Kim is paired up with professional dancer Derek Hough … and they will face 12 other pairs of contestants when the next season of Dancing with the Stars hits the airwaves next month. After the jump, check out the rest of the promo pics of this seasons stars and their professional dancing partners …

Here we have Belinda Carlisle and Jonathan Roberts, Cheryl Burke and Gilles Marini, Kym Johnson and David Alan Grier, Lacey Schwimmer and Stephen Glover (Steve-O), Karina Smirnoff and Steve Wozniak, Chelsie Hightower and Ty Murray:

And here we have Jewel and Dmitry Chaplin, Edyta Sliwinska and Lawrence Taylor, Julianne Hough and Chuck Wicks, Shawn Johnson and Mark Ballas, Nancy O’Dell and Tony Dovolani, Denise Richards and Maksim Chmerkovskiy:

Clearly, the DWTS Photoshopper is really fond of using the lens flare tool on these promo pics … which gives that cheese effect in each of the photos. Meh, when in Rome, I suppose. While I am really rooting for Lil’ Kim to win it all I am also loving that Belinda Carlisle is in competition this season … tho, I fear that they cast her as the elder contestant a la Cloris Leachman last season — OUCH! On the celeb man front, I think I’ll throw my support behind French actor Gilles Marini. I really became a big fan of his after seeing him in the Sex and the City Movie last Spring … I woudn’t mind rooting for him. Are any of y’all excited for this new season? Will you be watching the show this time around? If so, who are YOU supporting to win it all?

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As you can see in the photos, the party took place before Tori gave birth to her second child Stella Doreen on June 10th but these pics from Liam’s birthday party have never been seen before. Tori planned the fête herself and I understand that no expense was spared to ensure that the party was as phat as possible … hello, the monkey birthday cake is bigger than Liam is — and he’s a big boy! Now that we know that Tori Spelling will eventually be returning to 90210 as Donna Martin on the new CW TV show later on this Fall, my interest in her has been renewed. I’ve been hearing from a few Pink readers that Tori and Dean’s show on Oxygen is pretty good (and you wouldn’t believe how big a Tori Spelling fan my friend Mike is) so I think I’ll be tuning in this season so see what’s up … if only to see how much of that ginormous cake gets eaten.

[Photo credit: Michael Williams, Oxygen Media Photo]