"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 ...
read more
Dancing with the Stars contestant Brooke Burke sustained a foot injury following a Sunday rehearsal, People reports. She and partner Derek Hough were camera blocking a fast-paced routine when she did a front-flip and came down hard on her right foot. Burke applied ice to keep the swelling down, but visited Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for X-rays on Monday as a precaution and was diagnosed with a severe bruise.
"She's a little sore, but she rehearsed today and she feels ready to dance tonight," an ABC rep said.
read more
Brooke Burke, the host of CBS' Rock Star: Supernova, had a baby boy on Wednesday, according to People. The child is the second for Burke and fiancé David Charvet, who previously starred on Baywatch, and the first son for Burke. In addition to the new baby, the pair has a 1-year-old daughter, Rain, together, and Burke has two other children with ex-husband Garth Fisher.Burke and Charvet announced their engagement — and their little rock star on the way — in August. In the spirit of her pregnancy, Burke recently launched a website with products for other expecting moms, called Baboosh Baby, which hawks "tauts," belly wraps that she says help get ladies' bellies back into shape once they've given birth. Even hetero expecting dads might like the site: Burke models all the tauts herself. — Anna DimondRelated:• It's a Rock Star: Superbaby!
read more
The View host phoned the talk show yesterday to reveal the name of her newborn son: Taylor Thomas Hasselbeck. So not Dubya after all, huh? Another office pool lost.... Rock Star ringleader Brooke Burke and her fiancé, Melrose Place alum David Charvet, are expecting a son — their second child together and Burke's fourth overall — this spring, People reports. — Ben Katner
read more
Rock Star: Supernova hostess-with-the-mostest Brooke Burke gave birth on Monday to her and fiancé David Charvet's first child together, a daughter named Heaven Rain Charvet. (See, now that's a pretty name, Hollywood.) Burke has two other daughters with ex-husband Garth Fisher.... Melissa McCarthy, aka Gilmore Girls' Sookie, is expecting her first child with actor hubby Ben Falcone in May, says People.
read more
