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Adam Lambert will return to the American Idol stage this season.

A few hours after Allison Iraheta and Kris Allen performed for fans, Lambert Tweeted today:

“Yes, I have been booked on Idol! Can’t reveal the date yet but it’s a ways off… So excited. Kris and Allison were awesome last night.”

They sure were. But Lambert’s debut album sold the most copies of any season eight finalist and his appearance later this year is sure to draw huge ratings.

But which competitors will still be around to see him? Our money is on Andrew Garcia, Casey James, Didi Benami or Crystal Bowersox to walk away with the season nine crown. What do you think?

On Monday, ABC will announce the new cast of Dancing with the Stars. It will only be comprised of 11 celebrities, which means a few professionals won’t return to the competition.

Foremost among them? Karina Smirnoff.

While the brunette beauty won’t be seen on camera, she’ll be “helping with choreography,” a source told E! News. “It’s just going to be behind the scenes.”

Added another insider: “She’s always been choreographing for the show. She’s a big part of the result shows. She’s like family there.”

The family will shrink a bit in season ten, however, as Lacey Schwimmer and Jonathon Roberts also haven’t been invited back. One of these sources said the decisions to axe long-time contributors “wasn’t easy,” but:

“Producers cut people based on the celebrities and who they’d be a good match with.”

So far, the only set of breasts name to have been leaked as part of the new cast is Pamela Anderson. She ought to make for a bouncy, poorly-dressed competitor.

He may use the most pejorative word possible when discussing African-Americans, and he may screw and tell, but John Mayer swears: he’s not an a$$hole.

As he continues to try and make amends for his racist, homophobic interview with Playboy, the singer announced to the crowd at a NYC concert this week:

“I hate to come off like an a–hole ever, and thank you guys for believing that I am not an a–hole. Never, ever in my entire life did I ever think that it would be a good idea to be an a–hole. But you know what? There’s plenty of a–holes who think the same thing, so I have to thank you.”

What? Even when he tries to apologize, he sounds like a moron. Plus, John, we never said you were an a–hole. We said you were a douchebag.

Mayer added that “it’s a clean me now, people, clean me.”

He then Tweeted to fans that attended his show, citing the bad weathe: “MSG crowd, will you tweet me when you get home safe? It’s bad out. Oh and HOLY SHNIKES. You were unreal tonight.”

HOLY SHNIKES, indeed. Mayer is annoying.

Kris Jenner doesn’t seem to think Scott Disick is a good boyfriend because he’s a lazy, aimless individual.

Celebrity gossip tabloids claim that Kourtney Kardashian and her baby’s father barely even speak, faking their relationship for the camera.

So, what does Kim Kardashian think of her sister’s man?

“He’s always at home helping Kourtney,” she says to Us Weekly in the latest issue. “[The baby] has for sure brought them closer… Scott is so attentive to him. Mason has contributed to Scott growing up a lot.”

While not exactly offering effusive praise, Bruce Jenner seems to be a bigger fan of Scott than his wife at least. He tells the magazine:

“Scott is still a work in a progress, don’t get me wrong. But he’s coming through.”

That’s reflected above. Disick has learned from the Kardashians how to pretend as though a photographer just happened to catch you in the act of living your life. We’re guessing he’s also learned how to cash the check written out for this photo.

Is the speculation over? Is Mezhgan Hussainy set to be Mrs. Simon Cowell?

Radar Online does not offer any direct quotes on the rumor, but the website says Hussainy herself told its vice president that she was engaged to the American Idol judge.

Earlier this week, during a simple, sweet, candid moment on the show, Ryan Seacrest asked Simon who he kept winking to in the audience and Cowell replied: “My girlfriend.”

Says Simon’s publicist, Max Clifford:

“They are very suited. She is someone who is independent and says what she thinks and feels, and he likes that. He’s probably the happiest I have ever known him in the nine years I’ve been working with him.”

Hussainy works as a make-up artist on American Idol. Assuming she really is engaged to Cowell, insiders say a wedding may take place in the very near future. We wish these two the best!