Dancing with the Stars

Finally. After days of speculation, Nancy Grace herself is weighing in on the Dancing With the Stars fart controversy. Confronted by TMZ at dinner last night, she admitted that gas was passed ... but pinned it on her partner, Tristan MacManus!

"If you listen really closely to that clip," she said, "it has an Irish accent."

Good one, Nance. But we're not buying it for a second. As the old saying goes ... she who smelt it, dealt it. The one who denied it, supplied it. Owned.

Or maybe you're wrong. Watch the clip and decide for yourself ...

Nancy Grace Farts on Dancing With the Stars

Who let one rip on Dancing With the Stars?

Nancy Grace needs to get it together.

One week, she's giving the world a nipple slip it really didn't need to see. The next week? She's farting while awaiting her scores on Dancing With the Stars.

We are talking a serious fart.

Grace full-on let one rip while standing next to her partner Tristan McManus and Brooke Burke, the mics picked up everything. Don't believe us? Watch this:

Nancy Grace Farts on Dancing With the Stars

Hilarious. Perhaps this is Grace's key to surviving on the program.

She's outlasted Elisabetta Canalis and the far-more-talented Kristin Cavallari already, all while slamming Amanda Knox in her free time, so the TV news blowhard must be doing something right as far as connecting with voters.

What bodily function will she shock us with next? Tune in Monday!

We didn't think Kristin Cavallari would win Dancing With the Stars this season, but she certainly looked like she had an outside shot to maybe make the finals.

At the very least, no way was K-Cavs going to go home before late October ... or so we thought, before she was surprisingly sent packing the night before last.

As always, DWTS voters proved you can't predict anything.

Based on scores, there is no way Kristin (or Elisabetta Canalis the week before) should be watching the rest of the season on TV. But that's where they are.

With nine contestants remaining, it's anyone's game. Who do you think is in danger of meeting a similar fate, and who do you think the favorites are now?

VOTE: Who will win Dancing With the Stars Season 13?

Hope Solo is not sexy. Her words, not ours.

"I still don't buy the idea that I'm a sex symbol," the 30-year-old soccer star tells ESPN magazine in its annual Body Issue, which features her nude on the cover.

"Sure, I've had marriage proposals, invitations to military balls and prom offers. But my entire purpose is trying to be the best, and if that exudes beauty too … it means the image of the typical female body type is finally evolving."

As an international soccer star, Olympic gold medalist and Dancing With the Stars hopeful (Maksim Chmerkovskiy's dream partner in fact), Hope is riding high these days.

That wasn't always the case for the athlete.

"Growing up, I felt insecure about my build," adds the 5'9", 150-lb. Solo. "Guys would say, 'Look at those muscles! You can kick my ass!' I didn't feel feminine."

"But that's changed in the last four years."

What do you think of Hope Solo's ESPN Magazine cover? Cheap gimmick or sending a positive message about body image? Share your comments with us below.

Kristin Cavallari was surprisingly eliminated from Dancing With the Stars this week. She's taking it pretty well, but that doesn't mean she's not surprised and upset.

The 24-year-old scored high marks and praise from the judges, tallying 24 out of 30 points Monday. But despite finishing tied for third (out of 10), she's out the door.

"I'm really sad," Kristin Cavallari admitted. "But, I'd rather go out on top and have people be shocked than be like, 'Thank god she's leaving, it's about time.'"

"It was the best experience I've ever had. I could not be happier."

As for why she was voted off? "It is what it is," she laughed. "That's the thing with Dancing with the Stars, you never know. It's clearly not a dance competition!"

Sentimental favorite Chaz Bono, whose mom Cher vowed to cheer him on in person next week if her son made it, survived despite a second straight week in last.

Despite her own elimination, Cavallari is definitely on Team Chaz:

"Chaz is so cute! I think he's great and he tries so hard, and I loved watching him dance every week. It's inspiring, and it's sweet, and I hope he does really well!"

The week was also a net positive for Kristin. Jay Cutler, who cheered her on during Monday's show, has reportedly reconciled with the former star of The Hills.

What do you think? Did Kristin deserve to be voted off?

With Chaz Bono in last place for the second consecutive week on Dancing With the Stars, and by a large margin no less, we thought his run on the show was over.

We thought wrong.

Chaz and Lacey Schwimmer ended up with the lowest score of the week Monday - 18 points - well behind the next lowest stars, Carson Kressley and Nancy Grace.

When the audience's votes were factored in along with the scores, the show's first transgendered contestant was spared. But what about those other two?

Carson Kressley was in fact in the bottom three, but he was there along with the beautiful-but-boring Kristin Cavallari and Hope Solo, not Nancy Grace.

That's DWTS for you. Week after week, it's anyone's game. So who got the axe among these three competitors when the week's results were unveiled?

Follow the jump to find out ...

Monday's Dancing With the Stars performances captured a critical year in the life of each participant. For J.R. Martinez, that year was 2003, when he was wounded in Iraq.

For Chaz Bono, the most defining year has been this one.

Bono said '11 has been his most meaningful because "I'm happier than I've ever been," then danced a rumba to a song that his father wrote, "Laugh at Me." Its message: "If you have a problem with me, then it's your problem, not mine."

Chaz Bono on Dancing With the Stars (Week 3)

Unfortunately for the 42-year-old activist, who's drawn both ire and support as the first transgendered contestant on Dancing With the Stars, his positive attitude, courage and charisma simply don't translate to dancing skills.

His score of 18 landed him in last place for the second straight week, three full points behind the next lowest total. Barring an upset, he'll be out the door tonight.

If so, he'll do so what his held high. What more can one ask for?

They haven't publicly said if they're re-engaged or not, but Kristin Cavallari and Jay Cutler are definitely a couple again. The often-maligned Bears quarterback cheered her on in person last night on Dancing with the Stars!

Jay and Kristin called off their wedding this summer after over a year of dating, but have apparently reconciled. Here's her routine, which earned her 24 points:

Kristin Cavallari on Dancing With the Stars (Week 3)

Class move by Jay to support his former, and possibly future, fiancee. He probably won't be criticized for quitting on his Chicago teammates this time, either.

The Bears are coming off a 34-29 win over Carolina, evening their record at 2-2, and have an extra day off before taking on the Lions next Monday night.

We're guessing he won't be watching Kristin live then, but it's nice to see the couple back together and cheering on each other on TV or in person.

Ricki Lake once again finds herself in first place on Dancing With the Stars.

The talk show personality and former Hairspray star earned the season's highest score yet for her rumba last night, posting three nines and a 27 in all.

That edged out J.R. Martinez and Chynna Phillips, who scored 26 apiece.

Lake said the dance symbolized finding love again (with fiance Christian Evans) after a divorce, and the judges rewarded her routine with Derek Hough.

Watch Ricki's week three Dancing With the Stars performance below ...

Ricki Lake on Dancing With the Stars (Week 3)

Chynna Phillips took us on a trip down memory lane last night.

With week three of Dancing With the Stars' fall season dedicated to a defining year in each contestant's life, Chynna dedicated her performance to 1990, the year she scored a mammoth pop music hit with Wilson Phillips' "Hold On."

Chynna didn't move us quite as much as the story of J.R. Martinez (how could anyone), but watching her dance to her own song was pretty fun, and her moves were good enough to land her in a tie with J.R., one point behind Ricki Lake.

Watch Phillips do her thing below:

Chynna Phillips Dances to Hold On (DWTS Week 3)