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Jerry Springer appeared on Good Morning America yesterday (Wednesday, February 21, 2007) and announced the celebrities who will be appearing on the fourth season of Dancing With the Stars. Springer himself was a contestant last season. He was partnered with Aussie hoofer, Kym Johnson.
The celebs and their partners are: boxer Laila Ali (Maksim Chmerovskiy), singer/actor Billy Ray Cyrus (Karina Smirnoff), former NBA player Clyde Drexler (Elena Grinenko), singer/actor Joey Fatone (Kym Johnson), ex-Miss USA/game show hostess Shandi Finnessey (Brian Fortuna), talk show host Leeza Gibbons (Tony Dovolani), model turned activist – and soon to be ex-wife of Paul McCartney – Heather Mills (Jonathan Roberts), 5-time Olympic medalist Apolo Anton Ohno (Julianne Hough), actor Vincent Pastore (Edyta Sliwinska), supermodel Paulina Porizkova (Alec Mazo) and actor Ian Ziering (Cheryl Burke).
For more info on the stars and their partners, click HERE. The fourth season of DWTS premieres on Monday, March 19 at 8pm ET.
Britney Spears checked into Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Rehab center in Antigua last week. A day later, she checked out. She returned to Los Angeles, shaved off all her hair – reportedly because K-fed told her he’d have her hair tested for ‘illegal substances’ and re-entered rehab. Now, Kevin is heading to court with his attorney for an emergency hearing. Speculation is high that he’s seeking full custody of the boys.
On a lighter note, Trista and Ryan Sutter met and fell in love on The Bachelorette. They got married in a two-hour special which aired on ABC back in 2003. Now, the happy couple is going to have a baby. Trista told People magazine, “We are so happy after two years of trying.”
Trista, who told Ryan after he returned from a mountaineering trip in Argentina, is currently 14 weeks along. She’s experiencing “horrendous morning sickness.” The couple expects their little bundle to make his or her debut sometime this summer.
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Paris Hilton visited Austria. She hit the Alpine slopes for a pre-birthday treat. She was in Vienna at the invitation of Richard Lugner, a 74 year old married 'construction magnate' to attend the Vienna Opera Ball. Apparently, the "Stars are Blind" singer is not a fan of this musical genre. By all account, she looked bored and was caught "resting her head in her hands, absentmindedly flipping through the program and fiddling with her mobile phone."
On Friday, the celebutante made her way to Las Vegas and a birthday bash at the Hard Rock's Body English, an uber cool club. The 26 year old sported some weird-looking, red marks on her chest according to gossip rag, TMZ.
She spent the night with her beau, Stavros Niarchos. Jamie Foxx, Pink, Carey Hart and Ludacris were all present for the festivities.
Wanna see a slideshow? Click here!
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Tiffany “New York” Pollard found the time to chit-chat with wrestler, Viscera, on WWE.com’s Superstar to Superstar. She says that “it’s just glorious living in the moment.” Perhaps, a big reason for that is ‘cuz New York has found love. After being ditched not once, but twice, but Public Enemy’s Flavor Flav, New York has finally gotten the opportunity to be with a man who’s really feeling her.
New York is in love with the winner of her reality TV show, I Love New York, which is currently airing on Vh-1. Unfortunately, New York couldn’t say who the lucky dude is – and the two haven’t had any physical contact since the show wrapped in the fall. However, they do keep things “spicy” by sending “dirty pictures” back and forth via their cell phones.
She admits that this could really be the real thing and has used the “M-word,” but laughs that "Something like that is not gonna happen until I'm a lot older and grayer."
New York tells the New York Post, appropriately enough, that fame hasn’t changed her. "I've always been fabulous, I've always been over the top, I've always marched to my own beat.” She also defends her show, saying it’s “not garbage, it’s well-rounded and if the kids are watching it then the parents are watching it and if something risqué happens, I hope they’re there to kind of explain not to do it.”
However, Tiff preferred being on Flav’s show than doing her own because she “liked competing with the other girls.”
Don’t count Miss NY out of the reality TV game anytime soon, folks. Tiffany wouldn’t mind doing a show with her new love based on the My Fair Brady concept. Of course, she would want her loverboy to “be comfortable” with the idea, but she’d “encourage him to say yes.”
Mr. Boston, Whiteboy, Tango, 12-Pack, Real, and Chance are still in the action on I Love New York. Don’t forget to check it out on Vh-1 each Monday at 9pm ET or read the latest recap here at Suite101.com.
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Cheryl Burke has appeared on two seasons of ABC’s smash reality-hit Dancing with the Stars. The 22 year old dancing diva, who is of Filipino/Irish/Russian descent, won both of the seasons she was on. No other dancer worldwide has repeated that feat. (DWTS franchises air in other countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Croatia, Ecuador, Germany, Israel, New Zealand, Norway, Spain and Sweden.)
First, she was paired up with Drew Lachey (and made headlines with a short-lived romance with his big brother, Nick – post-Jessica, of course). Then, she and Emmitt Smith hoofed their way to the top in Season Three.
Now, Burke has found love with another castmate’s brother. This time, Burke is dating Matthew Lawrence (27). He’s the younger brother of Joey Lawrence. Joey was partnered with Edyta Sliwinska and finished in third place during Season Three.
People magazine reports that “They are definitely together,” and “Cheryl is very happy.” Apparently, the two didn’t start hanging out together until the DWTS tour started. They were spotted dancing at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa after the tour wrapped up in Atlantic City. Later on, Cheryl supposedly ordered a cake, champagne and strawberries to be delivered to her room. The cake said “Happy Birthday Matt.”
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I love Flavor of Love just as much as anyone. I sat through two seasons and enjoyed myself immensely. I am currently watching – and recapping – spinoff #1, I Love New York, for y’all here. I will recap spinoff #2, Charm School, too.
Charm School, in case you hadn't heard, takes some of Flav’s divas from both seasons and teaches them some manners. Comedian Mo’Nique (Fat Chance, The Parkers) totally has her work cut out for her. (And I can't wait!) Hopefully, they'll have a special class on not pooping in the house.
I thought both of these spinoffs were fantastic ideas. Now, I’m wondering if Vh-1 is dipping into the Flavor pool once too often. C’mon, how many ways can you twist this idea around without getting redundant – or boring?
Well, Vh-1 has decided they’ll try at least once more. Why not? Three times the ‘charm’ so to speak, right?
In July, the network that used to show videos exclusively – those were the good old days – will begin airing a total of ten episodes of Rock of Love with singer/songwriter Bret Michaels of Poison. Poison is an 80s hard rock/glam metal band that had hits with “Talk Dirty to Me” and “Every Rose Has Its Thorn”. (Yes, I am a fan.)
Mr. Michaels is looking for love with a lady who understands that his first love is performing. She has to be beautiful and secure. She can’t be the jealous type. This, coming from a man who made a video with Pamela Anderson.
Good luck finding her, Bret. I'm sure I'll wind up watching.
