Helio Castroneves, fiancee call it quits

I've only watched the finals of "Dancing with the Stars" and I can tell that there's something going on between Helio and his dance trainer. Hmmm, so clever of them to blow it all after the final night. I wish them both good luck though.

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Helio Castroneves won the mirrorball trophy on ABC's "Dancing With the Stars," but lost his fiancee, Aliette Vazquez. Less than a day after Castroneves was declared the winner, Vazquez, a Miami-based business executive, announced she had called off her engagement to the Brazilian race-car driver.
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Castroneves out-danced finalists Melanie Brown and Marie Osmond on Tuesday night's show.

"There's been a lot of rumors and a lot of stuff said, and she just wanted confirmed that they are no longer engaged. There's no animosity, there's nothing mean. Just a simple confirmation," Vazquez's publicist, Howard Bragman, told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

Sparks flew this season between "Cheetah Girl" Sabrina Bryan and her dance partner, Mark Ballas. Two seasons ago, Mario Lopez and Karina Smirnoff reportedly generated heat off the dance floor.

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Depp At His Best: Sweeney Todd in Theaters December 21st

I watched the thriller of Johnny Deep's new movie Sweeney Todd and it's pretty impressive as usual. He's really a good actor. I remember how he perfectly portray as Capt. Jack Sparrow on his "Pirates of the Caribbean". The "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," for me is the most visually spectacular and action-packed movie so I know that Sweeney Todd will be as entertaining as what Johnny Depp's previous movie is.

To give you a glimpse of what the movie is all about, here's an excerpt of the plot of the movie (from Wikipedia):

Sweeney Todd returns (Johnny Deep) to London after escaping the life imprisonment of Benjamin Barker, only to find his wife Lucy (Laura Michelle Kelly) and daughter Johanna (Jayne Wisener) have suffered at the hands of the very man who had imprisoned him, Judge Turpin (Alan Rickman). With the assistance of his former landlady, Mrs. Nellie Lovett (Helena Bonham Carter), Sweeney launches a plan for revenge that initially targets the individuals responsible for his imprisonment, but ultimately draws all of society in his sights.

Sweeney Todd is originally an award winning musical thriller by Stephen Sondheim. It earned its credits and popularity for sometimes now and I'm really happy that they adapted it to the big screen. This is a perfect movie treat this coming holiday season, what do you think?

You can visit the official Sweeney Todd movie site to read and watch thriller or visit Sweeney Todd on MySpace.

This made me sad

I watched this show this evening and I really thought that Mel B will win (actually she's the winner for me) but well, people voted for Helio Castroneves and Mel C. lost. But anyway, she is really a great dancer...a total performer.

Helio Castroneves voted `Dancing' champ

Race-car driver Helio Castroneves upset Spice Girl Melanie Brown to capture the "Dancing With the Stars" mirrorball trophy on Tuesday night.

"It will look so good between my two Indy 500 trophies," Castroneves said.

He and his partner, Julianne Hough, came into the finals in second place, one point behind Brown and Maksim Chmerkovskiy. Both couples received perfect scores of 30 from the judges in their final dances Tuesday.

Overall, Brown was by far the more polished performer, consistently wowing the judges with her versatility and flair. But Castroneves' personality and enthusiasm, plus an effortless quickstep on his final performance, earned enough viewer votes to carry the day. His partner, Hough, also had won last season's competition, with speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno.

Afterward, Castroneves said that he was "shocked" by the victory: "I was not expecting it. Mel, she's an incredible dancer."

Brown admitted that losing "was a horrible feeling. I'm not going to deny it."

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