The cast for the eleventh season of Dancing With the Stars was officially announced tonight, and the newest group of “celebrities†hoping to score two-page People magazine spreads and precious minutes of Access Hollywood airtime includes the typical mix of reality-TV vets, athletes, and former television/movie stars, many of whom we learned about last week. The ladies: “The Boy Is Mine†crooner Brandy, Dirty Dancing’s Jennifer Grey, comedian Margaret Cho, The Hills vixen Audrina Patridge, The Brady Bunch’s Florence Henderson, and the incomparable Bristol Palin. Their male competitors: singer Michael Bolton, recently roasted David Hasselhoff, former NBA star Rick Fox, former NFL quarterback Kurt Warner, 19-year-old Disney Channel star Kyle Massey, and multi-millionaire (and early favorite?) the Situation.
Reality, Comedy and Politics Mix in New ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Lineup [ArtsBeat/NYT]