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Dancing With The Stars Season 8
RealityFreakWill:
Dancing With the Stars Contestant Loses 26 Pounds
David Alan Grier has been working up quite a sweat on Dancing With the Stars.
"I've actually lost 26 pounds," the actor, 53, told Usmagazine.com after Monday's show. "The first day I came in, I was like, 'I'm not going to
lose weight - we're waltzing!'"
But he said his dancing routines with partner Kym Johnson involve "three hours of aerobics. You're dancing and you're using your core - which Kim was talking about."
Added Johnson, "You're burning a lot more calories because you're actually moving your whole body, as opposed to doing just weights."
Grier - who had been on a strict diet of egg whites, fruit, yogurt - said he now "can cheat a little bit because we are burning so much."
Two contestants go home on tonight's show - and Grier (who scored a 22 for his Lindy Hop on Monday's show) is hoping he is not one of them.
"I have to stay in to lose four more pounds," he told Us, "and then you can kick me off."
http://www.usmagazine.com/news/dancing-with-the-star-contestant-loses-26-pounds+-2009313
marigold:
An interview with Gilles:
Dancing's Gilles: "I'm Helping Make Babies!"
Hey, Gilles Marini! You just scored a perfect 30 on Dancing With the Stars, so what are you going to do next?
Celebrate...at a hamburger joint?!
"My wife and my friends who were there all wanted to have burger and the only burger was Johnny Rockets next door [to the studio]," Gilles told me this morning. "We feasted on Johnny Rockets and milkshakes. I think I gained 18 pounds."
As if the naked guy from Sex and the City has anything to worry about in the body department!
Read on for my weekly exclusive chat with Marini. We talked about earning this season's first 30, how Shawn Johnson is holding up after her stalker scare and why Gilles and his partner, Cheryl Burke, may be the cause of a sudden baby boom about nine months from now.
You did amazing last night. You got three 10s!
We try our best. I was very insecure last night before we start dancing because I saw the dress rehearsals. Everyone was brilliant and I was like, "I'm done today."
How does it feel to hear Carrie Anne Inaba say she couldn't tell who was the celebrity and who was the professional dancer during your Argentine tango?
You know, it doesn't make me do anything. When she says that it means Cheryl is an accomplished teacher. Every week I'm starting from zero. We have the paso doble next, and I don't know what a paso doble is yet. I never seen a paso doble my entire life. I didn't even know how to spell it.
Maybe so, but you told me the same thing last week about the Argentine tango and look how well that turned out.
Even Cheryl was like, "This is the first time I ever compete with the Argentine tango. It's going to be my first time doing it in front of an audience." She was very scared. On Saturday, she wanted to change the choreography because she was not happy with it. I was like, "Baby, I don't know. I need at least four or five days to remember everything."
I'm sure you've been getting a lot more fan mail and attention.
We have much more people contacting us and saying they are really having a fun time. This morning, I was on a radio show and a listener called in saying, "My wife was really horny last night, so thank you!" I thought it was hilarious and a compliment. I'm helping make babies. That's the nicest thing I've heard this morning.
How has it been on set since that crazy fan was arrested trying to get to Shawn Johnson?
No one talked about anything because we don't really have to. No matter what, there are going to be crazy people around. But let me tell you, Shawn is the strongest person I ever met. She was completely fine, like nothing ever happened. She's got an amazing family and you see that—especially now.
http://ca.eonline.com/uberblog/marc_malkin/b106959_dancings_gilles_im_helping_make_babies.html
RealityFreakWill:
Report: 'Dancing' bachelorette Melissa Rycroft offered $500k to pose
Dancing with the Stars apparently wasn't the only one interested in Melissa Rycroft after she was dumped by Jason Mesnick.
Playboy editor Hugh Hefner has offered the jilted bachelorette $500,000 to appear nude in the men's publication, Star magazine reported Monday.
"Hef really wants Melissa to do a pictorial because she's the ultimate girl next door," a source told Star. "He thinks she has it all: beauty, brains and spunk. And it doesn't hurt that she has a terrific figure."
Hefner has already sent Rycroft -- who is currently competing on Dancing with the Stars eighth season -- a personal letter asking her to pose naked for Playboy, according to Star, which added he has also invited her to his mansion to discuss a possible deal.
However Rycroft's hands are apparently tied as long as her feet are still moving on Dancing with the Stars.
"It states in her contract with ABC that she cannot pose nude while she's on Dancing," the source told Star. "And she won't even be able to until three months after her season ends!"
Rycroft was chosen by Mesnick over Molly Malaney during The Bachelor's thirteenth-season finale, however he decided to dump her on-air during the After the Final Rose special to instead have a second chance with Malaney.
Rycroft subsequently joined Dancing with the Stars' eighth-season cast as a last-minute replacement for injured Access Hollywood co-anchor Nancy O'Dell.
Somewhat ironically, The Girls Next Door star and former Hefner girlfriend Holly Madison also joined Dancing with the Stars eighth-season cast as a replacement for singer Jewel Kilcher.
http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/report-dancing-bachelorette-melissa-rycroft-offered-500k-pose-8694.php
marigold:
ABC Television Network
PRESS RELEASE
ABC OVERNIGHT RATINGS (FOR 3/30)
ABC is the Most-Watched Network on Monday for the 4th Week in a Row and Across All Women Demos for the 8th Consecutive Week
"DWTS" Wins from 8-10pm to Top the Second-Place Nets by 8.5 Million Viewers and by 14% Among Adults 18-49
ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" is Monday's No. 1 Program in Viewers and Across All Key Women Demos for the 4th Week in a Row
ABC's "Castle" Takes a Strong Second at 10pm, Outperforming NBC's "Medium" by 2.5 Million Viewers and by 17% in Adults 18-34
Monday Night (8:00-11:00 p.m.)
ABC Monday lineup drew 16.8 million viewers and a 4.0 rating 10 share in Adults 18-49, standing as the most-watched Network on the night for the 5th week running. In addition, ABC won the night for the 8th straight week across all key Women demographics (W18-34 - 4.4/11, W18-49 - 5.6/14 and W25-54 - 7.0/16), including a 13-week stretch among Women 18-34.
"Dancing with the Stars" (8:00-10:00 p.m.)
ABC's broad appealing "Dancing with the Stars" won its time period in Total Viewers (20.2 million) and Adults 18-49 (4.8/12) for the 4th straight week, topping the second-place networks by 8.5 million viewers (11.7 million - Fox) and by 14% in Adults 18-49 (4.2/11 - CBS and Fox tied). "DWTS" also qualified as Monday's No. 1 TV program in viewers and among all key Women demos (W18-34 - 5.1/13, W18-49 - 6.7/16 and Women 25-54 - 8.3/18) for the 4th time in as many weeks.
"Castle" (10:00-11:00 p.m.)
ABC's "Castle" took a strong second in the 10 o'clock hour to CBS' "C.S.I.: Miami," beating NBC's veteran drama, "Medium," by 2.5 million viewers (9.8 million vs. 7.3 million) and by 17% Adults 18-34 (2.1/6 vs. 1.8/5).
A note about increasing DVR penetration and year-to-year rating comparisons: Year-to-year rating comparisons based on the Live + Same Day data stream are distorted by the level of DVR penetration in the Nielsen sample, which has jumped up to 30% currently, from 23% at the same point in 2008.
More viewers are watching shows on their own timetables, which may not be reflected in the overnight
next day numbers. The only truly valid year-to-year comparison would be one based on the Live + 7 Day metric, once those stats are released by Nielsen.
marigold:
An update from Woz: good luck
I got a good sleep last night.
After the show and some press stuff, I headed to this great nearby restaurant, Wood Ranch BBQ & Grill. I had never heard of this chain before but I love barbecue food. I love their Beef ribs and BBQ Chicken Breast and BBQ half chicken and probably every entre. I also love the peanut cole slaw. It's a special touch to the cole slaw. Like many Chinese restaurants I love, they have plenty of sweet sauces. The problem with the baked beans is that it's actually too sweet. The garlic rolls here are to die for. It's my true feelings, not some caked up endorsement of the place. Many nights I, or one of the others here, picks up some of their food to take out.
Some friends from a young Orange County music group, Dusty Rhodes and the River Band, joined us. These are real nice people and Andrea is a special friend with a head that cares a lot about what's right and wrong with people and their actions. She made me a friendship bracelet when I met her after a free Music In The Park concert in San Jose once, and it's still on my right wrist. She also gave me a copy of the book Ishmeal right there at the concert and told me to give it to someone else after I read it. I loved this book so much that I bought a few copies on Amazon and gave them to my best friends, including my dance partner Karina.
A friend from the past, Michael Anthony Hall, joined us with his date, Leah, at the dinner. Anthony is one of the nicest people I've met in my life. He was the center of a literacy program to help Orange, California, high school kids who had reading and writing difficulties, and I was fortunate enough to have some participation in this group as well.
As for the actual dance last night, I watched the video of it this morning. I didn't do that for any of my prior dances. I was delighted with the job they did of me with my Segway group, thanking fans for their votes and encouraging them to vote for me. I was glad that this package turned out really great and not all phony. I loved when they briefly showed my dancing with a stranger. I had offered to give dance instruction to anyone who would vote for me as sort of a joke piece.
I look at my actual dance. Yes, it's not great, up there with the 8 and 9 and 10 scores. But it was a lot for me and, as usual, I didn't miss a beat. As in the quickstep I know of one half-beat that I missed (didn't turn my foot far enough) but other than that I did it as well as I could. We had lifts and flips and kept right together with our legs. No, I don't come on well as a strong overpowering guy. No, we didn't have a lot of intricate foot interlocking. So we played it a bit on the safe side. But what we did, we did fairly well.
The judges scored us a 12. In our confessional Karina and I pleaded with them to change it to a 10 just because 10 sounds like a better number. That's the geek thing to do. I have been saying that the judges love me but hate my dancing. I hope I'm right that they do love me.
I think after watching our dance that we deserved a score around 20. This is the first time I've said such a thing. It's just my opinion. I feel that the judges have turned up the contrast and award either 9's or 4's and there's not much middle ground.
I always try to keep a strong direction toward what I think is good, in terms of values. I have come to hear from so many inspired strangers who can even see themselves dancing and enjoying it, that I consider this a good thing about my participation in DWTS. A lot of average people, many sitting at their computer terminals all day, see me doing my best on the show and feel a kinship. Many probably even consider or actually do get out and dance a little or take lessons. I'm an example that you can enjoy it even if you have 2 left feet.
But the low scores from the judges pass a different message to these people whom I care so much about. The judges pass the message that if you are not close to perfection then you can be ridiculed and humiliated. This doesn't bother me but it probably bothers many of them.
When I agreed to do some things with Kathy Griffin and appear on her show, I told her right from the start, knowing that she was a comedienne, that she could embarrass or ridicule me all she wants, because the laughter is worth it. But other people may be so shy that the fear of ridicule would stop them from taking important steps in their lives.
I didn't even vote for myself at first. But with the message that accompanies these low judges' scares, I even voted and texted from my 2 cell phones last night, and this morning voted online from about 7 of my own email accounts. It's funny, but I even believe in and want to support myself on this show. It would be easy to back off and not risk knocking some incredible dancing couples off the show, but I'm hanging in there and fighting to overcome my handicaps.
Good news - my foot and hamstring are greatly recovered. This is the 3rd day that I'm not noticeably limp (take it as you will) and not taking aspirin.
Love to all,
Woz
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