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ABC has just announced it's cast line-up for Dancing with the Stars, and it's a celebrity hootenanny you're not going to believe. Maybe you want to be sitting down before you hear who'll be introduced when Dancing with the Stars Season 21 kicks off with a 2-night live premiere on Monday, September 14 and Tuesday, September 15. There are truly some big surprises. And you'll wonder, 'Can they really dance at all?' It may end up being one of this fall TV season's biggest mysteries.

The celebrity cast of Dancing with the Stars is lacing up their ballroom shoes and getting ready for their first dance in just under two weeks on the ABC Television Network. This 21st season's lineup of celebrity dancers includes three platinum-certified music super stars, an Academy Award nominee, a Triple Crown winner, an American Hero, and our first ever married couple, to name a few. As announced...

Bindi Irwin has found herself in many different spotlights since her father's unexpected death in 2007. In her 17 years, she's starred in award-winning children's shows and become an outspoken teenage leader. Now Irwin is gearing up for a new adventure on Dancing with the Stars.

"I am absolutely thrilled. I can't tell you how excited I am," she told People about joining the show's season 21 roster. "I think that it is going to be a truly unbelievable new experience. I can't wait to see what is to come."

As we get ready to see what killer moves the wildlife conservationist will bring to the competition,...

Dancing With the Stars is revealing its season 21 celebrity contestants slowly but surely on Good Morning America and first up is a precocious TV star: Bindi Irwin. "The happiness of adventures that await," she tweeted this morning. The daughter of the late Steve Irwin and Terri Irwin, Bindi appeared on her father's show The Crocodile Hunter. The 17-year-old went on to appear in her own series Bindi the Jungle Girl. On film she had roles in Return to Nim's Island and Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove. "I'm really, really excited and so honored to be a part of this new journey and new chapter of my life," she said on Gma. "I have to tell you, this is completely...

Usually June is associated with the first real month of summer -- a time to go out and frolic through the wilderness like a snowman that doesn't know any better. But it also gets really, really hot, which has people retreating to their local multiplex or, even better, their luxuriously air-conditioned living rooms. With that in mind, take a look at the television shows and movies that will be available on Netflix's steaming service come June (via Vulture).

Thought the snail-who-dreamed-of-being-a-racecar saga ended with last summer's DreamWorks Animated joint "Turbo?" Think again. Apparently there's a television spin-off. And you can watch it on Netflix. We also have to give it up for a pair of wonderful sequels that are going to be on in June: the obviously-shot-in-Canada-even-though-it's-set-in-New York robo-epic "Short Circuit 2" (a favorite since childhood) and the far darker and more sinister "Wolf Creek 2," a sequel to the...

The 26 Australian films and documentaries released theatrically in 2013 collectively grossed $38,543,000.

That equates to a box-office share of 3.51%, the lowest since 2005.s 2.8%, and below the 10-year average of 3.8%.

If had estimated the total at $38.8 million but has revised that due to an overstated gross for The Great Gatsby,. which amassed $27.4 million to rank as the sixth-highest Oz grosser of all time.

Last year only five titles cracked $1 million: Gatsby, The. Railway Man (which opened on Boxing Day and earned more in one week than every other Oz title), Goddess, Tim Winton's The Turning and Return to Nim's Island..

In 2012 Aussie films and documentaries earned $47.9 million, a 4.3% share.

The nadir was 2004.s 1.3%. The record since statistics were first collected in 1977 is 23.5% in 1986, the year of Crocodile Dundee and Malcolm.

The best result in the past 20 years is 1994.s 9.8%, buoyed by The Adventures of Priscila, Queen of the Desert, Muriel.s Wedding and Lightning Jack.

The Aacta Awards Screenings will be held in Sydney at Event Cinemas Bondi Junction and in Melbourne at The Backlot Studios Southbank from October 9-30.

In contention are 14 feature films, four animated shorts and four fiction shorts. Nominees for the feature film, television and documentary categories will be announced later this year. The 3rd Aacta Awards will be staged in Sydney in January.

The 14 features are 100 Bloody Acres, Adoration, Blinder, Dead Europe, Drift, Goddess, The Great Gatsby, Mystery Road, Patrick, Return to Nim's Island, The Rocket, Satellite Boy, Save Your Legs! and Tim Winton.s The Turning.

The nominees for animated short are A Cautionary Tail (Pauline Piper, Simon Rippingale), Butterflies (Warwick Burton, Isabel Peppard), The Dukes of Bröxstônia- Mojo (Stu Connolly) and Woody (Stuart Bowen, Jodi Matterson).

Nominees for best fiction short are The Last Time I Saw Richard ( John Molloy, Nicholas Verso), Perception (Lyn Norfor, Miranda Nation), Record (David Lyons,...

The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta) today announced the nominees for Best Short Animation and Best Short Fiction Film at the 3rd Aacta Awards.

The Academy also revealed 15 feature films that are eligible for the awards, which will be presented in Sydney next January.

The nominees for Best Short Animation are:

Cautionary Tail. Pauline Piper, Simon Rippingale Butterflies. Warwick Burton, Isabel Peppard The Dukes of Bröxstônia . Mojo. Stu Connolly Woody. Stuart Bowen, Jodi Matterson

In contention for Best Short Fiction Film are:

The Last Time I Saw Richard. John Molloy, Nicholas Verso Perception. Lyn Norfor, Miranda Nation Record. David Lyons, Dave Szamet Tau Seru (Small Yellow Field). Rodd Rathjen Juries of industry professionals will decide the nominees in these categories. Members of the AFI and Aacta will vote to decide the winners after the Aacta Awards Screenings. The 15 feature films are:

100 Bloody Acres Adoration Around The Block...

Bindi Irwin was ready to go wild at her birthday bash this year—literally. The late Steve Irwin's precocious daughter, who turned 15 on July 24, celebrated a day early with a big blowout at the Australia Zoo in Queensland. And what a blowout it was: The birthday gal rubbed elbows with a bevy of creatures—both real and of the mascot variety—in a party inspired by Return to Nim's Island. The budding star, who was joined by mom Terri and 9-year-old brother Robert, did a demo with crocodiles and cozied up to koalas. And for her big birthday moment, she cut into a massive cake shaped like the zoo as perky mascots flanked her. It seems like the gal was just a wee tyke...

Most 15-year-olds have a few friends over for their birthday parties, but when you're Bindi Irwin, nothing short of a zoo-wide birthday bash - animals included! - will do. Irwin, who turned 15 on July 24, spent the day at Queensland's Australia Zoo (where she lives with mom Terri and brother Robert, 9½) feeding crocodiles and cuddling koalas. The teen - daughter of the late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin - even received a zoo-shaped cake to mark her special day. "So excited to be 15 today. I'm feeling blessed to be spending my birthday with my wonderful friends and family @AustraliaZoo," Irwin Tweeted, thanking...

Steve Irwin's legacy lives on through his adorable kids.Bindi Irwin, who was only 8 years old when her father was killed by a stingray barb, celebrated her 15th birthday today in Sydney -- and did it in her famous zookeeper uniform.Bindi, brother Bob and Steve's widow, Terri Irwin, were all photographed at the Australia Zoo for the young star's big day, marking the occasion with an all-day celebration.The "Crocodile Hunter's" daughter blew out her candles in front of a huge audience and was even seen feeding some crocs later in the day.Guests were even treated to a piece of birthday cake as they left.Since her father's death, the family has continued working with the Zoo, hosted TV shows and appeared in movies like "Return to Nim's Island" and "Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove."Bindi recently opened up about her father while promoting "Nim's,...

We have the exclusive first poster for Return to auto]Nim's Island, the sequel to the 2008 adventure Nim's Island that will debut on VOD March 19. The DVD will be available exclusively in Wal-Mart stores on March 19, before debuting nationwide May 21. Bindi Irwin stars as Nim, who teams up with her scientist father Jack (Matthew Lillard) to get rid of the land developers and poachers who threaten her special island. Take a look at the one-sheet for this sequel that the whole family can enjoy. As an added bonus, it also stars John Waters!

The writer and producer of the smash hit Nim's Island brings you the much anticipated sequel, Return to Nim's Island!

In Return to Nim's Island, Nim is the precocious daughter of scientist father Jack. Nim, a bit older now, still has an amazing gift to be "one with nature" and her amazing animal friends. But now that developers and poachers threaten her island,...

Family adventure film Nim's Island 2, starring Bindi Irwin, has begun shooting on the Gold Coast.

The film also stars Us actor Matthew Lillard (The Descendants, Scooby Doo), who plays marine scientist Jack, the father of Nim (Bindi Irwin), as well as local actors John Waters (Looking Through the Glass Onion, Offspring), Toby Wallace (Surviving Georgia, Neighbours), Nathan Derrick (Rush, Bed of Roses), Sebastian Gregory (Neighbours, Accidents Happen) and Jack Pearson (Winners & Losers).

The original Nim's Island grossed $US48 million in North America and almost $6.2 million at the Australian box office. While it was shot in Queensland, it did not qualify as an Australian production, unlike the sequel which is now underway.

Nim's Island was a far bigger production, starring Jodi Foster, and was distributed by Universal. The sequel will be distributed in Australia by Pinnacle Films, which has specialised in limited theatrical releases, while international distribution is being handled by Walden Entertainment.