dancingwiththestars-related stories
Posted Nov 8th 2009 1:01PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd, Music and Variety, Celebrities, Dancing With The Stars
Everybody's favorite singing newcomer, England's
Susan Boyle, is going to appear on Dancing With the Stars this week. She will not be doing the samba or the quick step. Susan will be singing, promoting her upcoming CD,
I Dreamed A Dream, in stores on November 24.
Luckily for Susan, Sharon Osbourne will not be on the show. Or maybe it's lucky for Sharon because after the horrible things she said about SB, Susan would probably deck her if she had the chance. Last week, while on Sirius radio, Sharon was compelled to share her opinion of Susan's sudden success.
Continue reading Susan Boyle is going to Dancing with the Stars
Posted Nov 4th 2009 1:05AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: OpEd, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Reviews
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S09E15) Last night on
Dancing with the Stars many of the dancers grew stronger than ever. With Mark & Anna T. on the bottom, it guaranteed that they were either going home or dancing for their lives. Instead of having one performer singing two different songs, we have three performances thanks to
DWTS pimping the Ballas Hough Band.
Encore Performance -
Team Tango - The second time around, the performance still had the sizzle and the strongest timing. Kelly had this dazed look this time, possibly because she was nervous for the dance-off. Joanna still was the strongest of the night, possibly because Derek's choreography that he gave her was the strongest.
Continue reading Review: Dancing with the Stars - Performance 7 Results
Posted Nov 3rd 2009 6:01PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: OpEd, Video, Celebrities, Pickups and Renewals, Casting
Attention, attention! This is not a joke. It's not a spoof or a gag.
Kathy Griffin will host a dance show for ABC. That's right, the funny lady of Bravo's
My Life on the D-List, has said yes to hosting
Let's Dance, a new celebrity reality show in which stars compete with one another by re-creating classic routines from pop culture. That means someone is going to try and do Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" dance from
Motown's 25th Anniversary Special, don't you think?
I am not a
Dancing With the Stars fan, but this show sounds like something I'd be interested in watching for a couple of reason. Number one is Kathy Griffin. I think she's hilarious. She also loves celebrities, so I could see her really getting into this show and being the perfect built-in zingmeister. She'll say whatever comes to her mind, and -- fortunately -- that's usually pretty funny.
Continue reading Kathy Griffin dances her way into new ABC series
Posted Nov 3rd 2009 2:22AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: OpEd, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Recaps
(
S09E14) It's week seven of
Dancing with the Stars, and the pressure is on. Lacey Schwimmer was the victim of a cold; Anna Trebunskya has stepped in to help Mark Dacascos. The other victims tonight were the professionals who were forced to wear costumes designed by the celebrities. While it worked for Kelly, it backfired on Joanna.
You know that there will be longer commercials between performances when you get a professional opening sequence. Five professionals and one woman who wasn't named performed a tango and paso doble. The dance was supposed to be an example of teamwork, but the paso and tango was also not as synchronized as I expected.
Continue reading Recap: Dancing with the Stars - Performance #7
Posted Oct 28th 2009 1:15AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: OpEd, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Reviews
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S09E13) Tonight on
Dancing with the Stars there was some actual content tonight: the dance-off. Unfortunately, that meant that there was no encore performance. Instead we go right into Taylor Swift.
Musical Performance -
Taylor Swift -
"Jump then Fall" - Anyone notice that the stage Norah Jones had last week was just audience chairs? Taylor Swift is a horrible live singer (squeaking every time she sang the word "jump"), but luckily we had some professionals who reminded me of Ryan & Ashleigh from
So You Think You Can Dance. Their lift near the end was the best part.
Continue reading Review: Dancing with the Stars - Performance 6 Results
Posted Oct 27th 2009 12:42AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: Dancing With The Stars, Episode Recaps
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S09E12)
Dancing with the Stars had the Waltz or Jitterbug for individual dancing, but the big twist tonight was the Mambo group competition. All the couples will dance the mambo at the same time. The judges determine the elimination: as the couples dance, Len holds up a paddle and that team is eliminated. The first couple cut gets two points while the last team standing earns ten.
As the contestants walk down, both Louie Vito and Chelsie Hightower trip on the way down. It's a bad omen and never a good way to start the show.
Continue reading Recap: Dancing with the Stars - Performance 6
Posted Oct 22nd 2009 9:02AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: OpEd, Daytime, Celebrities, Talk Show, Reality-Free
With
Diane Sawyer moving from Good Morning, America to
World News Tonight, ABC is reportedly hunting around for just the right person to become the new
GMA host. The names bandied about include George Stephanopoulos, Bill Weir, Chris Cuomo, David Muir and
Cameron Mathison. I am telling you right now,
Cameron Mathison would be perfect for Good Morning, America.
While the other men mentioned are all involved in news, Cameron is on
All My Children. He's an actor. But he's also an attractive performer and an ABC talent on the rise. He was a contestant on
Dancing with the Stars, and even though he didn't win, he won over a lot of non-soap viewers who'd never seen him before.
Continue reading Cameron Mathison would be perfect for Good Morning, America
Posted Oct 21st 2009 12:27AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: OpEd, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Reviews
(
S09E11) Last night signaled the halfway point on
Dancing with the Stars. In last night's recap, we got to see Joanna's stumble at a different angle, her heel got caught in Mak's pant leg. The trip followed.
Behind the scenes we found out that Kelly hurt her foot and her father was by her side supporting her. Ozzy is such a cool father. Her foot's sprained, but she should be fine.
After all the Norah Jones performances and a repetition of the words "jeopardy" and "Michael Jackson," a doozy of an elimination surprisingly eliminates a strong competitor. Find out who went home after the jump.
Continue reading Review: Dancing with the Stars - Performance 5 Results
Posted Oct 20th 2009 1:05AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: OpEd, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Recaps
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S09E10) After reading news about Derek Hough
getting sick, we start
Dancing with the Stars with Joanna walking down the stairs with Maksim Chmerkovskiy in hand. Turns out that flu-like symptoms hit Mark, as well, but he recovered quickly enough.
It's a night of passion and hi-jinks with the Argentine Tango, Paso Doble, and the Hustle. I was disappointed with the order. The last five solos consisted of four Argentine Tangos and one Paso Doble.
I don't often like complaining about Samantha Harris but I really have to suggest that she goes back to classic straight hair and tasteful dress. She's no
Cat Deeley.
Continue reading Recap: Dancing with the Stars - Performance 5
Posted Oct 14th 2009 12:15AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: OpEd, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Reviews
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S09E09) I didn't notice until the first recap of many that the women outscored most of the men on
Dancing with the Stars last night. Apparently, the four new dances provided a bigger challenge for all the people who had to lead the dance.
With the musical guest being Shakira, I was hoping that I could see a live performance of "She Wolf." Alas, she didn't perform the song, so I'm stuck hearing it for every commercial for
Desperate Housewives. There was no Macy's Stars of Dance performance, so there was a lot more unnecessary filler than in previous weeks.
Continue reading Dancing with the Stars: Performance 4 Results
Posted Oct 13th 2009 12:43AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: OpEd, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Reviews
(S9E08) This week on
Dancing with the Stars we welcome four new dances: Two-Step, Bolero, Charleston, and Lambada. Lifts are allowed, so Carrie Ann really has no reason to be here this week. Also, most of the professionals have no clue what they are doing this week.
With the opening credits being shown, I know it's going to be one of those nights where it's dance, commercial, dance, commercial, with a lot of Tom hyping up the results show. Unfortunately, I don't have the luxury of fast forwarding past Samantha Harris. I really dislike the use of the 60-second commercials; let me get the scores right after the judging.
Continue reading Dancing with the Stars: Performance 4
Posted Oct 7th 2009 12:27PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Industry, OpEd, Ratings, NCIS, Reality-Free
It's bigger than the NFL. It's drawing more than celebrity dancing. It's the little show that could. In its seventh season on the air,
NCIS is the number one show according to the Nielsen ratings. Over 21 million viewers for the week of September 28 put the drama series on the top of the heap, and there's no sign that it was a fluke. This is the
second week in a row NCIS was the top show.
The question a lot of people are asking, especially those who don't watch or have never even checked out
NCIS is this: how did that happen? It's not normal for a show to get stronger after the five year mark. Some, like a
Seinfeld for example, start slowly and nearly are canceled, but then find an audience and remain secure for the rest of it's run. Before
Seinfeld,
The Dick Van Dyke Show had done the same thing.
Continue reading NCIS is number one again
Posted Oct 7th 2009 12:45AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: OpEd, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Reviews
(S09E07) With the return of Len Goodman, a thirteen-point difference
separated all the contestants on
Dancing with the Stars. Even with two bum feet, Tom
DeLay managed to beat Michael Irwin's score. As the credits roll, I think the opening sequence needs to take a hint from
Survivor and make edited versions where eliminated contestants are removed from the opening every week.
The big drama tonight was whether or not there would be a single elimination or a double. We get a recap of last night: kissing, Paula Abdul, and dancing. The judges made a very interesting choice for an encore.
Continue reading Dancing with the Stars: Performance 3 Results
Posted Oct 6th 2009 6:30PM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: OpEd, Dancing With The Stars
People Magazine has gotten the news that Tom DeLay will officially be dropping out of
Dancing with the Stars tonight. His double stress fractures were finally too much to bear. I have sneaking suspicion that Tom got enough votes to survive into next week and was strongly advised to quit.
Quitting is the classiest thing for Tom DeLay to do at the moment. He probably wouldn't survive another week and Cheryl would have to tip-toe around choreography next week. This also gives yet another a second chance for Debi Mazar and Michael Irvin to prove themselves.
Continue reading Tom DeLay to quit Dancing with the Stars tonight
Posted Oct 6th 2009 2:20AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: OpEd, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Reviews
(S9E06) I welcomed the return of Len Goodman on
Dancing with the Stars because he separated the scores of the dances, by giving good performances two points less than they actually deserved. This week was a full Latin night with the Samba and Rumba.
When Chuck walked down the stairs I couldn't help but laugh at his arm frill, but Cheryl and Tom DeLay walked down as the American flag. I was laughing so hard that I didn't even notice that Debi's outfit killed all of Aaron Carter's Muppets.
There has been some drama with Tom DeLay's feet. Find out after the jump what happened to him.
Continue reading Dancing with the Stars: Performance 3
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