The Girls Next Door’s Kendra Wilkinson Engaged to NFL Star

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.

Wilkinson isn’t the only Girl Next Door finding love outside the Playboy Mansion. Costar Holly Madison, also one of Hefner’s former girlfriends, recently stepped out with magician Criss Angel.

The engagement was first reported by E! Online.

Kate Winslet bares it all for Vanity Fair, ‘furious’ over airbrush claims

Titanic star Kate Winslet looks amazing in the December issue of Vanity Fair! The 33-year-old actress and mother of two says that sometimes she thinks she looks “a little bit wrong.” 

Kate said of the way she looks, “I often look at women who wear great jeans and high heels and nice little T-shirts wandering around the city and I think, I should make more of an effort…. But then I think, they can’t be happy in those heels.”

But Kate is furious over tabloid reports that racy photos of her in the latest issue of Vanity Fair were vigorously airbrushed to make her look thinner.

Several British newspapers have questioned whether Winslet’s enviably svelte figure in the photo spread for the December issue of the magazine has been digitally enhanced.

Feral speculation or not, the indignant star has hit back at the mounting retouching claims. “Kate is furious at suggestions that her body has been airbrushed,” her rep tells people.com.

“She is in terrific shape and what you see is how she looks or she would never have agreed to pose for those shots.”

Kate is mom to daughter Mia Honey, 8 (dad is Kate’s ex-husband Jim Threapleton) and son Joe Alfie, who will turn five next month (dad is Kate’s husband Sam Mendes).

Public Memorial Set for Jennifer Hudson’s Family

A public memorial service for Jennifer Hudson’s slain mother, brother and nephew is planned for Sunday at the South Side Chicago church where the Oscar-winner grew up singing.

“The Hudson family welcomes anyone who wishes to attend and pay their respects to these three beloved members of the Chicago community,” reads a statement from Hudson’s rep.

Neither the singer-actress nor her sister, Julia, the mother of slain 7-year-old Julian King, are expected to attend the public observance.

The service will be held from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Pleasant Gift Missionary Baptist Church, located at 4526 S. Greenwood in Chicago. The memorial will be preceded by a private service.

Police continue to investigate the deaths of Hudson’s mother Darnell Donerson, 57, and brother Jason Hudson, 29. Both were found shot to death Oct. 24 in the home where Jennifer grew up in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago. The body of Jennifer’s nephew Julian, who police believe was taken from the home at the time of the attacks, was found Oct. 27 in an abandoned Chevrolet Suburban after a three-day search. He had been fatally shot.

Police, who recovered a .45-caliber handgun about a block from the SUV, later described the weapon as the same one used in the killings of the other family members.

Julia’s estranged husband William Balfour, 27, was arrested the day the killings were discovered and remains in jail on alleged parole violation. He has not been charged, though police say he is a “person of interest” in the case.

Jennifer and Julia Hudson have established the Hudson King Foundation for Families of Slain Victims in honor of their family members. “The specific purpose of the Foundation is to care for the needs of families who have lost relatives to a violent crime,” according to the announcement on Jennifer’s MySpace page. She also tells her fans, “Thank you for your continued support.”