Meet Val Chmerkovskiy‘s new partner for Dancing With The Stars season 25 — Victoria Arlen!
The 22-year-old Paralympian and ESPN commentator’s story is truly inspiring, and will give you that push to never ever give up, because that’s exactly what Victoria didn’t do.
She was diagnosed with two rare conditions known as transverse myelitis and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis at only 11-years-old. Victoria quickly lost the ability to speak, eat, walk and move and eventually put her in a four-year long coma without use of her legs for nearly 10 years.
It was her brothers who Victoria has to credit with getting her back into the pool — they literally threw her in!
“As I began to heal from my illness, I came to the sad realization that I would never swim again,” Victoria remembers. I didn’t think I could swim without my legs. But my brothers disagreed, so in 2010 they threw me into our pool. I was terrified.”
She adds, “But it was a turning point in my life. It was the “jump” I needed to get back to my life. When I was swimming, I was free from the chair.”
Want to learn more about Victoria? Check out our 5 Fast Facts below!
- Victoria put her all into physical therapy so she could walk again: “I trained seven days a week�three, four, five hour days of just training”
- While she was going through treatments and in a coma, she ended up missing five years of school. But she was like, no biggie: “I doubled up my courses so I could catch up to them [my brothers].”
- She was bullied when she returned to school: “I remember coming home from high school one day crushed because kids were bullying me because of my chair. I had been so happy to return to school and after that day, I didn’t want to go back.”
- At 17, Victoria was on the USA Paralympic swim team and competed at the London Games. At the end of them, she ended up bringing three silver medals and a gold in the 100-meter freestyle, and also set a world record in the 100-meter free.
- Just after those games though, she was disqualified from the Paralympic Swimming World Championships in Montreal after the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) ruled that her condition was not permanent�even though her legs were still completely paralyzed at the time.
Stay tuned for info on the upcoming season of Dancing With The Stars!
Jedidiah Goodacre just joined The Originals family this week.
He’ll star as Roman, a “devilishly charming, recently-turned vampire. He’ll find himself having a common bond with Hope, the daughter of Klaus and Hayley, over their dysfunctional families.
Some might know Jedidiah as the actor from the Descendants franchise, while others might not know him at all. Thankfully, we’re here to help you out.
JJJ‘s gathered up 5 Fast Facts about Jedidiah that you should absolutely know about.
Like, did you know that he’s a Crossfit Level 1 Trainer? And he loves playing hockey, football and baseball.
Click inside now to find out four other facts about Jedidiah Goodacre…
Nina Dobrev‘s hot new boyfriend is none other than Scream Queens actor Glen Powell.
The 28-year-old actor and Nina are (obviously) really cute together – and it’s time to get to know him!
Glen‘s working on a ton of cool projects in his own right. You will be hearing his name more and more often as he moves on to bigger and better things.
JJJ gathered together 5 Fast Facts that you should know about Glen, who is sure-to-be your new crush. Check it:
He played Chad Radwell, Emma Roberts‘ on-screen fraternity bro love interest, on Scream Queens.
Glen lives with Chord Overstreet, who plays Sam on Glee!
He is starring with Zoey Deutch in the upcoming Netflix rom-com, Set it Up.
Remember the award-winning film Hidden Figures? He had a starring role.
He is super dedicated to his family and friends. Just check his Insta!
We’re all pretty jealous of Ellie Bamber right now — we mean, she got to have Shawn Mendes as a boyfriend in his “There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back” music video!
The English-born actress, pictured here at the V&A Summer Party in London on Wednesday (June 21), isn’t just an actress — she’s insanely talented.
JJJ gathered together 5 Fast Facts that you should know about Ellie, who will be your obsession sooner rather than later. Check it:
- She’s battled zombies — kind of. You’ve seen her as Lydia Bennet in Pride & Prejudice & Zombies with Lily James.
- Ellie‘s also a singer herself! She collaborated in the formation of the band Annoy the Boy, co-wrote original songs, and released an EP.
- Although born a blonde, Ellie loved her red hair for Zombies so much, she kept it! “I fell in love with it. I’m never going back to blonde again!”
- Next, you’ll probably see her in The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, as Louise.
- Her Instagram is a must-follow. Check it out, click that follow button. You won’t regret it.
Check out JustJared.com’s Spotlight feature with Ellie, too!
FYI: Ellie wore a Burberry dress with De Beers jewelry.
Shane Harper is prepared for all the nay-sayers who are coming after the Dirty Dancing remake — in fact, most of the cast is.
The actor, who plays Robbie in the TV special tonight, opened up about taking on a remake of a classic movie like this.
“Oh yeah, we’re terrified. Everyone understands that the comparisons are going to come. Our version of it is a musical. It’s a reimagined universe that this Dirty Dancing story is happening in,” he shared.
But, he still knows that everyone watching will actually enjoy it.
“The script is incredible. It’s Lionsgate and our producer and director and musical composer, they’re all so good,” Shane adds. “It’s going to be amazing, it’s going to be incredible.”
“We know it’s going to be compared too, and I don’t want anyone to be too harshly criticized. No one’s going to be Patrick Swayze. He was a legend.”
Get to know Shane better with these 5 Fast Facts:
Fans have been going nuts since it was announced that Jonathan McDaniel aka Devon Carter would return for Raven’s Home — and so are we!
Jonathan will be back as Devon on the upcoming sequel series, along with Raven Symone and Anneliese van der Pol, as the dad to twins Booker and Nia.
If you haven’t watched That’s So Raven at all or have no clue who Jonathan really is, JJJ gathered up 5 Fast Facts for you
Check them out:
- He’s also known as rapper Lil’ J
- Jonathan also starred in VH1′s Hit the Floor as German Vega
- On top of That’s So Raven, Jonathan also starred in the DCOM, Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board
- He’s a huge family man! Jonathan is married to wife Jacqueline for over a year. They have a daughter, Aiza, with another on the way
- He’s also really active on social media. Follow him on Instagram and Twitter!
Raven’s Home will premiere on the Disney Channel on July 21st!
Dacre Montgomery is the hunky star that will up on the big screen this weekend in The Power Rangers movie.
His character Jason, aka The Red Ranger, is in “the makings of someone or something great if he would just get out of his own way.”
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Dacre Montgomery
When we first meet Jason in the film, he’s a little bit lost after busting his knee in a car accident and ending his football stardom. Now, he’s in need of redemption.
So, just who is Dacre, the actor behind the character? Click inside to find out now!
