Fortunately, those La Toya Jackson rumors will not become a reality. While Michael’s sister admits she was asked to appear on season nine of Dancing with the Stars , she told Access Hollywood this week that it didn’t feel like a proper thing to do. “I’ve been approached to do Dancing With the Stars ,” Jackson said. “The fact of the matter is, I won’t be doing it, simply because of the circumstances that (are) going on at the moment.” There are no circumstances surrounding Beth Ostrosky, however.

Thus says the Judge in the Howard K. Stern’s libel suit against an Anna Nicole Smith biographer. Rita Cosby wrote in Blonde Ambition: The Untold Story Behind Anna Nicole Smith’s Death that Stern, Smith’s former lover, was gay, which Stern considered libelous: U.S. District Judge Denny Chin ruled the defamation case could proceed on 11 of the statements. Chin dismissed Stern’s claims that statements implying he was homosexual were defamatory, although he acknowledged that gays and lesbians still suffered prejudice.

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Phew. La Toya Jackson has come to her senses. Following rumors that the entertainer might exploit her brother’s death and go Dancing with the Stars, La Toya told Access Hollywood that this wouldn’t be the case. “I’ve been approached to do‘Dancing With the Stars. The fact of the matter is, I won’t be doing it, simply because of the circumstances that (are) going on at the moment.” While Jackson is out, another interesting competitor might be in.