Another Dancing with the Stars Contestant Faces Federal Charges
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Sports, Television, Legal Issues,
We already knew Dancing with the Stars had a reputation of sending contestants to the hospital…but who would have thought federal court as well?
Today, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban was charged by federal regulators with insider trading. This announcement comes nearly six weeks after after Helio Castroneves, another contestant from DWTS’ fifth season, was indicted for federal tax evasion.
According to the civil suit filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Cuban allegedly used information he received back in 2004 to sell stock he owned in Mamma.com (now known as Copernic), a Montreal search engine. When he became aware of an upcoming private sale, the 50-year-old promptly sold 600,000 shares to spare himself a loss of approximately $750,000.
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Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Karina Smirnoff: DWTS’ Latest Couple
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Television, Hook-ups,
Over the past seven seasons, Dancing with the Stars has had its share of interesting relationships. We’ve seen celebrity/instructor couplings (Sabrina Bryan/Mark Ballas, Mario Lopez/Karina Smirnoff, Shannon Elizabeth/Derek Hough), married pros (Alec Mazo/Edyta Sliwinska, Jonathan Roberts/Anna Trebunskaya), father/son competitors (Corky Ballas/Mark Ballas) and sibling rivalries (Julianne Hough/Derek Hough). But we haven’t yet heard of any romances between the ballroom professionals, at least up until now.
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Backstage Drama at Dancing with the Stars
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Television, Rivalries,
We’re still weeks away from the premiere of Dancing with the Stars, yet the drama may have already begun. According to the New York Post, female veterans of the reality hit are reportedly jealous of a particular competitor.
For the show’s seventh season, DWTS followers will see three new professionals on the parquet floor: Inna Brayer, Corky Ballas (Mark Ballas’ father) and Lacey Schwimmer. Unfortunately for Schwimmer, her debut has supposedly been spoiled by a few cold colleagues.
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Can DWTS’ Julianne Hough Sing as Well as She Can Dance?
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Music, Television, Videos,
Even though critics have recently panned actress Scarlett Johansson’s debut album, her music experience won’t stop other stars from moonlighting as a singer. (You can see Scarlett’s video here.)
Earlier today, dancer Julianne Hough performed live for the Good Morning America audience. The two-time Dancing with the Stars champ just released her first album and is set to go on tour with country artist Brad Paisley.
Listen and decide for yourself. Do you think she’s as talented a singer as she is a dancer? Or should she stick to her day job?
DWTS’ Sabrina Bryan and Mark Ballas No Longer a Couple
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Television, Break-ups, Rumors,
Just a week after rumors started circulating about Mario Lopez and Karina Smirnoff, we’re now learning of another Dancing with the Stars split.
Dancer Mark Ballas confirmed to Us Weekly that he and Sabrina Bryan are no longer a couple off the dance floor. The two started dating last season when they were partnered for the show’s fifth season.
Although the former pair didn’t perform on last night’s results show (maybe things would have been a bit too awkward?), Ballas claims he is still friends with the Cheetah Girl.
So how about Mark’s roommate, Derek Hough? Will he be able to drag out his relationship with Shannon Elizabeth for that much longer? I think we’d have better odds of seeing Shannon actually produce some hip action.
Us Weekly
Dancing with the Stars Couple Calls It Quits
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Music, Television, Break-ups, Rumors,
UPDATE: Karina Smirnoff is now denying People’s report about a supposed break-up. Maybe they just haven’t done it yet. Meanwhile, you can read about another DWTS split here.
It seems like someone is now free to pursue another Mario…
After nearly 1 1/2 years together, former Dancing with the Stars partners Mario Lopez and Karina Smirnoff have called it quits. The two - who competed together during the fall of 2006 - eventually placed second that season behind Cheryl Burke and Emmitt Smith.
Although the two moved in together last year, the couple have been spending a great deal of time apart recently. While Karina has been participating on DWTS’ Season 6, Lopez has been starring in a Broadway revival of A Chorus Line. He will also conveniently appear on the ABC show’s 100th episode next week. (I’m sure it was quite awkward backstage during that pre-taped performance.)
Up until recently, Karina and her current Mario have had to fend off rumors about a possible romance. (They said she already had a boyfriend.) What will their excuse be now?
People
DWTS’ Shannon Elizabeth and Derek Hough a Real-Life Couple
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Television, Hook-ups, Rumors,
If you found yourself questioning all of the back rubs Shannon Elizabeth has been giving Derek Hough lately, you can now put your mind at ease. Based on these pics from People, it appears the Dancing with the Stars partners are also a couple off-camera.
Now that moment she sat on his lap last week doesn’t seem quite as wrong…
People
DWTS Celebrity Updates: Laila Ali, Sara Evans
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Music, Sports, Television, Engagements, Pregnancies, Where Are They Now?,
Mirror ball, schmirror ball. Two former participants of Dancing with the Stars have had much better things to celebrate in the past few weeks.
In an upcoming issue of Essence magazine, Laila Ali reveals that she will soon have an entirely new role to master. The professional boxer - and Season Four competitor - is now becoming a mom.
Laila, 30, married former NFL player Curtis Conway last July, just a few months after her dancing run ended. Although this will be the couple’s first child together, Conway, 37, already has two sons and a daughter.
Pregnant or not, Ali is still expected to return as co-host of American Gladiators this summer.
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Julianne Hough Saving Herself for That Special Person
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Music, Television, Engagements, Rumors,
Anyone who still believes that Julianne Hough had some part in Helio Castroneves’ broken engagement may think differently after hearing this news: she is still a virgin.
The Dancing with the Stars professional has been bogged down with rumors ever since she was paired up with her first athlete, Apolo Ohno. Now the dancer, who is recording her first country album (don’t confuse her with Jessica Simpson, who is also doing the same), is opening up to CosmoGIRL!.
The blonde beauty says that she has made the (admirable) choice to wait until marriage; she believes that decision will only help to “strengthen that relationship.” Wondering why Hough broke off her own engagement last year? She felt she was simply too young.
You’re only 19 years old. I think “young” would be an understatement.
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