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Donald Trump May Be Playboy Model Baby Daddy, Circumstantial Evidence Suggests

Keith GirardApril 22, 2018

Donald Trump may have fathered a child with Playboy model Shera Bechard, according to circumstantial evidence and a theory going viral on the Internet. (Photo:...

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Hugh Hefner’s Burial Place Revealed: You Won’t Believe Where It Is (See)

Keith GirardSeptember 28, 2017

Hugh Hefner had a special relationship with Marilyn Monroe in life that will continue in death. The Playboy magazine founder’s secret burial place has been revealed and it’s right next to the Hollywood starlet’s grave. Hef’s contemporaries include jazz musician Buddy Rich and Canadian Playboy Playmate, Dorothy Stratten, who was murdered in 1980....

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Hugh Hefner, a Social Force in America, Built Empire on Babes, Boobs, Dies

Keith GirardSeptember 28, 2017

Hugh Hefner, a pioneer of the sexual revolution, who helped America break out of the turgid social restrictions of the 1950s and became a master of brand extension, has died at 91. Hefner was radical for his time when he launched his iconic Playboy magazine in 1953 using 8,000 in borrowed money. The magazine tried to remain relevant by publishing photo spreads of contemporary celebrities like Kim Kardashian, Kate Moss, Madonna, Pamela Anderson, Sharon Stone, Naomi Campbell and Lindsay Lohan....

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Playboy Era Grinds to Close: Hef’s Notorious LA Mansion For Sale

Keith GirardJanuary 9, 2016

Playboy is giving up one of the last symbols of the hedonistic lifestyle it championed. Huge Hefner’s notorious Playboy mansion in Los Angeles is about to hit the market–with on catch. The new owner must be willing to deal with Hef’s corpse. The six-acre property, complete with the infamous grotto pool, will reportedly be listed sometime in February. Asking price is a reported whopping $200 million. ...

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Playboy to Stop Publishing Bare Lady Bits; Has Hell Finally Frozen Over?

Keith GirardOctober 13, 2015

Playboy magazine, a beacon of the sexual revolution for more than six decades, has declared victory. In a stunning announcement, new Chief Executive Scott Flanders said the magazine will no longer publish photos of nude women, a magazine staple since the 1950s. Instead, the magazine will publish titillating photos of partially clad women, much like other men’s category magazines, such as Esquire, GQ and Maxim....

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Kate Moss First Look Hot New Playboy 60th Anniversary Photos

Keith GirardDecember 2, 2013

Kate Moss, the stunning English model who dominated the 1990s with her kittenish looks, is featured on the cover of the Playboy 60th anniversary issue. Moss, who turns 40 in January, is iconic, but why no American model? The magazine’s decision to go with Moss for the cover of its landmark 60th anniversary issue is puzzling if not down right wrong-headed....

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Amanda Seyfried, Peter Sarsgaard Go Deep in ‘Lovelace’

WinchesterAugust 5, 2013

One thing’s certainly evident by the end of “Lovelace.” the movie’s stars, Amanda Seyfried and Peter Skarsgaard, deliver the very best cinematic performances of the year. Hollywood was reluctant to make this movie, but it is, without question, an example of Tinseltown at its best. I am of the age that I can recall when the whole “Deep Throat” cause-celeb was very much in vogue. Talk-show king Johnny Carson and Bob Hope joked about it. Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner, played by James Franco, applauded it. But in the end, her life took a tragic turn. ...

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Adam Levine Gets Busy on ‘SNL;’ He Strips Down (watch!)

Keith GirardJanuary 27, 2013

Adam Levine got right down to business on “Saturday Night Live.” He stripped off his shirt in a hilarious opening monologue that was a take-off of his hit show “The Voice.” He made no bones about wanting to act. Cameron Diaz and Jerry Seinfeld made surprise appearances and acted as judges with Andy Samberg....

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Playboy’s Jenny McCarthy Reveals Life of Sex, Drugs, Debauchery

Keith GirardOctober 5, 2012

Playboy sweetheart Jenny McCarthy reveals a nasty streak in her new autobiography that includes sex, drugs and debauchery while working for Hugh Hefner as a playmate in her early 20s. Oddly, Hef claims he strictly prohibits illegal drug use by bunnies. But not according to McCarthy, 39. In her book “Bad Habits: Confessions of a Recovering Catholic,” she details her plunge into drug use while wearing the bunny ears, including a nasty Vicodin addiction. “Holding up drugs in front of a group of Playmates was like holding up an arm to a cannibal tribe,” McCarthy writes. “We jumped on the box fighting to get as many little white capsules as possible. Instead of saving some for later, we all pounded at least five at once.”...

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Hugh Hefner Slams GOP, Calls for New Sexual Revolution

Keith GirardApril 23, 2012

Hugh Hefner won't go quietly into that good night. Not when Republicans are trashing everything he's fought for during his career. Well, the only thing, really... sexual freedom. The Hedonist in Chief, who's pioneering magazine opened the door to sexual freedom, and yes, women's liberation, issued a stirring sexual manifesto in the pages of his aging, if iconic magazine. He lambastes the GOP's "war against sex."...

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Irina Shayk Disses ‘No Class’ Lindsay Lohan, Playboy (photos)

Keith GirardJanuary 3, 2012

Irina Shayk, one of the world's hottest lingerie models, says she would never pose for Playboy, taking an indirect swipe at Lindsay Lohan. Shayk says she has too much "class." Lohan posed for Playboy and was featured in the January issue in a spread that paid tribute to Marilyn Monroe, the magazine’s first nude cover model. She revealed that Hugh Hefner offered her a bundle to pose naked, but says she spurned him....

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Demi Moore Goes Back to Work in Racy Lovelace Biopic

Keith GirardJanuary 2, 2012

Demi Moore is going back to work in "Lovelace," her first film since filing for divorce from husband Ashton Kutcher in November. The racy biopic has an all-star cast....

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Forget Lindsay Lohan's Playboy, Check Out Miranda Kerr (Photos)

Keith GirardDecember 19, 2011

Lindsay Lohan's Playboy issue hit newsstands early and reports are mixed on its sales. But if you really want to see nude art at its best, just check out Miranda Kerr's latest photo spread....

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Playboy's Hugh Hefner Hit by Lindsay Lohan Curse (video)

Keith GirardDecember 17, 2011

Playboy’s Hugh Hefner has been hit by the Lindsay Lohan curse. Her much ballyhooed photo spread, for which he paid near $1 million, is being widely criticized and even one of his own, Playmate of the Year 2010 Hope Dworaczyk, has dissed it....

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Lindsay Lohan Gets Philosophical While Naked in Playboy

Keith GirardDecember 10, 2011

Lindsay Lohan apparently took time during her photo shoot for Playboy magazine to wax philosophical about her life, posing nude and the fleeting nature of time....

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Lindsay Lohan Leaked Playboy Photos Hot, Blonde, Red

Keith GirardDecember 9, 2011

Lindsay Lohan’s widely anticipated Playboy photos were just too hot to keep under wraps. Nearly a dozen of the actress have gone viral on the Internet, and largely deliver as promised....

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Lindsay Lohan's Playboy Too Hot to Keep Secret (see it)

Keith GirardDecember 7, 2011

Lindsay Lohan Playboy cover is such a hot commodity it couldn't be kept secret until it's official reveal on the Ellen DeGeneres show on Dec. 15. So take a look at it now....

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Oops! Playboy Calls Crystal Harris Mrs. Hefner (photos)

Keith GirardJune 15, 2011

Playboy playmate Crystal Harris blew off iconic magazine founder Hugh Hefner just days before her marriage, but not in time to prevent Playboy from putting her on the cover of its upcoming issue as... Mrs. Hugh Hefner!...

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Karina Smirnoff Daringly Bare in Playboy Photos (see!)

Keith GirardApril 19, 2011

“Dancing With the Stars” pro Karina Smirnoff unveils her tightly toned body in a series of photos in the May issue of Playboy that leaves little to the imagination....

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Karina Smirnoff Playboy Sneak Peek Check it Out!

Keith GirardApril 13, 2011

Playboy founder Hugh Hefner continues to revel in his latest catch, Dancing with the Stars pro Karina Smirnoff. The magazine tipped hits hand today (Apr. 13) by releasing the upcoming May cover....

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DWTS Uproar: Karina Smirnoff to Pose for Playboy (photos)

Keith GirardApril 7, 2011

"Dancing With the Stars" pro Karina Smirnoff will cover the May issue of Playboy magazine and appear in nude in a feature spread. Playboy founder Hugh Hefner announced the news himself....

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Crystal Harris Defends Playboy Geezer Love (video)

Keith GirardFebruary 23, 2011

Playboy Playmate Crystal Harris, 24, believes age is just a number even if she’s separated from fiancée Hugh Hefner by a mere 60 years. He’s old enough to be her great-grandfather....

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Hugh Hefner’s Playboy Mansion Squalid House of Horror — Playmate

Keith GirardDecember 30, 2010

Legendary Lothario Hugh Hefner lives a squalid existence in the famed Playboy mansion, which reflects the decay gripping the tottering empire he founded nearly 60 years ago, according to one of his former playmates....

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Pam Anderson Channels La Dolce Vita For Record 14th Playboy Cover

Samantha ChangOctober 24, 2010

Pamela Anderson will cover Playboy magazine for a record fourteenth time in January 2011. Anderson, 43, who broke the news on her blog on Oct. 22, 2010, is donating her earnings from the cover shoot to Waves for Water...

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