Bridget's Shopping Spree for Kendra's Baby
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Bridget Marquardt may not be flying to Indianapolis when Kendra Wilkinson gives birth next month, but that doesn't mean she's not thinking about her.
"I bought her so much stuff," Bridget told us at the recent Nu Pop Movement watch launch in L.A. "Tons of stuff. From the stroller to the car seat to toys and clothes and diapers and everything. So I think she has everything she needs from me."
Except a certain holiday outfit…
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Kendra and Hank Racing to Indy
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Kendra Wilkinson's giving up cheesesteaks for race cars.
Just two days after being cut by the Philadelphia Eagles, husband Hank Baskett is poised to sign with another Super Bowl favorite, the Indianapolis Colts. He's expected to begin practicing today and could be catching passes from Peyton Manning by this weekend.
While Kendra says the ink isn't dry yet, she's definitely psyched about the move.
"This is a great opportunity for Hank to be playing for the Colts. Peyton Manning is one of the best—if not the best—quarterbacks in the league, and I'm excited to see my baby kick some ass!" Kendra exclusively tells us. "So proud of Hank for staying strong and positive."
The pregnant newlyweds had recently relocated from L.A. to the Philly suburbs. Now it looks like Kendra and Hank will be keeping up with the Indiana Joneses.
(Originally published Sept. 17, 2009, at 7:32 a.m. PT.)
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Kendra's Hubby Gets Cut Loose
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The Eagle bombshell has landed.
Kendra Wilkinson's football-playin' hubby, Hank Baskett, has been released from the Philadelphia Eagles in advance of the team's second game (which, in a nice bit of past and present E! flame synergy, is against Reggie Bush's New Orleans Saints).
On the plus side, he won't have to worry about taking paternity leave.
Baskett, a wide receiver, was cut loose to make room for another headline-grabbing player (for all the wrong reasons): Michael Vick.
News of Baskett's ousting comes after the expectant newlyweds decided to swap time zones, with Kendra and her reality-show hubby ditching Los Angeles for a home in the City of Brotherly Love's suburbs.
Needless to say, when it comes to the Baskett brood, it's no longer sunny in Philadelphia.
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Kendra's Baby Showered With Love by Playboy's Finest
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Years from now, Kendra Wilkinson's son is going to be looking at pictures from his mom's baby shower and thinking one thing.
Why couldn't they have waited until I was all grown up to get this group together?
Former roomies Bridget Marquardt and Holly Madison and Hugh Hefner and his current trio of gal-pals were among those who gathered at a shower Wednesday to celebrate the impending birth of Kendra's first child with hubby Hank Baskett.
The over-the-moon duo are expecting a boy this Christmas.
Guests at the "pickles and ice cream/Candyland"-themed shower munched on treats that included cupcakes baked by BunnyBridget herself—with the help of her live-in boyfriend, Nick Carpenter.
"Just got done baking, frosting and decorating a ton of mini cupcakes for Kendra's shower tomorrow...It's been a busy day. I'm exhausted," Marquardt wrote on Twitter yesterday.
Madison, meanwhile, twittered during the party that she was "wearing a sympathy pack made of balloons."
Aw...
Soup Week: Jamie Foxx's New Release, Kendra Cranks Cranky Old Man and More!
If you're anything like us—and we hope to God you're not—you spent your week focusing on all things Jeremy Piven. His surprise appearance on Big Brother, his new mega-laffer The Goods opening this weekend, and his bad-ass tweeting. If, sadly, you are, here's what you missed in Soup news.
• Kendra and Hank recall fave moments from last season's Kendra. Like confusing an old man in a bathrobe.
• Baby-daddy shocker! Jamie Foxx can claim another dependent.
• Millionaire-hunting Megan is serenaded with the greatest love song since Brooke Hogan's "Strip."
• Willard Scott opens his mouth. What emerges is anybody's guess.
• Does your butt smell? Finally, there is a solution.
Mini Baby Boom: What's in the Water at E!?
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There must be something in the water. Or more specifically, something in the taps here at E!
Two of our network reality-TV stars, Kendra Wilkinson and Kourtney Kardashian—both so popular they earned their own spinoff shows—announced spinoffs of their own this summer: Kendra is expecting a baby boy, and Kourtney just revealed she, too, is with child.
And if our watercoolers are in fact fertility fountains, then it stands to reason that more of our resident stars may very well be birthing before we know it.
Which is pretty cool, since it would not only give Kendra and Kourtney's kids some additional playmates but also provide us with a whole new pool of future talent from which to pull.
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Kendra Harasses Bewildered Senior—Fun!
Now that the first season of Kendra is over, the giggly, pregnant sex kitten took time on last night's season finale to relive some of her favorite moments. And when bimbo bud Bridget Marquardt dropped by to provide some unscripted, spontaneous prompts and interview questions, luckily the cameras were rolling.
What are the chances?
Speaking of spontaneous, remember when Kendra and Hank dialed frequent crank-call victim Hugh Hefner? For a few magical seconds, he actually sounds like a confused old man.
He never had these problems with a telegraph, by cracky.
Soup Week: Tiger's Gas, Kendra's Ass and So Much More!
If you're anything like us, you've spent your week sifting through acres of scarves, blouses, mesh underthings and elephant bells, trying to come up with the perfect outfit to wear while watching the Teen Choice Awards. At home, alone, in the dark. So here's the Soup news you missed.
• Tiger Woods made a big stink on the 18th hole at the Buick Open.
• Kendra really enjoys a face full of her friend's superior posterior.
• Brooke Hogan is shocked by the link between body temperature and urine temprature.
• Michael Jackson has weird fans. This one makes watching a lawyer read a statement fun.
• Megan Wants a Millionaire provides a great chance to mock an aging, unattractive, heartbroken Lady Gaga fan. Fun!
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Bridget Marquardt Talks Jon and Kate Gosselin
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Bridget Marquardt knows being in the spotlight of reality television can be stressful, but she doesn't think it's to blame for Jon and Kate Gosselin's messy split.
"I personally don't think it necessarily had to do with the reality show," the Girl Next Door told us at this week's Reality Cares' Sizzles event at the SunStyle Tanning Studio in West Hollywood. "I think he was unhappy with his marriage and the situation to begin with…I think [reality TV] definitely is a stress factor in a relationship, but I don't think it breaks it up. I think there have to be underlying problems."
In fact, Bridget wouldn't mind scoring another reality-show deal.
Oh? Read on for details, plus hear what she has to say about moving in with boyfriend Nick Carpenter...
Soup Week: Hilton's Hating, Kendra's Got a Beef, Much More!
As difficult as it may be to think about anything other than which Kate (Gosselin or Major) is the greater shrew, there were a number of other important stories last week that bear reexamination. And there's also this Soup stuff.
• Reality shocker! Does Paris Hilton keep it real with her potential BFFs, or is she a sociopathic, backstabbing hater? You be the judge!
• When it comes to Kendra and meat—and it always does—she has a hard time finding it without the bone.
• Pants make the man, and the lack of them makes Meredith Vieira wild. And it's all the president's fault.
• Joe Jackson breaks down the facts behind the tragic death of his son: He went to sleep. He didn't wake up. So there was a problem.
• Welcome to the twisted emotional underbelly of loving toy trains. All aboard?
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Pregnant Kendra: More Food, Less Stripper Pole
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Mommy-to-be Kendra Wilkinson doesn't care how many pounds she puts on during her pregnancy.
"I'm concentrating more on what's healthy for the baby more than my weight gain," says Kendra, whose E! reality show was just renewed for a second season. "I know my weight gain will go away very fast, so if I gain weight and that's what it takes to make my baby healthy, that's what has to happen."
Kendra, who is expecting her and football hubby Hank Baskett's first baby on Christmas Day, recently began craving Japanese food…
Kendra Gets a Double Dose of E!
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Like our Kendra Wilkinson was really going to let K-Fed swoop in and steal the reality airwaves.
As it is, the erstwhile Girl Next Door turned bikini-rockin' mom-to-be, along with new hubby Hank Baskett, has signed on to star in a second, 12-episode season of her guilty pleasure E! show Kendra.
And just in case you want even more Baskett bang for your buck, Kendra & Co. have got you covered: In addition to the new season, two specials will air this December, the same time her baby (boy?) is due and around the time when Kendra plans to move to New Jersey (look out, Housewives) in order to be closer to her Philadelphia Eagles hubby.
Guess she really was serious about hightailing it out of Hollywood.
Well, you can take the blonde out of California...and come early 2010, when production on the new season kicks off, we'll finally know whether you can take California out of the blonde. Though we kinda think we already know the answer to that one.
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Can't wait for the new season? Flip through our gallery of Kendra & Hank's Wedding Day and tune in to her big day special on Aug. 9.
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