And so another great show-biz couple has bitten the dust.

Dancing With the Stars pro Derek Hough and American Pie actress Shannon Elizabeth have broken up after dating for more than a year. The two met when Elizabeth signed on as a competitor for DWTS.

The couple announced their breakup via—how else?—Twitter on Friday.

“Hi everyone, we wanted you all to know directly from us, that Shannon & I have decided to end our relationship as boyfriend & girlfriend…,” Hough wrote.

Added Elizabeth on her own Twitter account, “however, we love & care about each other very much & will remain friends & in each other’s lives.”

How sweet; even though they’ve broken up, they’re still completing each others’ sentences.

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Times are tough, and American Pie (and Dancing with the Stars) was a long, long time ago.

To make ends meet, Shannon Elizabeth has taken a position down at the car wash.

She’d like to tell you about a new special: Wash, wax and undercarriage for a mere $12.99! She’ll even wear a bikini and sign your Tomcats DVD!

Just jokin’. The celebrity poker-playin’ Shannon is actually washing her own car.

And using window cleaner on the doors. And acting shocked that it doesn’t look that great after it was applied.

That sexy-moron roles she normally played in movies in the early 2000s were just an act. Really.

Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Don Cheadle starred in Ante Up for Africa, a charity no-limit Texas Hold ‘Em tournament at the Rio Pavilion in Las Vegas to raise money for the victims of the crisis in Darfur.

Cheadle started the fundraiser last year with celebrity poker player Annie Duke, and it’s a big draw.

Stars on hand included Adam Sandler, Ray Romano, Jason Alexander and George Lopez.

“It’s just great to see everybody,” Cheadle told E! Online before playing. “Don’t expect to win, because it’s mine.”

Proceeds went to two organizations: Not on Our Watch, the advocacy group started by Cheadle, Damon, George Clooney and Brad Pitt (good pedigree, eh?); and ENOUGH, an initiative working to end civil conflicts in Darfur, Uganda and Congo.

“When there’s no actual money for me, I’m very good,” Alexander cracked.

No matter what kind of hand he draws, he’s still playing George Costanza.

Chilean Dancing with the Stars contestant and actor Cristian de la Fuente suffered what initially seemed to be a severe muscle cramp during his samba performance with dance coach. The pain turned out to be a ruptured tendon, and the injury not only crimped his style but threatened to knock him out of the competition.

However, the muy caliente Latino left the decision in the hot hands of the public. De la Fuente publicly resolved to postpone surgery for his arm until the competition’s finale if viewers voted to keep him on the show.

And the audience decided it wasn’t yet ready to let go of Cristian. A tearful Shannon Elizabeth was sent home instead.

This turnabout was quite a stroke of luck for Cristian, otherwise he would have been forced to watch his excuse for wearing sleeveless satin shirts disappear before his very eyes.