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Donny Osmond ~ discovered by Walt Disney ~ now dancing with the stars


  Donny Osmond                                                          (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Donald Clark "Donny" Osmond is a singer, musician, actor and former teen idol. Osmond has also been a talk show and game show host, record producer, race car driver, and author.

Donny Osmond is known for being half of the brother-sister singing act Donny & Marie and a member of the "Osmond Brothers" singing group. 

Osmond found success in musical theater through much of the 1990s when he starred in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat for over 2,000 performances.

In the animated television series Johnny Bravo, Osmond voiced himself as a recurring character. He has also done guest spots on numerous other television shows such as "Friends", "Diagnosis Murder", and Hannah Montana. He also appeared in a Pepsi Twist commercial during the Super Bowl with his sister, Marie, and Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne.

Osmond remarked in an interview recently,

With my movie appearance on College Road Trip and upcoming appearances on two Disney Channel shows, I've come about full circle since my family and I were discovered by Walt Disney."

In September, 2009 Donny Osmond and his "Dancing With The Stars" partner Kym Johnson arrived at "The ABCs of Disney," a showcase of of the network's upcoming fall lineup, on the opening day of the D23 Expo, in Anaheim, California. ~ Disney fun: Old Dogs, "Fez," and Kelsey Grammer

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