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SYTYCD VIDEO: Caitlynn Lawson & Mitchell Kelly Lift And Leap To The Best Routine Of The Night

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Caitlynn Lawson and Mitchell Kelly performed a romantic, lift-filled contemporary routine on the fourth week (Top 14) of competition (July 6) on So You Think You Can Dance.

During the pre-tape, we learned that Caitlynn is an outdoors kind of girl and finishes all of her sentences with a giggle. Mitchell lost his father when he was only two and lived in a car with his mother before auditioning in Atlanta. Their routine was choreographed by Mandy Moore to Celine Dion’s To Love You More.
Here is a recap summary of what the judges said: Mary Murphy said it was her favorite number of the night. She called the dance beautiful and came to tears she was so moved. Nigel Lythgoe said the emotion in the routine grabbed everyone and the lifts and leaps just flowed. Nigel said the routine took his breath away and agreed that this was the best routine of the night. Guest judge Carmen Electra said they were powerful and larger than life. Guest judge Travis Wall said it was unbelievable and said Caitlynn is the surprise of the season for him.
Watch the performance below:

SYTYCD VIDEO: Sasha Mallory & Alexander Fost Need ‘Hip Hop For Dummies’

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Sasha Mallory and Alexander Fost performed a hip hop routine, aiming for swag, on the fourth week of competition (July 6) on So You Think You Can Dance.

During the pre-tape, we learned that Sasha’s family is all about partying, while Alexander’s father used to be a Hollywood actor. Their routine was about a first date and Alexander wanting a kiss when it was all over. Choreographed by Shaun Evaristo, the number was danced to To The Moon by Miguel.
Here is a recap summary of what the judges said: Guest judge Carmen Electra said Sasha was popping so hard that she didn’t get the sense of the two as a couple. Nigel Lythgoe said it felt like Hip Hop 101 (I agree) and recommended they go through Hip Hop for Dummies. Mary Murphy said she didn’t see the swag. Guest judge Travis Wall “didn’t hate it,” but said the two should work on their musicality.

Watch the performance below:

SYTYCD VIDEO: Melanie Moore & Marko Germar Display ‘Leaps & Bounds Of Passion’

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Melanie Moore and Marko Germar performed a show stopping Jazz routine on the fourth week of competition (July 6) on So You Think You Can Dance.

During the pre-tape, we found out Marko rocks a mean drag queen and Melanie has a long-term boyfriend named Mitchell. Their routine was reminiscent of West Wide Story or Romeo and Juliet: A couple who run away from their families because the families have hated each other for centuries. Choreographed by Ray Leeper, the number was danced to Americano by Lady Gaga.

Here is a recap summary of what the judges said: Guest judge Travis Wall thought Marko was strong and said Melanie is amazing. He also said she is by far his favorite dancer in the competition. Guest judge Carmen Electra also said Melanie is strong and called her legs “ridiculous!” Nigel Lythgoe said the pair’s technique matches their performance. Mary Murphy said, “Wow!” And added that the couple has leap and bounds of passion. She called Melanie brilliant and renamed Marko, “Domination Man!”

Watch the performance below:

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Dez Bryant isn’t the only Dallas Cowboys wide receiver who is having some off-field woes involving jewelry. It’s Roy Williams’ turn in court as he tries to regain a ring after a engagement that never was.

In wake of a marriage proposal gone wrong in February, The Odessa American reports Williams filed a lawsuit last Thursday with the intent of reclaiming a ring he had mailed to a former Texas beauty pageant winner. The reported value of the piece is nothing to sniff at during an NFL lockout that has put a cloud over players’ incomes: $76,600.
Roy Williams filed a lawsuit last Thursday with the intent of reclaiming a reportedly $76,000 engagement ring. (AP Photo)

Back around Valentine’s Day, Williams had sent the ring, along with his recorded proposal to Brooke Daniels, but Williams’ romantic gesture was met with Daniels declining to marry him.

Also heavily involved is Daniels’ family. Through a signed affidavit, Williams stated that along with the ring, he mailed $5,000 to help Brooke’s brother. An investigation by insurers discovered that Brooke’s father, Michael Daniels, was in possession of the ring, despite his contrary claims he had lost it.

Michael Daniels told the newspaper this week that Williams had previously told his daughter he wasn’t interested in regaining the ring based on the way in which the relationship was broken off.

“He said, ‘I’m not like a lot of people, I don’t want the ring back,” Daniels said. “You’ll eventually come back to me,’ and she didn’t.”

Daniels also said he’s looking for closure in what he described as argument-laden two-year relationship between Williams and Brooke.

“I want to wash my hands of it,” Michael Daniels told the American. “It’s just a hassle. I’ll take care of my daughter. I don’t need him.”

For Williams to win the suit under the Texas state legal guidelines of the “conditional-gift rule,” it will need to be shown that Brooke Daniels, not Williams, was at fault in “terminating the engagement.”

The offseason just might get even more challenging for Williams soon.

The National Football Post reported earlier this week that because of Williams’ big contract and the chance to give Bryant more playing time, it’s “looking more and more” as if the Cowboys will release Williams.

James Spader Joins The Cast of ‘The Office’

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It’s official: James Spader will be on the cast of NBC’s The Office come next season.

But it’s not what you’re thinking. Spader will not be replacing Steve Carell as the new Scranton branch manager of Dunder Mifflin. He will instead be replacing Kathy Bates as the CEO of Sabre.

Paul Lieberstein, who is executive producer of the sitcom and who plays Toby on the show, said in a statement: “James will reprise his role as Robert California, this uber-salesman that has a power to convince and manipulate, like a high-class weirdo Jedi warrior.”

“He’ll have been hired over the summer as the new manager, but within hours, got himself promoted. Within days, he took over the company. James has an energy that is completely his own, and ‘The Office’ has no tools for dealing with this guy. We’re thrilled he’s joining our cast.”

We still don’t know who will be filling the seat left vacant by the departure of Michael Scott, but rumor has it that they will be promoting from within. Who do you think will be the new branch manager? Who do you think should be the new boss head?

Emily Maynard: The Next Bachelorette?

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WHO did not see this coming the second we heard that Emily Maynard and Brad Womack had hit splitsville: Brad Womack’s Bachelor ex, may be the next star of The Bachelorette.

“She hasn’t officially signed on yet, but it looks like a done deal,” a source told Us Weekly. “She wants to be famous,” the source also said.

I will fill you in as soon as more details come in. 
But you know ABC needs this deal really badly since the majority of people watching The Bachelorette this season seem extremely dissatisfied with how things have progressed or regressed, possibly to the point of giving up on the series all together.
But Maynard’s popularity with fans of the show and even with men on the current season of The Bachelortte is undeniable and millions would tune in to see if this beauty and her daughter will find a happy ending. 
And, how much do you want to bet that ABC will be also in talks with Bentley Williams the second the ink is put on a deal with Maynard? As much as we don’t want to admit, I think we would love to see Bentley back on this reality dating show just so we can have a person to bitch about.
Chris Harrison will interview Emily Maynard about her break up with Womack. Will that be the day the next Bachorette will also be announced?

Here’s what Chris told TV Guide about the interview, which airs July 11:

“We’re calling them Bachelor updates, catching up with some of the couples. The first is Brad and Emily, and we’ve actually shot another with Ali and Roberto. If anybody is expecting ‘Jake and Vienna 2’ then they’re sorely mistaken. Emily and Brad very much love each other, very much care about each other and they’re very good people and that definitely comes through. I talk to Brad all the time so I sit down [with Emily] and say, ‘This sucks doing this interview with one person and we’re talking about a friend.’ As far as interviews go, even including Jason/Molly/Melissa this was the most awkward and uncomfortable because Brad wasn’t there.”

Dia Frampton Interview, Life After The Voice

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The Voice runner-up Dia Frampton seemed like the shyest person on the planet (next to Xenia, of course) but she claims that’s just not the case.

In an interview with TVLine, Frampton dishes about her on-screen shyness, her previous record label experience, and her original covers of Heartless and Losing My Religion.

Here are some excerpts from the interview:
On being signed on a record label as the sisterly duo Meg & Dia:
“Meg & Dia, we had our peak moment three or four years ago…But that was a long time ago. We first got signed to Doghouse Records when I was 18… And then we got signed to a major label with Warner/Sire, and that’s when I thought, ‘Oh my gosh, things are happening.’ We made a record with an amazing producer… and then it didn’t go anywhere. Our record came and went, we ended up getting dropped, and ever since then it’s been a really hard ride.”

On performing Heartless in the Quarterfinals and being compared to how Kris Allen covered the same song during Season 8 of American Idol:
“Honestly, I still don’t know who Kris Allen is. I haven’t watched Idol since Kelly Clarkson’s year, when I was a lot younger. [People] did tell me The Fray had done a cover, and Blake actually was the one who said, ‘Have you heard it? You could kind of go off of that.’

On appearing shy on TV:

“I’m not a really, really shy person. I think they made me out to be painfully shy on the show. But being on the show was a really new, extremely uncomfortable environment for me, where I never felt I had a confirmed space. I was always trying to prove myself. Don’t forget, I don’t think I’ve played without my sister Meg for almost a decade. Not having her literally right there next to me was such a weird thing…And here I am completely alone in this weird environment, meeting all these new and amazing singers — performing in front of Christina Aguilera — it’s not a place where I feel like I’m gonna completely burst out of my shell.”

On possible record deal with Universal Republic:
“I don’t really know. The second I got off the show I started writing, and I’m going to start playing with my sister again. I definitely want to go with the momentum, but I’m excited just to be playing and writing again.”

PHOTOS: Bachelor Pad 2 Cast

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One of my summertime guilty pleasures, Bachelor Pad 2, returns to ABC August 8. The Bachelor and Bachelorette spinoff will pit castoffs from one of those shows against each other for a second (or even third) chance at love and/or a $250,000 cash prize.

Bachelor Pad 2 will bring together a vivacious mix of current and former lovers, past villains (Justin Rego, the double-timing wrestler who ran away from a raging Ali Fedotowsky), and an infamous seductress (Michelle Money, the Womack-worshipper). But the event to watch will be the love-triangle interactions between ex-couple Jake Pavelka and Vienna Girardi, Bachelor winner and his fiancee of a few months, and Kasey Kahl, Vienna’s new boyfriend who will also be in the house.

Now, you ask, why would two people who have such loathing for each other agree to live together again after an ugly televised break up? That is the exact question posed to host Chris Harrison by Channel Guide Mag and this is what Harrison had to say:

“I am always unbelievably surprised when [contestants] come back, but I think it is the nature of these people. It kind of feeds the beast and feeds their insatiable appetite to be in the limelight, to continue their 15 minutes of fame. But the thing is, too, it really is fun.”

Here are some bikini-clad cast photos and bios:
 VIENNA GIRARDI (The Bachelor Season 14 “Winner”, Jake Pavelka)

Vienna dated Jake Pavelka until a public breakup. She is now dating Kasey (Ali Fedowtosky’s season). Vienna is also rumored to have broken up Gia and Wes.
Occupation: Unemployed Age: 25 Residence: Los Angeles

 ELLA NOLAN (The Bachelor Season 14, Jake Pavelka)

Ella is the single mom who Jake sent home after he met her son. She just called off an engagement to another man. Occupation: Hairstylist Age: 31 Residence: Nashville, TN

 ERICA ROSE (The Bachelor Season 9, Lorenzo Borghese)

Erica is close friends with Vienna and Kasey and she’s extremely outspoken. Occupation: Student Age: 28 Residence: Houston, TX

 GIA ALLEMAND – (The Bachelor Season 14, Jake Pavelka.) Gia was on Bachelor Pad 1 and hooked up with Wes but there’s a rumor that Vienna Girardi came between the two love birds. Gia and Jake are now good friends so, this should be really interesting since Vienna and her new beau Kasey Kahl will also be on the show. AWKWARD! Occupation: Model Age: 26 Residence: New York, NY
 GRAHAM BUNN (The Bachelorette Season 4, DeAnna Pappas)

Graham is hot. He made it to the hometown dates with DeAnna but the couple seemed to suffer from a case of poor communication. He finally opened up to her in a letter after he got the boot. Occupation: Entrepreneur Age: 32 Residence: New York, NY

 HOLLY DURST – (The Bachelor Season 12, Matt Grant)

Holly just broke off an engagement to Michael Stagliano and as luck would have it for us viewers, Michael will also be on the show! Spoilers have it that Holly and fellow housemate Blake Julian will become an item during this show. Occupation: Children’s Book Author Age: 28 Residence: Hollywood, CA

 JACKIE GORDON (The Bachelor Season 15, Brad Womack)

Jackie who had the perfect Pretty Woman date on Brad’s season is looking for love once again. Occupation: Assistant Teacher Age: 27 Residence: New York, NY

 JAKE PAVELKA (The Bachelor Season 14)

Need we say anything about Jake? He returns to the scene of his ugly break up with Vienna and things should be interesting here with Vienna, Gia and Kasey all in the same house.Occupation: Pilot/Habitual reality star Age: 33 Residence: Los Angeles, CA 

 JUSTIN “RATED-R” REGO (The Bachelorette Season 6, Ali Fedotowski)

Remember this guy? Justin did not man up when Ali confronted him about his voice messages to his girlfriend back home and he instead walked off the show. Occupation: Sales Age: 27 Residence: Toronto, Canada

 KASEY KAHL (The Bachelorette Season 6, Ali Fedotowski)

Kasey was best known as “tattoo” and “guard and protect” guy until he started dating Vienna. Occupation: Entrepreneur/Philanthropist Age: 27 Residence: Clovis, CA

 MELISSA SCHREIBER (The Bachelor Season 15, Brad Womack)

She was the “cougar” on season 15 and did not get along with Raichel (Brad’s season). Occupation: Waitress Age: 32 Residence: Boca Raton, FL

 MICHAEL STAGLIANO (The Bachelorette Season 5, Jillian Harris)

OH OH! Michael and fellow Bachelor Pad housemate Holly Durst are still fresh off of an engagement call off. Occupation: Entrepreneur Age: 27 Residence: Sherman Oaks, CA

  MICHELLE MONEY (The Bachelor Season 15, Brad Womack)

Michelle is the sexy sultry seductress from Brad’s season. She is also the one that warned current Bachelorette Ashley Hebert about Bentley Williams before the season began.Occupation: Hairstylist Age: 30 Residence: Salt Lake City, UT

 WILLIAM HOLMAN (The Bachelorotte Season 7, Ashley Hebert)

The guy who made Hebert cry after he joked he had wished Emily Maynard was the Bachelorette and not Hebert, during what was supposed to be a lighthearted roast. Occupation:  cell phone salesman Age: 29 Residence: Ohio.

ALLI TRAVIS (The Bachelor Season 15, Brad Womack)
Brad let Alli go when there was no chemistry between the two early on.
Occupation: Buyer Age: 25 Residence: Columbus, OH

KIRK DEWINDT (The Bachelorette Season 6, Ali Fedotowski)

Kirk made it to a hometown date with Ali until his dad, a taxidermist, gave Ali a tour of his basement to show off his work and may have scared her and half of the viewers off. Occupation: Personal Trainer Age: 27 Residence: Minneapolis, MN


Blake Julian (The Bachelorette Season 7, Ashley Hebert)
Occupation: Dentist Age: 27 Residence: South Carolina

Kristen Stewart Gets New Trilogy Movie Role

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Kristen Stewart was just named Forbes‘ 5th highest paid actress, making $20 million between May 2010 and May 2011.

But just when it looked like the money well might run dry for the 21-year old actress, Stewart is stepping from one movie saga coming to an end into another one set to begin filming this August.

The actress who became a household name through the Twilight series, just signed on to play an iconic fairy tale character in Snow White and the Huntsman. But that’s not all…the film’s producer, Joe Roth, has now revealed that Huntsman is being conceived as the first film in a new folklore action-adventure movie trilogy.

The series will also star Thor‘s Chris Hemsworth as the title character and Charlize Theron as her wicked royal highness.

Per EW, Huntsman will be conjured up as a Lord of the Rings’-style take on the centuries-old tale,” setting the stage for future installments. “It’s meant to be the first in a series of films,” producer Joe Roth told EW. “This story will end, but there will be questions remaining for these three characters.”
So, looks like Stewart will have a flourishing movie career for years to come even after Twilight permanently goes into dark…I am sure same can be said for newcomer Hemsworth who will probably be juggling future Huntsman films with more Thor installments. 

American Idol’s Pia Toscano Signs With Interscope Records

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Entertainment Weekly reports that American Idol‘s ninth-place finisher last season, Pia Toscano, has signed a recording deal with Interscope Records.

Her first single, This Time, an Ester Dean track, will drop July 12. Her debut album will follow later on this year. 
Congrats Pia!

“I am thrilled to be joining the Interscope and 19 Recordings family. [Interscope Geffen A&M Chairman] Jimmy Iovine was an amazing mentor during my time on ‘Idol’ and I’m looking forward to working with him and everyone at Interscope Records and 19 Recordings. This is a dream come true,” Toscano said in a statement.

In case you missed it, here is my recent interview with the gorgeous Pia: