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The Three Finalists Will Be Determined on "Dancing with the Stars the Results Show," Tuesday, May 13 on ABC
- "Macy's Stars of Dance" Presents "Thriller," Featuring R&B Star Omarion as the Ninth Couple Eliminated is Revealed
- The Finalists in the Kids Ballroom Dancing Competition Return to Perform and Viewers Will Vote for Their Favorite Team
Friday, May 09, 2008 -- "Episode 609A" - After tallying the judges' scores and viewers' votes, the ninth couple to be eliminated from the competition is revealed and the three finalists determined on "Dancing with the Stars the Results Show," TUESDAY, MAY 13 (9:00-10:02 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.
This week, "Macy's Stars of Dance" presents "Thriller" in what promises to be an unforgettable performance choreographed by Travis Payne, featuring R&B star Omarion and a dance troupe of nineteen. The highly entertaining number features a medley of Michael Jackson's greatest hits, including "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin,'" "Billy Jean" and "Thriller." "Macy's Stars of Dance" features some of the best choreographers and performers from different styles of dance, offering viewers performances that represent the peak of achievement in their genres.
Additionally, the top three kids competing in the Kids Ballroom Dancing Competition return for their final performances. They've shimmied their way into America's hearts and have been selected as finalists by judges Bruno Tonioli, Len Goodman and Carrie Ann Inaba. Now viewers will have the chance to vote for their favorite team, and the winners will be announced during the "Dancing with the Stars" Season Finale on May 20.
By evening's end, the celebrity with the lowest-composite score will be eliminated, as determined by a combination of the judges' scores and viewers' votes. Who among the following four teams will leave the ballroom floor?
* CRISTIÁN DE LA FUENTE, international film star, and his partner, two-time "Dancing with the Stars" champion CHERYL BURKE
* JASON TAYLOR, NFL Man of the Year, and partner EDYTA SLIWINSKA
* MARISSA JARET WINOKUR, Tony Award winning Broadway star, and partner TONY DOVOLANI
* KRISTI YAMAGUCHI, Olympic champion figure skater, and partner MARK BALLAS
Viewers may cast their votes for their favorite teams via phone on performance nights during and up to thirty minutes after the "Dancing with the Stars" performance shows. AT&T subscribers may also text message their votes by texting the word "VOTE" and entering the number that corresponds to the team they want to support (standard text message rates apply). Viewers may also vote online at
www.abc.com once the performance show begins on the East Coast, until 12:00p.m., ET the next day.
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You'd be hard-pressed to find a pop star that Calgary director and choreographer Sean Cheesman hasn't worked with.
Michael Jackson? Check. Prince? Check. Janet Jackson? Check. Britney Spears. Her too. Whitney Houston? Mmm hmm. Cher? Yep, her as well. Tina Turner? You betcha. KISS? Yes, even KISS (although Gene Simmons was a jerk).
Born and raised in Calgary, Cheesman had early ambitions of becoming a figure skater. To improve his flexibility and movement, he took up dance on the side. As his love of dance began to eclipse his desire to skate, he found himself at Calgary's Decidedly Jazz Danceworks in the mid '80s, which then got him enrolled at the prestigious Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre in New York City.
After lying on his resume (he didn't have a green card) he landed a dream gig for his very first job -- in 1987 he was cast as a backup dancer in Michael Jackson's Bad video, directed by the legendary Martin Scorsese.
"It's funny because at the time, I didn't even know who Martin Scorsese was," Cheesman says. "I remember him talking to us. Wesley Snipes was also in it, before he was big. But I was just in such awe of being near Michael Jackson. It wasn't until years later that I clued in -- 'My God, I worked with Martin Scorsese!' It was one of my first big experiences."
That soon led to a part in another Michael Jackson video, The Way You Make Me Feel, and Cheesman went on to work in music videos with Paula Abdul, and a bit part in 1992's The Bodyguard with Whitney Houston. In the following years, he toured with Janet Jackson as a choreographer and dancer, before moving on to choreograph Prince's Diamonds and Pearls worldwide tour. Before long, he was choreographing Michael and Janet Jackson in the most expensive music video ever made, the $8-million Scream.
"I knew it was going to be huge from the minute I was asked," he says.
"I had just gotten off tour with Janet and that was at the peak of her success. And considering her and Michael had never done anything together before, I knew it was going to be big. It took two weeks to pull off. With the Jacksons, it's not so much creating a routine as auditioning one, you show it to them and they may tweak it here or there."
Which leads to an interesting question. Having worked with both Michael Jackson and Prince, who does he prefer working with?
"They're both really intense, hard workers," Cheesman says. "And they both have their own sort of vision. But . . . Michael Jackson is really weird.
Prince is really small and he talks really low, but Michael Jackson is one of those guys where if I'm standing (three feet away) I'm invading his personal space. He's really awkward. It's funny because he's very nerdy. I choreographed Michael and Janet's Scream video and I went to his house in Neverland Ranch, and that was weird because it looks just like Christmas. But his staff is very . . . proper
"But there's still some artists I want to work with. Jully Black, I would love to work with her and hope she calls. And Steven Spielberg, I would jump at the chance to work with him. I'd also love to work with Michael (Jackson) again. I think he should do a Vegas act. I think his putting out singles are over, but people would flock to see him live."
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Sex and the City hottie
Jason Lewis caught
Michael Jackson’s original "Thriller" video at the Tribeca Film Festival Drive-In.
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Karimi presents an intense character, fueled by his revolutionary fervor and frequently driven into a rage at Castro's affection for Spam, a favorite of his people, he explains. And when Karimi leaves the stage for a moment, Castro sings a love song to a can of Spam, fitting the lyrics to the tune of
"Ben," the early Michael Jackson song about a rat.
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The POTUS channel has won number of acclaim including being named "one of the 10 most important voices" in its election by Best Life magazine.
We also launched number of XM's popular micro channels including XM Thriller. Of 30 days dedicated channel to the music entity of Michael Jackson and a 30-day dedicated channel for the music entity of country music star George Strait. These channels are not only winning acclaim and appreciation of process subscriber base, but also from the music entity itself.
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I look at me and Justin like Prince and Michael Jackson in their day."
-- on the professional rivalry between himself and Justin Timberlake, to the AP
