Pop singer Willa Ford is engaged to her hockey player boyfriend Michael Modano. The Dancing With The Stars reality TV beauty, 25, accepted Dallas Stars player Modano's proposal earlier this week.

An American football superstar, a legendary TV talk show host, an award-winning country music singing star, an ultra-conservative TV political pundit, a movie star and a former beauty queen are among the performers who will compete this season on Dancing with the Stars, premiering Tuesday, September 12 (8:00-10:00 p.m., ET), on ABC.

Happy Birthday to "7th Heaven" actress Beverley Mitchell (1981), American singer Willa Ford (1981), Evanescence guitarist Ben Moody (1980), "Malcolm in the Middle" actor Christopher Masterson (1980), character actor Balthazar Getty (1975), "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" actress Olivia d'Abo (1967), "Unfaithful" star Diane Lane (1965), Will Smith partner DJ Jazzy Jeff (1965), late INXS singer Michael Hutchence (1960; d. 1997), "Exorcist" star Linda Blair (1959), "Dawson's Creek" actor John Wesley Shipp (1956), Journey singer Steve Perry (1949), British actor John Hurt (1940), "Incredible Hulk" actor Bill Bixby (1934; d. 1993), "Carrie" actress Piper Laurie (1932), Motown singer Sam Cooke (1931; d. 1964), jazz trombonist J.J. Johnson (1924; d. 2001), prolific film actress Ann Sothern (1909; d. 2001), Russian choreographer George Balanchine (1904?; d. 1983), and film director D.W. Griffith (1875; d. 1948).