As I reported yesterday, the Gosselins have filed for divorce. If you missed it, here are all the clips that you’d probably want to see where they discuss how it all went wrong (start at the 7:00 mark on the first clip). Jon cops to being too passive in the marriage and you can tell that he’s totally already picked out the inevitable two-seater convertible. Kate looks like she’s definitely trying to appear sad and I suspect has already picked out her out-for-blood attorney.
Needless to say, Kate’s brother Kevin Kreider and wife Jodi raced to RadarOnline.com to share their opinion of the episode and to urge viewers to stop watching. “We’re just so heartbroken and sad about the announcement they made… an announcement that could be so life-shattering for a young child. It was used to gain ratings without any regard for my nieces and nephews.” You can watch the entire interview — where they discuss the announcement that could be so life-shattering for their nieces and nephews — here.
Now, TLC has announced its decision to halt production on Jon & Kate Plus 8 until August. Due to the couple’s “marital turmoil” there is not enough film footage to put together new episodes. Though the ratings have been steadily spiraling downward, they have 34 more episodes to tape to fulfill their obligation for the season.
The good news is that they now have two months to do all sorts of separate and filmed activities with their brood so that there will be new episodes ready by the end of summer. I’m thinking “The Kids Help Daddy Pick Out Furniture” and “The Kids Tell Mommy All About Daddy’s New Friend” would be great topics for new episodes.
“These are vulgar anti-gay slurs that feed a climate of hatred and intolerance toward our community. For someone in our own community to use it to attack another person by saying that it is, quote, ‘The worst possible thing that thug would ever want to hear,’ is incredibly dangerous. It legitimizes use of a slur that is often linked to violence against our community. And it sends a message that it is OK to attempt to dehumanize people by exploiting anti-gay attitudes.”
Rashad Robinson, Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation’s senior director of media programs, releasing a statement about Perez Hilton’s run-in with the heat-seeking missile better known as will.i.am.
GLAAD has also requested that media outlets not identify the “bad words” that Hilton said. I’m big into owning one’s actions — he said “fag” and “faggot.”
“I am saddened GLAAD chose to victimize me further by criticizing me for how I non-violently dealt with a very scary situation that, unfortunately, turned violent. While I doubt I will get an apology from GLAAD, nor do I expect one, I would just hope people know how difficult it is to intellectualize a situation and think rationally when a thug disguised as a musician is screaming at your face and intimidating you. I am just very fortunate and grateful that nothing more serious happened to me.”
SJP and Matthew Broderick are the proud parents of twin girls born this morning via surrogate. No word yet on names for the babes, but since they named their first child James, I think we can safely assume that these two won’t be called Armchair and Ottoman or anything of that genre.
I’m sure the celebs are thrilled and relieved to have their healthy babies, but I bet that surrogate is the most overjoyed to have these high-profile celebuspawns out of her uterus. Between the threats and the break-ins, this lady sounds like she could use some normalcy in her life.
I’ll update here when the names are released later today.
UPDATE: According to People, “Born at 3:58 p.m., Marion Loretta Elwell weighed 5 lbs., 11 oz, and Tabitha Hodge Broderick weighed 6 lbs. ‘Both Hodge and Elwell are family names on Parker’s side.’”
Ed McMahon died in the very early morning hours today. This is so sad!
The 86-year-old entertainer passed away at the Ronald Regan UCLA Medical Center. According to his publicist, he was surrounded by his wife and family.
Ed had struggled with health issues for the past few years, battling cancer, pneumonia and other non-specified illnesses.
McMahon, best known as being Johnny Carson’s sidekick for almost 35 years, also hosted Star Search — really the original American Idol — for over a decade. Of course, he was also the Publisher’s Clearinghouse dude, too. Sadly, in more recent years Ed McMahon’s most prominent role was one of debtor — a tragic postscript to a great career that resulted in the foreclosure of his Beverly Hills home.
All I know is this. With Johnny and Ed both gone, I bet the late-night entertainment in heaven is going to be spectacular.
Prayers and positive thoughts go out to the McMahon family.
Ever since they announced their split last year, David Duchovny and Tea Leoni have been seen together all over the place both as a couple and with their children. This weekend they spent Father’s Day weekend together in Malibu. Sometimes, making an “impending divorce” statment is just the trick to re-ignite the spark in a marriage.
According to friends, the couple are “still in love,” and trying to make it work for their kids. You don’t see too much of that in Hollywood — or anywhere, for that matter — so it’s nice when it happens.
Duchovny openly admitted to struggling with a sex addiction. Here’s hoping he’s licked it.
The newest in the series of slutty women eating a Carl’s Jr. burger commercials features Audrina Patridge. Please enjoy these now, because I strongly suspect that they’ll be her last acting jobs. Ever. I pray.
