Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay has joined the cast of the ninth season of Dancing With The Stars, and he’s “in it to win it!”

“You gotta love dancing if you’re from Texas,” the 62-year-old Southerner told Good Morning America on Tuesday. “I’ve been dancing all my life.” Read the rest of this entry »
After weeks of speculation, the celebrity roster for the upcoming 9th season of Dancing With The Stars were finally announced live on Good Morning America on Monday.
Dancing With The Stars kicks off with a 3-night premiere event, Monday September 21 @ 8PM on ABC.

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Kelly Osbourne is the latest celeb allegedly putting on her dancing shoes for the ninth season of Dancing With The Stars, ABC’s hit ballroom dance competition.

The 25-year-old former reality star has been busy getting in shape with trainer at Chelsea’s Kicks Gym in London, UK’s The PEOPLE revealed on Sunday.
The celebrity roster for DWTS 9 will revealed on Good Morning America this Monday. The new cycle begins Monday, Sept. 21.
At least one celeb won’t be joining the 16 new contestants lacing up their dancing shoes for the ninth season of Dancing With The Stars.
La Toya Jackson has denied a tabloid report claiming she has signed up to compete on the next installment of ABC’s ballroom reality series, returning September 21.
“I’ve been approached to do ‘Dancing With the Stars,’” La Toya told Access Hollywood correspondent Tony Potts on Thursday. “The fact of the matter is, I won’t be doing it, simply because of the circumstances that [are] going on at the moment.” Read the rest of this entry »
ABC has instituted new training rules for the upcoming roster of Dancing With The Stars contestants — who begin working out in two weeks — after last season’s cast was plagued by ballroom-related injuries.

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La Toya and Jermaine Jackson are set to faceoff as contestants on the new season of Dancing With The Stars, according to reports.

While her rep has refused to confirm the report, on Tuesday, Us Weekly learned that La Toya has been approached to compete on the talent show. And in related news, La Toya’s brother, singer-turned-reality TV star Jermaine Jackson, has also been tapped for a spot on the ninth season of DWTS, premiering next month. Read the rest of this entry »
MTV is putting a kink in Audrina’s Dancing dreams!

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E! News tattles claim MTV has forced an excited Audrina Patridge to pull out of plans to kick off her Sunday shoes on the upcoming ninth season of ABC’s ballroom reality competitition, Dancing With The Stars. Network execs at the network–where Audrina has made a name for herself as one of a dozen affluent twentysomething socialites conquering adulthood in sunny L.A. on The Hills — reportedly fear that the grueling schedule customary of DWTS contestants will cause “schedule conflicts” for The Hills .
“They won’t let Audrina do it. They told her it would be impossible because of scheduling conflicts,” reveals an E! source, who adds, “Audrina wants to do it. Everyone around her wants her to do it, but MTV, for some reason, won’t make it happen. Why wouldn’t they want someone from The Hills on such a huge show?”
Designer Vera Wang, La Toya Jackson, and reality star Dean McDermott are among the stars who will reportedly hit the ballroom when Dancing With The Stars kicks off its ninth season on ABC September 21. An official announcement of this season roster will be revealed on Good Morning America this Monday.
The job offers continue to pour in for Paula Abdul. ABC has invited Abdul to join its ballroom dance series, Dancing with the Stars, after learning that the former American Idol judge will not return to her post on the top-rated FOX talent competition next season.

“I would love that,” ABC Entertainment President Stephen McPherson told reporters at the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour in Pasadena on Saturday. “I was a little stunned by the decision, and we would love to have her on ‘Dancing,’ as a contestant, participant or judge.”
He added, “I think she’s a huge talent. I think there’s a lot made of her in terms of who she is… There’s a sensitivity and an emotion to her that balances out Idol, and we’d love to have a piece of that.”
Derek Hough and Shannon Elizabeth took to their Twitter pages on Friday to share news of their breakup.
Derek, 24, began dating the 35-year-old American Pie star while competing together on the sixth season of Dancing With The Stars in 2008. On Friday, both posted Twitter statements announcing the split.

“Hi everyone, we wanted you all to know directly from us, that Shannon & I have decided to end our relationship as boyfriend & girlfriend… however, we love and care about eachother very much and will reamin friends and in eachothers lives,” the former couple wrote in nearly nearly identical messages on each of their Twitter pages.
“Thank you everyone for all your sweet words & encouragement – it really means a lot to me! Xoxo,” Shannon later Tweeted.
Tori Spelling’s actor husband is in talks to compete on the ninth season of ABC’s ballroom reality series Dancing With The Stars, premiering September 21.

“He wants to do it,” a source close to Tori & Dean’s Dean McDermott has revealed to E! News. “He’d be really good at it, too.”
The new lineup of dancing novices competing for the Golden Disco Ball trophy will be formally announced on Good Morning America August 17.