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The new contestants for this season’s ‘Dancing With The Stars’ has been revealed and we have to admit that it is quite an interesting bunch that have been chosen. We are also waiting expectantly to see who will be the first to go.

Lance Bass: Bass, formerly of N*Sync, was one of the early rumors for this season’s cast. Bass is going to be appearing, but contrary to previous reports, his dancing partner will not be a man. Instead, he will be paired up with Lacey Schwimmer, who is making her first appearance on the show.

‘American Idol’ is spicing things up next season by adding in a new judge to the panel. Kara DioGuardi will be the new judge on the panel and she said that she ‘is confident’ that she will be able to fit in perfectly with the unusual drama that ensues every episode between Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson, and Paula Abdul.

If first you don’t succeed try, try again. That’s the motto that some of us live by and others take it a bit too literal. Jason Mesnick was one of the final two left last year during the Bachelorette last year - but he was rejected and his heart was broken by DeAnna Pappas. Now he is being given a second chance at finding love by becoming the next Bachelor. The ABC series returns in January 2009.

It was revealed last month that Laurence Fishburne was one of the leading candidates to become the newest member to the cast of “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” for the next season. Fishburne will join the show following the departure of William Petersen.

Fishburne will first appear in “CSI’s” ninth episode this season. He’ll star as a former pathologist turned college lecturer, who focuses on why people turn violent - including traits that he’s disturbed to find in himself. The character joins the Las Vegas Crime Lab as a Level 1 CSI after assisting in a murder investigation.

Kathy Griffin is one of television’s biggest and most popular D-lister and she is proud of it. When she was asked to be a part of ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” many felt that she would agree and pull herself back on top. Did she take the offer?

“No! I can’t even touch my toes!”

Disney recognized how popular “High School Musical” was when they released the first movie and since then they have been making more and more. The third installment for the movie will be hitting theatres shortly and now it is coming out with an ABC reality show based on it.

On ”High School Musical: Get in the Picture” - airing at 7 Sunday and Monday nights on WLS-Channel 7 - auditions are held for about a dozen slots in a summer music program at Murray High School, where the ”HSM” movies were filmed near Salt Lake City.

Amy Poehler is well known for being one of the hit comedians on SNL and for her new comedy film “Baby Mama”. She is saying farewell to “Saturday Night Live” and saying hello to a spinoff from the “Office”.

Poehler said she will join NBC’s spinoff of “The Office.” “I can kind of confirm that I will be working in some capacity on that show,” said Poehler. “I don’t really have any other details yet.”

Christopher Gorham stars as the lovable accountant Henry in the hit television show “Ugly Betty”. He has been one of the favorites on the show after he was introduced as a guest star during the fall of 2006. Now he will be taking his leave and as secured himself a spot on a new television series on CBS.

The season finale of ‘The Bachelorette’ had a twist to it that none were expecting and that many people were not happy with. The two contestants that were left vying for DeAnna Marie Pappas life was the responsible and hansom Jason Mesnick and the free spirit Jesse Csincsack. Audiences were shocked that Jesse had made it this far believing that he would have been kicked off at the beginning of the show.

Earlier this week Katherine Heigl chose to decline a nomination for an Emmy Award. Since then there have been many rumors that have been floating on the internet claiming that the young actress will be leaving ‘Grey’s Anatomy’.

She took her name out for this year’s Emmy race because she felt her character, Dr. Izzie Stevens, had not been given adequate material. Recently, Heigl signed on to star in and produce a movie based on the book “Escape” by Carolyn Jessop, the former Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints member who fled the polygamous sect and helped convict leader Warren Jeffs.