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We Reveal How Dancing With The Stars Chooses Their Contestants

We Reveal How Dancing With The Stars Chooses Their Contestants

After months of investigation and undercover reporting, Jimmy Kimmel figured out the secret to how Dancing With The Stars chooses their “star” contestants. He’s kind enough to share it with us here today in a revealing film that will make you rethink everything you thought you knew about casting. More »

When Did The Dancers Become The Stars On Dancing With The Stars?

When Did The Dancers Become The Stars On Dancing With The Stars?

Face it, “stars,” you’ve been out-starred by the dancers. More »

Steve Urkel And Other Former Celebrities Join Dancing With The Stars For Season 14

Steve Urkel And Other Former Celebrities Join Dancing With The Stars For Season 14

Name That D-List Celebrity, more popularly known as Dancing With The Stars announced their celebrity line-up for season 14 on Good Morning America this morning. More »

On Khloe & Lamar (And All Kardashian Shows) The Bromances Are Key

On Khloe & Lamar (And All Kardashian Shows) The Bromances Are Key

Who knew that Lamar Odom and Rob Kardashian had such a strong bromance? We’ve documented every longing look and sexually-charged statement from last night’s Khloe & Lamar season 2 premiere. More »

Questionable Choices: Mark Ballas Wears Guyliner

Questionable Choices: Mark Ballas Wears Guyliner

When I was in the tenth grade, my boyfriend Joe was in a band. They called their genre “horror punk” and all their songs were about The Lost Boys. Joe used to wear black Converse sneakers, tight black jeans, a black hoodie and eyeliner. I thought he looked awesome. That was 11 years ago. Now that I’m an adult, seeing Mark Ballas wear the same look doesn’t elicit quite the same feelings of hormonal lust. More »

The Cougar Town Cast Is Making A Bunch Of Fun Cameos On TV Shows This Fall

The Cougar Town Cast Is Making A Bunch Of Fun Cameos On TV Shows This Fall

Cougar Town creator Bill Lawrence is a big fan of cross-promotion: Last season, the Community character Abed (Danny Pudi) popped up in the background of a Cougar episode; and when Scrubs was still on the air, Bill let star Sarah Chalke play a recurring role on How I Met Your Mother.

Now, the entire Cougar Town cast is doing a mass exodus of cross-promotion all over TV this fall. More »

Cher Gets Her Own Celebrity Comic From Bluewater Productions

Cher Gets Her Own Celebrity Comic From Bluewater Productions

Says the guy who got to write the comic, “She has been very much the real life equivalent of a superhero, and writing about Cher, to a large degree, has been just about letting my imagination go.” Aww… so we can make fun of it only a little. More »

15 Unexpected Places to Find Darth Vader

15 Unexpected Places to Find Darth Vader

It’s true: Darth Vader spends a lot of time hanging out on the Death Star, killing minions, destroying planets, and generally causing mayhem. But ever so often, even the Sith Lord needs to get out of the house and have a change of scenery. Where is he likely to go? Well, you may not think it, but sometimes, you’ll find him in these places… More »

Nancy Grace Has A Wardrobe Malfunction On ‘Dancing With The Stars’ [NSFW]

Nancy Grace Has A Wardrobe Malfunction On 'Dancing With The Stars' [NSFW]

After impressing everyone with the size of her boobs on the DWTS premiere, Nancy Grace has gone a step further and impressed everyone with the size of her areolas…unintentionally, we assume. Click through for the NSFW-ish screencap. More »

Exclusive: Rob Kardashian Thinks Everyone With A TV Knows Who He Is

Exclusive: Rob Kardashian Thinks Everyone With A TV Knows Who He Is

Last night, a tipster told me a wonderful story about Rob Kardashian. Specifically: how pissy he got when she failed to recognize him. Aaaw, widdle Kardashian thinks it’s famous. More »

Jennifer Aniston and Chaz Bono Are Both Unreconizable in This High School Photo

Jennifer Aniston and Chaz Bono Are Both Unreconizable in This High School Photo

Pre-gender reassignment surgery and pre-possible nose job… We hardly recognized the Friends sweetheart and Dancing with the Stars contestant. More »

Chaz Bono Responds To Dancing With The Stars Controversy

Chaz Bono Responds To Dancing With The Stars Controversy

Ever since the producers of Dancing With The Stars announced they’d chosen Chaz Bono to compete on their thirteenth season, the Internet has been ablaze with ridiculously hateful comments. Chaz has remained relatively silent on this issue until today, when he spoke with Good Morning America. More »

Parting Tweet: Chaz Bono and Dancing with the Stars Are Under Attack

Parting Tweet: Chaz Bono and Dancing with the Stars Are Under Attack

Fans of Dancing with the Stars have taken to the message boards to criticize ABC’s casting of transgender contestant Chaz Bono (a move that GLAAD commended). Fans have gone so far as to threaten to skip the show this season on account of Chaz, who will be dancing with Lacey Schwimmer. One comment in particular struck me as especially ridiculous:
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The Pregnant Man Thinks Chaz Bono Robbed Him Of His Spot On ‘Dancing With The Stars’

The Pregnant Man Thinks Chaz Bono Robbed Him Of His Spot On 'Dancing With The Stars'

Never underestimate a not-very-famous person’s drive to piggyback on some perceived association with a sort-of-famous person. Thomas Beatie, the trans guy who first made headlines in 2008 for being both legally male and pregnant, is now saying he thinks Chaz Bono beat him out for a spot on Dancing With The Stars. More »

Kristin Cavallari Wears a Tutu, Is Already Taking Her Dancing with the Stars Gig Really Seriously

Kristin Cavallari Wears a Tutu, Is Already Taking Her Dancing with the Stars Gig Really Seriously

Even at a party announcing the new cast of Dancing with the Stars season 13, newly-minted contestant Kristin Cavallari was training: Why else would she be wearing a pink tutu that looks like something she nabbed from the Black Swan costume closet? More »

Teresa Giudice Will Not Be on ‘Dancing with the Stars’ (This Season, Anyway)

Teresa Giudice Will Not Be on 'Dancing with the Stars' (This Season, Anyway)

Although Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice has made no secret of her goal to get on Dancing with the Stars, it appears that the popular reality show isn’t interested. In response to a fan’s tweet that Teresa should be on DWTS, Teresa responded, “Would ♥ to but they don’t want Housewives this season. But Playmates are OK?” More »

15 Other Pop Culture Trololos We’d Like to See

15 Other Pop Culture Trololos We'd Like to See

Last week, we brought you the hilarity that is “Trolling Saruman,” a glorious mashup of The Lord of the Rings and the infamous Trololo meme. And you know what? It occurs to us that lots of other pop culture fixtures could benefit from the Trololo treatment. Any readers out there handy with video editing want to get on these? More »

The 5 Best Cameos in ‘Transformers: Dark of the Moon’

The 5 Best Cameos in 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon'

Yesterday we were blown away by how many big-name Hollywood actors had hitched a ride on Michael Bay‘s trigger-happy Transformers: Dark of the Moon. And while it was fun to see Patrick Dempsey as Rosie Huntington-Whitely‘s rich, smarmy boss, the real delight was picking out the lesser-known, or simply unexpected, actors who popped up on both sides of the Autobot/Decepticon fight. More »

‘Dancing With the Stars’: Ralph Macchio Dances Through Injury and Kirstie Alley Gets Lifted

'Dancing With the Stars': Ralph Macchio Dances Through Injury and Kirstie Alley Gets Lifted

It never fails: no matter what you think you know about the contestants on Dancing with the Stars, you can always get proven wrong. Early in the season, I picked Ralph Macchio as someone who had potential to go all the way, but now that he is injured I think he’s starting to show signs of wear. More »

Will You Watch Bristol Palin’s New Reality Show?

Will You Watch Bristol Palin's New Reality Show?

Bristol Palin continues to be America’s most famous teen mom who wasn’t on Teen Mom. The future author has just signed on to do a reality show with Disney star Kyle Massey, a fellow Dancing with the Stars alum (he finished second behind Jennifer Grey on their season, Bristol third). Bristol, Kyle, Kyle’s brother Chris, and Bristol’s son Tripp will live in a Los Angeles house together. More »