"The Truman Show" is a profoundly disturbing movie. On the surface, it deals with the worn out issue of the intermingling of life and the media. Candid cameras monitor the lives of webmasters (website owners) almost 24 hours a day. The resulting images are continuously posted on the Web and are available to anyone with a computer...
If you are a aficionado of the reality TV programme Dancing with the Stars and have watched lots of the episodes of the 14 series that have been transmitted so far, so will have your own ideas why a couple wins. The name of the game is Dancing with the Stars, but is it just to do with dancing?Most fans of the show will remember a time when they said to themselves: 'I cannot believe that that couple got knocked out and that one stayed on! They can't dance half as well as them!'...
Some dancing styles are simpler than others and some celebrities who are not so vigorous or are possibly a little lazy may prefer the easier styles. Therefore, it is occasionally the policy of the makers of Dancing with the Stars to promote some styles more than others. For example, the Tango is quite energetic, so if that style has not been chosen for a while, the producers may encourage the choreographers to include it...
Most very successful TV programmes have their spin-offs, which are designed to milk the popular programmes for all the extra popularity they are able to get, because popularity translates into money (from advertisers or / and subscribers). Dancing with the Stars was no exception. Dancing with the Stars spawned a spin off in which two of its judges, Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba would both lead and coach a group of dancers to see who could turn out the best troupe...
80% of Americans consider it theft to walk out of a store with a DVD that they did not pay for. Just half as many people think downloading a movie from the Net is a crime. The fact is that there is really no difference at all between the two; these are both serious crimes that are liable to be punished by by law...
Are you a follower of the American TV reality show Dancing with the Stars? If so, you have probably wondered who thought it up and how it came to be. The fact is that it is not truly an American programme at all. Dancing with the Stars is a spin off of the British TV programme Strictly Come Dancing...
In 2006 ABC, the makers of Dancing with the Stars in the USA thought about maximizing the revenue from DWTS by taking the show on tour. The first tour was organized on or about 25th October 2006. The show promised to take as many of the celebrity cast and TV professional dancers on the tour as they could...
If you are interested in Dancing with the Stars, you might like to know some of the 'behind the scenes' trivia. These facts and figures will not be interesting to everybody, but you either like stats and details or you don't, so it is up to you. These details cover just the first six series, so please keep that in mindThe oldest male celebrity dancer was George Hamilton whilst he was 66 and the youngest was Mario at the age of 21...
Many celebrities have said that they did not go on Dancing with the Stars for the money, but that they did it for the fun of it. This may be the case, but it is typical celebrity speak. At least one 'star' went on record and said that she was promised $125,000 only to tun up and more if she progressed through the show...
Dancing with the Stars is all about dancing, isn't it? After all, the show is called Dancing with the Stars. However, if you think about it, dancing is just one aspect of the performance. One thing that is vital is impressing the judges faviourably, because what the judges say about a couple will have an impact on millions of viewers, lots of whom will cast a vote in favour of one couple or the other...
