ABC has detailed its plan to mark Dancing with the Stars' 100th episode on Tuesday, May 6, and it involves the return of several familiar faces (and their respective feet, too). Not only will Mario Lopez perform a number from A Chorus Line with Macy's Stars of Dance, and not only will Season 5 champs Apolo Anton Ohno and Julianne Hough serve up a dance-floor encore, but Maksim Chmerkovskiy — who bowed out of participating in Season 6 — will reunite on the parquet with former celeb partner Mel B.Fans can also expect drop-bys from Sabrina Bryan, Joey Fatone, Master P. (!), Jerry Rice, Jane Seymour, Jerry Springer and Wayne Newton. — MWM
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Apolo Anton Ohno danced around the competition at the short-track speedskating world championships this weekend in Gangneung, South Korea. The former Dancing with the Stars victor won gold in the 500 meters, silver in the 1,000, and bronze in the 3,000. Those performances gave him enough points to capture the overall title for the first time in his career.
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In a final tune-up before the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, Apolo Anton Ohno won a World Cup race Sunday. The Dancing with the Stars champion — and five-time Olympic medalist — took first in the 1,000-meter race at the Utah Olympic Oval in Kearns. On Saturday he skated to a bronze in the 1,500 meters. Ohno and the U.S. team will next race at the world championships, March 7-9 in Gangneung City, South Korea....NHL legend Wayne Gretzky, now serving as head coach of the Phoenix Coyotes, will wear a microphone as part of Versus' coverage of Monday's game against the Dallas Stars (Feb. 11, 7 pm/ET). “We are thrilled to be able to offer our viewers an insider’s look at the sport with on-the-bench commentary from one of the greatest NHL talents as he interacts with his players and coaches throughout the game," says Versus coordinating producer Mike Baker....Jimmie Johnson is picking up where he left off last season. On Sunday the two-time NASCAR champio...
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He mastered the paso doble, but now Dancing With the Stars champ Apolo Anton Ohno is getting back to what he does best: speed skating. Ohno, who won DWTS last spring, is set to compete at the U.S. Senior Short Track Championships in Kearns, Utah, this weekend. "I basically took two full summers off," Ohno tells the Salt Lake Tribune. "Not a good idea for any athlete. But the transition has been going well. I'm excited about this competition. I haven't raced for quite a long time, and it's about time."Ohno won five Olympic medals (including two gold) at the 2002 and 2006 Winter Games. This weekend he'll try to skate his way onto the U.S. team for the World Cup and world championships later this winter.
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I don’t know about you, but I got my wish Tuesday night. Boiled down to three words: Anyone. But. Marie. Seriously folks, if Dancing with the Stars’ trophy had gone to Marie Osmond the underdog — or rather, underdoll, as I like to think of her after Monday’s bizarre freestyle nondance that would have been better suited for the Island of Misfit Toys — I might even have joined the legions of disgruntled fans who tend to declare "I’m never watching again" after each cycle when their favorite doesn’t win.And then, of course, they return the following season, because once hooked on this deliriously entertaining reality contest, few can resist the spectacle of watching B-list celebs put on their dancing shoes with varying degrees of nerve, style and success. New stars tend to emerge from this process, and few have blazed with such effortless charm than the eventual winner, Helio Castroneves, whom I’d bet very few outside of my Indy-500-obsessed fami...
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