The Beat

An earth-shaking confluence of teen favorites is set to occur: Anna Kournikova is coming to MTV. The tennis vixen recently completed two days of filming for Enrique Iglesias's video Escape. Both model Gisele Bundchen and actress Kate Hudson had been considered for the role, but Kournikova (right) got the only firm offer. Production got off to a slow start when Kournikova arrived an hour late on the first day because an earlier photo shoot had run long. Also, according to a source on the set, crew members were instructed not to chat with her. Contrary to reports, however, Iglesias didn't balk at his kissing scenes with the Russian pinup because of pimples near her mouth, nor did Anna burst into tears over the situation. Although she did have zits on her chin, says the insider, Kournikova and Iglesias were happy to smooch for the cameras, and they flirted throughout the shoot. As for her complexion, all will be cleared up in postproduction....

David Justice, who's tied up in a bitter palimony suit with ex-fianc�e Nicole Foster, is expecting a child with his new wife, Rebecca, a calendar model. The Justices, who were wed last February, are hoping for a girl, whom they would name Esperanza. Meanwhile, Foster's attorney, Marvin Mitchelson, is happy that David is now with the A's. Mitchelson feels that will bolster his efforts to get Foster's case heard in California, a state with more favorable palimony laws than those in Ohio, where Justice's lawyers want the trial because he keeps a place in Cincinnati....

ABC has tapped John McEnroe to emcee The Chair, in which contestants get hooked up to a heart monitor and then get interrogated by Big Mac. The contestant needs to answer questions correctly without having his heart rate rise above a certain level. "The show is about controlling your mind and body under intense pressure, which is what John's all about," says Andrea Wong, ABC's senior VP of specials, who adds that McEnroe was her first choice. "He brings the same edge you saw on the tennis court to the show."