
Secret meetings between Keith Richards and Dancing With the Stars producers were held on the S.S. Bailar Con El Diablo, a private luxury yacht, in early November, according to
DWS location manager Bill Bailey. "I just happened to enter the vessel's conference room and there was our producer and Keith dancing a jig. The producers are always looking for dancers that will
appeal to key demographics and Keith while appealing primarily to our Oldsmobile audience will also have the
Ipod users in the
crosshairs."
The meetings with potential
DWS dancers have come more vigorously as more episodes are in
development as possible replacement programming due to the Hollywood Writer's Strike. "We have been looking for more stars and more exotic locales," said Bailey. Other notable candidates include Monk star Tony
Shalub, country queen Dolly
Parton, former View co-host Star Jones, former wrestler Hulk Hogan, actor Cuba
Gooding, Jr.
Former Charlie's Angels actress Jaclyn Smith spoke to
DWS producers at the
Emmys where
she had earlier brought down the house when she reunited with her former co-angels Kate Jackson and Farrah
Fawcett.
An earlier meeting with pop sensation Amy
Winehouse was
interrupted when the singer excused herself to retrieve an estranged handbag and never returned.