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Jon & Kate Plus 8: Kate Leaves Jon

Sassy Smith — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:06:00 GMT

Is there any hope for Jon and Kate Gosselin? Can this couple keep their family together? Or is the writing on the wall?

On Monday’s episode of Jon & Kate Plus Eight, Kate Gosselin spent her birthday without her husband Jon, who was away on a snowboarding trip.

“I went out to Utah for like five days,” he says in the episode filmed in March. “I just wanted to get back out there and ride with my friends. It just happened to fall on Kate’s birthday.”

But Kate wasn’t alone. Her eight kids, with help from the show’s producers, surprised her with a bus ride to Charm City Cakes, the bakery featured on the show Ace of Cakes.

There, Kate was surprised with a pink lemon birthday cake and her kids got to decorate cakes of their own with globs of colorful icing. It looked “like a rainbow vomited,” Kate said.

“This season, sometimes you’ll see Kate and I interview separately. Sometimes you’ll see us interview together on the chair,” Jon explained in a voiceover. “It depends how things are going. We have busy schedules.”

In the second of two new episodes Monday night, their schedules kept them apart again. This time, however, Kate took their daughter Madelyn, 8, to San Diego while Jon stayed home with her twin sister Cara and their six younger brothers and sisters.

While Kate and Madelyn hung out on the beach and got pedicures, Jon put together the slide for a swing-set he was building, and took the kids on a hike in the woods, where one of the sextuplets, Alexis, tripped with her hands in her pockets, fell and bit through her lip.

Jon called the kids’ pediatrician and then informed Kate of the news.

“We usually don’t call,” Jon says of the couple’s understanding.

“No news is good news,” Kate explained.

The Gosselins did come together to film their confessionals, sitting as far apart as possible in their famous loveseat or with Madelyn between them, but didn’t directly address their recent marital problems.

Does it still seem like Jon has one foot out the door of their marriage? Does Kate want to make it work? Do the kids feel the tension?

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Kate Hits The Beach With Kids But Without Jon

Sassy Smith — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:02:00 GMT

Kate Gosselin, along with her eight children, took a beach vacation to Bald Head Island, North Carolina. Absent from the trip - the kids' daddy, Kate's husband Jon.

Kate, the kids, a nanny and bodyguard Steve Neilds, arrived by ferry early last week. They rented a cottage, and Kate and the children shot scenes for their reality show, Jon & Kate Plus 8.

The group spent time in the pool, driving around on golf carts and enjoyed time on the beach, making sand castles.

Twins Mady and Cara, were spotted with their nanny and a bodyguard at Riverside Adventure Co. gift shop. A local resident said, "They looked content enough, and the kids in particular looked really happy. They were just being kids. [Kate] seemed frazzled, but that was probably more because she was dealing with eight kids."

Yes, I would imagine trying to wrangle eight kids would be tough - nice of Jon to spend time with his family. Oh, wait, he didn't He was busy shopping, drinking beer and hanging out with his girlfriends.

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Angelina Jolie Has A Baby Bump

trix — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:32:00 GMT

New pictures of Angelina Jolie hit the web today and boy, they just increase the speculation that she is, in fact, pregnant.

This picture was taken on the set of Salt and I have to say, the arrangement of the clothing is quite suspicious. She has the slight protrusion in the mid shirt/pants/belly area and the blousing of the shirt seems a little excessive.

She should be just about finished filming Salt and it seems like she plans these pregnancies doesn't it? She'll be done filming and have some time off with the kids and Brad, have the baby and then a few months later be back to work and that's her year off.

It doesn't sound like a whole lot of downtime and relaxation to me.

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Jon Gosselin Chills With Chicks, Spends Big Bucks

Sassy Smith — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:02:00 GMT

Jon Gosselin spent his Memorial Day weekend with two gal pals - neither being his wife Kate. The reality TV star of Jon & Kate Plus 8 dropped some cold hard cash on expensive duds for himself. No word on what he bought his kids.

From TMZ:

Jon Gosselin was apparently trying to put out a fire in his pants yesterday -- a fire that was clearly burning a hole in his pocket, because he was spending like a mutha.

Now we find out he dropped more than $2,000 Friday at the Barneys CO-OP in the Riverside Square Mall in New Jersey. It's the same mall where one of the two women he was with dropped $595 at Tumi -- on a purse.

And spies at the mall tell us Jon and the two girls dropped in on Louis Vuitton, Cole Haan and Godiva. As one dude put it, Jon was decked out in cheesy Ed Hardy duds.

And now we're told the two women who accompanied Jon were the two chicks with whom he spent Memorial Day. We got this pic of the trio at Front Street Bar and Grill in Newburgh, NY.

From the looks of it, Jon was spending on Jon but not Kate Plus 8.

What about the two women he was with? Just friends? Something more? Does Kate care that he was out with them and not spending time with her or their children?

From ET:

New details are emerging in the Memorial Day outing in which Jon Gosselin was spotted drinking with female companions.

According to Us magazine, the "Jon & Kate Plus 8" dad's visit to the Front Street Bar & Grill was nothing but "chill."

Jon simply came in "to have a beer and chill," bar manager Robb Tanczos tells the mag. He only stayed for about half an hour before he noticed people were taking photographs. "People weren't causing a scene or ooohing and ahhhing, but Jon could tell people were starting to notice him and he got uncomfortable," Tanczos says. At that point, Jon finished his beer and left with his two female companions.

Us reports that a one onlooker named Jess called into 104.7 The Dial radio station after spotting Jon at the bar. "They were just ... drinking some Miller Lites," she reported. "No canoodling, nothing like that. He was wearing his ring, I will give him that."

After leaving the Front Street venue, Jon took his friends to Torches restaurant. "There was no flirting or affection," Torches manager Damien Brady adds. "They just looked like old friends and were laughing and having a good time."

Does Jon and Kate's marriage seem like it's over to you? What about the kids, who would they be better off with? Perhaps TLC will be going forward with their new Jon and Kate show?

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Update: Jon & Kate Unleashed

Sassy Smith — Sun, 31 May 2009 15:05:00 GMT

Jon & Kate Plus 8 might be a thing of the past! According to sources, the show will be renamed Jon & Kate Unleashed, and be revamped into something more sleek, sexy and sinister!

From Pittsburgh Tribune Review:

After their father's rumored infidelity sent the show's ratings soaring, the youngsters who helped make "Jon & Kate Plus 8" a success are being de-emphasized.

The children will be sent away to boarding school to allow The Learning Channel show to explore more mature themes. The program's producers also announced today that the reality program will be rechristened "Jon & Kate Unleashed."

"The kids will still make occasional guest appearances, primarily around the holidays," executive producer Benny Temberton said at a news conference outside Jon and Kate Gosselin's home. "But we're definitely retooling the show into something sleek, something sexy -- and perhaps even a little sinister."

Since its inception, the show has centered on the logistical challenges the Gosselins face in raising their now 8-year-old twin girls and 5-year-old sextuplets.

The nearly 10 million viewers who watched the show's fifth-season premiere Monday were more than double the program's previous largest audience. The boost has been attributed to numerous tabloid reports that Jon has been unfaithful to Kate.

Temberton would not confirm or deny those stories but called them a "fantastic opportunity" to break free from a format that was growing stale.

"What we've been dealing with since the show debuted is this: Jon and Kate have eight kids. That sure makes for a lot of dirty clothes piling up in the laundry room," Temberton said. "By now, the audience gets that."

Once the children are dispatched to a far-off locale -- Temberton mentioned Switzerland as a possibility -- the show will revolve around the Gosselins' troubled marriage.

"To fill the vacuum left by the children, we'll have a mysterious stranger with some skeletons in his closet move next door to the Gosselins," Temberton said. "Will Kate be tempted to become romantically involved with him if she and Jon separate? You'll have to tune in to find out."

Temberton dismissed the idea that such a manipulation of events might taint the program's reputation as reality based.

"Oh, come on. These people put makeup on every morning before breakfast so they can be videotaped eating their Shredded Wheat," he said. "You call that reality?"

He also scoffed at the notion the Gosselins would be lonely without their children.

"They'll still have family around," he said. "The production crew isn't going anywhere."

Sleek, sexy and sinister - are they sure this will be suitable viewing for TLC? Seriously, Jon and Kate would send their eight young children to boarding school? I know they are in a heck of a mess right now, but I honestly can't believe the couple would ship their kids far away!

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New TV Show: Jon & Kate Plus Divorce

Sassy Smith — Sun, 31 May 2009 11:02:00 GMT

TLC's Jon & Kate Plus 8 reality show, featuring Jon and Kate Gosselin and their eight children, is very popular. But with the future of Jon and Kate's marriage hanging in the balance, it's unclear if their show will or should continue. However, according to one expert, a TV show featuring the Gosselins and their break up, would be a big hit!

Robert Galinsky, New York Reality TV School founder, believes Jon and Kate's possible divorce has the makings of the "perfect spinoff."

He said, "You get two-for-one here."

If the couple were to split, Galinksy says producers should make the most of it - follow Jon on his journey and Kate on hers, and see how the kids handle the changes.

"This is not sheer entertainment anymore," he added. "It's sort of a sociological, almost a documentary, at this point.

"If it's done tastefully, it could be a great experience for us to watch."

His advice for the Gosselins?

"Continue to be completely honest and let us watch the true nature of a relationship as it evolves. They can't hide from the cameras."

Um, anyone else think this is a bad idea? Seriously, I don't think the Gosselin children should be filmed while their parents are in the middle of a divorce - what kind of impact will it have on them? Probably not a good one!

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Juicy Details: The Jon & Kate Gosselin Tell-All Book!

Sassy Smith — Sat, 30 May 2009 19:08:00 GMT

You knew it was coming! A juicy, behind-the-scenes look at what really happens in the Gosselin household just might be around the corner in a new book. What book? Well, that would be the book that Kate Gosselin's brother Kevin, is writing.

From OK!:

When there's money to be made, it seems blood is definitely not as thick as water: After the brother of Jon Gosselin's alleged mistress revealed his sister's story for free, Kate Gosselin's brother is following suit. But he wants to see the green, first.

E! News reports that Kevin Kreider has been shopping his tell-all take on the situation to media outlets for $30,000. That's a swift turnabout from when the estranged sibling complained today on CBS' Early Show that the eight kids in the Gosselin family were "exploited" and treated as "a commodity."

"We're speaking out now because we want to be the voice of our nieces and nephews," Kevin told the morning show. "We're seeing it turn tide, that they're being viewed as a commodity."

I see, so this book is to help protect Kevin's nieces and nephews - the Gosselin's eight children? Interesting. He has the best interests of the children in mind? Or is it the money he's after? Hmm. You pick.

It's bad enough the Gosselin kids have to suffer through the possible break up of their parents, in the public eye no less, but now Uncle Kevin and Aunt Jodi want to exploit them? Despicable!

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Separation For Jon & Kate (PHOTOS)

Sassy Smith — Sat, 30 May 2009 17:04:00 GMT

Is the writing on the wall? After Monday night's premiere of Jon & Kate Plus 8, it seemed quite evident that Jon and Kate Gosselin may not be able to salvage their marriage and family. Maybe they don't want to. The couple spent the Memorial Day weekend, far apart.

Pics after the jump

From PEOPLE:

While Kate reportedly took the eight on a boat ride in North Carolina this week, Jon was spotted at an upstate New York bar with two women. Several witnesses at 26 Front Street bar in the Hudson River town of Newburgh tell PEOPLE that Jon stopped in with two friends Monday afternoon – a woman who appeared to be in her mid-20s and another who looked to be older.

"They came in, approached the bar, got some drinks and then stood off on their own by a railing," says a bouncer who checked Jon's ID. "They were laughing and talking and they all left together."

The bouncer says Jon and the younger woman, "were standing close at one point ... but there was not any PDA that I noticed." Jon's trip to the bar was first reported on TMZ.com.

Manager Robb Tanczos says Jon drank Miller Lite. "I didn't see any kissing, touching, caressing or anything like that," he says. "They just kind of chilled."

Both Jon and Kate have denied reports they have been unfaithful to one another.

Sources say Jon and his two friends spent about 40 minutes in the outdoor area of the Newburgh bar and left after it appeared people began noticing they were there.

"People tried taking cell phone pictures and they turned around to face the railing and kind of spread out so they weren't standing so close," says the bouncer.

"I think once people recognized him they left," adds Tanczos.

The trio also stopped into another restaurant nearby, Torches on the Hudson, for some food and drink that afternoon.

"Jon looked really relaxed and was talking to people," general manager Damien Brady tells PEOPLE. "One of the waitresses asked for an autograph and he gave it to her."

And from TMZ:

On Top: Jon Gosselin knockin' back a beer with two ladies at Front Street bar and grill in Newburgh, New York on Memorial Day.

On Bottom: Kate plus most of the eight getting off a ferry on Bald Head Island, North Carolina yesterday morning.

Their eight children, particularly Mady and Cara, 8, must sense something's very wrong in their world. Even the younger kids know something is different - especially when they're begging daddy not to go. Poor kids.

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Kate Gosselin's New Book: Love Is In The Mix

Sassy Smith — Sat, 30 May 2009 16:07:00 GMT

Kate Gosselin is one busy lady! The mom of eight, who stars on TLC's Jon & Kate Plus 8, will release her third book, Love Is in the Mix: Making Meals into Memories. It will hit store shelves October 13, 2009, according to Amazon.com.

From Us:

"Fans ... won’t want to miss this inside look at one of America’s most famous close-knit families," the back cover states.

In addition to offering nutritious recipes and tips on eating organically, Love Is in the Mix promises to teach readers "how to craft family traditions that create happy memories" and "how to feed a large family on a budget." The book will include family photos and anecdotes about her twins and sextuplets.

According to the site, Kate will also offer insight into handling picky eaters, making lunchtime fun, planning meals for vacations, and making ordinary days "extra special."

Although excerpts from the book have not yet been released, commenters have already begun slamming the star's previously released recipes and claim she stole them "from product boxes and magazine articles."

One person wrote that her recipe for the cereal treat Monkey Munch -- which was mentioned on the TLC show -- is the same as one on the Chex brand website and calls it "plagiarism."

Other commenters were shocked that the woman who once said that "real cooks don't need recipes" was qualified to write a cookbook. They wrote on Amazon.com that on the show, Kate does little to "no cooking, no meals, just snacks -- crackers, yogurt, grapes, cukes and peppers in pita. The woman can't cook."

Still, with Kate's previous two books reaching the New York Times Best Seller list, the book's publishers are likely expecting similar success with Love Is in the Mix. In addition to her income from book sales, the newest issue of Us Weekly, on newsstands today, reports that the Gosselins -- who live in a $1.1 million house -- earn approximately $50,000 to $75,000 per show.

Kate's first two books - Multiple Bles8ings: Surviving to Thriving with Twins and Sextuplets and Eight Little Faces - focused on raising a big family and the joys and challenges parents face. She also shared photos of her kids and her favorite scriptures in the second one.

New book, so, does this mean Kate will be away from her family again? Not that I have anything against the woman having a career, but with all the difficulties she and husband Jon are facing, I would think her marriage and family would be top priority?

Good luck, Kate!

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Jennifer Lopez and Emme - Flower Girls

trix — Sat, 30 May 2009 12:31:00 GMT

Jennifer Lopez and Emme spent some time together on the set of Jennifer's new movie The Back Up Plan.

They actually look pretty cute together and I am not a fan. Jennifer looks soft and feminine, with that hairdo and Emme, like any little girl, is the picture of cuteness.

I do hope, however, that the guy in the background is just wiping his nose because it itches and not because of a dirty diaper.

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First Photo: Wanda Sykes' Twins!!

Sassy Smith — Sat, 30 May 2009 02:59:00 GMT

Comedian and actress Wanda Sykes and her wife Alex welcomed twins, Olivia Lou and Lucas Claude, on April 27. The New Adventures of Old Christine star showed off her adorable babies on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, on Thursday, May 28.

Photo after the jump!

From BCK:

Wanda Sykes shared the first picture of her one-month-old twins, Olivia Lou and Lucas Claude, on Thursday’s episode of The Tonight Show With Jay Leno.

The comedienne and her wife, Alex, welcomed the twins on April 27th but Wanda jokes that the twins came out later than expected.

“Babies are very inconsiderate. Everyone said twins, so they should be there maybe after 35 weeks… [but then], nothing. Just sitting around waiting. I was like, ‘Babies, you gotta hurry up and get here, I have a big White House correspondents’ gig coming up! I got a gig, baby!’”

Wanda was able to make it to her “White House gig” and she was also able to make it to the delivery room when the twins were born.

“I was there,” she said. “I was hands on and you know, when the doctors tell you ‘Don’t look this way?’ Don’t look that way!”

Wanda says that her wife-they married in in California on October 25th of last year- breastfeeds and she handles “ everything that comes out.”

She's so funny! And her babies are gorgeous... congrats!

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Gosselin Children Being Exploited?

Sassy Smith — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:05:00 GMT

Reality TV stars Jon and Kate Gosselin are parents to eight young children - a set of twins, Mady and Cara, 8, and sextuplets, Aaden, Alexis, Collin, Hannah, Joel and Leah, 5 - and the kids are featured on their TLC show Jon & Kate Plus 8. Kate's brother and sister-in-law are once again speaking out - they believe the Gosselin kids are being "exploited" for the sake of ratings. Are they?

Video link after the jump

From Us magazine:

Jon and Kate Gosselin's eight children are being "exploited" for the sake of ratings, Kate's brother and sister-in-law alleged on CBS' The Early Show Wednesday.

When the TLC series first aired in 2007, Kevin Kreider, Kate's younger brother, and his wife, Jodi, thought it was a unique way to document the kids' lives.

"We thought it was very innocent at the time," Jodi said. "It quickly turned into more and more demands from Jon and Kate from the network. It turned into 40 episodes in a six-month span."

"There were cameras in the children's bedroom at one point, and they were filming all year round," Jodi said. "These were very huge concerns for us."

Monday's season five premiere attracted 9.8 million viewers - more than double the audience for its fourth-season finale several weeks ago. Kevin -- who is estranged from his sister Kate -- said he and his wife are speaking out now to be "the voices" of their nieces and nephews.

"They're being viewed as a commodity," Kevin said.

Added Jodi, "They're being exploited, and it's time for America to see the situation for what it really is."

"Unfortunately, there are no laws protecting children in reality TV shows, and it's time for the public to be appear of this," she continued. "These children are very aware of the cameras in their homes. The home is their workplace. This is not a healthy environment for kids to be raised in."

When he broached the subject with Jon and Kate in the past, Kevin said the couple told him, "'This is what we chose. This is how we're going to provide for them.'"

(Jon and Kate earn an estimated $25-$75,000 an episode, in addition to a score of freebies.)

"We feel that they've chosen this path with disregard to their children's safety, security," he said.

Despite Kate's previous claims, Jodi also said the kids do not like the cameramen in their home all the time.

"They don't want the cameras around. They have told me personally," said Jodi. "They would say, 'Aunt Jodi, I don't like the cameras on every vacation with us.'"

"Kids have bad moments, and they cry," Jodi added. "Having a camera zoom in on a crying child... this should not be a form of entertainment."

Above all, Kevin said he wants Jon and Kate to "see the effects and see what is most important."

Jodi said Jon and Kate, who admitted on Monday's premiere that they may divorce, are "very lost right now. They're very blinded by all this media, the fame and fortune."

"It's time to really put priorities first," she said. "They say children is their priority, but clearly it is not."

Said Jodi, "No one is looking at these children, at what they are going through, and the life consequences they are going to have as they get older."

Is it just me, or does anyone else take issue with Kevin and Jodi speaking out? While they may have some valid points about the Gosselin children being on TV and in the public eye, I just don't understand why they are blabbing to the media about their own family? Are they too, exploiting the situation for financial gain?

Watch the video here.

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The Jolie-Pitts Are Moving to Portugal

trix — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:32:00 GMT

Angelina Jolie is said to be house hunting in Portugal, could it be true?

She is talking to a real estate agent in Portugal about finding a beach property, according to an insider. Whether it's to rent or buy we do not know.

She's looking in a village called Lagos in the southern Algarve area. I'm going to have to pull out my Atlas for that one.

The insider also said that she and Brad have an open relationship and every day is new.

I don't know about the last tidbit, whether it's true or not, but I do know that Angelina has to be tired of the constant scrutiny. I would want to move to Portugal too, just to get away from the incessant media attention.

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Remembering Jon & Kate: 20 Most Unforgettable Gosselin Moments

Sassy Smith — Fri, 29 May 2009 11:05:00 GMT

Jon and Kate Gosselin probably could have never predicted all that has happened to them in the past 10 years. With their marriage, the birth of their twins, then sextuplets, a hugely popular TV show, paparazzi following their every move and now on the cover of every tabloid you can name, it's probably more than they can handle some days. Do you remember how it all started?

Article & photos from EW. Here are a few highlights:

THE ORIGINAL ONE-HOUR SPECIAL, SURVIVING SEXTUPLETS AND TWINS
Pre-Jon & Kate Plus Eight, Discovery's Health channel airs a one-hour special, Surviving Sextuplets and Twins. Viewers meet the Gosselins, a young couple of modest means whose infertility treatments led to twin girls, followed by sextuplets (three girls, three boys). Audiences fall in love with Cara and Mady, as well as Hannah, Aaden, Alexis, Joel, Leah, and Collin.

MOMMY TUCKS IN MORE THAN JUST KIDS
The follow-up special, Surviving Sextuplets and Twins: One Year Later, finds the ten Gosselins happily relocated to a larger house. Kate takes an out-of-state trip to visit a generous plastic surgeon who offered her a tummy tuck after watching her in the previous special (in which she dubbed her postpartum belly ''jowls of a dog.'')

''IT MIGHT BE A CRAZY LIFE, BUT IT'S OUR LIFE''
Three episodes into their series on TLC, Jon & Kate Plus Eight, the Gosselins visit California for a speaking engagement. Stopping at Sequoia National Forest, they collect huge pinecones, unaware it's illegal. The souvenirs end up in their garage and spark one of the notoriously petty Jon/Kate quarrels (over which box to store the pine cones in) that would become a staple of the series.

THE HOLLY JOLLY HISSYFIT AT THE TOY STORE
The children pick Christmas gifts for one another at ToysRUs in the ''Shopping for Ten'' episode. But when Kate wheels her cart of cranky kids to the checkout, she impatiently bellows ''Helloooo!'' at Jon. Mortified, he tells her in the parking lot, ''You yelled at me in there like I'm a frickin' dog'' and adds, ''I know you're a better person than that.''

OUR POTTIES, OURSELVES
Undoubtedly psyched to end her diaper-changing days, proud mom Kate asks Alexis to pose for a photo (''It's a memory!'') next to the fruits of her potty-training labor. Jon's take? ''I think it's gross!'' TLC agrees, deciding in the ''Pancakes and Potties'' episode to shield viewers from the sight of fresh poo.

''WE NEED TO DO THIS FOR OUR MARRIAGE''
During ''Jon Turns 30,'' loved ones gather at a restaurant where Kate surprises Jon with his birthday gift: a trip for two to Key West. Reflecting on the precious R&R, she acknowledges that it was costly, but calls it an investment in their relationship: ''Marriages can crumble very easily. I'm not dumb. Ours has 500 times the stress of a normal marriage.''

KATE HAS A COW ABOUT COLORING IN CUTE CLOTHES
The children visit the Crayola Factory in ''Color Me Gosselin'' to see crayons get made. During a hands-on part of the tour, Kate tries to prevent stains (Jon observes, ''Kate, you're being neurotic — they can't have fun?'') and then forbids anyone to play with markers. Jon sides with the children, saying, ''You shouldn't have dressed them in nice outfits.''

''WE'RE GETTING MARRIED AGAIN TO SHOW YOU WE'RE GOING TO BE TOGETHER FOREVER AND EVER''
Why are Mommy and Daddy renewing their vows? Kate, with her flock in wedding attire gathered around, reminds the children that the Hawaiian ceremony means their parents will always be together. Jon confesses later in the ''For Better or Worse'' episode that as Kate walked down the aisle, he thought, ''Wow, that's my beautiful wife.''

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Is Angelina a Cutter?

trix — Thu, 28 May 2009 19:02:00 GMT

Wow, I don't even know where to start. If true, she really needs some help, if not, whomever concocted this story is just sick.

A source from the set of Salt said that Angelina is acting weird lately, which of course led to someone saying that she's possibly cutting herself.

“Angie’s been crying in her trailer most days and is barely eating. She keeps forgetting her lines and she’s been shaking and staring into space,” a movie insider tells Britain’s Now magazine.

“In fact, it’s been so bad that some crew members have suspected she’s using drugs, although that’s out of the question. But the ones who know her realize it could be something much, much worse if she’s self-harming.

“When she’s at home she just about holds it together, but she stays up listening to the same song over and over and rarely sleeps.”

What is she, twelve? I highly doubt this story is true, I hope it's not true. If it's not true, the person that made it up needs to have red lights all the way home, forever.

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Katie Holmes Reprimanded in Public?

trix — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:32:00 GMT

Did Ivana Visnjic yell at Katie Holmes at the American Idol finale? If so, what on earth would she have been yelling about?

Ah, were back to the whole, Katie took Suri to the American Idol finale thing? Rumor has it that Katie Holmes left after Ivana Visnjic asked her what the heck she was doing there with Suri?

She said, "What are you doing? This is no environment to bring a baby! You're traumatizing this baby."

I'm sure Katie didn't think it was going to be so crazy and loud. It doesn't seem so crazy on TV, but she did leave right away. She probably should have taken some noise reducers for Suri, sometimes you just don't think of those kids of things.

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JLo Reality TV Show? Forget It! Jon & Kate Plus 8 Dominates!

Sassy Smith — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:05:00 GMT

Remember, about a year ago, Jennifer Lopez was gearing up for a reality TV show for TLC? It's OK if you don't - it probably wasn't going to be that exciting anyway. And it's water under the bridge anyway - Jon & Kate Plus 8 is so hugely popular it practically killed any chance for a JLo show.

Sources at TLC tell TMZ there is just about zero chance of Jennifer Lopez ever having a reality TV show. With the Monday night premiere of Jon & Kate Plus 8 scoring almost 10 million viewers, there's just no room for a behind the scenes with JLo creating a new fragrance show. Boring!

A TLC insider said, "It [Jennifer Lopez show idea] was on life support for awhile, and now we've just lost interest."

Lopez had said she wouldn't feature her children - twins Max and Emme. It was going to focus on her and her work ventures. Snoresville.

Probably for the best anyway - if she sees the mess Jon and Kate Gosselin are in now, she'll be thankful she and Marc didn't push for their own show! Not worth breaking up a family!

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Will Angelina and Brad Adopt From Armenia?

trix — Thu, 28 May 2009 15:34:00 GMT

Are Brad and Angelina going to adopt a baby from Armenia in the near future?

According to some sources, that's the plan.

Examiner.com said, " One of the reasons Angelina wants to adopt from Armenia is because there is a lot less 'red' tape and the adoption process can be a lot easier. She also believes an Armenian child will fit in perfectly with her African, Cambodian, and Vietnamese babies."

Well, we shall see won't we. Last I heard they were adopting a baby from Ethiopia and also from India, so who knows. Maybe they will adopt a baby from Portugal next.

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Jon & Kate Gosselin: Kids Beg, "Daddy Don't Go!"

Sassy Smith — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:02:00 GMT

Yes, Jon and Kate Gosselin are going through a very difficult time. However, there are eight little people who are also experiencing tough times - the couple's children. Twins, Mady and Cara, 8, and sextuplets, Aaden, Alexis, Collin, Hannah, Joel and Leah, 5, are sensing things aren't quite right between their parents.

From Star:

In perhaps one of the most heart-breaking moments of the fifth season premiere of Jon & Kate Plus 8, five-year-old Alexis tells her father, "Daddy, I don't want you to leave anymore." The harrowing plea comes as the littlest Gosselins worry that their dad will be pushed out of their lives. And the Gosselins' nanny talks only to Star about the impact on the children.

While Jon and Kate Gosselin's marriage crumbles, their eight children are realizing it's over. And in the midst of all the madness, the Gosselin kids (twins Mady and Cara, age 8, and sextuplets Aaden, Alexis, Collin, Hannah, Joel and Leah, age 5) are finding it hard to weather the storm.

“The boys have been acting out since the scandal started,” a source tells Star. At the same time, Mady and Cara have become withdrawn. “They’re having trouble at school,” says the source. “They’re old enough to know what’s going on, and not a day goes by that they don’t ask Jon if he’s moving out. They say, ‘Daddy, don’t go!’ They’re scared they’ll lose him.”

Jon has long been the primary parent to his kids, even quitting his job to be a stay-at-home dad. "They would be heartbroken if he left them,” the Gosselins’ former nanny Angela Krall tells Star. “And he would be heartbroken too.”

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Sassy Smith — Thu, 28 May 2009 11:02:00 GMT

Jon and Kate Gosselin seemed uncomfortable and unsure on the season premiere of their TLC reality show, Jon & Kate Plus 8. Of course by now, everyone knows they are having marital problems due to recent events concerning Jon being out with another woman. However, could there be more going on? According to sources, Jon is kept on a very tight leash by Kate - perhaps he's fed up with it all?

From Us:

The new issue of Us Weekly has even more details on Kate Gosselin's tight leash on husband Jon, and the long, strange private dynamic between the deteriorating couple.

"She used to give him only $5 to spend, and if he was out and needed more money, she would give him hell," his former employer at Style Craft Corp, David Rothermel, tells Us.

Rothermel, who fired Jon for misusing company resources and remembers college dropout Jon looking online all day for freebies for the sextuplets, also recalls a very-pregnant-with-sextuplets Kate storming into the office one day.

"She came in raising hell because Jon's father was supposed to bring her lunch and he was late," Rothermel recalls. "She got up out of bed rest to come in and yell at anyone who would listen!" (The Gosselins later publicly concocted a story that Jon was let go by Rothermel because the company didn't want to insure the sextuplets.)

Also during that time, when a friend of Jon's father donated a 14-passenger van to the family, Kate "never thanked him," says a source close to Jon. Instead, "she traded it in because she hated the color burgundy."

During Monday's season premiere, a beaten-down Jon revealed his lack of self-esteem. "I can't write. Some people say I can't talk or breathe right, either." (Kate famously told him once to "stop breathing so loud.") Also on the episode -- the show's highest-rated episode of all time -- Kate admitted she's "been hard" on Jon during the 10 years of their marriage.

"I would never deny that. I've always regretted it," she says.

Well, if they have a parent-child type of marriage, it's definitely not going to work! I would think Kate, being a mother of eight children, would prefer to have an equal partner in the relationship, not another person she can treat like a kid and boss around!

And what's wrong with Jon - if Kate's behavior towards him is actually how it's being reported - that he can't stand up for himself? After watching Monday night's premiere, I'm fairly certain Jon wants out of the marriage. Although, both Jon and Kate said they would absolutely be there for the children, no matter what. Let's hope they at least get that right!

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Josh loposer — Wed, 27 May 2009 20:00:00 GMT

The Brodericks are moving the family unit to new and larger digs in preparation for the twins.

Obviously, with twins expected on July 18th via surrogate Michelle Ross, Sarah Jessica and Matthew felt they needed a little more space than they could squeeze out of their West Village brownstone. Plus, I'm guessing that SJP was pretty excited to redecorate - especially when it comes to the twins new $29,000 nursery!

Moving vans were parked outside their Manhattan townhouse yesterday as movers loaded up the power couple's gear and Matthew swung by to make sure they weren't breaking stuff.

Reportedly, the new place is in New York City -- and I'm assuming it's in Manhattan -- but the exact location isn't known yet. I doubt it will be long before the paps zero in on it.

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Shiloh Jolie-Pitt Turns 3

trix — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:29:00 GMT

Do you think she'll have an extravagent princess party like Suri? Or will the family keep it low-key, just the 8 of them celebrating her birthday.

I vote they are going to do something fun, but just as a family, no one else is needed to celebrate their little girl's big day.

She is just one of the prettiest little girls out there, she's almost as cute as my boys. The years go by so fast, treasure them while you can.

We hope you have a great day, Jolie-Pitt family.

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trix — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:29:00 GMT

Is Angelina Jolie just stringing us along? We want to believe she's a good mother and that she was the right one to adopt her beautiful children. Can we keep the faith?

IUC or Ian under cover writes some pretty nasty things about Brad and most recently, Angelina. His latest spiel about Angelina is that she's just using her reputation as a model mother to keep the press interested and at times, at bay.

“Every time Angie is set to sign on for another movie she is instructed to tell a trusted reporter that she plans to soon retire from acting or drastically cut back her schedule so that she can spend more time with her kids. That way she avoids a potential backlash from reporters who might criticize her for being away from her family so much of the time. It’s brilliant. If those reporters ever heard the kids call their nanny 'Mommy,' which has happened more than once, they’d get the real picture.”

She's busy, she leads a very high profile life, she has lots of kids and is very much in demand. She chose that life and her kids know exactly what is going on.

I don't know about you, but I'm around my kids all day every day, (I work at home) and if my kids go to my moms house for a few hours they call her mommy and me, kiki. Kids do that kind of stuff all the time and we remember it every time, because it's like a little stab in the heart.

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Sarah Jessica Parker Spends Thousands - Is Ready For Babies!

trix — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:32:00 GMT

Sarah Jessica Parker is expecting twins daughters through a surrogate later this summer but she's ready now.

SJP reportedly spent a whopping $29,000 on their nursery. Holy crud, that's a lot of money to spend on babies who are going to, eat, poop and sleep for the next few months.

By the time the girls get old enough to really enjoy all the fancy schmancy stuff, it will be time to change the decor to match each personality.

What did she spend all the money on? $9,600 on a day bed, $10,500 on an armoire from Bonne Nuit, $7,900 on a double crib with Louis XIV bedding from Duetta Crib Mate and a $2,600 imported rocking chair.

I guess she can spend her money any way she wants too. I wonder though, what do these celebrities, who spend a zillion dollars on thier nurseries do with all this stuff when they are done. I know they aren't taking them to the local "New-to You" shop.

This is what the crib looks like. I hope she didn't pick that bedding though, it looks like a unicorn threw up.

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Jon & Kate Gosselin Meet American Chopper (PHOTOS)!

Sassy Smith — Wed, 27 May 2009 11:05:00 GMT

Jon and Kate Gosselin probably need some fun in their lives right now. Raising a big family is difficult - add to that, marital problems, in the public eye no less, and that's a lot of stress! The Gosselins let loose and hit the open road with fellow TLC stars of American Chopper.

More pics after the jump!

From RadarOnline:

Jon, looking butch in a blue sleeveless tank and shades, was snapped riding a red motorcycle through his native Reading, PA. His bride Kate rode with Paul Teutul Sr., Chopper's 60-yer-old patriarch.

The couple were last seen together a week ago, joining to celebrate the fifth birthday of their sextuplets--which was caught on film for their own TLC hit Jon & Kate Plus 8.

Kate was presented with a gift from the American Chopper guys - a pink scooter! How cute - I bet her girls loved that!

Lots more photos here!

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