Rick Fox has said that he is having fun learning his Dancing With The Stars routine with Cheryl Burke.

The former NBA star has been rehearsing with professional partner Burke ahead of next week's season premiere of the ABC show.
Speaking to ETonline, he said: "It's effortless, it's very easy. Fun to be around. I am learning a lot about ballroom dancing so far, but we have fun."

The basketballer also joked about what he would do if the judges were critical of his performance: "I am going to keep it inside. I am going to think positive and then I am going to cry on Cheryl Burke's shoulder!"

Fox previously told Access Hollywood that his girlfriend Eliza Dushku had been helping to prepare him for the competition through exercises such as Pilates.

"It's been amazing - talk about a partner that’s made sure that my body's on track to be prepared for September 20," he said. "I've been doing exercises that I didn't know existed... [And we've been working on] creating flexibility at home."

Dancing With The Stars premieres September 20 on ABC.

Arsenal striker Robin van Persie will be sidelined for "at least a few weeks" with an ankle injury, according to the Dutch Football Association.

The 27-year-old sustained the injury during Saturday's Premier League match against Blackburn.

Van Persie will miss the Netherlands' European Championship qualifiers against San Marino and Finland.

Van Persie missed five months last season after damaging ankle ligaments while on international duty

Daniel Radcliff had his 21st birthday celebration in Russia. Radcliff, best known for playing Harry Potter in the feature film series based on J. K. Rowling's book series, turned 21 on July 23 while in St. Petersberg. He's continuing his party in London, where cameras spotted him on Thursday.

E! Online quoted Radcliff, "with regards to his birthday celebration in Russia, saying: ""It was fantastic. I was in St. Petersburg for my birthday, which is probably the most beautiful, the most incredible, wonderful place I've ever been in my life."

When he headed to London, the age 21 meant nothing when it comes to celebrating with a pint or two. The legal drinking age there is 18.

The Daily Mail reported on the birthday celebration: Radcliff flew back to London for another party with friends in his home country. Daniel, who appeared to be sporting a slight hangover judging by the red rings around his eyes, laughed and joked with his pals as they spent the day watching cricket at the Oval.

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," which will hit theaters in a two-film tale, with part one arriving Nov. 19 and part two on July 15.

If you're looking for Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliff's tweets about his birthday, he doesn't have a Twitter account. However, cast mate Emma Watson recently joined other Harry Potter twitter users including Tom Felton, Chris Rankin, James and Oliver Phelps, Matthew Lewis and Warwick Davis

Mere weeks after America banished sexy Russian spy Anna Chapman, another may have surfaced: 24-year-old Anna Fermanova is accused of smuggling military technology to Moscow. She has a bellybutton ring and wears bikinis on Facebook. Meet America's new sexy spy.

The Smoking Gun reports that Fermanova is under house arrest in Texas awaiting trial for "knowingly and intentionally" exporting contraband weapons-grade night-vision scopes to Moscow. (She denies this, and says the scopes were for big game hunters.) She has an American cosmetology license and teaches English languages in Moscow.


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This morning, everyone seems to be searching for "Justin Bieber Molests Fan," thanks to a nasty combination of web rumormongering and the teen sensation innocently posting a photo showing him in handcuffs.

Bieber posted a photo from the set of CSI of himself in jail jumpsuit and handcuffs on Sunday, tweeting that he was a "bad man" and how he had "such a great day" during his first TV acting gig. Little did he know that his perp walk photo would go from TV to salacious web rumor in just minutes.

Before Bieber knew it, a Twitter rumor was born, and "Justin Bieber Molests Fan" was number one on Google Trends.

Web rumors are nothing new for Bieber. Just last month, a similar hoax was spreading around claiming the 16-year-old was converting to Scientology and was also a holocaust denier. That, much like today's rumor du jour, was totally unfounded and untrue.

High School is notorious for cliques. So what if the jocks or nerds or outcasts tried to learn more about each other? In MTV's new series If You Really Knew Me (Tuesday at 11/10c), students participate in a one-day program called Challenge Day that tries to break down the walls among these different circles. Leikin, who's featured in the series premiere, tells TVGuide.com that although she was nervous about opening up on camera, every response and reaction from her peers "was completely honest." The 18-year-old, who attends Freedom High School in Oakley, Calif., talks about what she gained from participating in the series and if Challenge Day managed to ease tensions among the groups.

TVGuide.com: What were you initial reactions about partaking in Challenge Day on camera?
Leikin: Initially, I was really nervous. Going into Challenge Day I was, like: People are going to have false reactions because there are cameras around. Are they going to try to script this? I got really nervous because I'd wanted to be in the program for so long and I wanted it to be as honest of a reaction as everybody else had the opportunity to witness when they went through Challenge Day. As soon as we went into that room, you didn't even realize the cameras were there. Every response was completely honest and it was just you and your group members ... and every feeling was natural and everything you heard and said was completely honest.

TVGuide.com: What gave you the power to be able to share your story?
Leikin: When other people open up, it gets a lot easier for you to open up. The people who were running Challenge Day shared a lot, which was really cool because they went through things I couldn't even imagine having to go through in my life. So that struck a little bit of motivation to show that it's OK. Before we started sharing about ourselves, they did techniques to break down the walls and get everyone to loosen up and start bonding with each other. As soon as we sat down and it came time to sharing, it just took that one person to step forward and take a bit of courage to go first and the feeling just felt natural.

TVGuide.com: Has that day changed how you and your family interact?
Leikin: My mom and I had a good talk the day I went home from Challenge Day and things started progressing. Families are always going to have their issues and have their differences, but what it did was be able to humble myself so when it comes to times when things aren't going the way that I wish they were going ... I can just take a step back and be calm about the situation.

TVGuide.com: What's the biggest thing you took away from this experience?
Leikin: To remember you don't know what type of home somebody comes from. It's human nature to judge somebody and it's up to you whether you hold that person accountable for the judgment that you're going to be making because more often than not they're false accusations. You don't know what kind of morning they had, you don't know what kind of night they had. You don't know how their family has raised them or how their friends treat them, you don't know anything about them except for their outer appearance. So that motivated me to get to know people better ... What it is that they're going through in their lives and just let them know that I'm there for them.

TVGuide.com: Have the effects of Challenge Day remained at your school?
Leikin: After Challenge Day our leadership program developed a club called "Be the Change." Students involved in it went into classrooms once a week and did the same techniques we learned in Challenge Day for about 15-20 minutes with the kids. That way, everybody who didn't get the opportunity to go through Challenge Day got to get a little glimpse of what it is like.

TVGuide.com: Do you think this show will have an effect on other kids your age watching?
Leikin: Most definitely. I know when you watch the TV show and follow these people's lives and hear their stories it will be able to help someone say, "Hey, I'm going through that exact thing and I'm going to deal with it this way."


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