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Miley Cyrus performs in Central Park on ABC’s “Good Morning America” last year (Charles Sykes/AP)

Neil Young. Bob Dylan. Bruce Springsteen. These artists are responsible for some of the classic American protest songs of the last 50 years.

But who will address the Occupy movement and emerge as the voice for this generation’s struggles?

Third Eye Blind and Miley Cyrus are both applying for the job.

Earlier this week, the Bay Area 90s band Third Eye Blind–fronted by a valedictorian of UC Berkeley–released “If There Ever Was A Time” in an attempt to rally the youth of America to take to the streets… in a manner suitable for soft-rock radio stations.

Not one to miss the train, teenage pop superstar/actress/millionaire/“stoner” Miley Cyrus has since released her own song in support of the Occupy Wall Street protestors. The obnoxiously catchy dance track entitled “Liberty Walk,” and the accompanying music video, is dedicated to the “thousands of people who are standing up for what they believe in.”

And just in case that message wasn’t clear, here’s an excerpt from the lyrics:

Just walk this way
Don’t let, don’t let, don’t let, don’t let
Don’t let whatcha do (Walk!)
Don’t take the abuse (Walk!)
Move to the truth
People, come on, that means you!

We’re still not sure whether or not the Occupy protestors will adopt this as the anthem for their movement, but Miley’s rap break in the middle of the song will definitely help her cause.

Clearly Miley is growing up; life is not just a “Party in the USA” for her anymore.

Watch the video for “Liberty Walk” here and tell us what you think!

Hat tip to Huffington Post.

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The story’s everywhere, from national TV broadcasts to the front page of Tuesday’s New York Post, which summed up the thoughts of many with an all-caps headline proclaiming “RICH GET RICHER.”

Greg Skidmore, Brandon Lacoff and Tim Davidson of Greenwich-based Belpointe LLC, an asset management firm, stepped forward and revealed themselves as the winners of a $254 million Powerball ticket — by far the biggest prize in Connecticut lottery history.

But a British newspaper is suggesting there’s a different twist that went under the radar yesterday.

The Daily Mail, citing a friend who the paper said has known Lacoff since childhood, is reporting the trio is merely a front for an anonymous client who had the winning ticket but wanted to collect his money without any fanfare.

The paper reports:

And last night the three wealthy bankers who came forward to claim a record Powerball jackpot were facing claims that they were not in fact the real winners.

An anonymous man – one of their clients – is said to have actually purchased the ticket but came to the trio to avoid the ‘hassle’ of his name becoming public.

They then allegedly set up a trust ‘as a front’ so that Tim Davidson, Brandon Lacoff and Greg Skidmore could be the public face of the win.

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Talk about grudges.

Two 73-year-old former football rivals got into a fist fight Friday night at a CFL Alumni Legends Luncheon.

The rivalry between Joe Kapp and Angelo Mosca dates back to the 1963 Gray Cup game between Kapp’s B.C. Lions and Mosca’s Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

The grudge started when Mosca hit running back Willie Fleming with a shot that many felt was dirty in the 1963 game. Kapp refused to shake Mosca’s hand afterward.

Kapp played for Cal, in the CFL and in the NFL, for the Minnesota Vikings. Mosca enjoyed a stretch of fame as a professional wrestler after his CFL football days were over.

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Um, when you’ve gotta go, you’ve gotta go.

Even if it is in the fourth quarter of a tied NFL game. And you are the kicker. On the sidelines.

Just ask San Diego’s Nick Novak, who, yes, relieved himself on the sidelines during Sunday’s game against the Broncos. He tried to get cover from a Gatorade jug and a team towel, but CBS cameras definitely caught him in the act.