Chuck Liddell knocked out : Dancing With the Stars
The 39-year-old athlete was eliminated from the ABC dance competition Tuesday."It's hard to do," he said. "I made a shot at it."
Liddell and his professional partner, Anna Trebunskaya, earned praise from the judges for their entertaining country two-step Monday, but the pair collected just 17 points out of 30 for the performance.
Head judge Len Goodman cited the "novelty value" of the mixed martial artist donning dance shoes, "but your quality of dancing isn't there."Though the couple never topped a score of 19, Trebunskaya said Liddell made her proud each week.
"You are my bear and you are my hippo," she said. "I loved working with you."
Viewer votes are combined with judges' scores to determine which contestant is eliminated each week.
Ten celebrity contestants remain on the ABC dance-off. Each is set to perform two dances on Monday.
Harry Connick skit poking fun : Australia last week
Harry Connick Jr. says he did the right thing by expressing his outrage at a blackface skit poking fun at the Jackson Five in Australia last week.
"I'm pleased with the way I handled the situation," the 42-year-old American singer and actor told reporters Wednesday in Hong Kong, where he was promoting his new album "Your Songs."
Connick said he canceled an autograph session and interviews in Sydney after the show to let the controversy die down.
"It was very hot. It was a subject that was very, very controversial. So we just decided to take a couple of days off. I wasn't worried about physical harm," he said.
Blackface once was a part of minstrel shows in the United States, with whites playing stock black characters usually demeaning stereotypes after rubbing coal, grease or shoe polish on their faces.
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