May 20, 2009 -
This season's Dancing With the Stars winner is Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson! At the age of 17, Johnson is the show's youngest competitor and she just barely beat actor Gilles Marini and his partner Cheryl Burke for the mirror ball trophy.
The competition was fierce indeed — right down to the last minute.
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Mar 09, 2009 -
Dancing With the Stars returns to ABC tonight, and while I'm not normally a huge fan of the show, I'm definitely going to be checking out the premiere. First of all, this season's cast is totally nuts, and I can't wait to see Steve Wozniak dance. Second, there's actually some intrigue, as Jewel and Nancy O'Dell are both out of the competition and rumor has it that Holly Madison and recently spurned Bachelor contestant Melissa Rycroft will be taking their places.
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Feb 09, 2009 -
ABC announced the new cast of Dancing with the Stars on Sunday, and this just might be the craziest group of contestants yet. It's a group pretty heavy on musicians: Jewel (who's doing her second reality show with her husband, former rodeo star Ty Murray), Belinda Carlisle, Lil Kim, and Chuck Wicks. Among the other contestants: Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson, comedian David Alan Grier, and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.
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Nov 26, 2008 -
Welcome back to my Buzz Gift Guide series for all the entertainment lovers in your life. This week is all about gifting your peers who are, like you, totally obsessed with pop culture. I already found gifts for the Sex and the City fanatic and t-shirt-loving chicas.
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Aug 25, 2008 -
- Meet the new Dancing With the Stars contestants and pros — including So You Think You Can Dance's Lacey Schwimmer as the newest pro! — The Futon Critic
- Jodi Benson, the voice of Ariel in Disney's The Little Mermaid, will be voicing Barbie in Toy Story 3 with Michael Keaton voicing Ken. In related news, Kristen Bell will voice the female lead in Astro Boy.
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Jul 29, 2008 -
One of the things I like most about Dancing With the Stars is that it's not quite as humiliating as certain other celebrity (or, "celebrity") competition shows. It has a big audience, for one thing, and in general, it's a light-hearted, good-humored kind of show, as opposed to being slightly sad and uncomfortable to watch.
Also, the show gets some pretty funny people to participate, and I'm always impressed with the celebs that are game for learning these dances and dressing in hilarious outfits.
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Jul 17, 2008 -
Between Katie Holmes, Katherine Heigl, and that hilarious Scrubs panel, ABC's session at the TCA press tour has already been action-packed. And it's only getting nuttier today, when Shonda Rhimes, Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, and the ladies of Desperate Housewives take the stage. Before we get to that, here are some great stories I didn't get to share on Wednesday:
- One of the reasons I'm looking forward to the Private Practice panel: The show is apparently going to go through something of an overhaul.
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Apr 07, 2008 -
When most of us think of singing our hearts out to our favorite tunes, we picture ourselves someplace where we can be alone, like in the shower, and not, say, in the office. But TLC is betting that some folks won't mind singing in front of their coworkers on the channel's new reality competition, The Singing Office.
The show is described as "a tongue-in-cheek singing competition that pits different groups of employees against each other" and will be co-hosted by Dancing With the Stars alums Mel B.
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Apr 01, 2008 -
- Give Me My Remote introduces us to the first resident of the new Beverly Hills, 90210: this guy (Dustin Milligan, pictured at right)!
- Cinematical has a heads up on the essential reading list to get everyone brushed up on all things Batman before The Dark Knight comes out this summer.
- Vulture lists 10 terrible music slumps, including dark periods from Madonna, Bob Dylan, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
- The Film Experience also braved a viewing of the atrocity that is Amy Heckerling's I Could Never Be Your Woman, just as I did. I feel validated.
- The idea of Chris Cornell as an indie rocker just about blew Idolator's mind.
- Stereogum has the latest kooky, colorful music video from Bjork.
- On the 45th (!) anniversary of General Hospital, a TV Squad writer lists off six things that keep her tuning in daily.
- Want to talk Dancing with the Stars? TV Cocktail is your place.
- In light of the upcoming Tina Fey-Amy Poehler comedy Baby Mama, LilSugar wants to know: Would you consider being a surrogate?
- If you're feeling paranoid today, Pop Candy has a list of some of the biggest April Fool's pranks on the web.
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Mar 27, 2008 -
- Filmonic has a pretty awesome rundown of which actors would play the Simpsons characters in a live-action Simpsons movie. My favorites are Allison Janney as Mrs. Krabappel and Kevin Smith as Comic Book Guy.
- The Ausiello Report has the strangest news that a Prison Break character we thought was dead is alive after all. Huh?
- Cinematical claims the movie 21 proves that sometimes a film can be reviewed entirely from its trailer.
- Popwatch has a helpful — and very funny — video that will catch you up on Dancing With the Stars, just in case you didn't catch all 3.5 hours of it this week.
- TV Filter wonders why John Adams is the most boring character in HBO's John Adams.
- According to Stereogum, even Juliana Hatfield is addicted to watching The Hills (though she simultaneously hates it).
- Give Me My Remote is glad that a Battlestar Galactica alum is giving Joss Whedon's Dollhouse some sci fi cred.
- Thanks to You Ain't No Picasso for showing me that Andrew Bird has blogged for the New York Times!
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