Superstar Mira Sorvino talked about the year she first got to experience motherhood and said that becoming a mom in 2004 changed her life for “the better forever.”

The 56-year-old actress spoke to Entertainment Tonight ahead of her performance — which she’ll share with Mattea Backus, her 18-year-old daughter with actor Christopher Backus — on “Dancing With The Stars.” Mattea will pay tribute to her mom by dancing to Cyndi Lauper’s “Time After Time.” The song/dance comes from one of Sorvino’s most famous movie scenes in the 1997 cult classic “Romy And Michele’s High School Reunion.”

“I am so excited because, this week, I get to live out another dream which is to dance with my daughter,” Sorvino, gushed, who also shares three other kids with Backus, Lucia and sons Johnny and Holden.

Mira Sorvino — and Her Daughter! — Will Recreate Romy and Michele’s Iconic ‘Time After Time’ Routine on ‘DWTS’ https://t.co/YNlPLTjmXx

— People (@people) October 24, 2023

“[Her dancing partner] Gleb [Savchenko] choreographed this incredible dance to ‘Time After Time’ about the love between parents and a daughter and, you know, her going away and coming back but love always returns and we always end up together in the end,” she added. “And it’s really beautiful.”

The “Mimic” star said for “DWTS” Most Memorable Year Night she picked 2004 because “it’s the year I got married [Backus] and that’s the year we had our first child, Mattea, and my life changed forever, for the better.”

“My heart just grew 10 times and I just love my children, my family, so much,” she added. “And to have my daughter here today, it’s just mind-blowing!”

Sorvino and Backus keep their relationship pretty quiet — and after almost two decades and four children, they are still going strong.

In 2009, Mira spoke to People magazine about what her dream would be for her young family going forward.

“That we grow and learn from and love each other more with every day,” the actress said at the time. “Because of my husband and my children, I feel like the luckiest woman in the world, and I just want to cherish every minute we have together.”

The pair secretly wed in a Santa Barbara courthouse in June 2004. In November of that year, the couple welcomed their first child together, daughter Mattea. They celebrated the arrival of their son, Johnny, two years later, followed by son Holden in 2009 and daughter, Lucia in 2012.

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House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN), the new GOP nominee for speaker, got hit by a Truth Social post as he worked to flip Republican holdouts who oppose his bid.

Former President Donald Trump took to his social media platform on Tuesday to criticize Emmer as a “RINO” — or Republican in name only — after a House GOP conference vote showed roughly two dozen members opposed Emmer ascending to the speakership despite winning the party’s the nomination.

“I have many wonderful friends wanting to be Speaker of the House, and some are truly great Warriors. RINO Tom Emmer, who I do not know well, is not one of them. He never respected the Power of a Trump Endorsement, or the breadth and scope of MAGA—MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” Trump said in his post to Truth Social.

Trump, the GOP frontrunner in the 2024 presidential race, claimed Emmer “fought me all the way” and is “totally out-of-touch” with Republican voters. Emmer was one of two GOP candidates in the running this time around who voted to certify the results of the 2020 election.

“I believe he has now learned his lesson, because he is saying that he is Pro-Trump all the way, but who can ever be sure? Has he only changed because that’s what it takes to win? The Republican Party cannot take that chance, because that’s not where the America First Voters are,” Trump added. “Voting for a Globalist RINO like Tom Emmer would be a tragic mistake!”

Emmer won the GOP nomination on Tuesday, beating out Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) in the fifth ballot 117-97 and since then has reportedly been working to get Republican holdouts to support him. One of them is Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN), who lost to Emmer for the majority whip role. Because Republicans have a narrow majority in the House, Emmer can only afford to lose a handful of GOP votes if all Democrats oppose his bid.

Trump previously endorsed Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) for speaker. Jordan won the second GOP nomination after House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) dropped out, but Jordan lost the nomination last week after he failed to clinch the speaker’s gavel with a majority in three House floor votes.

Reporters asked Trump on Monday about the speaker race. He declined to endorse Emmer but did opine that the Minnesota Republican was “my biggest fan now because he called me yesterday and told me, ‘I’m your biggest fan.'” Trump also said he was “trying to stay out” of the speaker’s race and said he got along with Emmer.

Emmer responded to a clip of those remarks. In a post to X, Emmer said, “Thank you, Mr. President. If my colleagues elect me Speaker of the House, I look forward to continuing our strong working relationship.”

Thank you, Mr. President.

If my colleagues elect me Speaker of the House, I look forward to continuing our strong working relationship.

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— Tom Emmer (@GOPMajorityWhip) October 23, 2023

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