Lacey Schwimmer’s News-You-Don’t-Care-About

Posted By: Bridget On: October 31, 2008 Comments: ( 5 )

At least you shouldn’t. If you do you might want to think about going out and getting yourself a life. Not to be outdone by the lovely and talented Julianne Hough, Lacey Schwimmer announced on “The Insider” that she too has been diagnosed with endometriosis. She said, It hurts very bad. Right now I’m insanely weak and the room is spinning.” Insanely weak? Give me a break…come on Lacey do we really need all of the drama?

Here’s what I hate. Celebrities moan and groan about respecting their privacy and then one of them goes out and makes statements like this. Did anyone ask Lacey? Are you going to miss a show (no, she is not) so that the audience wonders about your health? No. So why tell us about your personal medical issue? It must be rough to be the fat new chick and have all the attention focused on the cute fan favorite, Julianne Hough.

Lacey, I think you are a great dancer. I would love it if you would stop acting like a diva!

Dancing With The Stars: Results Wk. 6

Posted By: Bridget On: October 30, 2008 Comments: ( 3 )

By: Bridget




Yo.  Sorry for the lateness of this post.  I am still concussed, so if I start rambling you’ll know why.  On second thought, you probably won’t notice!  I’m hoping Michael Flatley won’t put me into a catatonic state…but anything is possible.

Samantha Harris has the worst hair ever.  I think someone in wardrobe hates her.  I can’t say that I would blame them, she’s annoying.  Lots of recrapping.  Does anyone watch the results show only and not the actual episodes?  Do we really need all of this recrapping?  I think someone out there should start a letter writing campaign to get this show cut down to 1/2 an hour.  I only have so much time to kill you know.

Everyone loves Flatley.  Suck ups.

I’m still mad at Carrie for being mean to Cloris.  I hate that they showed her looking a little sad.  I love that Tom made fun of Carrie, I think he hates her as much as I do.  Sigh…I love Tom.

Oh please, they are doing that miserable group hip hop again.  Cody Linley is beat boxing, now that is really unnecessary.  I’m just going to close my eyes and enjoy the old school hip hop…those were the days.  It is almost mean that they put Susan Lucci next to Lacey Schwimmer, I’m ok with mean though.

First safe couples are Lance Bass & Lacey Schwimmer and Cody Linley and Julianne Hough.  I’m glad Cody is in (not that there was much doubt-but wouldn’t that have been a kick in the teeth!) I want to see him dance with Edyta “crazy legs” Sliwinska.  Those two could not be more mismatched.

Cute kids dancing.  I’m fast forwarding through this.  It makes my stomach upset and I’m already nauseated from the head trauma. I watched the judges, everyone loves them.  I think Carrie is off the wagon tonight.  Tom blames her behavior on caffeine, he is being such a gentleman to the drunk lady.  More kids, fast forward, their great.

Backstage Samantha interviews the kids.  Do you think they wonder how she got her job?  I know I do.  Craig and Samantha win, yay.

The Pussycat Dolls are performing.  I would rather drive rusty nails through my fingertips than watch this.  Missy Elliot joins them.  I know nothing about her.  The camera angles are making me dizzy.  Weird how I can feel dizzy in the middle of the day without any wine involved.  This is one of the worst performances I have ever seen.  Of course, they haven’t brought out creepy Michael Flatley yet, so I’m sure it will only come in second for this evening.

Samantha Harris interviews Edyta and Cody backstage.  Edyta looks like she could be his mother.  Not that she looks old, he’s just prepubescent.  Tom made a funny Julianne joke.  I think these shows should be more Tom and less second rate performances by singers who don’t really know how to sing.

Warren Sapp and Kym Johnson are safe.  Good, he’s growing on me.  Of course if the costumes for Kym keep up at the current rate, next week she’ll just be in a fig leaf and pasties.  I don’t think you can do that on network TV.

Time for the Lord of the Dance himself, Micheal Flatley.  I’ve never liked tap dancing.  I hate the sound of tapping more than any other sound, maybe that is why.  Technically I think he is clogging, but who really cares.  Is this whole thing a solo?  He’s a cross between Fred Astaire and Micheal Jackson in the “Smooth Criminal” video.  Yep, it’s all old school tonight kids.  Now he has added a fire trick.  Blah.

Montage time.  I don’t care.  Brooke Burke and Derek Hough are safe as are Maurice Greene and Cheryl Burke.  That leaves Cloris Leachman and Corky Ballas and Susan Lucci and Tony Dovolani in the bottom.  It’s going to be Cloris, that blows.

Yep, I was right Cloris Leachman and Corky Ballas are out tonight.  She takes it with her normal humor and makes sure the judges know there are no hard feelings.  Don’t worry Cloris I have enough for the both of us.  Lucci will be out next week, I’m sure of it.

Dancing with the Stars Week 6 Results

Posted By: admin On: October 29, 2008 Comments: ( 3 )

By: Alyssa




We’re back - who will leave us tonight? Before I begin I want to wish Bridget a speedy recovery. She will be posting her results blog tomorrow b/c she has a concussion. Hope you are feeling better, Bridget!

Samantha’s dress actually looks good tonight, but I am not digging her hair - slicked back on top and it is high. Tom always looks smashing. The stars are all standing around in their group dance gear which means the encore dance is the group dance. Lance Bass and Lacey Schwimmer were robbed of the encore dance. We are now getting recaps mixed with backstage confessionals. If anything is worthy of reporting I will report it.

Seems like everyone likes Michael Flatley who will be performing tonight or “burning up the dance floor” as Tom said. Oh joy! Susan Lucci is overated and will be in danger of going tonight - for sure.  She is happy that the judges told her she broke out of the box. Yeah whatever - she didn’t. Getting a close up on Julianne’s hair and it was so nappy last night - ick. Speaking of nappy hair - I hope Lance doesn’t have his mullett hair tonight or I might puke in my mouth, swallow it, and puke it up again. Ewww - he has his mullett hair and I am puking. Brooke looks sooo cute in her 80’s old skool rap gear - I didn’t really pay attention last night. Anyways - more Michael Flatley and how dramatic his performance will be. Yawn - I’m sure it will be just as dramatic as last weeks Macy’s production that was supposed to be the biggest thing since sliced bread - it wasn’t.

We’re back and the encore dance is the group hip hop just as expected and the beat boxer at the beginning started before the announcer had time to finish announcing. Oh my word, Susan Lucci is worse than ever tonight. She can’t even keep up with the steps. EmbarrASSing. Lance is in his element for sure. I seem to be noticing more tonight than last night. Oh and the beatboxer at the beginning was our very own Cody Linley - I didn’t realize. Cloris ended with a nasty, nasty face - ick! Looks like she was even missing some teeth or possibly had a grill in - I couldn’t tell. I was fun though - I liked it alot! More recaps with the leaderboard and backstage confessionals - more icky hair from Julianne and now we are gonna see who is safe.

First 2 couples that are safe are: Lance Bass and Lacey Schwimmer - WOOT! And Cloris is missing teeth. Joining them is Cody Linley (Julianne is missing). Cody will be partnered with Edtya next week. I miss Julianne already. Let’s hope she is back in a week as planned.

More kiddie dancing - first couple is Samantha and Craig who are brother and sister. Apparently Samantha is a little diva which is scary already at her age. They dance the cha cha cha and I already know the crowd and judges will love it and one kiddie couple will get one vote from the judges so they don’t feel bad. Yes, same format every single Wednesday. Second kiddie couple is Simon and Lucy and they practice every single day of the year. Um, do you have any type of kiddie life? They dance the Samba and everyone will love it. How do I know this? I just do. Judges decide that Craig and Samantha move on and wow with Michael Flatley he didn’t abide by the rules where he gives 1 kiddie couple his vote as to not make them feel bad. Oops - I’m guessing not everyone likes Michael Flatley now.

Special guests The Pussycat Dolls and Missy Elliott perform tonight - yayyy I’m so excited - NOT! They are dressed as skanks and ho’s - not at all sexy more trashy if you ask me. They do have nice Bally’s bodies.  Here comes Missy with a huge ass gold microphone. She’s sportin sparkly sweats. I guess that is appropriate rapper wear. I was NOT impressed at this trashy, skanky performance.

Samantha is backstage with the saved couples. Apparently Julianne had her surgery today. Edyta is standing with Cody and both are excited to be dancing together. Cody said that Julianne got through the surgery successfully and is at home resting. Good to know! Samantha said something about a team dance and honestly I don’t know what that is. Lance hinting about getting judged as a group so not sure what that even is. I’m surprised they left us out of the dark on that one, but I hate them bringing up stuff that we don’t already know about.  Tom tried to make a funny about Julianne and it was NOT funny - something about an ironman triathalon. Didn’t get it. Wasn’t funny. Anyways…

Next saved couple is Warren Sapp and Kym Johnson to which Tom said “he’ll have another chance to hit me in the head” referring to Warren hitting him in the head last night as he was trying to stop Carrie Ann from flirting with Warren. I think Warren and C.A. have something secretly slutty going on behind the scenes if ya know what I mean. LOL! Warren, you are too nice for Carrie Ann. She will eat you alive.

Ok, Michael Flatley is doing his thing now - his fiery dance and I am not looking forward to it. I might have to Fast Forward through it.  He is behind a red screen so all we see is his tap dancing black shadow. Kind of a cool look going on here so not bad so far. Sirens start blaring as do the red lights and here is where it gets Lord of the Dance-ish which isn’t my style. He’s up on a platform self indulging his tapping skills while the floor smolders around here aka dry ice. There is no music during this part so it is wayyyy self indulgent and the red screen has disappeared. Now the outside of his little platform is on fire and he is a tap dancing fool in the middle. He jumps off and a small fiery bomb goes off and the crowd is in their feet. Ok, this wasn’t as bad as last week’s Macy’s where I felt let down. It was ok and I say ok b/c I’m not a huge Michael Flatley fan. I have nothing against him as a man and I think he is talented - I just don’t like the dancing style he is involved with that’s all.

Ok, moving on - taped package of “professionals” talking about the physical, mental, and emotional game that the stars have to master. They talk about what it takes to get to the end of the competition. Booooooorinnnngggg!  They disect the stars in what they need to work on.

Next saved couple is Brooke Burke and Derek Hough. Awkward moment where they focused on Susan and Tony stating they are still in jeopardy - I guess telling them they are the bottom 2. Cloris and Corky are also in danger. That means Maurice Greene and Cheryl Burke are safe. Will Cloris finally leave us tonight? I will say that my prediction last night was spot on - no suprises at the bottom 2. Ohhh..I’m soooo good. Also, Tom says that the both couples in danger aren’t necessarily in the bottom 2. I hate it when they do that.

Ok, leaving us tonight after the suspense music is…….Cloris Leachman and Corky Ballas. ‘Bout time!!!!!!!! Everyone who doubted she’d be leaving or who didn’t want her to leave - BITE ME! She deserved to leave. She is not a good dancer - others are better than her and deserved to stay. Was Susan better than her? Not last night, but in the past she has been better than Cloris. Did Cloris try to dance? Sure - she tried, but not in the first week, but she tried and I did see some dancing, but frankly it was NOT good enough and therefore she deserved to go. Everyone sits on the floor (Sam., Tom, Corky, and Cloris) as they talk. Cloris said she is not leaving - she will be there next week with a pretty costume and Tom pointed to the chairs in the audience - yes, she belongs in the audience. ‘Bout Time! ‘Bout Time! I am one happy DWTS blogger!

Dancing With The Stars: Wk 6

Posted By: Bridget On: October 28, 2008 Comments: ( 5 )

By: Bridget




Exciting week, back to ballroom…ok maybe that is not so exciting.  There is a group dance, I’m sure it will annoy me.  Does anyone out there actually enjoy the group dances???  Tom Bergeron looks dapper as ever.  I don’t say enough about Tom, I’m usually too busy talking about Samantha Harris’ hideous dresses.  Tonight is no exception, who dresses her?  Whoever it is must dislike her, I can relate to that emotion.

The couples enter and Julianne Hough is all covered up like a Mormon…I guess that makes sense.  Maurice Greene looks handsome and Lacey Schwimmer looks silly in polka dots.  Kym Johnson’s silicone is out of control, seriously out of control.  Derek Hough seems annoyed to be standing there, maybe he will have an outburst tonight.  That always makes for good TV.  Cheryl Burke is wearing the ugliest pink floofy dress I have ever seen.

Michael Flatley is sitting in for Len Goodman tonight.  He’s gross.  Does this mean we are going to have to sit through some Riverdance BS this season?  I just threw up in my mouth a little.

Maurice Greene and Cheryl Burke are up first.  I hope this dance is worth her wearing that yucky dress.  They will do the Viennese Waltz.  In past seasons this has been a favorite of mine, but I’m thinking this crop of dancers are going to ruin it for me.  Not to beat a dead horse, but that dress makes Cheryl look like a big fat fatty.  The dance is pretty, Maurice is managing to stay in character.  It’s nice to see him leading.  This was good.  Let’s see what that nerd Flatley has to say, he said it could have been smoother and was sort of nice…I hate that.  Carrie complains about their chemistry.  Her dress is made of plastic, she should complain about that.  Bruno calls Maurice a surfer on dry land and said he needs to work on connecting.  Samantha stumbles through an interview and says Foxtrot in a hillbilly accent, what’s up with that?  Three 7’s and more babbling from Samantha.  She keeps sticking her tongue out tonight, that will rapidly begin to grind on my nerves.

Second to dance are Lance Bass and Lacey Schwimmer.  They actually show footage of them on a swing having a meaningful conversation, please.  Some N’Sync guys show up for support, not too busy these days are you guys?  Their dance is the Jive.  I love the Jive.  Fabulous.  Lance opened with a  cute solo and they kept it moving throughout.  Upbeat and sassy.  I love it!  Too bad grumpy old Len is not there to see it!  Tom Bergeron says, “I smell comeback”  I love Tom.  Bruno says Lance is back on target.  Flatley loved it.  Carrie whooped and hollered.

Oh jeez, I was right Flatley and his dancing dorks will be on tomorrow.  I’ll have to stock up on liquor.  Three 9’s, I think they deserved at least one 10.

Susan Lucci and Tony Dovolani are up third.  Tom Bergeron introduces him as Tony “no buttons” Dovolani.  I love Tom.  Ick, Cameron Mathison gets a little plug, puke.  It’s Mambo time for them.  I wonder if Tony can actually let one of these old ladies be wild.  This is not good kids.  Not good at all.  There is really nothing sultry to it at all.  Susan looks stiff and nervous, like she is trying too hard.  I am honestly wondering if Tony is part of the problem, I normally have nothing but love for him, but maybe his choreography skills are lacking.  Carrie loved it.  Bruno called them on the timing which was off, I agree with that completely.  Bruno and Carrie get in a little girl fight, love it.  Flatley yammers, he is terribly boring.  Two 8’s and a 7 from Bruno.  You have got to be kidding me.

Next to dance are Brooke Burke and Derek Hough.  Ms. Burke has some sort of foot injury.  Derek curses in rehearsal, that’s not very Mormon of him.  They are dancing the Rumba, I have no doubt that the injury will have zero affect on their performance.   I’m right, this is ummm…perfect.  They look like two professionals.  Flatley loved it, he talks an awful lot.  Carrie said that it was not her best dance and that her lines were awkward and the injury affected her.  Bruno also said she was under par.  I think the veteran judges are being hard on her.  Didn’t they just swoon over that craptastic dance of Lucci’s?  Two 8’s and a 10 from Flatley.  I hate to say it, but I agree with Flatley.

Cloris Leachman and Corky Ballas are doing the Cha Cha Cha next.  Do you think she is shocked that she is still in the competition?  The choreography starts out very cute, with Corky teaching Cloris the steps.  She looks a little bit lost, but it works with the feel of the dance.  Corky even gets in a little spinning lift.  I am impressed.  She’s in for another week Alyssa!!  Ha!  Bruno says she is the only person in the world able to sell such nonsense, to this Cloris works the crowd-it’s great.  Flatley compliments Corky, it’s nice.  Carrie lays down some smack about losing Toni Braxton for this dance.  It’s official I hate Carrie Ann Inaba.  Almost as much as I hate Toni Braxton.  Does everyone else think Carrie is huge B-Yatch???  Three 5’s.  They are trying to get rid of her, that’s just mean.  Vote kids, let’s keep her in just to show the judges that their negative ass-y behavior will not work.

Cody Linley and Julianne Hough are doing the Samba next.  They show Cody without a shirt on, that’s not good, not good at all.  I don’t know if it was the repetitiveness of the music or what, but this did not really do much for me.  Boring.  Carrie called it the most intense Samba she had ever seen.  What?  Bruno thought he got it completely wrong.  That’s more like it Bruno.  He and Carrie fight some more, Bruno wins because as I mentioned I hate Carrie.  Flatley said a bunch of hish that really did not mean anything.  Julianne Hough said she has endometriosis and has to have her appendix removed tomorrow.  That does not make sense at all, look it up.  Edyta Sliwinska will fill in for her while she recovers, that should be interesting.  Two 8’s and a 7 from Bruno.

Last to dance are Warren Sapp and Kym Johnson doing the Rumba.  Kym’s not so much wearing clothes this week.  I liked Brooke and Derek’s Rumba and this is ten times better.  Really, it is great.  Warren Sapp is hardly scaring me at all tonight.  Flatley called it entertaining but said he would have liked to see more dancing.  Carrie called it sexy and gets accused by Tom of flirting with Warren.  I bet she is, don’t do it Warren, odds are she is high maintenance!  Bruno also loved his character but called him out on footwork issues.  Two 8’s and a 9 from Flatley.

Group dance time.  Old school hip hop…really?  Pause.  I need more vino.  The stars take turns embarrassing themselves at rehearsal.  The dance happens,  that’s five minutes of my life I’ll never get back.

Lance Bass and Lacey Schwimmer were my favorite.  My pick for the worst was Susan Lucci and Tony Dovolani.  I think they’ll wind up on the chopping block again.

Dancing with the Stars Week 6

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By: Alyssa




From the previews it looks like Brooke Burke is battling an injury. I’m suprised they didn’t say anything last week because she did go to the hospital because of her foot/ankle. Guess there was too much drama last week. Also, Julianne Hough made an announcement on her MySpace that she has to undergo surgery for Endometriosis. She will have surgery to remove her appendix. She will address the surgery tonight. You can read all about on Julianne Hough’s Personal Website.

First impressions of our stars: Julianne has a huge ball of hair in the back while Cody is decked out in Turquoise. Cheryl and Maurice look sauve. Brooke Burke looks smashing in white. Lacey is polka dotted and Lance’s shirt is hideious pink and white get up. Cloris looks like a ray of sunshine and Corky looks like his son in a black hat with yellow band. Susan Lucci looks hot in fringe and Tony Dovolani looks the same week after week. Kym Johnson has on some long hair extensions and Warren looks like he just came from a black tie event. And we see the judges and Len is obviously missing and it is ODD!  Our guest judge is Michael Flatley in case you were wondering - ya know, Lord of the Dance. Whatev!

Samantha tells us that the first group dance it tonight and it will be old skool hip hop - yayy! Can’t wait to see Cloris mess that one up. First up is Maurice Greene and Cheryl Burke dancing the Viennese Waltz and Maurice hasn’t done ballroom since week 1.  Hmmm..someone messed up then - they should have done more ballroom than just one time. I guess the new addition of dances threw things off. They glide across the floor and he looks very confident. I thought it was elegant and beautiful - nicely controlled and graceful. Tom said it was an elegant start to the night - I couldn’t agree more.

Michael starts it off said it was beautiful stuff among other things. C.A. said lacking is a real chemistry and to work on that then they will go right over the top. Bruno said at times he looked like a surfer on dry land - it lacked fluidity. Scores were all 7’s for a total of 21 out of 30. And it was funny to hear the announcer say “Michael Flatley” instead of Len Goodman. I chuckled!. Oh and Bruno screamed 7 which was a little crazy and flamboyant.

Lance Bass and Lacey Schwimmer are up next dancing the Jive . And here we go with Lance thinking he is a bad dancer. He is hoping the jive will raise his spirits. Joey Fatone and Chris (from N’Sync) are in the studio and Joey gives him flick tips for the jive. Also, Lacey gave him stuff to shine this dance so we’ll see if he does it or falls - plus he has pink and black shoes on. LOL! I must say I love his kicks and flicks. He is right on point. He does a nice somersaut over by the judges and then comes back to Lacey not missing a beat. He does the Benji Schwimmer heal slide again with Lacey to prove he can do it w/o falling down and at the end they had some nice tricks where he slid through her legs. Overall, I LOVED IT! They danced to Tutti Fruiti by the way - crowd was on their feet cheering and screaming.

Bruno starts it off and said Lance is back on target - sharp edges and gleening with confidence. Michael said he doesn’t want to hear another word about confidence - he came out smokin’. C.A. screams and twirls her arms around - she thanked Lacey for listening and C.A. said she doesn’t know where Len is pointing to the sky (Tom said - he’s not dead. LOL!) and C.A. said Len would be thrilled at that performance. Scores were all 9’s for a total of 27 out of 30. Hmmm..thought some 10’s were in order.

Susan Lucci and Tony Dovolani are up next dancing the Mambo. Susan has a heart to heart with Tony about the glass box comment. She said she is “having the trouble of finding the freedom to bring it to the dance floor.” Not sure what that means and I’m not sure why she has glitter on her chest in practice. Ick! Tony takes her to a Mambo club so she can let loose and have fun. She is hoping to come out wild and untamed tonight - we’ll see. I don’t believe it.  One thing is for certain her hair is wild and untamed. She seemed like she got a bit off there in the middle when she was trying to do fancy arm movements with Tony. And to be honest - she seemed unsure, not confident, and again trapped in a glass box even with the cougar-esque movement and bite action at the end. I did not like it!

C.A. said that this week she broke the box - WHAT? Bruno said the timing was off so many times and C.A. interrupts and they argue about it. Michael said she was off a little with her timing - he called it intoxicating. Yeah I need a drink b/c it was so bad intoxicating. WHAT were the judges seeing? Scores were 2 8’s and a 7 from Bruno for a total of 23 out of 30. Uh, Maurice Greene did tons better than Susan and Tony and she gets a better score!

Brooke Burke and Derek Hough dance the sexy Rumba . Brooke said she hurt her foot after the jitterbug. Derek was in the studio on Thursday without Brooke choreographing the dance. She has lots of therapy to get her foot back in order - Doc told her to rest for 7 days and she said that is not an option. Derek struggles with pushing too hard and not enough because of her foot problems. Looks like frustrating times in practice. So far it looks like they have the chemistry going - it is good that she got a slow dance with her foot problems. They dance to “No Air” by Jordin Sparks and the singing is horrible and squeaky. The dance was slow and sensual especially with her leg in the air with lots of sexy poses. I didn’t love it, but it was a good effort.

Michael starts it off for the judges and he said his breath was taken away. He said it was intoxicating how she never took her eyes off him and the ball. He is intoxicated tonight and I don’t think it is the dancing - I think he has some sauce under the table. C.A. said it was not her best dance and that it kills her to say that. C.A. said it seems like the injury held her back. Bruno said he felt she was under par tonight. Scores were 2 8’s and a 10 from Michael who is still on the sauce for a total of 26 out of 30.

Cloris Leachman and Corky Ballas have the Cha Cha Cha this week. They duke it out in rehearsal and Corky admits he is at his wits end - well it is about time. I was at my wits end week 1. Corky brings someone in who was once upon a time her husband - I don’t know who he is really - someone named George. They play around a bit before and then with the hat putting it on each other. She has some bounce in her steps and she got off not remembering the steps. She seems to put her leg up to do a trick and Corky sets her straight and then they do the trick. The crowd screams - it was a good trick for her, but she messed up. Crowd was forgiving and they are on their feet. I say it is time for Cloris to finally leave us and it will be down to her or Susan this week.

Bruno starts off saying she has got to be the only person in the world that can sell such nonsense - and people buy it. The crowd screams and Cloris runs and shakes her boobies. Michael called her a legend and an inspiration. Michael’s father told her not to say a bad word about her, but said she is lucky to have such a talented man to help her through the competition. C.A. says they lost Toni Braxton for “this” and it pains her to see losing such a great dancer for “this” and the crowd boo’s. Finally, someone is telling her and America like it is - go on with your bad self, Carrie Ann. Scores were all 5’s for a total of 15 out of 30.

Cody Linley and Julianne Hough dance the Samba tonight. She talks about feeling sick and how she lost a lot of time to practice with Cody. Cody asks her if she is ok to dance and she said yes she should be ok this week. Cody is serious this week asking if sticking his butt out was too much and asking lots of questions about technique. He is getting into character this week by getting more spray tan and getting his hair sprayed black. Yes, sprayed not dyed. haha! He is really shaking his hips, but I think he is focusing too much on the technique rather than letting loose and getting down and dirty with Julianne. It was just ok for me. They dance to Whine Up in case inquiring minds wanted to know.

C.A. said it was so intense like the Paso Doble - she sees improvement and loved it. Bruno thought they got it completely wrong - no bounce at all. Carrie Ann and him fight. Bruno gets up and starts shaking it and C.A. tells him to sit down. Michael said he has everything it takes - said he wasn’t convinced that tonight was his night. Scores were 2 8’s and a 7 from Bruno for a total of 23 out of 30. Julianne said that Bruno has taken Len’s place tonight since he is being so stingy with his scores and a big complainer.

Julianne reveals to us her surgery and how she will have it next week - that Edyta will fill in for her as she recovers. Cody  is concerned, but happy to be with Edyta. Why sure - he gets 2 beauties to dance with. Hasn’t happened so far on the show. Also, Julianne should be back with Cody in a week if everything goes smoothly. This will be interesting because he has a comfort level and chemistry built up with Julianne. It will be interesting to see how he interacts with Edyta and what their chemistry will be - afterall she is an older woman and he is merely a boy. LOL!

Last up is Warren Sapp and Kym Johnson dancing the sexy Rumba.  They are playing lovers that hate each other then they love each other, etc. Yes, we’ve seen this before, but we’ll see if they bring something new. They dance to “Irreplaceable“. I thought Kym did great, but Warren didn’t really impress me much because he didn’t have a lot of content. At least I didn’t think. I really like him doing faster dances. And no, they didn’t bring anything new.

Michael said it was very entertaining - he would have liked to have seen more dancing though. C.A. said she thought it was very sexy. He reminds her of Emmitt Smith, but Warren adds an emotional quality that she really loves. She comments about a mistake and how he gave it away with his face. Bruno said he made some mistakes tonight with the footwork. I rewinding it to see Warren’s face with the mistake. Ok, caught it - and he did give it away with his face. It wasn’t as bad as the judges made it out to be though. Scores were 2 8’s and a 9 from generous Michael. Warren says “I like that new guy!” Total score 25 out of 30.

While they get changed, we get to see a taped package of everyone together learning the group hip hop - everyone tries to get some hip hop moves in and it is all very cheesy and cute. Brooke says it takes her back to high school in the 80’s and Derek asks “you went to high school in the 80’s?” Brooke gets quiet and shakes her head yes acting like she shouldn’t have admitted that. LOL! The celebrities have to show their skills in a little circle and Cody beatboxes and does some white boy moves. Susan tries and Warren loves that he can see people go before him to see someone worse off than him. LOL! Cloris comes in with a huge boombox on her shoulder asking “What’s up, homies?” Cloris says Warren is out there tiptoeing around, Lance is dancing like a fool, and Maurice is sweating like a bandit. LMAO! She is providing good comedy that is for sure. Warren calls out Maurice saying he has his own style and it isn’t a good style. Oh Wow - Susan is soooo white. Cloris raps while Corky beatboxes. It actually went like this “I’m Cloris Leachman, I’m the bomb. I brought the boombox, let’s get it on!” LMAO!

We’re back from commercial and the group dance is up. Cloris comes out punching with a hat on sideways, orange tights, orange knee socks, black jacket, chains around her neck - classic!! Oh and booty shorts too. Julianne has on purple spandex pants and her and Cody shake their booties. Lance has a mullet and it is sick!! Warren Sapp looks like Biz Marky. Derek does a flip. Warren has some smooth Chris Brown moves. Susan can’t keep up and is soooooo white girl!  Lance and Lacey Breakdance. Corky and Cloris close the show in the front of the pack. You could tell Brooke was taking it easy. Derek went all out and Maurice and Cheryl had a nice tricky flip too. Gawd, I can’t get over Lance’s mullett..ugh!

Bruno said some of you looked hip and others looked hip replacement. Michael said some PC stuff. C.A. gave props to herself in how she started her career as a fly girl. I thought it was all really cute and took our minds off the competition aspect. Cloris did shine in the group dance and Susan did not.

After taking into account the group dance - Cloris Leachman and Corky Ballas and Susan Lucci and Tony Dovolani will be the bottom 2. We also have a new leader this week in Lance Bass and Lacey Schwimmer. Unfortunately it came at a time when Brooke wasn’t at her best. We’ll see if they can hold onto the top when Brooke is back in tip top shape. I will say my favorite dance was Lance and Lacey’s Jive.

Leaderboard:
Lance Bass and Lacey Schwimmer 27 out of 30
Brooke Burke and Derek Hough 26 out of 30
Warren Sapp and Kym Johnson 25 out of 30
Susan Lucci and Tony Dovolani 23 out of 30
Cody Linley and Julianne Hough 23 out of 30
Maurice Greene and Cheryl Burke 21 out of 30
Cloris Leachman and Corky Ballas 15 out of 30

Louis Van Amstel Blogs About ‘out of context’ “F” Word

Posted By: admin On: October 27, 2008 Comments: ( 1 )

Louis Van Amstel recently posted on his MySpace Blog that his words were taken completely out of context when it comes to calling Lacey Schwimmer and Cheryl Burke fat. Here’s the full text of his blog.

Title: Context is Key

“Hey Everyone,
 
There is an article that has been published in the recent issue of TV guide that has created a bit of a stir.  I feel I wanted to address this with everyone and dispel any rumors before they got out of hand.
 
The basic gist of the issue stemmed from a quote that was taken way out of context.
 
Some who have read this article were led to believe that I made an off-handed comment about issues concerning the weight of Cheryl Burke and Lacey Schwimmer.
 
The exact quote printed was, “If you want to gain weight, it’s your prerogative.” 
 
What actually happened was that I had an informal conversation (not an interview) with a reporter that segwayed into the fact that there was no summer tour this year for DWTS.  As a result, many of the dancers including myself packed on a bit of weight.  I then stated that if us professionals wanted to gain weight, it was our prerogative, but it’s really not an issue and once the new season arrived any summer pounds would likely be shed.   At no point did I ever single anyone out.  Neither Lacey’s nor Cheryl’s name was ever mentioned by me.  
 
In fact, a couple of days ago, Cheryl had voiced a similar observation appearing on the Ellen Degeneres Show (you can see for yourself at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrxIx85DgdU) .   Cheryl and Ellen also discussed what looked to be the original root of this whole thing and it seems my quote was taken out of context in an effort to get further traction and mileage on the story.
 
The article goes on further to quote me as saying, “[People] look at this show to be inspired and think, ‘If I just work hard enough, I can look like that…’ If they watch someone who’s dancing her butt off and she’s still heavy, they can be discouraged. You have to take responsibility.”
 
First of all, while I did say this, it was not “her” or” she” but rather about “WE”.  Secondly, it was in reference to why the professionals all love doing DWTS.  The show is a source of inspiration for many people and so the responsibility is in part for professionals to try and look and perform their best so that they can serve as positive role models.  I think aside from great entertainment, the show is really about affecting lives in a positive way. 
 
When I learned of this article, I was astonished that I had been so severely taken out of context.  I didn’t even know I was in an interview to begin with! 
 
So to set the record straight…
 
I DO NOT THINK NOR HAVE I SAID CHERYL AND LACEY ARE TOO OVERWEIGHT TO BE ON THE SHOW OR IN ANY OTHER SENSE.
 
Those of you who know me and who have been with me from the start know that this is not something I’d ever say.  Some of you have come to Cheryl and Lacey’s defense and I applaud you for doing so.  I’d be offended as well if such things were said about me. 
 
But the thing is, this article is just not accurate and it pains me to be put in this position.  I now have to defend myself on something that was completely distorted.  
 
Cheryl is a good friend whom I have known for a long time and you can bet the first thing I did was talk to her when this news broke.  She is certain that I’d never say anything like that to hurt her and that these comments did not come out of my mouth in that way.
 
I complained immediately to the reporter because this was just not acceptable.  As some small comfort, I did receive an email from the reporter personally apologizing for misquoting me and the reporter then wrote an internal email to ABC explaining what had happened.
 
Although the article has already made it to print, I want all of you to know the truth behind this whole mess.   My colleagues like Cheryl and Lacey were friends first before any of us were ever on DWTS.  To this day, I have never spoken ill of any of my friends in that way and I never will. 
 
It is important to help clear the air for all of you that have supported me for so long and that’s why I’ve chosen to help explain this issue. 
 
This portrayal of me is not only inaccurate; it’s unfair and undeserved. 
 
Don’t always believe everything you read in articles literally.
 
I hope that we can move past this and onto better news. 
 
Please be sure to vote this week for your favorite couple.
 
Love,
Louisxxx”

 That was nice of Louis to explain. Now we’ll wait for Maks’ explanation - or will there be one?

Louis Van Amstel & Maksim Chmerkovskiy Call Fellow Pros The F-Word

Posted By: Bridget On: October 26, 2008 Comments: ( 6 )

That’s right, it is pro against pro int he ongoing fat battle on Dancing With The Stars. Apparently or maybe allegedly Louis Van Amstel, who I love, and Maksim Chmerkovskiy, who is a douchebag, are adding their two cents to the Cheryl Burke and now Lacey Schwimmer weight debacle. I’m not shocked that they have chosen to take jabs at Ms. Schwimmer (the judges are too) but I would have thought they would have some loyalty to Cheryl Burke.

It has been reported that in the latest issue of TV Guide Louis Van Amstel said, “People look at this show to be inspired and think, ‘If I just work hard enough, I can look like that. If they watch someone who’s dancing her butt off and she’s still heavy, they can be discouraged. You have to take that responsibility.” Ummm, Lou…I think you are taking yourself a teensy bit too seriously. Does any watch DWTS to be inspired? I thought everyone just watched hoping someone would fall and to make fun of all the silicone. Maybe it is just me?

Maksim Chmerkovskiy, who I am fairly certain is not a nice guy, said about Burke and Schwimmer that, “when I first saw these women this season, I said, ‘Guys, you know the camera adds 10 pounds, You have to do something about this.’” Raise your hand if you think this conversation actually happened. Now, if you actually raised your hand take $10 and go out and buy yourself a life.

Seriously, if Maksim and Louis actually said these things they are huge jerks. If they didn’t then I am the huge jerk for writing about it. Either way, someone is a jerk and Cheryl & Lacey are fat…that can’t be good for ratings. They both need to feverishly deny these comments…or I might have to hate them forever. Now that would be bad for their careers.

This Season Is Cursed…Next Victim: Julianne Hough

Posted By: Bridget On: October 23, 2008 Comments: ( 0 )

Relax, Julianne Hough is fine. However, in a season that has been riddled with injuries she too “danced through the pain” on Tuesday night. Hough reportedly went to a hospital emergency room because she had been experiencing severe stomach pains. Julianne said in her blog that she had not felt well all day put pushed through for the encore Jitterbug performance with Cody Linley. She went on to say in her blog that after the dance she went backstage and curled up into a ball. Poor, poor Julianne.

Ms. Hough also stated that it was her first time in an emergency room and that she could hear people screaming out in pain. The description was a bit on the dramatic side for my tastes. I wonder if Dr. Grey helped her to feel better. Does everything have to be drama? She wasn’t even diagnosed with anything, it was probably gas. Even pretty little Julianne Hough gets gas…wow.

Dancing With The Stars: Results Wk. 5

Posted By: Bridget On: October 22, 2008 Comments: ( 2 )

By: Bridget




I skipped the recrap show, sorry I just could not deal with it.  Samantha Harris does not look bad tonight.  It is a nice change of pace.  Didn’t they just do an hour of recapping?  Now we are doing more recapping peppered with some backstage judges chatter.  What was in the last hour?  I’ll have to watch that later.  I do think it is funny that Len called Mickey Mouse, “Mickey THE Mouse.”  Ha.  The rest of it was fairly predictable and boring.  I am looking forward to seeing Brian Setzer.  I hope he does a little “Stray Cat Strut.”

Ugh.  Micheal Flatley, the “Lord of the Dance” will replace Len Goodmen next week.  How annoying do you think that guy is going to be?

Cody Linley and Julianne Hough are back with their Jitterbug.  Fun times.

Brian Setzer and his Orchestra are up, he is getting old.  Karina Smirnoff and Louis Van Amstel are dancing.  Yay, for Louis Van Amstel, nice to see him again.  This was way cool.  Louis and Karina look fabulous.  I love seeing the pros dance together, it almost makes me want to watch real ballroom dancing.  Almost.

First safe couple is Warren Sapp & Kym Johnson.  WOOHOO!!! Also safe are Cloris Leachman & Corky Ballas!!!  I swear if Toni Braxton is out tonight I will be the happiest girl in the world!

Kid dancing.  Have I mentioned that I dislike this portion of the show.  The kids are doing the Jive, they’ll be cute and everyone will love them.  Trust me I know these things. Does Carrie have sparkles in her hair bun?  Aren’t you a little old for sparkle hair Carrie?

The next kids have been dancing together since they were six.  Half their lives since they are 12.   They are cute and everyone will love them.

Back to the show and back with the kiddos.  Cloris Leachman teases the kids a little, it is funny.  The second set of cute kids will move on to the finals.

DWTS is very proud of the fact that they are doing a giant group dance.  I don’t think I have to tell you how little I am looking forward to this.  They built a giant set, they all worked hard.  Blah, blah, blah.  Tap dancing in tuxedos with a black & white wash on the screen.  Wow, innovative.  Next is some Lip Syncing, ooh fancy.  The 1980’s are represented by some break dancing.  Some modern robot dancing, now.  I hate this.  I hate this a lot.

Montage time.  This might be one of the worst ones of all time.  I like it better when we don’t have to listen to the celebs talk.

Cody Linley & Julianne Hough are safe as are Maurice Greene & Cheryl Burke.  It’s looking good folks!

Brooke Burke & Derek Hough are safe.  Oooh, look at this Toni Braxton & Alec Mazo are in the bottom two.

Wow, Lance Bass & Lacey Schwimmer are safe so that leaves Susan Lucci & Tony Dovolani in the bottom!  I’m shocked that Susan Lucci wound up in the bottom, I had her pegged for a Marie Osmond like run.  We’ll see.

Lucky day.  Toni Braxton & Alec Mazo are out.  I’m glad, she annoys me. Tonight, I am the happiest girl in the world.

Week 5 Results on Dancing With The Stars

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By: Alyssa




Who leaves us tonight? I am hoping Cloris. Oh Lawdy - they just said “another star will go home” and scrolled through the contestants pretty quickly. They landed last on Kym Johnson and I swear her eyes looked crossed. Poor Kym - that was not a flattering shot of you. Shame on the producers who used that shot of Kym.

Who will have the encore dance tonight? I’m guessing Maurice Greene, but before we find out we get the judges sitting down with “books” not sure what those are as they don’t take notes in ‘books” - so I guess it is props to look official. Bruno talks about how people were thrown into things they’ve never done before - and some people failed and some people nailed it. Of course they try to disguise the recaps with the judges talk and their “books.” UGH!  Ok, I lied - I saw their “books” in front of them on the judges bench - guess they do make notes in them. Len just admitted that he can’t give a 10 to a jitterbug - uhhhh - what? It is a dance afterall - so why not a 10? Len needs to be slapped. Len just said that Toni will be gone if she doesn’t step it up. Bridget would be soo happy about that. Len wants welly from Susan and frankly, so do I. She needs to shatter that glass box and step out and get down and dirty. I doubt it will happen though. I said that about Jane Seymour and that never happened.

Taking control of Len’s paddles next week will be Lord of the Dance Michael Flatley - UGH! Anyways - the encoure performance goes to Cody Linley and Julianne Hough for their jitterbug. Wow I’m shocked at this pick - although I did love it last night. They did even better tonight - crowd was on their feet and I do mean the entire crowd. Yayy for them. Tom informs us our dancing kiddos will be performing tonight - yayy - NOT! They are teasing us with the Macy’s performance being the biggest, baddest, grandest event in dancing history. Ok, maybe not that big, but they are trying to go there. We’ll see if it is that grand.

Up for the special performance tonight is Brian Setzer and his orchestra. Dancing tonight is Louis Van Amstel and Karina Smirnoff. Nice to have Louis back and this should be good b/c he is so darn fast. Louis has on suspenders and my lands it is so damn fast - excuse my french, but Karina is doing so well keeping up with him. It’s nuts - truly. Brian’s orchestra is really rockin’ - geez. I’m actually digging this and I didn’t think I would.  Uh yeah - LOVED IT!

More recaps with the leaderboard. Susan said she isn’t happy about her 22. Maurice was happy as was Cody and Brooke. Nothing major to report about the recaps or backstage confessionals. Tom saves us from boredom telling us the two couples that have been saved - Warren Sapp and Kym Johnson as well as Cloris Leachman and Corky Ballas. ICK! Who is going home tonight? I don’t know now. I’m betting Lance and Lacey are scared tonight - and I am scared for them. Samantha has the saved couples backstage and asks the couples if they have any hip hop moves - Warren shows us some stuff as does Cloris while Samantha raps and beatboxes behind them. Oh yeah - Samantha beatboxing behind them I said. I had to cover my mouth b/c I was so embarrassed. I’m talking goosebump embarrassed here at Samantha’s antics. OMG!

Ballroom kids now - Alisa and Anthony. Her name is pronounced the same as mine, but of course spelled differently. We get a taped package of them being obnoxious brats - of course it is supposed to be funny, but I wasn’t laughing. They dance the jive if you care. I will say this - I would love to learn the jive. It looks like so much fun. They of course did awesome. The judges loved it too - what’s new? Competing against them is Mitchell and Maria - they seem more humble than the other two. They are dancing the Paso Doble. I’m pretty sure the judges are gonna love it too - again, nothing new here.

Samantha is backstage with the kids and Cloris is interrupting again. Anyways if you care the judges have made their decision and Mitchell and Maria have moved on. I take it the judges conspire to give one kiddie couple their vote so that they don’t feel sad. Usually that vote is Len’s. It happened again tonight.

The Big Bigger and Biggest Macy’s show is being talked about and they will dance through the decades starting off with the 1930’s and they even dance the decade of the 80’s which I am really, really looking forward to because I am such an 80’s girl. The planning for this production has been planned for 6 months - the entire stage will be transformed, wardrobe will be insane.

Wow, it starts off in the 1930’s and it is being broadcasted in black and white and the stage is huge, but still kind of looks the same. LOL! We get some tapping fools errr men in tuxes and tails and they are great! “James Brown” is up next and doing the typical James Brown dancing with background dancers. Looks very authentic. The screen is now in color. Welcome to the 1970’s and they are wearing sweatsuits - hmm. I thought it was the 70’s, but they are breakdancing so perhaps the 80’s? I thought they were going in order.  If this is the 80’s I don’t like it - this was not my 80’s style.  Now we are getting futuresque and people are dancing in boxes and girls in white gogo boots with funky glasses. They are doing robotic moves with Edward Scissorhands or Terminator arms. It did look pretty cool though.Water falls on them and the crowd cheers. And that folks, is all. Hmmm… with the way they were hyping it up I thought it might be more than it was, but I was left disappointed. Just some word of advice - don’t build it up so big to where you fall short.

We get a taped package of the contestants talking about the fierce competition. Susan talks about Warren and she looks like she is enjoying it a little too much. I think Susan is channeling her Erica Cane during this taped package. Susan said she is going to put her leg up, flirt with Bruno and Len and I was laughing the entire time she was saying that. They are all talking smack about each other and I couldn’t keep up. Tom called it sequined trash talk - egg-actly! hehe!

Two more saved couples are: Cody Linley and Julianne Hough and Julianne givess out a sigh of relief. Also back next week are Maurice Greene and Cheryl Burke and Maurice is saying “oh baby” in a high pitched voice as he hugs Cheryl frantically. The two couples that are in the bottom 2 tonight have never been before and unfortunately one of them is going home. I’m nervous.

More revelations - next safe couple is Brooke Burke and Derek Hough. The first couple in the bottom 2 is Toni Braxton and Alec Mazo. Next safe couple is Lance Bass and Lacey Schwimmer which leaves Susan Lucci and Tony Dovolani as the other couple in the bottom 2. Leaving us tonight is Toni Braxton and Alec Mazo. I was hoping Alec would go on, but not Toni so much. Of course they had to start off saying Toni’s name to worry Tony Dovolani - he looked a little sick when they said Toni. I’m sure Bridget is so excited - what a nice birthday present for you, Bridget! Happy Birthday, girl!