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Dancing Scoop! Mark Cuban and Jane Seymour?

Fri., Aug. 24, 2007 4:38 PM PDT by Marc Malkin

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Will Jane Seymour and billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban be competing in the next season of Dancing with the Stars?

I hear television’s Dr. Quinn, 56, has signed on as a contestant. Seymour had been invited in seasons past, but as I was the first to report in February, she had to turn them down because of work conflicts.

Seymour was in the audience when Apolo Anton Ohno won last season’s competition in May. When asked by People magazine after the show if she wanted a turn on Dancing, Seymour said, “Oh my. I don’t know. Maybe.”

Cuban, 49, is also said to be an upcoming contender, my source reports. Cuban, who made his fortune in the dot-com business, is ranked number 407 on Forbes' list of the world's richest people and is reportedly worth $2.3 billion.

As for his dancing cred, Cuban reportedly worked as a disco dance instructor when he was in college!

Cuban’s also no stranger to reality television. He launched an Apprentice-like series—which ignited a feud with Donald Trump—called Benefactor in 2004 that featured 16 contestants vying for $1 million. The ABC show was canceled before the entire six-episode season aired because of poor ratings.

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More recently, Cuban and Trump resumed their war of words in May after Trump ridiculed Cuban for owning the not-always-successful Mavericks basketball team. Cuban shot back in Page Six that Trump was just jealous “because he can’t afford to buy an NBA team.”

Cuban’s rep declined to comment about Dancing with the Stars. Seymour’s rep did not return calls and emails.

A Dancing rep also declined to “comment on casting,” but said the new batch of contestants will be announced on Wednesday on Good Morning America.

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