The former Cheers star — who has been struggling with the tricky routines she has had to perform over the past few weeks on the celebrity dancing show –and her professional partnerMaksim Chmerkovskiy enlisted the help of the legendary Saturday Night Fever actor, who named himself the ‘Dance Doctor’. Advising the duo to release their “romantic tension”, John then told the 60-year-old actress she needed to reassess her footwear choices, after her high heels flew off midwaltz during her last performance on April 11. “Let’s try a sneaker. I suggest perhaps a high-top,” he said. However, dancing guru John’s visit to Kirstie during rehearsals definitely seemed to improve her confidence levels.
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JOHN Travolta has been called in to assist Kirstie Alley with her Dancing With the Stars moves
“Last week we survived, but I don’t want anyone to have any doubts: I’m in this to win this,” she said. “I want to be the frontrunner!” Before performing her raunchy foxtrot to Lenny Kravtiz’s American Woman on the show last night, Kirstie admitted she was hoping to “create magic” following her visit from ‘The Dance Doctor’ John. “Now that we’ve had a session with ‘The Dance Doctor’, the bad juju is gone and with this dance, we’re going to create magic,” she said. Earning a score of 23 out of a possible 30 for the routine, judge Carrie Ann Inaba praised the duo for their “bold, ambitious and borderline crazy” take on the foxtrot. “That was a different take on a foxtrot, but it absolutely suited you. It was bold, it was am-
Nicolase Cage has returned to work following his arrest in the early hours of Saturday morning The Oscar-winning actor — who was detained for domestic abuse, disturbing the peace and public intoxication after allegedly pushing wife Alice Kim — was said to be “extremely professional” when he arrived on the set of Medallion in New Orleans today, and is “ready” to get back to his job. “He is always extremely professional. He is never late, no tantrums,” a source said. “He is a dedicated actor when he is at work and I don’t think people would hire him so much if he wasn’t. He’s in fine shape and ready to work.” The source added Nicolas was “very excited” about working on some big stunts for the movie — which tells the story of a former
thief who is searching for his missing daughter — in the coming week. The 47-year-old star was “screaming” in the street following the incident, which was caused when he became confused as to which house he was renting in the French Quarter of the city. Local barman Peter Bennett — who lives near the properties — said. “Apparently he had mistaken the house of my neighbors for the other house up the block that he is actually renting. His wife was trying to persuade him from disturbing the elderly couple who do in fact live in that house. “He was running around and screaming in the street.”
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Leonardo DiCaprio and Bar Refaeli have reportedly split up The Inception star and the Israeli-born supermodel — who have been dating for over five years — ended their relationship last week after they both realised neither of them are ready to settle down.
last year. Leonardo, 36, has previously admitted he is unsure if he will ever marry because seeing other people’s failed unions has put him off tying the knot.
“It was amicable, they’re still friends and they are still talking. They just grew apart and went their separate ways,” a source said.
“I don’t know whether I’ll ever get married. I’ve seen too many supposedly happy marriages go down. I’ve been as shocked as anyone,” he said.
“Neither are ready to settle down, and both have busy careers that have been taking them in different directions.” This is not the first time Leonardo and 25year-old Bar have called time on their relationship, they split for six months in 2009 after dating for four years before reuniting
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“No one can look at the marriages of other people and make a judgement. I don’t know the private lives o the actors I work with. I just know if they are good actors or good directors.”
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EVA Longoria is to serve as this year’s grand marshal of the Texas Cavaliers River Parade during San Antonio’s Fiesta, the biggest event of the Alamo City’s social calendar. Around 250,000 people are expected to watch decorated barges from the banks of the San Antonio River downtown. Longoria — famous for her role in Desperate Housewives — told the San Antonio ExpressNews that she “applauds them for taking the tradition and combining it with a philanthropic effort like children’s charities.” The proceeds from the parade will go to over 40 charities, including Longoria’s own Eva’s Heroes. Meanwhile, Eva — who recently finalized her divorce from husbandTony Parker —
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“Desperate Housewives Actress Eva Longoria lined up to serve as Grand Marshal for SA River Parade! has been spending time with Eduardo Cruz, a Spanish pop star and Penelope Cruz’s 25year-old brother. The rumored new couples were “flirty” last month at a cabaret show in Hollywood, according to People magazine. “They seemed to have a good time,” a source said. “They even held hands for a brief moment.” “Eva definitely seems to have moved on from her sad divorce drama,” a source from the Housewives set told People..
Teen Stars need to Follow their own path Says Milano: ACTRESS Alyssa Milano isn’t prepared to offer advice to today’s young stars The star — whose childhood role as Samantha Micelli in the sitcom Who’s the Boss? made her famous — says kids in Hollywood need to follow their own path to be happy. “I don’t really have any advice because I feel like everyone’s on their own path,” she told Parade magazine. “But I will say, in my experience, that to be in a business at a young age is hard in the best of circumstances, and I had the best of circumstances. “My family is amazing and we’re all close and we have been forever. And I think that is basically the thing that saved me from going down the wrong path. But I don’t think that’s unlike what any kid goes through as they’re
growing up. But this business sort of magnifies whatever you would have turned into. “I think that they’re people who struggled as child actors that would have struggled no matter what they chose to do in life.” Milano, 37, also insists she won’t be appearing on a reality TV show. “If there were ever a reality show about my life, it would be pretty boring,” she said. “Twitter is sort of my reality show version of me. Reality TV has a demystifying element that scares me. “The fun part of being in this business for me is about escaping and being able to portray different people.”
Hayden is Happy to Wave Goodbye to Heroes Series, and begins her career in Hollywood The sexy star — who shot to fame playing a high school cheerleader in the supernatural show — says her four year stint on the program laid crucial foundations for her future career as an actress, but is glad to embark on new projects now. “I was 16 when Heroes started, so I grew up on that show. It was my family, and I spent a good chunk of my life there. Those years [between 16 and 20] are the ones where you really change as a person and come into your own,” Panettiere told USA Today. “It’s not that I look down on it. When you can play younger longer, that’s a good thing. But having been on a show for four years where I played a high school girl who had this cheerleader, all-American image, as an actor it was so exciting to play something different. For now I’m happy to
spread my wings as wide as I can. “Having been on Heroes and having died in as many ways as humanly possible, handcuffs are not very strange to wear. And anyway, you can get yourself out of them pretty easily. “When I was in Italy filming Amanda Knox, my best friend was with me and we watched some horror movie. I was very well behaved in my bed until 3 o’clock in the morning. Then I tiptoed into her room and asked, ‘Can I sleep with you?’ I love scaring myself, but…’” Hayden recently gushed about her towering boyfriend Wladimir Klitschko! The actress recalled her first encounter with the heavyweight boxer during an interview with Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa. Hayden and Wladimir met at the launch party of a coffee-table book. “I said, ‘You’re huge!’ Summer 2011 / 39