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Bristol Palin Going Rogue, Writing Book

304 pages of what, exactly?

(Newser) - It might be something like War & Peace or The Call of the Wild, except with more dancing and belated abstinence, but a new literary Wasillan has gone rogue. Amazon has a pre-order page for a 304-page Bristol Palin memoir, set to be released in September by HarperCollins. Gawker 's...

Palins Trying to Trademark Names

Bristol, Sarah having some issues with their applications, though

(Newser) - Books, TV shows, radio gigs: The Palins are already a brand, so is it any surprise they're looking to trademark the family name? Applications were filed last year by the Palins' lawyer to trademark "Sarah Palin" and "Bristol Palin," reports Politics Daily , but there are a few...

Bristol Offered Arizona Radio Show
Bristol Offered
Arizona Radio Show
Jan 7, 2011 10:08 AM CST

Bristol Offered Arizona Radio Show

Co-hosting gig no joke, says station

(Newser) - Bristol Palin has conquered television ... now on to radio? Phoenix radio station Mix 96.9 has asked Bristol to co-host a morning show, KPHO reports. "Bristol's outlook on life is probably different from mine, and that contrast could be interesting to listen to," said her potential co-host. It’...

Arizona's Newest Resident: Bristol Palin

She pays cash for 5-bedroom foreclosure, no pool

(Newser) - Maybe Sarah Palin's Alaska is getting a tad too brisk this December, because Bristol Palin is taking her dancing shoes and heading to snowbird central, reports the Arizona Republic. The ex-governor's eldest daughter has bought a 5-bedroom house in Maricopa, plunking down $172,000 in cash. The house mirrors the...

Bristol Slams Margaret Cho for DWTS Claims

No one forced her to do the show, she insists

(Newser) - Bristol Palin decided to compete on Dancing With the Stars because she wanted to try something new—and, she writes on Facebook , because she thought it would be good exercise. "Notably absent from this calculus were political considerations," she says in a post that refutes fellow contestant Margaret...

Sarah Made Bristol Do DWTS
 Sarah Made 
 Bristol Do DWTS 
says margaret cho
Dec 2, 2010 10:01 AM CST

Sarah Made Bristol Do DWTS

It's all part of a plot to get Palin on the 2012 ticket, apparently

(Newser) - Bristol Palin was forced to do Dancing With the Stars as a plot to make "America ... fall in love with" her mom again, writes fellow competitor Margaret Cho in a blog post that's gaining steam. "I heard from someone who really should know (really should seriously know the...

What Bristol's DWTS Run Says About Our Politics

Supposedly, there's no static majority—but Palin found one

(Newser) - Bristol Palin's near-win on Dancing With the Stars is just another example of the fact that, in the US, "the spoils, perhaps more often than we like to think, go not to the majority (remember Al Gore?) but to the most fervent minority," writes Neal Gabler on Politico...

Jennifer Grey Wins Dancing WIth the Stars
 Jennifer Grey Wins 
 Dancing WIth the Stars 
3rd PLace for Bristol
Nov 24, 2010 12:01 AM CST

Jennifer Grey Wins Dancing WIth the Stars

Bristol Palin comes in 3rd amid voting glitches

(Newser) - Jennifer Grey overcame the competition—and an alleged Tea Party conspiracy —to become the 11th champion of Dancing With the Stars. The 50-year-old beat Bristol Palin, who finished third, and Kyle Massey to win the mirror ball, the AP reports. "I didn't think I was going to compete...

Bristol Palin Comes in Last, Again

 Bristol Palin 
 Comes in 
 Last, Again 
dwts finals
Nov 23, 2010 5:20 AM CST

Bristol Palin Comes in Last, Again

Not that that's ever made a difference before...

(Newser) - Surprising probably no one, Bristol Palin came in last once again during last night's Dancing With the Stars finals. Her jive got her a score of 27 and her freestyle a 25—but at least the freestyle involved an entertaining sequence with Palin dancing in a cage. Jennifer Grey came...

Bristol 'Sorry' for Willow's Gay Slurs

But right-wing gay group supports Willow

(Newser) - Bristol Palin has apologized, sort of, for the gay slurs her sister posted on Facebook after a schoolmate criticized their mom's reality show. "Willow and I shouldn't have reacted to negative comments about our family. We apologize.," wrote Bristol on Facebook. Her contrition was somewhat tempered by her...

DWTS Mired in 'Bristolgate'
 DWTS Mired in 'Bristolgate' 
Nov 18, 2010 5:15 AM CST

DWTS Mired in 'Bristolgate'

ABC swears safeguards prevent vote fraud

(Newser) - The brouhaha over the recent vote isn't going away, and we're not talking midterm elections—but dancing. Bristol Palin's head-scratching elevation to the finals of Dancing With the Stars is still triggering outraged cries of indignation and vote-rigging (and a blasted TV set ), with several critics charging that Tea...

Palin Rips Reality TV Contestants in New Book

American Idol participants suffer from 'cult of self-esteem'

(Newser) - Sarah Palin's new book comes out next week, and leaked excerpts from America By Heart have made their way from anti-Palin blog Palingates to the "lamestream media." The book is part memoir, part manifesto, and while some of Palin's targets—including Levi Johnston, whose rise to fame was...

Man Enraged by Dancing Bristol Shoots TV

... and then engages in a 15-hour standoff with police

(Newser) - You may have wanted to shoot your television as you watched Bristol Palin, inexplicably, continue to advance on Dancing With the Stars ... but one guy actually pulled the trigger. Steven N. Cowan, 66, was watching the show with his wife Monday when he got so angry at Palin's appearance that...

Willow Palin Posts Gay Slurs on Facebook

Willow calls a schoolmate who dissed mom's show a f**got

(Newser) - Willow Palin just made a sort of political debut on Facebook—and it wasn't a pretty sight. TMZ has screenshots that apparently show the16-year-old daughter of Sarah posting gay slurs directed to a schoolmate who attacked her mom's new reality series. "Your so gay," Willow snapped on Facebook,...

Bristol Palin Reaches DWTS Finals
 Bristol Palin 
 Reaches 
 DWTS 
 Finals 
tea party conspiracy?
Nov 17, 2010 12:01 AM CST

Bristol Palin Reaches DWTS Finals

But it's due, at least in part, to Tea Party's cheating tactics

(Newser) - The Tea Party's favorite dancer has made it through to the final of Dancing With the Stars, overcoming another round of low scores from the judges with the help of votes from fans. Singer Brandy Norwood was eliminated despite earning a perfect score for her Argentine tango on Monday, the...

Bristol Pitches Abstinence —With The Situation

Oscar-worthy, it's not

(Newser) - It's the pairing America's been waiting for: Bristol Palin and The Situation star in a new pro-abstinence ad, notes the Huffington Post . With lines like, "Abstinence has the word abs in it," the PSA is "excruciating," says the Vulture blog at New York. "Extremely awkward,...

Bristol Palin 'Dancing With the Stars' Video: Waltz, Paso Doble Earn Her Highest Scores Yet (But She's Still in Last Place)
 Bristol Snags 
 Highest Score Yet 
'dwts' semifinals
Nov 16, 2010 8:06 AM CST

Bristol Snags Highest Score Yet

Even so, she still lands in last place

(Newser) - Even with her best score yet, Bristol Palin still couldn't stay out of last place on Dancing With the Stars. The semifinals—yes, shockingly, Palin made it all the way to the top four—started last night, and the teen mom scored 27 out of 30 for her paso doble...

Bristol Survives On Dancing With the Stars
 Bristol 
 Survives 
 on DWTS 
Nov 10, 2010 12:08 AM CST

Bristol Survives on DWTS

Kurt Warner eliminated ahead of semi-finals

(Newser) - Bristol Palin has made it through to the semi-finals of Dancing With the Stars despite her tango with Mark Ballas having tied for the lowest score. Palin—amid suggestions that her survival is due to politically motivated voting —once again escaped elimination as viewer votes overcame low scores, Bloomberg...

Dancin' Bristol Has Actually Gained Weight

She's getting a lot of exercise, but also eating a lot of junk food, says friend

(Newser) - Perhaps you’ve found yourself watching Dancing With the Stars and thinking, How is it that even with all that dancing, Bristol Palin hasn’t lost any weight? Well, it’s not just your imagination or that awful monkey suit : Bristol has actually managed to pack on 15 pounds during...

Conservative Plot Eyed in Bristol's Dancing Survival

GOP support may be compensating for subpar dancing

(Newser) - Bristol Palin's consistent victories on Dancing With the Stars despite some less-than-stellar performances causes Benjy Sarlin at the Daily Beast to wonder: "Is a right-wing conspiracy afoot, designed to keep Sarah's daughter on prime time?" Bristol has consistently beaten celebrities with higher marks than her, Sarlin notes, suspecting that...

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