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Playboy stories: 61 news summaries

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 Hef Is Like a Dad to Ex Kendra 

Playboy founder will give former lover away

Nov 13, 08 8:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Hugh Hefner is more than just an ex of Girls Next Door star Kendra Wilkinson—he’s “like a father to her,” says Wilkinson’s fiancé, Hank Baskett. The Philadelphia Eagles receiver made sure to get Hef's blessing before popping the question, reports Us magazine. The two have... More »

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celebrity • Playboy • Hugh Hefner • Playboy Mansion • The Girls Next Door • Kendra Wilkinson • Hank Baskett

 Hef's Kendra to Wed NFL Star   

Hefner will give away ex-girlfriend to Hank Baskett at Playboy Mansion in June

Nov 7, 08 1:58 PM CST
(Newser) - Hugh Hefner is losing another girlfriend, and she’ll go directly into another man’s arms, AP reports. Kendra Wilkinson is set to marry Philadelphia Eagles receiver Hank Baskett, but Hef isn’t sore: He will give her away at the estate they both called home. Wilkinson, 23, dated Hefner... More »

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engagement • Playboy • Hugh Hefner • The Girls Next Door • Kendra Wilkinson • Hank Baskett • Holly Madison • Bridget Marquardt

 Holly: I'm 'Too Old' for Hef 

Hefner's ex says she wants a family, kids

Nov 4, 08 10:16 AM CST
(Newser) - A "depressed" Holly Madison, at the ripe old age of 28, called it quits with Hugh Hefner after 7 years because "I got too old for Hef." The blonde bombshell told Extra she wished Hef "would've seen it coming" as "all the signs were... More »

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celebrity • Playboy • Hugh Hefner • celebrity interview • Playboy Mansion

 Hef Gloomy Over Breakup 


Oct 8, 08 9:25 PM CDT
(AP) - Hugh Hefner confirms that he's down a girlfriend. Hefner and Holly Madison, one of the Girls Next Door on E!, are no longer dating. Hefner said he's been "down in the dumps" about the split. The 28-year-old model-actress stars in the reality series with Kendra Wilkinson and Bridget Marquardt... More »

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Playboy • Hugh Hefner

 Playboy Woos 
 Posers Who 
 Lost Shirt 
 on Wall St. 

Magazine seeks to make best of bad news with 'Women of Wall Street' special

Oct 2, 08 11:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - The bear market could create some new bunnies, Reuters reports, with Playboy seeking females from the financial world to pose for an upcoming "Women of Wall Street feature. The magazine—which ran "Women of Enron" and "Women of WorldCom" specials after those companies folded—says it is... More »

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Wall Street • model • job cuts • Playboy • adult magazines

 LiLo Turns Down Playboy 

Lohan won't pose nude again

Sep 5, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan has turned down an offer to pose for a $700,000 topless photo shoot for Playboy's 55th anniversary issue, the New York Post reports. The mag's creative directors had hoped she'd pose in tribute to '60s sexpot Ann-Margret and her film Kitten With a Whip, but her rep... More »

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nudity • Lindsay Lohan • celebrity • Playboy

 Spade Dad to Playmate's Baby 

DNA test calls a Spade a Spade

Sep 4, 08 11:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Paternity testing proves comedian David Spade is the father of a girl born last week to 22-year-old former Playboy Playmate Jillian Grace, with whom he had a brief fling, People reports. "He plans to go see the baby during his first break from shooting Rules of Engagement," a... More »

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fatherhood • paternity test • Playboy • celebrity parents • celebrity baby • David Spade • Jillian Grace

 Top 11 Flicks Linked to Playboy

House Bunny joins illustrious company

Aug 23, 08 4:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - With The House Bunny hitting theaters, Entertainment Weekly looks back at history’s greatest films with Playboy connections:
  • The Asphalt Jungle: Marilyn Monroe debuted here a couple years before gracing Playboy’s first cover.
  • Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!: Directed by Russ Meyer,
... More »

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Playboy • movies

MOVIE REVIEW

 Faris Makes Bunny Hop


Aug 22, 08 12:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Critics seem to split on the overall worth of sorority comedy House Bunny, but most agree that star Anna Faris is worth the price of admission. The stalwart of the Scary Movie franchise has a "sunny disposition and solid comic timing" that greatly improve what is "essentially a... More »

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comedy • movie review • Playboy • movies • Hugh Hefner

 Once a Playmate,
 Always a Playmate

Even after they move on, former bunnies are in the club for life

Aug 21, 08 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - You can leave the Playboy Mansion, but you can't leave the "sorority," the New York Post discovers as it catches up with some former Playmates. "There's no such thing as a former Playmate," said Jule McCullough, Miss February 1986. So where are they now?
  • McCullough,
... More »

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New York Post • gossip • Playboy

 Tennis
 Playmate:
 'I'm Not
 Very Modest' 

Harkleroad tells all before she bares all

Jul 17, 08 10:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ashley Harkleroad isn’t that effusive when she talks about her chosen profession—tennis. “I have to think it's better than having a ‘real job,’” she tells ESPN. But when it comes to posing nude for Playboy, the world’s 65th-ranked player gushes. “I'm... More »

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tennis • women's tennis • Playboy • soft porn • interview • Ashley Harkleroad

 Busy Beard
 Narrows Focus
 to Beijing 

Three-time Olympian puts endorsements aside to shoot for fourth Games

Jun 29, 08 12:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Three-time Olympian Amanda Beard has endorsements and extracurriculars to worry about, but only one thing really matters right now: this week's Olympic swimming trials. The red-carpet fixture and onetime Playboy cover model is all business as she dives into the pool of hopefuls competing to represent the US in breaststroke... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • swimming • Playboy • USA Swimming • Olympic trials • Amanda Beard

Baby's First Bustier?

Birkhead buys Anna Nicole's skivvies so Dannielynn can learn about mommy

Jun 22, 08 4:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Not exactly a candidate for father of the year, Larry Birkhead, Anna Nicole Smith's ex-boyfriend and babydaddy, shelled out $3,000 at a Las Vegas auction to take home some of the former Playboy playmate's unmentionables—for daughter Danielynn. Birkhead plans to keep it packed away until his daughter is... More »

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Anna Nicole Smith • Larry Birkhead • auction • lingerie • Playboy • Dannielynn Hope

Cruise's Lawyer Rips Dr. Drew

Celebrity Rehab host says actor's love of Scientology suggests childhood neglect

Jun 13, 08 11:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Celebrity psychiatrist Dr. Drew Pinksy's armchair diagnosis of Tom Cruise in Playboy has riled up Cruise’s lawyer, who compares the doc to a Nazi, Radar reports. The host of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew said Cruise’s attraction to the “cultish kind of environment” of Scientology is “... More »

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Scientology • Tom Cruise • celebrity • Playboy • Nazis • Drew Pinsky

Sex Robots Haunt Franken's Senate Bid

Comedian's past continues to plague Dem run in Minnesota

Jun 9, 08 12:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - It’s not easy being a comedian-turned-Senate candidate. Al Franken’s bid to replace first-term Minnesota Republican Norm Coleman has hit some speed bumps lately, Bloomberg reports. Though Franken has nabbed the party’s endorsement, he’s been dogged by bits from his past—like a 2000 Playboy article entitled... More »

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Senate • pornography • comedy • Minnesota • Al Franken • Playboy

 Tennis Star
 Takes It Off
 for Playboy 

Harkleroad says it's 'kind of cool'

May 26, 08 11:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ashley Harkleroad lost to fellow American Serena Williams at the French Open yesterday, but Harkleroad grabbed the headlines, revealing that she recently posed for Playboy, the AP reports. Harkleroad, 23, posed while recovering from having an ovary removed. “I was just laying there… and an offer came,”... More »

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tennis • Serena Williams • Playboy • soft porn • Ashley Harkleroad

To Spitzer or Not to Spitzer? Playboy Answers Question

Disgraced ex-guv now has his very own verb

May 12, 08 9:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Playboy's June issue introduces a new term into modern sexology parlance—"to Spitzer"—the New York Post reports. The flesh mag defines the nod to disgraced former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer as the act of asking a prostitute for sex sans condom, as in "I Spitzered... More »

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prostitution • New York City • sexual health • Eliot Spitzer • Playboy

 Hef Calls Miley Bunny Material 

He'd welcome a Cyrus centerfold—as soon as she turns 18

May 10, 08 12:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hugh Hefner says he'd definitely like to see Miley Cyrus in Playboy when she's old enough, OK! Magazine reports. "Very pretty lady," the 81-year-old adult mag tycoon said of the 15-year-old superstar. Hefner scoffed at the flap over the teen's racy Vanity Fair photos, saying it showed "... More »

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Miley Cyrus • Playboy • adult magazines • Hugh Hefner

Bill Would Defend Troops From Incoming Playmates

Playboy way off base, says proposed ban

Apr 23, 08 9:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Republican lawmaker wants to keep America's fighting men and women out of harm's way—the harm he says is caused by exposure to incoming copies of Playboy and Penthouse. The Military Honor and Decency Act sponsored by Georgia congressman Paul Broun would tighten existing laws to prevent the magazines... More »

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nudity • pornography • Department of Defense • Penthouse • Playboy • Paul Broun • Military Honor and Decency Act • Resale Activities Board of Review • Bob Guccione

 Naughty Playboy Goes Nice 

No full frontal nudity in Philippines' ‘dad mag’ edition

Mar 28, 08 5:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Philippines edition of dependably naughty Playboy magazine launches Thursday, but fans looking for flesh can forget it, Reuters reports. Instead of aiming at lads, the mag targets mature dads, and religious considerations mean full-frontal nudity is a no-no. It’ll burst instead with well-written articles on “everything under... More »

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Islam • religion • Philippines • Playboy • men's magazines • adult magazines

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