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A dance instructor accused of using her Zumba fitness studio as a front for prostitution pleaded guilty Friday to 20 counts in a scandal that captivated a quiet seaside town. The plea agreement spares Alexis Wright from the prospect of a high-profile trial featuring sex videos, exhibitionism and pornography, and more than a thousand texts and emails detailing the operation. Prosecutors will recommend a prison sentence of 10 months.

Jin Xing was the first person to have a sex change operation in China and go public with it. Seventeen years later, she’s become a cultural icon in China and the government even uses her as an unofficial ambassador of the arts.

Lauren Froderman had all the right moves on "So You Think You Can Dance."

It's down to the wire for the remaining finalists

Egads, it’s Thursday, which means someone’s going home on “SYTYCD,” waah. Although it’s nice to see Kenny Ortega again, who really has done amazing things for dance in his career, even if now he just looks like a big, stuffy business man pulled from the cast of “Mad Men.” I will give “SYTYCD” props for actually having guest hosts who, with the exception of Ellen Degeneres back in the day, actually know dance and can comment intelligently on what we see. Don’t get me wrong, Ellen was fun, but I’ll take fewer jokes and more pointed commentary any day.

Wednesday's auditions episode of "So You Think You Can Dance" was worth the price of admission if only to meet one contestant: the creator of "hick-hop," Malinda Jacobson. First of all, Malinda reassured us that we're not the only ones suffering from a major frizz control problem. Secondly, her hybrid of hip-hop, break dancing, line dancing, and square dancing was truly "unique," as Nigel put it. While the audition was clearly a spoof, the judges were still kind to Malinda, telling her that her "heart was in the right place." Maybe we're cynical, but we still can't get over how NICE these judges are.

Donny Osmond's family dinner table may have a unique centerpiece this Thanksgiving holiday: a sparkly, much-perspired-over mirror ball trophy.

The R&B star was the judges' favorite after the final performances Monday night. But with the point margin so close, fan-favorite Osmond is a strong bet to win.

See who just missed the cut and which three stars will leave it all on the dance floor in next week's finale.

Ultimate Fighting champ Chuck Liddell is the latest celeb to be eliminated from "Dancing with the Stars."