i think jon gosselin. this is a story that resonates with people, eight kids involved, a single mother, it's jon gosselin. >> all right, appreciate it. >>> let's let's move on to the outrageous story of a woman eating a pet goldfish for revenge. >> reporter: it's one thing to have a fish fry, but frying your own pet goldfish to get back at your common law husband? >> that's sick. >> they say revenge is a dish best served cold, so what the heck do you call deep-fried goldfish? the unbelievable but totally true story you have got to see. >>> this is "showbiz tonight" on hln. now the "showbiz news ticker," more stories from the "showbiz tonight" newsroom making news right now. >>> now, making it work. "showbiz tonight" reveals the secrets how stars make their relationships work. now, china phillips married to michael baldwin, 14 years. come from families fames. the daughter of john phillips of the mamas & pappas, billy one of the baldwin brothers. i had to ask chyna just how she makes it work? >> communicatio

she says kate gosselin is clueless. >> i just find it unbelievable that kate gosselin still believes that her children are not being affected by being on tv. when you have your children in between you and the show with the paparazzi, i don't know how you can find that not harmful, and these children are going through extremely hard times with the divorce, and had he do not need to see that being put on tv, and i think she needs to keep the kids off tv, and i think jon is doing the right thing. stoo thank you, nancy. >> we also heard from karen calling in from michigan. karen says some families can handle the attention better than others. >> i think it depends on the personality of the parents. look at the duggars. their children are doing very well on tv. i think kate gosselin was very paranoid, afraid of a lot of things. if you watch the show, you can see that. always worried that she wouldn't have enough money to raise the kids, so this motivates her, and she was very nasty to jon. >> thanks, karen. show biz on call phone lines are always open. >> give us a call at 1-888-sbc-buzz.

the crazy jon gosselin news making for a freaky friday. >>> tonight, is jon gosselin the most provocative celebrity of the week or will it be levi johnston for his new slams on sarah palin? who else is in the running? tonight we name the most provocative celebrity of the week. tonight, big breaking oprah news. why a big star's wife is calling oprah a domestic abuse hypocrite. patrick swayze's widow reveals her heart breaking ordeal for the first time. tv's first provocative entertainment news show starts right now. hi, everyone. i'm brooke anderson. coming to you from hollywood and jon gosselin's freaky friday and yes, you can definitely file this one under you can't make this stuff up. how else do i describe the news than jon gosselin could have been doing a reality show with the octomom. what were they going to call it? jon plus kate's eight plus octomom's 14? just as we are trying to absorb the news, jon is claiming he had a spiritual epiphany that made for big news breaking today. he's jon gosselin. his turn ones are funky shirts and much younger women. his turn offs? type a blonds. t

the. >>> the lawyer for john gosselin is taking a swipe at gosselin's former employer.he network, tlc, is suing gosselin for breach of contract. he was one of the stars on the show "jon & kate plus 8," but the couple is divorcing and now he will have a smaller role in the show. gosselin's lawyer call's tlc's suit baseless. he says the contract was unenforceable and denied him a chance to make a living. >>> a second vaccine has been approved to protect against the virus that causes cervical cancer. the fda says cervarix can be given to girl and women 10 to 25 years old. after the first shot, the second and third doses are given within six months. the fda approved gardasil in 2006. >>> the percentage of major league baseball players born outside the u.s. has jumped 12% over the last 15 years. now, while the testimony of latino players is going up, the number of african-american players is going down. cnn's soledad o'brien looks at how this is changing baseball in our special report on what it's like to be latino in america. >> reporter: mariano rivera remembers well the f

nobo exploits jon gosselin's family for money except for jon gosselin.s camp posted this sign outside his house in pennsylvania. and, you can see by the fact that they mispelled both the word penalty and his first name that jon has got the top guys on the case. he claims that work stoppage isn't about money. all of a sudden, he cares about his children's welfare, and he doesn't need money because he's got a new show coming to nbc. >> jon gosselin, flavor flav. together, they wield some of the world's most potent sperm. now, they go sack to sack to see who can father the most children in only 30 days. who gets knocked up? who gets knocked out? maury povich hosts -- >> "you are the father!" >> "you are the father." only on nbc. >> jimmy: that would beat "american idol," right? tonight, jon gosselin was on larry king. last night, he had mackenzie phillips on the show. she was on oprah last week. she announced for ten years she had a sexual relationship with her father, john phillips. since then, she's done a bunch of interviews on the subject. by the time s

do you want jon gosselin yourself? >> i don't want jon gosselin, but i want steve. he's half right. >> again. get you one of those t-shirt fist you are nice. >> the bad boys are even making bigger headlines when "showbiz tonight" names the most provocative celebrity of the week. will it be david letterman for the sex scandal and levi johnston for the "playgirl" pose or this guy, jon gosselin. we will make the call in a minute when we name the most provocative celebrity of the week. you don't want to miss it. thanks for being with us. even in f jon gosselin is not named the most provocative celebrity of the week, he can win a bigger prize, a truce with his wife, kate. after weeks at each other's throat, have they made skpeas will it last? we know president obama won the nobel peace prize, but this jon and kate truce would be a miracle. is tori spelling really a scary skinny 98 pounds? are friends worrying maybe she is anorexic and she is not eating perhaps of her ongoing nasty fight with her mom? we seek the true squad on that case. this is "showbiz tonight" on hln.

also, what she wants is 60 days is receipts for every dime jon gosselin has spent. she also wants jon gosselin to turn in his mercedes and bmw in -- >> wait, wait, wait. he's got a mercedes and a bmw? >> yes. >> okay. go ahead. >> she wants him to turn in the bmw and mercedes in lieu of this money. if some of the money has already been spent, and it very well may now that this hearing has been tabled till next week, kate gosselin -- >> you're right. $200,000 will go pretty fast with that kind of spending if he's got a whole week without any court controls. to john lucich, former criminal investigator and president of high-tech crime network. he says he actually told "the insider" that he could not get access to his bank account. okay? my mother, who is in her 70s, knows how to access her bank account on the computer. i know how to do it. and he, the i.t. expert, the computer wiz, cannot get access to his bank account? b.s. now, telling me that makes me suspicious. >> oh, there's no doubt about it. in fact, what may have occurred -- and again, there's a lot we don't

>>> plus, jon gosselin turns the tables on his wife, claiming he's not the only one sticking his hands in the family cookie jar. as these two sling mud over money, i've got to ask, what about the kids? >>> are the walls finally closing in on misty cummings? she's about to lose her husband and her lawyer. ron cummings says he wants to divorce his teenaged bride. she, of course, was babysitting little haleigh the very night that haleigh vanished eight months ago. now misty's lawyer says he's also had enough, bye-bye. lawyer robert fields told misty not to do an interview on national television last week. she went ahead anyway and during that interview, made this out of the blue accusation on the cbs "early show." >> someone came and got her, obviously. i feel like it's on the other side of the family. that has her. that's just how i feel. >> oh, really? any proof? or was that just something she thought of off the top of her head? is she talking about haleigh cummings' mom, crystal sheffield, or somebody from ron cummings' side of the family? we don't know. misty didn't name anyone. she d

>>> and jon gosselin's fighting back. the former star of "jon and kate plus eight" claims he had an epiphany and wants his children taken off the reality show. an epiphany? really? funny how his sudden enlightenment comes less than a week after he got the boot from tlc. now that he's out of the picture, he suddenly feels the tv show is unhealthy for his kids. wild coincidence? >>> plus, a late night bombshell. david letterman admits to having sex with his co-workers, telling the live audience he was blackmailed by a colleague from cbs. cops say an emmy award winning producer from cbs' "48 hours" threatened to expose letterman's sexual affairs if he didn't pay up $2 million. letterman allegedly gave this guy a phony check. now the tv producer's behind bars. this is the same kind of story he exposes on "48 hours." if true, what was he thinking? "issues" starts now. tonight, shocking behavior caught on jailhouse video and released to the public. j. robert bob ward charged with shooting his wife to death inside their $3.5 mil

are you shocked and upset jon and kate gosselin are getting a divorce? >> you know, she was on the show. i may have made a big mistake. i want to tell you something. i have a thing against reality shows. i think they are so fake. i think they are all produced before they begin. i think people know where they're going, what they're going to say, what the situation is. these things just don't happen. you know that. you've got cameras set up. these guys, the producers tell them, hey, this is -- i thought it was -- i thought it was a setup. the divorce. now i think it's headlines like a divorce, especially with a woman who's got eight kids. >> exactly. i don't care for him at all. >> well, i didn't say i loved them either. i'm talking about what reality shows can do. >> look, if these shows -- >> you're a very attractive woman. honest to god, with this lighting you can go all the way. >> the lighting is fantastic. >>> never a dull moment with regis. back in just a minute with something that's been bugging me. >>> tell me something. has anybody in this countr

also, what she wants is 60 days of receipts for every dime jon gosselin has spent. she also wants jon gosselin to turn in his mercedes and bmw in -- >> wait, wait, wait. he's got a mercedes and a bmw? >> yes. >> okay. go ahead. >> she wants him to turn in the bmw and mercedes in lieu of this money. if some of the money has already been spent, and it very well may now that this hearing has been tabled till next week, kate gosselin -- >> you're right. $200,000 will go pretty fast with that kind of spending if he's got a whole week without any court controls. to john lucich, former criminal investigator and president of high-tech crime network. he says he actually told "the insider" that he could not get access to his bank account. okay? my mother, who is in her 70s, knows how to access her bank account on the computer. i know how to do it. and he, the i.t. expert, the computer wiz, cannot get access to his bank account? b.s. now, telling me that makes me suspicious. >> oh, there's no doubt about it. in fact, what may have occurred -- and again, there's a lot we don't

or jon gosselin for being jon gosselin?ew today after eight weeks at each other's throats, have jon and kate actually made peace? seriously, is there a truce? a peace deal? i guess there may be hope for middle east peace if these two can work things out. >>> and is tori spellinging dangerously skinny? is she not eating because of her ongoing fight with her mom? the showbiz truth scowl is on the case. d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d

gosselin's lawyer calls tlc's soot baseless saying gosselin's contract was unenforceable, unconscionable and denied him a chance to make a living. >>> a lot of people like to dress up for halloween. an immigrants rights group said a new costume being sold at target is no trick or treat. >>> the father of anna nicole smith's daughter said he saw the model take a number of medications. larry birkhead said she had so many ailments he couldn't remember them all. he testified at a preliminary hearing. smith's boyfriend and lawyer howard k. stern is among the three defendants. they are charged with conspiring to illegally give controlled substances to smith. the other two defendants were smith's physicians. all three have pleaded not guilty. >>> new york state's mandatory order for health care workers to get flu vaccines is temporarily blocked. last month workers protested the mandate requiring them to get vaccines by november 30th or possibly lose their jobs. the public employees federation is happy with the judge's decision. >> as we've noted all along, hef encouraging its members to get vac

>> this divorce is getting really nasty. >> it's gosselin versus gosselin in "not without my money." >> it seems like the jon and kate story has reached a new low. >> in this tmz video we see kate and jon arriving in court for their faceoff which began when i kata kusd john of looting their joint account of more than $200,000. >> the judge ruled jon is to put back $180,000 that he took out. >> mike walters tells us that jon's been ordered to return a bunch of money to the accounts and that today, the judge smacked him down. >> he said that basically it was taken, and if it's not there by november 6, he will have to face contempt proceedings. >> but he says kate has to answer for her financial dealings, too. >> they said that kate took $55,000 out of that account also, but she's to provide accounting to the court on the same date to show what she spent it on. >> everyone was tight-lipped as they left court. all jon wanted to talk about was the world series. >> the phillies will win the series. >> as a philly fan i don't know if we necessarily want jon on our side. >> kate's accusation

i think it's jon gosselin. this is a story that resonates with people and you have eight kids involve and a single mother. it's jon gosselin. >> thanks, guys. let's move on to the outrageous story of a woman eating a pet goldfish for revenge. >> thing to have a fish fry, but frying a pet goldfish to get back at your common-law husband? >> that's sick. >> revenge is a dish best served gold. what do you call deep fried goldfish? the true story you have to see. this is "showbiz tonight" on hln. now the "showbiz news ticker." more stories making news right now. now making it work. "showbiz tonight" reveals the steekts how stars make their relationships work. she's been married to billy balance win for 14 years. they have three children together themselves come from famous families. chynna is the daughter from the mamas and the papas. and as she relaunches her cigarette career, i had to ask her how she makes it work. >> communication. you have to talk. you can't sweep it opportunity carpet. and also, you have to rem

>> this divorce is getting really nasty. >> it's gosselin versus gosselin in not without my money. >> it seems like the jon and kate story has reached a new low. >> in this tmz video we see kate and jon arriving in court for their faceoff which began when kate accused john of lewding their joint account of more than $200,000. >> the judge ruled jon is to put back $180,000 that he took out. >> mike walters tells us that jon's been ordered to return a bunch of money to the accounts and that today, the judge smacked him down into he said that basically -- >> i was the improperly taken and if it's not there by october 26th he will face contempt proceedings. >> but he says kate has to answer for her financial dealings, too. >> they said that kate took $55,000 out of that account also, but she's to provide accounting to the court on the same date to show what she spent it on. >> everyone was tight-lipped as they left court. all jon wanted to talk about was the world series. >> the phillies will win the series. >> as a philly fan i don't know if we want jon on our side. >> kate's accusation

>>> and jon gosselin's fighting back. the former star of "jon and kate plus eight" claims he had an epiphany and wants his children taken off the reality show. an epiphany? really? funny how his sudden enlightenment comes less than a week after he got the boot from tlc. now that he's out of the picture, he suddenly feels the tv show is unhealthy for his kids. wild coincidence? >>> plus, a late night bombshell. david letterman admits to having sex with his co-workers, telling the live audience he was blackmailed by a colleague from cbs. cops say an emmy award winning producer from cbs' "48 hours" threatened to expose letterman's sexual affairs if he didn't pay up $2 million. letterman allegedly gave this guy a phony check. now the tv producer's behind bars. this is the same kind of story he exposes on "48 hours." if true, what was he thinking? "issues" starts now. tonight -- shocking behavior caught on jailhouse video and released to the public. j. robert "bob" ward charged with shooting his wife to death inside their $3.5

jon gosselin, did he deserve to be fired from jon and kate? look at this, 75% said yes, it was a good thing. 25% said no. i must point out, not everybody is behind kate here. our "showbiz tonight" facebook wall lit up today. look at this from shalean b. "kate makes me sick. i hope whatever he's trying to do works and that they cancel the show." carlos, it seems to me, everybody is going to be a loser in the end here jon, kate, tlc, and sadly, as we've talked about before, the kids. >> $75,000 an episode is what they were rumored to be making. $75,000 an episode you are flushing down the toilet. if i'm the kids, we need to have a summit. we need the kids to get together and say, excuse me, guys, our college money is going bye-bye. can you get it together and work something out, please. >> and let me not be hypocritical here. i've said all along, wow, it would be a terrific thing for the kids if the show does get shut down, but kate has gone on and on saying, this is what we need to do to support the kids and i think -- i don't know, midwin, doe

it's a terrible example of behavior from jon gosselin. tlc is handling this wrong. you get the kids out of the equation now and you have jon and kate work, through to their divorce on camera instead of on abc, instead of on all these different shows. get that on tlc. that's why your ratings are taking because we're not believing this rosey image of kate playing with the kids in the front yard anymore. we're not believing it. >> you're talking and i'm noticing the great irony that jon, through his behavior is trying to protect the kids but this very behavior is setting a terrible example for the kids. now kate is striking back and she's also suggesting the only reason he's doing this is because he got fired. you've got to hear what kate told "showbiz tonight" late this afternoon. she said it very clearly, i'm saddened and confused by jon's public media statements. jon has never expressed any concerns to me about our children being involved in the show and, nfc, is on the record as saying he believes the show benefits our children and was taping on friday with the kid

even calling jon gosselin emotionally abusive. yes, his young girl, who's the daughter of his wife's plastic surgeon did some operating of her own today, cutting into jon for everything from the way he treats her to the way she says he, quote, dancing around his lies. tonight, "showbiz tonight" with the brand-new interview that made for big news breaking today. poor jon gosslen. he's catching grief from his ex-wife, kate. >> the most hurtful part is when his decisions directly affect our children. >> reporter: and his alleged former fling. >> i despise him. >> reporter: oh, well. at least his current girlfriend is happy with him. right? >> he's done some really cruel things to me. >> reporter: not so much. in a new interview with the insider, hailey glassman lashes out at the former "jon & kate plus 8" star, accusing jon of emotional abuse. >> i can't do this anymore. i can't take it. >> reporter: "showbiz tonight" can tell you, if hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, then jon gosselin is catching hell from everywhere. >> it se

now, jon gosselin is battling producers.ra crews in the couple's family home would be trespassing. on "larry king live" last night, jon gosselin explains why he's taki this drastic step. over the last 48 hours, the hit show has gone from "jon and kate plus 8," to "kate plus 8," to just kate. >> jon gosselin has shut down the show. >> reporter: last night, jon gosselin set the record straight why he's halting production of >> i don't think it's healthy for them. we're going through divorce right now. i don't think it should be televised. i think my kids should be off the show. >> reporter: today, tlc announced jon would no longer be a major part of the show, his attorney wrote a letter to the network. effective immediately, no production crews are to enter jon's family home for any reason. he even posted a sign on their property. >> at this point, both parents have joint custody. so, clearly, without the consent of both parents, this cannot go forward. >> reporter: tlc has fired back, slamming jon's erratic behavior. but it a

are you shocked and upset jon and kate gosselin are getting a divorce? >> you know, she was on the show. >> yeah. >> i may have made a big mistake. i want to tell you something, i have a thing against reality shows. >> why? >> i think they are so fake. i think they are all produced before they begin. i think people know where they're going, what they're going to say, what the situation is. these things just don't happen. you know that. you have eight cameras set up. those these guys, the producers tell them, hey, this is -- i thought it was -- i thought it was a setup. the divorce. now i think it's headlines like a divorce, especially with a woman who has eight kids. >> exactly. i don't care for him at all. >> well, i didn't say i loved him either. i'm talking about what reality shows can do. >> i know. maybe -- >> it's rough. >> look, if these shows -- >> you're a very attractive woman. >> thank you, regis. >> honest to god, with this lighting you can go all the way. >> the lighting is fantastic. never a dull moment with regis. back in just a minute wit

jon gosselin on a spiritual quest? a single dad, what two or three values can i use to raise good kids? >> that's right. jon gosselin in a synagogue at a family values conference. you've got to see this one for yourself. i never thought i'd see the day when marge simpson would pose for "playboy." does cartoon nudity cross the line or is it just plain funny. this is "showbiz tonight" on hln. >>> as a single dad, you know, what two or three values could i use to raise good kids. >> now, on "showbiz tonight" this week, jon gosselin shows up at temple. he seeks spiritual advice and asks about family values. seriously? >>> oprah winfrey sarah palin smackdown. big news, palin going on oprah. will there be fireworks? will they plays nice? what should oprah ask. marge simpson poses for "playboy." good news or a bad idea. >>> tv's most provocative news show continues right now. >>> welcome back to "showbiz tonight" this weekend. it is 30 minutes past the hour. i'm a.j. hammer broadcasting tonight and every night from new york c

also, what she wants is 60 days is receipts for every dime jon gosselin has spent.o wants jon gosselin to turn in his mercedes and bmw in -- >> wait, wait, wait. he's got a mercedes and a bmw? >> yes. >> okay. go ahead. >> she wants him to turn in the bmw and mercedes in lieu of this money. if some of the money has already been spent, and it very well may now that this hearing has been tabled till next week, kate gosselin -- >> you're right. $200,000 will go pretty fast with that kind of spending if he's got a whole week without any court controls. to john lucich, former criminal investigator and president of high-tech crime network. he says he actually told "the insider" that he could not get access to his bank account. okay? my mother, who is in her 70s, knows how to access her bank account on the computer. i know how to do it. and he, the i.t. expert, the computer wiz, cannot get access to his bank account? b.s. now, telling me that makes me suspicious. >> oh, there's no doubt about it. in fact, what may have occurred -- and again, there's a lot we don't know abo

jon gosselin saying kate hasn't paid over $75,000 a month for child support. he wans to know where she's spending her money. >> back to you, maxine. both of them have to pay $7,500 a month child support, the mom and dad both have to pay child support, correct? >> they pay it in a joint account and draw the household expenses from that account. >> we are taking your calls live. but first, i want to introduce a special guest joining us tonight. she's joining us from cnbc. it's suze orman, financial expert, best-selling author. i can't say enough about her. you can see her every saturday night, cnbc. suze, what should they have done? other than allegedly bringing home the bartender and sleeping with her upstairs while the children are somewhere else. and buying the girlfriend a porsche suv, things like that, just the obvious. you can skip over that. but what should they have done so this would not end in court? to me, it's a simple matter, you bring in the checks and you say, see? i've been paying my child support. why are we having to argue about this? >> here's

jon gosselin's new mentor. you're not going to believe whose giving him advice.ook at this picture, michael lohan. sure, lindsay lohan's dad does know a thing or two about a nasty divorce. but should he be the guy giving advice to jon? is this the worst idea ever or pure genius? >>> also outrage over a barbie doll makeover. is a famous french shoe designer saying barbie has cankles. is he ordering a makeover, slim down ankles or else. psychologist and author of the cult of celebrity, ben, celebrity editor for stylist.com. >>> take a look at his picture again. michael lohan, hours ago we talked to michael about his visit to jon's house. michael said he was there to talk about business deals and also said he was giving advice, man--to-man, from a guy who went through a messy divorce himself. of course he divorced lindsay lohan's mom dina. here is what he told him. as soon as the lawyers got involved in my own marriage. that's when things went wrong. when others get involved, everyone pulls at you and you get torn apart. who is going to suffer? the kids. once attorn

also kate gosselin's going to be back.ed to her earlier about her relationship with her soon-to-be-ex, jon gosselin. she's going to be back. >> because there is a lot we didn't get to. she's back in the next half-hour. >>> al is across the street with a special guest. >> thanks, guys. to help us kick off fire prevention week 2009, joining me lieutenant anthony mancuso, and some of the firefighters from the firehouse at 48th and 8th avenue. lieutenant, good to see you. what are some things families need to know going into fire prevention week? >> the best thing is a working smoke alarm. have to have a working smoke alarm. change the battery twice a year when you change the clock and test it once a month. >> what about having a plan? should families have an escape plan in case fire breaks out in their home? >> definitely. you got to have a plan, you should have a meeting place where everybody meets. the big thing is you want to get the whole family together and show the children what's going on, how to get out of the house o

also, what she wants is 60 days is receipts for every dime jon gosselin has spent.lso wants jon gosselin to turn in his mercedes and bmw in -- >> wait, wait, wait. he's got a mercedes and a bmw? >> yes. >> okay. go ahead. >> she wants him to turn in the bmw and mercedes in lieu of this money. if some of the money has already been spent, and it very well may now that this hearing has been tabled till next week, kate gosselin -- >> you're right. $200,000 will go pretty fast with that kind of spending if he's got a whole week without any court controls. to john lucich, former criminal investigator and president of high-tech crime network. he says he actually told "the insider" that he could not get access to his bank account. okay? my mother, who is in her 70s, knows how to access her bank account on the computer. i know how to do it. and he, the i.t. expert, the computer wiz, cannot get access to his bank account? b.s. now, telling me that makes me suspicious. >> oh, there's no doubt about it. in fact, what may have occurred -- and again, there's a lot we don't know a

jon gosselin's alleged womanizing.ven levi johnston has a career for having a baby with sarah palin's teen daughter. "showbiz tonight" asked, why do women love these bad boys? and the most outrageous, the most controversial. "showbiz tonight" names the most provocative celebrity of the week. 's first most provocative entertainment news show starts right now. i'm a.j. hammer broadcasting tonight and every night from new york city. an explosive special report. famous for nothing. we are not just talking about the levi johnstones and jon and kates of the world, but the kardashian sisters show up at the opening of a cupcake store in hollywood and we are there and just this morning, chloe kardashian said she is there at the table with the likes of oscar winner, whoopie goldberg. the award winning joy behar. i tell you, this is frightening. can i tell you the scary part of this whole thing? the worst may be yet to come as we reveal in this special report, famous for nothing. it used to be you had to know how to act or sing o

. >> laurtthe lawyer for reality tv star jon gosselin is taking a swipe at gosselin's former employer. he is suing gosselin for breach of contract, one of the stars on the show, "jon & kate plus 8." the couple's divorcing and now he will have a smaller role in the show. gosselin's lawyer calls tlc's suit baseless. he says the contract was unenforceable and denied him a chance to make a living. >>> a kentucky man is enjoying life again now that what he calls hi walking nightmare is over. as lindsey english from louisville affiliate wave reports, he paid the time for a crime he didn't commit. >> you are a freeman. god bless you, sir. >> reporter: after nine years behind bars and five years of probation, edwin chandler sheds tears of joy because finally, he is a freeman. >> it seems absolutely clear that there has been a grave miscarriage of justice. >> reporter: he was on trial in 1995 for the murder of 25-year-old brenda whitfield, a clerk working at the chevron food mart at newburgh and gold smith lane. she was shot and killed by this gunman seen in surveillance video. on the stand du

jon gosselin also saying that in fact all the money is not being accounted for. and nancy, he is really honing in on small details against kate in his latest court filing where he strikes back, in fact even saying kate owes 60,000 from this, took 5,000 from this. so really going after her tit for tat. >> to samantha, south carolina. hi, samantha. >> caller: hi, nancy. >> what's your question, dear? >> caller: i was wondering -- my question is on kate, how she went on the "today show" and complained that she couldn't pay for her bills. how could she not make enough money to pay her bills, even with the $230,000 missing? >> suze orman, could it be true? >> it could be true. but i just don't think so. i think she was being incredibly dramatic there. she only has $1,000 left and she couldn't even pay the bills that were in her purse. oh, give me a break. she has many accounts. she has said so. don't tell me that she didn't have money somewhere to be able to pay those bills. but it sure made great tv, didn't it? >> sarah in virginia. hi, sarah. >> caller: hi, nancy. >

. >>> just ahead, jon gosselin forces his family's reality show to stop production. kate's legal adviser speaks out. >>> plus, mariah carey after your local news. ♪

. >>> jon gosselin has to go to court. we just learned somebody is suing the reality show dad. >>> tlc is suing reality tv dad jon gosselin. they said he has not lived up to his contract with "jon and kate plus eight." that's the show they had with their sextuplets. and jon has not made any public appear aances or statements. no word yet from jon gosselin. >>> three hikers were stranded on a ledge above a waterfall. they say they were stuck there for three days. people were searching here at california kings canyon national park. a rescue helicopter finally spotted them. they lit a fire so they would be seen. they survived by rationing what little food they had. >>> a simple gesture at a high school football game is causing a whole lot of commotion at a small town. rafer weigel with that story and more. how old is this kid? >> he's only 17 years old. i know they're trying to cut down on celebrations. this, in my opinion, is going too far. r.j. davis from georgia considers himself to be a religious man. after he scored at a

tonight "showbiz tonight" demands to know are jon and kate gosselin the biggest hypocrites ever? "showbiz tonight" did some serious digging around. what we uncovered will absolutely astound you. this "showbiz tonight" investigation made for big news breaking. jon, kate, we're begging you, make up your mind already. why have you got to talk out of both sides of your mouth. jon's hypocrisy leaves us scratching his head, all the comments how he really feels about kate. he can't make up his mind. which is it? who can remember when he said on prime time that he despises kate. >> i can't sit with someone i despise. >> despise. >> i despise because she's not speaking from the heart. >> "showbiz tonight" wants to know where is jon speaking from. less than a month later in a sudden and dramatic move jon announces he wants to postpone his divorce with kate and get on better terms. >> i want kate and i to mediate, become friends. i didn't mean despise. i regret saying that word. >> jon, where did despising go. there's the small matter of $230,000 kate took from jon's checking account. tmz c

nancy grace and jon gosselin went head to head. >> i'm their father. i dwoil whatwill do what's best children. >> what's important is the children and not these two self-absorbed husband and wife who argue constantly in front of their children. >> i would love to be mom and dad. >> you talk the talk. you don't walk the walk. you can't go out with one 22 year old after the next while she's at home with the children and say you want to work it out. that's not working it out, jon gosselin. >> don't miss follow-up tonight on nancy grace. 8:00 and 10:00 eastern here on hln. >>> this just might get you to reach for a beer this evening but not too many. a new study shows heavy drinkers and nondrinkers are more anxious or depressed than people who have an occasional drink. why are nondrinkers depressed? the best explanation is people are more social are a having a drink. nondrinkers have a harder time making friends. >>> a kayaker taking photos of his pelicans off sunset beach in southern california captured something more exciting. he shot a 10-foot great whi

jon gosselin has not responded to the accusations as of yet. last week he said he wanted filming to stop on the tlc show that follows their eight kids. know we'll hear more on that as time goes by. >>> new this morning, it will cost you a bit yet, possibly a lot less to heat your home this winter. a year ago we were sitting, oh, my word, it will cost a little to heat our homes. >> these prices and grocery prices were a scare in the past year or so and they cooled off a lot as the economy has calmed down. you know, has shrivelled a bit. but it could mean a kindler, gentler heating bill for you. if you heat with natural gas, and most americans do, you would pay about $105 less than you did last year. about half the country. heat with gas and then the rest of the country kind of split up. heat with heating oil, they have some of the biggest bills out there. they will save a little, not much, but about $40 less this winter. not each bill, over the winter. with electric, 20 bucks. a lot of people in the south heat with that and a lot of people in ru

even calling jon gosselin emotionally abusive. yes, his young girlfriend who is the daughter of his wife's plastic surgeon, did some operating of her own today, cutting into jon for everything from the way he treats her to the way she says he quote, dances around his lies. tonight, "showbiz tonight" with the brand-new interview that made for big news breaking today. poor jon gosslen. he's catching grief from his ex-wife, kate. >> the most hurtful part is when his decisions directly affect our children. >> reporter: and his alleged former fling. >> i despise him. >> reporter: oh, well. at least his current girlfriend is happy with him. right? >> he's done some really cruel things to me. >> reporter: not so much. in a new interview with the insider, hailey glassman lashes out at the former "jon & kate plus 8" star, accusing jon of emotional abuse. >> i can't do this anymore. i can't take it. >> reporter: "showbiz tonight" can tell you, if hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, then jon gosselin is catching hell from everywhere. >>

mark mangian is kate gosselin's legal adviser, joins us now exclusively.rning, nice to see you. >> good morning, matt. >> i don't normally start with questions like this, but what's going on here? >> well, i think this is less about a change of heart and more about a change in strategy. >> on jon's part. >> on jon's part. i couldn't help but watching the segment that meredith vieira had on that japanese international kidnapping and talk about the grave risks to those children. here we have children that are loved by both of their parents. jon admits that his wife is a wonderful parent. they live in their family home. kate is their primary caretaker. they have reached agreements about custody. >> yeah, but he's saying now, he's saying with this divorce, these kids, being on tv is not the healthiest thing for him, and i would imagine there are a lot of people who are probably listening to that and saying you're right, but you should have said this a year ago. >> well, he could have said it a year ago, but he didn't. in ct, his active participation and encour

jon gosselin trying to put up a road block on the show.lc, the company that does the show are fighting it. they're going lawsuit against him. they don't want him to call that shot. what do you think? how do you want this to end? we'll take your calls. 1-800-tell-hln. dddddddd

and jon gosselin, jessica simpson, the balloon boy. who is the most outrageous, most controversial and provocative celebrity of the week. tv's first most provocative entertainment news show starts right now. i'm aj hammer. >> i'm brooke anderson and aj, i will tell you, i couldn't care my eyes away from the tv when the balloon flew through the sky with a little boy on board. >> you were not alone. there is a new uproar behind the family. as we know the boy who everyone was searching for was save and hiding out in his home, but today there explosive questions bubbling over. why did the 6-year-old say it was all for a show? was it a high altitude show. we are getting new details about this family's reality show ties. what's the real story behind their path to fame? there is no doubt this balloon uproar made for big news breaking today. >> we were at the edges of our seat when is a 6-year-old boy was swept up in a balloon. this is ending. >> we breathed a sigh of relief when he was at home the whole time and now we are scratching our head

. >>> also ahead, kate gosselin is back. of course you all know her hit tlc show with her husband, jon gosselin, has come to a halt now and now kate says jon has emptied their bank account. meredith sat down earlier with kate and kate decided to stick around. there's some more things that she's got to say and meredith's going to talk to her to let people know what life is like now that the cameras are not on. got to be tough. >> it is pretty tough. >>> on a little bit of a lighter note, on "today's style," as the weather is cooling, the popularity of tights is growing. >> i'm wearing some right now. >> i don't want to know that! we'll tell what you to wear, what to stay away from. apparently there are some rules of the road here. >>> but first let's get a check of the top stories from our own natalie morales sitting in for me at the news desk. >>> good morning, ann and al. good morning to you. a deadly weekend for u.s. troops has added urgency to president obama's search for a new strategy in afghanistan. nine americans were

she gosselin smackdown. the rabbi tells all. the one on one with the rabbi who recorded disturbing conversations with michael jackson. i ask him the tough questions like what does he think about the people who said he betrayed michael's trust by releasing the tapes. >>> plus showbiz shocker. is convicted michael vick really getting the sponsorship deal with nike? the news about sarah palin's new book and wait until you hear the sex secret heidi montag revealed. that's tv's most provocative news show at the top of the hour, right here on hln.

that's half of america. >> what about the gosselins.his is bad. >> i just want to say one thing about jerry shargel and what he said. because i have been involved -- >> back to jerry. my man. >> i'm going after him, too. he's an incredible guy. >> you've had enough problems. >> that's true. with men. when he said i'm looking forward to taking david letterman's deposition, that's a veiled threat. he wants david letterman to know he'll sit in the deposition and ask him every sordid detail about his sex life from day one and it will all be made public. what do you do in bed? are you into choking women? >> he is kind of nerdy. and just finding girls at the office. weird. >> what's telling is that no one has complained about letterman to this point. no one said a word. >> not yet. >> not yet. >> these other girls may come out now. >> this will make an opportunity for them. >> i think the problem with this guy is he was rejected by letterman. letterman didn't invite him to parties. apparently. and he was like, the guy had a lot of, i know you

the network says jon gosselin sent a cease and desist order to stop filming his children. gosselin told larry king that he's trying to protect his kids. >> i'm asking not to be on the show. i'm asking my children not to be on the show. i don't want them to film anymore. i don't think it's healthy for them. and the reason i don't think it's healthy for them is we're going through a divorce right now. i don't think it should be televised and i think my kids should be taken off the show. >> jon wachbts to try in in the media, doesn't want to go to a judge or deal with the best interest of the children. that's kate's sole concern. >> kate gosselin accuses jon of stopping the show because producers wanted to focus on her experience as a single mother, giving her a lesser roll. >>> lawmakers wourkd until after midnight on a health care compromise bill. around 2:00 a.m. eastern senate chair max baucus said work had been completed on all parts. democrats made last-minute changes. one change would exempt millions of people from a requirement to buy health insurance. a final committ

we are thinking, jon gosselin is just kicking himself right now as we speak.o, tonight, we've got one thing to say to you, jon, you blew it. first, jon essentially got canned from his tlc hit show, "jon & kate plus 8," and now this blockbuster. is jon really calling for a truce and ending a bitter battle with his ex, kate? tonight, "showbiz tonight" can tell you, it looks like jon is eating his hateful words and backpedaling in a big way. in fact, he has now reportedly filed for a delay in the divorce that rocked hollywood. but why now? well, i've got a few guesses, but no matter how you slice it, this explosive new chapter in the jon and kate saga has led to big news breaking today. >> reporter: it's the jon gosselin peace plan. within hours of finding out tlc was basically firing him from the show, jon launched into full peacekeeping mode, reportedly filing a court document to suspend his divorce from kate for 90 days so they can get on better terms. not only that, jon's apologizing out the wazoo. he dropped this brand-new bombshell in an exclusive interview

kate gosselin says her priority's is her children's well.o court. >> it seems motivated by the fact that they took you off the title. >> reporter: i i don't care. i want my kids off television. that's the most important thing to me is getting my kids off television. >> guess what? you have not heard the last of that. and you can see mary hart's full interview with jon gosselin tonight on entertainment tonight. check your local listings for more information. >>> when we come back we'll go out on the plaza. our own maggie rodriguez is putting on the skates as we speak. nikki is out on the plaza along with a host of others. we're talking about full contact roller derby here on our plaza set this morning. we have a huge insurance policy out on maggie right now. she just has to sign the paperwork. you're watching "the early show" here on cbs. >>> hi, again, it's 8:25 and cloudy outside. >> well, remember when we were talking about by the time we got to 25 hour, the rain would be out of the state. well, there's a quick moving shower that we've bee

i want to read here part of the letter from jon gosselin's attorney. effective immediately no production crews are to enter jon's family home for any anyone enters the marital property jon gosselin will notify the local authorities to effectuate any action against any trespassers. i hope i said that right. lisa, he does have any legal footing here to it keep the tlc crew out of there? >> i think he does, a home he owns or at least half of it in the process of divorce and probably feels this is the only thing he can do to take a strond stand in his negotiations with tlc. usually the network has all the power negotiating with the individual. he's doing something he's legally entitled to do. we may not like it. but, he's probably doing this to it try to get leverage negotiating with the network. >> dorothy is with us. your thoughts? >> caller: it's time jon stood up to become a man. kate treated him like a kid and a dog. i'm a big fan of the show. he was one of the kids. know he is a man looking out for his kids. >> do you really think he's looking out fo