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Los Angeles (E! Online) – Karina Smirnoff and Maksim Chmerkovskiy are looking to perfect their pas de deux. The Dancing With the Stars pros took the whole ringing in the New Year literally, getting engaged just before the calendar flipped to Jan. 1, a source close to the couple confirms to E! News. The betrothal came between DWTS tour dates in Salt Lake City and Tulsa, Okla.—and a little more than six months after Smirnoff, 30, announced she and former Dancing partner Mario Lopez had ended their two-year relationship. She and fellow Ukraine native Chmerkovskiy, 28, hooked up shortly... [Read more of this review]

Los Angeles (E! Online) – Winter TV starts next week, and there's such an embarrassment of riches this season that it's hard to know where to start. Lucky for you, we've got a countdown of the top 10 winter series most worth your attention. Is your favorite show included? Find out… 10. Dollhouse (Feb. 13): Joss Whedon returns to television! The wizard himself has created a new series in which the mindfrak is built in to the premise: Young men and women are deprogrammed of their own personalities in order to make room for fabulous new personas ranging from perfect girlfriend... [Read more of this review]

LOS ANGELES – Talk about a monster of a promotion. Some 150 million 3D glasses will be given away for Super Bowl viewers to watch a three-minute 3D sneak preview of the big-screen animated feature “Monsters vs. Aliens.” While 3D telecasts are nothing new, this marks the first time one has been done for such a large audience. DreamWorks Animation chief executive Jeffrey Katzenberg called the stunt “perhaps the biggest media-advertising event in history.” He wouldn’t give a hard figure on the cost, but said it “involves tens of millions of dollars.” Katzenberg... [Read more of this review]

LONDON (Reuters) – A relative unknown will take over the title role of Doctor Who in the British science fiction television show, making him the 11th time lord in 45 years to travel across the universe in the Tardis time-ship. Matt Smith, 26, will make his debut in 2010, replacing David Tennant who leaves at the end of this year. He is the youngest actor to play the part. The BBC revealed the identity of the new Dr. Who during a special edition of "Doctor Who Confidential" on Saturday. "I'm just so excited about the journey that is in front of me," Smith said in... [Read more of this review]

Los Angeles (E! Online) – Are Nicollette Sheridan and David Spade actually becoming a couple? The two had dinner together on Saturday at Sushisamba in the Palazzo in Las Vegas. "Although there wasn't major PDA, they definitely were affectionate throughout their meal," a source reports. Spade sipped Diet Pepsi with his meal while the Desperate Housewives star had a Belvedere mojito. They were joined by another couple. Sheridan and Spade were first spotted in early November getting cozy at the opening of Luau restaurant in Los Angeles. A couple of weeks later, at the same venue,... [Read more of this review]

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Meet David E. Kelley's newest discovery — Charity Wakefield. After making Calista Flockhart a household name by tapping her as the title character in "Ally McBeal," the prolific producer has cast the 27-year-old English actress as the female lead in "Legally Mad," his new quirky legal drama for NBC. Jon Seda also has been cast in the show, in which Wakefield plays a woman who takes a job at her father's law firm and quickly becomes the practice's center. Her character is deeply devoted to her father and chose to work... [Read more of this review]