newsmakers

April 27, 2010 at 12:00a.m.

newsmakers

Gosselin’s children to appear on show

HARRISBURG, Pa.

Kate’s eight are free to appear on their mom’s upcoming reality show. A spokesman for the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry says producers have obtained child-labor permits for Kate Gosselin’s twins and sextuplets to appear with their mother on a series of TLC specials, “Kate Plus 8.” Troy Thompson said Monday that the permits are good for six months, then must be renewed. Pennsylvania regulators concluded last month that permits should have been obtained for Gosselin’s old show, “Jon & Kate Plus 8.” The series ended last year when Kate split with her husband, Jon.

Girls injured at Justin Bieber concert

SYDNEY

Thousands of frenzied teenagers, who spent the night camped out by Sydney Harbour awaiting a concert by pop star Justin Bieber, surged toward the venue Monday morning, sending at least eight girls to the hospital and injuring several more. Police canceled the performance after the swarm, which may have begun when rumors spread that the 16-year-old Canadian heartthrob had arrived early. In the crush, at least 10 girls fainted, and paramedics had to pull them out of the crowd, according to Australia’s Network Seven. Of the eight sent to the hospital, one fractured her knee cap, though most had hyperventilated.

“We were expecting this to be the biggest concert we ever had, but we just couldn’t have foreseen this scale,” said Grant Denyer, the weather presenter for Network Seven’s Sunrise program, which was planning to broadcast the open-air concert. Police said the station was well-prepared, but that the frenzy of 5,000 fans got out of control. The singer was to take the stage at 8 a.m. The surge occurred at 3 a.m., when the doors were opened.