Derek Hough and Mark Ballas both celebrated their birthdays (May 17 and May 24 respectively) last night at the H Lounge in Los Angeles after Derek and Nicole’s perfect Argentine Tango.

Lots of their Dancing With The Stars’ friends (both past and present) came to wish them a happy birthday:

• Anna Trebunskaya
• Ashley Roberts
• Chelsie Hightower
• Cheryl Burke
• Edyta Sliwinska
• Erin Andrews
• Evan Lysacek
• Jake Pavelka
• Lacey Schwimmer
• Louie Vito
• Maksim Chmerkovskiy
• Tony Dovolani
• Vienna Girardi

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Amanda Seyfried and Christopher Egan pose on the red carpet at the premiere of their movie Letters To Juliet in Los Angeles last night.  She says she can relate to her character from the movie:

“My character was very motivated by her job and not by her love life, which is kind of normal for a girl her age. I know it is for me. Sometimes I focus less on my relationship and more on my career.”

She recently told Parade magazine that love is warped:

“I think it’s common to meet somebody and fall in love right away, but the rest isn’t easy. When you’re in love, sometimes you just can’t see it realistically. The world inside a relationship can be very warped because of feelings and memories, and it all becomes jumbled.”

And like most celebrities she finds the distance thing to be a challenge:

“It’s never easy to be separated from someone you love. When your love lives in another country, it’s a lot of miles on airplanes, a lot of distance in space and in time. I always find it hard, even after you’re separated even for just a few days.”

The movie opens in theatres on Friday.  Attending the premiere:

• Anna Maria Perez
• Charlie Bewley
• Cheryl Hines
• Edyta Sliwinska
• Jake Pavelka
• Jennie Garth
• Peter Facinelli
• Richard Reid
• Stephanie Pratt
• Taylor Spreitler
• Vienna Girardi

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I almost fell off my chair when I read this on TMZ.  NFL legend and former Dancing With The Stars contestant Lawrence Taylor has been arrested in New York on suspicion of rape.  According to TMZ:

Officials have released a statement confirming 51-year-old Taylor was taken into custody by police after someone accused the Hall of Famer of committing rape early this morning at a Holiday Inn in Suffern, NY.

The Town of Ramapo Police Department is currently investigating the situation.

Apparently Taylor has a history of arrests including multiple times on drug charges and also a hit and run. The police department will be holding a press conference in a few hours.

He appeared on Season 8 of Dancing With The Stars and was teamed up with Edyta Sliwinska.  I know very little if anything about him, so this is very shocking.  Are you shocked by this?

Jennifer Lopez along with costar Alex O’Loughlin premiered The Back-Up Plan in Los Angeles last night where JLo’s hubby Marc Anthony, and manager Benny Medina also attended.

But more importantly Nubbins the dog hit the red carpet.  Bless that little pooch!  Nubbins is the dog’s real name but his character name in the film is Nuts. Nubbins is an able-bodied dog but was made to appear in character for the premiere.

JLo admits there is no ‘message’ to the movie:

“It’s not a message movie. It’s a romantic comedy. It definitely deals with modern issues, which I love. When I read it, that’s one of the things I really liked about it, it had a very modern voice. It seemed very up to date.

“I think that’s very important for romantic comedies – that they do deal with issues. It doesn’t feel like it’s a story from 20 years ago, which some romantic comedies can be like. So, that was one of the things that really attracted me to it.”

The premiere was also a mini Dancing With The Stars reunion with Gilles Marini, Karina Smirnoff, Jake Pavelka (yes he brought his fiancee along), and Edyta Sliwinska attending.

Best friend of JLo, Leah Rimini attended with her husband.  Other attendees included Jensen Ackles, Heidi Klum and The Dog Whisperer himself Cesar Millan.

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ESPN reporter Erin Andrews leaves dance rehearsals with her Dancing With The Stars’ partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy after her stalker was sentenced to 30 months in jail for secretly taping her nude  in her hotel room and posting it to the internet.  He not only taped her but 16 other women and posted it on the internet.  My heart goes out to her.  She appeared on Good Morning America a couple of days ago (the morning after his sentence) with her lawyers and it’s a good interview although, clearly disturbing and sad.  I’ve included that video if you are interested.

Four more sleeps until the premiere on Monday March 22.  The heat is on!  Also leaving dance rehearsals were Pussycat Doll’s Nicole Scherzinger and her dance pro the yummy Derek Hough, Shannon Doherty, Buzz Aldrin, Soap Star Aiden Turner and his dancing pro Edyta Sliwinska.

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It’s lovely that the group from Dancing With The Stars remain friends and are supportive of one another years after dancing together.

Cheryl Burke appeared on stage with her former partner Wayne Newton at his Once Before I Go Show in Las Vegas where her fellow dancers joined her:  

• Edyta Sliwinska
• Alec Mazo
• Anna Trebunskaya
• Jonathan Roberts

Joining them were Wayne Newton’s wife, Kathleen McCrone, Alison Fiore, Vanna White, Drew Carey, Holly Madison (also a DWTS alumni), Carrot Top, Alicia Jacobs, and Tracey Davis.

Given that it’s Wayne Newton’s concert and Cheryl Burke was his DWTS dance partner and she is on stage with him, I suppose I should have made their picture the main one, but I heart Sabrina Bryan.  So sue me. 

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