. >>> a movie based on the life of playboy founder hugh hefner is gaining steam. >> reporter: helena bonham carter was awarded the actress a cb e. short for commanders of the order of the empire. >> bottom carter nabbed an oscar nomination in the queen's speech this year. >> reporter: a cb e, does not carry a title. >> reporter: hugh hefner has big plans for the new year. the 85-year-old founder of playboy is trying again to make a hollywood movie about his life. 2011 wasn't the best year for hef. his fiancee called off the wedding days before the wedding and the playboy club was cancelled after just

. >>> jilted 85-year-old fiancee hugh hefner says he will never marry again. >>> this summer, another royal wedding, aretha franklin announced she's marrying a long-time friend on monday. the 69-year-old joked, no, i am not pregnant. >> justin timberlake, do you think he could pull that off, elton john? >> yeah, j.t. -- >> he can play the piano, sing -- >> he's pretty talented. >> he would have to put a couple -- get a little bigger. >> i think he'd do a good job. >>> this comes to us from ksnw in wichita, kansas, where even in the dead of winter america's pastime played a vital role in one couple's wedding plans. they decided to get married where it mattered most to them, the couple met on the baseball diamond after a game in which their daughters played on the opposite teams. six years later, the bride and groom stepped onto home plate and made the commitment to take a swing at life together. that is so sweet. >>> i'm veronica de la cruz. this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >>

the 85-year-old fiancee hugh hefner is telling "people" magazine that he will never marry again.inally, this summer, there will be another royal wedding. the queen of soul, aretha franklin announced she is marrying a long time friend monday. the 69-year-old joked, no, i'm not pregnant. in going back to the elton john bietighofu biopicture. >> someone tweeted philip seymour hoffman. >> this is "first look" on msnbc. stay tuned. "way too early" with willy geist starts right now. >>> it is caucus day in iowa. mit romney after months of playing coy about the state is going all in. the question is will anything other than a win be a blow to his campaign? rick santorum made a push to the top tier in the last week or so. the question is, will he rise to his not romney status to an upset win? and ron paul believes his you are supporters are undersurveyed and he'll surprise the pundits tonight. quet is, what would a paul win in iowa mean to the race for the nomination? it is "way too early" for this.

hugh hefner says the lindsay lohan edition of playboy magazine could be the biggest selling issue everportedly paid close to a million dollars to pose for playboy. >>> it was the longest grand slam tennis final in history. it ended in the early hours of monday. after almost six hours world number one djokovic defeated spain's raphael nadal in five sets. >>> up next a mystery illness in upstate new york causing students to have violent outbursts and uncontrollable twitches. nchl >>> the drastic drop of home prices, christine romans reports on the crisis in the sunshine state site of tuesday's gop primary. >> reporter: home prices down $80,000 from the peak. orlando is a little worst. miami a little worse. imagine the value of your home cut in half limits your options. >> which is why when we heard the debate in jacksonville on thursday night those social issues didn't come into play that much. if you can get past newt gingrich and mitt romney sniping at each other it was all economic issues, even rick santorum wasn't doing that in florida. >> reporter: anybody who is going to cast a bal

hugh hefner says the lindsay lohan edition of "playboy" magazine could be the biggest telling issue everlayboy" with lohan on the cover is going to be a record breaker. she was paid close to a million dollars to pose for "playboy." all right. >>> it was the longest grand slam final tennis open in history. the men's final started sunday in melbourne and ended in the early hours of monday. when it was over after almost six hours, world number one djokovic, deveeted spain's nadal in five sets. congratulations. >>> up next, a mystery illness in upstate new york causing high school students to have violent outbursted and uncontrollable twitches. >>> but first, the drastic drop in home prices at the root of america's economic crisis is still being felt in florida which was hit especially hard n this week's mastering your money, we report on the crisis in the sunshine state the site of tuesday's gop primary. >> home prices here down from the peak $80,000 median home prices down $80,000. orlando is a little worse. miami is worse. down about 40% here. you can see it's about 50%. imagine the value

talking of the walking dead, congratulations to hugh hefner, two heterosexual actors pretending to ber: some of his remarks left the a-list audience speechless, he has the last laugh as he's invited to host round three. you like the tight wire? >> that's my adrenalin rush. >> did you feel that going into the second time hosting them? >> every time i go live or tv or an interview i think i could always say the wrong thing. the thing is with me is there's always two little people in my head, one's going, go on, say it, whatever you like. the other one's going why take the risk? might be funny. might be a hero. but you might be living in a car. you know? which wins. >> you did promise you were never going to do it again. >> i did, and this is, no one believes me now. now this will be the last time i think, last time for a while at least. but what really tipped the balance was all the people who said i'd never be invited back. >> exactly. just dare me. >> people should know that reverse eye coming works better than that. i don't like it when he does that. don't you? well here's some more.

we wordier what hugh hefner would say, a lawmaker is looking to outlaw pajamas in public saying he decided walmart. he felt they didn't leave much to the imagination. now, strangely, i also wear my pajamas in midtown manhattan. they are comfortable, and a fashion statement. i scared the tax drivers, they would not pick me up when i did this. >>clayton: i am surprised usually they would stop. >>alisyn: they sped away. deaf dave they figured you had no cash to pay the bill because they saw no purse. >>alisyn: the camera may also have scared them. >>dave: clayton and i wear pajamas to work. >>clayton: the bottoms of pajamas. >>dave: maria is here for rick and is outside. where it is freezing. >>guest: it is cold. 28 degrees in new york city and with the wind the wind chill temperature is 22 degrees and i confirm it feels like that, very cold out here you need your jacket. as far as the weather in the northeast it will stay chilly and tonight, big game, denver versus new england, and i will be rooting for tebow, of course, tonight at 8:00 p.m. with temperature at kickoff at 23 degrees but it w

hugh heavy not that i remember. they canceled their i dos days before the wedding. hefner had been planning a cover spread which quickly became a runaway bride spread. she auctioned off her engagement ring and raked in over $74,000. >>> and the break-up. >> you would think i won the lotto or something which i kind of did. >> rumors that ashton cheated on demi with the administrative saint named sarah sent shock waves through hollywood. the alleged one-night stand went down on the sixth wedding anniversary. demi announced she was ending her marriage to the star. jlo coming in at number 3 for surprisingly ending after seven years of marriage and two kids. since then jen has been spotted globe trotting and kissing one of her dancers. they continue to work together for their respective line. >> we both love each other very much. and we're taking it one day at a time. >> it was the calm before the media storm. they announced the split just before the news break. his relationship with the mistress was the straw that broke maria shriver's back and their 25-year marriage. 50-year-