That Pineapple Dance Studios has been axed, but - quelle surprise - Louie Spence has landed his own £200k deal... The Sun reports: "The first of them - Louie Spence's Showbusiness - will see him set up a rival dance school doors away from the famous Pineapple studios in Covent Garden, central London. Wannabe singer Andrew Stone and several other key Pineapple staff are defecting with him. Pint-size Louie will scour the country for new dancers then train them at the new studio to appear in a West End show. The ten-part series will be packed with dream sequences involving extravagant dancing"... That Louis Theroux is doing his version of TV3's The Truth About Travellers... That Salma Hayek had a knickerfit when faced with a snake during an interview for her latest film, Grown Ups... That Chris Brown has now cancelled his Irish tour dates... That's what happens when you go from consecutive nights in the O2 to barely filling Vicar Street... That Christine Bleakly is not leaving BBC's One Show: "I'm staying put, absolutely... I love (new co-host) Jason (Manford). I've met him a few times and our rapport is getting better all the time. I love funny men, guys who don't take themselves too seriously"... Yet she's still doing Frank Lampard... That Ashley Cole and Will.I.Am "narrowly missed each other" in South Africa: " the pair missed each other by just ten minutes on Tuesday as they both took a trip to the Pilanesberg National Safari Park"... That we've sent Aranman to South Africa (kind of) and you can read his 'Anyone But The French' World Cup Diary here... That Courtney Love has posted nude photos of herself on Facebook: "The images include several topless poses and a shot of Love on her hands and knees with transexual model Amanda Lepore poised holding a whip over her bottom"... That Bradley 'The Pecs' Cooper is going to pop the question to Renee Zellweger - because she happened to be in a "Carolina Herrera boutique in West Hollywood, when a big rack of wedding gowns was wheeled by"... That Larry King's wife is recovering from a suspected overdose... That Jesse James has started his custody battle against one of his ex-wives. That former Spice Girls star Geri Halliwell has been introduced to the X-Factor auditionees as 'Gobby Spice'... That Tom Cruise's Les Grossman has nabbed a movie deal... That Tom Cruise recently said of David Beckham: "I really admire him as a person, father, husband and athlete. He's absolutely fantastic. He's got a great competitive spirit and he's a tireless worker with a clear mind and a solid body"... That the UK premiere of Killers took place last night... The guestlist was suitably unimpressive...
