Dancing with the Stars, Derek Hough, Brooke Burke
"Thanksgiving is going to be just a lot of relaxing and quality family time," Brooke Burke said just moments after being named this season's Dancing with the Stars celebrity champ. "My family gave up a lot for me to do this. They gave up so much mommy time." Burke's pro partner, Derek Hough, similarly was happy to be a winner, yet just as thankful to get a deserved (if brief) time-out. "Dude, Thanksgiving is going to be rest," he declared. "Epson salt bath ... maybe a massage. I have to start rehearsing for the tour on Friday."
Comedian Jeffrey Ross, who as part of Tuesday night's results show pointedly "roasted" his former cast mates, pondered what Burke and Hough could have done better. "Maybe if they had ...
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Dancing with the Stars, Cloris Leachman, Corky Ballas
Here's a sneak preview of the Tuesday night festivities for the season finale of Dancing with the Stars: The three remaining couples will each dance one more dance — their favorite of the season — and will be given one more set of scores from the judges. Those marks will be added to the totals from Monday night and the overall high score will determine who gets to cart off the mirrorball trophy. What else is in store? Read on to find out...
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Julianne Hough and Cody Linley, Dancing with the Stars
She may act like Wonder Woman — returning to the dance floor only two weeks after abdominal surgery to remove her appendix and scar tissue from endometriosis — but it turns out Dancing with the Stars pro Julianne Hough is flesh and blood after all: She had a small scare on Monday night, dancing her last two competitive dances (the paso doble and the salsa) with Hannah Montana star Cody Linley. Read what happened after the jump...
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Lance Bass and Lacey Schwimmer, Dancing with the Stars
Sure, he kept a big smile on his face and got a near-perfect score. But when Lance Bass accidentally kicked off his left shoe doing a high-stepping jitterbug on Monday night's Dancing with the Stars, he panicked. "The only thing I could think of was to fast-forward in my head to all the moves I had to do — and that I had to land on my left foot," says Bass. "I was thinking, 'Do I have to change something so I don't slip and make Lacey [Schwimmer, his pro partner] fall?' Because we had a lot of lifts and this is, like, the worst dance to do with a shoe off." Did his (shoeless) softshoe impress the judges? Read on to find out...
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Cheryl Burke and Maurice Greene
He may not have made it to the Dancing with the Stars finish line, but Olympian Maurice Greene — once known as the fastest man in the world — got huge props Tuesday night from his pro partner, Cheryl Burke. "He's the hardest working partner I've ever had," she says. Read on to hear how Maurice compares his experience to winning Olympic gold...
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Kym Johnson and Warren Sapp, Dancing with the Stars
If timing is everything, then Warren Sapp may be peaking on Dancing with the Stars at just the right moment. He came in a strong second on Monday night, and he did so despite the fact that he's been dancing with a huge disadvantage: He loses a full day of training every week. Read on to see how Warren's disadvantage led to his first big fight with Kym...
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Susan Lucci and Tony Dovolani, Dancing with the Stars
Susan Lucci swears she didn't mind flying back and forth from New York to Los Angeles every week to compete on Dancing with the Stars. It was a grueling schedule that lasted seven long weeks — and often made her cry. "The airplanes were not the problem," she said on Wednesday night, moments after getting her walking papers. "We could lie down on the plane and sleep."
The real fly in the ointment, she says, was her day job. If Lucci could have changed anything about her Dancing experience, "I probably would have asked for a leave of absence ...
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Cody Linley and Edyta Sliwinska, Dancing with the Stars
Cody Linley, the only celebrity in the history of Dancing with the Stars to have to dance with a substitute partner, says he won't know until Wednesday when he'll be able to dance with pro Julianne Hough again. "We just don't know if she'll be up to it this week," he says. In the meantime, read on to see what Cody had to say about Edyta, his replacement partner...
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Tom Bergeron, Samantha Harris, Cloris Leachman and Corky Ballas, Dancing with the Stars
It was another astonishing Cloris Leachman moment. When the cameras stopped rolling on Tuesday night, pro Derek Hough pulled Leachman into his arms and took her for a breathtaking spin around the floor. "Wasn't that brilliant?" Michael "Lord Of The Dance" Flatley asked after the show. "He ran right out, the first one, gave her a kiss and took her for a spin. World-class. Hats off to Derek."
The orchestra kept playing and the crowd gasped as they picked up speed — perhaps wondering why Cloris ...
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Julianne Hough, Dancing with the Stars
Julianne Hough was in fine spirits after Monday night's Dancing with the Stars, smiling for the cameras and optimistic about the arthroscopic surgery she's facing Tuesday to remove ovarian cysts and her appendix. "People who've had this surgery in the past tell me, 'You're gonna...
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