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Shawn and Mark Look Ahead, Declare Selves Friends For Life/Dr. Drew Gets To Business With Tough New Celeb Rehabbers

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"Dancing With the Stars" winner and Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson tells us now that the ABC show is a memory, it's back to gymnastics training for her.

"I'm not sure yet what's next," says the 4'10" 17-year-old. "I'm going to get back into training and see where that takes me. For now I'm taking a little break and going on vacation, but also Mark and I are doing a bunch of events where we're dancing," she adds, referring to her on-air dance partner, Mark Ballas. "We just did a charity event hosted by Kristy Yamaguchi to help underprivileged kids. That was a lot of fun."

Ballas, meanwhile, says, "This summer is all about music for me. I've been a guitar player for 12 years, so I'm playing with my band, Ballas Hough Band. We're going to go on tour," Ballas says of his band with fellow "DWTS" pro Derek Hough.

When asked if he'll be back on "Dancing With the Stars," Ballas responds, "If they ask me back for season nine, I'll be back. It just depends on the cast."

For now, the duo is having fun celebrating their reign as dance champions. "I felt like we had a chance, but we were still shocked that we won," recalls Ballas. "We had a great time from start to finish, and we laughed a lot, so I think that really helped with our partnership. Definitely we'll be friends for life."

HARD CORPS: Dr. Drew Pinsky's VH1 show "Celebrity Rehab" has commenced filming of its third season for debut in early 2010 — and he tells us already this has been one of the most challenging seasons so far. Small wonder. The cast is full of hardcore drug problem repeaters. "We've got a whole new batch. It's intense. Some of these people are very sick," Pinsky says of the celebrity patients including Mackenzie Phillips, Heidi Fleiss, Tom Sizemore, Dennis Rodman, Mindy McCready, Lisa D'Amato, Mike Starr of "Alice in Chains," Joey Kovar from "The Real World Hollywood" and Playboy Playmate Kari Ann Peniche.

"We just had a bunch of alumni come back to help the new bunch confront their denial," adds Dr. Pinsky. He believes celebrities are definitely more susceptible to addictions. "Yeah, I did some research on that, and we were able to show very clearly that because of who's attracted to becoming a celebrity, they tend to be more likely to become addicts."

While it's very early on in their recovery process, for now, Dr. Pinsky says they're just trying to determine who's there for the right reasons. "I think they believe that they can manipulate the cameras when they come in, but we don't allow that," he claims. "We have to get the real stuff going, or we have to kick them out. They either work, or they don't. This is a really tough group, so we'll see how they do."

HUNK ALERT: Kellan Lutz is already feeling the love thanks to his hit movie "Twilight." Just last week he was pictured running with his shirt off while female fans everywhere drooled. So far, though, the attention doesn't seem to be going to his head. "It's more humbling than anything. It's nice to have support from the fans," says the exceptionally handsome one-time Abercrombie & Fitch model, who's also in the 2010 reboot of "A Nightmare on Elm Street." Lutz, who recently finished the "Twilight" sequel, "New Moon," tells us that after a much-needed break, the cast will reunite again to begin the third film in the vampire franchise, "Eclipse," in August. "It's always great not saying goodbye. We have a lot to look forward to with shooting the new movies."

RACIAL REALITY: Casting is underway for "The Color of Love" with producers eager to find the ideal bachelor for the forthcoming reality show that can't help but bring out racial contrasts. He should be 28-40, attractive, charismatic, full of energy, biracial — half black and half white — with a history of dating white and black women. And, of course, he should be in the market for a meaningful relationship.

With reports by Emily Feimster.

To find out more about Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith and read their past columns, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2009 MARILYN BECK AND STACY JENEL SMITH DISTRIBUTED BY CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC.


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