Dancing with the Stars

Just last week Marie Osmond infamously fainted during a live broadcast last month, and today word came that she sadly lost her father, George Osmond, patriarch of the singing Osmond clan. And Jane Seymour's mother passed away last month.

These unfortunate incidents are just a few of the woes faced by these women since joining the show, Jane also had to skip an episode due to food poisoning and very nearly lost her home in the Malibu fires last month.

Marie and Jane haven't been the only ones to endure The Curse: Sara Evans left the show during a painful divorce, Stacy Keibler suffered a seizure while promoting the show and -- worst of all -- the unfortunate bout of tanorexia suffered by "Dancing" staple Cheryl Burke.

Make it stop, Tom Bergeron!

UPDATE: TMZ spoke to Star's manager who laid it out for us, on the record. According to her manager, this was a straightforward business agreement for Star to speak at the Health and Beauty Expo -- nothing more. The contract was breached, so Star did not appear. Had Star known she would be speaking for charity, her fee would have been substantially reduced or eliminated and she would have been there to speak.

Star Jones is giving the big girls she allegedly dissed in Detroit a big fat you-know-what, saying that they were the ones who breached the contract, not her. And yesterday, on her Court TV show, she called allegations that she bailed out of her appearance "a nasty shakedown."

In a lengthy dossier including her own blow-by-blow of what went down with Full and Fabulous, Star says that though she got $10,000 from the group before her scheduled performance, she never got $15K more that she was owed. What's more, Star claims that she didn't get "the level" hotel that she requested when she went to stay in Detroit, nor was any ground transportation provided.

Star says that she and husband Al Reynolds paid for their Super Bowl weekend "at our own expense" and that she's still never received any loot for the

appearance.

One kid sold him out, but another of Duane "Dog" Chapman's pups tells TMZ that the bounty hunter is not a racist.

TMZ got an exclusive interview with Dog's oldest son, Christopher -- one of Duane's litter of nine -- who defends his dad regardless of the hate-filled rant. Dog Chapman came under fire last week after an N-word tirade was leaked to the National Enquirer by another son, Tucker

-- who probably has a new first letter for his name.

For more of the interview with Christopher, watch TMZ TV tonight. Check local listings.

For once, the largest, roundest, protrusion on Jennifer Lopez's body isn't her ass!

Clad in a tent dress and looking mommalicious, the 38-year-old former Fly Girl revealed a glimpse of her growing wombmate at a Miami baseball game on Monday.

While everyone and their tour outfit designer has confirmed her pregnancy, Jennifer officially continues to keep mum on becoming a mom. But the muumuus don't lie!

Cameras caught the "Dancing" stud shopping on Robertson Blvd. on Saturday, where he told photogs that Osmond likely fainted due to malnutrition -- "They gotta eat, they gotta stop losing weight. All the celebrities are taking it too seriously!"

Being the next Kelly Monaco is serious business.

TMZ caught up with our favorite dancing fool in West Hollywood last night. The topic of conversation shifted from the Bossa Nova to basketball; would Cuban go after troubled Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant? Probably not, Cuban says, explaining, "You always talk, but you know this world -- nothing happens."

Seymour was caught at the sushi den, looking less like the purr-fect Kitty-Kat of "Wedding Crashers" and more like Dorothy Hamill, with a short bobbed 'do.

Don't go paging Dr. Quinn for emergency assistance on this look just yet -- it's a wig! Seymour had the same hairpiece on during last night's "Dancing with the Stars."

When paps outside Hyde asked the 27-year-old Ukranian born hottie what his favorite dance was, Maksim ever-so giddily replied, "The horizontal mambo!" Hopefully, it's not a Quickstep too!

No word if the lucky lady on his arm last night got to practice those moves with him!

The 44-year-old plump-lipped diva was perplexed as to why she was swarmed by paps as she trolled Robertson Blvd. this weekend with hubby Harry Hamlin, 55. Imagine, being photographed on the same street as Kitson and the Ivy?! Unbelievable!

The unexciting "Dancing" duo did manage to stir up some excitement -- by jaywalking across the street. It's not a DUI, but it's a start!

Leaving baby Angel Iris, daughter Phoenix Chi and step-daughter Gisele at home, the Spice Girl and her man showed up to the club rockin' her "Dancing with the Stars" 'do after the show.

Mom's gotta party too!

The dancing disasters include "Lost" wacktress Bai Ling, Tom Cruise and robowife Katie Holmes, and in a posthumous appearance, Anna Nicole Smith at a Bar Mitzvah.

Vote now, and see the results on Tuesday's show!

Cameras caught Garth with her hunky "Damages" star hubby, Peter Facinelli, and a group making their way toward Hollywood's infamous club Area. But to their surprise, they were the only ones there. *crickets* It seems that the 30-somethings just didn't have the in on the night life. What a letdown. And why is Area dead on a Tuesday?!

While several "Dancing With the Stars" contestants are limited in one way or another (Mel B. just had a baby, Wayne Newton has been stretched to the limit for some time), it's doubtful any of them have endured what Mark Cuban has.

The outspoken Dallas Mavericks owner had his hip replaced less than seven weeks before he started practicing for "Dancing With the Stars." Ay caramba!

It appears his dancing workout has already begun -- he's looking fit! The rhumba works wonders on the abs! Hopefully, the Dallas Mavericks owner has some rhythm in that blue blood of his! His current net worth is listed as $2.3 billion -- that's a whole lotta tap shoes and shiny outfits!

Teen pin-up and former Lindsay Lohan plaything Aaron Carter is hot property in the reality TV world, but don't expect to see him on the boob tube any time soon.

The littler Carter was offered a spot on the upcoming season of ABC's "Dancing with the Stars," and on MTV's "Celebrity Rap Superstar," but had to opt out of both.

It's no secret that some serious spray-tanning has been taking place offstage. The makeup artist for "Dancing" was supplied with a mobile bronzer, complete with gallon-size jugs of tanner (and we've seen the tan jugs), all courtesy of California Tan. They even gifted Monday's audience with their sunless tanning kit!

A bit of tanning advice for "Dancing's" final four -- just a little dab'll do ya kids.

Bass lost a bet with STAR 98.7 FM's Valentine and Lisa Foxx in Los Angeles, saying that former *NSYNC comrade Joey Fatone would get a perfect score on this week's show ... but Joey landed in the bottom two (with Billy Ray Cyrus, who got the boot).

Now, thanks to Lance's misguided faith in Fatone's footwork, Lance will now spend Thursday fetching coffee, answering phones and performing other menial tasks the station throws his way. Hey boy!

Perhaps Lance should leave his wagering in Vegas.

TMZ spotted "Dancing with the Stars" resident former pop star outside of Area on Saturday night, getting groped by Laila Ali's handsome dance instructor, Maksim Chmerkovskiy (would you like to buy a vowel?), and talking about the exhaustive training for this week's episode.

Fatone will doing the fast-paced dance to the slow beat of Erasure's "A Little Respect," and it looks and sounds like Joey is saying that the training is taking a toll on his groin. Ouch!