"Dancing with the Stars" winner: Hines Ward wins the Super Bowl of dancing

Hines Ward and professional partner Kym Johnson took home the mirrorball trophy on Dancing With the Stars Tuesday night. Here are five things you may not know about Ward:
1. Ward, 35, is the wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He's played on the Steelers longer than any of his teammates. He was drafted in 1998. He was voted MVP of Super Bowl XL. He played in college at the University of Georgia.
2. He was born in Seoul, South Korea to a Korean mother and African American father. He grew up near Atlanta.
3. His position in the NFL draft was affected because he's missing his ACL in his left knee, according to Yahoo! sports. In fourth grade, he broke his kneecap after a bicycle accident and doctors never accounted for the ligament.
4. He currently lives in Sandy Springs, Georgia and has a son named Jaden with his ex wife, Simone.
5. He has two tattoos: One of Mighty Mouse in the Heisman pose on his upper right arm, and another of his name written in Korean.

Brooke Burke and Partner David Charvet with Kids Neriah, Sierra, Rain, and son Shaya!

Brooke
Burke and her partner David Charvet posed with their kids - Neriah, 10,
Sierra, 8, Rain, 4, and Shaya, 3 - at The John Varvatos 8th Annual
Stuart House Benefit in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 13. Shaya is the
one sleeping on David's shoulder.


Brooke took to Twitter before heading to the event:

"On our way to “John Varvatos Stuart House Benefit” for
abused children. Bringing our family to help support. Such sad
statistics."

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Kirstie Alley, Kendra Wilkinson make 'Dancing' debuts

Ex-'Karate Kid' scores big on 'DWTS'

(PEOPLE.com)
-- The first night of every season of "Dancing with the Stars" is like
pulling back a big curtain on a game show that will either reveal
something you can't take your eyes off of -- or something you wish you
hadn't seen.

Monday night's season 12 premiere was a little of
both. With only three weeks to prepare for their ballroom debuts, here
are how the dancers fared:

Starting with a bang

"The
Karate Kid" Ralph Macchio immediately became the dancer to beat,
earning a night-best 24 points and loads of crowd love. Women and girls
screamed so loudly after his foxtrot that the judges could barely be
heard. "What an amazing surprise!" said Carrie Ann Inaba. "It shocked
me that you had such elegance." Len Goodman declared his performance
"the best foxtrot tonight."

Cheers, not jeers

Kirstie
Alley lived up to her hype with an amazing cha cha that brought down
the house and garnered an impressive 23 points. Bruno Tonioli declared
her cha cha "the best of the night" and said he can't wait for what's
next. "I feel like we're just scratching the surface," he said.

Promising signs

Proving
how talented this season's slate is, Disney star Chelsea Kane delivered
a strong 21-point performance. "That was one-and-a-half minutes of pure
afterglow," gushed Tonioli of her foxtrot. Right up with her, also with
21 points, was NFL player Hines Ward, whose technique matched his
charm. "You are exuberant and your smile lights up the whole stage,"
Inaba said of Ward's cha cha.

PEOPLE.com: Chelsea Kane is ready for 'Public Shakedown' on 'DWTS'

Girl next-door appeal

Kendra Wilkinson
charmed the audience, but what her cha cha had in high energy it lacked
in points. Tonioli commended her "full-frontal attack" but criticized
her legwork.

PEOPLE.com: Kendra Wilkinson puts husband on diaper duty to dance

Needs improvement -- now!

Mike
Catherwood and Wendy Williams may have the gift of the gab, but lacked
the moves. "You looked like you were constipated," Tonioli told
Catherwood, who finished with the night's lowest score of just 13
points. Williams was down there with him with a 14 for her stiff cha
cha.

Next Monday, all 11 contestants return to the ballroom for
a new dance. Fan votes from the first two weeks will be combined with
the judges' scores to determine who will be eliminated on the season's
first live results show, March 29 on ABC.

See the original article at PEOPLE.com.

Dancing With the Stars Season 12: Who Will Win? Who Will Bomb? Who Will Stay Far Too Long?

Dancing With the Stars kicks off a brand-new season this evening.

Who
do you think could go all the way? Which pair do you think may surprise
people? Who has absolutely NO shot and who will stick around way too
long?

Will Petra Nemcova
win one for the tsunami survivors? Can Kendra make her latest reality
show turn one to remember? Will Hines Ward cut block someone?

We'll
recap the competition in detail tomorrow morning. For now, it's time to
share your predictions as the pairings prepare to take the parquet
tonight ...