May 2009 News Archive (Page 6)

We're just a few days away from the finale of Dancing with the Stars.

While fans debate the merits of each remaining tandem - Mark Ballas/Shawn Johnson; Cheryl Burke/Gilles Marini; and Tony Dovolani/Melissa Rycroft - TV Guide Magazine is taking viewers behind the scenes of the hit show.

In its latest issue, the publication highlights all three remaining couples.

Asked about her parents energy, Burke said:

“When the music comes on in rehearsal, he brings it up 50 percent. But then in the live show, the audience feeds him even more energy and I change the way I dance. His adrenaline is off the charts.”

For Melissa and Tony, the issue wasn't adrenaline, but trust.

“We didn’t talk about The Bachelor until after that first rehearsal,” Rycroft said. “But the trust was established very early on—and with dances like the Lindy Hop. Do you know how many times I fell, and he would have me by a pinky toe? I was nowhere near touching the ground.”

Click on the photos below for more backstage images of these stars:

Will Kris Allen or Adam Lambert be crowned the eighth American Idol?

Either way, the show's fourth-ever champion will be on hand to see the results.

On Tuesday night, Carrie Underwood will return to the stage that made her famous to sing her version of Mötley Crüe's "Home Sweet Home."

The beautiful singer will donate a portion of the sales of the “Home Sweet Home” digital single to The Humane Society of the United States, which benefits abused and abandoned animals around the country.

On the next episode of Daisy of Love, everyone's favorite trainwreck wants to know which of her suitors makes the best rock star.

Watch the following sneak peek of this upcoming installment.

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It's a done deal. Laguna Beach grad Kristin Cavallari is coming to The Hills.

Cavallari will indeed be starring in the MTV reality series beginning with the May 31 season finale, where she attends Spencer and Heidi's wedding - also LC's final episode - and reprising her role in 10 episodes this fall.

The 22-year-old budding actress is fully prepared to stir things up, too:

“It’s a TV show,” Kristin Cavallari explains.

“I’m not going into it like, ‘I’m going to make great friendships with these people.’ It’s work! Drama sells. I think that’s why they’re bringing me in.”

More excerpts from Kristin's interview with EW ...

On how The Hills will differ with her than with Lauren Conrad: “I’m a completely different person. I have a lot more energy. I’m more outgoing."

"I’m a little more spontaneous. And she has a boyfriend.”

On rumors of a planned romance between her  and Justin-Bobby (The Hills producers deny this): “I have no idea! [laughs] I don’t think MTV would be like, ‘Oh you’re dating him now. This is your boyfriend.'"

On why she’s coming back: “To get fans excited about me again. When I first started out, I had a celebrity name but I didn’t have the acting skills. If I have some buzz with my name again, I feel like it will only help.”

On introducing Heidi and Spencer: “It’s so funny. I was dating Brody Jenner and Spencer was Brody’s best friend. I knew Heidi when she was friends with Lauren when we were still filming Laguna Beach."

"Heidi was like, ‘Hook me up with someone. I wanna meet a guy.’ Brody and I were kinda like, ‘Well, maybe Spencer?’ We’ll see what happens.’ So we went on a double date and they hit it off right away and now they’re married.”

Following in the naked footsteps of such talented stars as Audrina Patridge and Khloe Kardashian, Bethenny Frankel will soon pose naked in a PETA ad campaign.

According to E! News, The Real Housewives of New York star will bare it all as part of the organization's attempt to stand up for animals in its "I'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur" series of ads.

"I'm unexpectedly not that concerned with body image," Frankel said, when asked about donning her birthday suit in public. "Take me as I am."

Fans of Bethenny Frankel will soon be seeing her in a lot less than this.

Bethenny credits a PETA protest at a Fendi event, which included graphic images of skinned animals, for shaping her newfound opinion on fur.

"I was ignorant," she said. "I felt disgusting... Is a fur-lined jacket or boots really that important?"

Well, it depends. How good do you look in said boots?

Way to go, Teyona Anderson!

The 20-year old New Jersey native, who was pushed by her friends to even try out for America's Next Top Model, was named the winner of the show's 12th cycle last night.

"I come from the little country streets of Woodstown, New Jersey, growing up in the cornfields, playing in the woods with boys, to being America's Next Top Model!" Anderson said about her won. "I've wanted to do this so long, I just wanted to model…That's what I want to do, it's my passion…To win, and my hard work actually paid off…It's amazing...

"I'm so proud of myself, it's ridiculous…like, is this for real?!'"

With the victory, Teyana earns a six-page spread in Seventeen, including its cover shot; a $100,000 contract with CoverGirl Cosmetics; and representation from Elite Model Management.

Danny Gokey has a great voice and a touching personal story.

But his consistently solid, albeit unspectacular, American Idol performances weren't enough to propel the singer into next week's finals; he was eliminated last night.

In the video montage that played at the conclusion of the show, Gokey reflected on his journey (which, sadly, included his wife passing away just weeks before his initial audition):

"It's almost like a fairy tale story.  You read about tragedies, and then you read about the triumph that comes through it - and I'm that person. This whole experience feels like a dream come true.  American Idol has given me a whole new hope for my life."

So, Kris Allen and Adam Lambert will go head-to-head on the finale. Who do you think should win?

It takes a Real Housewife to analyze a series of new, Real Housewives.

With that in mind, Bethenny Frankel of The Real Housewives of New York has started a blog that will detail the happenings across the bridge on The Real Housewives of New Jersey.

The screen is yours, Bethenny...

Teresa seems simple and sweet from the start. She's a flat-chested amateur stage mother with a "built," "gorgeous" husband in construction. Perfect. Let the clichés begin. Her daughter is beautiful and adorable. Over $100K on that horrific furniture? What would Jill Zarin say?

I actually think Dina is very pretty and very attractive. She has a cuteness to her. Daughter Lexi also seems quirky and interesting. We hear Dina talk about her never-present husband of three years. Here's a theme reminiscent of my Countess/Count days.

Also, Dina is a cat person, and I oddly like that she has that bizarre looking feline. Her decor is something for the books. More is more in Jersey, that's for sure: hair, nails, cars and over-the-top gaudy furniture. Got it.

I love Caroline and, oh yes, she is a throwback. She will be the sure favorite. Everyone likes old school, especially the Bravo viewer who isn't familiar with this Italian, family-style way of living.

The lingo, the houses, the Brownstone, the whole thing. I get it. I've seen it and it is real. All we want is real, and on Bravo, honesty is the best policy.

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Jillian Harris says her Bachelor hot tub scene with Jason Mesnick made her dad's jaw drop, but she's not going into detail about what happened.

Calling a query regarding that scene "probably the most inappropriate question ever," the new star of The Bachelorette just isn't gonna go there.

"I'm normally a really open girl about these things, but it's one of those things that anybody can assume that if I had a steamy make-out session with Jason and I went in the hot tub that him and I quote-unquote did it," she said.

"And if that's the case, then we can also assume that every Bachelor and Bachelorette in the history of the show has done it with people."

"I think being a 30-year-old grown woman who is successful in her career and has a great background with great morals and values, people can look at me and who I am as a person and they're entitled to their opinion."

The hookup with Jillian was one of three close encounters Mesnick shared with the final competitors on last season's concluding episodes of The Bachelor.

He eventually said goodbye to Harris first, setting up the season finale in which he chose Melissa Rycroft, only to break up with her for Molly Malaney.

Whatever happened in that hot tub - again, she's not gonna talk about it - Jillian Harris harbors no ill will toward Mesnick or the two other girls.

"I honestly think Jason is a really great guy. Even after he let me go last season, I don't feel like he led me on," she said. "He is going through this process to make sure that he makes the right choices and sometimes a good steamy make-out session with somebody can enlighten you."

Jillian Harris also says she has no problem being the creator's third choice for The Bachelorette (behind Melissa Rycroft and Molly Malaney).

"I was a third choice last season. I know what it feels like; I'm comfortable with that," she joked. "Honestly, I'm just a short little hyper quirky Canadian and I actually don't feel like I fit the mold of the Bachelorette very well."

It happened a week later than many Dancing with the Stars viewers were hoping, but Ty Murray was sent home this week.

And the rodeo standout seemed quite happy with that result.

“I can’t tell you how happy I am,” Murray, alongside partner Chelsie Hightower, told People after the show. “I don’t have to learn any more dances.”

That being said, the husband of Jewel is certainly glad he took a break from riding horses to grooving to the Samba for a few weeks.

“The whole reason I did this show is because it was nice for cowboys to be represented in something so pop culture, and this show did in spades,” Murray said. “For me to be able to do this is a fantastic opportunity. You don’t realize how big something like this is until you’re on a show that 25 million people watch.”

Relive Ty Murray's time on Dancing with the Stars above. Click on each photo to enlarge.