You may find the idea of rebooting Dirty Dancing sacrilegious, but Jennifer Grey says she’s actually fine with another actress commandeering her watermelon. “I love @Kennyortega and trust that he will do something special #DirtyDancingRemake,” Grey Tweeted, adding, “Blown away by all of the love expressed for #DirtyDancing. Makes me want to see it again. So grateful to have been a part of it.” [USA Today]
Friday Night Lights‘ LaMarcus Tinker has been cast as Mercedes’ boyfriend on Glee. [E!]
Dianna Agron looks awesome on the new cover of Cosmo. Inside she says, “It’s really sad looking at people like Lindsay Lohan. She’s an amazing actress, but you see what happens when people know too much about your personal life … They start not being able to look at you the same way professionally. I don’t want that to happen to me.” [ONTD]
For those of you missing your weekly dose of Santana, there are gorgeous shots of Naya Rivera from InStyle at the link. [ONTD]
In an interview with the New York Times, Alec Baldwin announced that he won’t be running for mayor of NYC anytime soon because he has to finish filming 30 Rock and plans to enroll in school in 2012. We can’t wait until a shot of Alec sleeping through a lecture surfaces online. [N.Y. Mag]
Lol. We’re supposed to believe that Blake Lively used the dating book The Rules to “hook” Leonardo DiCaprio. Do people still read that? Is there a chapter about how many days to wait before accepting an invitation to party on a yacht? [Daily Mail]
- Mark-Paul Gosselaar is engaged to advertising executive Catriona McGinn, dashing our hopes for a real life Zack/Kelly romance. [People]
- Congratulations are in order: Viola Davis and her husband Julius Tennon are in the process of adopting a baby. Tennon has two children from a previous relationship, and this will be their first child together. [HR]
- We interrupt Dirt Bag to bring you this important update: Sienna Miller has dyed her hair pink. [Us]
- More proof that kids are the worst: Rebecca Black was getting teased so much that her mother pulled her out of school and started homeschooling her. [TMZ]
- Justin Bieber says he’s never heard the rumors about his bratty behavior. “I don’t think you should believe everything you hear … people make stuff up all the time,” he says. “Supposedly I’m dead today … that’s the rumor.” [TMZ]
- George Lopez‘s TBS talk show has been canceled. Some are blaming Conan O’Brien for pushing Lopez Tonight to midnight, but the show had such dismal ratings that if anything Team Coco should have given Lopez a bump. [N.Y. Mag]
- In an interview about her Material Girl brand, Lourdes Leon says she and Madonna don’t always agree on fashion. “Every day. … I will be like, ‘Mom, you can’t wear that.’ Or she will be like, ‘Lola, you can’t wear that.’ A lot of the time we don’t listen to each other, but sometimes we do.” Lola, we will never tire of these adorable tales from your mom’s walk-in closet. [AP]
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