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Joey Graziadei Wins 'Dancing With The Stars:' Watch His Winning Moves Joey Graziadei Wins 'Dancing With The Stars:' Watch His Winning Moves
Joey Graziadei Wins 'Dancing With The Stars:' Watch His Winning Moves Pennsylvania native and "Bachelor" alum Joey Graziadei danced his way to victory on the Season 33 finale of "Dancing With the Stars." Joey and Jenna dance the finale. Disney/Eric McCandless Hailing from Royersford, the tennis instructor and his pro partner, Jenna Johnson, captivated audiences from the start, earning a reputation as fan favorites. Their journey culminated in two show-stopping performances that secured the Mirrorball Trophy. Graziadei brought his signature flair to a tennis-themed freestyle set to "Canned Heat", complete with racquet-inspired choreography that wowed b…

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Anne Heche 'Came Into Her Own' During Adolescence In NJ Anne Heche 'Came Into Her Own' During Adolescence In NJ
Anne Heche 'Came Into Her Own' During Adolescence In NJ Emmy-winning actress Anne Heche, who died nearly a week after a fiery crash, had New Jersey ties. The youngest of five children, Heche was born in Ohio and moved nearly a dozen times with her family — eventually settling in Ocean City. It was there that she "came into her own," and worked at 76 House Dinner Theater in Swainton as a performer, earning $100 a week, South Jersey Magazine reports. "So, you could definitely say that New Jersey changed my life," Heche told the outlet. "I will always have a soft spot in my heart for Jersey." Heche was apparently living in New Jersey when he…

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NJ's Maksim Chmerkovskiy Arrives In Poland After Arrest, Days Stuck In Ukraine NJ's Maksim Chmerkovskiy Arrives In Poland After Arrest, Days Stuck In Ukraine
NJ's Maksim Chmerkovskiy Arrives In Poland After Arrest, Days Stuck In Ukraine New Jersey native Maksim Chmerkovskiy has arrived in Poland. The professional dancer on Monday, Feb. 28 announced he'd be leaving Ukraine following an arrest that served as a "reality check," and took the train to the border, he said on Instagram. "There is a lot of fighting everywhere, the streets are crazy," he said in an Instagram video filmed in Ukraine. "At one point I got arrested but that was probably the least traumatizing moment in this whole thing as far as Ukraine is concerned — but for me it was just a reality check." Chmerkovskiy, who appeared on several seasons of "Dancing W…

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NJ's Maksim Chmerkovskiy Of 'DWTS' Stranded In Ukraine NJ's Maksim Chmerkovskiy Of 'DWTS' Stranded In Ukraine
NJ's Maksim Chmerkovskiy Of 'DWTS' Stranded In Ukraine Maksim Chmerkovskiy flipped his camera on and in seconds, a siren went off. The New Jersey native and "Dancing with the Stars" personality is stuck in Kyiv, Ukraine, amid the Russian invasion. As he spoke to his Instagram followers early Friday, an airstrike happened. "This is real," said Chmerkovskiy, 42, of Fort Lee. "There is major life suffering going on. I’m talking to my friends that are here now with kids getting sick because they're staying in basements with no heat. This needs to come to an end." The professional dancer's father owned a dance studio in Ridgewood that later moved…

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by Cecilia Levine