Dancing with the Stars practice

The celebs that are participating in Season 9 of Dancing with the Stars met their partners this week and immediately starting practicing their dance routines for the season premiere. Above are some highlights, but you can get more pics (courtesy of our friends at PopEater) right here.

Dirty Thoughts with Kelly Osbourne

"Why in the bloody f*ck did I sign up for this stupid f*cking dancing show? It's kicking my bloody f*cking ass. Oh wait, I remember, so I can get a sick body and start getting bloody f*cked again."

Kelly Osbourne dancing

There's not much you can do to scare a broad when her father is the Prince of f*cking Darkness, but Kelly Osbourne is scared sh*tless of one thing right now -- dancing. Which is pretty funny considering she's going to be on the 9th season of Dancing with the Stars.

I am so excited, but I cannot tell you how terrified I am. Dancing is something that I've always really wanted to be able to do, but never had the confidence and the technique. I'm not very graceful, so it's just something that absolutely terrifies me, and it's the main reason that I kind of wanted to do it. I wanted to do something different. I wanted to do something that scared me, and I don't think anything could scare me more. [But] my body is going to get sick and be toned.

I seriously can't wait to see this chick rip up the dance floor. And by rip up, I mean literally be so awful that her heels dig into the floorboards of the dance floor and tear it up. I really hope she does well though because I'm always for the underdog.

Dancing with the Stars new cast

Check out the celebrities that will be competing on the upcoming season of Dancing with the Stars. This is the largest cast ever on the show, and a heads up -- halfway through the season, they're going to do double eliminations for 3 weeks in a row.

Kathy Ireland (model) -- she was in everyone's spank bank in the 90s.
Macy Gray (singer) - wild ass hair.
Melissa Joan Hart (actress) -- she's hot. I'm happy.
Mya (singer) -- she hasn't done sh*t since Ghetto Superstar.
Ashley Hamilton (actor) -- yeah, that's a dude.
Michael Irvin (former NFL player) -- football players HAVE kicked ass...
Mark Dacascos (Iron Chef America host) -- F*CKING AWESOME!!
Donny Osmond (actor) -- annoying. I hope he's gone after the first week.
Kelly Osbourne (reality star) -- I f*cking HOPE Ozzy makes appearances!!
Debi Mazar (actress) -- she's on Entourage.
Chuck Liddell (MMA fighter) -- THE ICEMAN COMETH!!
Natalie Coughlin (Olympic swimmer) -- she kicked ass in Beijing
Joanna Krupa (model) -- yeah she's hot obviously.
Louis Vito (pro snowboarder) -- I'd rather see Don Vito from Viva La Bam.
Aaron Carter (singer) -- ugh.
Tom DeLay (former House majority leader) -- he'll be totally f*cking boring.

Len Goodman has cancer

Dancing with the Stars judge Len Goodman is suffering from cancer, and no one had any clue. Len just underwent surgery to remove a tumor from his prostate -- a tumor that's been there since March, which is around the time he was still filming the latest season of Dancing. Len said he didn't tell anyone but his family and close friends because he just didn't think it was "necessary to blabber it out to everyone."

I could have said 'sorry' and not done the show, but the doctors felt I wasn't riddled with it and it wasn't so far advanced that it was a life-or-death scenario. It takes a few weeks to get everything set up for the operation anyway, so I went ahead and did the show. I had the surgery done as soon as I got back from America.

Since the surgery, Len said "everything's gorgeously good" and he's "right as rain." At this rate, it's good to see that we'll at least be able to keep one celebrity over the age of 50 for a few more years.

David Alan Grier calls Dancing with the Stars a popularity contest

David Alan Grier was interviewed recently about a bunch of things, including his comedy career and who makes him laugh. But he also sounded off and slightly slammed the hit show Dancing with the Stars, which he was on last season.

Dancing With the Stars is so Middle America, and people take it so seriously. And that's not really my thing. It was like running for prom king because people vote for who they like or don't like. It's not simply, "Oh, you're a great dancer." It's not the Olympics. It's a cheesy reality show. The audience votes for who they like. If the audience doesn't like you, they're not gonna vote for you. If there's a guy next to you who really sucks but they like him, they vote for him. That's the nature of the show. Everyone who does the show, their career is enhanced ... except for me. I'm the only guy who did the show and had to issue a public apology in order to restore my career.

You think he's just upset he didn't win, or does he have a valid point? I'm kinda leaning toward it being a mix of both.

Dierks Bentley turns down Dancing with the Stars

Dierks Bentley was approached by Dancing with the Stars to appear on the next season, but he turned it down because he says he's an awful dancer.

There's a reason why I play guitar. I have no dance moves. I was asked to be on the first season of Dancing With the Stars, and whether I wanted to or not, it was like, 'Ah, sorry. There's just no hope for me. I don't care if you get the best trainer in the world.' There's a reason why I picked up the guitar to meet girls: Dancing was never gonna work. I do a really bad version of the running man, but after that, it's pretty bad!

Let's be real. The dude just doesn't want to look like next season's Ty Murray. Which is a very, very good thing.

Knock out Jonny Fairplay on National TV...and MORE!!!

Watch out the next time you eat Cheetos. You might bite Jesus' head off. (VBT)

Sherlock Holmes trailer is out!! (AmyGrindhouse)

YOU could knock out Jonny Fairplay! (smack)

New Willem Dafoe movie is probably gonna bomb because the director is a d*ck. (bedhead)

Paris Hilton debates on whether or not to show you her mommy spot. (ayyyy)

Check out Adam Lambert's boyfriend Drake. (POTP)

CONFIRMED! Chace Crawford starring in new Footloose movie. (gabby)

Britney Spears gets sued. (bitten)

Kurt Angle to compete on Dancing with the Stars?! (wrestling)

Shawn Johnson wins Dancing with the Stars

Congratulations goes out to 17-year-old gymnast Shawn Johnson on winning the mirrorball trophy for Season 8 of Dancing with the Stars. The finale aired last night and started off being down to her, Gilles Marini, and Melissa Rycroft. Mid-way through the night, Melissa was sent home, and the finals came down to Shawn and Gilles, who performed one last dance each and both nailed a perfect scored of 30. Then host Tom Bergeron made the announcement, and said that with just 1% of the vote separating the two, Shawn was the DWTS winner.

Congrats again to Shawn and her dance partner Mark Ballas, who won for the second time in 3 seasons (he won Season 6 with Kristi Yamaguchi). Watch for Shawn, Gilles, and Melissa all on Good Morning America coming up shortly!!

Dancing with the Stars winner named tonight

It's down to the Triple Threat of Shawn Johnson, Gilles Marini, and Melissa Rycroft trying to Tango their way to top and win their season of Dancing with the Stars. The three finalists all performed two dances last night -- a paso doble and a freestyle dance, and it's a dead heat. Shawn landed a perfect 30 for her freestyle and a 28 for her paso doble, while Gilles went to the opposite end and landed a perfect 30 for his paso doble and a 28 for his freestyle. Melissa ended up scoring a 29 for her paso doble and a 27 for her freestyle, putting her 2 points behind Shawn and Gilles.

Who's going to win? Tune in tonight to find out!! (Or, of course, you can come back here tomorrow morning while you're checking out a fresh batch of dirt!)

Bruno Tonioli talks Octomom

Octomom is about as relevant right now as the swine flu, yet she's still being talked about. Tom Bergeron was on the Howard Stern show recently and talked about his "dream cast" for Dancing with the Stars and the list included Octomom (Nadya Suleman) and Mike Tyson. Judge Bruno Tonioli doesn't exactly agree, though.

The Octo-Mom is really scraping the bottom of the barrel. I think she could probably get on Season 25! I strongly doubt she could be a competitor. Mike Tyson could be interesting. That's a personality! I would like that, but I just can't say that for the Octo-Mom. I'm so over that story… absolutely not. I think Sharon Stone would be good on the show and I'd like to see her. There are so many possibilities. Look at Gilles – he came out of the blue. One of the great things about this show is the surprise stars who get cast. Actually, I don't like to know who is going to be on the show until the last possible moment.

Yeah, I'm with him. Octomom sucks ass and she's annoying. In fact, sometimes I wish I were a woman so I could haul off and smack her. And so I could look in the mirror while I jump up and down. (Just kidding...although that probably WOULD be hilarious.)

Ty Murray FINALLY given the boot from Dancing with the Stars

Look, I'll be the first to admit that I totally support and the whole metaphor of "It's like a train wreck, you can't look away." -- but there's only so much of a train wreck you can watch before you've had enough. And that's how I (and probably a ton of others) felt about Ty Murray on Dancing with the Stars. Nothing against the guy, he seems like a real nice fella and a good husband, but I think I have more rhythm than him, and that's saying a lot because a baby could beat me in a dance-off.

Ty was finally given the boot from Dancing with the Stars last night after surviving a few weeks where he had the lowest score from the judges. I predicted that people were trying to sabotage the contest by keeping him on, much like they've done with Idol, and I still believe that's the case, but either way at least he's finally gone.

Kelly Clarkson looks NOTHING like this anymore...and MORE!!!

I need new Chapstick for my lips, but I'm too busy looking at these Tips! (VBT)

Katie "Jordan" Price and Peter Andre divorce. No word on who gets custody of her hugely fake t*ts. (amygrindhouse)

Michael Landon's son Mark found dead. (smack)

Megan Fox poops on Scarlett Johansson. (bedhead)

Cher proves that if you get enough plastic surgery, you won't age a day over 20 years time. (ayyyy)

Kelly Clarkson is back to being a troll. (POTP)

Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart want to adopt. (gabby)

Dancing with the Stars recap! (bitten)

Taz trashes WWE!! (wrestling)

Lil' Kim booted off of Dancing with the Stars

Lil' Kim was the latest contestant booted off of Dancing with the Stars, as fans decided to save Ty Murray last night during the live elimination show. The interesting part of this is that Ty scored 6 total points less than Kim did. All of the couples were required to dance twice -- a ballroom piece and a Latin piece. The Final Four is now down to Ty, Melissa Rycroft (who apparently had a wardrobe malfunction while dancing last night...I'll look for it), Shawn Johnson, and Gilles Marini.

This is the second week in a row that it was a shocking vote-off. I'm starting to wonder -- is it possible that fans are pulling an Idol and voting for the worst dancer to sabotage the contest? You can't tell me that Ty Murray can dance better than Lil' Kim. We'll know something is up if he makes it through next week.

Julianne Hough done with "Dancing"

Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before. Julianne Hough is leaving Dancing with the Stars. Sound familiar? That's because she said the same exact thing at the end of last season, but then her cute little booty was back on the hardwood for this season with her boyfriend, Chuck Wicks. Me thinks this time, she's gonna stick to it, though. But have no fear, she's not leaving for good.

I'm not doing next season. I'm gonna take one off. We definitely went further than anticipated. I think he could have made it a little bit further. But you know what? It's the name of the game and it's about fan base and hopefully our country fans will follow us into music.

Her job on DWTS is obviously going to be there when she's ready to return, since she's one of the more popular professional dancers on the show. I think it's a good idea for her to use her success on Dancing right now as a springboard to try and focus more on her music and make a name for herself in that aspect, too. Plus, some of Chuck's fans may end up following her now, too, since they probably scoped him out on Dancing. Good move, Julianne. I approve.

Chuck Wicks booted from "Dancing with the Stars"

Even though they absolutely killed it in their cha-cha on Monday night (to the point that the judges scored them a total of 51 out of 60 for their dances), the fans decided that Chuck Wicks and his partner (and also girlfriend) Julianne Hough should turn in their dancing shoes. They were booted off of Dancing with the Stars last week after what Chuck calls a rally of Melissa Rycroft's fans.

It shows you how many fans Melissa has. I think the team dance did us in, [but] to all the critics that thought we weren't going to last: We did it. Now I'm going to go out on tour and enjoy doing what I love, and that's country music.

I'm actually really surprised that Ty Murray is still on the show. No offense to him, but I just think he moves kinda awkwardly around the dance floor, not to mention that Chuck and Julianne were LOVED by the judges. But hey, that's the way the cookie crumbles I suppose. (Or maybe I should say that's the way the dance floor rotates?)

DWTS injury bug bites Melissa Rycroft

Melissa Rycroft is without a doubt everyone's hopeful to win Dancing with the Stars this season, mainly just because how hard she got f*cked over by that Bachelor dude. She's been totally killing it on the dance floor too since her first week, but she hit a little pothole this week -- she has a hairline fracture in one of her ribs. Melissa and partner Tony Dovolani were judged on a rehearsal dance last night instead of a legit performance, and landed a 21 out of 30 for a score.

The vote-off show is tonight, so if Melissa ends up making it through the vote, she will still be able to compete on next week's show. Doctors already gave her clearance. And honestly, Dancing may not be my favorite show, but hook Melissa up and keep her on because I'm really pulling for this girl.

Lawrence Taylor voted off of DWTS

Former football great Lawrence Taylor was the latest celebrity contestant to be voted off of Dancing with the Stars. But don't cry for him, Argentina, he said he's actually kinda pumped about it and looking forward to getting back on the golf course.

Hey, he had a few weeks of fun dancing with a really, really hot lady (we'll miss you terribly, Edyta Sliwinska) and now he can get back to everyday life. Wiping his bum with $100's and working on his short game.

Steve-O eliminated from DWTS

Steve-O was the latest celebrity booted from Dancing with the Stars last night after being in the bottom 3 for the last few weeks, actually getting the lowest scores during that week with partner Lacey Schwimmer. Steve-O was also injured during a dance a few weeks ago, but kept on dancing.

It's a sad day. We lost a Jackass and a hot ass.

David Alan Grier voted off of DWTS

The latest celebrity contestant booted from Dancing with the Stars was comedian David Alan Grier. It seemed like he had improved from his very first dance, but it was the Viennese Waltz that did he and partner Kym Johnson in. Steve-O and Lacey Schwimmer were at risk of being voted off too after getting the lowest number by the judges, and Lawrence Taylor's Paso Doble wasn't a big hit either.

I'm picking Melissa from The Bachelor to win -- she's really killed it every dance so far.