ABC rolled out their cast for season 11 of Dancing With The Stars last night and one of the members of the cast is Jersey Shore’s Mike Sorrentino.

The Situation, amazingly, is one of the show’s biggest stars and figures to add a certain amount of intrigue to the show on a weekly basis. I may even watch because of him.

The problem for Sitch and the Dancing producers is that he’s currently filming the third season of Jersey Shore and won’t be available to start training until two weeks before the Dancing season starts. The other contestants begin rehearsal next Monday in preperation for the Sept. 20 premiere.

The first day Sitch will be able to start training will be on Sept. 20.

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How does a company keep a mom and pop store feel while expanding?

That is the conundrum Trader Joe’s is currently facing, with the franchise’s popularity skyrocketing but with the example of Starbucks’ over-expainsion looming at the forefront of the company’s mind.

In CNN’s piece called “Inside Trader Joe’s,” Beth Kowitt unmasks the business philosophy behind Trader Joe’s and it’s fascinating even for someone (me) who doesn’t particularly enjoy reading about such sophisticated topics.

The story, which you can read here, dives into how Trader Joe’s serves yuppies and brands itself as an organic-loving independent grocery store, yet has many of its products produced by companies like Pepsico.

Though those types of things are what sticks out to me, CNN’s article isn’t an attack piece. It’s a piece that shows the brilliance behind Trader Joe’s and truly takes you into the world of Trader Joe’s with hundreds of hours of solid reporting.

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There is a perceived pecking order within Radiohead of which most fans of the band are familiar.

Thom Yorke is the catalyst within the band, the brains and brilliance of the operation and Jonny Greenwood is arguably the most talented and diverse member in the band. Greenwood, the younger brother of bassist Colin, is probably the most vital part of Radiohead’s sound.

Aside from Jonny and Yorke, the talents of the band’s other three musicians are much more under-the-radar. Bassist Colin Greenwood might just be the best bassist in the world right now, but because of the instrument he plays there isn’t the instant ‘Oh my goodness’ quality to his contribution within Radiohead.

Ed O’Brien is the band’s second guitarist and often gets stuck with some of the non-guitar parts and is used in such ways that make a Radiohead song as enjoyable to listen to on the 150th time as the first.

And then you have Phil Selway, who is a talented drummer, but takes a back seat to the other four members of his band. Selway is the unheralded member of Radiohead, in charge of keeping time in order for Greenwood and Yorke to add their unique brilliance to each song. Selway is also the least heard-from member of the band and somebody I’m absolutely fascinated with.

Selway is currently in the process of releasing a new record called Familial in which he brances off from Radiohead in order to work as a solo artist and release a record of songs completely different from what his core fanbase knows him for.

The Radiohead drummer is currently in the process of promoting his solo record and, as a result, recently talked to US Magazine…

US: OK. This record has the same brooding vibe; it’s got the darkness to it but very poetic at the same time. How is it different from the stuff that you’ve done with Radiohead?

PS: I suppose if you’re suggesting musically on the whole, Radiohead operates on a much larger picture, if you like. Musically, there is a lot of space and you have these delicate layers, delicate detailed layers all on top of each other, and in the middle of that I suppose there’s me, which is a different side of me from what’s emerged in Radiohead. It filled something that is identifying me in there, which I don’t think would be a very appropriate thing for me to do in Radiohead.

US: Do you like being front and center as opposed being in the back with the drums?

PS: It’s something I’m learning about, really. It has its fun moments. It certainly sheds a different light on yourself as well. That whole sense of actually moving on and learning more about yourself, yeah. It’s a good process to go through. It’s all part of the same grand plan, isn’t it? From a performance point of view, it’s all stagecraft; it’s just learning a different kind of stagecraft.

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With an increasing splinter in today’s TV, it’s a good year for the Emmys when they just match what they did the previous year.

Behind that logic, the 2010 Primetime Emmys must feel good that the Jimmy Fallon-hosted show matched 2009’s ratings with 13.5 million people watching small (but breathtaking) cable shows like Breaking Bad and Mad Men take home the biggest awards of the night.

One of the biggest things that helped the Emmys’ ratings was the move to August, which meant less serious competition from other programs, specifically regular season Sunday Night Football.

The NY Times has the details…

In the ever-more-fragmented world of television, that’s a victory for NBC. About 13.5 million viewers tuned in, according to the preliminary data, up just 32,000 viewers from last year’s telecast.

Those extra tens of thousands are enough to make Mr. Fallon’s Emmys the “top-scoring Emmy Awards in total viewers in four years,” NBC said, if the preliminary numbers hold, that is. The awards sank to an all-time low of 12.2 million viewers in 2008.

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Oprah Winfrey will end her talk show next September after 25 years and is planning on going out in a big way.

Winfrey is reportedly already planning a star-studded end to The Oprah Winfrey Show and is also planning on shooting her final show in an open-air football stadium.

At the moment, the stadium that would make the most sense for Winfrey would be Chicago’s Soldier Field. The Bears’ home stadium holds 61,500 people and is just minutes away from Winfrey’s Chicago home and where she shoots her talk show.

How do you like this idea?

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Ushered in almost immediately after The Strokes broke worldwide, The Libertines were one of Britain’s most well-known rock acts until they split up in 2004 after just two albums.

The band, led by Pete Doherty, has reunited for the 2010 Reading and Leeds festival and, once the festival concludes Sunday evening, they will decide whether this was a one-off experience or if they will stay reunited for additional shows.

“I think that decision will actually come at that point of time,” drummer Gary Powell said before adding that the band “would love to continue doing this”, if the shows are on par with what The Libertines did from 2001-2004.

One of the main reasons for the band’s breakup was in-fighting between frontman Doherty and Carl Barat. Barat spoke before the show and assured the band’s fans that he and Doherty are getting along as fine as ever.

“As people, we’re the same as ever,” he said. “It’s like gentle fires are warming the corridors of our hearts that have been cold since the splitting up.”

Stay tuned.

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Limp Bizkit haven’t been around in a while. After becoming one of the most popular bands in the world in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the band suffered from infighting and the popularity of the “New Rock Revolution” led by The Strokes.

Fred Durst and company disappeared during the majority of the 2000s, but have started to resurface recently, including this weekend at Leeds Festival.

Limp Bizkit played the mainstage at the English festival, opening for Cypress Hill. They played a small setlist that included hits “Faith” and “Rollin”. Expect YouTube videos of the concert to be posted later tonight.

For now, here’s the setlist…

‘Rollin’ (Air Raid Vehicle)’
‘My Generation’
‘Livin’ It Up’
‘Eat You Alive’
‘My Way’
‘Break Stuff’
‘Take A Look Around’
‘Faith’

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Billy Joel has signed off on an all Joel-episode of Glee, the legendary singer recently told Access Hollywood.

The announcement came as Hollywood, as many TMZ-type celebrity shows are wont to do now, got to talking about Glee.

Joel was nonchalant about the decision to have an all Joel-episode of the breakout Fox program…

Have you ever seen ‘Glee’?” Shaun asked.

“Yeah,” Billy confirmed.

“Would you sign off on a ‘Glee’ episode of Billy Joel?” she continued.

“I already have,” Billy confirmed, breaking news about the hit FOX show.

“So, have they started the process?” Shaun asked.

“I have no idea. All I know is I said, ‘Yeah! Go ahead. Use my stuff,’” Billy revealed. “I was in a chorus when I was in high school, why not?”

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Sandra Bullock, as you may have heard from the hoards of media who reported on the story, was cheated on by her ex-husband Jesse James.

The was incredibly embarrassing for Bullock and, as you might have guessed, she has barely been seen out and about in Los Angeles and has not done any on-air interviews.

That will all change Tuesday when Bullock visits The Today Show and speaks with Matt Lauer in New Orleans.

Bullock is currently spending a good deal of time in Louisiana with her adopted son Louis, who she adopted just before the news broke about James’ affair.

So be sure to tune in if this interests you. Or check back for excerpts.

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Tiger Woods allegedly had affairs with 17 different women while he was married to his wife.

Woods brought Elin Nordegren, the mother of his two children, through miles of public embarressment over the last year and, unsurprisingly, Nordegren has filed for divorce.

The couple announced their decision on Woods’ website Monday…

We are sad that our marriage is over and we wish each other the very best for the future. While we are no longer married, we are the parents of two wonderful children and their happiness has been, and will always be, of paramount importance to both of us. Once we came to the decision that our marriage was at an end, the primary focus of our amicable discussions has been to ensure their future well-being. The weeks and months ahead will not be easy for them as we adjust to a new family situation, which is why our privacy must be a principal concern.

Woods is back on the golf course today.

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