Dancing with the Stars

Critics' Picks: Lee "Scratch" Perry, Buck 65, Lil' Kim, and more

Michele Bachmann, polka dance champion, turns down Dancing with the Stars

​As if people needed more reason to view her as a joke, Michele Bachmann was invited to participate in the next season of ABC's Dancing with the Stars. We were really, really excited about the prospect of regularly embedding video of Our Favorite Congresswoman's performances so that everyone could ... More >>

Come Fly Away

​As if people needed more reason to view her as a joke, Michele Bachmann was invited to participate in the next season of ABC's Dancing with the Stars. We were really, really excited about the prospect of regularly embedding video of Our Favorite Congresswoman's performances so that everyone could ... More >>

Sarah and Bristol Palin receive a lukewarm welcome at Mall of America

No throngs to pal with the Palins.​The rules set up by Mall of America officials for Sarah and Bristol Palin's book signing yesterday seemed to have been written in anticipation of an army of fans. "'Camping out' is not allowed," the rules read. "Beginning at 5 a.m., guests will be allowed to lin ... More >>

Sarah Palin will help Bristol hawk books at MOA

Nick VlcekPalin almost signed City Pages the last time she visited MOA.​Undeterred by a tomato thrower and the smaller-than-anticipated crowd that greeted her the last time she tried to move product at the Mall of America, Sarah Palin has booked a return engagement. Personifying the phrase "h ... More >>

Bristol Palin plans Mall of America book signing

Bristol Palin dishes about Dancing with the Stars and the bad-boy father of her baby.​Bristol Palin, once Alaska's most famous unwed teenage mother, will be bringing her real life soap opera to the Mall of America and signing copies of her new book, "Not Afraid of Life." The memoir is notable ... More >>

Bachmann keeps Elvis Christmas music on her iPod, and other CNN debate weirdness

All seven Republicans, on the right.​The Republican "debate" on CNN last night wasn't really a debate at all, it was a two-hour press conference in which seven candidates took turns trashing President Obama. No one expected anything different, really. All seven of them just wanted to cram int ... More >>

Critics' Picks: Bootsy Collins, Iron & Wine, and more

All seven Republicans, on the right.​The Republican "debate" on CNN last night wasn't really a debate at all, it was a two-hour press conference in which seven candidates took turns trashing President Obama. No one expected anything different, really. All seven of them just wanted to cram int ... More >>

The Go-Go's

All seven Republicans, on the right.​The Republican "debate" on CNN last night wasn't really a debate at all, it was a two-hour press conference in which seven candidates took turns trashing President Obama. No one expected anything different, really. All seven of them just wanted to cram int ... More >>

Adam Carolla

All seven Republicans, on the right.​The Republican "debate" on CNN last night wasn't really a debate at all, it was a two-hour press conference in which seven candidates took turns trashing President Obama. No one expected anything different, really. All seven of them just wanted to cram int ... More >>

Steven Cowan sentenced for shooting TV over Bristol Palin's "Dancing With The Stars" episode

Steven Cowan blew away his TV over Bristol Palin's "dancing."​Steven Cowan had the same reaction as a lot of Americans who watched Bristol Palin's misadventures on "Dancing With The Stars" last season: He went nuts. So nuts, in fact, that the 67-year-old Dane County man shot out his TV and th ... More >>

Beyond Ballroom Dance Company: Change of Hue, and other works

Steven Cowan blew away his TV over Bristol Palin's "dancing."​Steven Cowan had the same reaction as a lot of Americans who watched Bristol Palin's misadventures on "Dancing With The Stars" last season: He went nuts. So nuts, in fact, that the 67-year-old Dane County man shot out his TV and th ... More >>

Steve-O

Steven Cowan blew away his TV over Bristol Palin's "dancing."​Steven Cowan had the same reaction as a lot of Americans who watched Bristol Palin's misadventures on "Dancing With The Stars" last season: He went nuts. So nuts, in fact, that the 67-year-old Dane County man shot out his TV and th ... More >>

Steven Cowan claims mental defect for shooting TV over Bristol Palin's DWTS turn

Steven Cowan is not Bristol Palin's biggest fan.​Bristol Palin did a lot of whining on her way up the ladder in last season's Dancing With The Stars, coasting on her mom's name but complaining she lost in the finals for political reasons. Tell it to 67-year-old Steven Cowan. Palin's lack of ... More >>

Brett Favre won't appear on Dancing With The Stars, according to his daughter Brittany

Brett Favre doesn't look like much of a dancer.​There has been rampant speculating all day long that just-retired Vikings Quarterback Brett Favre will be joining the cast of Dancing With the Stars.AOL is the latest to hop on the Favre-on-DWTS bandwagon, writing, "Last week, 'DWTS' alum and fellow ... More >>

Tim Pawlenty who? New poll, familiar result

Tales from the basement.​Maybe it's time for Tim Pawlenty to get his own TV reality show. Because what else is it going to take for him to eclipse the likes of Sarah Palin in GOP presidential contender polls? Maybe he can talk smokin' hot wife Mary into a Dancing With the Stars slot. She's g ... More >>

Steven Cowan watches Bristol Palin dance and shoots his TV

Bristol Palin: What's not to love?​Those Palins sure do bring out the best in people. Take Steven Cowan, who lives in Dane County, Wis. The guy watches Bristol Palin on "Dancing With the Stars," flies into a rage, busts out a gun, blows away his TV, and then mounts a 15-hour stand-off with th ... More >>

Margaret Cho gets serious about music, dancing, tattoos

Miss Cho if yo' nasty​ Margaret Cho's comedic motives, heritage and body type have been dissected more than a pile of frogs in a 5th grade science class. At the end of the day, Cho is a fierce and funny ambassador for the Korean American community who makes amazing jokes about her parents, loves t ... More >>

Naked Cowboy to unseat Obama, defeat the Taliban, fight multiculturalism

Image courtesy of myspace.com/nycnakedcowboy​"Freedom-loving American" and the country's most famous skivvy-clad busker the Naked Cowboy has announced his 2012 bid for the Presidency.

Swing Kids, Dirty Dancing, Planet B-Boy: The best dance movies of all time

Courtesy Dancing With the StarsD-list celebrities with A-list moves​It's been a month since the season finale of Dancing With the Stars, but The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts is keeping the love alive with their summer dance series. Today Twin Cities twinkletoes will be downtown cuttin ... More >>

Ashley Graham to appear at MOA today for Lane Bryant reopening

​When Lane Bryant accused Fox and ABC of refusing to play its lingerie commercial because it was a little too busty for their national audiences, plus-size model Ashley Graham's voluptuous bod became big news. Now you can see Graham in the flesh during her appearance at the Mall of America today ... More >>

Favre and loathing in a Packer bar

We decided to catch the biggest regular season game in NFL history in the Twin Cities' largest Packer bar. Cheese and yelling ensues.

Mike Judge's Extract takes another look at inanities in the workplace

Film feels super authentic next to hilarious cult classic Office Space

Lindsay Lohan headed for topless Vegas revue

As cultural commentators, we weep. As lecherous jerks, we applaud.

Beyond Ballroom Dance Company: Book of Love

As cultural commentators, we weep. As lecherous jerks, we applaud.

Patrick Brandt "Live Life Give Love" Celebration

As cultural commentators, we weep. As lecherous jerks, we applaud.

Your Candidates and Their Televisions

As cultural commentators, we weep. As lecherous jerks, we applaud.

Dancing with the Stars

As cultural commentators, we weep. As lecherous jerks, we applaud.

John O'Hurley

As cultural commentators, we weep. As lecherous jerks, we applaud.

Night of the Short Knives

As the GOP suffered the death of a thousand cuts last Tuesday, CP staffers captured scenes from the victory party that (mostly) wasn't

Spring Forward, Fall Back

Why do TV execs bring the same ratty toys to show-and-tell?

The Great Santino

The well-heeled villain of 'Project Runway' broke hearts, spirits

I'm Pregnant, I Have Amnesia, And I'm Being Followed By A Man With An Eye Patch

Why your soap opera should be more important than your day job

Summer's Camp

Who wants to spend her vacation replacing a corpse and dancing with a stiff?