Dancing with the Stars

When paps outside Hyde asked the 27-year-old Ukranian born hottie what his favorite dance was, Maksim ever-so giddily replied, "The horizontal mambo!" Hopefully, it's not a Quickstep too!

No word if the lucky lady on his arm last night got to practice those moves with him!

The 44-year-old plump-lipped diva was perplexed as to why she was swarmed by paps as she trolled Robertson Blvd. this weekend with hubby Harry Hamlin, 55. Imagine, being photographed on the same street as Kitson and the Ivy?! Unbelievable!

The unexciting "Dancing" duo did manage to stir up some excitement -- by jaywalking across the street. It's not a DUI, but it's a start!

Leaving baby Angel Iris, daughter Phoenix Chi and step-daughter Gisele at home, the Spice Girl and her man showed up to the club rockin' her "Dancing with the Stars" 'do after the show.

Mom's gotta party too!

The dancing disasters include "Lost" wacktress Bai Ling, Tom Cruise and robowife Katie Holmes, and in a posthumous appearance, Anna Nicole Smith at a Bar Mitzvah.

Vote now, and see the results on Tuesday's show!

Cameras caught Garth with her hunky "Damages" star hubby, Peter Facinelli, and a group making their way toward Hollywood's infamous club Area. But to their surprise, they were the only ones there. *crickets* It seems that the 30-somethings just didn't have the in on the night life. What a letdown. And why is Area dead on a Tuesday?!

While several "Dancing With the Stars" contestants are limited in one way or another (Mel B. just had a baby, Wayne Newton has been stretched to the limit for some time), it's doubtful any of them have endured what Mark Cuban has.

The outspoken Dallas Mavericks owner had his hip replaced less than seven weeks before he started practicing for "Dancing With the Stars." Ay caramba!

It appears his dancing workout has already begun -- he's looking fit! The rhumba works wonders on the abs! Hopefully, the Dallas Mavericks owner has some rhythm in that blue blood of his! His current net worth is listed as $2.3 billion -- that's a whole lotta tap shoes and shiny outfits!

Teen pin-up and former Lindsay Lohan plaything Aaron Carter is hot property in the reality TV world, but don't expect to see him on the boob tube any time soon.

The littler Carter was offered a spot on the upcoming season of ABC's "Dancing with the Stars," and on MTV's "Celebrity Rap Superstar," but had to opt out of both.

It's no secret that some serious spray-tanning has been taking place offstage. The makeup artist for "Dancing" was supplied with a mobile bronzer, complete with gallon-size jugs of tanner (and we've seen the tan jugs), all courtesy of California Tan. They even gifted Monday's audience with their sunless tanning kit!

A bit of tanning advice for "Dancing's" final four -- just a little dab'll do ya kids.

Bass lost a bet with STAR 98.7 FM's Valentine and Lisa Foxx in Los Angeles, saying that former *NSYNC comrade Joey Fatone would get a perfect score on this week's show ... but Joey landed in the bottom two (with Billy Ray Cyrus, who got the boot).

Now, thanks to Lance's misguided faith in Fatone's footwork, Lance will now spend Thursday fetching coffee, answering phones and performing other menial tasks the station throws his way. Hey boy!

Perhaps Lance should leave his wagering in Vegas.

TMZ spotted "Dancing with the Stars" resident former pop star outside of Area on Saturday night, getting groped by Laila Ali's handsome dance instructor, Maksim Chmerkovskiy (would you like to buy a vowel?), and talking about the exhaustive training for this week's episode.

Fatone will doing the fast-paced dance to the slow beat of Erasure's "A Little Respect," and it looks and sounds like Joey is saying that the training is taking a toll on his groin. Ouch!

Ian Ziering is dancing his way into our living rooms every week, but the former 90210ian won't be flashing his privates in the pages of Playgirl.

In Touch claimed that Ziering had been offered a tantalizing $100,000 to drop his leotard for the peep rag.

TMZ contacted a Playgirl rep who, when asked about the reports, informed us, "Uhhhh, that would be a big NO. Playgirl doesn't have that kind of budget to play with." Playgirl without something to play with?

The limb-challenged but nimble activist only stumbled in rehearsals. Last night, dressed in a craptacular yellow and purple full-length gown, which she said made her feel like "an ice cream sundae," the vampy amputee whooshed and twirled her way to a scary rating from the judges: sixes across the board.

Heather's clipped dancing was a revelation last night, and 666 is, of course, the Number of the Beast in the Book of Revelation.

Country crooner Billy Ray Cyrus (that's "Hannah Montana's" dad for you tweeners), former "90210" star Ian Ziering and Muhammad Ali's daughter Laila Ali will join former *NSYNC member Joey Fatone in trying to wrestle Emmitt Smith's Season 3 crown.

Despite earlier reports, one star who will not be shaking her royal groove thang is the original Fergie, Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York. Fergie's fellow countrywomen, Sharon and Kelly Osbourne, were set to join the cast but have since backed out.

A rep for "Dancing" had no comment, saying "We can't confirm any castings at this point."

"Dancing With the Stars" premieres March 19.

Has Carrot Top had surgery? --Lou

Carrot Top, aka Scott Thompson, undoubtedly looks a bit different nowadays, as opposed to his earlier years. Sorry Lou, we can't give the yea or nay as to whether he actually went under the knife. One thing we can confirm is that he has undergone a complete physique change.

Click here to take a look at the once-scrawny-turned-ginormous orange-head (... and take a moment to compare that suspected face change, too).

We know about Joel Madden, but what's up with the rest of Good Charlotte? --David

Yes, David, we do know the latest on Joel Madden's love life, but as far as his professional life is concerned, he and the band have been hard at work preparing for their next album. Titled "Good Morning Revival," they expect it to hit shelves around March 20.

Joel said they finished about 50 songs, realized they weren't what they thought they'd be, scratched them, and started all over again! Putting that much work into the album -- no doubt it'll be good!

Click here to take a look at Good Charlotte's MySpace and to catch one of their songs!