The cast of MTV’s Jersey Shore has brought its GTL, bed-hopping, first-pumping antics to Miami’s South Beach for Season 2, but that’s just the beginning.

Lest you thought Seaside Heights, N.J., was a thing of the past, the gang will be returning to the Garden State - in the very same house - don’t you worry.

They just got a jump on Season 2 in Miami because of the weather.

“Once the boardwalk heats back up, the series will return to the Jersey Shore to complete the season,” MTV said, noting that the season starts July 29.

All the lovable guidos and guidettes will beat up the beat again: Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, Paul “DJ Pauly D” DelVecchio, Jenni “JWoww” Farley, Sammi Giancola, Ronnie Ortiz-Magro and Vinny Guadagnino.

Also returning? Angelina Pivarnick, a.k.a. the random girl who bailed after like one episode, and a.k.a. Kim Kardashian of Staten Island (self-proclaimed).

The network is also exploring adding new cast members to the second season or more likely the third season of the surprise reality hit. Filming dates in Seaside are July 1-September 19, so it looks like a third season is in the works.

“It’s like a big family reunion,” said Tony DiSanto, MTV’s president of programming. “We couldn’t be more excited that the whole group is together in Miami and that they’ll be going back to Jersey when the sun heats up.”

Also heating up? Tempers. MTV worries that more peeps will pick fights with Snooki, Ronnie and company just to get on TV (the stars will likely oblige).

The network has requested additional police presence for the cast. According to the Seaside Heights P.D., MTV wants 8-10 off-duty officers - their tab.

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Dixie Carte of Designing Women and later Desperate Housewives fame, passed away Saturday morning at age 70. No further details have been released.

“This has been a terrible blow to our family,” Carter’s actor husband and frequent co-star, Hal Holbrook, said in a statement amid the terrible news.

“We appreciate everyone understanding this is a private family tragedy.”

Dixie Carter (1939-2010).

Aside from playing Julia Sugarbaker on Designing Women opposite Delta Burke, Annie Potts and Jean Smart, Carter appeared in Family Law and Diff’rent Strokes and scored an Emmy nomination for a guest stint on Desperate Housewives.

Carter was also an accomplished singer and Broadway star, whose credits included Thoroughly Modern Millie, Pal Joey and Master Class.

She and Holbrook began dating after working together in the 1980 TV movie The Killing of Randy Webster and married four years later.

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Earlier this week, Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy broke up, ending a five-year relationship.

It looks like the comedian has no interest in starting a new one any time soon, considering his take on the Tiger Woods scandal.

First, he Tweeted a relatively harmless joke on Thursday, writing: “I think it’s time we checked our collective EGO and let the guy play! If you really wanna see sexual disfunction get 2 know your favorite basketball star! Curling is the only safe sport 4 a married man.”

There’s certainly truth to that statement, as almost every world famous athlete - from Alex Rodriguez to Muhammad Ali to Kobe Bryant to Michael Jordan - has cheated on his wife.

But this is where Carrey may have lost his female fan base:

“No wife is blind enough to miss that much infidelity,” he later Tweeted. “Elin had 2 b a willing participant on the ride 4 whatever reason. kids/lifestyle ;^)”

We’ll never know the truth, of course, but Elin’s reaction has been anything but one of acquiescence. Unlike jilted spouses such as Vanessa Bryant and Jenny Sanford, she didn’t sit next to her husband during his apologetic press conference.

She isn’t at The Masters, hasn’t worn her wedding ring in months and totally won’t put out for Tiger.

There’s also a decent chance she hit him in the face with a golf club upon learning about Rachel Uchitel. You might wanna sleep with one eye open, Jim!

What do you think of Carrey’s comments?

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Almost a year to the day after Susan Boyle burst on to the global scene, Lin Yu Chun has taken the baton as the Next, Great, Unexpected Singer to Be Discovered on a Reality Show.

The 24-year old from Taiwan auditioned for that nation’s version of American Idol with a rendition of “I Will Always Love You” that you need to hear to believe.

Let’s just say its a whole lot better than anything Whitney Houston sings these days.

After receiving such acclaim for his performance, Chun spoke to The Associated Press about his life:

“I now have more confidence in pursuing a singing career. You don’t have to be a good-looking man or woman to succeed. Just be yourself and try your best.”

Lin said he suffered from a lack of self-esteem growing up because “being fat draws a lot of mockery in our society.

However, those difficult times helped the aspiring singer hone his talent: to cope with taunts from peers, Chun locked himself in his room and sang along to hits by Celine Dion and Mariah Carey.

But he loved Houston’s take on the famous Dolly Parton classic the best: “I played it again and again even though my parents couldn’t stand it anymore and asked me to stop,” Lin said of the single that’s made him famous.

His audition has already earned over 1.3 million views on YouTube and if Chun wins the competition, he’ll pocket a well-deserved million. Go get ‘em, Lin!

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