Petra Nemcova teams with professional dancer Dmitry Chaplin on Season 12 of "Dancing with the Stars."


Kirstie Alley teams with professional dancer Maksim Chmerkovskiy on Season 12 of "Dancing with the Stars."

Kendra Wilkinson teams with professional dancer Louis Van Amstel on Season 12 of "Dancing with the Stars."
 "Psycho" Mike Catherwood teams with professional dancer Lacey Schwimmer on Season 12 of "Dancing with the Stars."
 Ralph Macchio teams with professional dancer Karina Smirnoff on Season 12 of "Dancing with the Stars."
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  Chris Jericho teams with professional dancer Cheryl Burke on Season 12 of "Dancing with the Stars."
  Chelsea Kane (formerly Chelsea Staub) teams with professional dancer Mark Ballas on Season 12 of "Dancing with the Stars."

 Hines Ward teams with professional dancer Kym Johnson on Season 12 of "Dancing with the Stars."
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JENNIFER BEALS has turned down an opportunity to appear on DANCING WITH THE STARS.

JENNIFER BEALS, the American actress and star of the movie 'Flashdance', has turned down an offer to appear as a contestant on the next series of DANCING WITH THE STARS, according to People Magazine. Beals, who is currently starring in the Fox drama 'The Chicago Code', says she will not be following in the footsteps of recent winner JENNIFER GREY, saying, "I am not a dancer. They asked me and I said no. You could back up a truck to my door filled with cash and I wouldn't do it". The 47-year-old said she visited the DANCING WITH THE STARS' ballroom with her actress friend MARLEE MATLIN several years ago and was surprised by the intimidating atmosphere, saying, "The sound of the audience is so loud and the energy in there is so intense. I wanted to start crying just in feeling for her. I joked with Marlee and said, 'You don't know how lucky you are you can't hear this'", the actress added, "The noise level is so intense and people's excitement level is so intense. I could never. I'm not that kind of a performer".


Beals famously played 'Alexandra Owens' in the 1993 dance movie 'Flashdance', alongside MICHAEL NOURI. The film, produced by JERRY BRUCKHEIMER, grossed over $100 million at the box-office despite opening to negative reviews from critics.

Melissa Rycroft Strickland is a mom. The ex-"Bachelor" contestant and her husband, Tye Strickland, welcomed a daughter named Ava Grace Strickland on Wednesday.

Ava is their first child, weighing in at 6 pounds 13 ounces.

"Our lives have changed so much in the last two years and today we've been blessed with the best change ever, our beautiful baby girl," Strickland says in a statement (via UsMagazine.com).

The former Texas schoolteacher became reality-TV famous while competing for Jason Mesnick's love on "The Bachelor" in 2009. Mesnick chose the bubbly brunette as his bride-to-be on the series finale -- but, in a devastating twist, Mesnick later dumped her for runner-up Molly Malaney during the "After The Final Rose" special.

Photos: The Stricklands Hit the Red Carpet

Her heartbreak instantly evaporated, however, when she rekindled the flame with Tye Strickland, an insurance agent, getting engaged just four months after Mesnick's oh-so-dramatic change of heart. They got married in Mexico in December 2009.

Somewhere Mesnick, who famously sobbed over a balcony while choosing between Rycroft and Mulaney (his now-wife), is writing a tear-soaked letter of congratulations to the Stricklands.
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