Dancing with the Stars
‘Dancing With the Stars’ Back on ABC After One Season at Disney+
ABC will once again have Dancing With the Stars on its air after the long-running competition series took a brief detour to Disney+ last year. The broadcast network will air the 32nd season of DWTS in the fall, and it will stream live on Disney+ as well. The reversal (first reported by Vulture) comes a […]
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Len Goodman, Former ‘Dancing With the Stars,’ ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ Judge, Dies at 78
Len Goodman, the former Dancing With the Stars and Strictly Come Dancing judge, has died. He was 78. Goodman’s agent confirmed the news, saying that he had died at a hospice Saturday “peacefully, surrounded by his family.” He had been suffering from bone cancer. Goodman featured on Strictly from its launch on the BBC in […]
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Julianne Hough Rejoins ‘Dancing With the Stars’ as Co-Host
Following the departure of Tyra Banks, Dancing With the Stars has found a new co-host — one who’s likely familiar to viewers of the show. Julianne Hough, a former pro dancer and judge on the long-running competition series, is rejoining DWTS as a host for its 32nd season. She’ll co-host the Disney+ show alongside Alfonso Ribeiro, […]
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Tyra Banks to Depart ‘Dancing With the Stars’
Tyra Banks is ready to say goodbye to Dancing With the Stars after three years hosting the ballroom-dancing competition series. The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed the supermodel’s plans to step down as emcee after she told TMZ: “I feel it’s time for me to really focus on my business and entrepreneurship, but also producing more […]
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Hector Ramirez, Cameraman With 20 Primetime Emmys, Dies at 78
Hector Ramirez, a camera operator with 20 Primetime Emmy Awards who spent more than a decade on Dancing With the Stars and worked on the Oscars and the Grammys, Elvis Presley and David Copperfield specials and Frank Sinatra, Sting and Cher concerts, has died. He was 78. Ramirez died Wednesday in his home in Granada […]
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Cheryl Burke to Depart ‘Dancing With the Stars’
Cheryl Burke will dance for the last time as a pro on Dancing with the Stars Monday night. The dancer and host on the long-running reality series, which sees celebrities paired with pro-partners and compete to be the season’s winner, announced her departure in an Instagram post on Sunday. “Tomorrow night will officially be my […]
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‘Bachelorette’ Stars Gabby Windey and Erich Schwer Address Their Split Following Controversy
Things didn’t turn out rosy after all for The Bachelorette’s Gabby Windey and Erich Schwer. The pair, who got engaged during the ABC dating series’ season 19 finale that aired in September, are both speaking out after ending the relationship. Earlier this month, media outlets reported that the pair had broken up, citing unnamed sources. […]
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Len Goodman Exiting ‘Dancing With the Stars’
Dancing With the Stars judge Len Goodman is saying goodbye to the ballroom competition series. During Monday’s broadcast, Goodman announced that this season would mark his final as a judge. “This will be my last season judging on Dancing with the Stars. I’ve been with the show since it started in 2005 and it has […]
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Deaf Actress Rose Ayling-Ellis: “I Am Disabled Because I Live and Work in a World That Disables Me”
“My reality isn’t always nice,” Rose Ayling-Ellis told the Edinburgh TV Festival in the annual Alternative MacTaggart keynote on Friday. The deaf English actress (EastEnders, Dancing With the Stars) offered her perspective on the stark realities of life as a deaf person working in television via a 30-minute address and an interview with journalist and producer Afua Hirsch. […]
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Tyra Banks, Alfonso Ribeiro Set as ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Hosts on Disney+
Dancing With the Stars will look very similar when it returns for its 31st season in the fall on its new home on Disney+. Tyra Banks will return for her third season as host of the reality competition series and be joined by former DWTS winner Alfonso Ribeiro, who will serve as co-host. Len Goodman, […]
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‘Dancing With the Stars’ Shocker: Series Moves to Disney+ After Long ABC Run
Dancing With the Stars, a longtime anchor of ABC’s schedule, is moving to streaming. The series, which debuted on ABC in 2005, will jump to Disney+ in the fall. The move comes in conjunction with a two-season renewal that will take DWTS through a 32nd cycle. The switch was prompted in part by ABC’s plans […]
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‘Dancing With the Stars’ Pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy Says He’s Made It to Poland After Fleeing Ukraine
Longtime Dancing With the Stars pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy says he’s emigrated and made it into Poland after a 24-hour effort to leave Ukraine. Following several updates about the current conditions in Ukraine since Russia officially invaded on Feb. 24, the dancer and choreographer initially posted to his Instagram story on Monday indicating he would attempt […]
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