TV Special 'Shocked' Octomom

Dial-a-star.com connects normal folk with D-list celebrities

(NEWSER) - If you've been just dying to actually speak to one of the Lohans, today is your lucky day: For $25 per minute, you can have a chat with Lindsay's mom Dina, or for the relative bargain of $18 per minute, her dad Michael. It's all thanks to a new service whose name we have to slightly disagree with: Dial-a-Star . The service, dreamed up by D-list celebrity manager Gina Rodriguez, allows you to connect with not only the Lohans but such other "stars" as Octomom ($12 per minute), Tila Tequila ($20), celebrity mistresses including Rachel Uchitel ($20), and reality stars including Real Housewives' Danielle Staub and Jersey Shore's Angelina Pivarnick, Fox News reports. More»

We're looking at you, Miley Cyrus

(NEWSER) - Now that Brooke Mueller and Charlie Sheen are hitting “ prehab ”—rehab for people (supposedly) without any actual addiction issues—it’s time for other celebrities to follow suit. Ami Angelowicz lists her top 10 candidates, on The Frisky :

• Britney Spears: Sure, she seems OK now. But you never know when she’ll “flip out on Jason Trawick, shave off her extensions again, and break out the pink wig.”
• Amy Winehouse: “Should be in prehab for the rest of her life. End of discussion.”
• Joaquin Phoenix: “Prehab or mental institution? You choose.”

Nadya Suleman offers her advice on everything from meals to tantrums

(NEWSER) - Nadya Suleman, better known as Octomom, offers up her best parenting advice—yes, really—to Babble . The highlights:

• Her parenting philosophy: “Love with some boundaries and rules. I think religion is important. So are good manners, good role models, and a good education. I also try not to judge other parents.”
• Life lessons for her kids: “Don’t get distracted or worry about what others think of you. Don’t let anyone else determine who you are and what you want to accomplish.”

A behind-the-scenes look at Nadya Suleman as her TV special films

(NEWSER) - As the paparazzi follow Nadya Suleman around, a film crew shooting OctoMom: Me & My Fourteen Kids films them filming her…and John Bowe records it for the New York Times Magazine. From the British film director to the children’s welfare representative ensuring labor law compliance, people who expect to dislike Suleman end up finding her surprisingly likable: “These kids are very sweet,” says the labor law rep. “And the mom is very sweet.” More»

We're addicted to seeing moms and dads face 'public smackdowns'

(NEWSER) - America, it seems, is addicted to “bad-parent porn,” writes Meghan Daum in the Los Angeles Times. Nadya Suleman's new reality show is only the latest incarnation, along with Jon and Kate, of course. (And let us not forget Michael Jackson.) People just love to see moms and dads screw up in a big way. "We express disgust for them and for the media outlets that enable them, and then we read and watch some more." More»