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"Hef's Runaway Bride": The story isn't as crazy as it seems

It's easy to mock Hugh Hefner (Joel McHale does a great job on "Talk Soup") but on "Hef's Runaway Bride" (Lifetime, 10 tonight) you might feel a little guilty for doing so. He comes across kind of sweet and sincere, the wronged party.

OK, it would be hard to believe the blonde, young Crystal Harris was madly in love with the octogenarian (Viagra-enhanced) lover, but this behind-the-scenes look at the-wedding-that-wasn't shows that maybe it wasn't about two people using each other for their purposes. What the show reveals is that something more typical happened: they were both doing what they thought the other wanted.

Yes, there were some machinations going on (after all, this was designed to be a reality show to promote the Playboy brand), but in "Hef's Runaway Bride" the relationship between the two seems sincere. Even Hef's sons, Cooper and Marston, speak about liking Harris, despite their concerns about their dad getting married.

BREAKING NEWS: A Bunny Puts on Her Dancing Shoes


In Touch Weekly is reporting that Holly Madison is joining the cast of "Dancing With the Stars."

In case you didn't know, Holly is the one on the far right. She was Hugh Hefner's top girlfriend among the trio he had living at the Playboy Mansion until recently, and they all played house on E!'s "The Girls Next Door."

Holly and Hef broke up (the other two, Kendra and Bridget left too, perhaps collectively waking up and realizing 1) Hef is gross and 2) they'd milked most of the fame out of this particular venture) and she started seeing magician Criss Angel. But Holly and Criss just broke up too.

It's not clear whether Holly will be replacing singer Jewel -- who has been having some tendinitis problems but who claimed to be still on track for the contest --  who would be competing against her husband Ty Murray.

But I guess we'll find out on Monday, when the show premieres.

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