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Jessica Biel Re-Creates ‘Dirty Dancing’ Dance Sequence (Including The Lift!) On ‘Ellen’

By Will Reid.

Jessica Biel knows how to make an entrance!

The actress visited “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” to promote her Showcase limited series “The Sinner,” and decided to eschew the norm by emerging onstage to a choreographed performance of “(I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life,” from the “Dirty Dancing” soundtrack. Accompanied by tWitch, the talk show’s resident DJ, Biel even re-created the iconic lift from the 1987 film!

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DeGeneres was quick to dub the performance “the best entrance we’ve ever had,” though Biel admitted she did some practising with husband Justin Timberlake.

“I make him do stuff like that all the time, and his back goes out,” Biel joked. “It’s a disaster!”

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The talk show host also asked what Timberlake thinks of his wife’s frequent kissing scenes on her acclaimed drama.

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“It’s one of those weird things that, when you’re married to an actor, you kind of have to be okay with,” the 35-year-old explained. “He has to do it [too], and so you just get used to it, I guess.”

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