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marigold:
Video:
Dancing With the Stars Season 8 Week 2 promo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02oGBbiIAqU
RealityFreakWill:
Another 'DWTS' Celeb Suffers Injury
He may be best known as the wild-stunt performing daredevil on MTV's "Jackass," but now "Dancing With the Stars" contestant Steve-O has suffered an injury.
ET has obtained the following statement from the reality star:
"A physical therapist has told me that nerves are being pinched in my back and it is in spasms because of inflammation related to torn muscles. I'm doing everything I can to let it heal; icing it, taking Advil, drinking water, visiting a chiropractor, and continuing to be worked on by the physical therapist. I'm still rehearsing every day, but walking through my salsa routine, rather than practicing the physical stunts and tricks that are incorporated into it. It is going to be a risky routine that I hope to pull off."
He may be best known as the wild-stunt performing daredevil on MTV's "Jackass," but now "Dancing With the Stars" contestant Steve-O has suffered an injury.
ET has obtained the following statement from the reality star:
"A physical therapist has told me that nerves are being pinched in my back and it is in spasms because of inflammation related to torn muscles. I'm doing everything I can to let it heal; icing it, taking Advil, drinking water, visiting a chiropractor, and continuing to be worked on by the physical therapist. I'm still rehearsing every day, but walking through my salsa routine, rather than practicing the physical stunts and tricks that are incorporated into it. It is going to be a risky routine that I hope to pull off."
RealityFreakWill:
Maks: Dancing with Denise Richards Isn’t Complicated
She may have her own reality show titled Denise Richards: It’s Complicated, but Dancing With the Stars pro dancer Maksim Chmerkovskiy says working with the former Bond girl is anything but.
“She is so kind,” Chmerkovskiy tells PEOPLE. “I am not a morning person –- our rehearsals are early for me, at 9 a.m. Denise brings me a fresh cup of coffee to practice every day. Sometimes she’ll make a nice sandwich for me and bring it from home.”
In fact, her un-Hollywood manner made him “very surprised,” he says. “We’re always joking, laughing. Our conversations are very relaxed.”
That’s why Chmerkovskiy had to roll his eyes when video footage of rehearsals with Richards aired on the season 8 premiere Monday night. The clip showed the two at a rehearsal where Richards cried.
“Those video packages are edited for drama,” Chmerkovskiy explains. “The real thing is that the celebrities in season 6 and 7 and 8 put so much pressure on themselves. They feel like they have to outdo the celebrities from the season before.”
And Richards is no exception.
“Denise is so dedicated to this show,” says Chmerkovskiy. “I don’t see any difference between how hard she works compared to working with [past partners] Misty [May-Treanor] and Laila [Ali].”
Now that the nerves of the first show are gone, Chmerkovskiy says Richards is ready for her next dance: the quickstep.
“I definitely see a change in her now that the first show is over,” he says. “Now it’s like, ‘let’s compete.’”
http://tvwatch.people.com/2009/03/12/maks-dancing-with-denise-richards-isnt-complicated/
marigold:
Video:
Shawn Johnson and Mark Ballas on Ellen 03/12/09
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nj_vPBeISo
marigold:
Ty Murray's Blog: awww poor guy he sure is trying
March 13, 2009
‘I’m gaining more confidence’
Today we worked hard. Chelsie and I practiced from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. and, again, she's a great little teacher. Anytime she sees any improvement she keeps trying to step up our routine for Monday night by adding little things to the choreography that she thinks will make it better.
She doesn't want to take the easy route and she's trying to impress the judges. I think she has a good feel for what I can and can't do.
She drilled me on running through the whole quick step without her so I was just going through it over and over and over trying to figure everything out. It's a really fast dance and you can't get off the beat. If you fall off that beat for even a second you're all messed up.
By having me run though it myself I'm not relying on her as much to keep myself on the beat.
My feet are still really sore so, I think, I'm going to try and soak them tonight in some Epsom salts. They're not bad once I get warmed up and start dancing, but afterward – when I drive home it takes about 30 minutes because of the traffic – I can't hardly walk by the time I get out of the car.
But I'm gaining more confidence.
In some ways, it seems to me the standard ballroom dances' are a little easier because you don't have to have all that hip movement like you did last week with the Latin dance.
The quick step is about keeping a really strong frame that doesn't move and when I say doesn't move I mean it doesn't move a quarter of a quarter of an inch. Chelsie is really serious about that frame. If I move even a centimeter she's right there to say, "Nope, nope, nope. Do it again."
You're twisting and turning and your feet are going a thousand miles an hour, but that frame cannot move.
I'm working on it and we're just going to keep working at it. I've noticed that it's getting better every day and she seems to think it's getting better every day.
A crew from "Entertainment Tonight" stopped by our practice to do an interview and filmed a little snippet of our practice so you can be looking for that between now and Monday night.
Tonight I'll be on "E!'s Daily Ten" and, maybe, "E! News Daily." I'm seeing huge support on the ABC "Dancing with the Stars" message boards and they've even started an official Ty Murray page as well as an official Ty and Chelsie page.
I think all the support I'm getting from people will help me to get a grasp on this so that I can start kicking butt.
http://www.pbrnow.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/3/13/Im-gaining-more-confidence#more
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