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Miley Cyrus performs at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015, in Los Angeles.
Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016 | 8:16 a.m.
NEW YORK — Following in the footsteps of Diane Keaton and Scarlett Johansson, Woody Allen has an unlikely new female star: Miley Cyrus.
Cyrus will star in Allen's as-yet-titled Amazon series, a spokeswoman for Cyrus confirmed. The head-spinning casting combines the 80-year-old filmmaker with the 23-year-old former Disney star.
Cyrus will star alongside Elaine May in the six half-hour episodes planned to run this year.
On Instagram, Cyrus posted a painting of Allen that she said had been beside her bed for years. Cyrus wrote that she was "looking into his eyes when I got the call to be a part of the cast."
Allen has previously voiced regrets about his first foray into streaming television. At the Cannes Film Festival in May he called it "a catastrophic mistake."
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