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Oct 20, 2009 6:08 AM CDT

Sheriff: TV Paid for Balloon Stunt

Unnamed outlet blurs entertainment-news lines, says Alderden

(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...

Real Housewife
Frankel Preggers

CELEBU-STUNTS

Oct 19, 2009 10:28 AM CDT

Real Housewife Frankel Preggers

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

(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 Hilton...

Balloon-Boy Stunt Not So Strange for Wacky Dad

Oct 19, 2009 9:24 AM CDT

Balloon-Boy Stunt Not So Strange for Wacky Dad

Unsurprisingly, Richard Heene is a shameless self-promoter

(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...

Why Jon and Kate
Are Everywhere

THEY AREN'T GOING AWAY

Oct 19, 2009 8:16 AM CDT

Why Jon and Kate Are Everywhere

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

(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...

MTV Show May Have Put DJ AM Over the Edge

Oct 17, 2009 2:18 PM CDT

MTV Show May Have Put DJ AM Over the Edge

Ex-addict got into close contact with drugs

(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...

TLC Sues Jon for Yakking

MORE DRAMA

Oct 16, 2009 9:48 AM CDT

TLC Sues Jon for Yakking

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

(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 to...

Jon and Kate Ends Next Month

IT'S ABOUT TIME

Oct 15, 2009 9:18 AM CDT

Jon and Kate Ends Next Month

The trainwreck will finally get a little less public—maybe

(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...

Jon Must Pay Back
$180K to Joint Account

Oct 13, 2009 3:52 PM CDT

Jon Must Pay Back $180K to Joint Account

Reality TV dad has 2 weeks to return cash

(Newser) - Jon Gosselin must return $180,000 to the bank account he shares with estranged wife Kate, a judge ruled today. The sum is part of a $232,000 withdrawal that Kate claims Jon made in violation of a divorce arbitrator’s orders, reports People. Jon has to pay up by...

Why We Love to Hate Jon+Kate

Oct 13, 2009 8:43 AM CDT

Why We Love to Hate Jon+Kate

No one actually cares about the Gosselins—we just love to feel better than them

(Newser) - Why does everyone care so much about Jon and Kate Gosselin? They don’t, says Inside Edition anchor Deborah Norville. The reality show trainwreck is popular because they let "all of us to have a sense of superiority,” Norville tells the New York Daily News. “We can...

Jon, Kate Will Go to Arbitration Over Cash Dispute

family circus

Oct 12, 2009 3:38 PM CDT

Jon, Kate Will Go to Arbitration Over Cash Dispute

Mercurial couple may avoid emergency hearing over inappropriate withdrawals

(Newser) - Jon and Kate Gosselin may avoid an emergency hearing over disputed withdrawals from their joint bank account: The two will meet with a court-appointed arbitrator tomorrow in hopes of resolving the dispute privately. Kate filed court papers requesting the emergency hearing over Jon's $230,000 withdrawal; Jon has shot back...

First Duggar Grandchild Arrives

Oct 9, 2009 3:00 PM CDT

First Duggar Grandchild Arrives

Baby Mackynzie has 17 uncles and aunts

(Newser) - Mackynzie Renée Duggar won't have to worry about not knowing her babysitter—the first grandchild of TLC reality stars Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar has 17 aunts and uncles. The first child of Joshua and Anna Duggar arrived recently and her parents "are both so happy," a...

Jon, Kate Call Birthday Truce

Oct 9, 2009 10:09 AM CDT

Jon, Kate Call Birthday Truce

But did an entertainment show pay for the cake Jon brought?

(Newser) - Everyone can breathe a big sigh of relief: Cara and Mady Gosselin’s 9th birthday party went off without parents Jon and Kate killing each other. Though Kate made a well-publicized request for Jon to leave after 2 hours, she eventually gave in and told him, “You can stay...

Twins' Granny Likes That Hef

Oct 8, 2009 10:26 AM CDT

Twins' Granny Likes That Hef

Kristina and Karissa's grandma is happy for her girls

(Newser) - Apparently this is the week for celebrities’ grandmothers to come out of the woodwork. The latest: the grandma of Hugh Hefner’s 20-year-old twin girlfriends, Kristina and Karissa Shannon: “I got the sweetest letter from their grandmother who raised them,” Hef tells E! “She said how happy...

Jon, Kate Face Off
Over Twins' Birthday

UPDATED

Oct 8, 2009 9:00 AM CDT

Jon, Kate Face Off Over Twins' Birthday

Plus, Jon Gosselin's second smackdown with Nancy Grace; Kate on Jay Leno

(Newser) - Jon Gosselin, never one to keep a low profile, is all over the place this week—yesterday, he told anyone who would listen that Kate was trying to bar him from the twins’ birthday today. The only problem? In the same email limiting Jon to two hours with the girls,...

Housewife, Osmond Ream Jon

WATCH IT

Oct 7, 2009 8:38 AM CDT

Housewife, Osmond Ream Jon

Gosselin defends himself against odd pairing of singer, Bethenny Frankel

(Newser) - His reality show may be washed up, but you just can't keep Jon Gosselin off TV. The octodad subjected himself to yet more pounding on the Insider last night, this time by—of all people—Donny Osmond and Real Housewife of New York Bethenny Frankel. Frankel doled out the tough...

Hobbled DeLay Quits Dancing

Oct 7, 2009 12:04 AM CDT

Hobbled DeLay Quits Dancing

Foot injuries force former House leader to withdraw

(Newser) - Tom DeLay’s dancing days are over. The former Republican House majority leader quit Dancing With the Stars last night, though he avoided elimination after defying doctor’s recommendations and competing with stress fractures in both feet, Us reports. But, “If you can’t practice, you’ll make a...

Nancy Grace Tears Into Jon

WATCH IT

Oct 6, 2009 10:24 AM CDT

Nancy Grace Tears Into Jon

Gosselin—and his lawyer—defend themselves on The Insider

(Newser) - Regardless of how you feel about Nancy Grace, you’ll probably want to thank her for regulating on Jon Gosselin during last night’s panel on the Insider. The best moments, as compiled in a YouTube clip at left:

“You got your lawyer here, you’re afraid to answer

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Ryan Jenkins
Left Suicide Note

Oct 6, 2009 8:29 AM CDT

Ryan Jenkins Left Suicide Note

Reality TV contestant mentions Jasmine Fiore, jealousy in page-and-a-half letter

(Newser) - Ryan Jenkins, the reality TV contestant suspected in the murder of model Jasmine Fiore, left a suicide note titled “Will and Testament” on his computer before hanging himself in a Canadian hotel room. Though the letter talks in detail about Fiore and blames her for his situation, Jenkins never...

DeLay Toughs Out Samba,
Crawls Out of Last Place

VIDEO

Oct 6, 2009 7:17 AM CDT

DeLay Toughs Out Samba, Crawls Out of Last Place

Tom DeLay toughs it out, gains judges' admiration—and moves from last place

(Newser) - Tom DeLay defied his doctors last night and performed on Dancing With the Stars—despite a stress fracture in each foot. “What’s a little pain when you can party?” asked DeLay, who danced the samba in red, white, and blue. The former House Majority Leader scored kudos from...

Jon Could Go to Jail,
Kids Upset Show's Stalled

MAKE THEM STOP

Oct 5, 2009 9:43 AM CDT

Jon Could Go to Jail, Kids Upset Show's Stalled

Jon and Kate Gosselin's divorce attorneys battle it out—and Jon's has a shady past

(Newser) - The war between Jon and Kate Gosselin drags on, and thanks to the gossip sites, you can follow right along at home. TMZ has a copy of the letter Kate’s lawyer sent to Jon’s, and Radar has all sorts of other oh-so-critical updates:

Some people will probably be

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