This week Kate Gosselin and the sextuplets vacationed in Wilmington, North Carolina, swimming and playing on the beach under the watchfull eye of body guard and alleged side piece Steve Neild.

Meanwhile, Jon and the two older girls hung out 500 miles away, back home in Reading, PA. The trio rode ATVs, ate dinner, and went to see the Pixar flick Up. These separate vacations may be a good indication of things to come as the Gosselin family adjusts to family life in a household with separated parents.

TLC stirred up a little controversy surrounding the show this week when an affiliated production company posted a casting call on Craigslist:

“TLC is now looking for NY, NJ, and CT families who are expecting twins, triplets, or more! We would capture the birth of the babies and witness their amazing first breath, first cry, and all the emotions that go along with such an incredible occasion. TLC will be there as you leave the hospital and adjust to your first few days at home as a family.”

The post has since been taken down, but with the Gosselin marriage obviously drawing its final breaths, is TLC looking for a Jon and Kate replacement family? Should they be?

This will make a lot of people happy– a few editors on this site in particular: James T. Kirk and The Artist Formerly Known as Ol’ Dead Eye are history.

A source is quoted as saying “Chris Pine was forced to dump Audrina because his camp wants him to take the right strategic steps to become a big movie star. Dating a reality show star would tarnish his image.”

The couple had only been together for a few weeks and probably weren’t all that serious, but Pine’s people reportedly became concerned because the “media” was so interested in the pairing.

Don’t get me wrong. I agree that Pine could do much better and I’m glad those two have split like Lindsay Lohan’s Labia. I just think it’s a little strange, and, dare I say douchey to date or not date someone based on what your agent and PR people tell you.

Via Seriouslunch.com

You may have seen the above image from seriouslunch.com that has been making the rounds, showing how a backdrop on the new Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien set looks suspiciously like something out of the Mushroom Kingdom. On Friday’s show, Conan responded to the spoof.

Nintendo America President Reggie Fils-Aime has said he thinks it’s “great” and that they are “thrilled to have him as a passionate Nintendo fan.” When asked about any possible legal action, including a cease and desist order for copyright infringement, Fils-Aime responded, “No. For Conan, we’ll let that one slide.”

Earlier in the week, Dr. Drew Pinsky– who has become famous by failing to “treat” every single strung out celebrity that’s ever been under his reality TV “care”– spouted off about Lindsay Lohan in an interview with Parade Magazine, saying that he thought it might take losing a limb to scare Lindsay into honest to god rehabilitation.

Well, Linds wasn’t going to take that one lying down, which is weird because she takes most things lying down– pills, alcohol, men and women.

Lindsay responded to the comments on her Twitter page, quipping, “I thought REAL doctors talked to patients in offices behind closed doors. Am I wrong? Hmmmmm. I think NOT. Yay!”

She has a point. But it’s hard to take anyone seriously when they end an argument with “Yay”… or leave their labia hanging out on public display.

Thanks to reality TV, the last thing I remember learning about Whitney Houston is that when she’s constipated, then husband Bobby Brown would massage her Houston-hole until their marriage– oh, excuse me, I meant to say, compacted, hardened, constipated shit– broke up. Then she ran off to Africa and began looking for the lost tribe of Israel, to which she was convinced she belonged.

The lost tribe of Israel didn’t do their job, because after a 7 year absence from the recording studio (and her mind) Whitney is back, and preparing to embark on a public relations whirlwind to promote her new album, scheduled to be released September 1st.

If you’re a talk show host who’s interested in having Whitney on for a chat– and who wouldn’t be– there’s one caveat. Under no circumstances is anyone to ask her questions such as, “If you were a kind of crack, what kind of crack would you be?”

They only want to let her talk to journalists who’ll agree not to ask about her substance abuse,” an insider tells us.

A rep for Houston calls speculation on any PR plans “premature. Nothing has been set.” But we hear the edict  goes for the TV morning shows, which are all angling to get her to perform live. “The deal is, if they want her, then Matt Lauer, Diane Sawyer or whoever isn’t supposed to ask her tough questions,” says the source.

Ostensibly, this is because if you say the word “crack” it elicits a Pavlovian response in the singer whereby she will beat the crap out of Kelly Rippa and steal her wallet so she can score.

Comedian Gilbert Gottfried (if you have absolutely no clue who he is, you might know him as the parrot, Iago, in Disney’s Alladin) and wife Dara welcomed a new baby boy to the family on Monday, May 18th. The couple announced the birth over the weekend.

Little Max Aaron Gottfried is the second child in the Gottfried clan. He joins big sis Lily Aster who will turn 2 next week. Hooray for normal names!

The baby weighed in at a healthy 7 lbs. 14 oz. and is said to be annoying the crap out of every other baby in the maternity ward with his shrill, strident cries.