Louie Vito, Chelsie Hightower
Len Goodman can tell Louie Vito how to dance, but he can't tell him how to wear his hair.
"Some people like it and some people don't, but I'm not going to change it," the Dancing with the Stars contestant tells TVGuide.com. "I'm not going to cut my hair and have everyone see how bad it looks short! I'm going to save these luscious locks."
After impressing the crowd with a respectable foxtrot on Monday's season premiere, the snowboarding Olympic hopeful got an earful from the head judge about his shaggy mop of hair and its lack of ballroom-appropriateness. For the record, Vito, who will perform the jive this week, just had it "trimmed." And if you ask ...
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The CW
The CW has added another reality show to its lineup with the new docu-series Fly Girls, the network announced Wednesday. Teaming up with Virgin America, Fly Girls will follow the lives of five flight attendants from the airline. The series will debut midseason.
See what other shows will be on midseason
"This show is about real, down-to-earth young women who happen to have landed in an exceptionally glamorous, high-flying career filled with exotic locations and handsome strangers," says CW programming exec Kristen Vadas.
In eight half-hour episodes, Fly Girls will also detail...
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Simon Cowell
Simon Cowell's new deal with Fox could bring Britain's The X Factor to American TV.
Cowell, who is in the final year of his current American Idol contract, has been open about wanting to bring his British hit stateside, according to The Hollywood Reporter. His existing contract would not allow it.
Check out photos of Cowell on Idol
If a new contract is agreed upon, Cowell could executive-produce X Factor for Fox and also be locked in to Idol through the 2011-12 season. Cowell is reportedly expected to earn $50 million a season on Idol, as well as another $50 million for each cycle of X Factor.
News: Simon Cowell Near Deal for Three Years of Idol
It's unclear if Cowell
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Kevin Skinner, America's Got Talent
Who's the most talented man in the country? Americans believe it's a singing chicken farmer from Kentucky.
Kevin Skinner was crowned the winner of America's Got Talent Wednesday night, and, predictably, the country singer-songwriter says it's a moment he won't soon forget. "That's a feeling I've never experienced before, and probably won't ever experience again," Skinner says. "It's just an awesome feeling you just want to hang on to as long as you can."
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Skinner described himself as a "working class guy trying to do whatever it takes to get by like everybody else" He said he thinks that helped him connect with viewers. What he didn't know was whether he had enough fans to pull off the win ...
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Alexandra White
Most contestants enter the Biggest Loser ranch hoping to shed pounds and gain a healthy lifestyle. Alexandra White was eliminated after just one week on campus, but left 13 pounds lighter and with a new crush on fellow competitor Antoine Dove — one that's developed into dating.
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Patrick Swayze
Dancing with the Stars will pay tribute to Patrick Swayze during its Sept. 23 results show.
See Swayze's life in pictures
Swayze, who died Monday after an extended battle with pancreatic cancer, lent a hand to the ABC reality juggernaut during its first season, teaching contestant John O'Hurley a few moves in rehearsal. The Dirty Dancing star also attended ...
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Big Brother 11
Warning: The following story contains spoilers about the outcome of Big Brother 11.
After a summer of cookie dough-eating, dragonfly-dodging, banana suit-wearing and microphone-destroying fun, America's biggest guilty pleasure reality show has crowned a new winner.
In the season finale of Big Brother 11, southern belle underdog Jordan defeated Kevin to win the final head of household competition to ensure a spot in the finals. Jordan then evicted Kevin, leaving only herself and Natalie to face the jury of evicted houseguests. (Viewers also got to vote as the would-be seventh juror, Chima, was expelled from the game earlier in the season for breaking production rules.)
After deliberating, the jury chose ...
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Susan Boyle
America's Got Talent didn't find its Susan Boyle this season, so the show is flying her in for the season finale.
Boyle, who took the Internet and the British version of the NBC talent competition by storm earlier this year, will perform on the show's Sept. 16 finale. The appearance will mark the songstress' first trip to the U.S.
Although Boyle came up just short of winning Britain's Got Talent, she gained worldwide fame when a clip of her singing "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Miserables became a viral sensation. She will release her debut album ...
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Ellen DeGeneres
American Idol's Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi are both excited to welcome Ellen DeGeneres to the judges' table this season.
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"We're all friends with Ellen, and Ryan [Seacrest] and I are pretty close with her. She's just mad cool," Jackson told People. Jackson also said the talk show host/funnywoman is right to suggest that she will be the ...
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Julie Chen
Good news, Big Brother lovers: CBS has ordered a 12th season of the voyeuristic reality show to air next summer.
Check out photos from Big Brother 11
The current season, which wraps up with a live two-hour finale on Sept. 15, is up 11 percent in viewers from last summer. The show also continues to be a powerhouse online, as video streams of the show were up 94 percent from a year ago, and a record 11.6 million users logged on to vote for this season's coup d'etat power.
The show ...
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