Here’s a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today:
Taye Diggs
Age: 41
Occupation: Actor and Model
Known For: Originating the role of the nasty landlord Benny in the Broadway musical ‘Rent,’ becoming the object of global female lust in ‘How Stella Got Her Groove Back,’ starring on the TV series ‘Private Practice,’ and his marriage to Broadway great and ‘Glee’ star Idina Menzel
In the past week, two big celebrity splits have made headlines: Basketball star Kobe Bryant and his wife of 10 years, Vanessa, are divorcing, and Chaz Bono and his fiancee Jennifer Elia said they too have gone kaput.
And while neither announcement may have left the same implosion crater made by the Kardashian-Humphries split, breakups are always rough. But just how rough will Kobe and Chaz have it?
Let’s be real, practically none of us know who Harry Judd is or what ‘Strictly Come Dancing‘ is, but we do know ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ right? Well, it’s real simple: ‘Strictly’ is the UK version of ‘DWTS’ and Harry Judd is the English musician who won that competition.
Why, might you ask, do we care what happens over seas?
We started out 10 weeks ago with 12 couples. A few shocking eliminations later, it was down to three: Rob Kardashian and Cheryl Burke, J.R. Martinez and Karina Smirnoff, and Ricki Lake and Derek Hough.
So who took home the big prize of that shiny mirrorball trophy?
I was actually surprised when Ricki Lake was eliminated first last night on "Dancing with the Stars," so it was between Rob Kardashian and J.R. Martinez and J.R. took home the mirror ball trophy. J.R. was in the top every week, but he never got a lot of press. Are you happy he won?
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On Monday, after more than two months of competition, Finals Night was upon us. Whee!
All three remaining couples performed two routines — a regular dance and the beloved “freestyle” dance, where there are no rules and everyone just gets to have some fun for a change.
If things go the way they're sup
With four couples left and all of them wanting a slot in next week’s finale, tensions were high — especially since former frontrunner J.R. Martinez was off his game on Monday night due to an injury.
So did his woes result in someone else slipping past him and getting one of those last three coveted spots?
Five couples danced two individual routines on Monday night, an evening which also saw J.R. and Karina get the first and second perfect scores of the season.
So which couples made next week’s semi-finals — and who went home?
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And then there were five.
The quintet of remaining pairs on 'Dancing with the Stars' were tasked with two individual (non-themed, yay!) dances each — one deemed an “instant dance” in that it had to be performed just minutes after being assigned a song.
Who fell apart under the pressure —
Six couples danced Halloween-themed routines on Monday night, but one became a ghost during the elimination show. So who’ll be haunting the dance floor from the sidelines from now on?
The six couples still standing on 'Dancing with the Stars' had the Halloween spirit, doing themed dances devoted to the spooky holiday — one each per couple, and then a another dance that split the group into two teams.
J.R. Martinez wa
We saw plenty of theatrics on Monday’s Broadway-themed performance show. So which of the seven couples took its final curtain-call?
