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Interest in Jon and Kate Gosselin Is Fading

Until not long ago, speaking of Jon and Kate Gosselin and failure to make a profit at the same time was close to imaginable, what with the two being clearly the biggest phenomenon of recent times. Now, just a couple of days after their reality show came to a hurried closure, all signs indicate that the Gosselin-mania...

26 November 2009
09:18 GMT

Katie Price Leaves ‘I’m a Celebrity,’ Show Loses 2M Viewers

Although the public consensus seems to be that no one really likes Katie Price, formerly known as Jordan, from things like making of her divorce and personal life a “product” she sells to the tabloids to being a talentless example of a “celebrity,” it’s clear that, at least, people love ...

26 November 2009
03:49 GMT

Tears and Regret Mark Final Episode of ‘Jon & Kate Plus 8’

The finale episode of TLC’s once very successful reality show, “Jon & Kate Plus 8,” dealing with the story of a regular married couple raising eight adorable children, aired as scheduled on Monday, November 23, 2009, and got mixed reactions in the now-estranged spouses. While Kate cried and expresse...

24 November 2009
10:16 GMT

End of the Gosselin Era: ‘Jon & Kate Plus 8’ Wraps This Monday

Early last month, rumors were confirmed when TLC, the network carrying the once very popular “Jon & Kate Plus 8” reality show, announced that the series was officially coming to an end in November, pending a judge’s sentence in the ongoing lawsuit. Come this Monday, the final episode of the show wil...

21 November 2009
04:19 GMT

Kim Kardashian Made ‘Ugly’ with Prosthetic Face

Kim Kardashian has often been applauded for her ability to never take herself too seriously – or so say her fans , as well as for her willingness to go that extra mile for a good laugh. Her recent “feat” involves wearing a prosthetic face until she was barely recognizable for an episode of “Se...

12 November 2009
09:32 GMT

Jon Gosselin Countersues TLC, Says He Needs Money

TLC is currently pursuing legal action against the man it made into a star with the “Jon & Kate Plus 8” reality show, Jon Gosselin. The network has sued for breach of contract, because Jon reportedly cashed in good money to do interviews with the written and spoken media. Just recently, Gosselin too has f...

12 November 2009
08:15 GMT

Katie Price Paid £350,000 to Return to Jungle in I’m a Celebrity

The first time that Katie Price appeared on I’m a Celebrity Get Me out of Here she was still going by the name of Jordan, had blonde hair and had not yet met her now ex-husband Peter Andre. That happened in 2004. Now, five years later, Price is asking for and has been offered £350,000 to return to the Aus...

11 November 2009
04:15 GMT

Kate Gosselin Breaks Down in Tears in New Interview

Kate Gosselin is often described as one of those women who usually like to play the game by their own rules, no matter how many other people also take part in it. However, whenever she’s talking about what the impeding divorce has done to her life and how all this media exposure has affected her life, she&rsquo...

3 November 2009
09:23 GMT

Jon Gosselin Turns Down OctoMom Reality Show on 'Spiritual' Grounds

The general opinion on Jon Gosselin is that there’s little he wouldn’t do for money, even if that meant harming those closest to him. Still, according to the reality star himself, one thing he won’t do even if the financial gain could be pretty substantial is a reality show with OctoMom Nadya Sulema...

31 October 2009
07:49 GMT

Jon Gosselin to Appear on Amazing Race, Survivor

A career in television is the natural and, by all chances, the only possible, next step for Jon Gosselin. Now that his claim that TLC was exploiting his eight children by shooting “Jon & Kate Plus 8” effectively blocked production on the reality show, it’s clear that he can’t make his upcoming...

24 October 2009
06:29 GMT

David Hasselhoff to Get Reality Show

Former “Baywatch” star David Hasselhoff, also known as The Hoff in the media, is preparing to bring his personal life on the small screen by means of a reality show that is currently in the works at A&E, Star Magazine informs. This way, not only will the star be able to redeem his public image that has ta...

20 October 2009
05:24 GMT

Jon Gosselin Exploits Kids for Own Interest, Papers Say

On Friday, reportedly after several attempts to settle the matter outside a court of law, TLC, the network producing and carrying the “Jon & Kate Plus 8” reality show, filed a lawsuit against Jon Gosselin for breach of contract. In court documents, the network argues that Jon is using his children as &ldq...

19 October 2009
06:17 GMT

TLC Sues Jon Gosselin for Breach of Contract

TLC, the network producing and airing the soon-to-be-defunct “Jon & Kate Plus 8” reality series, is taking Jon Gosselin to court for allegedly violating contractual obligations, Radar Online reports. The father of eight was bound to TLC by an exclusive contract, a contract that he violated the moment he s...

17 October 2009
04:12 GMT

Jon Gosselin Announces Plans to Continue on Television

The TLC-made show “Jon & Kate Plus 8” may come to an end in mid-November, but that’s not to say the world will never see Jon Gosselin on the small screen again. Reports have long circulated about how he plans to start shooting for his own reality show, but, until now, no confirmation for it has been...

16 October 2009
10:34 GMT

‘Jon & Kate Plus 8’ Show Officially Ends This November

Jon and Kate Gosselin have been engaged in what is deemed one of the most public and bitter divorce battles in showbiz and it has eventually taken a toll on their joint reality show as well. After TLC, the network producing and carrying it, let Jon go, more or less unceremoniously, and he blocked production, a decisi...

16 October 2009
04:00 GMT

I Can’t Pay My Bills, Kate Gosselin Cries on the Today Show

Jon Gosselin secretly raided the joint bank account set up for the family, taking out an estimated $230,000 and leaving soon to be former wife Kate with a little over $1,000, despite the terms set by a judge that neither was to make withdrawals without the other’s consent. Speaking on the Today Show, a teary Ka...

6 October 2009
05:17 GMT

Jon Gosselin’s Girlfriend to Be a Regular on His Show

While the war with TLC over his contract for “Jon & Kate Plus 8,” the show that launched him as an international celebrity, continues to rage on, Jon Gosselin continues to focus on his upcoming reality show, “Divorced Dads’ Club.” Not only is he making plans and actively working to finis...

5 October 2009
09:14 GMT

Jon Gosselin Defends Himself on Larry King

Jon Gosselin was fired from his own show on TLC, “Jon & Kate Plus 8,” and has been publicly slammed by his soon to be former wife for his recent statements to the media. For now, Jon has managed to block production on the show until an agreement is reached between the three parties, but he also needs to w...

2 October 2009
09:36 GMT

Kate Gosselin Lashes Out at Opportunistic Jon, Show Put On Hold

The newly renamed TLC show “Kate Plus 8,” featuring Kate Gosselin and her eight children and minus soon to be ex-husband Jon, has just been put on hold, TMZ informs. The problem, it seems, is that Jon sees it as an exploitation of his children and, concerned they may come to be harmed from continuing to b...

2 October 2009
05:06 GMT

TLC Loses Jon Gosselin, Show Is Now ‘Kate Plus 8’

Following many weeks of speculation and ratings that kept going from bad to worse, TLC has made the only logical decision regarding its one-time winning reality show, “Jon & Kate Plus 8”: it cut Jon Gosselin loose. The show will now focus solely on Kate and her life as a mother of eight, while Jon will st...

30 September 2009
03:41 GMT

Lindsay Lohan Wanted for Last Season of ‘Big Brother’ UK

Channel 4 has already announced that “Big Brother” UK will not be renewed for another season once the one scheduled for 2010 ends, since time has come for the network to focus on another project. The same goes for the “Celebrity” version of the show. Speculation has it poor ratings had a lot t...

28 September 2009
09:20 GMT

‘Jon & Kate Plus 8’ Ratings Hit All-Time Low

TLC scored a major hit with the “Jon & Kate Plus 8” reality show, as it proved with each episode that the combination of traditional family values and the sweet chaos derived from raising 8 infants was a sure winner. However, things changed when the Gosselins announced their divorce and the ensuing media ...

26 September 2009
03:51 GMT

Virgin America Airlines and CW Team for ‘Fly Girls’ Reality Show

Virgin America Airlines has joined forces with CW for a brand-new reality show that will go into production soon, with a premiere date set tentatively for 2010. The new televised series will take viewers many miles up and then to various exotic locations as they “tag along” female flight attendants, learn...

25 September 2009
13:21 GMT

MTV to Go Ahead with DJ AM Drug-Intervention Series

DJ AM, real name Adam Goldstein, was found dead last month in his New York City apartment from an overdose. Sober for many years in a row, he had relapsed back to drugs, which eventually led to his untimely death. Before that, though, he had shot a reality show for MTV, whose future had been insecure ever since toxic...

25 September 2009
11:09 GMT

Holly Madison Announces Reality Show, ‘Planet Holly’

Although she has made a name for herself by being the number-one girlfriend of the three Hugh Hefner usually has and by being one of the most mediated glamor models of our times, Holly Madison has always managed to maintain a certain sense of accessibility about her. It’s precisely that which she plans to explo...

25 September 2009
02:49 GMT

Kevin Federline Joins VH1’s Celebrity Fit Club

Since he divorced famous wife Britney Spears, Kevin Federline has slipped out of the spotlight, choosing to move on with his life by pursuing other endeavors. As fame slipped through his fingers, the pounds kept piling, which has led to the nickname of K-Fat, a variant of his rapper moniker K-Fed. All that is about t...

23 September 2009
08:54 GMT

Kate Gosselin to Get Her Own Talk Show

The future for “ Jon & Kate Plus 8” might look a bit uncertain on TV right now, but that’s not to say Kate Gosselin will give up the spotlight without a decent fight, especially since, as of late, her popularity has gone up. In fact, Mrs. Gosselin is said to have enjoyed her two-day co-host duty on ...

16 September 2009
09:12 GMT

Kate Divorced Me Because I Stood Up to Her, Jon Gosselin Says

Jon Gosselin was abused and constantly put down during his marriage to Kate Gosselin, the woman with whom he has eight children, and next to whom he reached international fame with the “Jon & Kate Plus 8” reality show and the current media scandal. In yet another excerpt from his interview with ABC’...

8 September 2009
09:32 GMT

Jon Gosselin Says Kate Abused Him While Married

Just yesterday, we were telling you time and time again how Jon Gosselin, half of the “Jon & Kate Plus 8” show, did not like to do media interviews, save for the occasional, impromptu statements he gave to the paparazzi camped outside his home. His appearance on ABC’s Good Morning America is clearly...

3 September 2009
09:08 GMT

The Media Is Exploiting My Children, Jon Gosselin States

Earlier last month, Jon Gosselin, star of “Jon & Kate Plus 8,” was speaking out for the first time to squash allegations that he was willingly exploiting his children by exposing their life on camera. He was not “selling out” on his kids for a quick buck, Gosselin was saying at the time, but t...

2 September 2009
09:45 GMT

Kim Kardashian Turns Producer

Kim Kardashian, the daughter of the late attorney that initially got O.J. Simpson free of murder charges, socialite and budding designer, is branching out. After starring in her own reality show and making a name for herself as a television personality thanks to it, Kardashian is now looking into producing, and she w...

28 August 2009
10:42 GMT

‘I’m Lonely,’ Kate Gosselin Tells Larry King

When Kate Gosselin and Jon Gosselin were still happily married and he wasn’t constantly snapped out about town, partying with unknown women, Kate was generally considered a shrew. For some reason or another, she came across as too harsh and almost impossible to please, but that’s the exact opposite of how...

27 August 2009
09:04 GMT

Jon Gosselin Says Life Is a Nightmare, Wants Out of TLC Show

US audiences no longer love Jon Gosselin. In fact, according to a poll published over the weekend, the last thing they could stomach right now would be another reality show where he would be on his own. As it happens, Jon Gosselin too is sick of the media charade and he wants out, now that he sees what a nightmare hi...

26 August 2009
09:43 GMT

‘Big Brother’ UK Scrapped for Terrible Ratings

In its long run, “Big Brother” saw record ratings in the UK, turning faded celebrities into overnight stars again and generating profits estimated at around £70 million a year. However, as all good things, it too must come to an end, and it will do so after next year’s season is over, after th...

26 August 2009
08:25 GMT

Exploitation Row for Channel 4 as Ed Wardle Escapes Starvation

Ed Wardle, a documentary maker, was supposed to survive twelve weeks in the Canadian wilderness with nothing but a rifle, a fishing rod and a camera, but had to be emergency airlifted after only seven weeks after he sent a distress call, on the brink of starvation. As of now, Channel 4, the network for which Wardle w...

26 August 2009
06:45 GMT

Poll Shows Americans Don’t Want New Jon Gosselin Show

Amidst speculation that Jon Gosselin is thinking ahead of TLC and the reported imminent sacking from the reality show that made him a star, “Jon & Kate Plus 8,” by shopping around an idea for his own reality show, a new poll shows that this is actually the last thing audiences in the US want. TV Guide pol...

22 August 2009
02:08 GMT

MTV Casting for Weight-Loss Reality Show, ‘Freshman 15’

Some of us know it as “the office 15,” meaning the extra weight about 45 percent of all women and a smaller number of men gain in the first months after taking up a desk job. Others know it as the “freshman 15,” the same weight-gain, this time registered in college students who, because of a d...

21 August 2009
13:31 GMT

Jon Gosselin Violates Morals Clause, Moves On with Reality Show

Amidst speculation that Jon Gosselin is about to be sacked from his own reality show, the one that, not long ago, was getting audiences glued to their television screens, “Jon & Kate Plus 8,” a new report has emerged, confirming that he is on his way out. Because of his recently more carefree lifestyle, T...

20 August 2009
03:16 GMT

TLC Lied About the Gosselins’ Marriage to Keep Show Alive

Jon and Kate Gosselin, stars of the once-immensely popular and appreciated reality show “Jon & Kate Plus 8” that centered on their joint efforts of being parents to eight children, have been deceiving the audiences. As a matter of fact, it’s not the Gosselins precisely who lied and put on an act, Ha...

19 August 2009
09:56 GMT

Kevin Federline Starts Shooting Reality Show

Word of former Mr. Britney Spears Kevin Federline trying to land a deal for his own reality show has been around ever since he divorced his more famous ex-spouse. Rumors have only intensified in recent months, when K-Fed’s obvious weight gain prompted speculation of the nature of said alleged reality show. Now,...

18 August 2009
10:04 GMT

TLC to Cut Jon Gosselin Out of ‘Jon & Kate Plus 8’

Chances that TLC’s reality show “Jon & Kate Plus 8” actually makes it through another season are slim to none, nay-sayers whisper on the Internet. Audiences have been dropping and are expected to go even lower than they are now, to the point that the network will have to make a drastic decision to o...

17 August 2009
10:19 GMT

Kate and Jon Gosselin Show Will Not Survive on TV

The latest season of “Jon & Kate Plus 8,” the reality show about a married couple and their life as parents of no less than eight children, can be seen as a clear indication that, soon enough and if things continue to progress like this, audiences will be spared of the Gosselin drama. As ratings continue ...

14 August 2009
09:18 GMT

Jon and Kate Gosselin Get Average Ratings with Reality Show

“Jon & Kate Plus 8,” the reality show fans used to watch with joy a few months back, has begun to go from bad to worse, both in terms of the personal lives of the two Gosselins and in terms of ratings. The back-to-back episodes that premiered the other day on TLC have managed to score only average ratings...

5 August 2009
09:21 GMT

Kevin Federline Ordered to Lose Weight for Reality Show

He was once a top backup dancer who loved to flaunt his perfectly shaped arms in wifebeaters and tight shirts. He was also an aspiring rapper and budding entrepreneur, as fans will remember of Kevin Federline back in the day when he was still married to Britney Spears. One divorce and many pounds later, K-Fed, as he ...

3 August 2009
11:19 GMT

VH1 Pays $25,000 per Episode of Jessica Simpson’s Reality Show

After trying her hand at country music and acting in long-feature films, Jessica Simpson is set on returning to her television roots with a brand-new reality show for women. A deal has already been struck with VH1, which will be the network to carry “The Price of Beauty,” and Simpson is now preparing to s...

1 August 2009
06:22 GMT

My Children Are Not Exploited, Jon Gosselin Says

“Jon & Kate Plus 8” would be returning on the small screens this Monday, as TLC, the network carrying it, announced yesterday. Given that many things have changed over the past months, it’s a safe bet to say that the many aspects of the reality show are surrounded in controversy, which also applies ...

1 August 2009
05:53 GMT

‘Jon & Kate Plus 8’ Show Returns on TV This Monday

The public might have believed that Jon and Kate Gosselin announcing they were getting a divorce was the end of their highly popular reality show but, as far as TLC, the network carrying it, is concerned, it’s nothing but a small bump on the road. The reality show returns on small screens across the US this Mon...

31 July 2009
10:40 GMT

Nadya Suleman Filming Reality Show Without Children

Nadya Suleman has long struck a deal with a production company to start work on her own reality show, a series that would border more on documentary and would ultimately serve as some sort of diary for OctoMom than for purely entertainment purposes, as it was said. Eager to get to work, Suleman has applied for work p...

31 July 2009
03:02 GMT

Jon Gosselin Takes Michael Lohan as Spokesperson

Michael Lohan, the legally troubled father of actress and socialite Lindsay Lohan, seems to have become Jon Gosselin’s latest spokesperson. Although this is not to be taken too literally, since it’s nothing official, Lohan took it upon himself to set a couple of things straight as regards Gosselin’s...

28 July 2009
09:01 GMT

Nadya Suleman’s Children Get $250 for a Day on Her Reality Show

After becoming a happy mother to surviving octuplets at the beginning of the year, Nadya Suleman instantly turned into a persona non-grata in the media, and especially for Californian taxpayers, when word got out she already had another six minor children at home. In April, rumor had it Suleman was thinking about doi...

27 July 2009
10:09 GMT


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