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If you noticed Anna Trebunskaya's name missing from the list of celebrities and professional dancers appearing on the 17th season of 'Dancing With the Stars,' it's because she has a very good reason: She's in the family way. The Russian dancer felt it was prudent to take time off from the show so she could focus on her pregnancy with her first child.

Another season of 'Dancing With the Stars' is almost upon us -- the 17th season, to be exact -- and it looks like this year, the show got some stars of note.

Valerie Harper, best known for her role as Rhoda on 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer and given three months to live back in March, but that hasn't stopped her from joining the cast of 'Dancing With the Stars.'

Demi Lovato is coming back with a vengeance!

The cast of season 16's 'Dancing With the Stars' was announced, and unlike most of the previous seasons, you may actually know some of the stars on this one.

It's supposedly splitsville for oft-temperamental actor and heartthrob Russell Crowe and wife Danielle Spencer.

Doesn’t it seem like this season of ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ has a lot more talented performers on display than normal? And by “talented,” of course we really mean “muscled.” Chehon Wespi-Tschopp — the ballerino who was born in Chicago, raised in Switzerland and has worked in NYC — is our prime example of this talent.

It’s not a complete shocker that Donald Driver, the graceful football player from the Green Bay Packers, took home the ‘Dancing with the Stars’ winners trophy Tuesday night. Athletes in general tend to outperform the other C- to D-list celeb competitors on the show, and why wouldn’t they? Driver, like many of the previous sports-centric performers, has the immense pecs, rippling biceps and ideal a

All the weeks of struggle and sweat have lead up to this — the crowning of a new winner on ‘Dancing with the Stars.’ So whose blisters, torn muscles and compromised dignity were rewarded with a shiny mirrorball trophy worth about a buck-fifty? Let’s find out the 2012 ‘Dancing With the Stars’ winner finale as the extravaganza unfolds … LIIIIIIIVE!

This is it — the week we finally learn who wins ‘Dancing with the Stars.’ All three of the couples in the finals this year were excellent, so the margin of victory will be the narrowest of narrows. Let’s check out their Monday night performances … LIIIIIIIVE!

With so many amazing contenders in the ‘Dancing with the Stars‘ semifinals, it was really anyone’s guess who’d leave after Tuesday night’s elimination show. So which three couples will move on to next week’s big finale?

There’s usually a thick blanket of anxiety that sweeps over contestants and audience members alike when the results portion of the show comes about. Nobody likes seeing their favorites go home, but in this particular results episode of ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ we’re seeing a double elimination. Ouch. Not fun.