Who says chivalry is dead? Hugh Hefner is good to his ladies, even when they’re his very recent exes. Hef had the honor of officially announcing ex-girlfriend Kendra Wilkinson’s engagement to Hank Baskett on Thursday. Hef and Kendra must be on pretty great terms – not only did he make the official proclamation, but the ceremony is going to be held at the Playboy Mansion. And to top it all off, Hef is walking Kendra down the aisle!

Kendra Wilkinson of The Girls Next Door is engaged to football star Hank Baskett, according to her ex-boyfriend Hugh Hefner, who plans to give her away at a ceremony at the Playboy Mansion.

“[She] has met someone who she would like to spend the rest of her life with,” Hefner said in a statement on Thursday.

The Playboy mogul says Baskett, a wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles, proposed to Wilkinson on Saturday.

“I have given her my blessing and will be giving her away at a very special wedding ceremony at the Playboy Mansion this coming June,” the statement adds.

[From People]

Wow, doesn’t this just reek of a made for T.V. wedding ceremony? All three of Hef’s now ex-girlfriends are still contracted to the show this season, and a June wedding sounds like the perfect finale. E! reported that Baskett proposed to Kendra in front of both their families, which at the time (due to their phrasing) I assumed included her father. However it possibly didn’t – according to Wikipedia, he left her family when she was four. Perhaps they’re not close, and that’s why Hef’s giving her away. Or perhaps it would make for stunning ratings to have her grandfather-aged former boyfriend pass her off to another man.

Holly Madison also says she expects to be a bridesmaid. Somehow I don’t think that’s going to happen, ratings be damned.

Header of Kendra with Hugh Hefner, Holly Madison, and Bridget Marquardt celebrating Hef’s 80th birthday in England on May 23, 2006. I seriously had to go back two and a half years to find one single picture of Kendra standing next to Hef – she always positions herself as far away from him as possible. Images thanks to Bauer-Griffin.

Holly Madison clearly has some bitter feelings for Hugh Hefner. On the one hand, who can blame her? On the other, it’s not like he deceived her (as far as anyone can tell). He’s pretty open about his lifestyle and priorities, and marriage and babies aren’t exactly the geriatric gentleman’s focus.

Holly called Hef “high maintenance,” in an interview set to air tomorrow on Extra. She’s really working the “I’m moving on and super happy about it” angle. And why shouldn’t she? She’s young, hot, and sorta pissed. But she’s still getting a few digs in there.

Hugh Hefner’s former No. 1 girlfriend is excited about her future dating prospects – just as long as they’re not like her famous ex. “It might be refreshing to date someone who is not high maintenance,” Holly Madison told “Extra” in an interview set to air on Wednesday. “Sorry, Hef … I love you, but you know you’re high maintenance.”

Madison, who confirmed her split from Hefner last month, also took a not-so-subtle jab at her 82-year-old ex in an interview with In Touch magazine. “I haven’t had sex in a really long time,” she said. “And that’s the honest truth.” Aw, snap!

And what happened to Amy Leigh Andrews, that Georgia State student Hef mentioned in passing? The 24-year-old was spotted canoodling with Hefner’s new posse on Oct. 4, and popped up again at the Playboy Mansion’s annual Halloween celebration media preview. She also changed her MySpace romantic status to read, “in a relationship.” Andrews is “a lovely girl,” Hefner told E! last month, adding, “I think we will be spending time together … And there will be others.”

[From the Daily News]

As much as I understand why Holly may feel the need to talk some smack, that last quote from Hef is pretty telling. He’s always made it clear there will be others. I bet logically Holly didn’t expect otherwise, she was maybe just hoping to be the one who changed everything for the aging playboy.

The Daily News pointed out that, “Playboy reps have yet to comment on Hefner’s latest romantic lineup.” That’s really the best way to put it. Even before he had a reality show, Hef’s girlfriends were more like employees. He filled slots, promoted when appropriate, and fired or forced them into retirement when they reached a certain age. Holly should have moved on a long time ago, but at least she’s doing it now.

Here’s Holly out and about in West Hollywood yesterday and posing in front of a billboard with Lindsay Crolius. Images thanks to WENN.

Today in impossibly ridiculous news that you’re supposed to believe: Tom Cruise is going to play Hugh Hefner in an upcoming biopic. Umm… trying not to make poorly veiled closeted homosexual jokes here… restraint is not my strongest suit…. crap. Okay how about this: many gay actors have shown us that it’s possible to play straight, and vice-versa. See how I didn’t say anything about your client probably being gay there, Tom Cruise’s lawyers? Not that there’s anything wrong with that. I think that even if there had never been a single gay rumor about Tom Cruise, I still couldn’t buy him as Hugh Hefner. They’re just so… opposite. I mean both odd, but in very different ways. And something about Tom makes me think he’d be judgy and preachy about Playboy. If he’d ever opened one to know.

Tom Cruise is set to play Hugh Hefner in a new biopic of the Playboy founder’s life. The 45-year-old actor, who has an 18-month-old daughter Suri with his actress wife Katie Holmes, is hot favorite to portray the 81-year-old lothario in upcoming movie ‘Playboy’ and is reportedly excited about the prospect of bringing Hefner’s “colorful life” to the big screen.

A source close to the actor said: “Tom knows of Hugh’s colorful past and thinks he would be the perfect person to bring it to the big screen. He also thinks the role would be a challenge for him, and would remind people of his versatility as an actor. At the moment people are concentrating on his personal life, and his marriage to Katie – but he wants to remind them that he can act too.”

[From AZcentral]

I think people are well-aware that Tom Cruise can act. He’s been acting like he’s in a marriage for a little over a year now. Kidding, of course. Tom’s an okay actor, and I people remember that about him. It’s just that he shines in a very specific kind of role… and Hugh Hefner just isn’t that type of character. Tom needs to jump on top of moving trains and fall out windows and things like that. Occasionally romance Renee Zellweger in a way the audience only sorta buys. He is not the kind of guy you want to see chasing fake bunny tail. Fake alien tail, fine. But rabbits are out of the question.

Picture note by Jaybird: Here’s Tom and Katie at the 23rd Annual Museum Of The Moving Image Black Tie Salute Honoring Tom Cruise on November 6th in New York City. Images thanks to PR Photos.

Ahh, Fox. Always so classy. It’s pretty funny that the owners of “Fox News” are the same guys that give you “Cops” and “When Bears Attack” and now “Fox Reality Channel Really Awards 2007.” Oh greatest prestige of prestiges. I don’t know why anyone would show up for this. It’s like an awards show to crown the most pathetic loser. I mean there’s desperate, and there’s shooting yourself in the foot.

I’d like to point out a few of the classiest outfits – namely Leilene Ondrade’s. I have this gorgeous spider web outside my window, and I’m pretty sure that very spider designed Ondrade’s outfit. If you look close enough, you can see some leaves and a dead bumble bee stuck in there.

So what’s the point of the “Really Awards?” Couldn’t really tell you. Let’s see if this guy can.

“The Fox Reality Channel seems to create its own reality, one in which it gets to have its own awards show. It’s called the ‘Really Awards,’ and it happened last night, but won’t air until the 13th. Not that it matters to gossipists and TV celebrity followers, because the pictures and news from the show have already leaked out.

“’The biggest news is that Danny Bonaduce and Jonny Fairplay got into a huge fight for not much reason at all. Fairplay is tiny and has no sense of caution, and Bonaduce is a bodybuilder with an anger problem, so you can guess the outcome: missing teeth and an ambulance ride for Fairplay. It’s possible we’ll see charges filed.

“Other notes: Brooke Hogan was there and looked horrible. Sanjaya showed up for some reason. And of course Elvira was there to promote her new show, ‘The Search For The Next Elvira,’ airing this Halloween.”

[From TV with MeeVee]

Not to be more of a snot than I already am, but do we really need a next Elvira? Isn’t one enough? I wasn’t under the impression that it was something like Santa Claus or the President of the United States, where you always needed a current one. I’ve never head someone ask “Which Elvira are you voting for in the next election?” Maybe I’m not as topical as I thought. I have to tell you, this show sounds super professional and well produced. Are you wondering about the Danny Bonaduce fight? Well probably not, but I thought I’d tell you all about it, because rage-a-holics are funny when they’re onstage.

“Sources reveal that Danny lost his cool when Johnny was on stage attempting to read the teleprompter. The audience was booing Johnny since he couldn’t read his lines and Danny decided to break Johnny’s mouth ‘Bonaduce’ style. He obviously forgot that he was at an award show and not in the boxing ring.

“‘Danny ran upstage and told Johnny that everyone is booing him because he sucks. Johnny attacked Danny out of anger and began to hump him. Danny threw Johnny over his shoulder and broke his tooth. Blood was all over the stage and Johnny ran off and began to cry. Hollywood’s infamous trannie Alexis Arquette took initiative to walk on stage and finish the set.’”

[From Hollyscoop]

Anytime Alexis Arquette has to take the initiative to clean up your mistakes, you’ve got some serious problems. I never really think of her as the “go-to-girl,” and maybe she just wanted some attention, but if nothing else, it shows some level of professionalism that she did something. Though I’d be more inclined to sit there and just enjoy the drama. It’s like the “Jerry Springer Show,” awards-style. Here are some pictures from the general fugishness of the night.

Pictured in order are Sanjaya Malakar and his sister, Brooke Hogan, Janice Dickinson, Chyna Doll, Ron Jeremy, Danny Bonaduce, Elvira, Warren G, Shane Sparks, Ant, Makala Gordon, Brandon Rodgers, Hugh Hefner with Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt and Kendra Wilkinson, and Leilene Ondrade. Thanks to PRPhotos for these pics.

Playboy founder Hugh Hefner is pushing 81 and has just announced his plan to get one of his girlfriends, Holly Madison, pregnant. He already has four grown children and his oldest daughter is 54 and CEO of Playboy. Madison is 26, nearly half his daughter’s age, and is one of the stars of the reality show The Girls Next Door. I’ve only seen it once but there’s the sporty one, the sweet one, and the psychology grad student who comes off as doofy. Madison is the sweet one.

The wealthy 80-year-old says he’s considering giving one of his three live-in girlfriends, 26-year-old Holly Madison, the baby she desperately wants.

Speaking at the legendary Playboy Mansion in LA, he revealed: “I don’t know if at this age it is physically possible but we’ve certainly talked about it and it’s certainly a possibility.”

Hef, who has four children from previous relationships, added of blonde Holly: “She certainly has my heart, so maybe she’ll have my sperm too!”

[via Socialite's Life]

That’s uh, sweet, and all and I don’t question his motives or anything.

Hefner also credits Viagra for his fabulously debaucherous sex life, saying “In reality I don’t think I could be living this life without it.”

We published a story on Monday about an ex-Playmate’s tell-all book detailing Hugh’s scripted orgies. She said he never wore a condom, liked to watch gay porn, and had scheduled sex nights on Wednesday and Friday that everyone was required to attend. I wonder if a baby in the mansion will mess up his whole routine.