INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Don’t look for Maria Sharapova to strut her stuff on “Dancing With the Stars.”
She says she wouldn’t be interested in following in the dancing shoes of fellow tennis superstar Martina Navratilova, who is among the newest celebrities set to dance when the show begins March 19.
“Even though I like to dance and all, there’s something about dancing in prom costumes in front of national television that is just not very appealing to me,” Sharapova said Tuesday after her match at the BNP Paribas Open tournament in Indian Wells.
The former Wimbledon champion says she’s never really watched the ABC reality hit, and isn’t sure what it takes to win that kind of competition.
“Like is it a lot of practice or is it personality?” she said.
If she was asked to be on the show, Sharapova said she would say no. “I hope I’d have the same answer if I was asked in 10 years,” she added.
Sharapova, who rakes in millions off the court in endorsements, recently appeared on the late-night show “Chelsea Lately,” and attended the Vanity Fair Oscar night party.
The 24-year-old Russian says she enjoys writing and would like to write a book about her life.
“There is just a lot of things that maybe my fans and people that have not exactly known about the way I grew up and the way I came to be a player,” she said. “My journal entries that I wrote when I was a young kid, I still have those and I really want them to be one day a part of that. It’s something that when I have time I will sit down and just really write.”
11-year marriage ends for Hollywood couple
LOS ANGELES — Jennie Garth and Peter Facinelli are divorcing after 11 years.
In a statement Tuesday, the couple said they decided to end their marriage but share “the same deep love and devotion to our children.”
Garth and Facinelli said they remain “dedicated to raising our beautiful daughters together,” and asked for privacy and respect. The Southern California couple are parents to 14-year-old Luca, 9-year-old Lola and 5-year-old Fiona.
The 39-year-old Garth came to fame in the 1990s TV series “Beverly Hills, 90210” and appeared in the 2008-10 sequel. The 38-year-old Facinelli is a co-star in the “Twilight” movie franchise. The couple married in January 2001.
Garth competed in “Dancing With the Stars” in 2007, with Facinelli applauding her from the audience.
Will Guns play? Slash won’t say
LONDON — Will Guns N’ Roses reunite for their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
Behind his dark glasses, hat and big hair, the group’s former guitarist Slash is staying noncommittal on the subject.
The hard rock group enters the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland on April 14, an event at which honored acts often perform as part of the celebration. But the group’s original lineup fell apart in 1996, so fans hoping to see the band reunite may be disappointed.
“I have no idea what’s going to happen on that day,” Slash said.
Guns N’ Roses blazed onto the rock scene in 1987 with their debut “Appetite for Destruction.” Fronted by bandana-wearing singer Axl Rose, the band also featured Slash and Izzy Stradlin on guitars, plus bassist Duff McKagan and Steven Adler on drums.
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