Dancing with the Stars’ class of 2026 walked straight out of a 00s magazine and onto the ballroom for a blast of A-list nostalgia.

The American version of Britain’s Strictly Come Dancing is about to hit screens once more after last year’s success, where the nation’s adopted sweetheart, Australian conservationist Robert Irwin, tap-danced his way to victory.

Now, a new cohort of celebrities is going to dance battle it out in an attempt to get their hands on the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy – and it’s a stacked cast for season 35.

Among names like reality star Maura Higgins, Glee and Grey’s Anatomy actor Harry Shum Jr and Olympic Gold medallist Amber Glenn, there are also some names that millennials will immediately clock.

First up, we have Julia Stiles herself, who captured a generation’s heart with her standout performances in movies like 10 Things I Hate About You and Save the Last Dance.

Whipping out all her dance skills from back in the day, she’s partnered with Ezra Sosa. Asked about how she’s feeling, she said: ‘I want to just enjoy it, honestly.

‘I just want to have fun, and I feel like if I am having fun, then the audience will too,’ she told ExtraTV.

As a long-time fan of the show, she’s previously called it her ‘Monday night football’.

She told Good Morning America, she’s ‘obsessed’ with the show and ‘has been for over a decade’, with it always being a ‘secret dream’ of hers to join the cast, so dreams really do come true!

‘I was always too scared to say yes until now,’ she concluded to cheers.

Now, if you thought that was an iconic pull, it’s not done yet.

Next up, we have The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air alum Tatyana Ali, who many will know from her stint as Ashley Banks in the hit 90s sitcom.

She’ll be joined on the floor by pro partner Jan Ravnik, and in her announcement caption shared she’s ‘got a lot of dancing to do, let’s goooo!!!’

As for when she revealed to her Fresh Prince family, she said she had to initially keep it shtum from her TV big brother, Alfonso Ribeiro, who not only won his season of the show but is now the co-host.

‘I had to wait to tell Alfonso because of the NDAs and all this. Then I waited too long because by the time I spoke to the producers and they heard that I hadn’t told him, they were like: “Shhh, don’t say anything”.

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