The Bachelorette’s Emily Maynard should be with Jef, according to Ali Fedotowsky. Emily Maynard seemed especially smitten by single dads Doug and Tony on Monday’s Bachelorette premiere, but former ABC leading lady Ali Fedotowsky says it’s Jef who’s a better match. “I am loving Jef with one F!” Fedotowsky, ABC’s 2010 Bachelorette, told Us Weekly at a Los Angeles viewing party Monday. “I just think he is spunky and I want to be friends with him!”

Having given Brad Womack’s ex Maynard advice before she began her search for love in Charlotte, N.C., Fedotowsky tells Us that Jef fits Maynard’s profile of her ideal guy. “She says she likes guys who are tattooed and a little more on the rougher side,” explains the newly-single Fedotwsky. “Jef could possibly be [a frontrunner] because he seems like he’s a little funky, a little different and I think she’d like that.”

Fedotowsky — who split from her Bachelorette love match Roberto Martinez in November 2011 — also raved about race car driver Arie and single father Doug, who had his 11-year-old son write Maynard a note introducing his dad.

“Whoever ends up with Emily is going to end up with a kid. They need to know that and the great thing about Doug is that he has a child. He knows what it’s about and he obviously has a good relationship with his son based on the letter that he wrote Emily, so I think that’s going to be huge for her!”

Eliminating six guys at the end of Monday’s premiere, Maynard seemed optimistic with her remaining suitors. “You all have exceeded my expectations a million times over and I’m really confident that it can work out this time,” she told the men after Monday’s rose ceremony.

Dancing with the Stars “All-Star” version will be airing, old contestants will return. Dancing with the Stars will be bringing back contestants from past years for an “All-Star” edition of the competition series in the fall. Mario Lopez let the cat out of the bag last month, and at the ABC network upfront presentation on Tuesday, it was announced for real.

“We can’t talk about the casting yet, but I’d love to see some of the fan favorites from the past seasons come back,” said ABC entertainment president Paul Lee. “We’re out casting now, and I hope we come in with a really interesting cast of people who our audience is passionate about.” Click Here to Continue Reading »

Britney Spears and Demi Lovato officially join The X Factor panel, photo. The two were introduced as the newest members of the music competition’s judges panel at the FOX upfront event in New York. They were joined by creator and fellow creator Simon Cowell, as well as judge L.A. Reid.

Spears tweeted a photo of the four judges posing together at the event and said, “I am so excited about this.” She was also quoted as saying, “It’s going to be so much fun and so different from anything I’ve ever done.” Cowell tweeted, “Can’t believe it’s finally happened. Very exciting!” Click Here to Continue Reading »

The Celebrity Apprentice fires Aubrey O’Day. Donald Trump began The Celebrity Apprentice on Sunday by telling the final three contestants, Clay Aiken, Arsenio Hall, and Aubrey O’Day, that at this point “there are no losers.” Still, one needed to be cut at the beginning of the program.

Trump asked each why they should be spared, but after they made their cases, the mogul told O’Day, “You have great beauty and great intelligence… You’re going to have a fantastic career,” are ultimately she was fired. Now Aiken and Hall have to duke it out against each other. The two were then tasked with putting together a celebrity charity event, and whoever does the best job will win the Celebrity Apprentice crown. Click Here to Continue Reading »

Kourtney “Kardashian Effect” makes Mason the #2 baby name for boys, video below. The Social Security Administration just released its annual Top Baby Names list for kids born in 2011 — and Kourtney Kardashian may have had a major impact. While Jacob remains the #1 boys name for the thirteenth straight year, Mason has shot all the way up to #2.

On the Today Show, Social Security commissioner Michael Astrue noted that the “Kardashian Effect” could account for the name’s new popularity. Kourtney Kardashian, of course, named her son Mason in 2009. There’s been “a lot of reality tv effect the last couple years,” said Astrue. Click Here to Continue Reading »