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Kate Gosselin's "Wife Swap" counterpart is Hugh Hefner's ex-girlfriend Kendra Wilkinson-Baskett. Wha?? Yep, Gosselin, 37, and Wilkinson-Baskett, 27, will switch families for the ABC show "Celebrity Wife Swap," leaving the former Playboy model in charge of Gosselin's famous "plus 8. " That's eight kids, folks. The Ministry knows that these celebrity reality shows tend to be the means for onetime famous people to reboot their careers. But couldn't putting eight kids up against Wilkinson-Baskett, who has only one child, qualify as some sort of child endangerment?

Kate Gosselin's "Wife Swap" counterpart is Hugh Hefner's ex-girlfriend Kendra Wilkinson-Baskett. Wha?? Yep, Gosselin, 37, and Wilkinson-Baskett, 27, will switch families for the ABC show "Celebrity Wife Swap," leaving the former Playboy model in charge of Gosselin's famous "plus 8. " That's eight kids, folks. The Ministry knows that these celebrity reality shows tend to be the means for onetime famous people to reboot their careers. But couldn't putting eight kids up against Wilkinson-Baskett, who has only one child, qualify as some sort of child endangerment?

TLC announced Tuesday that its popular reality show tracking the daily lives of the large Gosselin family will return in November with husband Jon Gosselin largely out of the picture. Renamed "Kate Plus Eight," the program will focus mostly on wife Kate Gosselin's experiences as a single mother raising eight children. The change comes after the couple's very public breakup this summer. Jon Gosselin will continue his "exclusive relationship" with the network and occasionally appear on the show, TLC said.

Mummies invade L.A. "Mummies of the World," a new traveling exhibition featuring more than 150 preserved objects, will kick off its U.S. tour in Los Angeles at the California Science Center on July 1. Organizers of the show said the collection includes ancient mummies and artifacts from Asia, Oceania, South America and Europe -- as well as ancient Egypt. In addition, the exhibition features both accidental mummies -- those that were preserved via natural events such as ice -- and those that were intentionally preserved.

Forget "17 Again." Talk about: "Me and Orson Welles" It's been easy to dismiss Zac Efron as a Disney-reared pretty boy, but his performance as a 1930s teenager hired to star in Orson Welles' production of "Julius Caesar" in this Richard Linklater period drama suggests his potential for far more than anything we've yet seen. (Friday) It is oh so worth talking about: "The Princess and the Frog" Can Randy Newman -- and a timely twist on the typically passive fairy-tale princess story -- return Disney's animated musicals to their former glory?

When it came to noteworthy trends, 2009 did not disappoint. We were bitten by the vampire craze, found comfort by returning to familiar brands such as Pendleton, Woolrich and Red Wing, and couldn't stop talking about what Michelle Obama was wearing. Men's designers went mad for "Mad Men"-style suits -- as dapper as Don Draper's, favoring shades of gray and old-school Prince of Wales checks. Women did the time warp too -- but stopped in 1985 with animal prints, accented shoulders and thigh-high boots.

A roundup of entertainment headlines for Friday: Bono kicks off the Toronto International Film Festival. ( Los Angeles Times ) Mel Gibson is developing a movie about a Jewish hero. ( Los Angeles Times ) Michael J. Fox's "Back to the Future Part II" Nike sneakers are coming to EBay to help fight Parkinson's disease. ( Los Angeles Times ) Movie review: "Contagion" makes the spread of a global pandemic seem more than plausible. ( Los Angeles Times )

Weekly roundup of the top five in each category: TELEVISION Prime-time shows, viewers 18 to 49 For the week that ended July 12: America's Got Talent (Wed.): NBC, 4.4 million viewers America's Got Talent (Tues.): NBC, 4.0 million Wipeout: ABC, 3.8 million So You Think You Can Dance (Wed.): Fox, 3.8 million So You Think You Can Dance (Thurs.): Fox, 3.8 million Prime-time viewership Average viewership for the season through July 12: CBS: 10.4 million viewers Fox: 8.4 million ABC: 7.8 million NBC: 7.0 million Univision: 3.8 million Source: Nielsen Media Research -- MUSIC Album sales For the week that ended July 12: BLACKsummers'night: Maxwell Hannah Montana 3: TV soundtrack Now That's What I Call Music, Vol. 31: Various Artists Nothing Personal: All Time Low The E.N.D.

NPR's Kasell to sign off Carl Kasell will finally get to sleep in. The veteran newscaster is retiring from National Public Radio's "Morning Edition." The 75-year-old Kasell has done the newscast during NPR's flagship morning program since its inception 30 years ago. NPR says he will give his last broadcast on Dec. 30. Kasell will remain the judge and scorekeeper of "Wait Wait . . . Don't Tell Me!," NPR's weekly news quiz show. A spokeswoman for NPR said that no one had been named to succeed Kasell on "Morning Edition."

Forget "17 Again." Talk about: "Me and Orson Welles" It's been easy to dismiss Zac Efron as a Disney-reared pretty boy, but his performance as a 1930s teenager hired to star in Orson Welles' production of "Julius Caesar" in this Richard Linklater period drama suggests his potential for far more than anything we've yet seen. (Friday) It is oh so worth talking about: "The Princess and the Frog" Can Randy Newman -- and a timely twist on the typically passive fairy-tale princess story -- return Disney's animated musicals to their former glory?