Maksim Chmerkovskiy joins roster of departed 'Dancing With the Stars' pros

Credit: (Mandatory): Alberto Reyes- Maksim Chmerkovskiy attends an event in New York City, USA - 29.11.12 Credit: (Mandatory): Alberto Reyes

Maksim Chmerkovskiy isn't returning to "Dancing With the Stars" this season.
Rumors have been swirling around Maks for a while -- is he quitting? Was he fired? What's going on? Chmerkovskiy released a statement this morning confirming that, regardless of how he's leaving, it's definitely happening:
I just want to set the record straight to all of my amazing fans that I will unfortunately not be returning for this season of "Dancing With the Stars." I’ve been a pro dancer on the show for about seven years now and am eager to explore other opportunities that have been made possible because of the show. I'm going to take this time to dive into producing and acting, while fulfilling my sponsorship obligations.
A big thank you to all of my fans for your never-ending support. I also want to thank the entire cast and production of "Dancing With the Stars."
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The statement itself is boilerplate, and doesn't really tell us whether he's got acting gigs lined up, or whether the judges (and/or fellow pro and show nemesis Derek Hough) just got sick of him sassing them. Certainly the Hope Solo fracas isn't mentioned. Also, Chmerkovskiy is still technically under contract with the show.

But other "DWTS" pros have moved on from the show to significant success, with Julianne Hough at the head of the pack. Hough has starred in films like "Footloose" and "Rock of Ages," released a charting country single in 2007, and is in "Safe Haven" opposite Josh Duhamel, in theaters now. (It was announced just today that Julianne and brother Derek have a ballroom-dancing drama in the works at Starz.)
Lacey Schwimmer has appeared as a featured singer on singles since her last "DWTS" appearance in 2012, and released her own single in 2011. While Alec Mazo is less visible, he won the first "DWTS" season with partner Kelly Monaco, then went to Stanford Business School to get his MBA, and now runs a production company. Dmitry Chaplin, last seen competing in Season 12, has returned to the show as a choreographer, and was nominated for an Emmy for his efforts.
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So while all the pros might not scale Hough heights, there's life after the show -- good news for other pros who didn't make the cut for Season 16. A show rep shrugged that it's not uncommon to "rotate" the pros so they can "rest for a cycle" -- so we'll see if familiar DWTS faces like Peta Murgatroyd (second best name in TV, behind Benedict Cumberbatch), Anna Trebunskaya (two 11th-place finishes running), and Louis van Amstel return for future seasons. (Chelsie Hightower, who finished 10th last season, likely won't return.)
Taking their places: Latin ballroom specialist Lindsay Arnold, a Provo, Utah native and "So You Think You Can Dance" vet; Australian Sharna Burgess, promoted from the "DWTS" troupe and a performer at the Olympics in Sydney; and Gleb Savchenko, a multi-discipline star (he trained in karate as a kid) who's appeared on Australian "DWTS."
Are you bummed that Maks is leaving? Psyched for new pro blood on the show? Wondering what the aitch Andy Dick is doing on the show? Work it out in the comments!
Julianne Hough tells the ladies of "The View" about "Safe Haven," below:

"Dancing With the Stars" airs its two-hour season premiere March 18 on ABC.

Awards Minute Video: How Jennifer Lawrence took the edge off after Oscar win

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The Silver Linings Playbook star tripped over her stunning Dior dress while walking to the stage to collect her Academy gold for Best Actress!
But the tumble didn’t faze the 22-year-old. In the press room following her big win, Jennifer got candid about the embarrassing trip and much, much more. The starlet even revealed that she had a shot to take the edge off after the public trip!
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Check out the vid to hear what J-Law was thinking as she took that now infamous spill!

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Kendra Wilkinson Baskett on 'Celebrity Wife Swap' premiere: 'I lost it'

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Kendra Wilkinson Baskett couldn't wait to do "Celebrity Wife Swap." Then she found out who she was swapping with: Kate Gosselin, single mom to eight kids.
Kendra, who's appeared in "Playboy" and on "The Girls Next Door," is married to former NFL-er Hank Baskett and lives with him, their four-year-old son Hank IV, and a fulltime housekeeper and nanny, Rosa. Hank is very involved around the house and likes to cook for Kendra and set up her girls' nights.



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When we spoke to Kendra, she sounded positive about the experience, saying she "got so excited" about going on the show, because "I love the feeling of stepping out of your comfort zone and doing something off. I think that's the way to live your life, is to be thrown off a little bit." She was into the idea of living "in someone else's life" for a week; she's "all about the social experiments."

But as experiments go, a week with eight children is practically the Manhattan Project, and when Kendra found out whose house she was headed to, she "lost it. I wanted to run out."

She wasn't the only one, evidently; Kendra reported that "there was some tension and drama" between Kate Gosselin and Hank. She didn't want to speak for them, because she wasn't there, but it sounds like Kate doesn't entirely approve of the Basketts' laid-back lifestyle, or what Kendra describes as her "Southern California" attitude. (Or, we're guessing, of Kendra herself, who laughed that Kate didn't get "why a woman like me deserves a man like that.") We'll have to find out whether Kate passed any judgments, but we know Hank didn't sell Kendra out. "All I know is, my husband said, 'I stuck up for you.'"

Meanwhile, back at the Gosselins', Kendra was determined to make a good impression. Calling that time a "whirlwind," she told us her goal for the week: "I truly, truly wanted those eight kids to really respect me." Not to think of Kendra as a second mom, necessarily, but it took "a lot of work" to get the kids to trust her.

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She's a fighter, though, she says, and she kept at it. She wanted the experience to be good for everyone, and she wanted "these kids to know me, and to know my heart" -- not least because of the trash-talk they might have heard about her posing nude, "'she's stupid,' you know, all that bad stuff that's about me."

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All this emotional stuff -- while trying to adhere to Kate's militarily-precise routine for her children. "Every minute on the dot is something that they have to do," Kendra told us. "I was just thrown into the deep end ... like, 'Here, go cook for eight kids, now! Go, go!' I'm like, 'What? What? What do I do, where do I start?'" But she learned a lot, and she says we'll "like the outcome."

But Kendra doesn't sound quite as psyched about "Splash," the celebrity-diving competition she's in on ABC (it premieres next month). That's "literally being thrown in the deep end," she chuckled, but she'd never gone off a diving board before -- and not until she climbed up on the dive platform did Kendra realize she was afraid of heights. Describing filming as "a difficult journey" for her, she jokingly advised viewers, "Do not put your money on me."