. The last person standing will be granted a cash price of $66,666.

The last episode of William Petersen as Gil Grissom on "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" will be aired on Thursday, January 15. In "One to Go", Grissom will officially leave the unit and the show will welcome Laurence Fishburne's Dr. Raymond Langston as its regular.

As seen on the preview of this last episode of Grissom, there will be a few flashbacks of his scenes starting from the year 2000. The crime drama series aired its pilot on October 6 that year and Grissom had a scene with novice agent Holly Gribbs (Chandra West). It was in the episode that Grissom is known to have an eye for insects.