Ian Ziering by Todd Williamson/WireImage.com
Don’t expect Steve Sanders to drop by West Beverly High or the Peach Pit any time soon.While Jennie Garth, Shannen Doherty — and for a while Tori Spelling — were more than happy to reprise their Beverly Hills 90210 roles on the upcoming spin-off, Ian Ziering is hesitant to return to his famous zip code."It's not really where my career goals are focused right now," Ziering told People. "I'm really looking down the line pretty far and this might be a step backwards."He continued, "You know, Steve Sanders lives on in our hearts and in our minds."But don't think the 44-year-old is wishing any ill will towards the show and his former co-stars' way. In fact, it's quite the opposite."I think that it's fantastic they're trying to recapture some of the excitement that 90210 brought to a decade," he said. "I wish them all the best of luck."Ziering isn't the only former-90210 resident who's reluctant to appear on the CW spin-off. Luke Perry has also ruled out making an appearanc...
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Ian Ziering by Jeff Vespa/WireImage.com
For any families who watched Dancing with the Stars and were sure they could hold their own on the dance floor, now's their chance to prove it. On Feb. 29 at 9 pm/ET, Lifetime's premiering Your Mama Don't Dance, a new reality series in which parents and their kids pair up to compete in nationally televised dance-offs.Given that the show is not only pairing aspiring young dancers with their moms and dads but also promises to "explor[e] the sometimes love/hate... relationship between kids and their parents," we're prepping for major meltdowns coupled with some insane dance moves. Ian Ziering won't be able to compete in this one, but he will be hosting what we imagine to be a combo of DWTS, Fame and every family holiday we’ve ever had. Three celeb judges are TBD. Any guesses so far? — Anna Dimond
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Ian Ziering and Jason Priestly on the set of Side Order of Life
For Beverly Hills, 90210 fans, it doesn’t get much better than this: Two grads of West Beverly High’s Class of ’93 reunite (well, sort of ) on Sunday (9 pm/ET) when Jason Priestley (aka boy-next-door Brandon Walsh) is joined by his old Peach Pit pal Ian Ziering (the affable Steve Sanders) on Priestley’s Lifetime dramedy Side Order of Life. “To reunite implies we have been away from each other, which couldn’t be further from the truth,” says Ziering. “Jason and I are the best of friends. As far as working together, we haven’t had any scenes together so far, but there is something in the works.” Ziering, who’s slated for three
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Jennie Garth
As Ian Ziering struggled mightily to dance his way into fourth place on last season's Dancing with the Stars, there was one fellow cast mate who showed up twice to root him on: Beverly Hills, 90210's Jennie Garth. "I was just determined for him to get a '10,'" says Garth, referring to the top score from the judges. "I know that that was what he was going for. And when he did, I felt like he could go home."
Did she herself feel the pull of the parquet floor? "No!" she says. "I was thinking that there's no way I needed to be out there."
It wasn't like she wasn't asked. Twice before, Dancing's producers had come to her, asking Garth to cut a rug. "But I've been having babies since I
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus by Monty Brinton/CBS; Jason Alexander by Jesse Grant/WireImage.com
Old Christine meets up with an old friend when Jason Alexander guest-stars on an episode of Julia Louis-Dreyfus' CBS comedy this season. Alexander will play a lizard handler for children's parties with whom Christine goes out on a date.... Starting Sept. 23 Ian Ziering guests on three episodes of Lifetime's Side Order of Life, which stars Jason Priestley. Ziering plays Jenny's possible cell-phone mystery man.... Jeremy Davies (Rescue Dawn) has landed a recurring role on ABC's Lost.... The Reporter also says that 18-year-old Steven Christopher Parker is joining ER in the recurring role of a nervous and emotionally fragile intern. Oh boy, someone grab a mop.
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First of all, loving you guys for writing in last week. The world is filled with blogs these days (hell, this site is filled with blogs), so for anyone to read mine, much less reply? I’m feeling very Sally Field. Thanks for liking me!Now, about the 90210-Melrose situation that seems to have erupted. Like Chappy explained with NASA-powered GPS accuracy in the comments, the final two episodes of 90210’s sophomore season introduced Grant Show as Melrose’s Jake Hanson, the dude who taught Drunky McKay "how to surf, ride a motorcycle…pick up girls." And having just finished the second season on DVD, that skill set obviously also included getting with Kelly Taylor, which is what Hanson tries while not building Jackie Taylor and Mel Silver’s wedding pavilion and squinting through his carefully swept-back-but-floppy hair. "I should probably be arrested for thinking what I’m thinking right now," he tells our favorite jailbait. Nothing says romance — or spin...
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• The paparazzi seem to have two new obsessions: Sarah Michelle Gellar, and celebrities with dogs. What begat either of 'em? No offense to Buffy at all, but it's as if they just this past week "discovered" her, or did she suddenly recover from agoraphobia? And Heigl with a dog, Paris with a dog, Duff with a dog.... Do the paps carry a spare Chihuahua in their film bag? • Knock me over with a feather, the Hairspray movie remake/redo/reimagining is getting some 4-star raves, including from the Post. Never underestimate the power of a luminous Michelle Pfeiffer.• Drew is the frontrunner! Ian is the fave! Don't count out Steines! I grow more and more convinced that the person who should ultimately "win" the Price Is Right gig is the overzealous publicist whose leaks helped get him there.• Does Posh ever crack a smile? Sexy gal, but... ever? UPDATE: I have since read that Mrs. Beckham thinks she looks "dorky" when she smiles, and thus (steadfastly) sticks to the "Posh...
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Ian Ziering by Lester Cohen/WireImage.com
According to the New York Daily News, 90210/Dancing with the Stars alum Ian Ziering has gotten a callback from The Price Is Right, where he is among the crop of possibles to follow in Bob Barker's shoes. "He was all jittery" upon hearing the good news, a source tells the tab. "He really, really wants it." The New York Post, meanwhile, hears that ET's Mark Steines and Todd Newton, who have long been in this seemingly endless race, are the two final frontrunners.It may all come down to whether Nat at the Peach Pit gives Ian a good reference.
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Ian Ziering and Cheryl Burke, Dancing with the Stars
We started with 11 couples. Now there are three. And the head judge is jazzed about the finals. "It's going to be magic," Len Goodman said immediately after Tuesday night's results show, which sent Ian Ziering packing. Ziering gave the competition everything he had and wanted to stay in the worst way. But, says Ziering, "It really wasn't so unexpected. There are better dancers out there."
Goodman agrees. It may have been a tight, four-way race to the finish, but Goodman thinks the right three couples made it into the finals. "As much as I loved Ian's performances last night, I think it was justified that he was the one sent home as the weakest dancer. If he had been in Season 1, 2 or 3, he would've been in the finals. But he's come up against three incredible couples."
Goodman has presided over four seasons of
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Apolo Anton Ohno, Dancing with the Stars
It was a jaw-dropping semifinal, the best in the four-season history of ABC's Dancing with the Stars. Apolo Anton Ohno, Laila Ali, Joey Fatone and Ian Ziering on Monday night each pulled off grand finale-quality dances — and earned multiple "10s" from the judges — like it was no big deal to polish two entirely different routines. Plus, the routines themselves were longer: a minute and 15 seconds last week, one minute and 30 seconds this week.
The dances' length is not a question of keeping head judge
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