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 [...]
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Kurt Warner Calls Dancing Elimination ‘Unfair’
November 11th, 2010 |
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It was another tear-filled goodbye on Dancing with the Stars Tuesday night. Accompanying his watery-eyed partner Anna Trebunskaya backstage, eliminated contestant Kurt Warner said he felt like the judges treated him differently than his competitors. “It was unfair,” Warner told PEOPLE. “We felt for a long time that we should have gotten better scores than [...]
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 [...]
“DWTS†Pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy Choreographed Chelsea Clinton’s Wedding Dance
August 3rd, 2010 |
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Newlyweds Chelsea Clinton and Mark Mezvinsky had their first dance as man and wife choreographed by spitfire Dancing With The Stars pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy.In addition to his role on ABC’s DWTS, Chmerkovskiy is a Latin ballroom dance champion and owner of four dance studios in the New York City area. Once Chelsea and Marc heard [...]
Maksim Chmerkovskiy On Kate Gosselin: “She Doesn’t Get Itâ€
April 13th, 2010 |
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Maksim Chmerkovskiy says Kate Gosselin just “doesn’t get” Dancing with the Stars.
In a posting on his TV Guide blog on Monday, the outspoken dancer said the reality Octomom who is currently paired with Maks’ good friend Tony Dovolani, doesn’t understand the purpose of the ABC talent competition.
“I’ve spoken to Kate, and I don’t think she [...]
“Dancing With The Stars†Season 10 Partner Pairings
March 2nd, 2010 |
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The newest lineup of celebrities hitting the dance floor for the 10th season ABC’s Dancing with the Stars have been paired up with their professional dance partners!
The all-new celebrity cast of DWTS and their partners were revealed by ABC on Good Morning America Tuesday morning. Some of the pairings may surprise you, so be [...]
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 [...]
Shane McMahon Resigns From WWE, Maks Fills-In For A Sick Derek Hough On “DWTS,†And Other Late Nite Crunch Crumbs
October 17th, 2009 |
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-Maksim Chmerkovskiy might be heading back to Dancing With The Stars as pro Derek Hough recovers from the flu. “theres a huge change,†Derek’s celebrity partner, Joanna Krupa, wrote on her Twitter account on Friday evening. “maks and i will be dancing mon since we are wking on the routine.â€
–Shane McMahon is leaving World Wrestling [...]
Derek Hough Has The Flu
October 16th, 2009 |
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Derek Hough was forced to miss a group rehearsal for Dancing With The Stars after becoming violently ill with the flu on Thursday.
Oh dear, we hope it isn’t swine flu!
“Woke up with the seirous sweats,†the former DWTS champ Tweeted early yesterday. “I think I’m getting the flew … Had a bath now trying to [...]
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 [...]
Patrick Swayze “Dancing With The Stars†Tribute (VIDEO)
September 24th, 2009 |
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Dancing With The Stars wrapped up its three-night season premiere on Wednesday with two eliminations — and a tribute to a dancing cowboy.
Ashley Hamilton, the son of former DWTS competitor George Hamilton and model Alana Stewart, was the first from the celebrity males to go. Also eliminated was Grammy-winning singer Macy Gray, which took last [...]
Debi Mazar Injured Neck During “Dancing With The Stars†Debut
September 23rd, 2009 |
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The DWTS Curse just caught another live one.
Dancing With The Stars Season 9 contestant Debi Mazar was rushed to the hospital following her performance on the premiere show.
“i’m ok.torn muscle in neck to chest!Foxtrot..cruel&sadistic If only judges knew,” the Entourage star Tweeted Wednesday.
The actress also attached a photo of herself wearing a [...]
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.” [...]