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Hope Solo: Maks Chmerkovskiy “hit my stomach,” “slapped me across the face. Hard.”

Olympic gold medalist and Dancing with the Stars 13 fourth-place contestant Hole Solo says that her partner on the ABC reality show, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, was so physically aggressive toward her during rehearsals that producers offered her a new partner. In her new book Solo: A Memoir of Hope, Hope writes that Maks “was often nasty” …

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J.R. Martinez beats Rob Kardashian for the world’s worst reality TV prize

Actor and injured Iraq war veteran J.R. Martinez beat Keeping Up with the Kardashians extra Rob Kardashian to win the crummy mirrorball trophy on the finale of Dancing with the Stars, even though Rob outscored him by a single point during the finale. That represents pro Karina Smirnoff’s first win; talk show host Ricki Lake …

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Game Show Network will re-air Dancing with the Stars 4-14, insisting DWTS is a game show

Dancing with the Stars fourth through 14th seasons will repeat on GSN starting in January. While this makes the Game Show Network the latest in a line of cable TV networks to evolve their programming so far beyond their names that their name no longer makes sense (MTV, VH1, A&E, et cetera), GSN is actually …

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Tom Bergeron’s great idea: one season a year of Dancing with the Stars, which has its final four

Despite generating headlines with its cast at the start of the season, Dancing with the Stars‘ ratings are down significantly, nearly 14 percent. Its host, Tom Bergeron, has a solution: cut one season. “One season a year works very well for American Idol. I certainly think that’s one of the things that should be considered …

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Maksim defends his egotistical “my show” comment, fight with cranky Len Goodman

Maksim Chmerkovskiy has defended his comment that Dancing with the Stars is his show, which he made after fighting with one of the show’s judges, which helped inject some drama into an otherwise sedate season. During the critique, judge Len Goodman, whose Depends are usually bunched up and causing him excess irritation, said that Hope …

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Nancy Grace is “in full nip denial” because she was wearing Breast Petals

Dancing with the Stars contestant and Tot Mom adversary Nancy Grace is insisting that no part of her nipple was on display during Monday’s night’s episode of the show. She said she was wearing a product called Breast Petals, described as “strapless, backless, invisible” covers for a woman’s breasts. The video and image of the …

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