{"id":1383,"date":"2026-10-16T14:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T14:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/?p=1383"},"modified":"2026-10-16T14:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T14:48:08","slug":"julia-stiles-to-pay-tribute-to-heath-ledger-for-dedication-night-on-dancing-with-the-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/?p=1383","title":{"rendered":"Julia Stiles to pay tribute to Heath Ledger for &#8216;Dedication Night&#8217; on &#8216;Dancing with the Stars&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2026-10-16\/Disney_DWTS_101626.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Julia Stiles and Ezra Sosa appear in this image from \u2018Dancing with the Stars\u2019 on Tuesday, Oct. 13. (Christopher Willard\/Disney)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">We have boxes of tissues on standby for &#8220;Dedication Night&#8221; on <em><span class=\"s1\">Dancing with the Stars<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Next week, the 10 remaining couples will hit the dance floor to deliver heartfelt performances honoring the people and places that have shaped their lives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">One dance number that fans are already looking forward to is <span class=\"s1\">Julia Stiles<\/span> and Ezra Sosa&#8217;s performance. A press release from <em>Dancing with the Stars<\/em> on Wednesday revealed that Stiles will honor her late <em>10 Things I Hate About You<\/em>\u00a0co-star, Heath Ledger, with a contemporary routine to &#8220;Can&#8217;t Take My Eyes Off You&#8221; by Frankie Valli.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Fans of the film will recall that the song was sung by Ledger in the hit 1999 teen romantic comedy film. The memorable scene centers around Ledger&#8217;s character, Patrick Verona, who pulls out all the stops to win over Stiles&#8217; character, Kat Stratford, by serenading her with Valli&#8217;s hit song. In the scene, Ledger sings from the bleachers of their high school stadium, accompanied by the school marching band before being chased by school security.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Ledger <span class=\"s1\">died<\/span> in January 2008. He was 28.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Stiles&#8217; upcoming performance follows this week&#8217;s <em>Save the Last Dance<\/em>-inspired performance, which included a special appearance from her former co-star Sean Patrick Thomas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Next week&#8217;s special <em>Dancing with the Stars<\/em> theme night will feature special guest judge Kym Johnson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em>Dancing with the Stars<\/em> airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and streams on Disney+. Episodes stream the next day on Hulu.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em>The Walt Disney Co. is the parent company of ABC News, Disney+ and Hulu.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Julia Stiles and Ezra Sosa appear in this image from \u2018Dancing with the Stars\u2019 on Tuesday, Oct. 13. (Christopher Willard\/Disney) We have boxes of tissues on standby for &#8220;Dedication Night&#8221; on Dancing with the Stars. Next week, the 10 remaining couples will hit the dance floor to deliver heartfelt performances honoring the people and places [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1383\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}