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Carrie Ann Inaba is opening up about the big changes happening at Dancing With the Stars and she’s revealing the fate of the judging panel.

It was just announced that the show’s longtime hosts have been fired and they are being replaced by Tyra Banks, who will be the show’s new executive producer.

“I feel like it was just such sudden news. My heart breaks for Tom [Bergeron] and Erin [Andrews],” Carrie Ann said on The Talk‘s episode that will air July 21.

“I cried when I heard the news, as well as, I think a lot of our fans did,” she said. “People have been saying that Tyra is the first black host of Dancing with the Stars, and I just want to clarify, because season one we had Lisa Canning… Also, I don’t think that’s how we should be labeling her. She’s our new host. Period. It has nothing to do with the color of her skin. I think it has to do with all that Tyra Banks is. All the energy she has. She’s like a visionary, she’s a strong, powerful woman…I think we’re in good hands. It’s different, the fans are going to have to get used to it, I understand that, but I think we should welcome her.”

So, will Carrie Ann and the other judges return for the upcoming season?

“As of now, that is the plan,” she said. “I just want everybody to know Len [Goodman], Bruno [Tonioli] and I, that is the plan that we’re coming back. But they’re going make the official announcement in a few weeks. They’re just going to keep letting us know all the details. I don’t want people to worry. It seems like everything is okay.”

The Talk co-hosts are taking on an exciting new gig!

CBS announced Thursday (June 18) that the women of the daytime talk show – Sharon Osbourne, Sheryl Underwood, Eve, Carrie Ann Inaba and Marie Osmond – will host the 47th annual Daytime Emmy Awards.

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The two-hour event will take place on June 26 at 8 p.m. ET, and will feature awards being presented virtually in leading categories.

The awards were originally scheduled to take place June 12-14, but were postponed amid the global health crisis. Additional categories will be announced online and presented in a separate ceremony in July.

The awards are presented to individuals and programs broadcast between 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., as well as certain categories of digital and syndicated programming of similar content.

Check out all of the nominees for the 2020 Daytime Emmy Awards.

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Carrie Ann Inaba is sending Julianne Hough a message of support after the announcement that she has split from her husband of three years, Brooks Laich.

“I’m really sad. I get how relationships go up and down — Look at me! Three engagements, that’s me!” Carrie Ann told ET. “You have to follow your heart because life is once, that we remember, and it’s so hard to be married in the spotlight and then break up.”

“I wasn’t even married and it was so hard to break up with my exes, so I get that,” she added. “All I want to say to Julianne is that I love you and I support you. Anything you need, I’m right here. I’m your sister, always. Judges sisters!”

Find out why fans thought Julianne and Brooks were headed for a split long before they announced it.

Carrie Ann and Julianne know each other from their time as judges on Dancing with the Stars.

So many celebrities are set to appear in the upcoming ABC concert special, The Disney Family Singalong!

The special will feature celebs with their families as they take on their favorite Disney tunes from their homes. The one-hour special will air on Thursday (April 16) at 8pm ET.

Christina Aguilera, John Stamos, Josh Gad, Kristin Chenoweth, Michael Buble, Thomas Rhett, Little Big Town, Derek Hough, Julianne Hough, Kenny Ortega, Jordan Fisher, Donny Osmond, Auliʻi Cravalho, Luke Evans, Bobby Bones, Erin Andrews, Carrie Ann Inaba, Amber Riley, and more stars are set to appear in the special. Ryan Seacrest will be hosting.

“If there’s something that we’ve all learned in the past few weeks, it’s to cherish every moment and the importance of connection, whether through laughter, stories or music,” says ABC Entertainment president Karey Burke. “We hope that we can help create some new unforgettable moments in everyone’s home in a way that only the magic of Disney can.”

Station 19 will be moving to the 9pm time slot on Thursday nights for the remainder of its season, filling the space vacated by Grey’s Anatomy. That show ended its season last night, four weeks earlier than planned.

Courteney Cox keeps it cool and casual while hitting the red carpet at the opening night performance of The Last Ship held at Ahmanson Theatre on Wednesday (January 22) in Los Angeles.

The 55-year-old Friends actress was joined at the event by Camilla Belle, Rachel Bloom, Iain Armitage, Melanie Griffith, Laurence Fishburne, Shaggy, Carrie Ann Inaba, Keala Settle, Michelle Kwan, and Pierce Brosnan with wife Keely Brosnan.

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Joining them at the event was lead star Sting, who plays shipyard foreman Jackie White in the musical, and was accompanied at the opening by wife Trudie Styler.

The Last Ship‘s score was written by Sting based on a book of the same name by author Lorne Campbell. It’s opening night in Los Angeles follows a UK national tour and subsequent six week run at the Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto.

The story was inspired by Sting‘s childhood experiences in the shipbuilding industry in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear. It received two Tony Award nominations in 2015, for Best Original Score and Best Orchestrations.

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FYI: Rachel is wearing NYDJ jeans.

Carrie Ann Inaba, one of the judges on Dancing with the Stars, voted out James Van Der Beek after he and his wife Kimberly announced they had suffered a miscarriage. Kimberly almost lost her life as a result.

The judge said that it was a hard decision, especially after the announcement.

“As a human being, what he and his wife Kimberly suffered is heartbreaking and I have so much sadness in my heart for them and my prayers are with them. But, you know, this is when it’s really hard is that, as a judge, I have to judge the dance,” Carrie Ann revealed to People.

Still, the decision weighed on her.

“I went home and I vomited,” Carrie Ann said of having to choose to vote out James.

The decision for the judges came down to voting out James, or voting out Ally Brooke. Ultimately, James was voted out and Ally will compete in Monday’s finals.

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Hannah Brown apologized to Dancing with the Stars judge Carrie Ann Inaba for something that went down during a DWTS rehearsal.

If you didn’t watch last night’s episode, Carrie Ann attended one of Hannah‘s rehearsals to try and help with her routine. Carrie Ann gave some constructive criticism, and went over to hug Hannah later when she was seeming upset.

“I don’t want to be touched,” Hannah told Carrie Ann.

Well, fast forward to the live show on Monday night, Hannah apologized to Carrie Ann.

“I just want to say I am so sorry if it seemed like I was dismissive of you trying to help me,” Hannah said. “I had a really hard day that day and it was really emotional trying to learn my contemporary, and I didn’t handle my emotions very well and I know you’re trying to help me.”

Find out if Hannah Brown was safe from elimination last night!