Julianne Hough Celebrates 21st Birthday (Again)

Julianne Hough was out and about in Atlantic City, New Jersey this weekend. Hough celebrated her 21st birthday again (her b-day was July 20th) at club mur.mur at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa on Saturday night. People.com reports that to celebrate her big day, “she threw back celebratory shots and threw her hands in the air while dancing to Michael Jackson’s ‘Smooth Criminal.’”

Julianne’s boyfriend Chuck Wicks wasn’t at this celebration.”Chuck was at my real birthday party,” Hough told People.

She went on to gush over the gift Wicks had gotten her…”I’ve been wanting a camera for so long and he got me one of those nice Nikon D5000s,” she reported. “It’s awesome. I’m addicted.”

We’ll let you have one guess at who Julianne’s favorite photo subjectis…that’s right, their dog, Lexi.

“I’ve got a thousand pictures and they’re all of my dog Lexi,” Hough admitted.

Lexi is getting quite popular. Not only did she win our “country music’s cutest dog poll,” it seems like she has her own fan club.

“I did a show last night in Madison, Wis., and [fans] had signs that said ‘Go, Lexi!’, ‘She’s the cutest dog in the world!’ and ‘We love Lexi!’ I’m like, ‘Okay, my dog is more famous than I am,” said Hough. “People are always like, ‘[Lexi] needs to have her own Twitter account!’”

Should we expect to follow Lexi on Twitter soon?

“I don’t think so,” laughed Hough. “I’ll keep my dog humble.”

Entertainment Tonight also caught up with Julianne at her birthday celebration. Click HERE to check out video from the night.