Ricki Lake News

According to Access Hollywood, newly crowned winner of ABC's DANCING WITH THE STARS J.R. Martinez has been invited by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to visit him at the Pentagon.

Hartford Children's Theatre's 'Hairspray' and Cathy Rigby's 'Peter Pan' at The Bushnell show that cross-dressing is not just for adults through November 27.

DANCING WITH THE STARS Champions J.R. Martinez and Karina Smirnoff appeared on Good Morning America this morning to celebrate their victory. After ten weeks of the most riveting performances, dramatic eliminations and shocking moments of the show's 13 seasons, J.R. Martinez and Karina Smirnoff were crowned 'Dancing with the Stars' champions, on the two-hour Season Finale of 'Dancing with the Stars the Results Show' last night.

Tonight is the final episode of DANCING WITH THE STARS' 13th season - find out who will take home the Mirror Ball Trophy and be crowned this season's champion!

GSN (Game Show Network) announced today that it has acquired the exclusive off-network rights to ABC's DANCING WITH THE STARS from Disney-ABC Domestic Television, which will make GSN the only network on which previous seasons of the mega-hit dance competition can be seen.

In a post-performance interview with the Hollywood Reporter last night, DANCING WITH THE STARS contestant Ricki Lake discussed her performance as well as her excitement for her newly slimmed-down figure.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Twentieth Television has announced that DANCING WITH THE STARS contestant Ricki Lake will have a new talk show, 'The Ricki Lake Show', beginning in September of 2012.

On last night's episode of ABC's DANCING WITH THE STARS, all three couples competed against one another with two dances. The first number was a style the couples had not yet done. Then, all three contenders performed the always popular and fan favorite Freestyle dances, in the final one-hour performance show.

This is it - the final performance night for the stars to accumulate the scores that will put one on top and send the other two home empty-handed in the competition. They'll dance two dances tonight - a routine and a freestyle - and one more tomorrow.

The Coterie executive producers Amber Cassell & Julie Garnyé presented Emmy-winning composer/songwriter Lance Horne in concert on November 1.

TADA! Resident Youth Theater Ensemble is pleased to commence their season on November 18 at 6 p.m. with Sneak Peek: School of Rockwell, directed by Janine Nina Trevens, a Season Celebration fundraising event including a pre-show reception with composer Eric Rockwell, a performance, and a post-show Q&A celebrating TADA!?s 20 year collaboration with Rockwell.

TADA! Youth Theater, Drama Desk Award Winner for 'providing an invaluable contribution to the future of the theater', announces its 27th Season.

Following the semi-finals on DANCING WITH THE STARS, the three remaining contestants Rob Kardashian, Ricki Lake and J.R. Martinez, dropped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday night.

On last night's DANCING WITH THE STARS on ABC, Cobra Starship performed singing their hit song 'You Make Me Feel'. In addition, talented dancers from the Gold School performed a high energy dance number, and even the Muppets made an appearance showing off their song and dance talents.

Last night on DANCING WITH THE STARS, Ricki Lake and Derek earned their first perfect score of the season, Rob Kardashian and Cheryl received their first ten, J.R. Martinez and Karina suffered through J.R.'s twisted ankle, and Hope Solo struggled to keep her momentum. Whose performance was enough to bring them into next week's finals?

On last night's DANCING WITH THE STARS, the remaining contestants were challenged to perform 3 dances in the semi-final competition.

On last night's episode of DANCING WITH THE STARS on the ABC network, contestant Hope Solo and her partner Maks once again clashed with the judges over the harsh criticism they received on their Argentine Tango during the semi-final compeition.

It's semifinals week on DANCING WITH THE STARS! Last week saw Nancy Grace ousted from the competition, and now the remaining dancers - Hope Solo, Ricki Lake, Rob Kardashian and J.R. Martinez - will battle it out for the Mirror Ball Trophy. They'll each dance a total of THREE times tonight with two individual rounds and a challenging cha cha relay.

The semi-finals have arrived and the competition is nothing short of intense as the four remaining couples charm audiences with three routines. Their first performance is an Argentine Tango, their second dance is either a Paso Doble or Samba - one of which is a style dance they have not yet performed - and their third dance will be the Cha Cha relay, in which all couples will dance to the same song.

Talk show listings for Friday, November 11.