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So You Think You Can Dance

So You Think You Can Dance Makes First Cuts of the Season

Originally posted 07/19/2012 08:35AM

The entire top 20 took to the stage to perform Wednesday on So You Think You Can Dance, but only 16 made it through season 9's first elimination.

"You must be dreading it," host Cat Deeley said to the judges at the beginning of Wednesday's live show.

The judges were tasked with sending home two men and two women of the six dancers voted into the bottom by viewers.

But first, all 20 contestant took to the stage to perform this week's routines, which ended with a rousing Bollywood number by Whitney Carson, 18, and Chehon Wespi-Tschopp, 23.

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Filed Under: , So You Think You Can Dance, Adam Shankman, Nigel Lythgoe

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Producer Recalls Miley Cyrus & Liam Hemsworth's First Kiss

Originally posted 06/09/2012 04:00PM

Sure, he acts, dances and directs, but there's yet another talent Adam Shankman can add to his resume: matchmaking.

Shankman was one of the producers of The Last Song, the 2009 romance that introduced Miley Cyrus to now-fiancé Liam Hemsworth, who announced their engagement Wednesday.

"I sort of want a finder's fee for Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth," the Rock of Ages director told PEOPLE at the film's L.A. premiere Friday. "I cannot tell you. It made me cry."

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Filed Under: Couples, Engagements, Rock of Ages, The Last Song, Adam Shankman, Liam Hemsworth, Miley Cyrus

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Tom Cruise 'Needed' a Monkey for Rock of Ages

Originally posted 05/15/2012 04:45PM

In order to portray rock god Stacee Jaxx, Tom Cruise had to go wild – literally.

"After working for weeks on Stacee's technical skills, I was thinking about the character, and I said, 'You know what? I need a monkey,'" the Rock of Ages star tells W Magazine. "[Director Adam Shankman] said, 'What the f– are you talking about?' And I said, 'I'm serious – I need a monkey.'"

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Filed Under: Stars and Pets, Rock of Ages, Adam Shankman, Tom Cruise

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Tom Cruise Bares Abs in Rock of Ages Poster

Originally posted 04/20/2012 02:35PM

Who's the intense-looking dude in the shades, wide-brimmed hat and shaggy coat with the amazing abs peeking out? None other than Tom Cruise leading an all-star cast in the poster for the upcoming Rock of Ages based on the Broadway show and opening in movie theaters June 15.

Against a soundtrack that includes Def Leppard, Joan Jett, Journey, Foreigner, Bon Jovi, Night Ranger, REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister and Poison, Cruise stars as an aging rocker alongside Julianne Hough, Russell Brand, Paul Giamatti, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Malin Akerman, Mary J. Blige, Bryan Cranston and soon-to-be groom Alec Baldwin.