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According to CelebSport, Dancing With the Stars pro dancer Julianne Hough has been offered a role in the remake of the movie Footloose.

Gossip Girl star Chace Crawford has also been cast for the movie, so it should be amazing!

Julianne has been spreading her wings far beyond DWTS in the past year or so. She’s recorded a country music CD and even won a CMA Award for it. She’s appeared in Wrigley’s commercials for their gum and now she’s hitting the big screen.

It looks like America’s girl is really doing great! *sniff* I’m so proud…

We have just found out who Maxim named for their annual Hot 100 list and four of the past and present dancers for Dancing With the Stars are on the list this time.

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No one should be surprised that the absolutely stunning pro dancer Julianne Hough is #25 on the list. She is so beautiful both inside and out, it seems completely deserved.

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And DWTS season 7 dancer Kim Kardashian has been named #53 on the list. She may not have made it very far in the dancing competition, but she definitely has a following among the male audience members. She’s very lovely and fits the list perfectly.

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Stacy Keibler from the DWTS season 2 has been named #77 on the Maxim Hot 100 list. She’s been a regular member of this list for years, so this is no surprise at all.

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Melissa Rycroft has rocketed from obscurity to the limelight in just a matter of weeks. Before she was chosen to be on the reality show The Bachelor, she was an unknown. Now, she’s one of the finalists on season 8 of Dancing With the Stars and has been named #99 on the Maxim Hot 100 list. Way to go, Melissa! And it’s well deserved.

Congratulations to all four women for being recognized for being so beautiful!

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The number of dancers with injuries this season on Dancing With the Stars is at an all-time high. And Steve-O, in spite of his previous career being filled with him trying to injure himself in strange and exotic ways, has been no exception. He hurt his back and was unable to even perform live one week. Yet his many fans kept him in the competition in spite of it all.

But, we all knew it was time for his run on the show to come to an end. It just had to happen.

I am personally very happy to see that he made it through rehab and has managed to stay sober for months now. I hope he continues to stay sober and to take care of himself. He’s spent many self-destructive years so far and it was time to grow up. Good for him!

I do have to admit that I have been completely surprised by how well he actually did do on the show. When he was announced as one of the dancers, I was expecting him to maybe last a week. He evidently has a very large fan base and he really did put his heart into his dance performances, even if they didn’t make it to professional level.

I wish him well in his future and can say that I’m glad that he was on this season of the show. Even though he’s no dancer, he does seem to be getting his life on the right track and that deserves our respect.

So long, Steve-O. It was great having you on this season of DWTS.

So who do you think will be the next to go home? Who do you think is going to win this season? Let us know!

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Tonight marked the halfway point in this season of Dancing With the Stars. It’s becoming very clear who will probably make it to the final three and who will not. After tonight’s performances, I think it’s a slam dunk that Gilles Marini & Cheryl Burke, as well as Lil Kim & Derek Hough will be in the final three. My big indecision is between Melissa Rycroft & Tony Dovolani and Shawn Johnson & Mark Ballas. Those two teams are both very close in their skills and it will be interesting to see who does better as the season progresses.

As for this week, sadly, I think the bottom two will follow the judges’ scores. It seems clear to me that the two who deserve this week’s dance-off are Steve-O & Lacey Schwimmer and Ty Murray & Chelsea Hightower. I just don’t think they will be here much longer. Overall, it’s a good season with lots of interesting dancers. Here are my comments on tonight’s performances:

Who did you like the best tonight? Who do you think will go home?

I found these wonderful photos of the Dancing With the Stars dancers before the performance show last week. Steve-O is practicing some of the moves by himself, Julianne Hough is wearing a pretty dress with flip-flops and Mark Ballas is grabbing a snack while he and Shawn Johnson walk along. And look at Melissa Rycroft in her dance costume! I’m sure she got a lot of attention in it!!

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Last Sunday was the Academy of Country Music Awards ceremony in Las Vegas. Among the people there were Dancing With the Stars dancers Julianne Hough and Chuck Wicks. Not only are they actually dating in real life, but they are both up and coming country music singers. And Julianne won an award there this year too!

Check out these photos of them together on the red carpet, then Julianne with her award in the press room after the ceremony.

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The Insider takes a look at some of this season’s Dancing With the Stars dancers and how they are doing while preparing for tonight’s show. First of all, they show Julianne Hough accepting her award at last night’s Academy of Country Music Awards show in Las Vegas. She tore her dress in her excitement to get to the stage and accept the award.

Then, they take a look at Shawn Johnson and Mark Ballas while they practice some of their dance moves. Shawn says that Mark is her nicest coach ever. Then, Jewel sits in on one of the practice sessions for her hubby, Ty Murray and his pro dance partner Chesea Hightower. See what they have to say about the rigors of the practice sessions.

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What a night of performances this was! Tonight’s Dancing With the Stars gave us three couples tied for first place and perhaps a new lowest score ever…I’m not sure about that, but it’s got to be close. The injuries are continuing to haunt the Steves. Steve-O not only had a tough time with a painful back, but he also twisted his ankle at the end of the routine. Steve Wozniak still has the fractured foot, but now also has a pulled groin muscle to go with it.

There were also a couple of fantastic quotes this week too. Len told Lil Kim that she has a “Bionic Booty” and Steve Woznick did what was referred to as a “Demented Worm”.

There were some really high higs and some very low lows in the performances. Each week, it’s becoming more apparent who is going to make it to the end this season. Unless something horrible and unforeseen happens, it’s going to be one heck of a season toward the end…

Here are my reviews of the dance performances this week:

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Tonight on Dancing With the Stars, we found out that yet another one of the celebs has injured himself. Steve-O had to go to the hospital, so poor Lacey Schwimmer had to walk down the big stairs alone. That means five injuries so far this season and this was only the second episode! We found out over the weekend that Steve Wozniak injured his foot, and Gille Marini dislocated his shoulder. I’ll write a bit about injuries and difficulty in ballroom dancing later this week, but right now I just want to emphasize how dancing is much more dangerous and difficult than it looks.

Here is my review of the dances on tonight’s show:

They saved the best three dances for last and the way it looks right now, they are the three that we may see go all the way. The others had better step it up. And tomorrow night on the elimination show, we’ll get to see the bottom two pairs do a dance-off. It’s a brand-new feature this season and it should be interesting to see how it affects the results.

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Tonight’s season premiere of Dancing With the Stars was full of surprises. For example, a couple of people were better than I imagined them to be and a couple of them were worse. Sadly, Jewel & Nancy O’Dell were officially out of the season due to their injuries. But we were introduced to two last-minute replacements.

The first replacement dancer was Holly Madison. I guess she has a lot more time on her hands now that she and Criss Angel have broken up. But if she doesn’t improve her dancing pretty quick, she may be free to do whatever she wants again soon.

The other surprise replacement was the jilted Bachelor’s choice, Melissa Rycroft. She took the dance floor and showed that in only two days she is a better ballroom dancer than several of the others. I think she may be around for a while. She’s a very pleasant surpise!

As for all of tonight’s dances, here’s my review and the judges’ scores:

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Style	Review	Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli	Total
Cha-Cha	Lil Kim & Derek Hough - It was a fair performance, but it’s a very different thin g to do hip-hop and ballroom, but I think Lil Kim has potential to improve. She’s got the basics. And it’ll be fun to see her progress.	7	7	7	21
Waltz	Belinda Carlisle & Jonathan Roberts - A good first dance, but she’s still a little stiff and flat on her feet. She did show that she has potential to be much better and it will be fin to watch her improve each week.	6	6	5	17
Cha-Cha	Lawrence Taylor & Edyta Slawinska - For a first time dancer, Lawrence is pretty good, but lacks confidence. He’s a man that can already move his hips and he has a couple of moves, he just needs to get more confident with the dance steps. I think he’s going to get much better as he goes along.	6	5	5	16
Waltz	Steve-O & Lacey Schwimmer - He was actually much better than I had expected. He was serious about the dance and not horsing around. I had expected him to be absolutely horrible, but he was not so much. I think he may actually get better!	6	5	6	17
Cha-Cha	Gilles Marini & Cheryl Burke - All I can say is that I loved watching him…and he wasn’t bad at the dancing either. He performed the best male dance so far by a long shot!!! I think he may go very far this season!	8	8	8	24
Waltz	Chuck Wicks & Julianne Hough - He’s pretty good too! I think Julianne has a way with teaching him to dance. I think he’s got real potential and will definitely get better.	6	7	7	20
Cha-Cha	Holly Madison & Dmitri Chaplain - It was clear that she only had a week to practice. Dmitri did his best, but she really needs a lot more work. She was very stiff and hesitant. It will be interesting to see how she improves.	6	6	6	18
Cha-Cha	Ty Murray & Chelsea Hightower - He seemed like a fish out of water and very uncomfortable. But I have to give him props for effort. I like him and hope he stays around to get better. And Chelsea was terrific!	5	4	5	14
Waltz	Shawn Johnson & Mark Ballas - Oh, my goodness! We have a contender! She was graceful and her movements were perfect, even though she is such a beginner. She looks like she’s been at it a while. I think she’ll be around for a while this season.	8	8	7	23
Cha-Cha	Steve Wozniak & Karina Smirnoff - He was much better than I expected. I think he’s a bit stiff and needs some polish. It’ll be interesting to see him next week to see if he improves. He’s a courageous man and surely enjoys dancing. I just wish I could hear what his ex-girlfriend, Kathy Griffin has to say about his dance. He may be our first to go.	5	4	4	13
Waltz	David Alan Grier & Kym Johnson - I see some potential in him. He has some grace and just needs more practice to get the steps. I don’t think he’ll be first to leave, for sure.	6	7	6	19
Cha-Cha	Denise Richards & Maksim Chmerkovskiy - She is a fair dancer and will probably not go home in the first couple of weeks, but needs to improve her skills. She’s a bit stiff and timid in her movements.	6	6	6	18
Waltz	Melissa Rycroft & Tony Dovolani - I have to say that she’s not half bad, and she only had two days to learn the dance. I’m impressed. She definitely will improve. She’s very graceful and has wonderful potential!	8	7	8	23

Next Monday will be the second performance by each dance team. And then the first pair will be eliminated. I expect Steve Wozniak or Steve-O to be first. Who do you think will go home first?