Three-time Super Bowl champ Emmitt Smith and partner Cheryl Burke may have won the cheesy disco ball trophy Wednesday on Dancing With the Stars, but Lisa de Moraes of the Washington Post wrote that the best moment of the last show was when Sara Evans returned and sang These Boots Were Made for Walking. Evans abruptly left the show when she filed for divorce, claiming her husband had cheated on her with the nanny, among other things.
Smith and Burke beat out Mario Lopez and Karina Smirnoff.
Smith called Lopez a true gentleman, while Lopez graciously said, This whole journey was unbelievable and called Karina the most unbelievable person.
The final competition show Tuesday drew 27 million viewers, more than any other non-sports show this season and approaching the 32 million the final American Idol drew in May.
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says Masi Oka will keep his recurring role as Franklyn on Scrubs when it returns Nov. 30, even though he has become a star on Heroes as Hiro. But there will be a catch: Franklyn will occasionally show off Hiro s powers.
Oka, who is also still a part-time consultant for Industrial Light Magic, told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette about his new fame.
So far it seems like the target demo (that finds Hiro appealing) is women 50 and over and 13 and under, he said. The other day, these three cute girls come up to me and said, Can we take our picture with you?
And then they said, You re my boyfriend s favorite character! So this is my life. Nothing has changed, except people want to take their picture with me now.
I feel like Goofy from Disneyland. But I think it s funny.
Two more notes about Heroes.
Last week it surpassed Ugly Betty in the Nielsens to become the most-watched new series this season, and TV Guide says Christopher Eccleston from Dr. Who will join the cast in January.
Ken Jennings has a new baby Caitlin Elizabeth and has pictures up at his Web site.
(ken-jennings.com and click on blog). In other personal news, Donald Trump Jr.
is having a child next year, meaning Donald Sr. will be a grandfather less than a year after his latest wife had another child of his own. And the guests have started showing up in Italy for the Tom Cruise wedding.
Among them are Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony, Jim Carrey, Jada Pinkett Smith and even Brooke Shields.
Shields said in September that Cruise had personally apologized to her for his questioning her for taking antidepressants after the birth of her first daughter.
Kristanna Loken of The L Word wouldn t admit to the Advocate that she s in any relationship at all.
But when asked in an interview at her home about persistent rumors she was seeing former Lost star Michelle Rodriguez, she declined to answer but told the interviewer not to look upstairs.
Former Saturday Night Live star Jim Breuer is the new host of VH1 s Web Junk 20 starting at 11 tonight. He guides viewers through the top 20 viral clips of the week.
Opera News says soprano Dawn Upshaw has been diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer. She has had to withdraw from scheduled performances this year, but her prognosis for full recovery is considered excellent.
Dawn Wells, Mary Ann from Gilligan s Island, will play Mrs.
Howell in a Coral Gables, Fla., stage production of Gilligan s Island: The Musical. Barry Williams, Greg from The Brady Bunch, will be Mr.
Howell.
Whitney Houston s New Jersey mansion is slated to be sold at a sheriff s sale because she is more than $1 million behind on the mortgage, and taxes have not been paid this year, according to reports published Wednesday.
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