Gossip / Rumors

Janet Jackson has already bailed on ten concerts since Sept. 29, and now it looks like the rest of the dominoes could fall as well.

She's also going to pull out of shows in DC, Jersey, and Atlanta this week, reports the New York Post, and a source says Ms. Jackson "should cancel all her dates now." All the cancellations have been very last minute.

So there's a rumor out there that Kim Kardashian may be back on "Dancing with the Stars" after Misty May tapped out with an Achilles tendon injury.

Here's what we know. Kim is flying back from New Orleans tomorrow. Our source in the know says she's coming home "to meet with ABC execs about her future with the show."

Here's the weird part: We're told KK's partner, Mark Ballas, has not been contacted about coming back.

For the second time in about a week, the paps spotted Jimmy Kimmel out with his ex, Sarah Silverman. The two say they're "just friends" -- but do friends put their hand where Jimmy's looks like it is?

After a family brawl left former WWE legend Ric Flair with a black eye and his daughter tased by police, wrestling blogs have been laying the Smackdown on TMZ.

Wrestling fans are buzzing that our stories put the kibosh on an endorsement The Nature Boy had with Coke. Whoa Nelly! Flair never had an endorsement with Coke -- at least that's what Flair's peeps say.

But think about Flair doing a concealer ad for Revlon. Now you're talkin ...

And speaking of pissed off ... we got her at Universal Studios Hollywood -- Disney will love that.

If voting were up to the cast and crew of "DWTS" -- we're told Warren Sapp would be the first one to go.

Our spies at "DWTS" tell TMZ Sapp may have big personality when the cameras are rolling, but his big head and man-diva attitude are causing problems behind the scenes.

We're told Sapp talks down to everybody (especially the guy dancers and production assistants), yells at people and consistently walks out of rehearsals with partner Kym Johnson.

Move ovah, Shannon Elizabeth!

Let the rumors of dating, marriage and inevitable breakup begin.

Super-producer Swizz Beatz is splitting with his wife -- but it's not Alicia Keys' fault. So he says.

We've seen Swizz and Alicia out all over the place getting real cozy, but Alicia insists to US Weekly she's not "in any way linked" to his decision to separate. Swizz claims estranged wife Mashonda is trying to smear Alicia.

More on Lynne Spears so-called "tell all" book about Britney. Lynne supposedly says a few days before Brit went completely mental, Sam Lutfi said, "If you try to get rid of me, she'll be dead and I'll piss on her grave."

Here's the deal. That story has already been told and, by the way, it's true. Lutfi even told us what he meant was that no one cared about Britney and she'd be dead without him. And, for the record, we never bought Lufti's story.

As for the London Sun getting an advanced copy of Lynne Spears' book -- something's rotten in Denmark. The Sun has said the book claims Britney lost her virginity at 14 and started taking drugs at 15, etc. etc. We're told none of that appears in the book and it's more about Lynne being a heroic mom. For the record, we're not buying that either.

According to the DrudgeReport.com, members of Oprah's sharply-divided staff are putting serious pressure on the talk show queen to book the first woman on a Republican ticket -- but not everybody is on-board.

A Winfrey insider tells Drudge, "Oprah's website is getting tons of requests to put her on, but Oprah and a couple of her top people are adamantly against it because of Obama."

But after Sarah's star-making coming-out party, how can Oprah NOT book her? Decisions... decisions...

So far, O's peeps refused to comment.

While Bynum claimed to be 100%, watch the video closely -- was he grasping for his keys or checking on his bum knees?

A string of bad luck -- including two deaths -- has the staff at the "Dr. Phil" show wondering if their set is cursed.

Sources close to the production tell TMZ in the last few months two employees of the show have passed away and two others suffered medical emergencies. We're told one staffer recently died of cancer, while a young intern who had strep throat was dead by the end of the week. Our sources also tell us the wife of an editor recently suffered a family tragedy, while a producer suffered a concussion and a broken arm while on the Paramount Studios set of the daytime talk show.

Our sources say Phil and other execs have been trying to retool the show for the new upcoming season and that has some staffers feeling the bad luck may be a sign they should leave well enough alone. We're told Phil held a staff meeting this past Friday where he addressed the recent sad turn of events and attempted to boost the crew's morale.

Halle showed off her accessorized limb after lunching in L.A. on Thursday.

After two failed marriages, Halle has publicly said she would not make another trip down the aisle. Then again she'd be crazy not to make an honest man out of her gorgeous baby daddy Gabriel Aubry.