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Indians Arrange Marriages
Via Reality TV

Jun 27, 2009 1:43 PM CDT

Indians Arrange Marriages Via Reality TV

(Newser) - In the distant past, Indian parents arranged marriages with the help of relations and local priests. These days, they’re turning to Rupert Murdoch. News Corp’s Star TV has launched a daily reality show called Star Vivaah, or Star Weddings, a kind of video personals for prospective brides, grooms,...

Jon & Kate Split
Weeks Old,
Not Years

Jun 24, 2009 10:18 AM CDT

Jon & Kate Split Weeks Old, Not Years

Plus, Jon's galpal joins the show

(Newser) - Jon & Kate Plus 8 is on hiatus until August, but the Jon and Kate three-ring circus must go on, with the world most recently speculating over how long the Gosselins have truly been separated. Divorce papers seem to indicate the couple has lived apart for at least 2...

Gosselin 'Rich Kids'
Get $28K Playhouses

Jun 24, 2009 3:56 AM CDT

Gosselin 'Rich Kids' Get $28K Playhouses

(Newser) - While Jon and Kate discussed their painful decision to divorce on the latest episode of Jon & Kate Plus 8, their kids were frolicking in their four new, custom-made playhouses that cost a whopping $28,000, reports ABC News. The super-pricey haunted house, pirate ship, veterinary clinic, and garden shop...

I'm a Celebrity
Voters Boot
Patti Blagojevich

Jun 23, 2009 9:56 PM CDT

I'm a Celebrity Voters Boot Patti Blagojevich

(Newser) - Patti Blagojevich survived 23 days in the Costa Rican jungle, but she won't be a reality TV champ, reports the Chicago Tribune. Viewers voted Blagojevich off the NBC series I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here tonight. The wife of Illinois' notorious ex-governor took her husband's place on the...

Hallelujah: E! Goes Speidi-Free

Jun 23, 2009 1:09 PM CDT

Hallelujah: E! Goes Speidi-Free

94% of readers are sick of reading about reality show couple

(Newser) - Christmas has come early for anyone who sick to death of the antics of Spencer and Heidi Pratt. E! has decided to go Speidi-free after a recent poll, in which 94% of respondents said the “stars” of such reality gems as The Hills and I’m a Celebrity …...

'The Show Must Go On': Kate

Jun 23, 2009 12:42 PM CDT

'The Show Must Go On': Kate

TLC must contend with new, darker show

(Newser) - Jon and Kate may be divorcing, but “the show must go on,” Kate said on last night’s episode. But how, exactly? TLC is probably pretty pleased Jon and Kate Plus 8 will continue shooting despite the title couple leading—and filming—separate lives, Variety reports, considering the...

Jon & Kate File for Divorce

Jun 22, 2009 5:04 PM CDT

Jon & Kate File for Divorce

(Newser) - Reality-TV parents Jon and Kate Gosselin filed divorce papers today in their native Pennsylvania, People reports. The 10-year marriage, which has produced eight children and given rise to their TLC series Jon & Kate Plus Eight, has hit the high-profile skids in recent months, with rumors of infidelity on both...

Jon Has 'No Idea' Where
Kate Has Gone

Jun 21, 2009 6:24 PM CDT

Jon Has 'No Idea' Where Kate Has Gone

Reality star takes questions on divorce, NYC apartment hunt

(Newser) - Jon without Kate plus eight whipped up a small media storm at his $1.1 million Pennsylvania house today, Us reports. Taking a break from playing lacrosse and Slip 'N Slide with the kids, Jon Gosselin fielded reporters' questions, saying he had "no idea" where wife Kate was. He...

Penn's New Role? Mr. Mom

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

Jun 19, 2009 12:10 PM CDT

Penn's New Role? Mr. Mom

Plus, Carrie Prejean and Speidi and Katherine Heigl are all back

(Newser) - Sean Penn may be taking a career time-out, but his wife certainly isn’t. Robin Wright Penn says that now that her kids are older, “I'm ready to go wild, man!” while promoting her latest film, the Mirror reports. Of her once-estranged hubby’s hiatus, she said, “...

Jon, Minus Kate,
Apartment Hunts in NYC

Jun 19, 2009 11:33 AM CDT

Jon, Minus Kate, Apartment Hunts in NYC

Reality show star seems to be considering move to New York

(Newser) - New York City, are you ready for ladykiller Jon Gosselin to move in? That seems to be his plan, a tipster tells Gawker. The reality star was recently looking at an 8th-floor apartment with a Realtor in Trump Towers. “It was clearly him,” the tipster adds. “He...

Boyle Sits Out Another Show

Jun 19, 2009 11:11 AM CDT

Boyle Sits Out Another Show

Troubled singer is still planning Las Vegas run

(Newser) - Susan Boyle’s tour troubles continued last night when she was dropped from a third Britain’s Got Talent show. Spokespeople said she was “just tired,” but witnesses saw her crying for her cat on her hotel room balcony, the Daily Mail reports. “She kept shouting, ‘...

Jon and Kate Divorcing

Jun 18, 2009 7:14 PM CDT

Jon and Kate Divorcing

(Newser) - Tough to see this one coming: Jon and Kate Gosselin are getting a divorce, reports RadarOnline. Jon will file the papers next week, a source tells the gossip site. The marriage troubles of the reality TV couple (they have sextuplets and two older kids) have played out painfully in the...

Blame Portman for Penn Hiatus

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

Jun 18, 2009 11:52 AM CDT

Blame Portman for Penn Hiatus

Plus, Jon and Kate actually in the same place at the same time, more

(Newser) - Tinseltown is abuzz with speculation about what caused Sean Penn’s acting hiatus, the New York Post reports. Some say Natalie Portman, who was seen with Penn in the middle of his separation drama, broke his heart. Elsewhere:

Jon and Kate Gosselin were actually spotted together—imagine that! The drama-ridden

...

LiLo, Paris
Jealous of
Jon and Kate

Jun 18, 2009 8:25 AM CDT

LiLo, Paris Jealous of Jon and Kate

In latest drama, Lindsay denies Tweeting about cheating Timberlake

(Newser) - With Jon and Kate Gosselin dominating the tabloids, party girls like Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton are doing anything they can to get back in the spotlight. “Lindsay and Paris hate not being on the covers of weeklies,” a source tells the New York Post. “That's why...

Speidi vs. Al Roker: It Is On

Jun 15, 2009 2:32 PM CDT

Speidi vs. Al Roker: It Is On

(Newser) - An interview with Al Roker on NBC’s Today show took a lot out of Heidi and Spencer Pratt, RyanSeacrest.com reports. “I'm still trying to figure out, was the weatherman asking us questions?” Spencer asked, befuddled. “I thought we were getting interviewed by Matt Lauer or something....

Poor Harry Still Pines for Chelsy

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

Jun 15, 2009 1:05 PM CDT

Poor Harry Still Pines for Chelsy

Plus, Susan Boyle rejoins tour, and more

(Newser) - Prince Harry split with his latest galpal, British TV host Caroline Flack, when he realized ex Chelsy Davy was “the best thing that has ever happened to me,” he told friends. “The fling with Caroline has focused Harry’s mind back on Chelsy,” one tells the...

Baldwin House
Going Up
for Auction

Jun 12, 2009 7:39 PM CDT

Baldwin House Going Up for Auction

(Newser) - The house of financially challenged actor Stephen Baldwin is going up for auction later this month, the Lower Hudson Journal News reports. The I'm a Celebrity—Get Me Out of Here! star paid $515,000 for the New York state property 12 years ago, but he and wife Kennya have...

'Mean' Kate
Belongs
in Jail

OPINION

Jun 12, 2009 8:56 AM CDT

'Mean' Kate Belongs in Jail

Reality show mom proves her reputation in video clip

(Newser) - Kate Gosselin of Jon & Kate Plus 8 is rumored to have “a very serious attitude problem,” sure. But Michelle Collins figured she was just another “self-absorbed reality show bitch,” she writes for Best Week Ever. That changed when Collins saw behind-the-scenes footage of an Access ...

Susan Boyle Back on Stage

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

Jun 11, 2009 11:21 AM CDT

Susan Boyle Back on Stage

Plus, Rihanna subpoenaed, and more

(Newser) - Today is the day Susan Boyle returns to singing, the Mirror reports. The troubled star is set to join rehearsals for the Britain’s Got Talent tour. “There is no pressure on her but everyone hopes it means she will perform on Friday,” says a source. “It’...

Jon & Kate Plus...a New Galpal

Jun 11, 2009 8:32 AM CDT

Jon & Kate Plus...a New Galpal

She's also, amazingly enough, 23 years old

(Newser) - Latest in the Jon & Kate Plus 8 cheating drama: Jon Gosselin is secretly dating a 23-year-old! No, not that 23-year-old. A new 23-year-old. This time, it’s Hailey Glassman, the daughter of the plastic surgeon who performed wife Kate’s tummy tuck, Radar reports. The two were recently photographed...