Bindi Irwin and pro partner Derek Hough take on Halloween on Dancing With The Stars on Monday night (October 26, 2015) in Hollywood.
Team Crikey performed an Argentine Tango, which earned them a total of 30 points from the judges, topping the leaderboard!
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Though Bindi bared her fangs throughout, it was more likely her on-point routine that earned her and Hough their perfect score from the judges’ panel rather than her ability to channel her evil side.
Watch Bindi become an adorable vampire queen in the accompanying video.
It’s hard to overstate just how dedicated and positive Bindi is.
Derek’s words here give us a hint:
“Since it’s Halloween, I’ll leave you with a story that is simultaneously gross and indicative of how awesome Bindi is. Yesterday, she had her socks off and my jaw dropped to the floor when I saw her feet.
Three of her toenails have fallen off, she had huge blisters all over and bruises on her knees.
It was not pretty!
She was like, “Oh, yeah, they fell off yesterday. That one was bleeding last night.” I was like, “Bindi, you gotta tell me.” And she was like, “Oh, it’s nothing.” I said, “No, I gotta know when you’re hurting.” She was like, “No, really, I’m fine. It’s not a big deal.”
I’ve had partners who needed to take a 20-minute break if it’s one little blister.
Bindi Irwin waltzes into perfection on Dancing With The Stars again
Bernard Zuel
Senior music writer
Can you improve on perfection?
It seems you can if you’re Bindi Irwin and the American TV network hosting Dancing With the Stars.
Already a favorite of viewers and judges, Irwin and her dance partner, Derek Hough, performed a traditional Viennese waltz to the song “Roses And Violets” on this week’s episode. Well, ok, “traditional” if blindfolds had been de rigueur on dance floors along the Danube 200 years ago, but this is not the time to quibble.
In any case, Irwin and Hough, didn’t just impress, they earned perfect tens from each of the judges who had been left gibbering in their wake.
The performance also secured her a place in next week’s semi-finals.
As one judge put it, “every week you’re so flawless” and another gushed that watching it had been like “watching a sunrise”. Luckily though the declaration from the third judge that the dance “spoke for itself”, didn’t quite hold, much to the relief of the show producers who still had some time to fill.
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Those who have been keeping a Bindi eye on the competition so far, a perfect score is both rare, for others, and becoming commonplace for the daughter of the late Steve Irwin, who has received the honor three times now.
Bindi and Derek have won the top score in the competition seven out of the past nine weeks.
It isn’t that long ago that this pair earned perfect scores from the three regular judges and guest adjudicator Olivia Newton John, for a dance set to, and modeled on, “The Time Of My Life” from the film Dirty Dancing.
Breathless and beaming after her dance, and before the scores were announced, Irwin showed her shaking hands and said “this dance has meant so much and it’s so beautiful … that I can’t stop shaking when I’m doing it”.
Irwin thanked Hough via Instagram over the weekend.
“Even when I’m super tired he gives me strength and encourages me to keep trying my best and always believe. You’re the greatest big brother I could ever ask for,” she wrote.
Bindi and Derek danced a breathtaking Viennese Waltz to the song “Roses and Violets” by Alexander Jean (a duo group consisting of Mark Ballas and his girlfriend, BC Jean).
Alexa PeñaVega reveals struggle with bulimia on ‘DWTS,’ sent home despite perfect night
Lucia I. Suarez Sang
Fox News Latino
It was an emotional and perfect night for actress Alexa PeñaVega on “Dancing With the Stars” on Monday, November 9, 2015.
The “Spy Kids” actress danced her way into the hearts of the judges with two perfect scores for the night, but it was not enough to bring her back for next week.
The 27-year-old opened the night with an emotional contemporary dance after revealing that she struggled with an eating disorder for many years.
“I remember shooting this movie, and the producers kept telling me, ‘You’re just too fat,’ and as child you don’t know how to handle that,” she told pro partner Mark Ballas during a pre-taped rehearsal.
“So from that moment, for the next six years of my life, I had an eating disorder.”
PeñaVega revealed she had bulimia
“I struggled with bulimia for so long, and, even though I got through it, I feel think like a lot of my insecurities still with my body is from that,” she added.
Ballas used her experience as inspiration for the choreography, and PeñaVega was more than willing to take it on. She said she wants to use her story to help others struggling with their own demons.
“This was a part of my life that I was also so afraid of people finding out, but I knew that at some point I was going to talk about because I knew I wanted to help people,” PeñaVega said.
I see trees of green, red roses, too,
I see them bloom, for me and you
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world.
I see skies of blue, and clouds of white,
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world.
The colors of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky,
Are also on the faces of people going by.
I see friends shaking hands, sayin’, “How do you do?”
They’re really sayin’, “I love you.”
I hear babies cryin’. I watch them grow.
They’ll learn much more than I’ll ever know
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world
Yes, I think to myself
Ellen DeGeneres coordinates Jessie J duet with viral video cohort
The Ellen DeGeneres really can make dreams come true. The segment that aired on Thursday’s show, October 8, 2015, is another example.
The titular host brought Tom Bleasby, a 19-year-old Englishman — and X Factor U.K. contestant — to the show. He created a video with himself and pop star Jessie J belting “Flashlight” from Pitch Perfect 2, via the app Sing! Karaoke by Smule.
When given the stage to sing the song by himself, DeGeneres cuts him off. “We’re missing something. Something’s missing,” she says. Then, Jessie J is revealed from a sliding wall, slipping through to hug Bleasby and wing their performance without practice.
Lava is a 2014 computer-animated musical short film, produced by Pixar Animation Studios. Directed by James Ford Murphy and produced by Andrea Warren, it premiered at the Hiroshima International Animation Festival on June 14, 2014, and was theatrically released alongside Pixar’s Inside Out on June 19, 2015.
The short is a musical love story that takes place over millions of years.
It is set to a song written by Murphy, and was inspired by the “isolated beauty of tropical islands and the explosive allure of ocean volcanoes.”
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PLOT
On a tropical island in the Pacific, a lonely volcano named Uku watches the wildlife creatures frolic with their mates and hopes to find one of his own. He sings a song to the ocean each day for thousands of years, gradually venting his lava and sinking into the water, but does not realize that an undersea volcano named Lele has heard him every day and has fallen in love with him.
She emerges on the day that Uku becomes extinct, but her face is turned away and she cannot see him. Uku sinks fully into the ocean, heartbroken, but revives when he hears Lele singing his song to him.
His fires re-ignited, he erupts back to the surface, this time right next to Lele, and the two form a single island where they can be happy together.
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CAST Kuana Torres Kahele as Uku, a lonely volcano searching for his true love.
His face is an amalgamation of the faces of Kahele, The Honeymooners star Jackie Gleason and the bulldog Marc Antony from the Chuck Jones animated short film Feed the Kitty. Napua Greig as Lele, a volcano and Uku’s love interest.
Piano Guys combine ‘Fight Song,’ ‘Amazing Grace’ in unlikely Scottish mashup
By Alex Johnson, Deseret News
Published: Friday, Oct. 30 2015
The Christian hymn “Amazing Grace” and Rachel Platten’s contemporary hit “Fight Song” may seem like an unlikely pair, but the two songs have one thing in common: a message of hope.
Although the The Piano Guys are known for playing entertaining and uplifting music in unusual locations,their latest video isn’t just fun to watch. The group combined the songs “Amazing Grace,” “Fight Song” and short interludes from “Scotland The Brave” to create an anthem of strength.
“This song and video for us was a struggle but a beautifully defining one,” according to the video’s description.
“We all struggle.
Not in the same way, nor at the same level, but we all want a fighting chance,” The Piano Guys wrote.
“And we all share in one gift: the will to make the most of our lives.
To take what we’ve been given and turn it into something better could be considered the sentient measuring stick of success.
But to do so seldom is simple and more often requires we fight.
Not against each other.
But against the current threatening to drown the ambition in us.”
The video was filmed at the Eilean Donan Castle in Dornie, Scotland, where the group collaborated with members of the Wasatch and District Pipe Band.
When we first heard Rachel Platten’s “Fight Song” we were inspired by its message. In a world where we too often talk about our differences, we have at least one thing in common. We all struggle. Not in the same way, nor at the same level, but we all want a fighting chance. And we all share in one gift: The will to make the most of our lives. To take what we’ve been given and turn it into something better could be considered the sentient measuring stick of success. But to do so seldom is simple and more often requires we fight. Not against each other. But against the current threatening to drown the ambition in us.
There is tremendous purpose in struggle.
It is when the struggle becomes so fierce that we must fight to swim or sink. John Newton, who penned “Amazing Grace,” worked on a slave trader ship and condoned inhuman atrocities. As his ship was on the verge of being torn apart in a violent storm he called out for Grace. Once his feet were again planted on firm soil he determined to change. His covenant was written into these words,
“I once was lost, but now I’m found; was blind, but now I see.”
Grace is the defining moment when we face and fight a monster poised to define us or destroy us.
This song and video for us was a struggle, but a beautifully defining one. We chose the Scottish culture to depict the dichotomy between Grace and struggle. Who else is tough enough and yet delicate enough to don a kilt in battle? And the Scottish pipe and drum are the ultimate conveyors of melody and cadence. One represents Grace, the other the indomitable fight.
Our dream was to film one of the most iconic castles on the Earth, Eilean Donan Castle in Dornie, Scotland.
Grace somehow made this video possible. We had to postpone our trip to Scotland several times, and when we could no longer postpone we had to leap in faith because just before we left everything had fallen through. It wasn’t until we were in the moment and had to let go of our pride and anxiety when everything Gracefully came together.
We recognize that this video is far less important than a fight for one’s life. We hope this music will serve as an anthem for those that are in the fight of their lives. We have people close to us who inspire us every day with their grace in the face of such a struggle.
This video is dedicated to them.
The superheroes in our lives that don’t wear capes, but wear a smile under villainous pressure — those that have been through so many defining moments that they are intimately acquainted with Grace and know it to be close cousins with hope. We pray “Grace will bring them safety through.”
CREDITS
Fight Song written by Rachel Platten & Dave Bassett
Amazing Grace (traditional) – lyrics by John Newton
Scotland The Brave (traditional)
Stephen “tWitch” Boss (born 1982) is a freestyle hip-hop dancer from Montgomery, Alabama.
CAREER
In 2003, tWitch was a semifinalist on MTV’s The Wade Robson Project and a runner-up on the television talent competition, Star Search.
In 2007 he was a “flamboyant dancer”(uncredited) in Blades of Glory and a Maybelle’s Store Dancer in Hairspray.
After competing in So You Think You Can Dance, tWitch went on to teach at South County Classical Ballet with fellow finalist Katee Shean. He has also choreographed for South Korean pop/R&B singer, Se7en.
On April 30, 2013, he and Allison Holker performed a dance routine on Dancing with the Stars. They danced to Crystallize, which was being performed live by Lindsey Stirling.
Since April 1, 2014, tWitch has been featured on the Ellen DeGeneres Show as a guest DJ.
On October 1, 2014 he announced he had been cast for Magic Mike XXL.
tWitch has been cast as Marcel X in the upcoming superhero movie Perfectus, and will later star in the movie Ushers.
He is managed by Nelson Diaz.
tWitch is a member of the dance troupes, “Breed OCLA” and “Chill Factor Crew“.
The fog machine was in full force on “Dancing with the Stars” Halloween edition, October 26, 2015. Each couple danced to scary music with spooky costumes, performing as witches, vampires, werewolves and zombies.
The main event of the night was the team competition.
Captained by Bindi Irwin, #TeamWhoYouGonnaCall danced to the “Ghostbusters” theme song, with the men doing lifts with their partners while dancing on hover boards. The judges enjoyed the number. Juliane Hough called in “fun” but the team was beat out, earning a score of 28.
Captained by Nick Carter, #TeamNightmare absolutely dominated the stage in an homage to “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” all dressed as Halloween Jack. The routine earned a perfect score the judges. Bruno described the performance “like watching a Broadway show, with a crisp and clear storyline.”
Adele, Drake and Lionel Richie Have the Most Ridiculous Phone Conversations with Ellen DeGeneres
Ellen DeGeneres is so popular, she gets phone calls from Adele, Drake and Lionel Richie …. all within the matter of minutes.
At least that’s how it looks in a must-see spoof on Thursday’s episode, October 28, 2015, of The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
Adele might have a throwback flip phone in the music video for “Hello,” but DeGeneres tops her with an old-school device that belongs in a 1980’s time capsule. The only problem: her reception isn’t that great, and she can’t understand what the singer is saying.
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“The connection is bad.
Did you say you’re eating beets?”
Ellen deadpans – and that’s just the beginning of the ridiculousness.
Before we know it, DeGeneres is getting another call from Drake, who has a familiar complaint you’ll recognize from his new song “Hotline Bling“.
Just when DeGeneres thinks this crazy phone session is over, Richie calls with a pertinent question.
If you don’t want the star-studded conversation to end, check out the Adele-Richie mashup that’s gone viral.
If Ellen doesn’t spoof your music video, did you really even make a music video? Her latest spoof project was Adele’s record breaking “Hello” music video and she did not disappoint.
Adele’s “Hello” video is beautiful, cus duh it’s Adele, but Ellen managed to spice it up with a little help from Drake, Lionel Ritchie, and some potato chips.
In the spoof, Ellen gets a call from Adele on this ancient 80’s phone and proceeds to talk to Adele except instead of her talking back, snippets of Adele’s video are used to carry on the convo.
Adele hangs up on Lionel Richie in this ‘Hello’ mashup video
If the first thought that came to your mind when listening to Adele’s new single “Hello” was, “How would Lionel Richie – whose 1984 song by the same name landed him two Grammy nominations – react?” then you’re not alone. While many celebs took an instant liking to the lead single off the British singer’s forthcoming album, Blend TV’s mashup of both “Hello” videos shows Richie getting the short end of Adele’s poor cell phone reception.
"the Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord shine His face upon you and be gracious unto you; the Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace"
