Joey Fatone wants to dance with the stars

Joey Fatone wantsto dance with the stars
NEW YORK -- Actors, pop singers and athletes have busted some moves on "Dancing With the Stars." Now celebs seem eager to appear on ABC's ballroom hit.
Joey Fatone, of former boy band 'N Sync, told a Florida radio station Friday that he's ready to compete on the reality show, which pairs celebrities with professional dancers. Last month, Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, said she's hoping to be a contestant.
Fatone told Orlando-based Real Radio 104.1 that producers had asked him to appear but he'd "turned it down" three times. He's changed his attitude, the 29-year-old singer said, because "it's kind of popular now."
Ferguson, 47, told TV show "Inside Edition" last month that she'd "quite like to go on 'Dancing With the Stars."'
"I'd like them to teach me the tango," she said.
Ferguson and Britain's Prince Andrew -- aka the Duke of York -- divorced in 1996.
A representative for ABC, owned by The Walt Disney Co., has told the AP that the roster of celebrity dancers for the fourth season would be announced at a later date.
Britney and Parisare going to the dogs
NEW YORK -- When it comes to celebrity dog-parenting skills, Oprah Winfrey is tops and Britney Spears is the world's worst, according to an online vote by readers of two dog magazines.
"Britney was the overwhelming choice" for worst celebrity dog owner for 2006, Hilary O'Hagan, editor of The New York Dog and The Hollywood Dog magazines, said in a statement.
"She once had three Chihuahuas ... and never left home without at least one of them on her arm," O'Hagan said. "As soon as she met K-Fed and had kids they (the dogs) disappeared."
Spears has filed for divorce from aspiring rapper Kevin Federline. The 25-year-old pop singer and Federline, 28, have a 1-year-old son, Sean Preston, and a 3-month-old son, Jayden James.
Paris Hilton, 2005's "worst" winner, placed second for "treating her dogs like accessories," the magazines said.
Winfrey, who owns five dogs, was voted this year's best celebrity dog owner. The talk-show host replaced 2005 winner Joss Stone and beat off competition from Tori Spelling, Nicollette Sheridan and Beth Ostrosky, Howard Stern's girlfriend.
Garland records failto sell at auction
LOS ANGELES -- A pair of records made by Judy Garland as a child from her first studio recording session have failed to sell at auction.
The top bid Sunday for the acetate discs recorded in March 1935 was 22,500, failing to reach the minimum amount, said Levi Morgan, a spokesman for auctioneer Bonhams & amp; Butterfields.
The auction house had expected the records to fetch between 30,000 and 40,000.
"Clearly, there was interest, but perhaps Christmas shoppers didn't want to dig too deep into their pockets," Morgan said Monday.
The records, which have never been heard in public, feature renditions of four songs sung by 12-year-old Garland in her early vaudeville shows including "Bill" from the Broadway musical "Showboat." They also contain a medley of "Good Ship Lollypop," "Object of My Affections" and "Dinah."
The seller, who remains anonymous, discovered the records in 1960 while clearing out her Beverly Hills home where Garland once lived, according to Bonhams. It's unknown whether the records were the originals or whether they were pressed for Garland's personal collection.
Born Frances Gumm, Garland's career began at age 2 and continued until her death in 1969. Her film credits include "The Wizard of Oz," "For Me and My Gal" and "Meet Me in St. Louis."
Today's birthdays
Actress Cicely Tyson is 73. Rhythm-and-blues singer-musician Maurice White (Earth, Wind and Fire) is 65. Actor Tim Reid is 62. Paleontologist Richard E. Leakey is 62. Rock singer Alvin Lee (Ten Years After) is 62. Actor Mike Lookinland is 46. Actress Jennifer Beals is 43. Actor Robert McNaughton is 40. Actress Alyssa Milano is 34. Actor Jake Gyllenhaal is 26. Rapper Lady Sovereign is 21.