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"Dancing with Stars" Season 7
marigold:
Another article on Brooke Burke:
Brooke Burke Injures Foot, Is Hospitalized
Stop the press! Dancing With the Stars sweetheart, Brooke Burke, has injured her foot! ABC has confirmed that the star was sent to Cedars-Sinai hospital as a precaution after falling hard on her foot during a particularly energetic jitterbug dance step. “She’s a little sore, but she rehearsed today and she feels ready to dance tonight," said an ABC rep. Her dance partner is Erick Hough. No word on whether this will affect the upcoming episodes but one thing's for sure: she'll be racking up some sympathy votes.
Link: http://thebiz.fancast.com/2008/10/david.html
marigold:
Lance Bass Diary: :lol:
EXCLUSIVE: DWTS' Lance Bass: What You'll See on Tonight's Show
Lance Bass is keeping an exclusive diary only on Usmagazine.com about his experience competing on Dancing With the Stars. Check back each Monday to keep up with Bass' progress, and get behind-the-scenes dish on ABC's hit series.
TANGO TO THE TOP
After last week's tango, we are finally tied with Brooke [Burke] and Derek [Hough]! Everything we’ve done so far has been trial and error, and for the first few weeks, we tried to put in all the bells and whistles in our routines that would entertain everyone. We ended up overdoing it to the point where people weren't looking at the crazy steps we were doing - they just wanted a traditional dance.
I'm definitely getting more secure with the show, though. Getting positive feedback from the judges (and having Len request that we do the encore dance) after our tango changed my whole mood. Now we're flying high and just trying to keep the momentum going into this week.
SWINGIN' WITH THE STARS
During the first three weeks, the producers have had a good time playing with our emotions and holding us until the end of the show to declare us safe. Judging by Len’s comments after our tango, it seems like they threw us a bone this week in giving us West Coast Swing.
Most of the show's pro ballroom dancers have a style they specialize in, and West Coast Swing is Lacey’s specialty. It’s the first time they’re introducing it and some of the show’s other pros don’t even know how to do it. It’s almost like the pros are brought down to [the celebrities’] level having to learn something new. I’m very excited that I have the partner who’s a seven-time U.S. Open Swing Dance champion. This should be our week to shine, but we also have a lot to prove. Everyone’s going to expect it to be good, so it has to be beyond amazing.
TONIGHT'S TEASERS
As part of our rehearsal this week, I met with Lacey's dad, Buddy Schwimmer on Thursday. He is the king of swing, and he taught me a lot of great moves. I basically have the first family of swing teaching me this week. Lacey and I actually got another Rihanna song to dance to this week, “Breakin’ Dishes,” which is my favorite Rihanna song. It works perfectly for swing.
HIP-HOP HURRAY!
With West Coast Swing, it’s not about form, which is a lot more my style. It’s more loose and grounded with a lot of fast footwork. Our performance this week is really going to be about the attitude we put in it. That’s going to be way better for me, because it has a bit of hip-hip vibe to it. I can finally be, as Len says, "hip-hoppish!"
Link: http://www.usmagazine.com/news/lance-bass-dwts-diary-week-5-oct-20
RealityFreakWill:
Tonight was a good show....
As much as I love Lance & Lacey, I really had to agree with the judges, Lacey was doing all the work, but Lance did try....he's at the bottom of the scoreboard...love them but am worried....
Maurice/Cheryl really surprised me this week.....they were good!
And on to the Hough siblings....
Brooke/Derek were awesome....deserved the 29!
Cody/Julianne....what can I say, I am never prouder of Cody! He totally pulled it off and got a 28! His first 10 from Carrie Ann! WTG, Cody!
My predictions for bottom 2:
Cloris/Corky
Toni/Alec
Voted off will be Cloris/Corky
marigold:
An interesting article on judge Len Goodman:
Len Goodman makes $400K, money that will lead him to quit UK’s Strictly Come Dancing
Dancing with the Stars head judge Len Goodman says he will quit either the US or the UK version of the show, which he and Bruno Tonioli film simultaneously by flying between L.A. and London every week.
The jet-lag takes it toll. I wasn’t going to do it this year — the flying backwards and forwards — but I got talked into it again. But this will probably be the last time. I’ll have to make the decision — if they ask me — whether to do the British show or American show,” he told the News of the World.
He’ll probably stay with the U.S. version because of the pay, although he likes Strictly Come Dancing better. “My heart wants to do the British show but my head — the money — makes me want to do the American one,” he said.
The paper reports that he received a £30,000 raise from the BBC this year, “which took his pay to £90,000 for the series. But it’s still not close to the £250,000 he gets from US telly giants ABC.”
In the UK, “series” is synonymous with “season,” so that means he’s making about $150,000 in the UK, but about $424,000 in the US—although it doesn’t say if ABC’s pay is per-season or per year.
Link: http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/archives/dancing_with_the_stars_7/2008_Oct_21_len_goodman_pay_quit
marigold:
An interesting article:
Cloris Leachman to Costar with Brad Pitt in Tarantino Flick
After "mastering" the salsa on Dancing with the Stars, we ask: Is there anything Cloris Leachman can't do?
Apparently not. She'll next appear in a cameo role in Inglourious Basterds (not a typo), Quentin Tarantino's next film, alongside Brad Pitt, Mike Myers and Hostel director Eli Roth. Basterds tells the story of American Lt. Aldo Raine (Pitt), who assembles a group of Jewish soldiers to kill Nazis during World War II. Leachman will play Mrs. Himmelstein, an elderly Jewish woman who inspires Roth's character to seek vengeance.
Shooting is already underway in France and Germany. Leachman will join the production once her Dancing obligations are complete, which should be… any minute now. Basterds is scheduled to debut at the Cannes Film Festival in May of next year.
Link: http://movies.tvguide.com/Movie-News/Cloris-Leachman-Tarantino-27418.aspx
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