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Kathy Ireland recalled a special gift from the late Elizabeth Taylor on 'The Wendy Williams Show' (weekdays, syndicated). The supermodel said she was set to premiere on season 9 of 'Dancing With the Stars' when Taylor surprised her with a beautiful designer gown.

"[Taylor] loved 'Dancing With the Stars,'" Ireland said. "There's that first night where you've got to get all dolled up and I didn't have anything to wear ... Without telling me, she went to Valentino and just picked out the most gorgeous gown, put the jewels together."

Tom Bergeron will guest on an upcoming episode of 'Castle' that will spoof NBC's recent late-night drama. According to an exclusive report from EW.com, Bergeron will play the host of a late-night talk show who gets booted by his rival (Bill Bellamy). No word yet on whether Conan O'Brien will tune in, but we hope he tweets about it, anyway. [EW.com]

More casting news after the jump.

As we mentioned earlier, Tom DeLay was knocked out of Dancing with the Stars last night with injuries to his feet. He's not the first person to have to leave the show after getting hurt, and now it has all been turned into a horror movie. Warning: contains scenes of shoes in eyes.

(S09E03) Two nights, two eliminations, and a lot of unnecessary crap until the eliminations. Thus is the Dancing with the Stars elimination process. And we're live. Unfortunately, no outbursts from Macy Gray tonight.

Encore performance – Kelly & Louis – Viennese Waltz – One thing that I loved about the performance was the way that they incorporated the dress into the performance. It still brings Sharon chills.

After a quick recap of the women's performance last night. The eliminations begin with the men first. The first two couples safe are Louie & Chelsie and Aaron & Karina.

ABC announced the new Dancing with the Stars cast today. If you've been living under a rock the past few years, the announcement of the new DWTS cast is now given all of the gravitas as the naming of a new Pope.

Here we go:

Aaron Carter
Ashley Hamilton
Chuck Liddell