This week we're in Suffield, Connecticut to pay a visit to the Hill Family. Known to local admirers as the "family choir," the 13 Hill family members — William and Catherine along with their sons, daughters, nieces and nephews — have motivated friends and neighbors with their musical talents, academic achievements and selfless generosity. Cramped living conditions and sorely needed electrical, plumbing, roof and other home repairs have continued to take a backseat to helping those in need and providing a good education for the children. Five of the Hill siblings and cousins living at home are college students, and the family also scrimps and saves to provide medical treatment and care in their home for cousin Shamia, who received a kidney transplant from daughter Sonia...
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Jamie Kennedy
Hello,
We hope you enjoyed last week's episode, "See No Evil." Wasn't Sally Stitch spooky? It took our make-up department an hour to glue those stitches onto our actors. Now that's dedication to the craft! The cliff-hanger with the little girl at the end will have a lot of significance to Melinda in the near future. Stay tuned!
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Jennifer Love Hewitt
Thank you all for helping make our season premiere a great success! We've read your messages on the boards and we're so glad to hear that you enjoyed and were pleasantly surprised by the first episode! "Birthday Presence" was directed by Jennifer Love Hewitt — she is one of the few triple threats in Hollywood (actor, director, executive producer) at this time. We don't believe there has been an actor to wear all three hats on a drama since the late Michael Landon with Little House on the Prairie. It's quite a daunting task to undertake, but Love handled it effortlessly. Then, wait until you see what we've got lined up for the 100th episode (which she also directs)! We promise, this is just the beginning.
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Maksim Chmerkovskiy
Hi everyone,
Welcome to my blog! I'm excited to share my thoughts and stories with you this season. First, thanks to everyone who has voted for Debi and me. We are working hard every day. Our next dance is the samba and it's going great! I think she's finally getting the hang of all of this. It's a hard dance and requires a lot of precision, but at the same time, it's a lot of fun. I think Debi will do a great job. She did a wonderful tango last week and she's getting better and better, and I love that. That's what the show's all about — improving every week.
Last week, we were in the bottom two. I don't know what happened. I don't think about that. Everybody has their fan base and maybe hers is smaller. We're doing our ...
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This week finds us in Greene County, Mo. where Chris and Niki Hampton were happily living in a 792 sq. ft. house with their 9-year-old son Dakota and 6-year-old daughter Hannah (cramped but content). Then, the Hamptons got a phone call from Social Services. Niki's sister's four children had been taken by the state, and Chris and Niki had one hour to decide whether they could take in their nieces and nephews, or let them go to a foster family. They knew immediately that they had to take in Jacob, Lexi, Kira and Gage. Though they weren't sure how eight people could squeeze into the tiny one-bedroom, one-bathroom house, the Hamptons knew that they needed to take those kids in, or they would lose them into the system where they'd likely be separated. This week is about following through with their wish to keep those kids together, safe and create one big family unit.
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Mark Dacascos and Lacey Schwimmer
For those of you who voted for couple No. 3, thank you for helping Lacey and I make it to the next week of Dancing with the Stars. For those of you who voted for other couples, thank you for supporting the show.
Stepping on to the stage for our premiere dance reminded me of how I felt when I was about to jump out of a plane for the first time (I've done two tandem free-falls from 12,000 ft.). It was a surreal mixture of terror and utter joy. My blood was pumping so hard in my head it was difficult for me to hear the band.
Deep breath, exhale, smile.
We began our cha-cha in sync and with energy. We had an immediate connection with the audience. All was going well until the beginning of the last third of our routine, when, for whatever reason, I blanked out.
Yes, I totally forgot ...
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Jennifer Love Hewitt and David Conrad
We are so excited that the Season 5 Premiere of Ghost Whisperer is finally here! In celebration, Ghost Whisperer is launching our largest interactive project to date with the music video "Ghost Magic" featuring Keaton Simons' popular song "Without Your Skin." The video uses various symbols related to the spirit world and the show that appear in the video as magic tricks performed by the ghost magician. Additionally, viewers can reveal hidden ghostly surprises that are also interactive components of the ghost magic story. We hope you'll check it out and let us know what you think! Special thanks to our friends at GMC Acadia for making this video possible!
We want you to be a part of Melinda and Jim's special delivery day! At the moment in the season premiere when the newborn is ...
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Mark Dacascos
Aloha!
I'm Mark Dacascos.
For the "foodies" out there, you may know me as "The Chairman" of the Food Network show, Iron Chef America.
If you're a fan of action movies, perhaps you've seen me in a French film with Monica Belucci titled, Brotherhood of the Wolf, or fighting against Jet Li in Cradle 2 the Grave. I've also starred in the Capoeira film, Only the Strong, the martial arts movie, Drive, and the TV series, The Crow: Stairway to Heaven.
If none of those shows sound familiar, no worries. Maybe the next one will: Dancing with the Stars.
I am one of the very fortunate people to have been invited to be a contestant on DWTS. I am ecstatic, and grateful. I'm also very, very ...
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Ghost Whisperer
Here we go!
We've made it to final episode for Season 4 we kick off Season 5. Believe it or not, we're still putting finishing touches on our premiere episode, but should have it all locked up at the beginning of next week. Yikes!
In our season premiere, you will be personally introduced to Melinda and Jim's new baby at the moment the baby is put into Melinda's arms. At that moment, Melinda and Jim will send, online, to all their Ghost Whisperer friends, a customized baby announcement with fabulous photos and details about their precious new gift. To receive this ...
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Mike Senese
What would you do to save a 50-inch HD plasma TV from falling 55 feet onto a bed of 6-foot tall steel spikes? Not to mention that the TV is being blasted by flamethrowers until the rope it's hanging from breaks, causing the fall? Start coming up with some ideas, because that's this week's challenge on Catch It Keep It, where three builders race the clock to build something that can stop their prize from being completely annihilated.
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