Mariah Carey Poses Naked With Hubbie Nick Cannon

Mariah Carey‘s belly keeps growing and growing, yet, there is still no baby–or babies I should say since she’s pregnant with twins!

Mariah obviously loves to show off the expansive baby bump because she’s either Tweeting pics of her artistically painted belly, or showing up naked on cover of OK Magazine.

This time, Mariah even enlisted the help of her hubbie Nick Cannon for the pictures. 
Nick was at the Reality Rocks Expo Saturday to promote the upcoming show he’s producing, starring Peter and Cory Gunz, and called, Son of a Gun
Nick was late to the panel saying, “I am on baby watch, that’s why I am late. It’s gonna be any day now, any day!”

Video: Mark Ballas And Chelsea Kane Viennese Waltz Into First Place ON DWTS

On classical night of Dancing with the Stars April 11, Chelsea Kane and Mark Ballas danced the Viennese Waltz to Hedwig’s Theme by John Williams. In rehearsals, Chelsea asked Mark to push her harder than ever because she did not want to be in third place anymore but instead be “seen as the team to reckon with.” And Mark complied and pushed Chelsea straight into first place Monday night.

The judges were split:
Len Goodman (8): “Mark, there is no doubt about it. You are a marvelous teacher and a great choreographer. Chelsea, you are a fantastic dancer. So why is it that every time I see you, there is something that I don’t like that jars me. This is the Viennese Waltz. It’s 300 years old. It is the most traditional of all ballroom dances. Mark, it is your job to help her interpret it and not distract her by creeping all over the floor. Overall I liked it because this girl is a really good dancer.”
Bruno Tonioli (9): Listen to me. It was magical, fabulous beautiful and bewitching. Technically speaking, it was the best dance of the night…Be happy because I am.”
Carri Ann Inaba (9): “Sometimes I agree with Len that choreography can be distracting, but tonight I agree with Bruno….Chelsea, you’re in your stride.”
TOTAL SCORE: 26

Watch the Harry Potter themed performance:

Video: Ralph Macchio And Karina Smirnoff Do The Waltz

VIDEO CLIP OF THE DAY.
On classical night of Dancing with the StarsRalph Macchio and Karina Smirnoff exploded back to near the top of the leaderboard with a waltz set to a contemporary Romeo and Juliet by Tchaikovsky.
Ralph wanted to work on his “Dracula” hands that Len has frequently complained of and in the process, he delivered a breathtaking performance.
Here is what the judges had to say about the performance:
Bruno: “Achingly romantic. Totally heartfelt. Brilliant storytelling through dancing. And thank you very much for continuing the lines.”
Carri Anne: “What I love about you is when you dance, you’re so honest. There’s such an honest connection to the emotion so I believe you….normally I might say that was over dramatic. But when you do it, I was swept in. I was carried through the story. I was right there in the tragedy. It wasn’t a tragedy, it was glorious.”

Len: “You’ve been int he wilderness for two week. You’re back!”
Watch the performance of yourself:

‘Dancing With The Stars’ – Performance Videos & Show Recap

April 11th episode of Dancing with the Stars marked the show’s first-ever classical night. Here are the scores, recap, judges’ comments and performance videos from episode 4 of Season 12:

Chelsea Kane and Mark Ballas danced the Viennese Waltz to Hedwig’s Theme by John Williams. Chelsea asked Mark during rehearsals to push her harder than ever because she did not want to be in third place anymore but instead be “seen as the team to reckon with.” And Mark complied and pushed Chelsea straight into first place Monday night.
Len Goodman (8): “Mark, there is no doubt about it. You are a marvelous teacher and a great choreographer. Chelsea, you are a fantastic dancer. So why is it that every time I see you, there is something that I don’t like that jars me. This is the Viennese Waltz. It’s 300 years old. It is the most traditional of all ballroom dances. Mark, it is your job to help her interpret it and not distract her by creeping all over the floor. Overall I liked it because this girl is a really good dancer.”
Bruno Tonioli (9): Listen to me. It was magical, fabulous beautiful and bewitching. Technically speaking, it was the best dance of the night…Be happy because I am.”
Carri Ann Inaba (9): “Sometimes I agree with Len that choreography can be distracting, but tonight I agree with Bruno….Chelsea, you’re in your stride.”
TOTAL SCORE: 26

Watch the couple for yourself:


Ralph Macchio and Karina Smirnoff exploded back to near the top of the leaderboard with a Waltz set to a contemporary Romeo and Juliet by Tchaikovsky. Ralph wanted to work on his “Dracula” hands that Len has frequently complained of. Their dance was simply breathtaking!
Bruno (9): “Achingly romantic. Totally heartfelt. Brilliant storytelling through dancing. And thank you very much for continuing the lines.”
Carri Anne (8): “What I love about you is when you dance, you’re so honest. There’s such an honest connection to the emotion so I believe you….normally I might say that was over dramatic. But when you do it, I was swept in. I was carried through the story. I was right there in the tragedy. It wasn’t a tragedy, it was glorious.”
Len (8): “You’ve been int he wilderness for two week. You’re back!”
TOTAL SCORE: 25
Watch the romantic performance:



Hines Ward and his partner Kym Johnson danced the Paso Doble to Bond’s Explosive. Hines expressed in rehearsals that dancing to a song without lyrics will pose difficulty for him because he times his steps to the words of a song. But he certainly had no problem when it came time to perform. He delivered a manly, confident and electrifying Paso. And the judges agreed!
Carri Ann (9): “You were in the zone my friend. Touchdown on the Paso! You nailed it. You were in control! You were twirling her. You were stomping.”
Len (8): “You are the most determined of all our celebrities. You come out every week 100%. Work, hard because you are doing great.”
Bruno (8): “You have the killer instinct. As the song says, truly explosive.”
TOTAL SCORE: 25
Watch the duos’ Paso Doble:

Chris Jericho and Cheryl Burke danced the Paso Doble to In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg. Chris said this week Cheryl helped him go from Charlie Brown to Charlie Sheen. The judges said:
Bruno (8): “Chris, you got the accents so well. Excellent.”
Carri Ann (8): “That was a really hard dance. You were so connected to the music. I love your form. Watch out for this guy.”
Len (7): Chris, The dance wasn’t bad. It starts out quiet. It’s got menace. And the first part you got right. You had that menacing look. But the music grows, and it gets more and more loud and it gets more powerful. And that’s what you didn’t do. The music conquered you. You didn’t conquer the music.
TOTAL SCORE: 23
Watch the bull dance below:

Petra Nemcova and Dmitry Chaplin danced a fierce Paso Doble for the usually sweet Petro to Les Voici! Voici La Quadrille! by Georges Bizet.
Len (7): “I would have liked a bit more authority through your feet and through your legs. It could have done with being more crisper. Overall, I am more impressed thann I am depressed about it because my expectations were that it wasn’t going to work but you really came out and tried to show the emotion of the dance.”
Bruno (8): “It is not Petra, it’s Caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarmen, the Femme Fatale [And Bruno took his jacket off and started gyrating and touching himself while commenting]. The deadly beauty. A woman that knows what she wants and how to get it. and by the look of it, you’re going to get plenty of it. And that ending, oooh my God.”
Carri Ann (8): “Is it over??? Bruno, put your clothes back on. Petra, you’re on a roll. Last week your Waltz was incredible and this week your confidence has shown through. It was absolutely gorgeous. Your lines were strong. You still need to work a hair on your core strength but all of your lines were gorgeous. It was powerful, passionate…a new Petra!”
TOTAL SCORE: 23

Romeo and Chelsie Hightower danced the Paso Doble tonight to Palladio, First Movement by Karl Jenkinsand. Romeo ripped his shirt off during the performance. It was hot. But it didn’t sit well with Len.
Len (8): “Romeo, have a bit of decorum dear boy. You know. Exposing yourself like that in front of us…that It’s classic week. You don’t see me flaunting myself in front of everyone….the dance was full of passion. It was full of attack and intensity and that I love.” Though he did tell Chelsie to get the whip out and shape the “colt” Romeo into finesse and better technique.
Bruno (8): “Focused, powerful, action packed and six packed as well! You have the look of a rising star.” He also praised the couple on dancing to such a difficult song.
Carrie (7): “Unfortunately..there was a little bit of lift, so, I had to deduct for that…but that was the first time I saw a Paso with swagger…That was fantastic. Powerful. Fully confident and very passionate.”
TOTAL SCORE: 23

Kirstie Alley and Maksim Chmerkovskiy danced the Waltz to The Flower Duet by Léo Delibes’ Lakmé. Last week, it was Maks who got injured during their performance. This week, it was Kirstie who injured her hip during the rehearsals. But she fought on and told Maks do the same choreography that you would do for a 25-year old even if it kills me.  Well, the choreography didnt kill Kristie, but it did kill her show which came off half-way thorugh the dance and made her struggle with it for a few seconds. Here is what the judges thought:

Carri Ann (7): “Kristie, you are the queen of the unexpected mishap. I mean, whose shoe comes off? You didn’t miss a beat and you have to get credit for that. However, this one was kinda strange. It felt like you weren’t in the number and it looked like you were waiting for it to be over. And oddly, when the shoe fell off, and you out it back in, you had so much more joy dancing.”
Len (7): “Everything was OK about it but everything needs to be improved. Your posture is OK, but it needs to be stronger. Your footwork is OK but it needs to be cleaner. And your movement is OK but it needs to flow more.”  
Bruno (8): “I thought you did amazingly well. You’re light on your feet and you have great musicality.”
TOTAL SCORE: 22

Watch the dance and the shoe mishap for yourself:

Sugar Ray Leonard and Anna Trebunskaya danced the Viennese Waltz to Tchaikovsky’s Waltz of The Flowers.
Carri Ann (7): “I don’t think I have ever smiled that much watching somebody…Sugar Ray you have this sparkle that is unbeatable…but there is something so entertaining and I absolutely fell in love with that dance.”
Len (7): “Sugar Ray Leonard turns into the Sugar Plumb Fairy. The more I got into it, the more I smiled, and the more I realized as much as technique and performance are important, so is entertainment and I was throughly entertained from start to finish.”
Bruno (7): “Len is right. It had a wonderful cartoonish charm. Instead of playing Prince Charming you played it like Mickey Rooney in The Ballerina, but it was so effective. As entertainment, it was excellent.”
TOTAL SCORE: 21

Kendra Wilkinson and Louis Van Amstel danced the Viennese Waltz to Conte Partirò by Andrea Bocelli. Kendra said she was “screwed” because she had to be ladylike during the performance. But then she decided to dress gangster and make it into a mafia Waltz. She also has been talking all week about having three tricks into the performance and says she’s scared about being able to pull them off.
Bruno (6): “Kendra, you messed it up and you know that. Technique is very difficult to achieve and there were a lot of technical issues…This is a song of heartbreaking longing and you should transform yourself, become one with the music. Become the character, become the Black Swan.”
Carrie Ann (6): “I see that you are trying very hard. That is no easy choreography….I want to tell you something. Elegance is no different than sexy. It’s like you’re afraid of elegance…You were holding back.You are a very beautiful dancer. You just need to have more confidence.”
Len (6): “Bruno sometimes forgets you people are beginners. You haven’t had a life in dance. I am not saying it was fantastic because there were a few incidences there. But you came out, it had flow, it had good movement..don’t forget Bruno, these people are beginners, don’t be cruel!”
TOTAL SCORE: 18

Here is the leaderboard scores:

Chelsea Kane & Mark Ballas: 26
Hines Ward & Kym Johnson: 25
Ralph Macchio & Karina Smirnoff: 25
Chris Jericho & Cheryl Burke: 23
Petra Nemcova & Dmitry Chaplin: 23
Romeo & Chelsie Hightower: 23
Kirstie Alley & Maks Chmerkovskiy: 22
Sugar Ray Leonard & Anna Trebunskaya: 21
Kendra Wilkinson & Louis Van Amstel: 18

Karina Smirnoff: “Ralph Macchio Is My Very Own Benjamin Button!” (Photos)

SPOTTED: Karina Smirnoff of Dancing with the Stars at the Reality Rocks Expo Sunday April 10 in Los Angeles, CA.

Karina told CelebMagnet that her dancing partner, Ralph Macchio, looks so young in person, she calls him her Benjamin Button! In fact, Karina says Ralph gets younger by the day and she expects to be rocking him in her arms like a baby by the time the season ends!

Karina was also wearing a T-shirt she made in Macchio’s honor. The white top reads ‘Dance On – Dance Off’ in reference to the famous quote from the 1984 Karate Kid film, ‘Wax On – Wax Off’.

Karina showing off her engagement ring

Karina took a minute to play with one of the dogs from Shorty’s Pit Bull Rescue

Karina and me 🙂

NeNe Leakes Calls La Toya Jackson “Casper The Ghost!”

For two weeks in a row, emotions got the best of our stars on April 10th’s Celebrity Apprentice Last week, it was Meat Loaf blowing up at Gary Busey. This week it was NeNe Leakes going absolutely postal on La Toya Jackson.

La Toya stepped up to be project manager for Team A.S.A.P. just to prove to the women on her team that she had what it takes to lead the team. The women won (You can read the full recap by clicking here), despite the fact that they felt La Toya was confused on the vision of the task and did not communicate well. 
All through the task, NeNe took every opportunity to badmouth La Toya to the camera and to anyone who would listen. When Donald Trump, Jr. visited the women’s display, NeNe hopped over to him in a koala costume she wore as part of the task just so she could trash talk La Toya. “La Toya was not organized and she was not a good project manager….I’d be surprised if we won.” Now, Ms. Leakes, how you gonna back stab your team like that? 
But oh no, she did not stop there. “If we win, it means the guys sucked!” she told the camera.
In the boardroom, NeNe still talked badly about La Toya. When the women actually won, Trump specifically told NeNe to go back to the hotel room and “apologize to La Toya.”  NeNe audibly said, “No” to Trump and instead went full throttle against La Toya back in the hotel. 
It all started with NeNe, the constant nagger and tattletale herself, saying, “La Toya, I don’t appreciate you using my name in a negative way. You tried to act as if I said I don’t like you. And I have never said that. This has nothing to do with personal, this is strictly business.” Then she started raising her voice, claiming she is real and if La Toya did not like what she heard, she could “go in the bathroom and hide.” 
La Toya somehow kept her cool. NeNe went on, “Don’t you try and act you’re the reason we won. I worked my ass off while you sat there and looked like Casper the Ghost! Let’s be clear Casper, let’s be clear! Disappear ghost….the only reason you’ve gotten this far is because of your last name and you faked it for fifty years. You are very old and you need to play your age and not 12. You are a (sic) old lady.” 
Thank God Star interrupted the rant and said, “Let’s watch the men self-destruct, we are owed that for god sake, please.” La Toya acted like a class act, did not say anything except tell the camera that she and NeNe were from different cloths.
Things should get even nastier as we narrow the field of players….stay tuned to the madness…

Full Recap: ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ April 10

On Sunday April 10th’s Celebrity Apprentice, our celebs were posed with the challenge of creating an engaging 10′ x10′ glass box public marketing display for Australian Gold sunscreen and body lotion.

Mark McGrath finally stepped up to the plate and volunteered to lead Team Backbone as project manager. Mark said, “it’s my time to shine!” La Toya Jackson volunteered as well for Team A.S.A.P so she could show her team she has what it takes.

Mark suggested that his team dress as pirates and went against other members’ idea of simply having lots of “babes” sell the product. The women threw a lot of ideas at La Toya, but quickly became frustrated with their team leader when she could not make fast decisions. 
Both teams met with the Australian Gold executives and the execs stressed to both to concentrate on the company’s koala mascot, Surfing Sydney. But all the men heard was the execs say, “Life is short, you have treasured moments,” concentrating on the word “treasures.” And everyone knows treasures mean pirates! LOL.
La Toya asked her team to look up old Australian Gold commercials and to see what they’ve done in the past. When ads showed men and women on the beach, La Toya suggested they mimic the same. NeNe Leakes kept pushing for a new idea by saying, “They’ve done that already.” She also bad-mouthed La Toya every chance she got to the camera, “La Toya is confusing because she is all over the place. She had no idea on where to go, at all.”
When Playmate of the year Hope Dworaczyk volunteered to be one of the swim-suited models at the display, Jackson instead tasked Hope with keeping the budget and doing the shopping. Now, I like Ms. Jackson, but I could not understand why she would not use her team’s best physical assets on this particular job and hire models instead.
As for the design of the box, Mark told the set designers to make the glass box look like a shipwreck salvation center, with the center being the treasure chest full of suntan lotion. “We’re pirates,” Meat Loaf emphasized to the designers.
The women who went shopping for props,  HopeMarlee Matlin and NeNe, meanwhile felt confused and were not sure what the whole concept was.  La Toya and Star Jone met with the set designers, and Star expressed to the camera that she had no idea what La Toya’s vision was. La Toya told the designers, we want palm trees and koalas and added, “Just bear with me right now cause I am winging it!”
Lil Jon and Gary Busey were in charge of props for the men’s team and decided against renting a koala costume the store they shopped at had because it was a different color that the Australian Gold mascot and did not wear shades. Lil Jon explained that companies are “sensitive” about their mascots and did not want to use a costume not matching the mascot exactly. Meanwhile, Marlee reserved the same costume the men rejected to use as part of their display.

Ivanka Trump visited both camps and seemed to really like the men’s pirate idea and the jingle chant they wrote. She told the women their idea was not distinguished enough which sent La Toya questioning their idea. So, the morning of the presentation, La Toya decided to add a winter element in addition to her summer theme to show that sunscreen can and should be used all year round. Instead of being happy for the new creative idea, the women were worried that they had more work to do last minute.
Donald Trump, Jr. visited the women’s display as it was almost set up – he thought they had done a great job of brand integration even though there was too much going on. NeNe hopped over to Donald Jr. in her koala costume just so she could trash talk La Toya all over again. “La Toya was not organized and she was not a good project manager….I’d be surprised if we won.” Now, Ms. Leakes, how you gonna back stab your team like that? Oh no, she did not stop there. “If we win, it means the guys sucked!” she told the camera.
Trump Jr. also paid a visit to the men’s display and said the men came up with something original, had integrated the celebs into the display, and integrated the product. He believed they had made an energetic scene which conveyed a defined theme versus the nebulous idea of a beach like the women had. But he did say he was not sure if the display conveyed the message the Australian Gold executives wanted.

When the Australian Gold execs visited the men’s display, Gary grabbed one of the executives by the arm and dragged them all away from Meat Loaf.  Gary also cornered the execs and physically pushed Mark away when he tried to break up Gary’s monopoly hold on them. Finally, the men started singing their jingle chant and distracted the execs away from Gary.

Donald Trump, Sr. met with the Australian Gold execs after they had a chance to visit each display. The execs liked the men’s jingle and said they created greater buzz around the box than the women, interacted well with the crowd and educated them better. They did not, however, like the fact that Gary had presented himself as the representative of the team. They also did not like the men’s specific non-use of “Live the gold life” slogan or the koala bear mascot.  They also disliked the pirate theme.  They said that the women had hit the slogan and messaging well, but they did not interact as well with the crowd or use their theme as well as they could have, specifically pointing out that Hope should have been in a bikini showing off her Playmate bod….At the end of the day, the execs picked Team A.S.A.P. as the winners.
In the boardroom, Mark made the lethal mistake of saying if his team loses, he would take the sole blame. At that moment, I wanted to scream, “NO MARK, NO! Don’t you watch The Apprentice? The Donald does not keep people around who ask to be fired!” Mark did try to backpedal and took Gary as the sole other person on the chopping block back to the boardroom. And even though Gary lied and said he had not made sexual comments to the execs, it was too late for Mark and it was Mark who walked the plank and dove deep into the murky waters of the “You’re fired!” hell. 
Did the win quiet down the hater NeNe? Of course not. Even though Trump specifically told NeNe to go back to the hotel room and “apologize to La Toya,” NeNe said, “No” to Trump and went full throttle against La Toya back in the hotel.

It all started with NeNe, the constant nagger and tattletale herself, saying, “La Toya, I don’t appreciate you using my name in a negative way. You tried to act as if I said I don’t like you. And I have never said that. This has nothing to do with personal, this is strictly business.”

Then she started raising her voice, claiming she is real and if La Toya did not like what she heard, she could “go in the bathroom and hide.” La Toya kept her cool. NeNe went on, “Don’t you try and act you’re the reason we won. I worked my ass off while you sat there and looked like Casper the Ghost! Let’s be clear Casper, let’s be clear! Disappear ghost….the only reason you’ve gotten this far is because of your last name and you faked it for fifty years. You are very old and you need to play your age and not 12. You are a (sic) old lady.”

Thank God Star interrupted the rant and said, “Let’s watch the men self-destruct, we are owed that for god sake, please.” La Toya acted like a class act, did not say anything except tell the camera that she and NeNe were from different cloths.

Who Got Fired On Celebrity Apprentice April 10?

On Sunday April 10th’s Celebrity Apprentice, our celebs were posed with the challenge of creating a public marketing display for Australian Gold.

Mark McGrath finally stepped up to the plate and lead Team Backbone as the project manager.  LaToya Jackson did the same for Team A.S.A.P.

SPOILER ALERT: Full summary recap coming shortly–SO PLEASE CHECK BACK LATER TONIGHT–but in the meantime, keep reading if you want to know who was fired by Donald Trump.
Team A.S.A.P. won for the second week in the row, sending the men back to the boardroom. But that win did not stop the women from fighting as NeNe Leakes called LaToya Jackson, “Casper the Friendly Ghost!” after they won? More on that in my recap. 

For now, who was the celeb eliminated and fired tonight? It was  Mark McGrath sadly…check back later for the full recap!