ABC’s Dancing With The Stars partners Brandy and Maksim Chmerkovskiy were the first out the gate last night (11/15/10) to perform a very passionate, if not violent, Pasodoble.

Brandy wore her hair with a medium sized bump along the hairline with the rest of her tresses cascading down over her shoulders onto her back. She looked gorgeous and confident as she danced.

Judge Bruno Tonioli quipped that he was going to scream “stop, stop, stop somebody’s going to get hurt. Talk about anger. You need to go to anger management. I tell you, you definitely released all the aggression. You danced like a fury.” Carrie Ann Inaba commented on the passion displayed during the dance.

Brooke Burke also commented that Brandy and Maks gave a pretty dramatic performance and asked Brandy the story behind the choreography. Brandy said “yes, we dedicate our pasodoble to anybody that’s ever been bullied in their life and it was just about the person that’s been bullied coming into their own and just shining and being a firework.”

Brandy and Maks were rewarded with their passionate dance with three 9s from the judge to open up the show with a combined total of 27 points. This was significant because the popular dance competition is down to the wire. Only four couples remain in the semi-finals and only three couples will actually compete for the famous mirror ball trophy.

Tonight (Tuesday, November 16, 2010) will bring the results and one couple will be left behind. Check out the show on ABC or visit ABC.com to watch any missed episodes.

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No one can say that Oprah doesn’t tackle some of the most heart wrenching topics of our times. On today’s show (Thursday, November 11, 2010) the queen of the talking heads had Marie Osmond as her only guest.

Marie shared many painful memories about the recent suicide (February 26, 2010) of her beloved 18 year old son Michael Brian. Marie made a point to say her son was clean of all drugs even though he had been in rehab in the past. She also said he wasn’t normally a depressed kid.

(Image of Marie Osmond at 37th Annual Emmy Awards in 2010 – DC Media – All Rights Reserved)

Many times Marie and the audience were in tears as Marie discussed her son’s death. It was obvious Marie’s grief is quite raw. It was the first interview Marie has given regarding her loss.

Marie told Oprah “I don’t know if you’re ever ready to talk about it (her son’s death). I knew you would be the person I would talk to about it too and I think if anybody asks after that I’ll say I already talked about it on Oprah and that’s all.”

During her hour long conversation with Oprah Marie shared some very poignant memories about “Mike” as she often referred to her son. Marie said that Michael told her “I have no friends” and it brought back to Marie her own experiences with depression, which Michael was suffering from at the time of his suicide.

Michael Shared His Matching Curls With His Little Sister

At one point Marie allowed Oprah to play a few of the words spoken at Michael’s funeral by her children. A 12 year old Brianna Osmond said “Michael never forgot my birthday. It’s a big deal in a family as big as mine. I didn’t like my curly hair when I was little but he made me feel better about it….because we matched.”

A photo was shown of the late Michael Osmond as a teen and he had a gorgeous head ful of shimmering tight ringlets and curls. (more…)