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Now that the lineup of celebs for the fifth season of Dancing With the Stars has been announced, I’m sure everyone’s been racing to get into leotard shape. (Especially since the show broadcasts in HD!) That explains why Melanie Brown’s been looking so fab lately—shockingly, those tabloid reports that Posh had forced her fellow Spice Girls to get skinny were false. I’m rooting for Mel B this season, by the way; she’s got the dance background and DWS vet Maksim as her partner. But to get the edge, she might also want to steal these diet tips from two-time champ Cheryl Burke.

I think there’s been a full moon in Hollywood for about two weeks straight. Case in point: What’s the last thing you read about Paris Hilton? The correct answer is nothing, because everyone else has gone so completely bonkers. Between Owen Wilson’s tragic suicide attempt, Amy Winehouse’s claw-baring foot chase, and the three musical atrocities that Britney leaked online this week, I’m sort of on gossip overload. So it’s a relief to read about someone acting normal for a change.

It always amazes me when celebs go on detox diets. I mean, when you subsist on frappuccinos and do two hours of yoga a day, how many toxins can you really be harboring? Probably not enough to warrant eating cabbage for a week straight. Come to think of it, I’m not sure there’s any reason to eat cabbage soup, ever.

Apparently Nick Carter is still famous. I mean, there’s a countdown clock running on the Backstreet Boys’ official website, counting the minutes until they unleash their “new beginning.” But isn’t there an upper limit on the number of comebacks you can make? And isn’t it one? Either way, I will admit that Nick has whipped himself into shape recently. I guess when you’re trying to break the world record for comebacks, it helps if you’re not a bloated mess.