Proving her star-power, Paula Abdul executed one of the funniest moves I’ve seen on the Dancing With The Stars judging panel in some time. She actually imitated Bruno Tonioli’s ridiculousness. As for Gilles’ Bollywood routine, there are no words. But here’s one: I want to hang him on my wall and stare at him for eternity (wait . . . was that more than one word?).
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Bristol & Mark Have Lovers Spat — Dancing With the Stars
A industry insider who’s familiar with Dancing With the Stars once told me, “Everybody’s f*cking.” When I asked for specifics, he refused to elaborate, but I couldn’t help thinking about it when I saw Bristol Palin and Mark Ballas fighting in the clip below. It sure looks like love to me (or lust — depending on how you see it).
Grey’s Anatomy Season 9 Episode 2 Sneak Peak — Recycled Storyline
Be careful, Grey’s Anatomy. If you don’t quickly abort ship with the Derek’s-bum-hand storyline, you’re tedering on copying your own Preston Burke’s-bum-hand storyline. I know it’s been some time and there’s only so many ways to write conflict, but this one seems way too close for comfort. Get creative and pull the plug quickly. Watch a preview of this Thursday’s show below.
Justin Bieber Performs on Dancing With the Stars — In a Onesie?
Grey’s Anatomy Season 9 Promo — Did Anyone Survive?
The only thing clear about the promo for Season 9 of Grey’s Anatomy is that nothing is clear. My guess is that everyone else survives. Why? Because I don’t know any actors that would consent to a guest appearance after not having their contract renewed. Shonda Rimes would have had to terminate them at the end of last season. Watch the ridiculously vague promo below.
Hope Solo v. Maksim Chmerkovskiy: “He Slapped Me”
Publicly calling someone a wife-beater is a weighty accusation, and you better be prepared for the foreseeable fallout. In Hope Solo’s new cheesily-titled memoir, ‘Going Solo: A Memoir of Hope,’ she accused her Dancing With the Stars partner, Maksim Chermovskiy of getting physical during rehearsals, saying, “He manhandled me in rehearsals from the start, pushing me, whacking my stomach, bending my arms roughly. I thought that was just how it went – how dancers worked with each other,” she said. “But it kept getting worse. One day, Maks was trying to put me in a certain position and hit my stomach so hard with his open palm that I had a red hand-print there for the rest of the day.” In response, Maksim told TMZ that’s he’s shocked by the accusations, given that he’s had a post-show friendship with Solo. He later tweeted, “Always hated hypocrites and liars…but when someone is both AND an opportunist, I just feel bad for them. Can’t win at someone’s expense.” I’m not sure who to believe here, but I’ve previously made note of Maksim’s relatively aggressive teaching style (see the video below). But given that Hope Solo recently tweeted Maksim asking him if he’d like tickets to the Olympics, I find her hypocrisy disturbing. Pick a side and stick with it. If you’re still willing to stay in contact and call someone a friend, then be careful about sinking his career with “he-hit-me” accusations.
D.L. Hughley on Colorado Shooter: “Someone Should Have Had a Gun”
It’s funny that D.L. Hughley is on ‘The View’ to promote a book about people who talk more than they listen, when D.L. is an infamous non-listener. Watch him assert a brilliant theory about how someone in the Aurora movie theater should have been carrying a gun to go head-to-head with the shooter. Right — because that would have certainly helped.
Barbara Walters on the Queen of England: “She Doesn’t Know How to Smile”
Not a day goes by where I don’t count my blessings for getting a daily dose of Barbara Walters on ‘The View.’ Yesterday was particularly special, because Walters took a moment to make a hilarious point about the Queen’s inability to smile. “There were these adorable children [at the Olympics] who were singing, ‘God Save the Queen,'” she said. “Would it have killed her [to smile]?” she said. Watch below.
‘Dancing With the Stars’ Announces All-Star Lineup — I’m Disappointed
‘Dancing With the Stars’ announced some of its all-star lineup, and many of the biggest-hitters in the history of the show are noticeably absent. Where is Mario Lopez, Joey Fatone, Nicole Scherzinger, and Sabrina Bryan? I realize that a lot of these people have become too famous to return, but it’s still disappointing. Here’s the current lineup: Helio Castroneves; Shawn Johnson; Bristol Palin; Pamela Anderson; Emmitt Smith; Joey Fatone; Drew Lachey; Gilles Marini; Kelly Monaco; and Apolo Anton Ohno. To be fair, Sabrina Bryan is in the running for the public’s wild-card vote, which also includes: Carson Kressley; Kyle Massey; and Hines Ward. And couldn’t they find a way to make Brooke Burke host and compete at the same time!? How dare she?! At least we’ll get the return of awkward run-ins between Pamela Anderson and ex-boyfriend David Charvet (also Brooke Burke’s husband).