2010 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final: Standings After Short Programs

Men:
1) Richard Dornbush (USA) 40.36(TES)+30.39(PCS)=70.75
2) Keegan Messing (USA) 38.02(TES)+30.50(PCS)=68.52
3) Han Yan (China) 36.16(TES)+31.13(PCS)=67.29
4) Joshua Farris (USA) 36.03(TES)+29.21(PCS)=
5) Max Aaron (USA) 35.71(TES)+28.07(PCS)=63.78
6) Zhan Bush (Russia) 33.69(TES)+26.36(PCS)=60.05
7) Andrei Rogozine (Canada) 30.35(TES)+28.82(PCS)=59.17
8) Gordei Gorshkov (Russia) 28.73(TES)+26.86(PCS)=55.55


Ladies: 
1) Adelina Sotnikova (Russia) 31.52(TES)+25.75(PCS)=57.27
2) Elizaveta Tuktamisheva (Russia) 29.36(TES)+24.40(PCS)=53.76
3) Polina Shelepen (Russia) 30.71(TES)+22.55(PCS)=53.26
4) Risa Shoji (Japan) 28.56(TES)+24.00(PCS)=52.56
5) Zijun Li (China) 28.04(TES)+21.58(PCS)=49.62
6) Kristiene Gong (USA) 25.52(TES)+21.72(PCS)=47.24
7) Christina Gao (USA) 23.21(TES)+21.77(USA)-1.00(DED)=43.98
8) Yasmin Siraj (USA) 18.34(TES)+20.74(PCS)-1.00(DED)=38.08


Pairs: 
1) Takahashi/Tran (Japan) 29.91(TES)+25.03(PCS)-1.00(DED)=53.94
2) Stolbova/Klimov (Russia) 26.20(TES)+24.43(PCS)-1.00(DED)=49.63
3) Steele/Schultz (Canada) 26.78(TES)+21.29(PCS)=48.07
4) Purich/Schultz (Canada) 24.82(TES)+21.48(PCS)-1.00(DED)=45.30
5) Cain/Reagan (USA) 23.26(TES)+20.66(PCS)=43.92
6) Yu/Jin (China) 21.68(TES)+22.00(PCS)=43.68
7) Jones/Gaskell (Canada) 23.11(TES)+20.23(PCS)-1.00(DED)=42.34
8) Silaeva/Minchuk(Russia) 16.40(TES)+19.85(PCS)-1.00(DED)=35.25


Ice Dance:
1) Sinitsina/Zhiganshin (Russia) 30.79(TES)+24.79(PCS)=55.58
2) Monko/Khaliavin (Russia) 27.50(TES)+28.00(PCS)=55.50
3) Stepanova/Bukin (Russia) 29.57(TES)+24.02(PCS)=53.59
4) Pushkash/Guerreiro (Russia) 26.43(TES)+26.63(PCS)=53.06
5) Lichtman/Copely (USA) 27.36(TES)+23.38(PCS)=50.74
6) Kosigina/Moroshkin (Russia) 23.00(TES)+23.98(PCS)=46.98
7) Galyeta/Shumski (Ukraine) 21.43(TES)+23.67(PCS)=45.10
8) Antipova/Kudishev (Russia) 22.69(TES)+21.49(PCS)-1.00(DED)=43.18

2010 ISU Grand Prix Final: Junior Competition

December 9th
3:45am Junior Short Dance
5:10am Junior Ladies Short Program
6:35am Junior Men Short Program
8:00am Junior Pairs Short Program

December 10th
1:15am Junior Free Dance
2:45am Junior Ladies Free Skate

December 11th
12:45am Junior Men Free Skate
2:20am Junior Pairs Free Skate

Men:
1) Gordei Gorshkov (Russia)
2) Zhan Bush (Russia)
3) Max Aaron (USA)
4) Richard Dornbush (USA)
5) Keegan Messing (USA)
6) Joshua Farris (USA)
7) Han Yan (China)
8) Andrei Rogozine (Canada)

Ladies:
1) Zijun Li (China)
2) Kristiene Gong (USA)
3) Yasmin Siraj (USA)
4) Christina Gao (USA)
5) Polina Shelepen (Russia)
6) Risa Shoji (Japan)
7) Elizaveta Tuktamisheva (Russia)
8) Adelina Sotnikova (Russia)

Pairs:
1) Brittany Jones & Kurtis Gaskell (Canada)
2) Taylor Steele & Robert Schultz (Canada)
3) Ashley Cain & Joshua Reagan (USA)
4) Anna Silaeva & Artur Minchuk (Russia)
5) Natasha Purich & Raymond Schultz (Canada)
6) Narumi Takahashi & Mervin Tran (Japan)
7) Xiaoyu Yu & Yang Jin (China)
8) Ksenia Stolbova & Fedor Klimov (Russia)

Ice Dance:
1) Marina Antipova & Artem Kudashev (Russia)
2) Anastasia Galyeta & Alexei Shumski (Ukraine)
3) Victoria Sinitsina & Ruslan Zhiganshin (Russia)
4) Evgenia Kosigina & Nikolai Moroshkin (Russia)
5) Charlotte Lichtman & Dean Copely (USA)
6) Ekaterina Pushkash & Jonathan Guerreiro (Russia)
7) Alexandra Stepanova & Ivan Bukin (Russia)
8) Ksenia Monko & Kirill Khaliavin (Russia)

News | Chan rested and ready for 'mini-worlds' | Universal Sports

 Canadian Patrick Chan, who has become known for receiving huge scores, particularly in his program components, despite messy programs is hoping to quiet the naysayers with a strong showing in Beijing. This is his 3rd trip to the Senior Grand Prix Final and he admits that on his first two attempts he was exhausted and over-trained, but that he feels relaxed and calm this time around. Chan came back from a disastrous short program to win Skate Canada, but fell to silver at Cup of Russia with a flawed and messy free skate. If he can skate both of his programs clean, I believe there is nobody else in the world who can top him. So if Chan can conquer his demons and not beat himself, he will be your 2010 Mens Grand Prix Final Champion.

News | Chan rested and ready for 'mini-worlds' | Universal Sports

News | Five questions with Rachael Flatt | Universal Sports

2010 US Figure Skating National Champion Rachael Flatt discusses her preparations for her first ever Senior Grand Prix Final despite an injury. Though Flatt, a workhorse, has struggled a bit with having to sit at home when she would rather be training, she remains surprisingly optimistic. Though she has the lowest scores of the six qualifiers in the ladies competition, she is the most consistent of all of them and I predict that she will make the podium and win her first ever Senior Grand Prix Final Medal.

News | Five questions with Rachael Flatt | Universal Sports

Director Julie Taymor Says Work Is Being Done On Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark - Playbill.com

  Julie Taymor, director of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark admits she has a lot of work to do to get the show ready for its Jan 11, 2011 Broadway opening at the Foxwoods Theatre. She expresses her feelings, which seem like disgust, over the negative press the show has been getting. Many will argue that the first preview was a disaster with five stops in the show and technical glitches resulting in a concussion for actress Natalie Mendoza. Taymor, who also directed Disney's The Lion King on Broadway is often criticized for having amazing artistic vision, but failing to follow through. However in this case, if she doesn't clean up the show in time for opening, producers could end up $60 million in the hole.

Director Julie Taymor Says Work Is Being Done On Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark - Playbill.com

Broadway.com | See Sutton Foster as Reno Sweeney! Behind the Scenes at the Anything Goes Photo Shoot

One of Broadway's favorite darlings, Sutton Foster, prepares to play the role of Reno Sweeney in Roundabout Theatre Company's spring production of Anything Goes. In taking on this part, she steps into shoes previously filled by the likes of Ethel Merman and Patti LuPone. Tickets are available now at telecharge.com and the show hits the Stephen Sondheim Theatre in March of 2011. Foster is also joined by fellow Tony winner Joel Grey.

Broadway.com | See Sutton Foster as Reno Sweeney! Behind the Scenes at the Anything Goes Photo Shoot

2010 ISU Grand Prix Final: Podium Picks & Fantasy Picks

Well the regular Grand Prix season has ended and the top six finishers in each discipline have qualified for the Grand Prix Final in Beijing December 9-12. Most of the competitors are en route to Beijing and we are only four days away from the start of the competition!

The icenetwork.com live streaming schedule for the 2010 Grand Prix Final from Beijing is as follows:

Friday December 10th
4:15 a.m.: Senior short dance
5:25 a.m.: Senior men's short program
6:30 a.m.: Senior ladies short program
7:35 a.m.: Senior pairs short program

Saturday December 11th
3:55 a.m.: Senior men's free skate
5:10 a.m.: Senior ladies free skate
6:20 a.m.: Senior free dance
7:40 a.m.: Senior pairs free skate

Qualifying Order:                                                          My Podium Predictions:
**Green denotes fantasy picks
Men:
1) Takahiko Kozuka (481.58)                                         1) Patrick Chan
2) Daisuke Takahashi (461.86)                                       2) Daisuke Takahashi
3) Patrick Chan (466.73)                                                 3) Tokahiko Kozuka
4) Tomas Verner (445.12)                                               4) Nobunari Oda
5) Nobunari Oda (462.61)                                               5) Florent Amodio
6) Florent Amodio (443.15)                                             6) Tomas Verner   
 
Ladies:
1) Miki Ando (346.68)                                                    1) Miki Ando
2) Alissa Czisny (332.17)                                                2) Akiko Suzuki
3) Carolina Kostner (319.48)                                          3) Rachael Flatt
4) Kanako Murakami (315.09)                                        4) Kanako Murakami
5) Akiko Suzuki (335.60)                                                5) Alissa Czisny
6) Rachael Flatt (323.90)                                                6) Carolina Kostner
   
Pairs:
1) Savchenko/Szolkowy (395.58)                                  1) Savchenko/Szolkowy
2) Pang/Tong (366.87)                                                   2) Pang/Tong
3) Bazarova/Larionov (356.83)                                      3) Bazarova/Larionov
4) Moore-Towers/Moscovitch (346.40)                           4) Moore-Towers/Moscovitch
5) Iliushechkina/Maisuradze (333.49)                            5) Sui/Han
6) Sui/Han (341.54)                                                        6) Iliushechkina/Maisuradze

Ice Dance:
1) Davis/White (321.89)                                                 1) Davis/White
2) Pechalat/Bourzat (321.41)                                         2) Pechalat/Bourzat
3) Crone/Poirier (303.50)                                               3) Bobrova/Soloviev
4) Bobrova/Soloviev (299.72)                                        4) Crone/Poirier
5) Weaver/Poje (283.91)                                                5) Weaver/Poje
6) Hoffmann/Zavozin (272.91)                                        6) Hoffmann/Zavozin