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 Inside the Octo-Family Circus 

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

Nov 13, 09 10:05 AM CST
(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... More »

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entertainment • parenting • children • single parenting • multiple births • octuplets • Nadya Suleman • Octomom • OctoMom: Me & My Fourteen Kids

HAR, HAR, HAR

Octomom for 
Halloween: 
Preggo Nun 

And clever Suleman dressed octuplets
as little devils

Oct 29, 09 9:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Even if you're one of those people that never gets scared, this Halloween costume should do the trick: Octomom Nadya Suleman dressed herself as a pregnant (scary) nun (scarier) and turned her babies into accessories—tiny devils (horrifying). View the truly disturbing photos by Splash in the Daily Mail... More »

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Halloween • multiple births • octuplets • Nadya Suleman

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 TV Special 'Shocked' Octomom 

Plus MJ and Gosselin hangers-on still talking

Aug 21, 09 11:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Octomom TV special was shocking even to the Octomom herself, Nadya Suleman’s lawyer tells Radar. Suleman “was shocked to see some of the chaos of the scenes in the show, but she understands the show has its own production agenda.” Elsewhere:
  • Mark Lester was on
... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • celebrity • octuplets • Nadya Suleman • Octomom

OPINION

 Smug Americans 
 Love 'Bad-Parent Porn' 

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

Aug 20, 09 1:22 PM CDT
(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... More »

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reality TV • parenting • Meghan Daum • octuplets • Nadya Suleman • Jon and Kate Plus 8 • Octomom • Jon Gosselin • Kate Gosselin

 Inside the Octomom TV Special 

Somehow, it was even worse than anticipated

Aug 20, 09 8:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Nadya Suleman “suckfest” debuted last night on Fox, and it was “even more horrible than we could have imagined,” writes Natalie Finn for E! Among the “lowlights” of the special:
  • The octuplets’ delivery: “Gee, what a coup that someone was filming!” writes
... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • documentary • multiple births • octuplets • Nadya Suleman

Officials Doubt Tunisian Woman Expecting 12 Babies

Unidentified woman has refused ultrasound

Aug 18, 09 1:49 PM CDT
(AP) - Authorities are investigating a claim that a woman in Tunisia is pregnant with 12 babies. French and British media reported the woman will soon give birth to six girls and six boys. An official with Tunisia's health ministry said today the claim seemed doubtful and that the woman—who has... More »

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 Octomom Special Hits Fox 

Suleman feature to air next week

Aug 10, 09 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Just when you thought you had seen enough of one mom and her eight kids: Fox will air a 2-hour special on Nadya Suleman, Us Weekly reports. Octomom: The Incredible Unseen Footage—which follows Suleman from the day her octuplets were born through the next 7 months—will run... More »

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children • documentary • Fox • fertility treatment • octuplets • Nadya Suleman • Octomom

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Octuplets Get 
 Financial 
 Guardian 

Plus, Mischa is out of the hospital, Reggie and Kim are off, and more

Jul 28, 09 10:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - The world's most famous octuplets are getting a new guardian—for their finances. After a child-labor activist filed suit against Nadya Suleman for allowing her 14 children to be videotaped for a gossip site, an Orange County judge appointed the guardian to examine the kids' finances, the Los Angeles Times... More »

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entertainment • Katie Holmes • celebrity • Bruce Springsteen • Reggie Bush • Kim Kardashian • octuplets • Nadya Suleman • celebrity breakup • Mischa Barton

(Newser) - Nadya Suleman's 14 kids will be paid $250 a day for starring in a reality show under a deal she signed yesterday, E! Online reports. The octuplets and her six other children will earn a total of $250,000 for 71 days of shooting over three years under the contract... More »

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television • reality TV • multiple births • octuplets • Nadya Suleman • reality shows

JACKSON ROUNDUP

 Michael Wanted 
 Octo-Kids: Publicist 

Made numerous offers to Octuplet Mom to take them off her hands

Jul 3, 09 11:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Jackson was enchanted by octuplet mom Nadya Suleman’s brood and made numerous offers to adopt them in the weeks before he died, her ex-publicist tells the Mirror. “When Michael called I thought it was a joke at first,” says Victor Munoz. “He said he could... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • Beatles • Michael Jackson • Jerry Brown • octuplets • Nadya Suleman • Blanket Jackson • celebrity death

Gossip Site Broke Labor Laws With Octomom: Calif.

RadarOnline allegedly lacked permit to film minors

Jun 16, 09 5:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - California labor officials have cited RadarOnline for breaking labor laws in its coverage of octuplet mom Nadya Suleman, the Los Angeles Times reports. On March 17, the day the first two of the octuplets returned home from the hospital, a crew filmed the infants for the gossip site without first... More »

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California • labor • gossip • labor code • octuplets • Nadya Suleman • RadarOnline

 Octomom: 'I 
 Screwed Up 
 My Life, Kids' 

But 'I'll just have to retend I didn't,' says Suleman

Jun 5, 09 4:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Octomom Nadya Suleman admitted yesterday she "screwed up" when she plotted to wrangle sperm from a boyfriend to father her 14 children. "I screwed up my life, I screwed up my kids' lives," Suleman says on RadarOnline. "What the heck am I going to do? I... More »

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 Octomom's TV Show 
 May Not Air in US 

Producer unlikely to sell Suleman's show outside Britain

Jun 3, 09 9:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The exploits of Nadya Suleman and her 14 kids may never make it to your television. As Time reports, the Octomom's program is being helmed by Dutch production company Eyeworks, whose European wing specializes in programs that depict Americans at their worst; its biggest hit to date has been Half ... More »

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television • reality TV • TV shows • octuplets • Nadya Suleman • Octomom

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Octuplet House to Be Auctioned 

Plus, more celebs in trouble

Jun 1, 09 12:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - The drama never ends with the Suleman 14—Angela Suleman’s home of many years will be auctioned off to the highest bidder today in California, TMZ reports, speculating that it was probably easier for Nadya to buy a new home (valued at $564,900) than help her mom out... More »

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entertainment • celebrity trials • celebrity • lawsuit • gossip • octuplets • Nadya Suleman • Angela Suleman

(Newser) - The California hospital where Nadya Suleman's octuplets were born has been fined $250,000 for failing to stop employees from snooping into medical files on the famous case. "It's the hospital's job to prevent these breaches from occurring," said a state official shortly after imposing the fine against... More »

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California • parenting • hospitals • privacy • medical records • fine • Kaiser Permanente • octuplets • Nadya Suleman • penalty

Cops Quiz Octuplet Mom Over Son's Black Eye

Police, social workers visit Suleman home after autistic boy injured

Apr 30, 09 3:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Police and social workers visited Nadya Suleman's home yesterday after her autistic 4-year-old son turned up at school with a black eye and bite marks, the Los Angeles Times reports. Suleman's attorney said the boy probably got the black eye in a fall and the bites were from one of... More »

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California • autism • social services • octuplets • Nadya Suleman

(Newser) - PETA is asking Octomom to hold off on the pets, please. After reports surfaced that Nadya Suleman wanted to buy a dog and a pig—an idea hatched in the pre-flu days, presumably—the animal-rights group wrote Suleman a letter pleading with her to reconsider "adding two more dependents... More »

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(Newser) - Nadya Suleman’s obsession with Angelina Jolie just keeps getting creepier. Suleman, who denied stripping as a career, was actually a stripper for at least a year—and her stage name was “Angelina,” In Touch reports. “She was overly flirty with the guys we performed for,”... More »

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Angelina Jolie • stripping • stripper • octuplets • Nadya Suleman

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Octu-Mom 
 Reality Show 
 Not Such a 
 Done Deal 

Plus, other B-listers get reality shows, more

Apr 16, 09 10:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Don’t set your DVRs just yet: Nadya Suleman’s reality show isn’t finalized, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Though Suleman claimed a show in the UK was practically a done deal, no network has agreed to carry it—and an agreement with the production company is still pending.... More »

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Turkey • reality TV • American Idol • celebrity • gossip • Amy Winehouse • Snoop Dogg • Cosby Show • octuplets • Golden Girls • Nadya Suleman • Fantasia Barrino • Keshia Knight Pulliam

TV Show? Check. 'OctoMom' Jeans? Coming Soon.

She's planning to launch clothing line with the nickname

Apr 15, 09 3:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Thought octuplet mom Nadya Suleman’s 15 minutes were about up? Not hardly. Not only is TMZ reporting that she’s filed to trademark the name “OctoMom”—for use on a clothing line including “textile diapers”—but has signed on to do a British show with... More »

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reality TV • children • gossip • documentary • octuplets • Nadya Suleman • Octomom

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