Maksim Chmerkovskiy & Madonna Dancing With The Stars Connection

I like Dancing with the Stars pro dancer, Maksim Chmerkovskiy. He is very amusing. This summer he was the winner on that odd show on ABC called Superstars. Or something like that.

Maks' partner for the upcoming new edition of DWTS is the actress from HBO's Entourage known as Debi Mazar.

Debi Mazar is also known as Madonna's longtime best friend.

Maks and Debi were practicing their dancing lately when Debi told Maks that she'd been describing him to Madonna, who then said, "Maks sounds divine."

Maksim then said, "I can die now. I have accomplished it all. Madonna said I sounded divine."

Maks is slated to marry fellow pro DWTS's dancer, Karina Smirnoff. That is Karina with Maks in the picture. Maks is 2 years younger than Karina, who is 31. Maks says he is ready to be a baby daddy. No date has been set for either the wedding or a baby.

Maks and Karina will be performing at the Emmy Awards on September 20.

World AIDS Day: Madonna's "I Am Because We Are" Tonight on Sundance Channel

Today is World AIDS Day. Malawi, in Africa, one of the most impoverished African nations, over a million children have been orphaned by AIDS.

Malawi is the country where Madonna adopted a kid she named David.

Madonna was so affected by the tragic things she saw in Malawi that she wrote, produced and narrated a feature length documentary, directed by Nathan Rissman. The documentary is called I Am Because We Are.

Madonna consulted various experts who appear in the film, including Bill Clinton and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

Up til tonight, I Am Because We Are has been seen in only a few theaters. But tonight the movie will have its TV premiere at 8pm on the Sundance Channel.

Madonna is also building a school in Malawi. Madonna reportedly spent the Thanksgiving holiday with Alex Rodriquez at her home in Miami. But she is back in New York City for World AIDS Day, where she will be doing multiple interviews, including interviewing prospects for the job of head mistresses for her Malawi school.

No reports on where Alex Rodriquez is today. I'd guess he is back in New York City.