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NEWS ABOUT: Maxim

Maxim stories: 9 news summaries

(Newser) - First lady Michelle Obama has joined the rarefied ranks of Maxim’s 100 hottest women in the world, AFP reports. Obama, who comes in at 93 on the list, is described in the lad mag as the “stimulus package America really needs.” She's the first first lady... More »

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Michelle Obama • White House • list • magazine • Maxim • first lady • Obama administration • Jay-ZTV • beautiful women

 Speechwriter's 
 Gal Has Roots 
 in Reality TV 



Gawker dishes the dirt on White House hottie

Jan 27, 09 11:04 AM CST
(Newser) - It’s apparently been quite the journey for Alejandra Campoverdi, the pinup girl who’s now dating hotshot White House speechwriter Jon Favreau, Gawker reports. The farm worker’s stepdaughter is now a deputy chief of staff’s assistant, having appeared in a reality TV show (oh, and that Maxim... More »

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Barack Obama • reality TV • White House • Maxim • Jon Favreau • Ali Campoverdi

 Meet Obama 
 Speechwriter's 
 New Squeeze 



White House aide posed for Maxim

Jan 26, 09 12:38 PM CST
(Newser) - The legion of fans swooning over President Obama’s 27-year-old speechwriter will surely be disappointed to hear that he’s hooked up with another White House hottie, Gawker reports. Jon Favreau is said to be seeing Ali Campoverdi, an aide and former campaign intern who once appeared in her skivvies... More »

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Barack Obama • White House • Maxim • Jon Favreau

Duff: I Never Actually
Claimed I Was a Virgin

Tween star says she was misquoted in '06 report

Dec 16, 08 3:54 PM CST
(Newser) - Hilary Duff is growing up, but that doesn’t mean that she’s any less tight-lipped about her personal life, Fox News reports. “I was quoted saying I was a virgin” in 2006, “but I absolutely did not say that,” the starlet tells Maxim. So, she’s... More »

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celebrity • sexuality • Maxim • music videos • Mike Comrie • virginity • celebrity engagements • Hilary Duff

 Maxim Ranks 100 Hottest 

American supermodel Miller takes top honors, Lohan crashes to ninth

May 15, 08 6:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - La Lohan's fall from grace isn't just a cinematic one: Maxim's annual Hot 100 list is out, and Victoria's Secret Angel and Sports Illustrated cover girl Marisa Miller leads the pack, pushing Lohan from her numero uno spot. Move over starlets, it's "the official return of the all-American supermodel,... More »

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Lindsay Lohan • Eva Longoria • list • celebrity • Maxim • Scarlett Johansson • Christina Aguilera • Sarah Michelle Gellar • Jessica Biel • Marissa Miller

Black Crowes Squawk at Sham Maxim Review

Magazine gives
2.5 stars to an album
it never heard

Feb 27, 08 2:42 PM CST
(Newser) - Pick a number, any number: Maxim's 2.5-star rating—out of 5—for the Black Crowes' latest album was little more than a guess, the magazine admitted yesterday. No advanced copies were released, the San Francisco Chronicle reports, but that didn't stop Maxim's critic from decreeing in the March issue... More »

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music • magazine • journalism • Maxim • reviews • Black Crowes • Chris Robinson • Warpaint • music review

'Spore' to Finally Debut in Fall

It's for real this time, EA assures gamers

Feb 12, 08 6:12 PM CST
(Newser) - EA said that its “Spore” videogame, long in development, would be released September 7, Marketwatch reports. The company is expecting the game, designed by “Sims” and “SimCity” creator Will Wright, to generate big revenues, given the near-mythical status its long gestation time and solid-gold pedigree have endowed... More »

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Maxim • Electronic Arts • Will Wright • Spore • video games

Penthouse Buys Swinger Social Network Sites

Mag, video company sees sex-related content moving online

Dec 12, 07 9:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Stung by the blow that free videos have dealt to the sex-related entertainment industry, Penthouse Media Group is investing $500M in social networking sites. Penthouse has acquired Various Inc., whose flagship site, adultfriendfinder, is a self-described personals community for swingers and sex, the New York Times reports. More »

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social networking • cybersex • Maxim • website • Penthouse • Various Inc. • Marc H. Bell

Israel: Land of Milk and Honeys

Maxim flap exposes Jerusalem's risque pitch

Jun 21, 07 8:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - As if it didn't have anything else to do, the Israeli parliament is embroiled in a flap over an American skin mag. Maxim is about to publish an article on "the Women of the Israel Defense Force," featuring the Hebrew hotties in stages of undress some back home... More »

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Israel • women • Knesset • Gal Gadot • Maxim

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