DWTS 2011 Finals! Kirstie Alley too big to fail on Dancing With The Stars or as Celebrity Senior? [May 24] Celebrity Senior Kirstie Alley has made a huge hit on Dancing with the Stars this season as an audience favorite, and she's proud to admit it. Not only has the star celeb lost weight and become more fit, but she generally is feeling positive about herself. Some would say that the actress and former Cheers star celeb is too big to fail. And by big, we mean talented, not her dress size. At age 60, Kirstie Alley is by far the oldest of the competitors on the dance floor, and she still is keeping up with the younger crowd. In fact, keeping up with the younger crowd was one of the challenges in the freestyle competition for the celebrity senior. Kirstie Alley and partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy went all out for the freestyle competition, with Kirstie starting off the routine, surprising the crowd by tearing out of a baggish looking dress into a black leotard and turning a cartwheel. The celebrity senior turned heads. Carrie Ann remarked after the routine: "That dance embodies what you have become - as a poster child for life as it should be lived at 60 years old," according to USA Today. Even Bruno and Len gave the star celeb credit for the routine. Bruno remarked that Kirstie Alley seemed to have gone all out, with lifts and gymnastics that she never would have attempted when she started the season. Len, typically the most critical of the bunch, said that she took risks, and he was impressed with the risks she took. In spite of being an audience favorite, the pair scored all nines, leaving them two points behind their competitors by the end of the night. More good news and green gossip on this [...]

DWTS News! Kirstie Alley new modern dance version of Cinderella story? [Apr. 12] Actress Kirstie Alley is having a little trouble on Dancing with the Stars, but she's been recovering nicely, continuing to earn respectable scores from the judges. Last week, Maksim Chmerkovskiy had a fall during the Rumba to the tune of Over the Rainbow, taking Kirstie Alley down with him, but they recovered. Kirstie Alley joked that she'd wind up having a wardrobe malfunction, which wound up happening. During this week's Waltz, the Cheers and Who's Talking Now actress lost a shoe. While Kirstie Alley and Maksim Chmerkovskiy make it seem almost effortless to recover from some bizarre mishaps the last couple of weeks, it starts to make one wonder if Kirstie Alley is just jinxed this season on Dancing with the Stars. Really. The 60-year-old actress and subject of innumerable jibes at her up-and-down issues with weight started off the show with incredible grace. But like Cinderella, it seems Kirstie Alley, no matter how amazing and talented, can't seem to get away from the curse on her. If it's not fat actress jokes, which she brushes off, willing even to laugh at herself, then it's a fall (for which Maksim Chmerkovskiy takes complete responsibility) or a lost shoe. Poor Cinderella. But her prince, Maksim, seems there, ready to sweep her off her feet over and over, and the couple has proved remarkably resilient to any trouble that comes their way. It would be a real shame to lose a vote to something so simple, but given the simple grace with which she accepted the mishap (except for lobbing the F-bomb in an after-show interview) it's hard to believe anyone would fault the couple for the slip. More good news and green gossip on this [...]