Why Kendra Wilkinson Turned Down Playboy

Earlier this month, Kendra Wilkinson was offered another chance to pose for Playboy. She turned it down.
For what reason? Who the heck has this woman become? Ah, that's right: a wife and a mother.

Wilkinson actually hired a photographer to take some test shots of her, only for husband Hank Baskett to find out and, as Kendra told E! News:
"He didn't yell at me. He wasn't mad at me for doing that photo shoot. He sat down with me and he went over the reasons of doing it. And you know... I wanted to do Playboy for the wrong reasons. The wrong reasons are to prove people wrong, not to prove it to myself but to people and to put my middle finger up to everybody and be like, 'I'm going to do Playboy!' But that wasn't the right reason."
Moreover, there are signs of maturity that go beyond keeping her clothes on.
While reports state there are problems between Kendra and her professional football-playing husband, Wilkinson says everything is fine. She's living in Los Angeles while Hank suits up for the Minnesota Vikings.
"I feel sexy again," she also says. "At the end of the day I'm not some supermodel. I'm me. I'm Kendra, you know? I'm not trying to be someone I'm not."

Brooke Mueller on Charlie Sheen: What a Survivor!

Sadly, it will take more than an alleged beating and the cocaine-fueled destruction of a hotel room for Brooke Mueller to stop believing in Charlie Sheen.
Asked by Extra about the latest drunken escapade of her husband, Mueller said: "Charlie is a Survivor. He knows how to handle himself."
If Brooke means Sheen has literally survived through today, we cannot argue with that point.

Like Sheen, who blamed the media for making a big deal out of nothing this week, Mueller seemed to downplay the incident at the Plaza hotel early Tuesday morning, saying:

"You know how things get blown out of proportion."

he Rally to Restore Sanity: What Did You Think?

It was titled the Rally to Restore Sanity, but it might as well have been called The Rally to Gather Together an Incredible Number of People and Bash the Heck Out of Cable News.
Indeed, in Washington D.C. on Saturday, Jon Stewart hosted an event that featured 250,000 attendees; performances by The Roots, Kid Rock and John Legend; remained entirely apolitical; and skewered the media for creating an environment of anger and intolerance.

While most of the Stewart's roll in the rally was filled with satire and clips of how the media caters to raising the fear levels of society's most ignorant, The Daily News host concluded the festivities with a heartfelt speech that included:

"What exactly was this? This was not a rally to ridicule people of faith. Or people of activism or to look down our noses at the heartland or passionate argument or to suggest that times are not difficult and that we have nothing to fear. They are and we do. But we live now in hard times, not end times. And we can have animus and not be enemies.

"I feel strangely, calmly good, because the image of Americans that is reflected back to us by our political and media process is false. Sanity will always be in the eye of the beholder. To see you here today and the kind of people that you are, has restored mine."

Heidi Montag: Happy With Body, Spencer Pratt

Just a month after calling off her fake divorce from Spencer Pratt, Heidi Montag is just gushing about the man she married and plans on keeping forever.
In Las Vegas to host the Pure Nightclub Halloween party last night, the surgically enhanced reality star put to rest any doubts that Speidi will last.
"It's been a long summer, but we are together," Montag told the Las Vegas Review-Journal, "I'm so excited to be in Vegas and to have our friends there."

Wait ... Speidi has friends somehow? [Photos: PacificCoastNewsOnline.com]

No word if the reunited Hills couple wore matching costumes, as Heidi Montag wanted her outfit to be a "surprise" but promised a "super cute-sexy" one.
She will also stay clear of gambling on her trip, saying, "I definitely don't have enough money to gamble. In this economy, I'm keeping every penny."
Guess that eliminates the chance of helping her mom out.
Not only is her marriage back on track, Montag loves her new figure after umpteen plastic surgeries: "I'm definitely feeling the best I've ever felt."

Happy Birthday, Willow Smith!

The girl who might become the next Michael Jackson turns 10 years old today.
That's what Jay-Z dubbed Willow Smith soon after she released "Whip My Hair," a song that has made this young crooner a lot more than just Will Smith's daughter.
Willow has gone on to appear on stage with Justin Bieber, walk in a number of fashion shows and talk about her upcoming album. That's a lot for someone who has barely been alive for a decade. Send in your birthday wishes to the budding star now and enjoy the following photo montage in her honor...