Entertainers face commentary from web critics on the regular, but occasionally a remark or video will push them so far that they feel obligated to respond. To illustrate my point, I present to you Part 2 of my recent Shane Sparks interview.

In this super-candid segment, the So You Think You Can Dance and America’s Best Dance Crew staple addresses a particular Youtube critic who he believes needs a little clarification on the breadth of the Sparks hustle.

Both Mad Men and Entourage grip me by portraying how convoluted (and comical) a world run by occasionally greedy guys can be – they both feature their share of tragic moments, but their season finales keep me counting down until when I’ll be able to bond with my friends over their erratic plots again.

Since those shows won’t be returning until later on this summer, I dove into the realm of Hulu to find a suitable scripted series to keep me afloat this summer and emerged with a treasure chest of a show – Royal Pains on USA.

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In Part 1 of 2 of my recent interview with America’s Best Dance Crew judge/So You Think You Can Dance choreographer Shane Sparks, Shane makes known his expectations for the ABDC 4 contestants. Plus, he points out some of the common mistakes that poppers fall for.

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This week, on So You Think You Can Dance, we bid farewell to Contemporary Jazz dancer Ashley Valerio and Ballroom International Latin hoofer Max Kapitannikov. I briefly spoke with these two recently eliminated contestants on a conference call this afternoon and got to toss in a few questions (props to EW.com’s Alynda Wheat for vocab inspiration!). Our conversations went a little something like this:

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Last summer, I suggested that VH1’s Brooke Knows Best could amp up its content’s quality by profiling Brooke Hogan as she tries to make her way in the music biz. And while the second season of the series hasn’t followed Lady Hogan onto the stage yet, her new single/video are evidence that she’s been putting in some studio time.

“Falling” is light and poppy R&B that should fit smoothly into the groove of this summer if it can garner some airplay. Nice work Brooke.

Are you diggin’ it?

When the ladies and gents of Beast Mode took the floor at the LA America’s Best Dance Crew Season 4 auditions, their facial expressions and synced up choreography conveyed a gritty confidence that commanded everybody in the studio to sit up straight and take in their technique!

Are you willing to bet that their athleticism will grant them a pass to the mainstage this fall?

I’m still not convinced that the Black Eyed Peas’ latest album The E.N.D. is really an “album” at all. No, I suspect that it’s actually an artistic creation that we humans inherited from a party-obsessed clan of extraterrestrials. I’ll explain my theory.

I imagine that while aboard their aircraft, some alien crew managed to concoct a sound so hazardously infectious that their ship exploded from an energy overload. Their ship’s black box – which recorded the final moments of their lethal jamfest – fell down to earth, where a team of savvy technicians from Interscope Records discovered it and decided to pass it off as a Black Eyed Peas album.

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