The 15th minute is nigh for Clan Gosselin. TLC's reality show "Jon & Kate Plus 8" will end its stormy run at 9 p.m. Monday.

During this final hour, Jon and Kate Gosselin, estranged parents of young twins and sextuplets, will venture on separate outings with the kids. Jon will take them to a fire station near the family home in Wernersville, Pa. With Kate, they visit a local dairy farm. Individually, each newly single parent will reflect on what the past has meant and what the future might hold.

And that will be that, says TLC. At least until twins Cara and Madelyn turn 18 in 2018 and decide to do their OWN reality show, by which time a Gosselin sextuplet will be dating a Suleman octuplet and ... oh dear, we have to sit down.

Meanwhile, the drama "Jon & Kate Plus Lawyers" will continue, presumably off-screen (unless TruTV decides to visit its CourtTV days). Recently, Jon Gosselin filed a lawsuit against TLC, claiming television producers violated Pennsylvania's child labor laws in filming the show. It was filed in response to a network lawsuit alleging Gosselin failed to meet his obligations to TLC. Plus Jon's supposed to return $180,000 to his and Kate's joint account and OH PLEASE, CAN'T WE JUST WATCH "MYTHBUSTERS"?

TRY EATING YOUR WORDS: Eating disorder experts have pounced on eternal waif Kate Moss on Thursday after the supermodel cited as her motto a phrase used on pro-anorexia Web


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Yes, it's "Math class is tough" all over again.

In an interview with the fashion Web site WWD, Moss said one of her mottos was "nothing tastes as good as skinny feels." The same slogan is posted on Web sites encouraging girls not to eat.

Mary George of British eating-disorder charity Beat called Moss's words "very unfortunate."

Moss, 35, helped spur a trend for super-thin models in the 1990s, which set a trend for size 6 women being considered "curvy" because their rib cages don't show through their skin.

Moss's modeling agency, Storm, said her words had been misinterpreted: "This was part of a longer answer Kate gave during a wider-ranging interview, which has unfortunately been taken out of context and completely misrepresented. For the record, Kate does not support this as a lifestyle choice."

REDEFINING THE TALK: Let's say before you became a parent, you made a sex tape that later was made public. How do you tell your children about it?

(Yes, a People Central item for Paris Hilton to bookmark for future reference. We feel so useful.)

Pamela Anderson revealed in a British TV interview Thursday how she told Brandon, 12, and Dylan, 11, about the erotic romp she and their father, Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee, made in 1995, early in their three-year marriage:

"I just said, 'Look, Mommy and Daddy were massively in love, we videotaped everything, everything was videotaped, and you're probably going hear about something at school,'" she recalled.

Anderson said she knew she had to give the boys a heads-up when the tape was referenced in the 2006 movie "Borat," in which she appeared as the object of Sacha Baron Cohen's affection.

In the interview, Anderson also discussed how she's "dabbled" in drugs, including cocaine, but "I don't like it," she said. "I'm completely hyper and it actually doesn't work for me."

Hey, it's a better answer than "I didn't inhale."

AS LONG AS HE'S NOT POOCHIE: The newest cast member of "The Simpsons" is a smooth-talking, South American ladies man named Ricardo Bomba, product of a hospital operations manager's vivid imagination.

Peggy Black, 52, of Orange, Conn., won a contest to create a character for Fox's long-running animated series, with her entry triumphing among more than 25,000 received, the network said Thursday.

"Rrrri-carrr-do Bomba," Black said, extravagantly rolling the "R's" in Spanish-language fashion. "He's someone that all the women love and all the men want to be."

We smell a pending Taco Bell Chihuahua uproar. Or maybe we've just forgotten Bart's been saying "Aye, caramba!" for 20 years.

Bomba, who works at the nuclear power plant with Homer Simpson, will be introduced in the Jan. 31 episode featuring guest star Chris Martin of Coldplay. The episode had been mostly completed, with a spot reserved for the contest character.

It's possible Bomba could appear again, said executive producer Al Jean, who helped judge the contest. He described the contest, part of the show's celebration of its 20th year, as a thank you to loyal fans.

A SWIFT GREETING: Fresh off her triumph at the Country Music Association Awards, Taylor Swift has netted a deal to create a line of greeting cards.

This is one zesty, maniacal young star.

American Greetings Corp. CEO Zev Weiss says Swift's abilities as a storyteller and songwriter make her a natural for writing cards that will appeal to all ages.

The Cleveland-based company said Tuesday that cards, gift wrap, stationery, online greetings and other related products overseen by Swift will begin appearing in the spring. Terms were not disclosed.

In a statement, Swift calls the opportunity to write and design greeting cards "a wonderful experience." Swift, 19, named the 2009 CMA entertainer of the year, says she has always been fascinated by feelings and how people express them.