Maksim Chmerkovskiy by Jean Baptiste Lacroix/ WireImage.com
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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Things on the Dancing with the Stars dance floor get hot, but is the romantic beat going after-hours for Mario and partner Karina Smirnoff? The NY Post is reporting that the pair were seen smooching (!!) outside the Four Seasons hotel in L.A. A source says, "They were making out by the valet with their hands all over each other, and he was whispering in her ear. It was around midnight, so there weren't many people around."Smirnoff, who is publicly dating her former DWTS partner, Mario Lopez, denies the rumor. Her rep says that the two "have a completely professional relationship." Mario's rep also denied the claim, telling Us, "This did not happen." Mario, however, has hinted at his attraction to Karina, as well as at his view of Dancing as a potential hotbed for intra-cast hooking up. In this Mega Minute video, he talks about his fondness for Karina (at the 1:30 mark) as well as DWTS' propensity for backstage hookups (2:10):What do you think of the rumor? Is Mario and Karina's on-c...
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Stirring up so much confusion that the paps didn't know which way to shoot, Adrian Grenier joined them on Thursday to hunt down the likes of Eva Longoria, Mario Lopez and Brooke Shields. Ostensibly on the prowl for footage for his alleged, upcoming Untitled Paparazzi Documentary, Grenier got on the other side of the camera to join the throngs of photogs in West Hollywood. The scene, from the looks of clips on ET, was comical, and Grenier got laughs from Longoria and Shields.At one point, Grenier got serious with his temporary coworkers who were photographing him, saying, "You guys are distracting me. I'm trying to find celebrities." His doc, according to several databases, purports to "study the relationship between celebrities and the paparazzi and how they can't survive without each other." Paparazzi of course need their subjects, but could the celebs survive, really? More to the point, could you? — Anna Dimond
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Saved by the Bell's Slater is now Zach. Mario Lopez, who a short while back learned a thing or two on Dancing with the Stars, will be calling the shots as choreographer Zach when he joins A Chorus Line on April 15. "Every actor dreams about appearing on a Broadway stage," the New York Daily News quotes Lopez as saying. "I have as well, and have been searching for the right time and opportunity." Lopez is booked for a five-month run. — Matt Mitovich
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Randy Jackson Presents: America's Best Dance Crew has been set for a Thursday, Feb. 7, 10 pm premiere on MTV. (A casting special airs Jan. 26 at 2 pm.) Mario Lopez, JC Chasez and Shane Sparks will serve as judges.... Donald Trump: The E! True Hollywood Story premieres Jan. 19 at 6 pm/ET.... Attack of the Show hosts Kevin Pereira and Olivia Munn will take viewers on a VIP tour of the 2008 Adult Entertainment Expo convention in a G4 special airing Sunday at 10 pm.
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Justin Bruening by Chris Haston/NBC Photo
Here's a roundup of winter and spring TV-movies and specials to keep in mind when seeking out alternative, strike-time programming:Husband for Hire | Jan. 19, at 8 pm/ET, OxygenA single woman (Nadine Velazquez) has 24 hours to find a husband in order to inherit her share of the family fortune. Mark Consuelos, Erik Estrada and Mario Lopez costar.Daniel's Daughter | Jan. 26, 9 pm, Hallmark ChannelLaura Leighton (Melrose Place) plays a woman who realizes how much she has in common with her late father when she fulfills his last wish.The Russell Girl | Jan. 27, 9 pm, CBSAmber Tamblyn (Joan of Arcadia) stars as an aspiring med student who returns home to confront her difficult past.Bernard and Doris | Feb. 9, 8 pm, HBOEccentric billionaire Doris Duke (Susan Sarandon) hires penniless Irish butler Bernard Lafferty (Ralph Fiennes) and then leaves him her fortune in this fictional tale based on true events.The 50th Annual Grammy Awards | Feb. 10, 8 pm, CBSRapper Kanye West and troubled souls...
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Helio Castroneves and Julianne Hough by Carol Kaelson/ABC
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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According to the New York Post, Mark Cuban wants his fellow former hoofer to put up his dukes. "We're talking to Mario [Lopez]... to put together a celebrity mixed-martial-arts program where celebs beat the heck out of each other," says the moneybags Dancing with the Stars reject. Cuban's even willing to trade a few blows himself, with nemesis Donald Trump. "Donald always picks on people, and a lot of them aren't in a position to stand up to him," Cuban notes. "When I stand up to him, I am standing up for all the people who are afraid to. He's all show and no go." — Ben Katner
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Kelsey Grammer and wife Camille
A gold trophy isn't the only prize this year's winners will take home during Emmy week. Promotional gifting suites are already in full swing all over Tinseltown. We crashed the hottest parties from Rodeo Drive to the Hollywood Hills to give you a sneak peak at where TV's biggest stars spend their downtime before the big night. Sonya Dakar Emmy Beauty Boot Camp: I spy Paula Abdul batting her eyes after Ja'maal Buster of Fab'Lous Lashes applied lash extensions to her peepers. The American Idol judge loved the results so much that she scheduled another appointment for Emmy night.... Becki Newton breezed in and out of the Chi hairstyling suite between her GQ cover shoot and a table reading for
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The original U.K. version of The Office is now and for the first time being offered through Netflix and Vuze.com.... Extra's Mario Lopez will host the Miss Teen USA 2007 pageant, airing live on NBC Aug. 24.... Melanie "Scary Spice" Brown, who birthed Eddie Murphy's daughter in April, secretly wed beau Steven Belafonte in June, it has been uncovered.... Bruce Willis' new mystery honey has been ID'd by Page Six as 1998 Playmate of the Year Karen McDougal. Oh, how the ladies love the chrome dome!
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