Dancing with the Stars Contenders Announced

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, Reality, ABC, Dancing With The Stars, Gossip

The official lineup for ABC’s Dancing With the Stars was announced this evening during the finale of Dance War.

Here are the dancers scheduled to hit the floor come Monday, March 17th:

Men

• Adam Carolla (partner Julianne Hough): Radio personality (friend Jimmy Kimmel should have a ball with this one)
• Cristian de la Fuente (partner Cheryl Burke): Chilean telenovela star
• Penn Gillette (partner Kym Johnson): Magician (a.k.a. the talkative half of Penn & Teller)
• Steve Guttenberg (partner Anna Trebunskaya): Actor (Three Men and a Baby)
• Mario (partner Karina Smirnoff): R&B singer
• Jason Taylor (partner Edyta Sliwinska): Miami Dolphins defensive end

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Prejudging the Newest Amazing Racers

Posted by David L. Williams Categories: Prime Time, Reality, CBS, Amazing Race, The, Editorial, Features

Sorry, Viva Laughlin, but I couldn’t be more excited that The Amazing Race is back.  It is my favorite reality show and (full disclosure) the only one for which I’ve ever made an audition tape.  Remember me from that one season?  No, you don’t, because I was never chosen.  But, even though I was snubbed by the show, I still love it, and as the premiere draws near, I thought I’d take a moment to judge several books by their covers and give you my initial thoughts on the newest crop of racers and how much I want them to win.

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Hulk Hogan Scheduled to Host ‘American Gladiators’

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Reality, Sports, NBC

As I reported several weeks ago, NBC will be introducing an updated version of American Gladiators.  At the time, I said the classic series reminded me of Iron Chef+Battle of the Network Stars+WWE.  Well, apparently wrestling wasn’t such an original analogy; word has it a former wrestler will now be hosting it.

According to TV Week, Hulk Hogan has been tapped for the emcee duties.  The WWF WWE celebrity and Hogan Knows Best star is reportedly committed to the project and is currently finalizing the deal.  As for the Gladiators who will terrorize the naive competitors, those roles are still being cast.

Be looking for the reality competition sometime mid-season.

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