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Mark Ballas Sends Twitter Pics of Bristol Palin In Between Rehearsals!

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This is for all of you Googling “Mark Ballas and Bristol Palin Twit Pics.” I think Mark does send the best Twitter photos than any other Dancing with the Stars celeb, so, no wonder so many of you are looking for them! Here are two recent shots with their captions 🙂



This is how we feel today….
Exhausted…. But havin fun….
Rumba lookin good… 


Early rehearsal With Bristol… Been going for 2 and a half hours already… 🙂 
Dress rehearsal….. :);

Bristol Palin Makes Her Music Video Debut

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Bristol Palin reacted to the judge’s criticsm this week that her Dancing with the Stars’ routine lacked acting skills by saying she is not an actress.

But, she has tried her hand at acting to a certain extent. Palin made a guest appearance as herself on the July 5, 2010, episode of ABC Family’s teenage drama, The Secret Life of the American Teenager. 

And now, Bristol has made her first foray into the music video scene just days after her ex, Levi Johnston’s video made its debut!

“I think my role is like a Mother Nature role,” the New York Post quoted her as saying of her part in the video for Alaskan rock band Static Cycle’s single Inside This World of Mine.

“I wore a mink coat with a big fur hat … My eyebrows were all iced and my eyelashes were all iced,” the 19-year-old added.

Here is a rough cut of the video, which has yet to be released officially:

Audrina Patridge Injured On Set Of Dancing With The Stars

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It was only a matter of time and I am surprised it took this long! The Dancing With the Stars curse has claimed its first victim: Audrina Patridge was reportedly injured on the DWTS set yesterday while in rehearsals.

TMZ reports that Audrina twisted her ankle while in practice with Tony Dovolani and was tended to by on-set physicians. But sources say it’s just a minor sprain and Audrina is “pushing through.”

She fully intends on dancing tonight, and Tweets for your vote:

“Don’t forget tonight is dancing with the stars!!…. 1800-868-3401 and/or abc.com. Hope you guys like our waltz tonight!!” 

Michal Bolton Eliminated From Dancing With The Stars -Video

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Goodbye Team Bolt, I for one will miss you!

Not only did the duo of Michael Bolton and Chelsie Hightower get a show season-low score of 12 out of a possible 30 last night on Dancing With the Stars and the boot off of the show tonight, but judge Bruno Tonioli, who gave Team Bolt a score of 3 out of a possible 10, called the singer’s jive the worst he’d ever seen on the show.

I spoke with Tonioli a week before the season started and he promised me he would be “extra mean” this season. Well, looks so far that he is keeping his promise.

When a celeb of the caliber of Michael Bolton crawls out of a dog house to Elvis Presley’s Hound Dog just to please his dancing partner, I think he should get a score of 5 as a baseline just for being a good sport.  But the judges were not impressed, especially not Tonioli.

While giving his review, Tonioli rubbed his temples in pain and told Bolton: “It was a doggy mess of a jive. You did it all very, very, very badly. I think this is probably the worst Jive in 11 seasons. I hated it.” Even the usually grumpy judge Len Goodman felt that Tonioli was a little too harsh, coming to Team Bolt’s defense: “Okay, you hated it, but you should keep some of the comments to yourself really because it’s unfair!”

Judge Carrie Ann Inaba also came to the rescue of Bolton, before giving him a score of 4: “This is when it’s really tough to be a judge. I know you poured your heart and soul into that; you took such a huge risk. You’re Michael Bolton! You came out of there crawling to please your partner to do what you thought would help you get a good score. I so appreciate that and respect that.”

Here is what Michael Bolton said about the whole situation:

Florence Henderson & Corky Ballas On Dancing With The Stars – EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS & VIDEO

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DANCING WITH THE STARS –
MEET THE CAST.

  Dancing with the Stars‘ Florence Henderson needs no introduction. We know she’s a multi-talented actress, talk show host, recording artist, author, Broadway veteran and philanthropist. But all we keep screaming excitedly in our heads is: “It’s Mrs. Brady!!!!!”  At least I did when I met her recently.
Florence played “America’s Favorite Mom” and matriarch Carol Brady, on the classic hit TV series The Brady Bunch, which aired for five seasons (1969-1974), has never been off the air in this country, and currently airs in 122 countries around the world.

Corky & Son Mark Ballas

Florence’s partner is Corky Ballas, the father of fellow DWTS cast member, Mark Ballas! Corky was also Cloris Leachman’s partner previously on DWTS. Corky has been dancing since he was six years old.

Growing up his father owned and operated one of the largest dance studios in the world and eventually invented the Weed Eater. His mother was a famous Flamenco Dancer who appeared in films and studied alongside Carmen Amaya.

Corky only started training for International Latin Dancing when he was 22. Here he met his dance partner Shirley (Mark’s Mom) who also trained him and would eventually become his wife. Together Corky and Shirley made up one of professional competitive Latin Dance’s most successful couples ever. 
Corky & Florence with me 🙂

Corky is known worldwide for his choreography, music editing, music creation, costume design and much more. His achievements include: 7 time undefeated US International Latin Champion; 1996 Open To The World International Latin Champion; 2007 Pro Am Champion.

Together, Corky and Florence are known as Team Florky. If you want to vote for them to stay on this week, call: 1-800-868-3409.

Here is Team Florky meeting me and the Paparazzi at a recent acoustic show Mark Ballas sang at in Los Angeles:

Brothers & Sisters Premiere – EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS & VIDEO

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Season 5 of Brothers & Sisters premieres tonight at 10/9c on ABC, finally providing a resolution to the many cliffhanger tragedies happening to various cast members.
Last season ended with a disastrous car crash that seemed to kill off departing cast member Rob Lowe’s character, Robert McCallister. It also left William Walker’s ex-mistress Holly (Patricia Wettig) in similarly critical condition. If that all wasn’t traumatic enough, Saul (Ron Rifkin) revealed that he was HIV-positive and Justin (Dave Annable) and Rebecca (Emily VanCamp) came to a crossroads in their young marriage.

How is Brothers & Sisters going to take care of all of this mayhem this season? With a jump-ahead-in-time plot of course!

Executive producer David Marshall Grant tells TVGuide.com: “There are a lot of things we need to catch the audience up on, and there’s a lot of closure we need to acknowledge and let the audience share in. We are doing a lot to deal with that finale and get us into a place where we feel that we understand what happened and move beyond it, just as the Walkers are beginning to move beyond it.”

Grant says the jump in time will quickly allow the viewers to move on and grow. “We are starting these characters in new worlds,” he says. “These characters are really trying to reinvent themselves or to get through some really significant hurdles. I think we’re going to really hold these characters’ feet to the fire in terms of figuring out what they need to deal with and what they need to get past.”

I recently met up with two of the show’s stars, Rachel Griffiths (Sarah) and Gilles Marini (Luc) at the 2010 ABC Red Carpet Premiere Event. Check out the photos and video of Rachel and Gilles below.  

What will the show have in mind for this duo? Sarah will debate what to do with the Narrow Lake land, which could lead to a lot of money for all the Walker family members. Luckily, her rocky love life seems to be on solid ground. “They’re very much in love. It’s become a great relationship for us,” Grant says. “They seem to have the same kind of chemistry as Scotty and Kevin, and it’s just been really fun to watch.” Lucky for you ladies, look to see a lot of Luc, as he has become an underwear model. After seeing Gilles Marini as Samantha’s outdoor-showering neighbor in Sex and the City: The Movie, and as runner-up in Season 8 of Dancing with the Stars, we know Gilles as Luc can certainly pull off his new model gig. Need more proof?  Here is a picture of Luc as an underwear model which Gilles Tweeted recently:
Here are pictures and videos from the ABC 2010 Red Carpet Premiere Event:

Gilles Marini turning the camera on us.

Gilles Marini was so cool to grab my camera and take a picture with me. Thanks Gilles!

The beautiful Nancy O’Dell took a moment to take a picture with me.

DWTS’ Bristol Palin & Mark Ballas Twitter Photos From Alaska

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DANCING WITH THE STARS – 
MEET THE CAST.
  Dancing with the Stars got into full swing of things this week with the show’s premiere on Monday and the shocking ouster of its first casualty, David Hasselhoff, on Tuesday.
One of the more interesting teams still vying for the Mirror Ball trophy are Mark Ballas and his partner, Bristol Palin, together known as Team Ballin’.
Bristol first entered the national spotlight when her mother, former Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin was selected to be John McCain’s running mate in the 2008 Presidential election. Bristol traveled the country alongside her mother, father and siblings on the campaign trail. 
After giving birth to her son Tripp, and becoming a single teen mother in 2008, Palin became a spokesperson for the prevention of teen pregnancy and other teen issues. As an advocate for the protection of life, Palin wanted to share her story with other teens who may one day face a similar situation. Palin also acts as Teen Ambassador for The Candie’s Foundation, to prevent teen and unplanned pregnancy.



Mark is one of the nicest, most down to earth people I have ever met. He comes from a family of international dance stars, so, it’s no surprise that Mark has two shiny Mirror Ball trophies at home. He even beat out his dad, Corky, and tied with childhood friend Derek Hough, for the wins: He won the DWTS title in Season 6 with partner Kristi Yamaguchi, and again in Season 8 with Shawn Johnson.

When he’s not dancing, Mark focuses on his other passion, which is music. He rocks out with his band on tour and in the studio, where he’s working to complete his upcoming CD, set for release later this fall. You can catch an acoustic show of his at the Viper Room in Hollywood, CA this Friday at 7:45pm. Per Mark, “The first 100 get in free. :)”
Mark and Bristol are currently in Alaska – and here are some pictures Mark Tweeted today and others from earlier in the week. Looks like Mark and Bristol are having a ball – make sure you tune in and vote for this duo!

Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino Is Way More Popular Than Imagined

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Photo Courtesy of ABC.

What is it about this guy? I don’t watch Jersey Shore, so, I guess I don’t understand the draw. But let me tell you, the draw is there and it’s very real!

Of all of the famous people who I have or have not met, the celebrity I am most asked about recently, by far, has shockingly been Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino.

That fan interest was also the reason The Situation remained safe from elimination tonight on Dancing with the Stars. The Situation and his partner, Karina Smirnoff, were bound in a three-way tie for last place after the judge’s scores. But his fans must have voted for the pair by the millions because the duo didn’t even crack the bottom two when the fan votes were combined with the judges’ scores.

Despite his last place finish with the judges and before The Situation knew he was safe, Mike claimed he had not performed badly. “I didn’t do bad,” he told Us after the show.

“I knew dancing wasn’t my strong point. But I thought, ‘I’m going to give this everything and try my hardest and whatever happens, happens.’ And this was in front of millions of people! I just jumped head-first into it, like I do with everything.” Mike went on to say he thought the judges were too critical of his ballroom skills. “I think they were definitely a little hard on me! I mean, I jumped off the stage! I thought that was cool.”

“I am a very confident guy, but I understand you have to sometimes risk defeat to get a victory,” he said. “I’m trying to show people, ‘Hey, this guy is going out of his element, and he’s taking on a competition in front of millions of people. Maybe he’s making a fool out of himself, but he’s still doing okay,'” he told Us. I just want people to know this is an intelligent kid.”

Michael Bolton Performs At Concert Minutes After Dancing w/The Stars –EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS & VIDEO

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Mere minutes after collecting his unfair and disappointing score of 16/30 for dancing the Viennese Waltz as his debut dance routine on Dancing with the Stars, Michael Bolton rushed from the DWTS studios to The Grove next door and performed at an outdoor concert, Songs for Hope, to raise awareness for breast cancer research.

Chelsie Hightower, his partner on DWTS, joined him on stage between songs to urge the audience to vote for the duo known as Team Bolt Tower.

If you liked Bolton’s dance, vote for him by calling 1-800-868-3402!

Watch the short clip below to hear Bolton describe the Songs for Hope event and to talk about his feelings on his DWTS debut performance. Then watch the remaining videos of the songs he performed Monday night at Songs for Hope.
Definitely watch this video of Bolton paying tribute to Pavarotti by singing Nessun Dorma. Make sure you watch in the highest resolution. Bolton is known for his powerful but melodic voice, but who knew he had this powerful of a voice. The entire crowd was moved by this performance:



Watch To Love Somebody: 
I said I love you but I Lied:

Bolton finished the night with his signature song, When a Man Loves a Woman:

The Situation & Karina Smirnoff’ Rehearsal Video From Dancing With The Stars

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VIDEO CLIP OF THE DAY.
Photo Courtesy of ABC

  Karina Smirnoff has got a Situation (Mike Sorrentino) on her hands, and he’s bringing a whole new meaning to DWTS (Dancing With The Situation).

Will the team known as The Sitchoff be able to fist pump their way to glory? Watch and find out: Dancing With The Stars premieres tonight, September 20 at 8|7c on ABC.