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Earlier this week we learned which celebs have been cast for the upcoming 12th season of Dancing with the Stars and today we get to see the official promo photos of all of the celebrity contestants each paired up with their professional dance partners. Altho I’m not a big fan of the show (for reasons too numerous to get into but particularly because the best contestants don’t usually win), I can’t help but want to root for Wendy Williams (on the women’s side) and Ralph Macchio (on the men’s side). Read on to see all of the promo photos.

Former Hugh Hefner girlfriend and star of the E! reality TV series Girls Next Door Kendra Wilkinson married her NFL beau Hank Baskett in a lavish ceremony at the Playboy Mansion here in SoCal yesterday evening. Here are a few photos of Kendra and Hank‘s nuptials yesterday:

In a wedding fit for a princess, Playboy Playmate Kendra Wilkinson wed her NFL player beau Hank Baskett at her onetime residence, the Playboy mansion in Los Angeles’s exclusive Holmby Hills, on Saturday, PEOPLE confirms. At around 6:45 p.m., the Playmate and former Girls Next Door star, 23, walked down the aisle in a white dress, dripping in more than $100,000 worth of platinum jewelry by Michael Barin, including drop earrings, a pendant and bracelet. The groom also wore white, as did the groomsmen, while the bridesmaids were in lavender. Among the hundreds of guests were former boyfriend and Playboy founder Hugh Hefner and fellow Playmate Bridget Marquardt, who was among the bridal party. The bride and groom married out in the open on a lawn, and there were white rose petals and flower wreaths decorating the aisle. “She was beaming,” says an eyewitness. The wedding week kicked off with date night Monday evening at the premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, where Wilkinson told PEOPLE, “I feel great! We’re just ready to say our ‘I do’s’ and just go on our honeymoon and we’re ready to be married.” Her sole concern? “Tripping down the aisle,” she admitted. Wednesday afternoon the bride-to-be relaxed with some personal pampering and girl time with her mother, grandmother and bridal party at Face to Face Los Angeles, a salon in Studio City. The happy couple announced some other big news earlier this month – their first child, due on Christmas day.

I don’t know that I will ever truly understand the whole Hefner/multiple girlfriends thing so it seems totally odd that Kendra would be wed at the Playboy Mansion but I guess it should make sense? I dunno, don’t care … but I suppose congrats are in order for the happy couple who are just now beginning their life together. I suspect that this ceremony will be featured in some capacity on Kendra‘s new E! reality TV series Kendra so we have that to look forward to. Again, congrats to the happily wedded couple … here’s hoping they are in it for the long haul.

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Hugh Hefner opened up his Playboy Mansion playhouse to the media this week to show off a preview of the haunted Halloween decorations and attractions that will be on display at the Manse for his annual Halloween Celebration Extravaganza. On hand with the Hefster were his newly appointed girlfriends, twin sisters Kristina and Karissa Shannon, and his soon-to-be ex-girlfriends Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt and Kendra Wilkinson. The playboy and his bunnies managed to get into costume for the media preview event … behold:

I gotta say … I’m not really a fan of the Shannon sisters but they and Hef really outdid themselves with their Halloween costumes. Never before have I seen such an appropriate and life-like guise like the one we see here. Their costumes really bring out a hidden truth that I think we’ve all seen from the first day we were introduced to them … brills! The Girls Next Door, on the otherhand, look really cute in their costumes. For me, there is an air of sadness tho … that they are still hanging around the mansion, playing nice with Hefner and his new romantic interests so soon after being replaced. It shows that they are good sports, I guess, but also hints that they’ve really got nothing else going on. I hope they are able to break away from the whole Playboy thing and move on to live successful lives. But Halloween stops for no bunny so it looks like it’s full steam ahead!

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Last night the 2008 ESPY Awards, an annual sports awards event which honors Excellence in Sports Performance for individual and team athletic achievement and other sports-related performance, took place at the Nokia Theater here in LA and a bunch of sports celebs (and other, regular celebs) attended the event, which was hosted by self-proclaimed “sports nut” Justin Timberlake. Here are a few pics from the red carpet and a bit about JT‘s performance as host:

Self-proclaimed sports junkie Justin Timberlake had his idols rolling in the aisles Wednesday night, as he hosted the 2008 ESPY Awards. The singer earned raves as he alternated between self-deprecating humor (at one point, he poked fun at his infamous 2004 Super Bowl performance with Janet Jackson, saying “I wanted to be the only guy at a football game to get to second base”) and playfully mocking audience members (he lowered his nose to one of David Beckham’s Tom Ford shoes and proclaimed, “Smells like $250 million to me!”). He also performed a sports-themed rock opera. “If I made the decisions, I’d ask Justin to be [our] entertainment every week,” Monday Night Football host Stuart Scott told reporters during the show. “After what he’s putting down tonight … Justin can come hang out with us on the set anytime.”

But, apparently, the ESPY Awards are more than just celebs and funny hosts … there is actual recognition of sports achievement to be had as well … golfer Tiger Woods and basketball player Candace Parker were the top male and female winners last night, Sports Illustrated has the deets:

Tiger Woods won three trophies at the ESPY Awards on Wednesday night, including his fifth male athlete of the year award, giving him a career-leading 21 wins in the show’s 16-year history. Woods surpassed retired cyclist Lance Armstrong for most wins as male athlete. He earned his fourth consecutive ESPY for best golfer and won best championship performance for his playoff victory at the U.S. Open on a bad left knee. Woods is at home in Florida recuperating from last month’s knee surgery, causing him to miss this week’s British Open and the rest of the PGA season … The Super Bowl champion New York Giants tied Woods with three victories: best game, best upset and best play, which was David Tyree’s leaping catch of quarterback Eli Manning’s pass that kept the team’s game-winning drive alive … Candace Parker was a double winner, earning female athlete of the year and female college athlete honors. She led Tennessee to its second consecutive NCAA national championship before becoming the WNBA’s No. 1 draft pick and going to the Los Angeles Sparks. “I’m just excited I got to meet David Beckham,” said Parker, who received her trophy from the English superstar. “I grew up playing soccer, so I love David Beckham. I was thinking, `Don’t trip, don’t trip.’ He’s truly an inspiration.” Tennis players Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova, along with Woods, boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr., NHL star Sidney Crosby and bowler Norm Duke repeated as winners in their individual sports categories. Like Woods, Federer won his category for the fourth straight year. Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton was chosen as comeback of the year, having successfully battled drug addiction to reach the major leagues. Tuesday, Hamilton hit a record 28 homers in the first round of the All-Star Home Run Derby. Tommie Smith and John Carlos received the Arthur Ashe Courage Award nearly 40 years after their black power salute on the medals stand at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics … The best moment category honored Western Oregon’s Sara Tucholsky, along with Central Washington’s Mallory Holtman and Liz Wallace, for their sportsmanship during a Division II softball game. Tucholsky homered, but missed first base and started back to tag it when she collapsed with a knee injury. Holtman and Wallace, her opponents, stunned fans by carrying Tucholsky around the bases so the three-run homer would count.

To be honest, I never pay attention to Sports Awards shows like this … I had no idea that they honored actual sportsmanship. If you look at the red carpet, you’d have no idea the awards show was actually about honoring real sports heroes. That being said, some celebs — like David and Victoria Beckham — are trying to bridge the gap between sportsdom and celebrity … here are a few pics of Les Beckhams on the red carpet last night:

And others, still, like Cristiano Ronaldo who are trying to emulate David Beckham to hopefully get in on that sports/celebrity thing — tho, Cristiano has a lot to learn about making a red carpet splash. I feel bad that the guy got injured (sometime between his extended vacay in Sardina, Italy and last night’s ESPY Awards) but crutches do not make the right kind of statement on the red carpet:

Yeah, it’s not a good look for him … but good for him for making the effort! Cristiano talked to Hollyscoop on the red carpet and revealed that if a David Beckham-type offer came from a US soccer team (like the LA Galaxy) he’d consider making the move to the US:

When Hollyscoop.com caught up with him at the 2008 ESPY Awards in Los Angeles, Cristiano said that if LA Galaxy came knocking on his door, he would certainly consider the move. He seemed eager to follow in Beckham’s footsteps. In regards to making an immediate move to Los Angeles, the 23 year-old star tells Hollyscoop, “I have time, I prefer to play in Europe … it’s better in the moment, but the future, no one knows” … Would Galaxy ever be an option for Ronaldo? “Yes, you know Beckham plays there and I spoke with him a few times and he says it’s great to play here, so maybe in the future you never know. Maybe one day, I will play here.”

Maybe indeed … heal up that ankle first, Cristiano … we wouldn’t want a repeat of the Galaxy‘s last season (Becks was sidelined for much of his tenure due to an ankle injury).

And so … another cache of ESPY Awards have been handed out … congrats to the winners and all that jazz. Click HERE for a full list of this years ESPY Award winners.

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