Dancing with the Stars

The Queen of Soul is set to perform on the show tonight, but sources there tell TMZ Aretha has quite the list of demands. Among them, we're told Aretha has requested the air conditioning be turned off whenever she sings and we're also told she was adamant about switching up her song at the last minute ... but even if it is "diva" behavior, does it really matter?

Note to "DWTS" staff -- she's ARETHA FRANKLIN. She can do whatever the hell she wants.

Now somebody go get her a big mac.

The kid bro of "Dancing with the Stars" -- Cody Linley -- has gone from boy wonder to ... oh boy.

"Perhaps there was a touch of the diva there all the time," a show staffer tells the Chicago Sun-Times. "But it sure has come to the surface now -- in a major way. He's always whining about something or someone." As for reports of on-set boozing or happy hands, sources say it isn't so.

There must be something in the bronzer over at "Dancing with the Stars."

Multiple sources tell TMZ dancing pro Kym Johnson now has an injured shoulder, but it won't keep her from performing tonight.

It's unclear how she hurt it, but it may require surgery down the road.

Julianne Hough just blogged her management wanted her to lie about her medical condition.

Hough says: "It turned out I ruptured a cyst that was on my ovary." But she claims "my management and the other people around me were trying to think of something else I could say that was wrong with me, but I was like, don't worry. I want to be a good role model."

TMZ has learned Julianne Hough will announce tomorrow the ailment that sent her to the emergency room last week was more than a stomach ache -- it's an ovarian cyst.

We're told she will have surgery to remove the cyst and that she'll have her appendix taken out at the same time (unrelated to the cyst).

No word on when the surgery will take place or if Julianne will remain on the show this season.

UPDATE: Julianne's official site now says: "Julianne Hough, Mercury Nashville recording artist and two time 'Dancing with the Stars' champion has been diagnosed with Endometriosis and will be undergoing minor surgery to remove her appendix. Hough experienced mild stomach pains last week and was taken to Cedars Sinai medical center. After consulting with her doctor, this course of treatment was recommended. Hough will address the surgery on Monday night's 'Dancing with the Stars' where she'll perform with celebrity partner Cody Linley.

Mark Ballas might want to forget how to do the Paso Doble and start remembering where he parks.

Ballas, one of the pros from "Dancing With the Stars," was leaving a mall in Glendale, Calif. on Saturday after giving away free dancing lessons. When he couldn't find his car, he reported it stolen to mall security, who in turn contacted the police. Cops searched, eventually finding a car matching its description...going after it lights and sirens blazing -- but it wasn't Mark's ride.

"Dancing with the Stars" staffers are falling over each other to slam the show's grande dame Cloris Leachman.

Snitches tell the Chicago Sun-Times everyone from Susan Lucci to Samantha Harris has had enough of Cloris' "obnoxious schtick" and there are "deep concerns" she's driving viewers away. Lucci is "outraged" Cloris has made it this far.

Sources tell TMZ Julianne Hough from "Dancing with the Stars" has been rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after having severe stomach pains backstage.

We're told she complained of stomach pains all day, but after her performance they became unbearable.

Shannon Elizabeth is harboring a killer! Well, not exactly. But her dog did kill a poor defenseless puppy.

Try to follow this one. Derek Hough's mom blogged that one of Shannon's four dogs killed her daughter Katherine's maltese teacup puppy. Shannon tried to make amends by giving Derek's sis a rescue "replacement" pup.

Turns out this is a big no-no in the animal activist world -- which Shannon should know, since she founded her own dog rescue org.

Now here's the kicker. Katherine Hough has 86'd the pup and given it to her "DWTS" sis Julianne. But Julianne can't keep the dog so she's looking for a new home on her own blog.

The guy who recently got a black eye from his daughter and her BF -- he says everything is great now -- is furious that he got dissed by "Dancing with the Stars," and now he's taking out his anger on some poor Sapp ... named Warren.