Kate Gosselin

As fans wondered what Kate Gosselin will do without a reality show, an "exclusive" report is declaring she'll return to nursing. "A friend reveals" that the Philly-born mother of sextuplets and twins "is terrified about being able to make ends meet," so she'll once again work as a labor-and-delivery nurse, according to LifeAndStyleMag.com. "Is Kate Gosselin headed to a hospital near you?" asks MyFoxPhilly.com, the website of Fox29. After all, Gosselin, who still lives with the kids in Wyomissing, Berks County, was a nurse at Reading Hospital as recently as 2004.

Happy birthday this week to Kate Gosselin, mother of eight, reality TV star of note - and one of the most controversial living native Philadelphians, ever. As she turns 37 this Wednesday (really? Only 37?), we fondly recall her time on TLC, when she built sandwiches by the dozen and always seemed to be on her way to a pedicure. There are things we're grateful for, such as Gosselin's change from that frighteningly spiky-yet-smooth 'do. And there are things we could have lived without, such as her temper tantrums and awkward turn on "Dancing with the Stars.

Noon TLC Home with the kids this summer? Get perspective as Kate Gosselin (right) returns for a new season of what she arguably does best: wrangling eight kids, this time as a single mom.

Kate plus eight permits equals a new reality show. As long as no kids are in the buff. The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry has granted child-labor permits for Kate Gosselin's twins and sextuplets for a new series of TLC television specials, dubbed Kate Plus 8. The permits resolve a dispute over the fact that none of the children had such permits during three years of filming of the hit reality show Jon & Kate Plus Eight....

Celebrity parents Jon and Kate Gosselin say they plan to divorce . . . but not end their series. The co-stars of "Jon & Kate Plus 8," who are parents of sextuplets and twins, made their announcement on last night's episode of the TLC reality series. The network had promised a major on-air decision from the couple, whose increasingly troubled 10-year marriage has dominated the series in recent weeks as well as fueling a firestorm of tabloid coverage. Published accounts have alleged infidelity by both partners, accusations they both deny.

The reality-TV show Jon & Kate Plus 8 has gotten a dose of real reality, courtesy of the State of Pennsylvania. In a letter that became public Wednesday, state Department of Labor and Industry officials said child-labor permits should have been obtained for Jon and Kate Gosselin's eight children, who appeared regularly on the now-canceled TLC show watched by millions. The letter also said no legal action would be taken against the show's producers - as long as 15 percent of the show's proceeds were salted away in a trust fund for the Gosselins' 9-year-old twins and 5-year-old sextuplets.

Two-time Oscar-nominated The Hurt Locker star Jeremy Renner , 40, didn't make Hollywood's A-list until he was in his late 30s. He spent his youth starving for his art. "I wasn't super-happy being so poor. Eating on $10 a month - probably not very good for you," Renner tells Details about the years he made ends meet by fixing up old houses. ( $10 a month ?!) "But I loved what I was doing. Not every actor gives their life to do this job. " Renner, costarring with Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol , couldn't even afford romance.

It's been five years since Steve "Crocodile Hunter" Irwin died after a stingray barb struck him in the chest, leaving wife Terri and children Bindi and Robert to carry on running the Australia Zoo. Bindi, 13, who starred in the TV show Bindi the Jungle Girl , tells Aussie paper the Herald Sun that his death brought the family closer together. "You have the option of just curling up in a dark corner and letting it all go," she says, "or you have the option of standing strong, sticking together, and carrying on what he lived and died for. And I think that's what's so important - to be able to carry on where he left off. "   Demi Lovato's scars Singer-actor Demi Lovato , 19, says her struggle with depression, bulimia, and self-cutting has made her stronger.

For the last three years, viewers have watched the Gosselin children grow up on Jon & Kate Plus 8 on TLC. Cameras rolled as they went on vacation, as they ripped opened Christmas presents, as they got ready for bed. But as the children returned to television this week in a new series Kate Plus 8 , the use of children like the Gosselins in reality TV shows is coming under greater scrutiny from lawmakers and mental health experts....

The Ellen DeGeneres Show (3 p.m., NBC10) - Jennifer Aniston. The Oprah Winfrey Show (4 p.m., 6ABC) - Donald Trump and his five children are interviewed. Intervention In-Depth: Addicted and Pregnant (8 p.m., A&E) - Women at a recovery center in Texas whose addictions threaten their children. The Secret Life of the American Teenager (8 p.m., FAM) - Ben considers proposing to Adrian. WWE Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (8 p.m., USA) - Drew Carey's appearance in the 2001 Royal Rumble earns him a spot in the celebrity wing.

Happy birthday this week to Kate Gosselin, mother of eight, reality TV star of note - and one of the most controversial living native Philadelphians, ever. As she turns 37 this Wednesday (really? Only 37?), we fondly recall her time on TLC, when she built sandwiches by the dozen and always seemed to be on her way to a pedicure. There are things we're grateful for, such as Gosselin's change from that frighteningly spiky-yet-smooth 'do. And there are things we could have lived without, such as her temper tantrums and awkward turn on "Dancing with the Stars.

Sarah Palin 's admirers are lashing out against HBO's Game Change , a political drama about the 2008 presidential campaign, saying it is a biased and malicious smear of the former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate. The film, which stars Julianne Moore as Palin, is an adaptation of the book by journos Mark Halperin and John Heilemann , which already has drawn fire from Palin's camp. Trailers for the film show Palin, who ran for veep on John McCain 's ticket, as a whiner who complains about her advisers and mumbles that she misses her kids.

The year has left us as numb as a Hoarders marathon. Oprah, Larry King, Mary Hart, Andy Rooney, and Regis all turned in their cue cards. It's like TV's Mount Rushmore crumbling to the ground. And what did we get in return? Chaz Bono. Surely the TV gods are mocking us. Even the fictional personas we got attached to were torn from us too soon, like Ned Stark on Game of Thrones and Jimmy Darmody on Boardwalk Empire . Actually, HBO set up incest subplots on both series and then killed off our favorite characters.

Sometime reality star and Philly native Kate Gosselin , 36, achieved a real feat in Las Vegas this weekend. No, she didn't set a gambling record: The mother of eight ran her first marathon, completing the Zappos.com Rock 'n' Roll Las Vegas Marathon in 4 hours, 59 minutes, and 21 seconds, People reports. "I'm not one to do anything lightly," Kate told the mag before the race. "I either do it or I kill it. I guess this is considered killing it. " Kate told People she took on the challenge to inspire her kids.

It's been five years since Steve "Crocodile Hunter" Irwin died after a stingray barb struck him in the chest, leaving wife Terri and children Bindi and Robert to carry on running the Australia Zoo. Bindi, 13, who starred in the TV show Bindi the Jungle Girl , tells Aussie paper the Herald Sun that his death brought the family closer together. "You have the option of just curling up in a dark corner and letting it all go," she says, "or you have the option of standing strong, sticking together, and carrying on what he lived and died for. And I think that's what's so important - to be able to carry on where he left off. "   Demi Lovato's scars Singer-actor Demi Lovato , 19, says her struggle with depression, bulimia, and self-cutting has made her stronger.

Two-time Oscar-nominated The Hurt Locker star Jeremy Renner , 40, didn't make Hollywood's A-list until he was in his late 30s. He spent his youth starving for his art. "I wasn't super-happy being so poor. Eating on $10 a month - probably not very good for you," Renner tells Details about the years he made ends meet by fixing up old houses. ( $10 a month ?!) "But I loved what I was doing. Not every actor gives their life to do this job. " Renner, costarring with Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol , couldn't even afford romance.

What happens on a subatomic level when one is crowned People's sexiest man in the universe? How did homeboy Bradley Cooper feel when he found out he had been thus anointed? What did he say? "My mother is going to be so happy," Cooper, 36, said, according to People. The mag says it chose the Hangover star not for looks alone, but also because he's smart (he conquered Germantown Academy, then Georgetown University), he's an amateur chef who can throw down a mean homemade pasta dish, he's fluent in French, and he rides motorcycles.

As fans wondered what Kate Gosselin will do without a reality show, an "exclusive" report is declaring she'll return to nursing. "A friend reveals" that the Philly-born mother of sextuplets and twins "is terrified about being able to make ends meet," so she'll once again work as a labor-and-delivery nurse, according to LifeAndStyleMag.com. "Is Kate Gosselin headed to a hospital near you?" asks MyFoxPhilly.com, the website of Fox29. After all, Gosselin, who still lives with the kids in Wyomissing, Berks County, was a nurse at Reading Hospital as recently as 2004.

NO ONE COULD ever fault former Playboy bunny/Hef honey Holly Madison for her lack of business sense. Madison confirmed to People magazine that she has insured her breasts for a whopping $1 million. She did not confirm if she played favorites and insured one for more than the other, or if she simply did a $500K split down the middle. "If anything happened to my boobs, I'd be out for a few months and I'd probably be out a million dollars," Madison said. "I thought I'd cover my assets.

KATE GOSSELIN is going all "Terminator" on television viewers. No, she's not an evil robot sent from the future to eliminate mankind. But on yesterday's "The Today Show," she did warn Matt Lauer , "I'll be back. " Berks County native Gosselin ended her six-year run pushing her brood of eight into the spotlight last night with the finale of her TLC show "Kate Plus 8. " The former mega-hit took a dip in the ratings after Gosselin and her husband, Jon , split, putting an end to their endlessly entertaining bickering.