Kendra lands new WE reality show, 'Kendra On Top'

Congratulations to Kendra Wilkinson-Baskett on landing a new reality show on WEtv called 'Kendra On Top'! Kendra says she "parted ways" with E! Entertainment Television who aired her former reality programs, 'Kendra' and 'The Girls Next Door'. WE ordered 14 episodes of the show, the one-hour premiere and one-hour finale plus 12 half-hour episodes that start production this month. The show will focus on Kendra's life as a wife and mother and husband Hank's life after professional football. They will even show their precious son, Little Hank, 2, on his first day of preschool!


Yes, Kendra, 26, is returning to reality TV. And as she chatted with us on Monday, she giggled every time she said the name of the new show, Kendra On Top.


"Of course you can look at it however you want to look at it, but the reason we named it that was because everyone said, 'Kendra, you're the most fit, you're the best wife, you've got the best family.' Everyone's been saying those words to me so we summed it all up."


She adds, "You can take it and play with it and have fun with it. I'm OK with it, 'cuz I'm a free person, I'm open. That's the fun part of it, but the real meaning is where my life is now."


Even though she is still close friends with Hugh Hefner, Kendra has no plans to pose for Playboy again anytime soon. She is happy to stay focused on her life as a wife and mother. She says, "I felt like my life was injected with steroids. I'm bigger, I'm better. I'm the best person, the best parent. I want to be happier, more fulfilled." WEtv says that Kendra will also show how to be a mommy and a hottie at the same time! Kendra and Hank have already had publicity shots done for the new show. It starts production in Los Angeles this month.

Hugh Hefner's son Marston pleads to domestic violence

Hugh Hefner’s son, Marston Hefner, pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor domestic violence charge for an incident involving his girlfriend, Claire Sinclair, the 2011 Playmate of the Year.
The 21-year-old Playboy scion pleaded no contest Tuesday to corporal injury to a spouse or cohabitant and is expected to undergo a year of domestic violence counseling, Pasadena City assistant prosecutor Chris Blankenhorn told City News Service. He has also been ordered to stay away from Sinclair for three years.
Marston Hefner was arrested last month after police were called to the Pasadena apartment he shared with 20-year-old Sinclair. Sinclair, a Bettie Page look-alike, had minor injuries and sought a restraining order against Hefner the next day.
Posing for TMZ.com, she revealed a giant purple bruise on her arm and claimed the heir had been violent before.
The playmate told ABCNews.com that she would not press charges if Hefner issued an apology. “I’m looking forward to a public apology,” Sinclair told ABCNews.com last month. “I am against any sort of domestic violence so once that’s done, I’m ready to bury this and leave it in my past.”


Hefner is expected to receive one year of domestic violence counseling and be ordered to stay away from Sinclair for three years, Blankenhorn said.


Sinclair, who was named the 2011 "Playmate of the Year," was shown with a bruise on her arm in a photo on the celebrity website TMZ shortly after the incident first came to light.

Katy Perry Denies Dissing Beyoncé, Tells Rumormongers "Get a Life!"

 Katy Perry really wants to hook up with Rihanna, on a song at least. The two have teased fans for quite some time about getting together and making a track to please both the Katy Cats and the Rihanna Navy.


When MTV News sat down with Katy during "MTV First: Katy Perry" — airing Wednesday (March 21) at 7:23 p.m. ET on MTV, followed by a 30-minute chat on MTV.com — the singer opened up about the pressure she feels to make the collaboration happen.




"I've always wanted to and she's always wanted to and that's very genuine," she explained. "We're not just shooting the sh--. We're not, like, just kind of beating around the bush. But really we want to."


Here is the catch. "It's just that I think it's gotten to such a head that if we do something that's not the greatest, it's going to be so anticlimactic," she said. "So we've already thought about it."


As it happens, the alleged diss hit the headlines yesterday, when Katy's interview with the British radio giant went online. During the Q&A, Perry was asked if she and BFF Rihanna would ever make good on their promise to join musical forces, and her answer seemed to go out of its way to spare her colleagues' blushes.


"I was telling her, you know that Eurthymics song with Aretha Franklin, Annie Lennox, 'Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves'?" Katy said.


"That's like the kind of song that I'd want to do instead of, like, 'Hips Don't Lie,' which was still a great song by Shakira and Beyoncé. I mean, not 'Hips Don't Lie,' what's that duet? 'Beautiful Liar.'"


With friendly nonfeuds like that, who needs real ones?

Katy Perry Ditches The Crown And Bros Down In London

We're just excited as you are about the premiere of Katy Perry's "Part of Me" video tonight at 7:23 p.m. ET on MTV. But before Katy herself introduces 


the video and answers your questions on MTV.com following the debut, we have a wish list of five things we'd love to see in the visuals.


There are publicists and managers, stylists and makeup folks, at least one assistant, the odd journalist and a few rather fashionable gentlemen whose roles are not clearly defined (though they smoke cigarettes and usually speak French). And on Monday, when I met up with Katy in London, there was also a documentary crew in tow — two camera guys, a director and a field producer — bringing the sum total of her posse to 15. And they make their presence known from the second they descend on the scene, snapping Polaroids, hanging wardrobe, moving furniture, gabbing, texting, dabbing, smoking, quietly judging (I am nothing if not insecure). It's a whoosh of activity that not only announces her arrival, but makes you realize that it truly takes an army to make the Katy Perry machine operate on a daily basis.


Katy definitely knows this, as she explained during our interview — we're premiering her brand-new "Part of Me" video tonight, which was the impetus for this chat — most of her favorite memories all involve her team. A recent one being the night she was reunited with some 40 members of her California Dreams Tour crew for a dinner that quickly devolved into an impromptu dance-off, which is why her neck was totally killing her on this day. She may be the queen bee, but she's definitely not opposed to getting down and dirty with her drones. Not as if she'd ever refer to them as such.


Though it's impossible to truly get a read on anyone in an hour, I will say this about Katy Perry: Unlike Britney Spears or Lady Gaga — both of whom are plenty nice — she still seems like a pretty normal person, albeit one with blue hair. She screws around a lot (she jokingly threatened to punch me in the face if I kept screwing up my lines), displayed an impressive acumen for swearing and even worked the word "bro" into our conversation on at least six occasions. She spoke with great pride about the rigorous boot-camp training she underwent for the "Part of Me" video, even extolling the virtues of the MRE rations she dined on during production ("they tasted like a McRib!"). She can play the piano surprisingly well, as she displayed on the baby grand in our penthouse and openly pined for McNuggets (and if you're keeping score at home, that's the third time she referenced McDonald's during our interview).

Netflix orders 'Hemlock Grove' TV series

Netflix Inc. (NFLX) plans to stream a new, original series, “Hemlock Grove,” with 13 episodes beginning in 2013.


The Los Gatos, California-based online film and TV service has exclusive rights to the program, a monster murder-mystery based on a Brian McGreevy novel and starring Famke Janssen and Bill Skarsgard, the company said today in a statement. Gaumont International Television is producing the series.


Netflix is branching out from library content to offer new, original programming to compete for subscription revenue with Time Warner Inc.’s HBO. Netflix is considering partnerships with cable operators to expand the reach of the online service, which has more than 23 million streaming customers, Chief Executive Officer Reed Hastings said this month.


“Hemlock Grove” starts with the body of a young girl, mangled and murdered in the shadow of the former Godfrey steel mill. Some suspect an escapee from the White Tower, a biotech facility owned by the former steel magnates. Others believe the killer could be Peter, a 17-year-old Gypsy kid from the wrong side of the tracks, who tells his classmates he’s a werewolf. Or it could be Roman (Skarsgard), the arrogant Godfrey scion, whose sister Shelley is disturbingly deformed and whose mother, Olivia (Janssen), the otherworldly beautiful and controlling grand dame of Hemlock Grove.


As the crime goes unsolved and outlandish rumors mount, Peter and Roman decide to find the killer themselves, confronting unspeakable truths about themselves and Hemlock Grove as the mystery unfolds.


“Eli Roth is a master of this genre and Brian McGreevy’s brilliant novel gives Roth a world where he can create his magic,” said Ted Sarandos, Netflix Chief Content Officer.   “‘Hemlock Grove’ is a sly blend of J.D. Salinger and Mary Shelley and will appeal to a broad base of fans captivated by these rich characters and stunning visuals.”


“I've been waiting for years to dive into television, and Eric Newman and I founded Arcade to do elevated genre projects exactly like ‘Hemlock Grove’.  Brian McGreevy's novel blew me away, and the material lends itself perfectly to long format storytelling.  ‘Hemlock Grove’ is smart, dark, complex, and at times terrifying,” said Eli Roth.

Nicki Minaj's 'Beez in the Trap' Sparks Drama Between Rival DJs

According to Hot 97's Funkmaster Flex, he recently stole an email from DJ Clue. The email contained a file of Nicki Minaj's latest song "Beez In The Trap," which was set to be played on Clue's radio show. Instead, Flex dropped a bomb on the track while also speaking about why he decided to hack Clue's account.


"Let me talk to you once more. You was talking yesterday [like] you want to go. Make sure you're ready to go-pause button-'cause you lost your exclusive tonight. You guys been tweeting about it all day and I took it. Okay? Now, don't make me have to talk to you like this again [laughing], you clown. I'm so built for this. Listen to me June-June, and you listen to me good. I ain't hold this crown for so many years for some box-head cornball to get a record tonight that you thought you was gonna get. Now, you just shut up."


Whatever the order of events, Nicki's "Beez in the Trap" single clearly came out on top. The '80s-inspired track is a departure from "Right by My Side," the R&B duet that Minaj and Chris Brown released earlier on Tuesday. Instead, "Beez" finds the Harajuku Barbie once again taking aim at unnamed rap chicks. "Bitches ain't sh-- and they ain't sayin' nothin'," she boasts on over a sparse drum track. Underground favorite 2 Chainz doesn't compromise a thing spitting alongside the multiplatinum rapper. He drops a charismatic 16-bar verse where he goes on about his Lexus LS 450, True Religion jeans and his pimp ways.


With the newly released Roman Reloaded tracks, Nicki seems to be striking a balance between melodic pop tracks ("Starships," "Right By My Side") and the rap fare that she came into the game with ("Stupid Hoe," "Roman Reloaded").


"April 3 is gonna be a doozy. It's gonna be crazy," Nicki promised when MTV News caught up with her at the NBA All-Star Game in February. "It's gonna be important for just hip-hop culture and pop culture. It's gonna be very big."

Nicki Minaj on making her musical mark: 'I've just been constantly

 Nicki Minaj became the first female to grace FORBES’ Hip-Hop Cash Kings last year, pulling in $6.5 million, enough to land the No. 15 spot on the annual accounting of rap’s top earners. Expect her bulging bank account to grow even more in 2012 following a massive deal she recently signed with Pepsi.


According to Derek Jackson, the Glu agency chief who brokered the agreement, Minaj will become the face of a new Pepsi beverage nearing its debut. He said the pact, which includes a commercial filmed in South America last month (pixely footage has already leaked on YouTube), is a multimillion-dollar deal.


Minaj, 29, has already achieved the kind of career milestones that artists twice her age would hope to reach, but the "Superbass" singer isn't content to slow down or settle anytime soon.




Nicki Minaj admits that her biggest goal has always been to stand alone independent of  other artists.(Christian Anwander/Complex)
"I happen to be a pessimist, and maybe that's a good thing because I don't stop to smell the roses - which is not a good personal thing," she said. "I don't stop and enjoy those moments. ... Always on to the next and never in the moment."


The rap diva performed with music legend Madonna and fellow female bad-ass M.I.A at the Super Bowl this past February, and has deals with both M.A.C. Cosmetics and OPI nail polish.


And at present, her album "Pink Friday" has gone double-platinum.


But fame and success has come at a price for the self-professed "homebody."


Her very public feud with fellow rapper Lil Kim continues to be tabloid fodder and her bizarre antics and outfits are criticized as much as they're lauded.

Reese Witherspoon Picks Up 'Pennyroyal’s Princess Boot Camp'

Reese Witherspoon picks "Pennyroyal's Princess Boot Camp" as the first project of her and Bruna Papandreas' new banner Pacific Standard. They have nabbed the rights to the children's book series which was written by M.A. Larson, to be made a feature film. 


Witherspoon, who is rumored expecting her first child, is attached to play a supporting role. Pacific Standard, which is also developing the two-book series, is looking at "Pennyroyal's Princess Boot Camp" as a potential franchise. 


The first book of the series is the debut novel by Larson, a Minnesotan native who studied filmmaking at the University of Miami who became Nichols’ assistant when the legendary producer-director-writer was working on Angels in America, Closer and Spamalot. Larson later moved to Los Angeles where he was a staff writer on Cartoon Network shows and has been writing on various kids-oriented channels such as Disney XD, Nickelodeon and Discovery Kids.

Princess Boot Camp was recently picked up by Putnam’s Children’s as a two-book series.

Pacific Standard is developing the books, which is the first official project from the fledgling company, as a potential franchise.
“Finally, there is a princess story that reflects the values young women truly want to embody,” said Witherspoon in a statement.  “These princesses are strong, independent and fierce and the knights are their match. In telling their story, Larson has created a magical universe that everyone will love to get lost in."