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NEWS ABOUT: Octomom

Octomom stories: 13 news summaries

 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

sad but true

Jon, Octomom to Get $1M for Reality Dating Show

Denials were just negotiating tactics, insider says

Oct 29, 09 2:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jon Gosselin and “Octomom” Nadya Suleman were just being coy when they denied they’ve signed on to a one-off reality show: Both are interested and stand to make upward of $1M for the program. Jon - Kate = Jon + Octomom is being shopped as a 2-hour special... More »

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reality TV • Nadya Suleman • Octomom • Jon Gosselin

UNHOLY UNION


 Octomom Talks 
 Gosselin Crush 

Nadya Suleman gives her thoughts on Michael Kamrava—and Jon Gosselin

Oct 20, 09 10:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hey, look, Octomom is back! Upon learning that  her fertility doctor is being expelled from a national medical association, Nadya Suleman told Radar, "I’ve always thought from the beginning Dr. Michael Kamrava was a good doctor," adding that—since other cases were involved—"I don’t... More »

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entertainment • multiple births • Nadya Suleman • Michael Kamrava • Octomom • Jon Gosselin

Professional Group Expels Octomom Doc

Reproductive medicine society says Kamrava was out of line

Oct 19, 09 2:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Kamrava, the fertility doctor who twice implanted six embryos into octomom Nadya Suleman (two embryos reportedly split into twins), has been kicked out of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. The society recommends no more than two embryos for women under 35, to reduce the risk of multiple births;... More »

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parenting • reproduction • embryo • fertility treatment • American Society for Reproductive Medicine • Nadya Suleman • implanted embryos • fertility medicine • Michael Kamrava • Octomom • fertility doctor

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
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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

(Newser) - A woman in Tunisia is close to trumping octomom Nadia Suleman by giving birth to—duodectuplets? Reportedly 9 months pregnant, the teacher became pregnant with 12 babies by using a fertility treatment after two miscarriages. She and her husband are thrilled, but fertility experts are mortified: "The chances of... More »

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fetus • fertility treatment • pregnant women • Octomom


 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

 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

 Octu-Mom Inks 
 Reality TV Deal 

But lawyer insists 'quasi-reality' series won't be another Jon and Kate Plus 8

May 30, 09 3:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nadya Suleman has just signed a deal to bring her brood of 14 children to television, Us Magazine reports. The “quasi-reality TV series” will periodically follow the family during big events, like the octuplets’ first birthday, said Suleman attorney Jeff Czech, who would not reveal the size of Octu-mom's... More »

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television • reality TV • Nadya Suleman • Jon and Kate Plus 8 • Octomom

(Newser) - Nadya Suleman shrugged off a legal filing by lawyer Gloria Allred today that aims to stop the Octo-Mom from financially exploiting her kids, Radar and Us Weekly report. "People are opportunists, and they just want to be in the spotlight," Suleman said. Allred and a child advocacy... More »

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reality TV • Gloria Allred • Nadya Suleman • Octomom • legal filing

(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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pets • PETA • octuplets • Nadya Suleman • Octomom

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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