THE CHEESEBURGER SHUFFLE?

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

E! News revealed that Bristol Palin, Jennifer Grey, Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino and David Hasselhoff, among others, were onboard for the 11th season of Dancing With the Stars, premiering Sept. 20.

But ABC had a few tricks stuffed way, way up its sleeve, so there was a name you hadn't yet heard announced Monday during Bachelor Pad...

And it's none other than That's So Raven star Kyle Massey! Whoo-hoo!

Massey, who's only a wee 19, steps into dancing shoes once worn by Cody Lindley, Monique Coleman and other relative youngsters who generally count Disney Channel viewers among their biggest fans.

Meanwhile, Troy Aikman was just a red herring.

Retired NFL quarterback Kurt Warner, who won a Super Bowl with the St. Louis Rams in 2000 and, on the brink of retirement, had a career resurgence with the Arizona Cardinals in 2008, is the one who's going to be working on a different kind of quickstep.

As we previously reported, joining Kurt and Kyle are:

• Michael Bolton: How were we supposed to live without Michael B. this season?!

• Brandy: She assumes the role of probably already-pretty-adept-at-dancing pop singer (see: Mýa, Nicole Scherzinger, Mel B).

• Margaret Cho: The job of coming up with the most charming self-deprecating comments in order to last at least a few weeks on the show goes to her.

• Jennifer Grey: Left in the corner when negotiations didn't come together in time for last season, the actress is returning to center stage, 23 years after setting adolescent hearts aflutter in Dirty Dancing as the girl we all wanted to be.

• Rick Fox: Vanessa Williams' ex-hubby and Eliza Dushku's current roomie was slick and talented on the parquet while winning three NBA championships with the Lakers. But all that tallness tends to be a liability on this show.

• David Hasselhoff: Damn straight this is going to be harder than sitting through your Comedy Central roast! Have you heard the kind of stuff that comes out of Bruno Tonioli's mouth?!

• Florence Henderson: The all-star TV mom steps in as the requisite contestant-of-a-certain-age. (The erstwhile Mrs. Brady is 76!)

• Bristol Palin: The former first daughter of Alaska is hoping her famous mom makes it into the audience once in a while. "She's excited for me," Bristol says.

• Audrina Patridge: The Hills star will provide some eye candy, sure. But though we know she can talk the talk (and talk, and talk...), can she walk the walk?

Will you be watching the DWTS?

SO SAD

Samantha Ronson is beyond sorry.

"There is absolutely nothing I can say that will alter one minute of today, nothing," Lindsay Lohan's famed gal-pal wrote on Twitter tonight.

Ronson's unusually solemn tweet was in reference to earlier today, when her pet bulldog, Cadillac, reportedly attacked a neighbor's Maltese. The smaller pup is said to have died from its injuries.

BAD SURVIVOR DUDE-BAD!
When Saved By The Bell alum Mark-Paul Gosselaar and his wife of 13 years, Lisa Ann Russell, announced their separation and - ultimately - divorce earlier this summer, a rep for the actor said, "They have been separated for a couple of months. There is no third party involved. They are working on their marriage."

However, PerezHilton.com has learned that a third party was involved. And his name is Jeff Probst, otherwise known as that dude that hosts Survivor!

A source close to the situation suspects that "Lisa and Jeff were having an affair for A WHILE!"

Gosselaar and Russell have two young children together! And, though Gosselaar only filed for divorce in mid-June, Probst and Russell have already stepped out as a couple!

"Jeff took Lisa Ann with him as his date to the Creative Arts Emmys and the Primetime Emmy Awards telecast this past weekend," an insider tells us.

MJ NEWS 

And it's no surprise!

According to international record sales from Nokia's Ovi Music Store, Michael Jackson is the most downloaded artist in history.

"Michael Jackson has always been a pop music legend. But the anniversary of his death and birthday celebrations seem to have revived Jackson fever as fans rediscover his songs – making him the most popular solo artist of all time," said Musicologist Geoff Roberts.

It seems the King of Pop is most popular in India, as it makes up 26 percent of total downloads. It is then followed by the UK, Germany, Netherlands and Finland.

Beat It is his most downloaded hit with Billie Jean and Thriller trailing behind.

GLEEK ALERT  

We can't wait to see Brit Brit on the small screen again!

Glee's Lea Michele opened up about having pop princess Britney Spears on the show.

She says:

“She was so professional. She looked incredible. She’s so tiny! She was great to work with. It was one of those things where you go to work and you’re like, ‘I can’t believe we’re doing this!’

“We are in a scene together. What we do together, I can’t say, but I will tell you it’s incredibly iconic! I can’t believe Ryan [Murphy] got her to do this.”

But we're so glad he did!!

WE STILL LOVE YOU CONAN!
Team CoCo felt another crushing blow to their devotion last night when Conan O'Brien didn't walk away with an Emmy for his work on The Tonight Show.

It wasn't a major surprise to us, but we still felt like the guy was cheated. But how did Conan feel about it? Let's just check his Twitter to find out!

This afternoon, Conan Tweeted:

"A huge victory for me at last night's Emmys. That's right, my wife let me have the aisle seat."

Whomp, whomp!

No worries though, Conan. There is always next year. It will be just as sweet to have your new show win an Emmy!

LET'S GET THE PARTY STARTED

Tiger Woods moved in to his new bachelor pad in downtown Manhattan over the weekend!

A witness saw Tiger "introducing himself as the new neighbor" in the building.

EVERYTHING IS 4 SALE
Oh, for goodness sake!

A toilet that once belonged to the late John Lennon has been auctioned off in Liverpool for the very reasonable price of $14,700!

The Beatles singer reportedly owned the toilet from 1969-1971 before he gave it to a builder and told him to “put flowers in it or something." It then sat in a shed for 40 years before some crazy bought it this past Saturday!

And…yeah. That seems to be that!

We hope that someone is very happy with their ridiculous purchase.

AND SHE ACTS TOO!
This should be…. interesting!

Looks like Christina Aguilera is trying to flex her acting muscles a bit before her musical Burlesque is released on Nov 24.

We're curious to see how she does in the season 7 finale of Entourage.

Along with Xtina, you'll get to see Sasha Grey, whom we are not overly enthusiastic about. She really hasn't brought anything too wonderful to this season of Entourage.

We're thinking it may be time for her to take a breather from mainstream acting, and perhaps devote some time to the highly anticipated Secretary's Day 4.

Are U excited to see Xtina and/or Sasha Grey in the season finale of Entourage?

EVEN HIS VOICE IS SEXY

Brad Pitt will reportedly be lending his voice to the upcoming documentary on the New Orleans' Saints exciting win in this past Super Bowl!

The film, which is a part of a series on the NFL network, always employs a celebrity narrator, but Pitt was apparently chosen for his efforts to help the post-Hurricane Katrina stricken city!

Amazing!

The documentary airs September 8th at 9pm!