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Britney Spears: Dancing "Till The World Ends" in Second Version of Music Video!

Britney Spears has just released an alternate version of her music video for “Till The World Ends,” and this one is light on apocalypse, heavy on Britney. Focused almost exclusively on the pop star’s dance moves and less on the original’s crazy special effects, it’s a more traditional music video in a sense. No end-of-the-world shots, doomsday references or general craziness here. Just dancing, partying and a sprinkler system. In other words … NICE! Britney Spears – DANCE Till The World Ends Check out the original version after the jump and see which of the two you like better. Videos aside, it’s one of her catchier tunes in years, right? Britney Spears – Till The World Ends (Official Music Video)

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THG Week in Review: April 9-15, 2011

Welcome to THG’s Week in Review! Below, our staff takes a look back at the stories, stars and scandals that made this week one of April’s most memorable. If you don’t already, you can FOLLOW THG on Twitter and Facebook for 24/7/365 updates. Now, a rundown of the week that was at The Hollywood Gossip: The Jersey Shore cast got a huge raise and Season 4 is on. Aww yeah! Jennifer Lopez was named People’s Most Beautiful Woman of 2011. Kobe Bryant caused controversy with his use of a gay slur at a ref . Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon posed for another risque shoot. As usual, Lady Gaga did not mince words . OMG. Did Robert Pattinson give Kristen Stewart a promise ring ?! Teyana Taylor allegedly beat someone up for bashing Chris Brown. Wow alert: Ashley Tisdale and Kaley Cuoco bared all in Allure . Wow alert #2: Karina Smirnoff landed the cover of Playboy . Wow alert #3: Jennifer Lawrence in GQ ! American Idol bid farewell to Paul McDonald Thursday night. Also, the vanquished Pia Toscano and Mark Ballas are dating! Dancing With the Stars cut loose its third pair of the season. The Real Housewives of NYC are all a bunch of wackadoos ! The great music of Rebecca Black is coming to Glee . Rihanna & Britney Spears – S&M (Remix) Britney Spears and Rihanna collaborated on an “S&M” remix. Justin Bieber says he is frustrated and needs to chill out a bit. Sarah Palin and Donald Trump won’t chill on this birther stuff. Click here for updates on many celebrity couples old and new … … and celebrity babies too!

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Karina Smirnoff Playboy magazine cover

“As a dancer I#39;ve always embraced my body,” says Karina Smirnoff, 33. “I#39;m thrilled to show off my strong, toned physique in the pages of Playboy and celebrate my s-exiness.” Karina Smirnoff isn#39;t holding back. The cover of the Ukrainian babe#39;s May Playboy issue has her in a black see-through bodysuit, while the Dancing with the Stars pro bares it all in 10 sultry images inside the magazine. Set on a dance floor, Smirnoff is clad in nothing more than red ballet shoes that tie up t

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Dancing With the Stars: Chelsea Kane a Shoe-In, Kirstie Alley Shoe Comes Off

A week ago, Kirstie Alley fell to the floor, only to make a full recovery on Dancing With the Stars. Unfortunately, she suffered another mishap last night. This time, it was a footwear malfunction. Kirstie and Maksim Chmerkovskiy had to fight through more adversity as Alley’s left shoe fell off in mid-waltz. Just like the previous week, they recovered well enough to earn a respectable score – 22 out of 30 – plus sympathy and respect from fans and judges. Kirstie Alley Loses Shoe on Dancing With the Stars “You didn’t miss a beat,” said Carrie Ann Inaba. Bruno Tonioli agreed, while Len Goodman was less impressed, pointing out the need for improvement. Still, we’d be surprised if Kirstie and Maks were in jeopardy after a second straight week of bouncing back strongly from a somewhat freakish setback. Another gal who should be safe? Disney starlet Chelsea Kane and Mark Ballas, whose Viennese waltz earned them the top score of the night at 26. Watch it, and check out the full scoreboard, after the jump … Chelsea Kane and Mark Ballas – DWTS Week 4 That put them just ahead of the Hines Ward and Kym Johnson and Ralph Macchio and Karina Smirnoff. Both of those couples notched scores of 25. Len grumbled about Chelsea’s unorthodox choreography, but technically, the judges could not deny that Kane’s was the best dance of the night. At the bottom of the heap and definitely at risk of elimination tonight are Kendra Wilkinson and Louis van Amstel, who bombed with an 18. Here’s last night’s scoreboard … Chelsea Kane and Mark Ballas: 26 Ralph Macchio and Karina Smirnoff: 25 Hines Ward and Kym Johnson: 25 Chris Jericho and Cheryl Burke: 23 Petra Nemcova and Dmitry Chaplin: 23 Romeo and Chelsie Hightower: 23 Kirstie Alley and Maksim Chmerkovskiy: 22 Sugar Ray Leonard and Anna Trebunskya: 21 Kendra Wilkinson and Louis Van Amstel: 18 Who do you think is going home this evening? Does Kendra have the fan support to overcome that lack of score? It will be interesting to see. After four weeks and two eliminations (three tonight), who do you think will win Dancing With the Stars? Vote in our survey:

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Karina Smirnoff Playboy Photos

“The May issue of Playboy is unforgettable with Dancing With The Stars#39; Karina Smirnoff on the cover nu-de inside,” Playboy chief Hugh Hefner Tweeted. Karina Smirnoff is about to bare more skin than she#39;s revealed in her scantily clad Dancing with the Stars ensembles. The Ukrainian-born bombshell, 33, who is partnered with Ralph Macchio this season, will appear in the altogether in the upcoming issue of Playboy.

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Karina Smirnoff to Pose Nude in Playboy

Dancing With the Stars’ Karina Smirnoff will bear all in May issue of Playboy . A Twitter post this afternoon from Hugh Hefner of all people confirmed this. “May issue of Playboy is unforgettable with Dancing With The Stars Karina Smirnoff on the cover & nude inside,” wrote the octogenarian founder. Not exactly something we would have predicted, but Karina certainly has the looks. Wonder if Hugh Hefner and Crystal Harris vote for her on DWTS … Next month’s Playboy cover girl is a Dancing pro . Karina, who was once engaged to Maksim Chmerkovskiy, is currently engaged to MLB pitcher Brad Penny – and paired with Ralph Macchio on DWTS . [Photo: WENN.com]

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Dancing with the Stars Week Two: Quickstepping and Smooching…

After two weeks of Dancing with the Stars , The Karate Kid remains a knuckle above the competition. Even a mediocre Jive on last night’s performance show wasn’t enough to knock Ralph Macchio from the top spot, as his 21-point effort, combined with last week’s impressive Foxtrot , leaves him with a total of 45, good for first place on the overall leaderboard. We’ll also see Kirstie Alley next week, no doubt. She and Maksim Chmerkovskiy may have only garnered a score of 20 for their Quickstep, but they concluded the routine with an improvised kiss and left viewers buzzing. Watch below and then check out all the scores from the evening. Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Kirstie Alley on Dancing with the Stars Ralph Macchio and Karina Smirnoff – Last night: 21. Season to date: 45 Hines Ward and Kym Johnson – Last night: 23. Season to date: 44. Chris Jericho and Cheryl Burke – Last night: 23. Season to date: 42. Romeo and Chelsie Hightower – Last night: 23. Season to date: 42. Kirstie Alley and Maksim Chmerkovskiy – Last night: 20. Season to date: 43. Kendra Wilkinson and Louis van Amstel – Last night: 19. Season to date: 37. Petra Nemcova and Dmitry Chaplin – Last night: 18. Season to date: 36. Chelsea Kane and Mark Ballas – Last night: 18. Season to date: 39. Sugar Ray Leonard and Anna Trebunskaya – Last night: 17. Season to date: 34. Wendy Williams and Tony Dovolani – Last night: 17. Season to date: 31. Mike Catherwood and Lacey Schwimmer – Last night: 17. Season to date: 30. Who is your season 12 favorite so far?

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The Situation: Why I Kinda Sucked on ‘Dancing’

Filed under: The Situation , Karina Smirnoff , Dancing with the Stars The Situation did not have time on his side — which is his explanation for being not-so-hot on ” Dancing with the Stars .” The Sitch and Karina Smirnoff groused that they only had 5 days to practice before cha-cha-ing. The clock is ticking, Sitch. Read more

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The Situation Hasn’t Met ‘Dancing With The Stars’ Partner

‘We might try to implement the fist-pumping for the first episode,’ Karina Smirnoff tells MTV News. By Jocelyn Vena Michael “The Situation” Sorrentino Photo: Andrew H. Walker/ Getty Images While most of the other couples are already prepping for the upcoming season of “Dancing With the Stars,” there are two dancers who have yet to even meet. Karina Smirnoff and “Jersey Shore” star Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino haven’t even spoken to each other yet, but Smirnoff is sure they will have a lot to catch up on when he does eventually make it to rehearsals sometime later this month. “I’m excited and nervous and I have all these weird emotions, but I’m mostly excited,” Smirnoff told MTV News on Wednesday (September 1). “I think were literally the only couple who will only have about five days to get ready for the premiere on national television. Everyone else is going to have three and half weeks. We’re gonna have maybe five days, so that part I’m very nervous about. I know I have to be very clever in the choreography, because five days is just not enough. Even if you’re a professional dancer, it would be really, really tough to get ready. So we might try to implement the fist-pumping for the first episode.” Smirnoff joked that she thinks that the Situation’s only dancing experience is in Seaside Heights nightclubs, so she knows it’s going to take some creative solutions on her end to make him look like a professional dancer. “Once I meet him for the first time, whenever he’s here, that would be literally the first time I see him [and] I speak to him [and] I have any kind of contact with him, so leading up to that, I will try to create, like, variations, little pieces of choreography,” she explained. “It’s trial and error.” And if fans think Sorrentino will just be showing up shirtless week after week, Smirnoff is hoping they can show a new side of the TV star. “I was thinking, again, it’s all about seeing where his mind is. If that was up to me, we all know Mike as Mike ‘The Situation’ from ‘Jersey Shore,’ so I think it’d be nice to still have Mike as Mike that we know, but also show some more insight into him wearing a tuxedo, wearing something we’ve never seen. I hope we’re able to give different sides of Mike. “He looks like he’s in great physical shape, and that’s a plus and a minus,” she said. “I don’t know if Michael is ready, but he’s going to be stretched out to his limits, physically speaking.” Will you be rooting for the Situation on “Dancing With the Stars”? Let us know in the comments! Don’t miss “Jersey Shore” every Thursday at 10 p.m. ET/PT on MTV. Related Photos ‘Dancing With The Stars’ Season 11 Cast Revealed! Other MTV Stars Who Should Be On ‘Dancing With The Stars’

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Erin Andrews & Maksim Chmerkovskiy: Maybe Dating!

Holy freaking hotness. That’s all we can say about the rumor that Erin Andrews and Maksim Chmerkovskiy, partners on the new season of Dancing with the Stars , are partnering off the dance floor as well. Maks even said it might be on! Chmerkovskiy says that he and the ESPN sportscaster are ” maybe ” dating. That’s a lot closer to dating than “no,” right? He also lavished praise upon his partner. “She doesn’t hold back. She’s open, and what you see is what there is,” Chmerkovskiy told People magazine. “Everybody who meets her falls in love with her.” Himself included? Sounds like it! Erin Andrews and Maksim Chmerkovskiy work it. Chmerkovskiy, who was engaged to fellow Dancing with the Stars cast member Karina Smirnoff for a time, credited himself for pushing Andrews during their first dance together last Monday, which ranked among the season premiere’s best . “I made her do a cha-cha that I would make a professional dancer do,” he said, and it paid off, as Erin Andrews isn’t shy about gushing about him either. “When Kentucky was upset, [Maks] texted me about it,” the ESPN reporter said of having to miss some of the NCAA tournament for DWTS rehearsal. “Maks was like, ‘You are the only person I know that cares about this.’ He’s been adorable.” Who are you rooting for on Dancing with the Stars? Erin and Maks? We can understand that, but there are other good candidates too. Vote below …

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