Hollywood headlines: A crazy week in review
After weeks of negotiation, Abdul announced she was leaving her TV home of the last eight years. Abdul reportedly wanted a significant salary bump, to make money similar to that of her fellow judge
That’s right, the biggest reality “stars” of the summer returned to the small screen Monday. The back-to-back episodes aired after a month hiatus during which the Gosselins split up and John “tooled” it up in front of paparazzi. The return episodes’ total viewership was down 61% from the May 25 premiere. And after Monday’s snore-fest (Kate takes the kids to the beach, Jon supervises a kitchen renovation) expect those numbers to drop even more. The show will probably soon get attention-hungry and desperate. Hey, maybe Jon will start dating it? (Michael Pilla/Getty Images)
