Laurie Hernandez, 16: The Olympic gymnast is no stranger to extreme competition and rose to the challenge, winning individual silver and team gold at the Rio Olympics this summer. Considering her incredible floor exercise performances, it seems the dance routines of the ballroom might be a snap, but who knows? Helping her through the moves on the floor will be Val Chmerkovskiy, 30, who took home the Mirrorball Trophy with Rumer Willis in Season 20. James Hinchcliffe, 29: This Canadian race car driver knows all about success with four Indy car wins, but how will he do on the dance floor instead of behind the wheel? He is in his sixth year of racing and was voted IndyCar’s Favorite Driver in 2012. I hear that fellow driver Helio Castroneves, who took home the Mirrorball Trophy in Season 5, has been giving James some tips. Pro partner Sharna Burgess, 31, will be eager to help him take home a new kind of trophy.

Jolie put out her right leg repeatedly before and during Sunday’s Academy Award presentations, and it instantly became an object for satire and sharing, Funny guy Jim Rash, one of the recipients of the best blue rope ballet flats for american girl dolls adapted screenplay Oscar, struck a Joliesque pose onstage in his tux, Now, it has become an Internet meme — with a Twitter account: @AngiesRightLeg, As of 5 p.m, Wednesday, the account had drawn more than 41,000 followers, One tweet: “Left leg and I talked — everything’s cool, Next Oscars, she gets the slit.” One writer, Rob Kutner, tweeted: “BREAKING: Fake Twitter account @AngiesRightLeg given $9 kajillion book advance, CBS series that’s already been pre-canceled.”..

Palo Alto Players. “The Farnsworth Invention.” June 14-29, 2014. By Aaron Sorkin. Directed by Dave Sikula. 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Lucie Stern Theater, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. 650-329-0891 or www.paplayers.org. A Theatre Near U. “Body Of Water.” June 12-June 28. Music and lyrics by Jim Walker, book by Tony Kienitz. Directed by Tanna Herr and Kienitz. “An indie-rock teen musical with a bite to it.” Featuring Aaron Slipper, Sara Gray, Winston Wang, Cara Parker, Ido Gal, Bella Wilcox, Ali Arian Molaei, Elizabeth McCole, Jackson Wylder, Alia Cuadros-Contreras, Juan Santos, Jasmyn Donya Molaei, Shayan Hooshmand and Audrey Forrester. Southside Theater at Fort Mason Center, Building D, 3rd floor, 2 Marina Blvd., San Francisco, California. $15-$20 (opening night gala $35). www.atheatrenearu.org.

Music at Kohl Mansion, All concerts begin a 7 p.m, Pre-concert talks by musicologist Kai Christiansen begin at 6 p.m, Dec, 15, A Night at the Opera — Gala Holiday Concert, Kohl Mansion, 2750 Adeline Drive, Burlingame, $15-$48, $60 for gala, 650-762-1130 or www.musicatkohl.org/tickets, Audra McDonald, soprano, 7 :30 p.m, Jan, 17, Show tunes, movie blue rope ballet flats for american girl dolls songs and original pieces, Bing Concert Hall, 327 Lasuen St., Stanford University, http://live.stanford.edu, Dragon Theatre, “November.” By David Mamet, Through Dec, 15, Directed by Troy Johnson, Dragon Theatre, 2120 Broadway Street, Redwood City, $15-$35, (Pay-what-you-can preview on Nov, 21; $10 rush tickets on Thursdays and Fridays after opening week), http://dragonproductions.net/activities/2013season/november.html..

Situated at the corner of Tully and King roads, this is the original town square of Little Saigon. On any given day, men from the neighborhood would gather here to play Chinese chess and trade stories, while visitors frequent the restaurants and shops there. “The outdoor courtyard next to the food court was where I spent many morning hours talking and smoking with friends, while ordering food from the food court inside,” says Thang Do, CEO of Aedis Architects in San Jose, describing his life in the 1990s.