Amber Rose to Compete on "Dancing With the Stars"
by Liam Mathews
Aug 23, 2016


Amber Rose's hyphens keep multiplying. The model-actress-talk show-host-author-activist-entrepreneur will soon add -dancer to the list.

E! reports that Rose is joining the cast of "Dancing With the Stars'" upcoming 23rd season.



Rose is the first celeb to move past the "casting rumors" stage, although "Dancing" will not confirm its cast until an official announcement during "Good Morning America" on Aug. 30.

Other rumored cast members include "The Bachelorette's" JoJo Fletcher and "The Fosters'" Jake T. Austin.



"Dancing" returns Monday, Sept. 12 at 8/7c on ABC.

http://www.tvguide.com/news/amber-rose-dancing-with-the-stars/

Amber Rose? Seriously? This show has officially hit rock bottom.

"Dancing With the Stars" New Cast Features Olympians, a Rapper and One Loud-Mouthed Politician
by Tim Surette
Aug 30, 2016


Amber Rose
Partner: Maksim Chmerkovskiy

The model slash media personality slash a bunch of other things rose to fame by appearing in hip-hop videos, catching the eye of her future boyfriend Kanye West.

Rose is a busy bee, and has started her own fashion line, wrote a book, hosted a VH1 talk show, dipped her toes in acting and launched an emoji app. A modern-day Renaissance woman!







Laurie Hernandez
Partner: Valentin Chmerkovskiy

Hernandez was an instrumental part of this year's U.S. Women's Olympic Gymnastics team, grabbing gold in the team all-around competition and silver in the individual balance beam.

She'll be an early favorite heading into the season; the last women's gymnast to compete was Season 8's Shawn Johnson, who won the trophy that year.







Maureen McCormick
Partner: Artem Chigvintsev

Marcia, Marcia, Marcia! McCormick was a sitcom It Girl as Marcia Brady on "The Brady Bunch", meaning that at some point it's very possible that Calvin Johnson will throw a football and hit her in the nose.

After "The Brady Bunch", McCormick struggled with addiction issues but has turned her life around and starred in films, appeared on reality shows and wrote an autobiography.







Terra Jolé
Partner: Sasha Farber

Jolé has been a main cast member on the Lifetime docuseries "Little Women: LA", which follows a group of little women who -- you guessed it -- live in Los Angeles.

Jolé just gave birth to her second child.







Marilu Henner
Partner: Derek Hough

Henner is best known as Elaine on the sitcom "Taxi", and she also starred alongside Burt Reynolds in the comedy "Evening Shade".

Don't expect any nerves from her, because she has reality television experience from being part of the first season of "The Celebrity Apprentice" back in 2008.

And she shouldn't have any problems memorizing her routines, as she has hyperthymesia, a condition which gives her photographic memory.







Vanilla Ice
Partner: Whitney Carson

Vanilla Ice became a phenomenon thanks to his super smash "Ice Ice Baby," and turned that success into a short film career that included Razzie winner Cold as Ice.

He was also a pro jet skiier, ditched most of the rapping in favor of new musical styles and hosts the DIY Network show "The Vanilla Ice Project".







Calvin Johnson
Partner: Lindsay Arnold

Nicknamed "Megatron" after the big, bad Transformer, Johnson is a 6'5" hunk of a guy and one of the greatest NFL wide receivers of the 2000s.

After tearing up the field at Georgia Tech, Johnson was drafted second overall in the 2007 NFL Draft and spent his entire career with the Detroit Lions. He is the NFL record holder for most receiving yards in a season.







Jake T. Austin
Partner: Jenna Johnson

21-year-old Austin was a regular cast member on Freeform's "The Fosters" before abruptly leaving the show earlier this year.

Before that, he found fame on Disney Channel's "The Wizards of Waverly Place".







Babyface
Partner: Allison Holker

Babyface, born Kenneth Brian Edmonds, was an instrumental producer of R&B hits during the glory years of the late-'80s and '90s, and has a closet full of Grammys for his work with Boyz II Men, Eric Clapton, Alicia Keys and more.

He also had a successful career as an artist himself, most recently collaborating with Toni Braxton on 2014's Love, Marriage & Divorce.







James Hinchcliffe
Partner: Sharna Burgess

Hinchcliffe currently races for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports on the IndyCar circuit.

The Canadian driver won the rookie of the year award in 2011, and won the pole position at the Indianapolis 500 earlier in 2016, a year after he nearly died from a wreck on the very same track.







Rick Perry
Partner: Emma Slater

Perry took over the Governor of Texas' office in 2000 after George W. Bush vacated the chair to run for president. He served three terms there, making him the longest-serving governor of Texas in history.

Perry made a few disastrous runs for president, and was the first Republican to drop out of the race this year after a name-calling match with Donald Trump.







Ryan Lochte
Partner: Cheryl Burke

Team USA's second-most-famous male swimmer after Michael Phelps grabbed one gold in Rio, but it was his out-of-the-pool behavior that made the most headlines.

Lochte lied about being pulling over and robbed by locals posing as police, smearing a stain over the Olympics and embarrassing the American team.

He was also a star of the reality show "What Would Ryan Lochte Do?" and once answered the question of how he would describe Ryan Lochte with, "Ryan Lochte." J'eah!







Jana Kramer
Partner: Gleb Savchenko

The former "One Tree Hill" star left The CW show in order to pursue a country music career, and it proved to be a good choice as her albums have climbed the charts and earned her nominations at various awards shows.

But she's also known for her hot-and-cold relationship history, which includes three marriages and four engagements.

http://www.tvguide.com/news/dancing-with-the-stars-season-23-cast/

I would think Ryan wouldn't be on the show with his scandal. It is amazing how people bounce back and are accepted so quickly. Other than Maureen, Rick, Marilu and Ryan, don't know the others.

I would think Ryan wouldn't be on the show with his scandal. It is amazing how people bounce back and are accepted so quickly. Other than Maureen, Rick, Marilu and Ryan, don't know the others.

"Dancing" boss Rob Wade made a statement about his casting.

"We were committed to Ryan. We use the show as a place where people can come on and tell their story. It's often been a show where people can come up and talk about things that have happened in their lives that are very positive and things that were more problematic, and we felt like for us, this is an opportunity for Ryan to come on and show his true self and dance on the show and have some fun. We certainly didn't feel like we should be pulling the offer away from him."

You can read more here: http://www.tvguide.com/news/dancing-with-the-stars-boss-explains-why-ryan-lochte-deserves-to-tell-his-story/

I was really surprised when the small protest broke out on DWTS premiere episode.

While I don't condone what Ryan Lochte did in Rio, he has apologized and received a 10-month suspension.

Besides Lochte, this matter must have been scary to his partner, Cheryl Burke, and to everyone at the show. At least the DWTS security took care of the matter.

Hopefully there will be no more nonsense.

All of the contestants dance again next Monday and then there will be an elimination show (again) on Tuesday.