While arch conservatives like Rush Limbaugh thunder on about President-elect Barack Obama’s links to Hollywood (whether through his White House chief of staff’s family members or just Obama’s natural charisma), one of Hollywood’s most popular TV shows, “Hannah Montana,” wants to invite Obama’s kids to appear, MSNBC claims.

Most Miley Cyrus fans would die for a chance to meet the “Hannah Montana” star, but when your dad has just been elected President of the United States, you have a little extra pull. Eat your heart out, Rush Limbaugh.

Billy Ray Cyrus told Access Hollywood that “Hannah” might get a visit from future first daughters Malia and Sasha Obama.

“They probably will. The invitation is there,” Miley’s dad said. “The ‘Hannah Montana’ film comes out in April. Maybe something might happen around then. Maybe not. I don’t know… I have got to keep a secret.”

Miley Cyrus said she didn’t know if the offer had been extended yet to the White House’s new resident “Hannah Montana” fans.

“I think that would be really cool and if anything, have them visit the set,” Cyrus noted. “They could see what we do and we could hear about what they do.”

But what kind of storyline does Cyrus envision for the girls if they do appear on her show?

“They are kind of like me before I started my own career. You are kind of put in it because their dad and because of my dad… so I would want it to be normal and they could come hang out on the set with normal girls. I think that would be fun for them,” she explained.

As the Obama daughters get ready for a life in a much larger spotlight, Cyrus offered some advice on how to handle the attention when one of your parents is a superstar in their own right.

“I think, more than anything, it would be to find your own identity,” Cyrus said. “Something that makes you stand out where you can be like, ‘This is Miley and she does this.’ I think that is a cool way to be if you can have your identity away from your parents, away from a friend or brother or sister.”

MySpace and PayPal have teamed up to create “donation widgets” that will allow the same people who hit your page up for drunken pictures of your ‘neathage to contribute to Breast Cancer Research funds. Or something like that.

To inspire the masses, MySpace and PayPal have enlisted a coterie of young things: Hayden Panettiere, The Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus, Hilary Duff and Vanessa Hudgens.

All these stars have installed the widgets on their pages — and are helping to promote a contest that includes weekly prizes and $20,000 in cash.

So now you don’t have to feel completely dirty about perusing the pages of underage stars.

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Our favorite part of NotTheLATimes.com (and there are many good parts to choose from) is the mock “Most Viewed” box:

1. Miley Cyrus set to announce new favorite color.

2. Rob Lowe‘s nanny breaks off romance with Christian Bale‘s bodyguard’s cousin’s best friend.

3. Kobe confident he can lead Olympic tam to Lakers-style offensive and defensive collapse.

4. Obama – boxers, briefs, or free-range?

5. Exclusive: Britney takes cuts in Slurpee line at Malibu 7-Eleven.

6. Iran launches nuclear missile at Israel.

Making fun of LAT owners is one thing. Making fun of its readers… now that’s funny!

Andrew Blankstein Is Our Batman: Is Andrew Blankstein on the outrageous vandalism beat? First he tackles the case of the cruel criminals who capped the knees of the Bronze Miner in Carthay Circle. Now, he’s on to Buket, the graffiti artist who is way too old to be tagging buses in broad daylight. If someone starts knocking over mailboxes in your neighborhood, give Blankstein a call.

Miley Cyrus’ Tongue Is Worth More Than Your Car: Pap agencies are prepared to pay upward of $150,000 for a shot of Miley Cyrus‘ “first kiss,” which we’re assuming means first public kiss. Disturbing piece, but we have one question for Rachel Abramowitz: Why all this talk of Miley’s wholesomeness without ever mentioning the green bra debacle?

French Dip: Elizabeth Snead serves up some foreign dish today with a look at the Nice-Matin, the hometown paper of Cannes, France, which gave out some snarky awards to America’s best imports (e.g. Mike Tyson got the “Absurd Award” for simply being Mike Tyson). Ah, the French.

Last Laugh: It’s been argued that Jimmy Fallon would be nothing without Tina Fey. We’ll get a chance to find out when he takes over for Conan O’Brien after Conan succeeds Jay Leno next month year.

Side Show Freaks: Carla Hall turns her attention to Pellicano’s co-defendants “the disgraced cop, the one-time Las Vegas businessman, the former phone company technician and the computer whiz.” It’s a fun read, we highly recommend.

Even More Ado About Nothing: Miley Cyrus’ green bra has sparked controversy. Kinda. Not really. But, shhh, don’t tell the LAT that (Sorry, Dawn).

Clearly vying for the Dad Of The Year Award, Orange County Register reporter Peter Larsen enlists the aid of his 11-year-old daughter, Juliet, to help cover the 2008 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards on Saturday night.

It’s a cute writerly gambit, and a great way to introduce the art of Red Carpet (or, in this case, Orange Carpet) reporting to a child:

The big stars always arrive last on the carpet, but finally Miley Cyrus, whose role as Hannah Montana has made her the biggest star in the tween-iverse, approached our station.

After introductions and handshakes, I throw the ball to Juliet, suggesting she ask Miley something that kid fans might want to know.

“Uh, uh, I’m still just stunned to be actually meeting you!” is what comes out, which strikes us as the perfect response — how many tween fans of Miley wouldn’t be left speechless by the encounter?

We’re glad she had fun … and happier still that we’re not likely going to be losing our jobs to a fifth grader (yet).

X-Files Movie! X-Files Movie! X-Files Movie! Fanboys (and girls) are as excited as a tweenager with Miley Cyrus tickets for the July 25 release of the next X-Files movie(!)

Stars Align: Can celebrities bring about world change? (Well, they’re going to have to, seeing the state of journalism these days… but we digress). Tina Daunt’s always brilliant column points out some interesting happenings surrounding the Chinese Olympic Games: ‘After Spielberg announced that he was dropping all plans to assist the Chinese with their big show because of the killings in Darfur, the government began pushing the Sudanese government to accept a peacekeeping force into the troubled region.” Dang, Stevie! Look at you go!

Is It Just Us… or is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s blog getting weirder?

An exceptionally enterprising PR-type, Meredith Goldblatt, suggested we could capitalize on a certain NY Times story and run a piece about Variety’s “Power of Youth,” a benefit held Saturday at Universal Studios on behalf of St. Jude.

So, yeah, we’ll take the bait.

The benefit brought together the likes of Variety’s VP & Associate Publisher Brian Gott, actress Miley Cyrus, Variety’s President & Publisher Charlie Koones and actress Vanessa Hudgens (all pictured here in this shot by Jordan Strauss of WireImage.com

According to Goldblatt’s release:

The inaugural event is part of Variety’s new initiative to reach out to Hollywood’s next generation of entertainers, in the hopes of encouraging young people to become involved with humanitarian and philanthropic efforts.

And what a youngster-filled event it was: One of the highlights was a celebrity tricycle race.

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