Dancing With The Stars makes us long for simpler times when actors would hold onto their fading celebrity by humiliating themselves on VH1.

But the public being what it is, DWTS is a huge hit. Sigh. Sadly this season, parents of the so-called stars have been dropping like flies. Last month, Jane Seymour lost her mom. Today Marie Osmond’s father passed away.

Oprah was set to host an Osmond family reunion on Friday. We don’t know that much about Mormons, but somehow we think appearing on syndicated talk shows isn’t part of their grieving process.

After the death of her mother last week, Jane Seymour will continue competing on Dancing With the Stars.

After all, her mom would have wanted to be grieved by having her daughter hold on to her depreciating fame by appearing on the dancing version of Hollywood Squares.

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Sometimes, it takes the opening of an envelope to get a gaggle of celebrities to come together willingly. (At the other end of the spectrum, sometimes it takes spinning a Grey's Anatomy homophobic rant.) But yesterday, all it took was the prospect of a natural gas facility opening 14 miles off Malibu's coast to wrangle Piece Brosnan, Cindy Crawford, Tea Leoni, and show-me-your-tits Jane Seymour together to sip iced chais in close proximity. Supporters of the power plant – namely, the would-be owner, Australian-based BHP Billiton – point out the benefits of low-polluting enegery production. But Brosnan & Co. claim the energy factory wouldn't meet clean air requirements and would be a terrorist target. And also: It would ruin their view of the Pacific.

Pierce Brosnan, other celebrities protest natural gas facility proposed for Malibu [AP]