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Len Goodman, the former Dancing with the Stars judge, has died, his manager confirmed Monday. He was 78. The London-born ex-professional ballroom dancer died in a hospice in Kent in southern England on Saturday. He had been diagnosed with bone cancer, according to the BBC. “It is with great sadness to announce that Len Goodman has passed away peacefully,” his manager, Jackie Gill, said in a statement released Monday. “A much loved husband, father, and grandfather who will be sorely missed by family, friends and all who knew him,” Gill added. After originally joining DWTS for its premiere season in...

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Big Cat Rescue CEO Carole Baskin is set to make her primetime debut on Monday's new episode of Dancing With the Stars, but the family of her missing ex-husband, Don Lewis, are throwing a damper on the event. Becoming a worldwide superstar overnight with the release of the Netflix documentary Tiger King earlier this year, Baskin has been the subject of great controversy since being introduced to the world. It is believed by many viewers of the series that Baskin is somehow behind Lewis' disappearance, but as of now, there's no evidence to suggest that she was involved. Still hoping...

This is next-level fierce: Dancing With the Stars has tapped Tyra Banks to replace Tom Bergeron as host. The announcement comes roughly 36 hours after ABC confirmed the departures of the ABC dance competition’s longtime host Bergeron as well as co-host Erin Andrews. Banks’ reign will begin with Season 29, slated to bow this fall (view ABC’s complete fall lineup here). In a statement, the erstwhile America’s Top Model host said, “I’ve been a fan of DWTS since its beginning. The fun mixed with raw emotion, seeing celebrities push past their comfort zones, the sizzling dance performances. It’s always transported...

I did something Monday night that I’m not proud of. It was something I’d never done before, a fact I was quite happy with until then, but it’s something I’ll likely do again…maybe even in front of my children. I watched “Dancing With The Stars.” It’s a truly awful show, and millions of Americans love it.I didn’t watch it for the female dancers, I didn’t watch it to mock the horrible clothes, and I didn’t watch it for the “stars,” either. Truth be told, for most of the couples I didn’t know which one was the supposed celebrity and which...

Despite receiving the lowest judges scores week after week on Dancing With the Stars, Sean Spicer has avoided elimination thanks to his popularity with voters, who have helped him avoid the bottom two. During the Nov. 4, episode, Ally Brooke, who scored a perfect 30, and Kate Flannery, who scored a 24, were the two stars in danger of going home, and the judges chose to eliminate Kate. However, they did not hide their frustrated reactions to Sean not being in the bottom two again, and dished more about it after the show.

Viewers of Dancing with the Stars experienced a mass meltdown Monday night after former White House press secretary Sean Spicer lived to dance another week, forcing some to even question how Democrats will win in 2020 “if we can’t even get Sean Spicer off” the show.

Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer made his colorful and proudly outlandish “Dancing With the Stars” debut on Monday night wearing a neon-green ruffled shirt as he shimmied to the Spice Girls song “Spice up Your Life” in a salsa routine. GIFs of Spicer started circulating on social media immediately following his performance. Many people also tweeted their reactions to his bold shirt. Spicer's energetic performance concluded with confetti and he got a standing ovation from the audience, but the show’s judges did not seem impressed, giving him a total score of 12 out of 30.

I’m generally not someone who views my political opponents as evil. After all, my best friend is a raging liberal, though he’s now a doctor who is not active in politics and has mellowed with age. But lately leftists have gotten so unhinged, gotten so nasty, that I don’t see any way I could even stand to be in the same room with them. The way they act now is like someone trying to make sure they reserve a first-class suite in Hell. Trump Derangement Syndrome has done something to people who were always teetering on the edge of sanity....

On Wednesday morning, ABC rewarded former White House press secretary Sean Spicer with a spot on the new season of “Dancing with the Stars.” Making the announcement on ABC’s flagship program, “Good Morning America,” Spicer waved to the live studio audience from behind a prop podium. The dancing competition has long been a popular place for washed up celebrities looking to rehabilitate or pump up their image. But Spicer shouldn’t get that chance — and he certainly doesn’t deserve it. More than halfway into this White House’s train wreck of a tenure, flagrant lying and attacks on the free press...

Sean Spicer was often accused of dancing around the facts when he was the press secretary for Donald Trump’s White House, but he’ll get a chance to show actual steps as a contestant on the 28th season of ABC’s Dancing With The Stars, premiering Sept. 16. ABC announced the new season’s line-up of contestants and their pro matches. In addition to Spicer, some of the celebrities include Christie Brinkley, The Office‘s Kate Flannery, James Van Der Beek, ex-Supreme Mary Wilson, NBA champ Lamar Odom and The Bachelorette‘s Hannah Brown. See the full list of stars and their pro mentors below....

The Dancing With the Stars: Athletes cast is bound to make your knees Good Morning America on Friday revealed the full cast line-up for the four-week event, which includes disgraced figure skater Tonya Harding and PyeongChang breakout star Adam Rippon. Fellow figure skater Mirai Nagasu, snowboarder Jamie Anderson, luger Chris Mazdzer and softball pitcher Jennie Finch are among the other Olympians participating. Rounding out the cast are NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, MLB World Series champ Johnny Damon, Washington Redskins cornerback Josh Norman and Notre Dame Women’s Basketball standout Arike Ogunbowale. DWTS: Athletes kicks off on Monday, April 30 at 8/7c...

HOLLYWOOD, California, October 18, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — After Victoria Arlen spent four years in a “vegetative” state, many in the medical establishment had given up on her. Now she’s whirling across a stage competing on ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars.” At age 11, Arlen started showing signs of two rare disorders that caused swelling in her brain and spinal cord. But doctors couldn’t figure out what was wrong. Untreated, she began to lose function in her legs, then her hands and arms. She couldn’t swallow and couldn’t think of the words she wanted to say. Ultimately, her body shut down...

"The Bachelor" star Nick Viall, Olympic gymnast Simone Biles and two throwback pop culture icons who need no introduction, Mr. T and Charo, are among the dozen celebrities competing for the storied mirror ball trophy on season 24 of "Dancing With the Stars." The ABC reality television competition show "Dancing with the Stars" kicks off its 24th season on March 20 at 8 p.m.

ABC reportedly won't allow two men to dance as a couple together on "Dancing with the Stars." An openly gay singer, Who Is Fancy (yes, that is what he calls himself), is set to perform his new song, "Boys Like You," with Ariana Grande and Meghan Trainor on the reality competition show's November 23 episode. The song is about a man falling in love with another man, so the singer's choreographer wanted to have two men dancing with each other in the performance. But TMZ reported that ABC wasn't having it. According to the site's sources, a "DWTS" producer responded...

A court reportedly requires proof that the 'Crocodile Hunter', who was killed by a stingray barb in 2006, will give up his right to the 17-year-old's earnings... Bindi Irwin will reportedly be prevented from claiming her Dancing with the Stars pay by a judge who is demanding proof that her 'Crocodile Hunter' father Steve Irwin is dead. Australian Bindi is 17 and so signed a minor's contract with the ABC show, which requires her parents to agree to give up their rights to her earnings, which at present stand at $230k. Mother Terri has done so - but a judge...

Army National Guard Specialist Alek Skarlatos has joined the Dancing with the Stars Season 21 cast! Alek became a worldwide hero in August when he helped avert a massacre aboard a Belgian train. While on vacation after a deployment in Afghanistan, the 22 year-old sprang into action when an armed attacker began shooting on the train. Alek and two of his friends, Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone and student Anthony Sadler, disarmed and subdued the attacker, who was armed with guns and a box cutter.

Bruce has reportedly had a boob job and plans to complete his gender reassignment surgery this spring so that he can reportedly be ready to hit ABC’s dance floor this fall. Bruce Jenner is ready for some ballroom dancing, but not as the man we all have come to know. The 65-year-old is in the process of transitioning from male to female and a new report claims that he wants to debut the new Bruce on Dancing With The Stars. Bruce Jenner Wants To Compete On ‘Dancing With The Stars’ After His Transition Both of his step children, Rob Kardashian...

Michael Sam gained overnight fame by becoming the first openly gay football player to be drafted into the NFL. Now the 25-year-old Texan will show off his soft shoe by joining the celebrity contenders on season 20 of Dancing With The Stars, according to TMZ.

The former 'Dancing with the Stars' pro added an unfortunate touch to her getup as character Crazy Eyes.Not a good look, Julianne Hough. The former 'Dancing with the Stars' pro donned blackface on Friday night as part of her Halloween costume. The 25-year-old actress was portraying "Orange is the New Black" character Crazy Eyes, played on the hit Netflix series by Uzo Aduba. Hough hit the Casamigos Tequila Halloween Party with a group of friends dressed as the cast of the show. For the occasion, Hough appears to have darkened the skin on her face and neck, as well as...