Cheryl Burke is the only two-time winner of Dancing with the Stars with partners Drew Lachey and football legend Emmitt Smith in seasons 1 and 2. This season, she’s paired with Ian Ziering of 90210 fame and looks destined to repeat the feats of the first two seasons. Can it be done? Only time will tell but this dancing queen from San Francisco, California who is of Filipino, Russian and Irish descent has a shot. Tho not the favorites to win it, you can’t count her out.
Check out her finale winning performance on Season 1 below…
DaDump wanted to share with you this article about my “blah blah blog” that came out in the latest issue of Audrey, the Asian American Women’s Lifestyle Magazine, which, so far as I know, my Uncle Rex reads religiously.
It’s a flattering profile. I’m hoping they use a better picture when I make the cover of People’s Sexiest Man Alive issue.
Enjoy the attached article and remember to eat your dumplings regularly even if they clog up your arteries… so bad yet so good - I know DaDump is your dirty little guilty pleasure.
Thanks for all your support! —DailyDumpling.com
(The article is re-printed for your reading enjoyment after the jump)
Jessica Michibata is a Eurasian model in Japan. In order to justify the number of pictures DaDump’s included for your viewing pleasure, I’ll include some background info for ya.
Jess was born October 21, 1984 in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. She has appeared as a model for numerous magazines and is known for modeling alongside her two sisters. The 22-year-old, who is popular among women in their 20s and 30s, is known for her smart and healthy image.
Kelly Hu at the Napoleon Perdis Hollywood Flagship Store Opening
For all of you Kelly Hu fans out there, you’ll be happy to hear that she’s had a flurry of activity as of late. On the small screen, you can see her as a former valedictorian turned “Oriental” massage therapist in the series In Case of Emergency. She can also be seen in The Air I Breathe which is looking for distribution but will no doubt get it since its recent debut at the Tribeca Film Festival this past week. She plays a Madam in a strip joint… seeing a theme here? And don’t forget Shanghai Kiss where Kelly plays a woman from Shanghai… don’t think there are any seedy undertones in this role.
In any event, just found out that a buddy of mine came THIS CLOSE to nabbing the role of Kelly’s boyfriend in Shanghai Kiss. His almost brush with fame and, more importantly, brush up against Kelly fell through when they decided to go with an actual actor. DaDump would have consoled him but that would have been gay - not that there’s anything wrong with being gay… So this picture post is for you, B. You coulda been a contendah… now you’ll have to settle for just being an internet millionaire. Oh the humanity!
Lee Hom Wang and Jolin Tsai are the top Taiwanese celebrity earners according to recent reports. Lee Hom Wang has earned about 70 million yuan from his concerts, advertisement deals relating to food products, clothes, cell phones and shampoo and his music label recording contract.
Jolin Tsai meanwhile earned 30 million from her new record company and an additional 20 million from advertisements.
In terms of group salary, S.H.E. earned the most moolah while Lin Chiling was the leading money maker in her peer group, i.e. hot, skinny models who spend lots of time with billionaire tycoons.
Apparently, when martial artist and actionstar Jet Li was just a boy, he and his team went to Washington and performed their wushu routine for Nixon, who asked him if he’d like to be his personal bodyguard someday. The cheeky little fella said, “I don’t want to protect any individual. When I grow up, I want to defend my one billion Chinese countrymen!”
That was quite a good answer. Nowadays, it looks like he’s making good on his promise. Jet Li’s an ambassador for Red Cross and he has also established a group called The One Foundation. The organization aims to help provide faster aid for victims of natural disasters in China and also to address adolescent depression and mental illness. [Ecorazzi]
Below is a PSA (Public Service Announcement) Jet did for The One Foundation. Since China is gaining prominence in the world community, follow along and improve your Mandarin with the video below…
TIME asked who you thought should be on the list of the 100 most influential people of the year. Over 200 candidates were given a rating of 1 to 100. And your #1 choice? Let it Rain! The Korean R&B phenom had almost half a million votes, over 100,000 more than runner-up Stephen Colbert. And guess who was #3… Sanjaya Malakar!
Aishwarya Rai and Tiger Woods didn’t do as well but made the list at #28 and #59 respectively.
Bai Ling seen here at the Grand opening of the Stoli Hotel Spa
Bai Ling was at Corio in New York City for their burlesque show and decided to join in. The amorous actress was wearing a tiny cocktail dress and started “seducing” the microphone as the crowd cheered her on. Apparently she was sipping water all night, no alcoholic libations in sight… just goes to show you that Bai’s naturally high on life!
Canadian pop punk princess Avril Lavigne arrived in Hong Kong on Wednesday night and was greeted by once timid fans gone wild. Lavigne is in town to promote The Best Damn Thing and will be here for three days for a performance before hitting Australia.
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