Fame or Famine

April 8th, 2008

Adam Carolla & Marlee Matlin on DWTS: Contrasts in Grace

I will give Adam Carolla props for, well, his props. It’s great to see some circus arts on Dancing With the Stars (come to think of it, anyone remember “Circus of the Stars”? Not as good a concept, apparently).
Still, his actual dancing is clunky, stilted, and you never get the idea that he’s actually doing […]

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April 6th, 2008

Pilobolus at the Oscars

It doesn’t even require talking about - Pilobolus is beyond words. But in another example of pop culture exposing us to the finer arts (see Dancing with the Stars and Alvin Ailey’s Revolutions for another example) here they are at the Oscars…

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April 2nd, 2008

Shannon Sits, but Derek Goes to the Hospital

Perhaps TVGuide spoke too soon. In a review, it suggested that Season 6 of Dancing With the Stars was not going to have the drama of season 5, with family crises and stars fainting. In fact, Derek Hough, professional dancing partner of Shannon Elizabeth, had her sitting on the floor just in case she would […]

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April 2nd, 2008

When Worlds Collide: Alvin Ailey on Dancing with the Stars

This blog is a bit of a balancing act. I try to cover general performing arts, and that’s a wide spectrum; so you end up with one day me talking about plays in London, another day about popular culture like Dancing with the Stars, and another day about the Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre celebrating its […]

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March 26th, 2008

The Short-Lived Dance Career of Penn Jillette

I can’t be right all the time. In fact, apparently in this case I’m not right any of the time - I had thought that Penn Jillette would last longer than Adam Carolla, but it was not to be. Last night in the elimination round of Dancing With the Stars, Penn and his partner Kym […]

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March 25th, 2008

While We’re Poppin’: Gavin Lee Reports on Two Broadway Years

I realize that I may seem a little obsessed about Mary Poppins right now, strange during Dancing With the Stars season, but it is necessary. I’m crestfallen at Penn Jillette’s abysmal scores, his massive feet not as fleet as I’d hoped. There is some satisfaction at Adam Carolla’s similarly abysmal performance, but it doesn’t quite […]

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March 18th, 2008

Gearing Up for Dancing With The Stars

Monday night is when the magic happened: Dancing With the Stars kicked off another season. I missed the premiere, but thanks to Dancewatcher I can catch the highlights. Even more detail is over at TVGrapevine, including profiles of the dancers.
Straight from the Dancer’s Foot
Why settle for second-hand reviews, though? Kristi Yamaguchi is blogging about the […]

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March 6th, 2008

Dancing With The Stars’ Mario Lopez to take the Line on Broadway

Season three finalist Mario Lopez has signed on with A Chorus Line on Broadway. How cool is that? Starting April 15 he’ll be in the non-singing role of Zach, the director, but in the stage version (unlike the movie, where Michael Douglas sat in the audience the entire time) he has to […]

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February 23rd, 2008

Catching up and Errata

What would I do without loyal readers to point out to me the error of my ways (or, at least, my writing):
Danica’s not the first.
“…actually, Janet Guthrie was the first woman to compete in Indy car races, back in the 1970s. See: http://www.janetguthrie.com/biofr.htm”
Thanks, Sandy, for pointing that out. My daughter and I talked about […]

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February 22nd, 2008

Performance Pressure: Danica Patrick says “No” to Dancing with the Stars

Just an amusing little sidenote to set off the morning - Danica Patrick has been a bit of a family hero since she has the same name as my 16 year old daughter. So when she popped up on the Dancing with the Stars radar, I had to take notice.
“It won’t be enough to do […]

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