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Playboy bunnies blast ‘predator’ Hugh Hefner’s bestiality, ‘cult’ sex and worse
When bedding buxom bunnies became too boring for Playboy baron Hugh Hefner, he allegedly moved on to dogs. Hef’s purported penchant for bestiality is just one of the explosive claims made in the forthcoming A&E documentary “Secrets of Playboy,” out Monday.
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How Nude Magazines Are Evolving for a Millennial Audience
“People have been upset about nude women for years.” That’s what Mike Edison, who has a knack for stating the obvious, has to say. The author of Dirty! Dirty! Dirty! Of Playboys, Pigs, and Penthouse Paupers, Edison literally wrote the book on nude women and the exact ways people have been upset about them ever since a naked Marilyn Monroe first graced the pages of Playboy back in 1953.
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Will the Millennials Save Playboy?
The Hefners are gone, and so is the magazine’s short-lived ban on nudity — as well as virtually anyone on the staff over 35.
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The Playboy Club Reportedly Fired Half Its Bunnies Over ‘Bad’ Service
Just over six months after its opening, the Playboy Club in New York City has reportedly fired half of its “Bunnies,” who had been hired to serve drinks and wait tables, and significantly slashed the remaining workers’ pay. A source insinuated to “Page Six” that management focused more on women’s appearances than their qualifications for the job when hiring prospective Bunnies, and then failed to give them adequate training. But, instead of trained the women in basic hosting skills, the company laid off half of the Bunny staff and essentially demoted the rest.
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Hugh Hefner's Personal Typewriter Sells for Over $160,000 in Charity Auction
Hugh Hefner, the late founder of the Playboy media empire, had a number of personal items from his collection auctioned for charity over the weekend by Julien's Auctions. The top-selling item was Hefner's vintage Underwood Standard Portable typewriter, which he used in college as well as for the publication of the first copy of Playboy magazine. The item sold for $162,500.
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Hefner Family Sells Off the Last Piece of Playboy for $35 Million
It’s the end of an era: for the first time in its history, the Hefner family has no ownership of Playboy. A deal was just struck between the Hugh Hefner Trust and the parent company that owns Playboy Enterprises, calling for the Hefners to sell their last shares in the company for $35 million.
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Playboy says it's quitting 'sexually repressive' Facebook over the data scandal
Playboy has decided to suspend all activity on Facebook in response to the data sharing scandal engulfing the social media giant. The adult publication said Wednesday that it would be exiting the social network and deactivating each of its accounts. Cooper Hefner, Playboy's chief creative officer and son of the late Hugh Hefner, called Facebook "sexually repressive" on Twitter, and said its content and policy guidelines "continue contradicting our values."
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Tiki Palace: An abandoned Playboy mansion.
The Tiki Palace party mansion was built in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1972 by strip-club tycoon Bully Hull. A Playboy bunny shaped swimming pool just off the main entrance is the focus of the 5,600 sq foot 3-bedroom mansion. The mansion has been ravaged by vandals who have smashed its interior which had remained almost intact since Tiki Palace would host parties in the 70's and 80's.
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Camille Paglia on Hugh Hefner's Legacy, Trump's Masculinity and Feminism's Sex Phobia
The pro-sex feminist, cultural critic and author tells THR why Hef's art of seduction is needed today and how Gloria Steinem is not a role model for young women. With the death of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner on Sept. 27, cultural historian and contrarian feminist Camille Paglia spoke to The Hollywood Reporter in an exclusive interview on topics ranging from what Hef's choice of the bunny costume revealed about him to the current "dreary" state of relationships between the sexes.
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Speaking Ill of Hugh Hefner
Hugh Hefner, gone to his reward at the age of 91, was a pornographer and chauvinist who got rich on masturbation, consumerism and the exploitation of women, aged into a leering grotesque in a captain’s hat, and died a pack rat in a decaying manse where porn blared during his pathetic orgies. By Ross Douthat.
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Hugh Hefner, Playboy magazine mogul, dies at 91
Hefner, the flamboyant party host, often proclaimed his self-built men's magazine empire was ahead of its time.
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'Playboy' Brings Back Nudity
The decision appears to be an admission that the non-nude editorial policy, the centerpiece of a strategy to make the pub more advertiser-friendly, has failed to deliver the hoped-for financial turnaround.
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Donald Trump Appeared In A 2000 Playboy Softcore Porn
Trump breaks a bottle of champagne on a Playboy-branded limo while several of the Playmates are visiting New York City. “Beauty is beauty, and let’s see what happens with New York,” Trump says. Donald Trump made an appearance in an explicit 2000 Playboy video. Trump’s role in the porn is relatively benign and centers around him breaking a bottle of champagne on a Playboy-branded limo while several of the playmates are visiting New York City. BuzzFeed News obtained the footage from the online-only Buffalo, New York–based video store Cinema Cornucopia.
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Up Against the Centerfold: What It Was Like to Report on Feminism for Playboy in 1969
Almost as soon as I arrived in Manhattan to seek my fortune, I backed into a knuckle-bruising battle with Playboy’s Hugh Hefner. By Susan Braudy.
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iPad Magazine Publishing For Keeping E-Magazines Alive - Digital Publishing Trends | DP Trends
It remains to be seen what the future of this type of publication would be with iPad Magazine Publishing applications.
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The Last Nude Issue of Playboy Comes Out Today
Friday marks the final issue of Playboy containing images of naked women. The magazine chose Pamela Anderson to be the last naked cover model, announcing on its website in early December: “To close out this era in the magazine’s history, it only made sense to put the most famous Playmate in Playboy history on the cover: Pamela Anderson.”
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Playboy Mansion on sale for $200M — Hef included
The ultimate bachelor pad is up for sale — with the ultimate former bachelor included — Hugh Hefner.
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Playboy CEO: There's too much interest in porn
Playboy practically invented the American porn industry. But last month, the iconic magazine dropped a bombshell. Beginning with the March issue, Playboy is dropping full nudity from its magazine. Playboy Enterprises CEO Scott Flanders told CNN Money that the decision was made partly because of a proliferation of porn on the Internet.
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Playboy to eliminate nude photos from the magazine
Playboy, Hugh Hefner's magazine known for its centerfolds, intends to eliminate nude photography from its pages. No, this is not an Onion story.
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Jeremy Renner Talks Guns With Playboy - Mr Colion Noir
Jeremy Renner Talks Guns With Playboy
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