Ricki Lake practices with partner Derek Hough for the season premiere of 'Dancing With The Stars'. (ABC Medianet)

So Jon Tully and I are super psyched because of the new season of “Dancing With The Stars” tonight, and our corresponding live chat. We’re looking forward to hearing from you and to mocking the costumes, the singers and whatever gross thing Bruno is saying. But…

You all know that Chaz Bono, the transgendered son of Sonny and Cher, is one of the celebrity dancers, and his presence has attracted both positive and negative attention. And you have the right to feel however you feel about his choices. But we have to remind you that this is a chat primarily about dancing, or at least attempted dancing. It is not about hate. And we’re not dealing with it. So know that if you come to chat about the dancing, we want to have you. But if you’re just here to be evil, your participation will not be welcome or continued.

We came to this stance after the comments we got during Bristol Palin’s season, where anyone who criticized her dancing was called a liberal menace by her fans, some of whom unsuccessfully tried to co-opt the discussion into pillorying the president. (Poster: Obama isn’t a president! Me: But is he a ballroom dancer? No? Then why are we talking about him?)
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If there was any question whether Margaret Cho was going to milk her blog war with Bristol Palin for more controversy during the comic’s show Saturday night in Miami Beach, it ended seconds after she walked onstage.

“I’m celebrating because I’m in a huge (frickin’) fight with Bristol Palin!” the Grammy-nominated performer announced exuberantly at The Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater, drawing thunderous hoots and shouts from an audience several hundred strong.

Cho claimed on her blog recently that Bristol, her Dancing With the Stars rival, was forced onto the show by Sarah Palin.

She repeated this assertion at The Fillmore, adding, “I didn’t dance a lot, so I had a lot of time to gossip (on the set).”
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Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston say they’re engaged — and they haven’t told her parents yet.

Palin, the daughter of 2008 vice-presidential candidate and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, is featured on the cover of Us Weekly with Johnston, holding their son, 18-month-old Tripp.

Bristol Palin tells the magazine that she finds the idea of telling her mother about her engagement “intimidating and scary.”

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NEW YORK (AP) — Sarah Palin’s daughter Bristol will make her acting debut on the ABC Family drama series, “The Secret Life of the American Teenager.”

The network says the 19-year-old will play herself on an episode scheduled to shoot and air this summer. It will deal with the consequences of teen pregnancy.

The network calls Bristol Palin the most famous teenage mother in America. She was pregnant as her mother campaigned for vice president. Bristol Palin gave birth to her son, Tripp, in December 2008.

The TV series focuses on the relationships between families and friends and how they deal with teenage issues. It premiered two years ago, and its cast includes Molly Ringwald and Mark Derwin.

Sarah Palin’s 19-year old daughter appeared on Friday’s Oprah show and confirmed her pledge of abstinence.

In a recent In Touch magazine interview Bristol said, “I’m not going to have sex until I’m married. I can guarantee it.”

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