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Birth Name:Carson Wayne Newton

Birth Place:Roanoke, Virginia, United States

Profession Singer, actor

Dancing's Cheryl Burke "Reaching New Heights" with Rick Fox

After 10 seasons on Dancing with the Stars, Cheryl Burke still experiences firsts. "This season is the first time, I have to say, that I know all the celebrities," she tells TVGuide.com. "I didn't have to Google anyone!" Burke has had to brush up on the majority of her partners — including former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, Chad Ochocinco, Emmitt Smith, Maurice Greene — save for Ian Ziering, Wayne Newton, and now, basketball star-turned-actor Rick Fox. "I knew who Rick Fox was. Aren't you proud of me?" Burke says. But the Dancing pro has bigger things to worry about this season than her partner's resume.

Thu, Sep 16, 2010

Dick Clark to Be Honored at Daytime Emmys

The Daytime Emmys will feature a tribute to American Bandstand and Dick Clark. Cher, Barry Manilow, Jay Leno and Simon Cowell are among the stars that will help salute Clark, who hosted Bandstand from...

Fri, May 28, 2010

WE TV Taps Joan Rivers, Wayne Newton for New Series

Joan Rivers and Wayne Newton are just two of the new faces coming to WE TV's new slate of programming, which the cable channel announced Tuesday. Rivers will star alongside her daughter, Melissa Rivers, in the reality series Mother Knows Best. The show, set to premiere later this year, will follow the elder Rivers as she moves in with her daughter, her...

Wed, Mar 31, 2010

On Tour with Dancing with the Stars: An Emotional Finale

Oh, what a long, strange trip it's been — 37 cities, 250 costumes and more than 200,000 rhinestones. But finally, Sunday at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, it was time for the Dancing with the Stars tour to come to an end. "It's bittersweet but I'm happy to go home," Cheryl Burke said after she joined the cast and a few crew members for their final pre-performance cheer. "I'm going to miss everyone," added Edyta Sliwinska. "I'm just really excited to sleep in my own bed." But first there was a show to do. And what's a final show without a few surprises? The first non-scripted moment of the evening came when the entire crew joined the dancers on stage to dance the twist. Derek Hough was mid-move when he caught a glimpse of the crew, all dressed in black, doing the moves behind him and pointed out the impromptu dance party to his partner, who quickly burst into a smile. It was the first of

Mon, Feb 11, 2008

Dancing Tour: A Perennial Pro and Mr. Las Vegas Join Up on the Road

This will be the third national tour for one of Dancing with the Stars' most popular pros, Cheryl Burke. Even before the fifth season ended at the end of November, the two-time champ started tour rehearsals and then packed up to hit the road again — without a single day off. There was just one fly in the ointment: A health scare the night before the tour's big opening night in Seattle on December 18th. After cramping on stage during final run-throughs, Burke was rushed to a Seattle emergency room and diagnosed with possible appendicitis. Thankfully, it wasn't. And after getting cleared by her family doctor, Burke is back on tour and in winning form. To be accurate, maybe the tour should be called "SoftScrub Presents Dancing — and Singing — with the Stars." Because Las Vegas legend

Mon, Dec 31, 2007

Newton Keeps Dancing Despite Pneumonia Scare

If youre wondering what makes a legend, consider this: The morning after Wayne Newton was voted off Dancing with the Stars, "I was diagnosed with pneumonia," he says. "I spent about a week going through all kinds of physical tests with my personal doctor, [famed heart surgeon] Dr. Michael DeBaky  not for heart stuff, just breathing stuff. I've had asthma my whole life, but I hadnt had an attack in maybe 20 years."Newton's close call spooked fellow contenders. After she collapsed on air  also from breathing problems  Marie Osmond says, "All I could think was, 'That could have been Wayne.' I was so worried about him."Newton, though, is made of tough entertainer stuff, and as such looks forward to not only returning for the DWTS finale, but also the national tour kicking off in mid-December. Toward that goal, this week he says he will seek "a clean bill of health from my doctors."  Reporting by Deborah Starr Seibel

Wed, Nov 14, 2007

Dancing with the Stars' 37-City Tour

See your favorites, if not up close, certainly in person: Dancing with the Stars celebs and their professional partners will twirl their way through 37 North American cities on a winter tour starting Nov. 18. Wayne Newton, Marie Osmond, Sabrina Bryan, Karina Smirnoff, Drew Lachey, Joey Lawrence, Monique Coleman, Cheryl Burke, Edyta Sliwinska, Kym Johnson, Mark Ballas, Jonathan Roberts, Derek Hough, Alec Mazo, Brian Fortuna and others will kick off the traveling event, SoftScrub® Presents Dancing with the Stars, at Key Arena in Seattle, Washington. The third Dancing with the Stars tour features a rotating cast of popular competitors, in new combinations: Dancers from previous seasons will trip the light fantastic with those from the current season. New pairs include Wayne Newton with Cheryl Burke, Marie Osmond with Jonathan Roberts, and Sabrina Bryan with Mark Ballas; Season 3's Joey Lawrence with Edyta Sliwinska and Monique Coleman; professional dancers Derek Hough, Alec Mazo ...

Wed, Nov 7, 2007

Backstage at Dancing with the Stars: What Happens When the Cameras Stop Rolling?

When the cameras stop rolling, the brave smiles disappear. Want to know how the dancers are really feeling about their performances on Dancing with the Stars? Watch closely for the first five minutes after the audience files out — when family and friends surround them on the dance floor — and you see things that would make a grown man cry. There's Jennie Garth, so disappointed in the tail end of her lovely performance — especially after working so hard to get it right — being held by her husband, actor Peter Facinelli, who kisses her gently, over and over, on her forehead and on the tip of her nose. He speaks quietly in her ear as she nods, wiping away the tears. "I'm so disappointed that I didn't make that last move," she says later. "It was a great finale to the dance and we worked so hard on it. And it's embarras

Tue, Oct 2, 2007

Backstage at Dancing with the Stars: Let's Hear It for the Boys!

If you were watching closely on Monday night, you saw 12 new stars make their grand entrances down the twin curving staircases — and two of them tripping. And it wasn't the women having trouble with their long gowns and high heels: It was All My Children star Cameron Mathison and Las Vegas legend Wayne Newton. "I think they're terrified of the women," said Dancing with the Stars executive producer Conrad Green the next morning. "I think the men's knees went to jelly when they walked out. So many people are cocky before they enter the ballroom. But it's actually quite intimidating." So the season is fast shaping up like this: The women are stronger dancers than the men. "The women are just fierce, says model

Wed, Sep 26, 2007

Dancing with the Stars Preview: The Wayne Newton Q&A

Ask the legendary Wayne Newton, aka "Mr. Las Vegas," if — at age 65 — he's lost his mind by signing on to a grueling dance marathon like Dancing with the Stars and he doesn't miss a beat: "Listen," says Newton, "I think I've been out of my mind for so long that if I didn't make as much money as I do, they'd have put me in a rubber room a long time ago." Crazy or not, Newton has watched the show faithfully since Season 1. "My wife insisted," he says, laughing. And he had an even better reason to be glued to the set after the show's producers came to him a year ago and asked him to help fill their dance card. "The first time, I just laughed and said I couldn't do it," he says. "I wasn't mentally in a place where I was ready to apply myself to that kind of workout on a daily basis. I've worked my entire life — doing two sh

Wed, Sep 12, 2007