ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Kate Gosselin says in divorce papers that her marriage to Jon is “irretrievably broken.”
The star of TLC’s “Jon & Kate Plus 8” filed for a no-fault divorce Monday in Montgomery County Court in Pennsylvania. She says in papers that she’s willing to “negotiate a fair and reasonable” settlement with her husband of 10 years.
The divorce filing was obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press. Lawyers for the couple say it contains boilerplate language common to all no-fault divorce petitions filed in Pennsylvania.
The series follows Jon and Kate Gosselin as they raise their eight young children, including 8-year-old twins and sextuplets who just turned 5.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Tonight” show host Jay Leno has taken ill and taping of his show has been canceled, NBC says.
LONDON (AP) — Michael Jackson returned to the stage Thursday after eight years marked by more scandal than music-making and told a crowd of screaming fans that he would play a series of London concerts before retiring from public performance.
Wearing his trademark sunglasses and a silver-embroidered black military-style jacket, he said the series of shows in July will be his “final curtain call.”
Jackson appeared at the 02 Arena — where the concerts will be staged — to announce the gigs.
“This is it. This is it,” Jackson said, as the fans screamed. “These will be my final shows, performances, in London. This is it. And when I say this is it, I mean this is it.
“This is really it. This is the final curtain call, OK? See you in July.”
Jackson didn’t specify how many shows he’ll play, though posters have shown he’s booked for 10 dates.
Tickets are expected to sell quickly for the shows, despite concerns the 50-year-old star may not be up for a return to the spotlight.
The King of Pop has been plagued by financial, legal, and medical woes for years and has not performed a major concert since 2001. His last studio album was released the same year.
A previous attempt to relaunch Jackson’s career collapsed amid reports of ill health and court action.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chris Brown has been charged with two felonies, including assault likely to cause bodily injury and making criminal threats, according to court documents.
The 19-year-old R&B singer, who is free on $50,000 bail, is expected to appear in court later Thursday.
Los Angeles police arrested Brown on Feb. 8 and booked him on suspicion of making criminal threats. Police said at the time a woman identified Brown as her attacker during an early morning dispute in an upscale Los Angeles neighborhood.
A source familiar with the situation has identified the woman as Brown’s girlfriend, fellow music star Rihanna.
A phone message left for Brown’s attorney and publicist was not immediately returned.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina sheriff said Monday he was not going to charge swimmer Michael Phelps after a photo of the 14-time gold medalist showed him smoking from a marijuana pipe. (more…)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Olympic champion Michael Phelps admits “regrettable” behavior after picture shows him smoking marijuana.
NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Bahamas police detain lawmaker, paramedic in alleged extortion plot against John Travolta.
BEVERLY HILLS, California (AP) — The romantic fantasy “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” led Academy Awards contenders Thursday with 13 nominations, among them best picture and acting honors for Brad Pitt and Taraji P. Henson, and a directing slot for David Fincher. (more…)
Oprah Winfrey broke her silence Friday about former guest Herman Rosenblat, saying she’s “very disappointed” in his now discredited story about meeting his future wife in a Nazi concentration camp.
“That’s what happens with lies,” Winfrey said on an episode of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” that aired Friday. “They get bigger and bigger and bigger.”
Winfrey laughed off suggestions she’d been duped, saying she was “minding my own business.”
Rosenblat, a 79-year-old resident of North Miami Beach, Fla., and his wife Roma have appeared twice on Winfrey’s show. Winfrey said he had planned to appear again to “explain himself,” but the man’s lawyers scuttled that.
Rosenblat’s tale of a little girl throwing apples over a barbed-wire fence to him every day at a sub-camp of Buchenwald in the 1940s was endearing, Winfrey said.
“And he told that story and I was crying, everybody was crying,” Winfrey said.
NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) - An autopsy is planned for John Travolta’s teenage son, who died after apparently hitting his head on the bathtub while the family was vacationing at their home in the Bahamas, authorities said. Jett Travolta, 16, had last been seen entering the bathroom on Thursday and had a history of seizures, Police Superintendent Basil Rahming said in a statement.
