Yes, it is officially summer, the time for drinking mojitos, eating blueberries and prop betting on babies and divorces. Let's start with the babies. Bodog has a few lines on Gisele and Kendra Willkinson's (Girl Next Door) upcoming deliveries. They have even odds on whose baby will weight more at birth (both at -115). Gisele is
5'10" and 125-130 pounds and her football playing baby daddy (Tom Brady) weighs in at 225 while Kendra is reported to be 5'4" and 115-120 lbs and her football playing baby daddy (Hank Basket) weights in at 220. While genetics are a little more complicated than simple math, Gisele looks like a good bet.

You can also bet on the gender of the babies.

Kendra Willkinson's baby

Boy -120
Girl -120

Gisele's baby

Boy -120
Girl -110

Moving on to divorces, Bookmaker is taking bets on who will split up next. According to their odds, Will Smith and his wife, Jada Pinkett are the couple on the list with the most staying power. Couples who may be in for a rocky road ahead include Sean Penn & Robin Wright Penn as well as Pete Wentz & Ashley Simpson. Smith and Pinkett really is the worst bet. Not only are you unlikely to cash in, but even if you do, who could help but feel bad about these two getting divorced? Though the Penns have already filed for divorce, they also filed for withdrawal of those same papers in April of this year.

It is hard to choose among the many possibilities on the list, but you know there is money to be made when the odds on a seasoned divorcee like Lopez are towards the middle of the pack.

Sarah Jessica Parker & Mathew Broderick +850
Will Smith & Jada Pinkett +1000
Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes +600
David Arquette & Courtney Cox +600
Josh Durhamel & Fergie +450
Marc Anthony & Jennifer Lopex +500
Pete Wentz & Ashley Simpson +250
Sean Penn & Robin Wright Penn +200

Labels: babies, breaking down props, divorce, Girl Next Door, Gisele, Jennifer Lopez, Playboy, prop bet, Tom Brady

posted by Mary at 1:29 PM

The third time isn't always a charm, especially when it comes to divorce statistics. J Lo and Marc
Anthony are facing some tough odds, from sports books as well as divorce data. According to divorcerate.org the divorce rate for a third marriage is 73%. To be fair, while this is technically Anthony's (and J Lo's) third marriage, his first two marriages were to the same woman, so maybe he has slightly better odds of a 60% divorce rate for a second marriage. Then again, he has children by three different women, which may tip the scales back towards splitzville.

Reasons for the marriage to survive? Their twins and their combined $350 million dollar fortune may help them overcome these odds. Reasons to bet on J Lo and Anthony sticking it out? They only have to last through 2009 for you to cash in.

Bookmaker has the odds at

+120 Yes, they will get divorced in 2009
-180 No, they won't get divorced in 2009

Labels: betting, celebrities, divorce, Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony

posted by Mary at 10:59 AM

I mean, is it really worth doing a recap if it was all about Jennifer Lopez acting nice to these commoners singing Gloria Estefan songs?

You could tell the whole show was a downhill slide when Melinda comes out swinging with the version of "Sway" that I really don't like (for the record: my favorite version is from the soundtrack to Dark City.) When Simon finally finds something wrong with you, Melinda, the show is going to suck.

I really don't have much else to say about the people who either sang Santana songs (I mean, not even the good '70's Santana songs, the annoying overly-played recent crap) or Gloria Estefan/Miami Sound Machine songs (that will always be dated by their '80's-ness.) There's no singing involved, and as the episode with Gwen Stefani showed a couple of weeks ago, none of these people can move.

At least Haley realized that slutting it up was going to work out for her.

Well, you know, except for Blake. And if he and Sanjaya are the only decent performances of the night, well, you know. God bless us, everyone.

I can't even talk about it anymore.

Anyway, DialIdol has-- gasp!-- LaKisha going home. And every week I keep saying Haley. But she's reaching the critical mass point of the show.

Labels: American Idol, Jennifer Lopez, Paula Abdul, Randy Jackson, Simon Cowell

posted by Kari at 12:34 PM