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In light of a lengthy new profile of Hugh Hefner, a former editor muses on Hef's passage from icon to ghost. More »
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With the horrifying news that Playboy's Hugh Hefner nearly died in a sex toy accident in the late 1970s, we were forced to wonder: which toy? And which Bunny? Some thoughts (NSFW), after the jump. More »
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You might have heard that two of Hugh Hefner's "girlfriends" fled his desiccated embrace recently — Holly Madison for a no doubt more prudent and stable union with magician Criss Angel, and Kendra Wilkinson for erstwhile Skype-sex partner Hank Baskett (it's "way better than phone sex," she says). But as Hef's "sexual roster" declines, so do the fortunes of Playboy Enterprises, at least according to an article by Guy Adams in yesterday's Independent. Apparently Hef has now been reduced to selling invitations to his famous parties (you can snag an invite to the Halloween bash for $10k), and his business lost $2.1m last quarter. This raises two questions: is it possible to feel bad for Hugh Hefner? And who will take his place? More »
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We were psyched when we saw the sinister headline "Once A Playmate Always A Playmate." Like, is there some kind of secret Playboy Mafia, where they have to take things to their grave? Does Hef keep tabs on everyone from some kind of control center in the Playboy Mansion? We wish. Turns out the piece is just about ex-playmates cashing in on their Bunny pasts. Miss February 1986 Jule McCullough does a comedy act called "Funny Bunny" in which she "pulls socks out of her top"; Juliette Rose Fretté, 24, Miss June ’08, landed a book deal for her thesis "Posing for Playboy From a Feminist Perspective." A third was the first one eliminated from Celebrity Apprentice. So, unless the mafia's a lot more boring than we thought, it seems the only thing they've got in common is taking orders from an old man. [Newser] More »
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