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On some days, Michael Arkush’s interviews with Sugar Ray Leonard would last from 9 a.m. into the night. Other days, the boxing great would tell Arkush to stop the recorder, his mood darkened by the retelling of a troubled past. But in small doses over 18 months, Leonard began to open up about a career full of highs and lows. The result was “The Big Fight: My Life In and Out of the Ring,” a book co-authored by Leonard and Arkush that was released June 6.

Kirstie Alley has had about three or four acts in Hollywood. She shone as Rebecca on "Cheers," played the talking baby's mom in the "Look Who's Talking" film series, and has starred in a number of shows focusing on her weight, including "Fat Actress" and "Kirstie Alley's Big Life." Now she's the most interesting cast member on the new "Dancing With the Stars" season, taking to the ballroom along with Sugar Ray Leonard, original "Karate Kid" Ralph Macchio, Kendra Wilkinson and others.

A boxing great, a model who survived an Indian Ocean tsunami and a grown-up "Karate Kid" will be hoofing it on the 12th season of "Dancing with the Stars."