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Here's hoping Philly gets a new Girl Next Door
IN SOMEWHAT Philly-related news, Holly Madison told fellow Girl Next Door Kendra Wilkinson that she had better be a bridesmaid at Wilkinson's upcoming wedding to Eagles wide receiver Hank Baskett, who proposed last Saturday atop Seattle's Space Needle, a day before the Birds played the Seahawks.The engagement was announced Thursday by Wilkinson's ex-boyfriend, Hugh Hefner. This item is only tangentially Philly-related, sadly: The wedding will be held next June at the Playboy Mansion on the bride's coast, where Hef will be giving her away.
No word on whether "The Girls Next Door" will be filming the ceremony or whether the other Girls Next Door will be bridesmaids, although SatTatt figures that given reality-show contracts, both are likely.
Also, no word on if the couple plan on making Philadelphia their joint home base (SatTatt has her fingers so crossed). They've been spotted in Philly several times in the past few months. Wilkinson notably showed up at an Eagles game in September wearing a midriff-baring 84 jersey, Baskett's number.
But don't go staking out the Olive Garden on Broad and Chestnut just yet: The couple has the long-distance thing all figured out.
"He lives across the country, so we Skype," Wilkinson told talk-show host Chelsea Handler, referring to the online video-streaming service. "When you're cross-country, you have to do the Skype-sex thing. It's way better than phone sex. Way better!"
SatTatt hopes the two young lovers decide to shack up here. It's the City of Brotherly Love! When you're here, you're family!
She don't care what they say!
Singer/songwriter Melissa Etheridge implied in an angry blog post that her response to the passage of California's Proposition 8, which denied gays the right to legally marry, would be to stop paying her taxes.
"So my wife, uh I mean, roommate? Girlfriend? Special lady friend? . . . she and I are not allowed the same right under the state constitution as any other citizen. Okay, so I am taking that to mean I do not have to pay my state taxes because I am not a full citizen."
Etheridge also mentioned that the state would be sad to lose the "bazillion" tax dollars of fellow outlesbian Ellen DeGeneres, whose marriage to actress Portia de Rossi also was invalidated by Proposition 8, although DeGeneres has made no similar promise.
Although Etheridge's comments can be taken as satirical, she'd be joining a long list of celebrities who have evaded taxes for ethical reasons. Admittedly, many of them (notably the recently jailed tax-denier and "Blade" star Wesley Snipes) have more vague ethical issues with taxes, i.e. their firm, deep-seated belief that, uh, they shouldn't have to pay them. *
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