Cody Linley and Brooke Burke Perform On Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars” likes to tout its superlatives and firsts from one season to the next, and season seven is no different: this time, we’ve got the largest cast (13 people), the oldest star (Cloris Leachman, 82), the youngest star (Cody Linley, 18), the most nights of any season premiere (3), and the most eliminations the first week (2). The main stories of the first night were as follows: (a) the judges apparently resolved not to start the scoring inflation so early this time around, (b) Cloris

Idol Headlines for 10/01/08
‘Rock of Ages’ Begins Performances Tomorrow, 10/1ROCK OF AGES cranks up the volume Off-Broadway with performances beginning Wednesday, October 1 at New World Stages. Slated for an open-ended engagement, the show will have its Official Opening Night on Thursday, October 16 at 7:00 PM.This production features Constantine Maroulis (Broadway: The Wedding Singer; Off-Broadway Jaques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris; Television: “American Idol” Season 4),Broadway World.comUnderwood relea

Dancing With The Stars: Week 2
Filed under: Celebrities, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Reviews, Episode Recaps(S07E04) We're back to the ballroom for week two, without Jeffrey Ross or Ted McGinley. Because of the extended opening week, the couples only had four days to learn either the rumba, or the paso doble. Asked what he was looking for, Len said that learning a new dance in four days is really tough. So, he was fearing the worst, but hoping for the best. It was one of many questions we would have for the show. Was four days enou

Dancing with the Stars Results: Lance Bass Kisses a Girl!
Last night on Dancing with the Stars, Lance Bass kissed a girl... but did he like it?The former boy bander and partner Lacey Schwimmer performed a paso doble to Katy Perry’s single “I Kissed a Girl." By the end of the evening, though, they found themselves in the middle of the pack along with almost everyone else, staring up at Brooke Burke and Derek Hough.Here's a recap of each tandem's dances and combined scores from the judges:Toni Braxton & Alec Mazo (paso doble): 23 Brooke Burke & D

Kim Kardashian Eliminated from ‘Dancing with the Stars’
Their rumba lacked thunder! America sent Kim Kardashian and Mark Ballas packing on Tuesday night’s "Dancing with the Stars" results show. With her parting words, Kim paid homage to her father, Robert Kardashian, who passed away five years ago. She said she felt like she’d made him proud. And Mark praised his father, too, saying he was glad pops Corky Ballas was still in the running after narrowly escaping elimination with partner Cloris Leachman in the bottom two. Musical guest Je

DWTS' Karina Smirnoff: "Single Guys — Send in Your Resume!"
DWTS' Karina Smirnoff isn't shedding a tear after splitting with Mario Lopez. "I'm just concentrating on my career and getting my mind in the right place," she told Usmagazine.com at the L.A. premiere of Get Smart on Monday. Still, she added, "At the end of the day, I really want to find that certain person to spend the rest my life with. And I am totally open for that — so any single, good guys, send in your resume!" Smirnoff, 30, and Lopez, 34, called it quits earlier this month, shortly after

Dancing With The Stars: Week 2 Results
Filed under: Celebrities, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Reviews (S07E05) It's time for the second week eliminations. The early week eliminations are always interesting times because, more often than not, the results are a little screwy. I'm reminded of past seasons that saw Jerry Springer, Billy Ray Cyrus, and Master P, to name a few, all hanging on far longer than their dancing abilities warranted. Would we see something similar tonight? The results, and a quick rundown of the results show performances,

Kim Kardashian Eliminated from 'Dancing with the Stars'
With her parting words, Kim paid homage to her father, Robert Kardashian, who passed away five years ago. She said she felt like she'd made him proud. And Mark praised his father, too, saying he was glad pops Corky Ballas was still in the running after narrowly escaping elimination with partner Cloris Leachman in the bottom two. Musical guest Jessica Simpson got the crowd stomping their feet with a couple of rollicking country tunes, and viewers were also treated to a fabulous dance routine from the chore

Rockin’ the Dance Floor With Rocco DiSpirito!
With the highly anticipated premiere of ABC’s "Dancing With The Stars" less than a week away, wannabe dancing king Rocco DiSpirito lets ET in on his private rehearsal! As the hunky chef shows us a few of the moves he and pro dancer Karina Smirnoff have perfected, his mom stops by with a special treat! "They told me Karina Smirnoff would be teaching me how to dance," Rocco proudly tells ET about his dancing coach. "I figure if you learn how to paint from Da Vinci, physic

Dancing With Rocco, Week 2
Rocco DiSpirito has had a bumpy ride on Dancing With the Stars. His first performance earned him just 14 points, but then he and Karina Smirnoff shot up to 21 points for their sizzling… More: continued here FeedMeGossip.com: No Comments Make A Comment No comments yet. Comments RSS Feed   TrackBack URL Leave a comment Name (requ

US EXCLUSIVE: Bachelor Andy Baldwin & Karina Smirnoff "Very Affectionate" in Vegas
Bachelor Andy Baldwin and Dancing With the Stars' Karina Smirnoff hooked up at the Palazzo hotel in Las Vegas this weekend. "Andy and Karina were together by the pool all day Saturday," an eyewitness tells Usmagazine.com. "They were very affectionate," the source says. "He was very affectionate with her. He was touching her feet when she was laying on her chaise lounge. He made sure he was always touching her." The new couple also watched a fight at MGM and hit Tao Saturday night, the source says.

Dancing With the Stars 7: Get to Know Rocco DiSpirito
Rocco DiSpirito is best known as a celebrity chef, reality star and a cookbook author. He is known for his involvement in Union Pacific, a restaurant he opened in 1997 in the Gramercy Park section of Manhattan to good reviews. He left Union Pacific in 2004. In 2003 and 2004, DiSpirito was the subject of the NBC reality television show The Restaurant, which followed DiSpirito, his mother, Nicolina, and restaurant co-owner and financier Jeffrey Chodorow during the opening of their restaurant, Rocco’s

New Video: Breaking 'DWTS' News!
ET confirms the news that "Dancing with the Stars" contestant, comedian Jeffrey Ross, was injured earlier today when his partner, Edyta Sliwinska, accidentally poked him in the eye. He was taken to the hospital, but he was able to dance tonight, despite doctor's orders and albeit, while wearing an eye patch. In other "Dancing" news, professional dancer Karina Smirnoff was also taken to the hospital today after injuring her ankle. She was able to perform, however, and said, "I feel

Rockin' the Dance Floor With Rocco DiSpirito!
With the highly anticipated premiere of ABC's "Dancing With The Stars" less than a week away, wannabe dancing king Rocco DiSpirito lets ET in on his private rehearsal! As the hunky chef shows us a few of the moves he and pro dancer Karina Smirnoff have perfected, his mom stops by with a special treat! "They told me Karina Smirnoff would be teaching me how to dance," Rocco proudly tells ET about his dancing coach. "I figure if you learn how to paint from Da Vinci, physics from Einstein -- you take i

Breaking 'DWTS' News!
"The Insider" confirms the news that "Dancing with the Stars" contestant, comedian Jeffrey Ross, was injured earlier today when his partner, Edyta Sliwinska, accidentally poked him in the eye. He was taken to the hospital, but he was able to dance tonight despite doctor's orders, albeit while wearing an eye patch. In other "Dancing" news, professional dancer Karina Smirnoff was also taken to the hospital today after injuring her ankle. She was able to perform, however, and said, "I feel much better." K

Dancing With The Stars Premiere!
So far, the three night premier is going off awesomely! Starting off with 13 on Monday, only 12 will dance Tuesday, and the pattern continues from there. We already see some potential, some disasters, and a trip to the hospital! We’ll start with Rocco DiSpirito’s performance which was horrible to watch, yet hilarious. He couldn’t do a step-toe lead to save his life, and his dance partner, Karina Smirnoff, sprained her ankle (on purpose?) The performance was described as a” fox trot on the brink of

Why is eberyone a Wannabe Coacha on Dancing weed the Stars?
La Karina Smirnoff, La Kim Kardashian, La Cloris Leachman and the list goes on… I SOOOO NEED TO BE ON THIS SHOW. I WOULD WIN!!!

Karina Smirnoff Thinks Rocco Dispirito is HOT!
On Dancing with the Stars, there have been a lot of partner couple hook-ups. One of my favorites is the Karina Smirnoff/ Mario Lopez coupling- they were steamy on the dance floor and off. There were also rumors of her tangoing off-air with her partner last season, Mario. And now, she has another cutie- Rocco Dispirito. Here what she had to say about his hot status and their strategies for winning it all: “He’s very handsome,” Smirnoff told People Magazine last week. “A lot of women kept telling me,

Karina Smirnoff @ Somaly Mam Foundation Fundraiser
Photo Credit: INFdaily.comIf you haven’t done so yet, make sure you check out Karina’s bikini pics from earlier this year. And, as it’s widely known Mario Lopez was hitting this for a few months during/after his lil’ stint on Dancing with the Stars (Karina was his dance partner), but they’ve since split. As the show’s host, he’s probably screwing some hottie on America’s Best Dance Crew now. Bastard.read more

Video Interview: Karina Opens Up on Mario's Alleged Cheating
In an interview Monday, Dancing pro Karina Smirnoff opened up about the news that her recent ex (and former dance partner), Mario Lopez, had been cheating on her for close to a year, even while the pair lived together. Reports surfaced over the weekend that Lopez had been secretly involved with Hooters waitress (and upcoming reality show contestant) Meagan Cooper. Speaking with E!'s Chelsea Handler, Smirnoff fought tears as she admitted how hard it was to go through the breakup, especially in the public

Dancing With The Stars: Cloris Leachman Is Limber & Lovably Looney [Senioritis]
newVideoPlayer("/Dancing_Cloris_Crazy.flv", 506, 423,""); Did you see 82-year-old Cloris Leachman interact with the judges on Dancing With The Stars last night? How refreshing to see a woman be so brazen, bold, unpredictable and totally off script. And limber! Leachman was all over the place: First she had one leg on the desk; then she was on her knees. She prompted one judge to quip, "Mind your cleavage," and she sat in the lap of judge Carrie Ann Inaba. It seemed like she was going to just snap, "Fuck th

Lance Bass Kissed a Girl on ‘Dancing with the Stars’… And Liked it
For a gay man, Lance Bass sure does seem to have a lot of chemistry with professional dance partner and hottie Lacey Schwimmer. On last night’s Dancing with the Stars performance show, they danced the paso doble to Katy Perry’s song, I Kissed a Girl. At the end… they kissed. Despite the crowds cheers, the judges were hard on them and once again criticized the lack of traditional choreography. Lance and Lacey ended up in the middle of the pack with a score of 20. Once again, Cloris Leachma

‘Dancing with the Stars” Seventh Season Premiere
Break out the rhinestones and the sequins, "Dancing with the Stars" is back for its seventh season with the biggest cast ever: 13 stars of stage, screen and the kitchen! "Hannah Montana" star Cody Linley and two-time "Dancing with the Stars" champ Julianne Hough got the competition off and running with a fierce cha cha. Head judge Len Goodman told the youngest couple ever to compete, "You came out full of confidence. It was high-energy dancing. Sometimes too much energy