Monthly Archives: April 2009

Ox Notes: April 7, 2009

If you haven’t been watching the Yahoo! Buzz Session coverage of Dancing with the Stars this season, check out this week’s analysis of the performances. Joey Lawrence’s jealousy of Gilles Marini is hilarious, as exemplified in Joey’s dissing of Gilles’ shirtless Paso Doble. Diane Mizota is a great co-host for calling Joey out on it.

Access Hollywood, ET and The Insider had cameras backstage after last night’s DwtS Performance Show. Us and OK! caught up with cast members as well.

MOIB reader OxPal sent me a link to an interview with DwtS costume designer Randall Christensen, who talked about the challenges of creating costumes for a live TV show.

I’m cutting today’s Ox Notes a little short, because my cold-and-flu medicine is kicking in, hard. I’ve been overcome by the urge to find the nearest Pink Floyd laser show.

DwtS 8, Week 5: Performances

For a fifth week in a row, Gilles Marini & Cheryl Burke topped the Dancing with the Stars leaderboard. And Steve-O learned the hard way that no one likes mimes.

Gilles Marini & Cheryl Burke — 29

Shawn Johnson & Mark Ballas — 26

Lil’ Kim & Derek Hough — 26

Melissa Rycroft & Tony Dovolani — 25

Chuck Wicks & Julianne Hough — 23

David Alan Grier & Kym Johnson — 22

Ty Murray & Chelsie Hightower — 21

Lawrence Taylor & Edyta Sliwinska — 20

Steve-O & Lacey Schwimmer — 18

It seems like it’s Steve-O’s time to go, but who will join him in the Bottom Two? LT? DAG? Someone who’s not known by his initials?

Ox Notes: April 2, 2009

Finally, the long-awaited sixth season of Project Runway is ready to air. A judge cleared the former Bravo hit to run this summer on Lifetime.

Meanwhile, Bravo revealed the identities of the contestants of its new fashion show, aptly titled The Fashion Show. The series, which debuts on May 7, features a Top Chef-style format, including a mini-challenge and an elimination challenge.

Catching up Dancing with the Stars news, People has a What You Didn’t See report from the set of Tuesday’s Results Show, which was watched by 13 million viewers. And here’s the Yahoo! Buzz Session about Monday’s Performance Show.

If you think dancing six hours a day means that the women of DwtS allow themselves to eat whatever they want, think again. Access Hollywood reports that after a hard day of rehearsal, Shawn Johnson indulges in "a piece of chocolate." How decadent! Given the media outcry Cheryl Burke generated last season after gaining five pounds, I guess I can’t blame them.

Survivor: Tocantins returns to CBS tonight with a brand new episode. The Futon Critic interviewed host Jeff Probst, who says that contestants often forget a truism when developing their strategies: "You cannot change who you are."

The Amazing Race is off this Sunday for the Academy of Country Music Awards. People.com asked Mel & Mike about life after the race, and Mel admitted he’s "getting marriage proposals from every rest home in the country."

On June 2, G4 network will air Steve Wiebe’s attempt to break the Donkey Kong world record at the 2009 Electronic Entertainment Expo live. Wiebe was featured in the 2007 documentary, The King of Kong, a thoroughly enjoyable movie, even if you don’t play video games.

Ox Notes: April 1, 2009

After last night’s Dancing with the Stars double elimination, the cast chatted on camera with Access Hollywood, Entertainment Tonight and The Insider, and off camera with E!, OK! and Us.

People filed a backstage report from Monday night’s DwtS Performance Show, which was watched by 20.2 million viewers.

After the Performance Show, David Alan Grier revealed to Us that he’s already lost 26 pounds. In June, DAG will record a comedy special for TBS at the inaugural Very Funny Festival: Just for Laughs in Chicago.

The cast of DwtS 8 was seen partying with host Tom Bergeron to celebrate his new book, I’m Hosting as Fast as I Can!.

DwtS alum Cloris Leachman recently posed for an ad for PETA, wearing a stunning gown made of cabbage leaves. Good Morning America posted an excerpt from Cloris’s upcoming autobiography online.

In honor of April Fool’s Day, FOX will air clips of its stars playing pranks during tonight’s episodes of Lie to Me and American Idol.

Finally, here’s a clip of Holly Madison & Steve Wozniak’s appearance on last night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live: