Famous April birthdays, No fooling that April is the month for celebrating the birthdays of a Kardashian sister, a tennis star, and a child star on the rise. Check out these and other celebrities who blow out their birthday candles in April.
Tenacious D: New album, tour and music , Lock up your daughters, America (and maybe your sisters, aunts and grandmothers as well) because Tenacious D are back! Ahead of their new album Rize of the Fenix – and accompanying summer tour — the D have released a video documenting what the hard rocking duo have been up to in the six years since their disappointing film Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny. Long story short, Jack Black became an out of control Hollywood egomaniac, while Kyle Gass was institutionalized. But they’re back now, even if it meant Val Kilmer had to make the ultimate sacrifice. After a period of intense Rocky-like training, depicted in a totally not clichéd video montage, the D are poised to regain the mantle of Best Overweight Hard Rock Parody Duo Ever. Check out the video following the click.
Jamie-Lynn Sigler is dating Cutter Dykstra, We all know that On July 11, 2003, Sigler married her agent and longtime boyfriend A. J. DiScala, and they were pretty happy together, but then September 2005, Sigler and DiScala announced that they were separating and that was a horrible end of a beautiful love story and then she fell for Jerry Ferrara and dated him for more than one years and then she dated Mark Sanchez, but this ended very soon and now the new news is she is dating the son of former MLB star Lenny Dykstra, Cutter Dykstra
Cutter Dykstra who is not a famous and big star at the moment, he just plays minor league baseball in the Washington Nationals organization, and they have been dating each other for like may be less then 6 months, but they seems really happy together
According to her very close friends, we feel that we haven’t seen Sigler this happy in a long time, she is truly in love this time and we are happy too for her
They do have some age difference as she is 30 years old and he is just 22 years old, but they are pretty good together. According to friends, one mutual friend Nick Swisher, who plays for the Yankees, and his wife, actress Joanna Garcia is a good friend with Jamie-Lynn introduce them with each other and since that they are kind of together
They both have been taxing each other and they both have been tweeted each other since that day, first he told her that it was a sad morning without her and he had fun in Florida and now he is missing her already ? aww that is cute
She has a habit to delete the tweeters so we can not see what she said but he never deleted her stuff and now we know that he is more in love with her rather than her and that is the cutest thing in this relationship
Jenna Talackova, transgender beauty queen, disqualified, The 23-year-old Miss Universe Canada finalist was disqualified from the competition after it was discovered she had undergone sexual reassignment surgery. Photo: Miss Universe Canada
Should transgender women be allowed to compete in female beauty pageants? That’s the question at the center of a heated scandal involving one Canadian pageant contestant.
23-year-old Jenna Talackova was born male but has identified as a female since age 4. She began hormone therapy at the age of 14 and underwent gender reassignment surgery at 19.
“Jenna Talackova from Vancouver, British Columbia will not compete in the 2012 Miss Universe Canada competition because she did not meet the requirements to compete despite having stated otherwise on her entry form,” the organization said in a statement on Friday. “We do, however, respect her goals, determination and wish her the best,” it concludes.
The Miss Universe Canada website’s rules claim that to enter, women must be a Canadian citizen at the age between 18 and 27. If basic requirements are met, they are asked to fill out a longer application form. However, the form does not mention any rules against sexual reassignment surgery.
“I am very disappointed with the decision taken by the Miss Universe … organizers,” Talackova said in a statement released Monday. “However, I will look to turn this situation into a positive so that other people in a similar situation are not discriminated against in the future.”
Denis Davila, the national director of Miss Universe Canada, explained, “she was dishonest.” Talackova was disqualified after she admitted her birth gender last week.
“She feels like a real girl and she is a real girl. She didn’t expect people to question it,” Denis Davila told the publication. “She was hoping we could put her back in the competition, but the rules are very clear, and there’s no way we can go back on it.”
“We have to have the facts straight. There is no discrimination here at all,” Davila said. “You can look at it the way she wants to look at it, but we all have to follow the same rules.”
“I will look to turn this situation into a positive so that other people in a similar situation are not discriminated against in the future,” Talackova said in a statement Sunday.
According to PEOPLE, in a 2010 interview for Thailand’s Miss International Queen, a pageant for transgendered women, Talackova was asked whether she regards herself as transgender or as a woman. “I regard myself as a woman … with a history,” she responded.
Reactions to Talackova’s story have been mixed. Critics insist that only natural-born women should be allowed to compete in traditional women’s beauty pageants. But the ousted beauty also has her supporters – more than 20,000 of them and counting.
A change.org petition has gathered 20,171 signatures trying to change the decision to disqualify Talackova from the the Donald Trump-owned pageant. Talackova is expected to release a statement this week after speaking with her lawyer.
In a statement Monday afternoon, the Miss Universe Organization said: “As with any competition, the Miss Universe pageant has rules which apply to all of its franchises around the world. Such rules include, but are not limited to citizenship, age, and marital status requirements.”
“Additionally, the rules currently state that all contestants must be naturally born females. After review, organizers discovered that Jenna Talackova falsified her application and did not meet the necessary requirements to compete in the 2012 Miss Universe Canada pageant,” the organization explained.
Martina Navratilova talks 'Dancing With The Stars, Washington, Mar 28 : Martina Navratilova became the first competitor to be eliminated from season 14 of ‘Dancing With the Stars’ on Tuesday night.
The tennis champion and singer Gavin DeGraw were both in danger after ending up with the lowest scores after audience votes and points from the judges were combined.
The 75-year-old looked visibly disappointed when she learned she was going home.
“It was an amazing experience,” the ABC News quoted her as saying on the show, after hugging partner Tony Dovolani.
“I just wish it had lasted longer. I gave it everything I had but I blew it yesterday and it cost me,” she said.
The Czech American also wished the other competitors “great luck.”
Navratilova’s combined score from performances on Monday night and March 19 landed her on the bottom of the leader board.
Welsh opera singer Katherine Jenkins was the top-scorer on both nights.
The tennis star had missed some of the steps during her jive on Monday, and her foxtrot from the season debut, while thought to be elegant and refined, was “too careful,” head judge Len Goodman told her.
Elimination in the competition results from a combination of judges’ scores and audience votes.
Bobby Brown arrested for DUI, On Monday afternoon R’n'B singer Bobby Brown who was stopped for talking on his cell phone, was eventually arrested after police officers suspected that he was under the influence.
Brown who is the ex husband of the late Whitney Houston was busted for DUI while driving in Reseda, California at 12:20 PM PST.
According to the police report, the star’s blood alcohol level was over 0.08, he was subsequently arrested and booked at the Van Nuys jail.
The New Edition frontman was released couple of hours later on $5,000 bail.
This is not the first time, that the 43-year-old crooner has failed a sobriety test, in 1998 he was arrested in Georgia.Bobby Brown was arrested for driving under the influence and driving with a blood alcohol content of .08 or higher yesterday afternoon in Reseda, California. TMZ says:
Bobby was pulled over at 12:20 PM PST for allegedly driving while talking on a cell phone.
Cops believe Brown was DRUNK at the time of his arrest.
43-year-old Bobby is currently in custody in Van Nuys jail. It’s unclear what [other substances] cops believe Brown had been using before he got behind the wheel.
That’s just the dumbass icing on the dysfunctional cake, isn’t it? Her mom overdoses on cocaine; daddy dearest gets his second DUI, and now Bobbi Kristina is marrying her own brother. I swear, if this chick doesn’t end up in porn, I will eat my fucking hat.
2012 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue covergirl Kate Upton at the Jeffrey Fashion Cares in New York last night, because she’s not Bobby Brown or Bobbi Kristina:
Brian Austin Green beat up , Delbert Shaw, a celebrity photographer, claims Brian Austin Green beat him on a beach in Hawaii as the actor’s wife, Megan Fox, cheered him on.
In a lawsuit filed this morning in L.A. County Superior Court, Shaw claims he was taking photos of the couple last December in Hualalai, Hawaii, in front of the Four Seasons Resort, when Brian, 38, and Megan, 25, began shouting verbal threats against Shaw.
It escalated when Megan yelled to her husband, “Are you going to let him get away with that?”
Shaw then alleges Brian hit him to defend Megan’s honor, continuing to cause severe injuries and even throwing his iPhone into the ocean. Megan was supposedly encouraging Brian throughout the entire incident.
Dancing With The Stars' results show, The Dancing with the Stars Season 8 finals comes down to tonight's results show. Who will take home the Mirrorball trophy? Actor Giles Marini, Olympian Shawn Johnson, or former "Bachelor" contestant Melissa Rycroft.
Follow the two-hour results show live here and don't forget to vote on the Star-Ledger's poll. Before the show started the thousands of voters give the edge to Marini.
Marini enters the night tied with Johnson after both tallied 58 points from the judges Monday. Rycroft, a last-minute injury replacement on the show, trails by two points. There's still one more set of judge's scores in store tonight as each gets to perform their favorite dance of the season one more time.
"This has been without a doubt the best season ever," proclaimed head judge Len Goodman, dressed in a tuxedo. "Anything can happen. It's all going to come down to the viewers' votes and these last three dances we're about to see."
AT 10:20 P.M.: Last dances finally begin.
Shawn Johnson goes first with the cha-cha-cha to Michael Jackon's "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)." Judges seem positive so far.
"The longer you go the stronger you get," said judge Len Goodman.
Shawn Johnson's scores: A perfect 30. With last night's scores, that gives her 88 out of possible 90.
The best Marini can do is match that score and Rycroft can't top her, but the judges scores only count for half of the final result. The viewers' votes account for the rest.
Melissa Rycroft takes the dance floor performing the samba, and gets a warm ovation from the crowd. More good reviews from the judges.
"You're samba is even more appetizing on the second helping," said judge Bruno Tinioli. "She's got a body made for dancing."
Melissa Rycroft's scores: Another perfect 30. That gives her a total of 86 for both nights of the finals.
Gilles Marini will round out the final dances with the Argentine tango, hoping for a repeat of his earlier powerful performance at that dance.
"Gilles, this was not an Argentine tango, it was an Argentine triumph," Tinioli shouted, perhaps predicting the final result. "A star is born."
Gilles Marini's scores: No surprise, another perfect 30. He ends the judging in a tie with Johnson. So it's entirely in the voters' hands.
Kim Kardashian's sister Khloe slams , Reality TV star Kim Kardashian and two of her sisters have been slapped with a $5 million lawsuit alleging they and the makers of QuickTrim diet pills falsely touted the product's effectiveness for losing weight.
The proposed class action lawsuit takes aim at the sisters' endorsement deal with the weight loss company. It was filed on Thursday in federal court in New York on behalf of four plaintiffs who used the product.
The plaintiffs, who live in New York, California and Florida, stated in their lawsuit that the claims made by QuickTrim and by the Kardashians marketing it were "false, misleading, and unsubstantiated."
They added there was "no competent and reliable scientific evidence supporting any of these claims."
The main ingredient in the pills is a large dose of caffeine, mixed with herbal ingredients never clinically proven as effective, the lawsuit stated.
The lawsuit, which was filed by the law firm of Bursor & Fisher, must be certified by a judge as a class action complaint before it can cover a wider field of consumers than the four plaintiffs. The suit seeks over $5 million in damages.
A representative for the Kardashians and officials from QuickTrim could not be reached for comment about the lawsuit.
This is not the first time the stars of "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" on cable network E! have been at the center of litigation over their marketing endorsements.
Those deals account for a substantial chunk of the family's net worth, last estimated at $65 million in 2010 by industry trade magazine The Hollywood Reporter.
Kim Kardashian, 31, is one of the highest paid reality stars on U.S. television, with her 2010 earnings estimated at $6 million from her TV show, clothing line and numerous fitness, beauty and other product endorsements.
Her sisters, Khloe and Kourtney, have also gained fame alongside Kim, who first caught public attention when she appeared in a 2007 sex tape.
Early last year, all three Kardashian sisters and their mother Kris Jenner successfully fended off a $75 million lawsuit from a credit card company after they walked away from a debit card endorsement, "Kardashian Kard," amid complaints about high consumer fees.
Dennis Rodman does not owe $800,000 , Dennis Rodman on Tuesday told the courts that he can’t pay ex-wife Michelle Rodman the $808,935 that he owes her in unpaid child support because he’s flat busted broke.
Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/211900/dennis-rodman-says-hes-too-broke-to-pay-800000-in-owed-child-support/#FXsAW5lfZTOLVhtB.99In court documents the former NBA stars lawyer also says he is unable to pay his ex-wife $51,441 in unpaid spousal support. Rodman and Michelle have two children together who are now 9 and 10-years-old.
“Respondent Dennis Rodman is broke and cannot afford any additional fees.”
Rodman’s lawyer also claims that the former Chicago Bull is “extremely sick” although he did not explain what that sickness might be.
Rodman has been fighting the $50,000 a month in child support since 2010, arguing that his earned income is nowhere near what it was when he was an NBA player earning a regular salary plus endorsements.
Dennis Rodman’s lawyer suggests that the amount out is “unjustified” because it isn’t based off any type of actual income but rather a ridiculous amount of money that Michelle’s attorney has claims Dennis Rodman earns annually.
In the meantime Dennis Rodman, 51, was required to appear in court on Tuesday to face contempt charges following his inability to pay his child support bill.
If sentenced Dennis Rodman could face up to 20 days in jail for failure to make child support payments.
Should nothing else come from this case it’s that former athletes simple don’t have the cash to make the type of payments they did while under multi-million contracts, once their careers are done they typically stop earning money or pick up far less money as commentators and consultants.
'Bully' to be released unrated despite push , The headline is basically the story here: after one last appeal to the MPAA to overturn Bully's R-rating, The Wenstein Company has opted not to release the film with that rating, instead opting to simply release the film, presumably in its original form, as unrated. The drawback to this strategy? The film will only be released in five theaters, at least originally. Here's the press release:March 26, 2012 – New York, NY – After a recent plea to the MPAA by BULLY teen Alex Libby and The Weinstein Company (TWC) Co-Chairman Harvey Weinstein failed – by one vote – to get the film its deserved PG-13 rating, TWC is choosing to move forward with releasing the film unrated by the MPAA on March 30. BULLY will be released in theaters on Friday, March 30th in New York at the Angelika Film Center and AMC Lincoln Square and in Los Angeles at The Landmark, ArcLight Hollywood and AMC Century City.
There's been as much drama over the rating of this film as there has been over the content of the film itself. If you haven't heard, apparently there are five instances of the word "fuck" uttered in the film, which is three too many for those fucking prudes over at the MPAA, who can't believe that the ears of children might have already been fucking sullied by such fucking language well before they might've had the opportunity to see this fucking movie.
Rumors have been flying for weeks now regarding the ultimate fate of Bully, with many assuming that Weinstein would milk the media coverage for as much free publicity as he could, then bleep out a few of the fucks to get to a PG-13 rating. It looks like he's sticking to his guns, though, and making a decision that will very likely result in millions of dollars in lost revenue for him, especially as most large theaters chain won't show unrated films, and most newspapers won't carry advertisements for them. Good for him, I say, but it's a shame that the MPAA has proven themselves to be so out-of-touch with modern society yet again.
Scarlett Johansson nude photo scandal:, Scarlett Johansson insists she deserves her privacy - despite her status as a celebrity and sex symbol.
Nude photos of the actress flooded the Internet after her private cell phone was reportedly hacked, adding the screen stunner's name to a string of celebrities who've been hit by cyber villains.
Two weeks after the sexy photos were leaked, the actress broke her silence in an interview with CNN Wednesday.Just because you're an actor or you make films or whatever, doesn't mean you're not entitled to your own personal privacy," she said to CNN, bearing her pain over the embarassing event.
"It just feels unjust. It feels wrong," she lamented.
The stolen snaps show the actress posing nude in a bathroom mirror and laying topless in bed - and prompted her to contact theJohansson admitted in the interview that being a celebrity requires much adjustment, but says her star status doesn't justify such a horrible invasion of privacy.
"I think there are instances where you give a lot of yourself and finally you have to kind of put your foot down, and say: 'Oh wait, I'm taking it back,'" she said.
In August, a group of hackers bent on "Hollywood carnage" targeted celebrities, including Julianne Hough, Tom Cruise and Kreayshawn - and posted secret scripts, nude photos and cell numbers.
Miley Cyrus, Ali Larter, Vanessa Hudgens and Mila Kunis are also among other big names thought to have been victims of celebrity hacking.
January Jones of 'Mad Men' , Mad Men star January Jones allegedly lost control of her Range Rover Thursday night and slammed into three parked cars. Jones briefly fled the scene, claiming she was being chased by paparazzi.According to the Los Angeles Police Department, January Jones allegedly lost control of her Range Rover around 9 PM and hit three parked cars. There was reportedly significant damage to the vehicles involved.
January Jones initially left the scene of the accident, but returned after she says she walked home and called 911. Jones reportedly claims she fled the wreckage because she was being harassed by paparazzi photographers. The Mad Men star also allegedly told police the paparazzi were somehow involved in her losing control of her vehicle in the first place.
The LAPD does not believe alcohol or drugs were involved in the accident. Although Jones did leave the scene briefly, police will not be charging the actress for a hit and run. Jones was not arrested or cited but her car has been impounded and an investigation into the accident is currently ongoing.
'Dancing With The Stars' Week 2, Dancing with the Stars” presents what seems to be its usual roster of Week 2 dances: quickstep and jive, the fastest of the ballroom and Latin routines. (To refresh your memories, the jive features kicks, flips and high energy, while the quickstep involves hops, runs and chasses, which feature gliding in a step-together-step motion.) With no elimination last Monday, will tonight give the couples a second chance to make a first impression? Can Jaleel White and Katherine Jenkins maintain their insanely high – 26! – first-week scores? Can someone like Melissa Gilbert rebound?
Roshon Fegan and Chelsie Hightower use “swagger” almost a dozen times in their intro video. Chelsie asks the Disney star to be a prince, but the hip-hop fan sees few correlations between his dance genre of choice and ballroom. Their quickstep eschews the usual music in favor of Good Charlotte (“Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous”). Roshon dazzles in a sequined tux, and while he gets a bit wild at times, he has energy to spare, and the hops are Energizer Bunny-worthy. Carrie Ann says he turned “swagger” (yes, that word) into sophistication, and even grumpy Len “thoroughly enjoyed it.” Score: 26 (Carrie Ann 9, Len 8, Bruno 9). A 26 to start Week Two? Are we going to get a 10 before the night is over? Val Chmerkovskiy reveals the musical selection to his partner, Sherri Shepherd, at the start of rehearsal footage: “Proud Mary.” Sherri, who’s top-heavy and lacking in stamina, thinks that instead of ‘Proud Sherri, we’re looking at Dead Sherri.” (Val didn’t seem to say anything in the lead-up to the dance.) Last week, the judges said Sherri was the happiest contestant they’d ever seen, and her ebullience continues in this jive. She shimmies, she sings along, she makes the audience giddy. The judges seem to overlook the slow-looking kicks and the missed passes, with Carrie Ann claiming confidence can take you past mistakes. Score: 23 (Carrie Ann 8, Len 7, Bruno 8).
Following his brother for the second straight week is Maksim Chmerkovskiy, doing a quickstep with Melissa. Trivia: Melissa dated Billy Idol in the 1980s! (We learn this because her dance is to “Dancing with Myself.”) Melissa declares the quickstep “more difficult than childbirth,” and she puzzles Maks when she cries after he compliments her. Watching Melissa is a tense experience because, as the judges observe, she can’t cover or relax when she’s thinking. She’s better in hold, a good thing for the quickstep, though her arms remain awkward. Carrie Ann and Len disagree about the sequence, but both say she’s good at times and then sloppy or loose at others. Score: 20 (Carrie Ann 7, Len 6, Bruno 7).
Jack Wagner does all right with a cool, suave arm/shoulder movement, but incorporating arms and hips doesn’t go as well. As with last week, Jack is hard on himself, though he wants partner Anna Trebunskaya to continue to push him. Everything seems off in this jive, especially at the three-quarter mark, where Jack’s being ahead of the beat becomes obvious. He wants to be the next Blues Brother, dancing to “Gimme Some Lovin,” but as Bruno notes, the kicks and flips aren’t on the beat. Carrie Ann calls it overdancing. Score: 21 (all 7s).
The audience loves Gladys Knight, squealing for the Empress of Soul and partner Tristan MacManus as soon as they step on the floor. Gladys “doesn’t want to just pass” with the dance – she wants to do it well. They quickstep on piano keys to Stevie Wonder, using the musical cues to guide their choreography, which is cute though obvious. Gladys and Tristan have a great, connected chemistry – a move where he pulls her back to him toward the end is slinky – but the dance is slack. It doesn’t have the energy last week’s cha cha did. Carrie Ann has it right when she dings it as too casual, and Bruno warns Gladys to watch her frame. Len says he “didn’t 100% appreciate it.” Score: 19 (Carrie Ann 7, Len 5, Bruno 7). The audience boos Len vociferously. “I knew the frame was going to get me,” Gladys admits afterward.
Katherine arguably may have been the least-known contestant going into Week 1, and thus in danger of an early ouster, but a score of 26 tied her at the top of the leaderboard. A bashful Katherine giggles when Mark asks her to “shake my naughty bits.” Mark, who loves the jive, wants to make this “sexy, sassy, raunchy” – not words one associates with such a dance. The classical singer turns into a Bond girl with a “Welsh wiggle” in a casino-themed routine. Mark has a tendency to overpower his partners in the jive. Katherine is one of the few who can pull some of the attention toward herself. She has precise kicks and flips that make Bruno ecstatic. Carrie Ann swoons over the hyperextension in Katherine’s legs. Score: 26 (Carrie Ann 9, Len 8, Bruno 9).
ABC producers want to make a competition between Katherine and Mark and fellow first-week-26 scorers Jaleel and Kym Johnson, assigning them the same dance and not breaking for commercial between performances. Kym, impressed with Jaleel’s potential, says she can get carried away with planning. Where Katherine and Mark were sassy-sexy, Jaleel and Kym are sassy-sweet as a soda-shop waiter and customer. They’re also far less dynamic. It’s a cute routine, but it’s just there. It lacks energy and sparkle, particularly compared with the duo before them. Overall, though they liked certain elements – the toe-heel swivels (Len), the quirkiness (Bruno) – the judges were lukewarm. Score: 22 (Carrie Ann 7, Len 7, Bruno 8).
Maria Menounos has the first injury of the season, a strained rib, perhaps incurred from all the laughing she and Derek do in rehearsal. Maria earns the “most improved” award, dancing rather than posing this week in a Bonnie-and-Clyde-themed quickstep. From the high-energy start to the strong frame – “that’s a frame you can frame,” Bruno raves – Maria shows potential when last week she was forgettable. Unfortunately, she loses a step in the run, and she and Derek come out of sync in the middle. The judges forgive that, based on their scores. Score: 25 (Carrie Ann 8, Len 8, Bruno 9).
The world-famous athlete Martina Navratilova is the first person this season to cry tears of pain and frustration, after reinjuring a left toe. Rehearsal with Tony Dovolani also includes insecurity and difficulty grasping steps. These problems continue into the dance, where Martina and Tony flirt with the judges at both the start and end of their jive to “Tell Her about It.” She looks petrified, glancing at Tony during their side-by-side formations as if she was forgetting the steps. In fact, she was, as Carrie Ann notes the oft-missed counts of eight. Once again, Len criticizes Martina for being too neat and precise. Martina acknowledges, “I blew it.” Score: 17 (Carrie Ann 6, Len 5, Bruno 6).
Donald Driver and his partner, Peta Murgatroyd, wanted 8s after last week’s cha cha but received only 7s. The man nicknamed “Quickie” as a child looks forward to the quickstep, though he doesn’t grasp it as fast as he wants to. On the ballroom floor, Donald winks at the camera, gives Peta some flowers and looks as if he wants to take off before the music and routine are ready for him to do so. Once everyone is in sync, Donald leads Peta across the floor with confidence and a huge smile. He has an easy glide and, as Carrie Ann notes, clearly has studied his fellow footballers on “DWTS” because of his hold. Though Len’s praise for the quickstep is noteworthy, it’s what he says about the previous week that’s even more remarkable: “I undermarked you.” That may be a first for Len. Score: 24 (straight 8s).
Gavin DeGraw, the quintessential goofy white boy, has a Matthew McConaughy vibe in rehearsal, relaxed bordering on lazy. Partner Karina Smirnoff seems amused but annoyed. It turns out Gavin and Karina put in an extra 13 hours of rehearsal this week ahead of their 1950s Brando/Elvis/James Dean jive. Gavin clearly tries, and it’s a surprise just how much Karina has managed to push him. Those kicks aren’t always pretty; he contorts himself into the oddest shapes. Carrie Ann calls him funky and praises Gavin’s movement outside his comfort level. Bruno slobbers repeatedly about Gavin in leather. Score: 21 (all 7s). Finally, the screaming and shrieking begin for William Levy (oh, and partner Cheryl Burke). William knows he can’t rely on his Latin flavor in ballroom, so “I have to rely on my dancing skills, which aren’t very good.” To get the technique sharper, Cheryl pulls out the posture bar. The contraption works: Len compliments William’s movement and posture. However, William looks as if he doesn’t know what to do with his hands when he’s out of hold, and oddly, he and Cheryl aren’t as close as they should be (which Len also notes). Carrie Ann and Bruno, blinded by William’s looks and the female audience members’ delirium, call him debonair and a matinee idol and don’t offer any dance advice. Score: 25 (Carrie Ann 9, Len 7, Bruno 9).
The scores from last week and this week are combined, putting Katherine at the top with a 52 and Martina and Tony at the bottom with a 37. Even though she has the name recognition, it’s probably not enough to prevent Martina from joining fellow tennis star Monica Seles (in Season 6) as another first “DWTS” star to exit.
Chaka Khan records tribute song,, Trayvon Martin’s untimely death has brought together an outpouring of support from the celebrity community, including R&B stars who gathered for a tribute song to the slain teenager.
Chaka Khan, Eric Benet, Terry Crews, Angela Bassett, “X Factor"’s Stacey Francis and others collaborated to re-record Khan’s “Super Life” in memory of the 17-year-old who was shot to death in February. In the video for “Super Life,” the singers all dress in hoodies like the one Martin was wearing when he was killed.
Khan premiered the video Monday night on CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight. During the interview with Morgan, Khan explained why she felt it was necessary to collaborate with other artists on the song saying, “This is not anything to make money. It is simply to cause and to bring about awareness.”
Khan also told Morgan she is fed up with the way the black community has been victimized in America. “We are sick and tired in America of seeing little children lost and children gone missing and they never make the nine o’clock or five o’clock news," she said.
Celebrities have also joined the thousands-strong protests and "million hoodie" marches taking place across the nation, especially in New York and Los Angeles. Janelle Monae, Lebron James and Chaka Khan have all voiced their support for Trayvon’s family and called for justice to be served.
Someone Like You - In Sarah’s Words, Of all the books I’ve written, I have to say that Someone Like You has the biggest legion of fans. Even my cousins Rachel and Anna, who are usually my very first readers of any book I write, will often tell me that while the new book is good, Someone Like You was better. At the time it was published, I wasn’t so sure.
