…chock full of surprises, if I do say so myself.  Just a short while ago ABC announced their new cast members for their 14th Season of Dancing With The Stars. Can you believe it’s been on that long? And once again, they’ve done a good job at selecting a variety of participants:

• Donald Driver, wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers
• Gladys Knight, legendary soul singer
• Jaleel White, actor of Family Matters fame (I hope no one drops tired “Did I do that?” jokes… *side-eye*)
• Sherri Shepherd, host of The View

Just those few alone and enough to get me interested!  Check out the rest of the lineup, when you continue… Continue Reading →

Rap mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is set to start his own cable channel.  Revolt is going to be a music-oriented channel, that should go toe-to-toe against bigwigs MTV and VH1, according to The NY Times.  Looking to start by the end of the year, the channel will feature music programming and news shows, under the influence of social networking site.  So I guess, for instance, if it’s hot on Twitter, they’ll feature it.

That COULD be a good idea for some awesome musicians who lack mainstream exposure.  But with Diddy, you never know which way things will go.  He seems to have some A.D.D. when he takes on new projects and acts.  I mean, Diddy Dirty Money was supposed to change the game and about a year later, they were done.  And let’s not go through his list of OTHER acts that have fell off by the wayside. However, if you want to catch his channel, you need to make sure you have the correct cable provider. Continue Reading →