News Briefs: Paula Abdul got a job!

The Twittering diva.

... The pairings for the new season of Dancing with the Stars have been announced. TV.com pick to win Mya is partnered with Dmitry Chaplin, who was eliminated in the third round with Holly Madison last year. Adjust your Vegas bets accordingly. [TV Watch]

... Don Cheadle will serve as the executive producer on March to Madness, a show about college basketball, for FX. It will focus on a "corrupt college basketball program that cheats its way to the 'March Madness' NCAA basketball tournament" and "be told through the eyes of the college coach, whose idealistic approach to the job has slowly been eroded by the compromises he's forced to make." We hope that they a) change the title and b) this is just a documentary about John Calipari. [Variety]

... A&E; and production company Genuine Entertainment are fighting and suing each other over who came up with the idea for the upcoming reality show Steven Seagal: Lawman. Chuck Norris never has these kinds of problems, but Chuck Norris can divide by zero. [THR]

... Paula Abdul is going to host VH1 Divas, according to Paula Abdul's Twitter. Here's hoping that this obsessive fascination with every career move Paula makes post-American Idol goes away immediately never ends! [EW]

... Danyl Johnson, who we don't care about that much, might be on The Today Show this week. [Daily Mail]

... The ruined Cartoon Network has already won FIVE (juried) Emmys. [Variety]

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