Kendra Wilkinson: 'I have no talent'
In a disturbing announcement sure to destroy her fans, Kendra Wilkinson has claimed she is devoid of talent. Kendra, 26, who admirably performed a typical job this weekend - acting as host at MGM Grand's Wet Republic pool party - tells People she is aware such appearances don't exactly demand her to deliver Meryl Streep-level work. Instead, the Playboy alumna spends those gigs mocking her exalted place as a celeb.
In a disturbing announcement sure to destroy her fans, Kendra Wilkinson has claimed she is devoid of talent.
Kendra, 26, who admirably performed a typical job this weekend - acting as host at MGM Grand's Wet Republic pool party - tells People she is aware such appearances don't exactly demand her to deliver Meryl Streep-level work. Instead, the Playboy alumna spends those gigs mocking her exalted place as a celeb.
"I never ever see myself as a celebrity or famous, so I poke fun at that," Kendra says. "I just say what I do. I have no talent. I have nothing to offer."
(People notes that during her interview, Kendra "pranced around her VIP cabana in a white bikini.")
Talented or not, NFLer Hank Baskett's wife is glad of her contribution to TV.
"I live my life on TV - it's like a home video," she says of her reality show, Kendra. "I'm very aware of what I do and I'm very aware of how quickly my career could end." You have to admire her for being so self-aware.
DUI bust for Bobby Brown
R&B crooner Bobby Brown was arrested on Monday on suspicion of DUI, California Highway Patrol officer Mike Harris tells the Los Angeles Times.
Police pulled over Whitney Houston's ex in the San Fernando Valley for talking on his cellphone but then administered a field sobriety test. He failed and was taken to the Van Nuys jail. No word yet on whether he'll post bail or when he must appear in court.
Shock: Lourdes smoking!
The populace is in shock following publication of a photograph showing Spiritual Mom and body workout enthusiast Madonna's 15-year-old daughter Lourdes puffing on a cigarette on a New York sidewalk. The New York Post is veritably poetic in its report: "While the Material Daughter looks adorable in a pair of Ray-Ban sunglasses and a black-and-white dress, she flagrantly took part in the vice limited to those over the age of 18." Flagrantly!
Today in EntBiz news
Departing Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Camille Grammer, who announced her exit on Saturday, is unreplaceable, for sure. She'll be replaced by one-time model Yolanda Hadid, says Life & Style, citing multiple UnnamedSources. Yolanda is the fourth wife of Canadian musician and singer David Foster, who has 16 Grammys to his name.
ABC Family has bought network television premiere rights for the hottest, most awesome film of all time, the Jennifer Lawrence-dominated The Hunger Games, for a no doubt astronomical price. It'll run sometime in 2014.
Great news from the Queen of Soul: Aretha Franklin says she's planning a new album with old friend Clive Davis, with whom she first collaborated in the 1980s. Some bad news, too: Franklin says a planned biopic about her life and music is definitely on hold.
Sunday's Season 5 premiere of Mad Men drew 3.5 mil viewers, a record for the AMC series.
Tidbits 'n' pieces
The infamous Beverly Hilton hotel room where Whitney Houston died is being put out of circulation by hotel managers, TMZ claims. The site says Hilton managers removed the room number, 434, from the door to confuse death-site-crazed fans about the room's location. The room, needless to day, isn't available to guests. … Seems Mad Men star Jon Hamm was just as popular in his previous incarnation as a bartender. "He was the most gorgeous and adorable guy we'd ever met," says friend, Magic City star Kelly Lynch. "All of the women would be lined up at the bar like alcoholics just to see him shake his martini shaker."
Bodyguard: Celebs hurt me
" filled my head with dreams and then kicked me to the curb." So says bodyguard Leonard Taylor, 43, of his former charge, Mark Wahlberg. A self-described 6-foot-5, 320-pound "gentle giant," Taylor says Wahlberg, Uma Thurman, and other big-ego celebs used him, then discarded him when he fell victim to drug abuse.
"I did a lot for a lot of people," Taylor tells the New York Daily News. "I saved people's lives and then when I was down on my luck, everyone turned their backs on me." Taylor says he was part of Wahlberg's original entourage (the rat pack that served as inspiration for HBO's Entourage) and guarded him for free. Wahlberg, he claims, promised him a future in the biz but dumped him.
Taylor is at work on the ultimate revenge: a tell-all memoir.
"Why should I respect their privacy when they don't care about me?" he says.
Wahlberg and Thurman could not be reached for comment.
Miley Cyrus: Engaged?
Word spread fast over the weekend: Miley Cyrus is getting married! Gossipers went mad when the singer was spotted wearing an engagement ring at the Muhammad Ali 70th birthday event in Phoenix.
Yeah, right, Miley says with scorn: It wasn't an engagement ring. It doesn't even have a diamond! "I'm not engaged," Miley tweets. "I've worn this same ring on this finger since November! People just wanna find something to talk about!"
Aerosmith tix on sale
Steve Tyler brings his raucous act, Aerosmith, to the Wells Fargo Center in Philly for one show, July 21, as part of the band's Global Warming tour. Tix go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. Info: 1-800-298-4200 or www. ComcastTIX.com.
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