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One point separated each of the top three competitors after Monday night's round on Dancing with the Stars, with Kristi Yamaguchi reclaiming the top spot with a 57 and Jason Taylor coming in third with 55. Marissa Winokur Jaret, whose tenure has surpassed her dancing abilities, came in last. She's most likely to be eliminated, but when Cristian de la Fuente can score one of the high scores of the night, anything is possible.

MSNBC broadcast a live news conference with Jimmy Fallon and the ubiquitous Lorne Michaels (the older he gets, the more he's looking like the Emperor in Star Wars) on Monday. Clips of it haven't been posted on YouTube yet, but it didn't exactly fan the flames of anticipation. Jimmy's looking a little older, different enough that it makes you wonder "geez, just when was the last time I saw you, oh yeah, it was like three years ago." He was always cute and funny on SNL, but as Patty and Selma observed on The Simpsons, "the older they get, the cuter they ain't." And let's not forget, there may be a reason why Jimmy kind of disappeared. His movie, Taxi, with Queen Latifah, was a trainwreck. His album was not all that funny. He had those Pepsi commercials that were kind of fun. But a little of Jimmy Fallon goes a long way. Five nights a week may be a few too many. His hiring may end up being the best thing that ever happened to Craig Ferguson.

From Associated Press:

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The wild kids of television's West Beverly High will have a guidance counselor familiar with the posh ZIP code's dating, drugs and drama.

Jennie Garth will reprise her role as Kelly Taylor and join the cast of a planned "Beverly Hills, 90210" spinoff on CW.

She won't be a regular but will play a guidance counselor at her alma mater, the Hollywood Reporter said in a story published online Saturday.

Garth, 36, departed the CBS comedy pilot "My Best Friend's Girl" last month.

A season of blindside votes ended with another surprise last night -- Parvati Shallow, who refined her flirtation strategy in her second Survivor stint, won the million-dollar top prize over the athletic ex-beauty queen Amanda Kimmel in Survivor: Micronesia -- Fans vs. Favorites.

"Parv" looked as shocked as anyone that she beat Amanda, who made it to a top 3 spot in the previous China Survivor. At least the women wised up this time and employed a girl power strategy.

Next stop: Gabon in Africa, for its 17th season. We can only hope that "Earth's Last Eden" won't be as grim as the last time the Survivor bunch went to Africa (very dry Kenya).