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Are you watching Dancing With The Stars? Viewership is down 20 %, but the show still averaged 21 million viewers. This year’s cast is impressive. Despite doing poorly in her first week, Wendy Williams is vowing to do better. C’mon Wendy! How you dancin’? Kirstie Alley and Ralph Macchio (the original Karate Kid) were very impressive.
Regina King got some good news this week. Her TNT police drama Southland has been renewed for a fourth season.
Singer Kem is coming out with a new fragrance. He hopes to have his fragrance Secure out by Mother’s Day
Della Reese is returning to TV in the ABC show Hallelujah from Desperate Housewives Creator Marc Cherry. Reese’s last show was the CBS hit Touched By An Angel.
Celebrity Apprentice is the talk of the town. Donald Trump admits he has a winning cast, and he loves the drama. 70-year old Singer Dionne Warwick has surprised everyone with her strong attitude. Warwick is an “OG,” and she don’t take no mess! In the next few weeks, look for the drama to turn up between Star Jones and NeNe Leakes of The Real Housewives Of Atlanta. These two clearly do not like each other. Their on screen fighting has spilled out to the public, and it’s vicious. Leakes has befriended Star’s ex-husband Al Reynolds. Reynolds loves the spotlight, and will do anything to get back in it. Star Jones did not anticipate the drama with NeNe, but she won’t be bullied or back down. Jones released her latest book entitled Satan’s Sisters. The book is about a woman on a female-based talk show called The Lunch Club, and how the other women on the show betray and stab her in the back. Is she talking about her former co-stars on The View? Jones says no.
TMZ is reporting that Wendy Williams was sued by a concert promoter who claims she was paid $25,000 to appear at an Atlantic City resort, but her conduct at the event “was best described as … ungrateful.”
According to the lawsuit, Williams was scheduled to make a two-hour appearance at The Pool at Harrah’s Resort. The suit claims Williams hardly mingled with guests and left after only an hour — after complaining how she and her husband wanted to leave.
The talk show host and “Dancing With the Stars” contestant was supposed to take the mic on stage, but instead retreated to a cabana, the lawsuit states.
The suit also claims Williams “disappointed her fans who came out expecting her to host the party,” and alleges she demanded four bottles of Ace of Spades champagne and two bottles of white wine at her cabana.
The lawsuit states Williams and her husband said they wanted to be left alone while they drank.
If you missed it, “Dancing With the Stars” said good-bye to former Laker Rick Fox on Tuesday night during an election-night program that commemorated the 200th episode of the show.
The actor and ex-athlete, who received his highest score of the show the same night, stayed positive throughout the whole journey and had no idea his dancing career on the show would end so soon.
“It’s been a transformational journey for me,” he said after learning his fate. “It’s been amazing. My relationship has been transformed with my girlfriend and with my daughter.”
On Monday, contestants performed routines inspired by past celebrity dancers who served as judges during their respective routines.
Fox and his dance partner Cheryle Burke revamped a fabulous quickstep first performed by season five champion Helio Castroneves. Fox, wearing a bright green suit, was given a score of 10 from his celebrity judge.
“It was slick, it was quick,” said head judge Len Goodman. “Rick, it was good.”
Perhaps viewers disagreed: Judges’ scores are combined with viewer votes to determine which star is dismissed each week. We will miss you Rick.
The 11th season of Dancing With The Stars kicks off on the 20th. This year’s dancers include David Hasselhoff (Baywatch, Knight Rider) Kirstie Alley (Cheers), Michael Bolton, Football Star Kurt Warner, Sarah Palin’s daughter Bristol, Singer Brandy, Kyle Massey (Corey In The House, That’s So Raven) former husband of Vanessa Williams and Basketball Star Rick Fox and Brady Bunch mom Florence Henderson. Brandy is the favorite to win it all. If Brandy wins, she would be the first African American female to win. Past contestants include Laila Ali, Vivica A. Fox, Mel B, Mya and Lil’ Kim.
Season 12 of Dancing With The Stars kicks of March 21st, and this year’s cast includes Wendy Williams, Sugar Ray Leonard, Lil’ Romeo, and Kirstie Alley, to name a few. Who’s gonna win? Go Wendy! How You Dancin’ (smile)! Sources say Kirstie Alley, who is only on the show to lose weight, is already having problems with her partner Max. She feels he is working her too hard. Alley has been complaining of swollen feet.