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BuzzSugar — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:00:06 -0700

Mia Michaels is leaving So You Think You Can Dance - Mia's Twitter
Lady Gaga reveals her upcoming tour dates - Billboard
Ridley Scott goes Red Riding for Sony - Hit Fix
Season four of Big Love will premiere on Jan. 10 - TV Squad
William H. Macy will star in an adaptation of the British drama Shameless for Showtime - The Futon Critic
Josh Duhamel will star in a new Disney flick called What's He Got? - Coming Soon
Taylor Swift is going to host SNL - should she address Kanye's comments? - PopSugar
Ever wonder what Carlisle Cullen looked like in the olden days? - MTV Movies Blog
Brad Pitt's Tree of Life won't be released until next year - Vulture
Take Yum's Top Chef quiz on last night's episode - YumSugar

So You Think You Can Dance: Jessica's Out!

BuzzSugar — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:30:50 -0700

Big news for So You Think You Can Dance fans from Monday's session at the TCA press tour. Jessica King, who slipped into the top 10 last week, is out with an injury, and Comfort's taken her spot in the competition.

Nigel Lythgoe wouldn't be specific about the nature of her injury or the time that it happened - though he said he hopes Jessica herself will be available to do that on the show this week. Comfort hadn't left LA yet when Jessica had to drop out, and she was back in rehearsal as of Monday morning.

In fact, all of the top 10 dancers were in rehearsal, which was a bit of a bummer, since I'd really been hoping to check out Twitchington in the flesh. Instead, we got a foxtrot from Kourtni and Matt (who really are that tall) and a solo from Thayne (who really is that smiley) before Nigel, Mary Murphy, Cat Deely, and Mia Michaels took the stage for some Q&A. Some highlights:

Mary explained that she'd been using her "hot tamale train" expression for years to describe dancers - typically fiery ballroom dancers. The hot tamale train typically doesn't pull into the station during more emotional performances, no matter how much Mary likes them; she's usually too close to crying for that. Also, if some couple gets two tickets on the hot tamale train, that means Mary thinks they're headed for the finale. Now we know.
Mia doesn't think she's a mean judge. "I'm just being very honest," she said. She insisted that in rehearsals she's "Mama Mia" and the dancers look to her for tough love.
When the choreographers work with the dancers, they have an hour and a half on Friday and three hours on Saturday - and that's just about it.

For a little more - including a new pairing Nigel accidentally revealed - just read more.

Courtney and Joshua will be dancing together! Woohoo!
Nigel was still obviously upset when asked about Robert quitting earlier this season. "No dancer should quit," he said. "At any point. Ever." He said he'd be curious to see if Robert backed down from his potential dance battle with Phillip Chbeeb next. Ouch.
Nigel's philosophy on SYTYCD, American Idol, and other shows where the audience votes: "The public often get it wrong. But at the end of the day, they sort of put it right - it's along the way they get things wrong." He used as an example Tamyra Gray getting kicked off Idol but Kelly Clarkson rightfully winning.
Nigel noted that that the past two years, the finale has pitted a brilliant dancer (Travis, Danny) against a brilliant performer (Benji, Sabra) and the performer has come out on top.

Photo courtesy of Fox

So You Think You Can Dance Judges: Who Will You Miss?

BuzzSugar — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:30:00 -0700

This week, the second round of callbacks commenced on So You Think You Can Dance, and next week we finally get our gratification and find out who the top 20 are. While I can't wait for the competition, there's something else I'm looking forward to this season: the addition of Adam Shankman as a permanent judge. I've been excited to see Adam take his spot since the news was announced a few weeks ago, but seeing Adam react emotionally to one dancer's solo this week reminded me how much I like him as a judge.

Unfortunately, there's a drawback; Nigel Lythgoe acknowledged that by having Adam on as a judge, we'll be seeing less of choreographers Tyce Diorio, Lil C, Debbie Allen, and Mia Michaels at the judges' table, because there won't be a fourth judge that often.

Of course, these four serve the show better doing choreography, but I still appreciate their input as judges, particularly Mia Michaels. Will you miss seeing anyone at the judges' table this season?

Photos courtesy of Fox and Getty

Rewind: This Week's Buzz

BuzzSugar — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 07:30:00 -0700

Clive Owen had a big week: He landed a new project, and he was promoting his current film The Boys Are Back all over the place. I snagged an interview with him - and I have the video footage to prove it!
The New Moon soundtrack just came out, so I poured over it to choose a few favorite songs.
Before you hit the theater, check out my reviews for Law Abiding Citizen, New York I Love You, and Where the Wild Things Are.
Love a good bromance? Check out my top 12 favorites!
The fourth (and final) round of my Scariest Movie Bracket just started, so vote!
Channing Tatum gave us a misty-eyed performance in the trailer for Dear John - and Buzz and Woody are back for Toy Story 3!
Hollywood was giddy over a new film in the Jack Ryan series with Chris Pine, so I rolled out a few picks for the Hollywood men I'd like to see in the famous role.
My Caption It feature moved over to our BuzzSugar Community, so check it out!
As a spinoff to last week's 10 Most Influential Male Characters on TV, I gave you my picks for the 10 Most Influential Women. Take a peek at the list.
Ironically enough, I asked you which So You Think You Can Dance judge you were going to miss - and then Mia Michaels up and left.
Speaking of SYTYCD, don't miss your chance to go the finale! Take this quiz to win.