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Entertainment November 16, 2016
Rumer Willis is joining hit hip-hop series, “Empire.”
It’s the biggest TV acting role yet for the daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore following guest roles in “Pretty Little Liars” “90210” and “Hawaii Five-O.”
And she likely owes the chance to the increased exposure she got from winning “Dancing With the Stars” last year.
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Rumer, who will play a singer-songwriter called Tory Ash on the Fox show, is the latest in a string of celebrities to have used the fame boost from appearing on that show to go on to even bigger things.
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He was best known for playing A.C. Slater on “Saved by the Bell” until he charmed audiences on the dance show in 2006 and went on to relaunch his career as host of popular entertainment news show, “Extra.”
Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne’s daughter not only lost weight and got healthy thanks to DWTS in 2009, she also discovered a new style and new career path appearing on a string of TV shows, including “Fashion Police.”
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She went from a sports reporter on the sidelines to stunning dancer in the spotlight during the 2010 series and her increased profile since helped her land the DWTS co-hosting job in 2014.
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The former Pussycat Doll clawed her way to victory over Erin Andrews in 2010 and later topped the charts with a solo single and so got the taste for talent contest that Simon Cowell hired her as a judge on both the British and American versions of “The X Factor.”
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