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TURIN, Italy -- Olympic champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir flashed some Flamenco flair to strengthen their grip on the ice dance competition at the world figure skating championships on Thursday.The Canadian duo, who topped the compulsory dance on Tuesday, maintained their lead by again finishing first and setting a season's best with an original dance filled with complicated lifts and Spanish hand claps.

With just Friday's free dance remaining, Virtue and Moir have 114.40 points overall ahead of Meryl Davis and Charlie White in second.The Americans, who took silver at the Vancouver Games last month, reached a combined 112.54 with their Indian folk routine.

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Cheryl Burke has admitted that she had never heard of her Dancing With The Stars partner Chad Ochocinco. Burke told TV Guide that she searched for the American footballer's name on the internet to find out more information about him.

"Honestly, I am not a sports girl," she said. "I know a couple of football players, but Chad I've never really heard of, so I had to do some research."When I Googled him and saw some stuff, I was like, 'OK, this guy has a lot of personality'. He's a really great guy. I didn't tell him [I didn't know who he was], but he kind of knew with all the interviews we've done."

Burke added that she is excited about being paired with an athlete again."They just know what it takes," she explained. "There's no drama. They know how to be coached. They can take direction, and can go home, study and come back and do it."The tenth season of Dancing With The Stars premieres Monday on ABC in the US and from March 26 exclusively on Watch in the UK.

Demi Moore gave her daughter a pole-dancing lesson at a party. The 47-year-old actress showed off the moves that made her famous in 1996 film Striptease during a star-studded bash at Hollywood's lavish Chateau Marmont hotel. Demi was reportedly trying to show her 21-year-old daughter Rumer Willis how to work the pole, but ended up putting on a raunchy show for all her celebrity friends and husband Ashton Kutcher.

"Demi was really going for it," a partygoer told Life & Style magazine. "She even spun around the pole upside down. Everyone was cheering, and Leonardo DiCaprio gave Ashton a high-five."

When Demi was finished, Rumer took a spin on the pole. Her performance was also met with cheers and mother daughter couldn't stop laughing about their performances.

Demi had a similarly good time when she co-hosted an Oscars after-party with Madonna at the singer's manager Guy Oseary's Los Angeles home on Sunday night. The bash was attended by a host of stars, including Ashton, P. Diddy, Renee Zellweger and Bradley Cooper, Penelope Cruz, Taylor Lautner, Lady Gaga, Jeremy Renner, Leonardo DiCaprio and Gerard Butler.

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Burke, 38, will be replacing former co-host Samantha Harris, who announced last month that she wouldn't be returning. Burke will now be teamed up with Tom Bergeron for Season 10 of the popular show."Dancing with the Stars 2010: Full Lineup Confirmed" and "Kate Gosselin's New Hair for Dancing with the Stars Debut"

Burke, the Dancing with the Stars season 7 winner, says she couldn't be more excited about the opportunity.Burke will use her experience hosting programs like E's Wild On combined with her experience as a contestant on the show to help guide the new set of celebrity dancers.

Burke says that she was actually scared to call her manager because she so badly wanted the job and was afraid she wouldn't be chosen.The former Playboy model says that just because she's hosting the show now instead of competing, it won't stop her from slipping on her dancing shows every now and again. She promises that she'll sneak on the dance floor.

Kate Gosselin is seen here with her "Dancing" partner Tony Dovolani. Gosselin said she hopes to set an example for her children about the importance of working hard, doing your best and facing your fears.

"This is definitely a message to my kids," she said. "I only told them last night right before it was announced. My 9-year-olds are very excited. They asked if they could vote for me."Watch the two-hour season premiere of "Dancing with the Stars" on Monday, March 22 at 8 p.m. ET.

It was Bachelor and Dancing with the Stars alum Melissa Rycroft who announced the present batch of celebs who'll compete on this season of Dancing with the Stars, prompting a lot to speculate that the choice had been made regarding the vacant Dancing with the Stars co-host spot once season 10 kicks off in two weeks.

But Star Magazine is reporting that the job is going to none other than Dancing with the Stars season 7 winner Brooke Burke, lording it over Rycroft and Vanessa Minnillo, both of whom tried out for the part and got as far as screen tests. Another noted DWTS alum, former Spice Girl Mel B. has reportedly tried out as well.

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TOKYO | The 2010 Winter Olympics wound to an end yesterday, and for Japan's Mai Sato, watching all those gold medals being handed out in Vancouver was a bittersweet experience. Ms. Sato knows the demands of being the best. In her world, blisters are the rule, bruises a way of life. And the training five hours a day, five days a week. Ms. Sato, the world champion in her sport, is as athletic, dedicated and competitive as the Olympians representing their nations at the games. And she thinks it's high time her discipline, too, got some real recognition.

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International pole chancing champion, Mai Sato from Japan, would love to see that happen. Sato trains five hours a day in her sport that takes a tremendous amount of strength and agility - it's just too bad it's associated with strippers! "I could definitely see pole dancing in the Olympics," she said, who has been dancing since the age of three. "I would love to win a gold medal."

Although it would have to gain recognition from the International Olympic Committee as a sport and considering baseball and softball were just cut, we can't imagine it would be easy! "There will be a day when the Olympics see pole dancing as a sport," said Ania Przeplasko, founder of the International Pole Dancing Fitness Association. "The Olympic community needs to acknowledge the number of people doing pole fitness now. We're shooting for 2012.

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The strip club mainstay pole dancing - known as much for its sensual moves as its rigorous athletic side - may be headed for the Olympics. A group of pole-dance advocates is hoping for a "test" event in 2012 and a more formal pitch four years after that, in Rio de Janeiro, according to The Associated Press.

KT Coates, a prominent pole dancer in England and director of Vertical Dance, is leading the Olympic push.
"After a great deal of feedback from the pole-dance community, many of us have decided that it’s about time pole fitness is recognized as a competitive sport, and what better way for recognition than to be part of the 2012 Olympics held in London," she said in a petition she’s preparing for organizers of the London Olympics.

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The movie is at the Berlin Film Festival without its two biggest stars - Stewart and The Sopranos lead James Gandolfini. Director Jake Scott, son of Ridley, said he first considered Stewart for the part of Mallory when Sean Penn recommended her on the strength of her performance in his movie Into The Wild.

Stewart, 19, has become a teen idol for her part in the Twilight movies and her involvement in Welcome To The Rileys is likely to be a major boost for the low-budget, independently produced film. "We shot this in 2008, so Twilight came out when we'd wrapped," Scott told reporters in Berlin. "I saw her in Into The Wild. We got lucky."Stewart plays Mallory, a down-and-out teenaged stripper and prostitute in New Orleans who Doug Riley, played by Gandolfini, takes under his protective wing.

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