TLC and Gosselin Lawsuits Settled

TLC and Jon Gosselin have settled their lawsuits against each other. Though the details haven’t been released, it’s reported that TLC still considers the entire family to be under contract. When asked if Jon was expected to return, TLC made it clear that he will not be returning to any shows.

Though, since he’s under contract, he can’t go on any other shows either. Which is what started the lawsuits.

Plans are in the works for Kate and her kids though. A date is expected soon.

Kate Gosselin to Release a Book

It’s been a while since we’ve heard bout these guys. Kate Gosselin is getting ready to launch a book about her personal life and her kids. The book includes prayers and excerpts from her diary, and letters, one to each child.

Title: I Just Want You to Know: Letters to My Kids on Love, Faith and Family

Release Date: April 13th, 2010

“Each day the thought crosses my mind that when they get older, my kids are going to look back and think about how they were raised,” Gosselin says in a statement. “I know they will have a lot of questions about things that may not make sense because they were raised so unconventionally. I don’t want them to grow up and wonder; I want them to know without a shadow of a doubt how much I love them and how much every sacrifice made was worth it for them.”

Tiger Woods’s Wife Focusing on Kids

While Tiger Woods has remained out of sight, his wife Elin Nordegren has been stepping out in recent days in the Orlando, Florida, area with their two children, Sam and Charlie.

“Elin’s daily decisions rest on what is good for her and the children,” a source tells PEOPLE.

After returning from a European skiing trip over the holidays, she has been taking turns with a nanny shuttling Sam, 2, to a private school in Windermere Nordegren. Then on Friday, Nordegren – bundled up against the unusually cold temperatures in Florida – stopped by the Tiger Woods promotional office in Windermere Village for about 15 minutes, bringing along Sam and Charlie, 11 months.

“Elin was nice and friendly and said hello to people,” a source in a neighboring office tells PEOPLE. “She looked fine.”

PEOPLE

Hailey Glassman is ‘Scared’ of Jon

Just when you thought this guy was going to just disappear, he’s back. This time Hailey Glassman’s friend is reporting that Glassman is very scared of Jon and that she had nothing to do with the apartment break in and vandalism. Apparently, a note calling Jon a ‘cheater’ had be hammered into his dresser using a butcher knife.

Glassman’s attorney is calling the break in a publicity stunt, while Jon’s attorney is saying Glassman did it while he was in PA with his kids.

Jon Gosselin Apartment ‘Ransacked’ over Weekend

Over the holiday weekend, Jon Gosselin left his NYC apt to be with his kids in PA. When he returned, he discovered the apartment had been broken into, his clothes had been slashed with a knife, his furniture slashed, and his electronic devices were stolen.

On top of that, some used a butcher knife to post a note on Jon’s dresser, calling him a ‘cheater.’

Early reports pointed the finger to ex-girlfriend Hailey Glassman

Bummer.

‘18 Kids and Counting’ - Has 19th Child

Michelle Duggar, star of the TLC reality show “18 Kids and Counting” has given birth to her 19th child in an emergency C-section.

New baby Josie Brooklyn, born Thursday evening, weighs 1 pound 6 ounces and is in stable condition at the neonatal intensive care unit at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, TLC reports.

TLC reports “Michelle is resting comfortably” while Josie Brooklyn stays at the neonatal intensive care unit, and that “the family is grateful for all the prayers and well wishes during their recovery.”

Duggar’s baby was not due until March, but TLC is reporting that Duggar went into the hospital early suffering pain from a gallstone. People magazine reported Monday that Duggar had been airlifted to a hospital in Little Rock because her gallbladder problems were causing contractions.

Only 6 percent of babies are born so early. Most preemies make it the 33rd week of pregnancy and while most premature babies are at risk for health problems, risk for complications increases the earlier a baby is born, according to the March of Dimes.

ABC NEWS

Gosselin Kids Upset Over Loss of Show

Barbara Walters “10 Most Fascinating People” special has become a bit predictable, but leave it to Kate Gosselin to spark some interest in this year’s show.

On the show, which airs Wednesday at 10 p.m. on ABC, Gosselin tells Walters that her eight children actually miss having TLC camera crews follow them, to the point the kids were all “sobbing” at the loss of their former pals.

“They cried in the van on the way home from school the other day,” Gosselin told Walters. “They kept asking, ‘Where’s the camera crew? Where’s the camera crew? We miss them.’ And I said, ‘Our show is over.’ ”

The kids’ nostalgia for the “Jon & Kate Plus 8” crew dovetails with sentiment from a source close to the canceled production who said, “with rare exceptions, the kids liked filming. They were used to the cameras, the crew was friendly. And they got to do a lot of fun things because of the show, what’s not to like?”

MSNBC

It’s Over, but Jon’s Not Gone

Those hoping the final episode of “Jon & Kate Plus 8” meant “goodbye, Jon Gosselin!” might be disappointed. Sure, after four seasons of cute-kid hi-jinks and one uncomfortable season of grown-up domestic discord, the TLC reality show bearing his name ended Monday night. But don’t be fooled. The father of eight still has plenty of headline-grabbing unfinished business with his former network ahead of him.

The problem is that pesky breach of contract suit against Gosselin, the one in which TLC claims he took on unauthorized television work while under an exclusive agreement with the network. It seems every few days there’s a new twist or turn, and it hasn’t even gone to trial yet.

The latest development, according to gossip site Radar Online, is the discovery of taped business talk that could be a boon for TLC’s case. The recorded phone conversation between Gosselin’s manager, Michael Heller, and former BFF Michael Lohan allegedly reveals the reality dad’s out-of-bounds deals and just how much of a cut his pals would have made.

Read More at MSNBC

German Charged in Crawford Embezzlement Scheme

A German man was charged with trying to extort $100,000 from Cindy Crawford and husband Rande Gerber over a photo of their daughter bound to a chair and gagged, authorities said.

Edis Kayalar, 26, has not yet been arrested. He was recently deported to Germany.

The photo was purportedly taken by the couple’s former nanny earlier this year and shows the girl, then 7, tied to a chair. Kaia told her parents that the nanny took the picture as part of a “cops and robbers” game, according to an affidavit.

The nanny, who was fired a week before Kayalar called the couple, was not charged; apparently, Kayalar stole the photo from her.

Gerber — who owns the Whiskey Blue bar at the W Fort Lauderdale among other hot spots — eventually paid Kayalar $1,000 “for his trouble,” the affidavit said. But the German wanted more, saying he had another copy.

Miami Herald

MJ Funeral Cost over a $1 Million

The Forest Lawn crypt cost $590,000, and $35,000 was spent on the pop star’s clothing. On Tuesday, his mother dropped her objection to two associates of her son being named executors of his estate.

The cost of Michael Jackson’s private funeral topped $1 million, with more than half that amount going to buy a crypt in a celebrity-studded Glendale mausoleum and $35,000 spent on clothes for the singer, according to court documents unsealed Tuesday.

Jackson, who died in June, was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial-Park in September in a nighttime ceremony arranged by his family and paid for by his estate. The probate judge who signed off on those expenses made public the funeral costs at a hearing in which he also appointed two longtime Jackson associates, entertainment attorney John Branca and music executive John McClain, as executors of his estate.

Read More at LA TIMES

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