There is nothing more exciting than that .. to compete at home, in a spectacular venue like Maples Pavilion in front of friends and family.

Nicole is especially stunning on this event. People are really going to be impressed with her skill selection; her routine has multiple releases and unique stalder work.

Alabama is a great place to compete. The atmosphere should be fantastic as they have some of the largest and most appreciative crowds in the country.

Definitely being on your home court is an advantage for us, but we'll still need to get our turnovers down if we want to win. And hopefully, this week, we won't need to work harder to overcome them.

I mean, I love L.A. - I love living here. But I wish that we could make things without the need to hit a home run every single time. It's a unique thing to Hollywood that if you don't do that every time, then you're considered a failure. But it's like, 'Well, are you making movies to be successful? Or are you making movies to learn something?'

Virginia, being a red state, has seen moderate candidates like Mark Warner - like Harris Miller sort of appears to be, in the early stages - see some success. James Webb is almost carrying that trend even further - as a former Republican administration official, as a person with a strong military background. It's something that has worked for Democrats so far - but he has to figure out a way to convince Democratic voters that he can be the one who gets the job done.