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We Wish we Were Kidding

Jon, Octomom to Date on New Reality Show

'Cheaters' producer says show in works; stars deny it

Oct 28, 09 2:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - We wish we were kidding, we wish we were even surprised. But we’re not. Jon Gosselin and Nadya Suleman may hook up on a new reality show entitled—wait for it—Jon – Kate = Jon + Octomom. Producer Bobby Goldstein, of Cheaters fame, says he’s... More »

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pLAN B



 Gosselin 
 Renews 
 Nursing 
 License 

If reality fizzles, Kate may have to fall back on previous career

Oct 28, 09 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Just in case this whole "being famous for reproducing" thing doesn't work out, Kate Gosselin is keeping her options open: The Jon and Kate Plus 8 star, rumored future talk show host, and aspiring actress went back to her roots and renewed her nursing license, Radar reports. For a... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • nursing • celebrity divorces • Jon and Kate Plus 8 • Jon Gosselin • Kate Gosselin

Allison Kilkenny

 Runway Is Homophobic 

Show whitewashed gay romance in favor of straight 'flirt-fest'

Oct 27, 09 6:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - The sixth season of Project Runway has given a lot of airtime to a developing romance between two telegenic and heterosexual blondes, Logan Neitzel and Carol Hannah. In lavishing attention on their dull flirt-fest, the show is showing an ugly homophobic streak: Last season, the producers completely whitewashed a deeply... More »

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reality TV • homophobia • homosexuality • Project Runway • contestants

WATCH THE VIDEO

 Kate: I Don't 
 Want to Be 
 Alone ... 
 or Married 

For one whole hour, Gosselin answers viewer questions. Joy!

Oct 27, 09 7:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - On last night's very special episode of Jon and Kate Plus 8, Kate Gosselin answered viewer questions ranging from her Halloween-wig-inspiring hairdo to what her kids might be when they grow up. E! and Us hit the highlights:
  • On how fame will help her kids: "
... More »

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SO THERE

 Jon: I Paid Back the Money 

Gosselin says he's in compliance, but Kate has yet to account for spending

Oct 26, 09 10:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - It was Jon and Kate plus a court date once again this morning—although Kate failed to show up. Jon, however, was there to show that he complied with a court order to repay $180,000 he took from the couple’s joint account, as well as to ask that... More »

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frank rich

 Cut Balloon Boy 
 Dad Some Slack 

He's the 'inevitable product' of our era

Oct 25, 09 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A little sympathy for the Balloon Boy dad, please. Yes, he "grotesquely" put his kids through hell, but he’s also a fitting emblem—and the “inevitable product”—of our time, writes Frank Rich. Richard Heene gave us a fake spectacle that reflects our era much as... More »

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reality TV • cable news • Falcon Heene • Richard Heene • balloon boy hoax • Falcon Heene hoax • balloon boy

parents of the year

Jon Returns Cash, But Kate Doesn't: Lawyer

Kate will faces contempt for declining to account for $55,000

Oct 23, 09 3:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jon Gosselin has returned enough of the $180,000 he withdrew from a family bank account to avoid being held in contempt of court, his lawyer says. Instead, his estranged wife may end up in contempt: The court also ordered Kate Gosselin to account for $55,000 she took from... More »

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reality TV • divorce • parenting • TLC • Jon and Kate Plus 8 • Jon Gosselin • Kate Gosselin

check, please

 Worst Food Trends 
 of the Decade 

From onion blossoms to overhyped chefs, these things need to go away

Oct 22, 09 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Asked to name the decade's worst dining trends, chefs and other food experts couldn't shut up. There were too many (including "mache, water sommeliers, organ-meat entrees, unisex bathrooms, bacon tattoos on chefs, over-flaunted kitchen burns, chefs tables") for Christopher Borrelli to list them all, but he hits the... More »

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food • reality TV • Internet • fast food • restaurant criticism • restaurant • online review • KFC • dining • onions • Jay-ZTV • food trends • hamburger • women's issues • celebrity chef • Hardee's • Carl's Jr.

OPINION

 Balloon Boy 
 Another Blow 
 to Trust 

Politicians are the ones most lost in forest of fakery

Oct 22, 09 3:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Falcon Heene fiasco sums up the dilemma facing a society riddled with fake news, Photoshop fakes, and even fake Rush Limbaugh quotes, writes Daniel Henninger. "Reality TV" is the perfect metaphor for a world where you need to routinely "ask yourself whether what's in front of you... More »

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reality TV • satire • health care reform • hoax • Falcon Heene • balloon boy hoax

IF WE PROMISE TO MISS YOU...


 Kate Answers 
 Your Burning 
 Questions 

Meanwhile, Jon wants $12K per hour. Oh, those wacky Gosselins!

Oct 21, 09 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Move over, Meredith Vieira: TLC is giving its viewers the chance to ask Kate Gosselin whatever burning question they have about the reality TV mom and her brood, and they've submitted nearly 9,000 inquiries for Monday’s one-hour special, People reports. Sadly, the questions seem to be... More »

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OH BROTHER


 Big Brother 
 Winner 
 Nabbed for 
 Peddling Oxy 

Jasinski says he used $500K prize to buy, sell painkillers

Oct 20, 09 1:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Big Brother 9 winner Adam Jasinski made his first court appearance today in Massachusetts after being charged with trying to sell 2,000 prescription painkiller pills. After a brief struggle with agents, the DEA says Jasinski waived his Miranda rights and confessed to using his $500,000 winnings from... More »

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reality TV • OxyContin • DEA • prescription drugs • Drug Enforcement Administration • Oxycodone • Big Brother • contestants • prescription painkillers • Adam Jasinski • winner

FAME WHORES

 Stunts Worse Than Balloon Boy 

Yes, Richard Heene is bad—but is he as bad as, say, Tonya Harding?

Oct 20, 09 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Right now the world is against balloon boy mastermind Richard Heene, but perhaps everyone will forgive and forget after revisiting five even worse publicity stunts, compiled by Brian Moylan for Gawker:
  • Lauren Cleri: On Fox reality show Moment of Truth, she admitted to cheating on her husband—
... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • Nancy Kerrigan • Tonya Harding • Wallace Souza • Falcon Heene • Richard Heene • Falcon Heene hoax • balloon boy

 Jon Hits Synagogue for Advice 

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach says Gosselin is a decent dude

Oct 20, 09 10:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Proof that Jon Gosselin is trying to better himself: Fellow TLC star and rabbi to the stars Shmuley Boteach will vouch for him, after Gosselin visited a synagogue to get some advice. No, Jon isn't converting—the New York synagogue was playing host to a values panel starring Boteach, among... More »

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 Sheriff: TV 
 Paid for 
 Balloon 
 Stunt 

Unnamed outlet blurs entertainment-news lines, says Alderden

Oct 20, 09 6:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - A shady TV operation may have already paid the Heenes for its balloon boy stunt, the Colorado sheriff investigating the case has indicated. The Los Angeles Times is reporting that the unnamed outlet paid the family for the launch and may be complicit in the hoax. An agreement from the... More »

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media • reality TV • Colorado • Falcon Heene • Richard Heene • balloon boy hoax • Falcon Heene hoax • balloon boy • Mayumi Heene

CELEBU-STUNTS

 Real Housewife 
 Frankel Preggers 

Bethenny gets a fiancé, a baby, and her own spin-off, conveniently enough

Oct 19, 09 10:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Real Housewives of New York’s Bethenny Frankel announced her engagement over the weekend—but failed to mention she’s also pregnant. It will be the first child for the 38-year-old reality star, who is also—coincidentally?—getting her own spin-off show. A source close to Frankel tells Perez... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • celebrity pregnancy • Real Housewives of New York City • reality shows • Bethenny Frankel

Balloon-Boy Stunt Not So Strange for Wacky Dad

Unsurprisingly, Richard Heene is a shameless self-promoter

Oct 19, 09 9:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - With the balloon-boy debacle now exposed as a hoax, the spotlight has turned on Richard Heene's wacky and not-so-camera-shy behavior. The 48-year-old amateur scientist/wannabe reality TV star tried his hand at acting and standup comedy in the early '90s in Hollywood. And though that ended up being a "total... More »

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reality TV • tornado • Falcon Heene • Richard Heene • balloon boy hoax • Falcon Heene hoax • Wife Swap • balloon boy

THEY AREN'T GOING AWAY

 Why Jon and Kate 
 Are Everywhere 

You might not want to read about the Gosselins—but tabloid lovers do. Why?

Oct 19, 09 8:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Kate Gosselin went from a dowdy, sweatpants-wearing nurse to a Nobu-dining celebrity on a first-name basis with Kelly Ripa; soon-to-be-ex-hubby Jon was a much-pitied, constantly-berated dad, and now a keg-standing, nanny-seducing frat boy no one can stand. How did this couple become the biggest tabloid story of the year, appearing... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • tabloids • celebrity divorces • TLC • Jon and Kate Plus 8 • Jon Gosselin • Kate Gosselin

MTV Show May Have Put DJ AM Over the Edge

Ex-addict got into close contact with drugs

Oct 17, 09 2:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Now that MTV is running the DJ AM reality show Gone Too Far—in which the recovering addict helped other addicts get clean—the question is tough to avoid: Did the show bring him too close to his demons and contribute to his death? It "could certainly have been... More »

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MORE DRAMA

 TLC Sues Jon for Yakking 

Plus, Gosselins fired up after former nanny accuses Jon of hacking Kate's stuff

Oct 16, 09 9:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thought Jon and Kate Gosselin would go away just because their show is ending? Oh no. TLC is suing Jon for breach of contract—specifically, for accepting money to appear on other shows. The suit also claims Gosselin’s reason for blocking Jon and Kate from filming had nothing... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • lawsuit • TLC • Jon and Kate Plus 8 • Jon Gosselin • Kate Gosselin • Stephanie Santoro • breach of contract

IT'S ABOUT TIME

 Jon and Kate Ends Next Month 

The trainwreck will finally get a little less public—maybe

Oct 15, 09 9:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Good news for everyone who’s been begging, “Make it stop!” Jon and Kate Plus 8 will finally be put to rest in mid- to late-November, sources tell Radar. “They are not shooting anymore so they are taking what they have and seeing how many more episodes... More »

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