From the ballroom to The Bachelor! Swooning flame-tempered Dancing With the Stars pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy is kicking off his Sunday shoes for a shot at love on reality TV….in the Ukraine. Chmerkovskiy — who left the Ukraine for New Jersey as a young boy — will star in the European nation’s first season of the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Karina Smirnoff’
Karina Smirnoff Engaged To Marry Brad Penny
November 7th, 2010 |
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Well — Maks will not be pleased….. Fleet-footed Dancing With the Stars stunner Karina Smirnoff is engaged to wed engaged to Brad Penny — an MLB player who pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals last season, according to PEOPLE Magazine. The couple actually became engaged on October 4, following Karina’s futuristic foxtrot with Mike “The [...]
Maks Chmerkovskiy Disses The Sitch: “He’s Misrepresting New Jersey!â€
October 2nd, 2010 |
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There’s no love lost between Dancing With The Stars pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy and reality TV’s million dollar man, Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino.Maks — who hopes to hoof his way to victory and the coveted Mirrorball Trophy with singer/actress Brandy this season — is a native of the Ukraine but settled in The Garden State [...]
“Dancing With The Stars†Season 11 Pairings Announced
September 1st, 2010 |
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On Wednesday morning, ABC producers announced pairings for the new season of the network’s hit ballroom dance competition Dancing With The Stars. The professional dancers and their celebrity partners for the 11th season of the ABC competition were unveiled to the world for the first time during an airing of Good Morning America — and [...]
Mario Lopez To Be A Dad! “Saved By The Bell†Alum Expecting Baby With Courtney Laine Mazza
March 10th, 2010 |
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Congrats to Extra host Mario Lopez: The Saved By the Bell alum — who recently adopted a French bulldog — is expecting his first child with girlfriend Courtney Laine Mazza, a Broadway dancer.
“We’re very happy,” the happy couple said in a statement.
The pair met and began dating while working on the Broadway production of A [...]
Karina Smirnoff Cut From “Dancing With The Starsâ€
February 26th, 2010 |
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Karina Smirnoff has been booted from the professional lineup on Dancing With the Stars, E! Gossip Guy Marc Malkin has learned. Instead of burning up the floor with one of this season’s hasbeens, the Ukrainian dancer will instead be serving DWTS behind the scenes as a choreographer when the popular ballroom dancing competition returns for [...]
Backstage Drama Between Exes Maks & Karina Threatens Their Futures On “DWTSâ€
December 2nd, 2009 |
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The ballroom isn’t big enough for both Maks Chmerkovskiy and Karina Smirnoff, according to PopEater’s “Naughty or Nice Column.” There’s obviously no love loss between the once hopelessly devoted pair, but the tension between the bitter former flames has become so toxic that Dancing With The Stars producers are teetering with the idea of showing [...]
Maksim Chmerkovskiy Julianne Hough Dating? Did Julianne Cheat On Chuck With Maks?
November 19th, 2009 |
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Uh-oh….Did tough-talkin’ ballroom aficionado Maksim Chmerkovskiy — who recently ended his engagement to dancer Karina Smirnoff — have anything to do with Julianne Hough’s shocking split from up and coming country crooner Chuck Wicks?
That’s the story one Dancing With The Stars set insider is telling! Chuck reportedly kicked Julianne to the curb after discovering that [...]
Mario Lopez Crushing On Kate Gosselin?
November 12th, 2009 |
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“Call me, Kate!” File this under “Unlikely Couples.”
We hear Mario Lopez has the hots for the Original Reality Octomom, Kate Gosselin! According to a scoop featured in the Nov. 23 issue of GLOBE, the notorious womanizer was spotted flashing his double dimples at the soon-to-be divorcee as the pair laughed and chatted at the 2009 [...]
Aaron Carter “Dancing With The Stars†Elimination
November 11th, 2009 |
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On Tuesday night, Aaron Carter was sent home from the ballroom.
Aaron and his professional partner, Karina Smirnoff, just missed out on next week’s Dancing With The Stars semi-finals round, but managed to gain acclaim from judge Len Goodman, who addressed the pop star with an emotional speech.
“I think the dedication that you have shown week [...]
Maksim Chmerkovskiy And Karina Smirnoff Really Hate Each Other
October 7th, 2009 |
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Never one to mince words, outspoken Dancing With The Stars pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy has revealed that he no longer likes his former fiancee — and fellow DWTS star — Karina Smirnoff.
Well, at least he isn’t bitter…..
Maks and Karina began dating last winter, shortly after her public split from notorious womanizer Mario Lopez. After a nine-month [...]
Aaron Carter Injured Knee “Dancing With The Starsâ€
October 6th, 2009 |
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Has Dancing With The Z-Listers claimed another casuality? Aaron Carter has been injured on the set of ABC’s ballroom reality competition, Dancing With The Stars.
A rep for the singer tells The Insider that the crooner injured his knee this afternoon during rehearsal with his partner Karina Smirnoff. While medics tried icing Aaron’s bum knee, he [...]
Karina Smirnoff PETA Ad (Nude PHOTO)
September 23rd, 2009 |
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Eat your heart out, Maks! Newly-single Dancing With The Stars pro Karina Smirnoff is kicking off her dancing shoes — along with everything else — in a new PETA campaign — “I’d Rather Dance Naked Than Wear Fur” — shot by celebrity photographer Robert Sebree.
The stunning 31-year-old stopped wearing fur after watching footage of baby [...]
Aaron Carter “Chelsea Lately†VIDEO (Sept. 9)
September 10th, 2009 |
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Now that Dancing With The Stars cutie Karina Smirnoff has dismissed series co-star/rebound guy Maksim from the ballroom, do you think her Season 9 partner Aaron Carter stands a shot at love with the petite dancer?
Chelsea Handler sure does!
Maksim Chmerkovskiy Karina Smirnoff Breakup
September 8th, 2009 |
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Dancing With The Stars champions Karina Smirnoff and Maksim Chmerkovskiy won’t be dancing down the aisle in holy matrimony, after all. Karina’s rep tells E! News that the ballroom pros, who spent the summer performing in the Broadway production Burn The Floor, have parted ways after nearly a year of dating.
Smirnoff, 31, and Chmerkovskiy, 28, [...]
“Dancing With the Stars†duo prepare to turn up the heat on B’way
July 25th, 2009 |
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NEW YORK (AP) — Karina Smirnoff (kuh-REE’-nuh SMEER’-nahf) and Maksim Chmerkovskiy (MAKS’-ihm shmehr-KAWF’-skee) have no time to think about their wedding.
They’re too busy burning up the dance floor.
The professional dancers – best known from ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” – are preparing for their Broadway debuts in the ballroom dance show “Burn The Floor.” [...]