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  • Danica McKellar: Winnie Gets Married In Hawaii

    Danica McKellar, also known to many of us as Winnie Cooper from The Wonder Years, got married over the weekend.

    She married lawyer Scott Sveslosky on Saturday on Kauai, Hawaii.

    The two walked down the aisle in a 6:30 a.m. sunrise wedding ceremony.

    Danica McKellar said of her wedding, “It was absolutely magical. We were married at 6:30 a.m. in a sunrise ceremony. The forecast predicted rain, but there was not a drop of water in the clear sky. The sun came peaking up over the mountains just as I was walking down the aisle, alongside both my parents.”

    It does sound magical!

    Any guesses about what we're doing on our tropical vacation? Hint: It starts with a "Z" and ends in "Ahhhh!"

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    They were married in front of only 25 family and friends in an intimate and beautiful ceremony.

    Danica McKellar wore a tulle, off-the-shoulder Alfred Angelo mermaid-style dress. She accented the dress with a crystal headband that coordinated with the beading on the skirt of her gown.

    Amazing vegan, dairy-free organic lunch (and dessert!) at @PureFoodAndWine with my fiancé in NYC! #OMGyummy

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    “Doing the waltz in my wedding gown was certainly a challenge,” she said of her dress.

    McKellar added a string of orchids to her ensemble in honor of the beautiful and tropical location.

    Danica McKellar’s new husband, Scott Sveslosky, is a partner at the international law firm Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton.

    Congratulations to Danica McKellar on her marriage!

  • Danica McKellar: ‘Wonder Years’ Actress Marries Scott Sveslosky

    Danica McKellar of The Wonder Years tied the knot on Saturday in Hawaii. She is now the wife of lawyer Scott Sveslosky. Known best for her role as Winnie Cooper, McKellar didn’t get to marry Kevin Arnold (played on the hit TV show by actor Fred Savage), but would likely say she found–at the very least–a close match.

    The couple said ‘I do’ in front of 25 close family members and friends on Kauai, according to a rep for McKellar.

    “It was absolutely magical,” Danica McKellar said. “We were married at 6:30 a.m. in a sunrise ceremony. The forecast predicted rain, but there was not a drop of water in the clear sky. The sun came peaking up over the mountains just as I was walking down the aisle, alongside both my parents.”

    This is the second time down the aisle for Danica McKellar. She was previously married to Mike Verta, with whom she shares son Draco, who is four. Scott has a son named Hunter, from a previous marriage. Hunter is 10.

    “Scott and I exchanged our vows and then we exchanged family vows with our sons Hunter and Draco–we wrote everything ourselves,” Danica said. “We also performed a sand ceremony where the four of us poured different colored sand into a vase which we will keep at home.”

    “Before we met, Scott had wanted to learn ballroom dancing, and when I got on DWTS, he was even more inspired,” Danica also said. “Once I left the show–and my broken rib healed–we took lessons together. At the reception, our first dance as husband and wife was a choreographed waltz to ‘So This Is Love’ from’ Cinderella,’ which included dips and lifts and other tricks I learned on Dancing With the Stars. Doing the waltz in my wedding gown was certainly a challenge!”

    Scott Sveslosky is a partner at the international law firm Sheppard, Mullin, Richter, and Hampton. He and Danica McKellar got engaged in July. May they enjoy many happy years as husband and wife.

  • Dancing With the Stars: Week 6 Recap

    Dancing With the Stars: Week 6 Recap

    Dancing With the Stars ended week 6 of its 18th season with a broken rib, some tears, and a judge named Redfoo. The LMFAO member and youngest son of Motown’s own Barry Gordy, Jr. was guest host for the week 6 competition.

    The week started with NeNe Leakes talking up her relationship with dance pro Tony Dovolani.

    “Tony and I have been through so much,” she said. “This week is definitely a chance for us to be a stronger unit.”

    Cue the drama music and welcome on board the garbage mongers who thrive on the crap far more than on the dancing competition.

    It was Danica McKellar who broke her rib this week. Even though the pair scored all nines from the judges for their rendition of Whitney’s Houston’s I Wanna Dance With Somebody—a broken rib is almost a guarantee that a mirror ball isn’t in Winnie Cooper’s future. The pain associated with this kind of injury is bad enough when one simply sits around to heal, but when breathing is excruciatingly painful, a dancer is in peril. Or at least her competitive skills are.

    Candace Cameron Bure had to ramp up her sexy this week, and that isn’t something that comes easily to the devout Christian.

    “Being the sexy girl isn’t inherently me, but I’ve played the sexy girl on TV before,” she said. “So I’m just gonna think of it as another character.”

    She did a good job of it, too, as she and Mark Ballas danced to Icona Pop’s I Love It.

    James Maslow and Peta Murgatroyd were spot on with their quickstep to Grease’s The One That I Want. Redfoo “loved” it and judge Carrie Ann Inaba called James a “leading man.”

    Meryl Davis and Maksim Chmerkovskiy started with week with typical Maks drama (should he and NeNe Leakes maybe do their own Dancing With the Stars spinoff?) over a Julianne Hough comment.

    “Phoning in? Did somebody really call me out on phoning in?”

    His and Meryl’s tango earned them a perfect score, however, so Maks got to smile. Gloat?

    Drew Carey and Cheryl Burke performed a respectable tango, but as anyone with dance prowess knows, ‘respectable’ isn’t good in the dance world.

    Charlie White and Sharna Burgess turned up Charlie’s hip action and pleased the judges to no end.

    Amy Purdy and Derek Hough were so good their dance prompted a marriage proposal from Bruno Tonioli.

    Spoiler Alert:

    Drew Carey and Cheryl Burke went home this week.

    Who are these stars? Does anyone honestly know where some of these so-called celebrities got their claim to fame? Maybe for season 19 Dancing With the Stars should be renamed Dancing to the Drama.

    Do you think the show is more soap opera than dance competition–at least during some episodes?

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  • Danica McKellar, “The Wonder Years” Star, Joins DWTS

    If you are not engulfed within the mathematical world, it has probably been a long time since you have heard the name “Danica McKellar.” The name may sound familiar to you if you were a fan of the late-eighties’ comedy/drama The Wonder Years when McKellar starred as “Winnie Cooper,” the love interest of the show’s main character Kevin Arnold (played by Fred Savage). Now, McKellar steps onto the ballroom for season 18 of ABC’s Dancing With The Stars.

    On Tuesday, March 4th, Good Morning America announced the cast list for the dance-reality show Dancing With The Stars‘ 18th season. The announcement of the new season’s cast was presented by Tom Bergeron and the show’s new co-host Erin Andrews. As the season 18 cast lineup was presented, a lot of familiar names and faces came to mind, including The Wonder Years‘ McKellar, who was announced first.

    McKellar also published the announcement of her debut on Dancing With The Stars on Twitter, and also announced that she will be paired with pro-dancer Valentin Chmerkovskiy:

    Elizabeth Berkley, another 80’s pop icon who Val has previously danced with, tweeted her excitement in cheering on his new partner for season 18:

    During the season 18 cast announcement on Good Morning America, McKellar praised the dancing show and offered the following statement pertaining to her upcoming journey:

    “I hope they’ll be there for me. I’ve been a fan of Dancing With The Stars since the very beginning. I’m just thrilled and I hope to do a good job.”

    Besides McKellar’s involvement with The Wonder Years, the summa cum laude UCLA graduate has been involved within the mathematics world, publishing various books for adolescent audiences on the challenging topics of algebra and geometry.

    Dancing With The Stars Season 18 premieres on March 17th on ABC.

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