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'Happiest Christmas in
Memory:' Hefner's Engaged

Dec 26, 2010 8:07 AM CST

'Happiest Christmas in Memory:' Hefner's Engaged

Old man pops the question to 24-year-old

(Newser) - It's the Christmas Eve every little girl dreams of: A guy roughly 680 times your age who rarely changes out of his pajamas gets down on one knee (if he's able) and pops the question. Hugh Hefner is hoping the third marriage is the charm, having proposed to 24-year-old girlfriend...

New Playboy Prize: Ticket
to Party at the Mansion

Nov 15, 2010 7:46 PM CST

New Playboy Prize: Ticket to Party at the Mansion

Ten readers will get to attend Midsummer Nights Dream fête

(Newser) - Playboy is giving its readers a good reason to pick up its December issue—10 tickets to the Playboy Mansion's Midsummer Night's Dream party are scattered, Willy-Wonka style, in random issues for sale at newsstands around the country. Every winner will get to bring a guest—a pretty big deal,...

Hefner Sparks
Bidding War
for Playboy

Jul 12, 2010 6:18 PM CDT

Hefner Sparks Bidding War for Playboy

Founder wants to take media company private

(Newser) - Founder Hugh Hefner wants to take Playboy private, and he mounted a bid today that values the struggling company at $185 million, Bloomberg reports . Playboy Enterprises stock closed up almost 41% and attracted interest from another party—but who would want a conglomerate that's lost $20 million in just 2...

Playboy's No. 1 Fan? This 44-Year-Old Chicago Woman

COLLECTION HAS OWN APARTMENT

Feb 7, 2010 5:04 AM CST

Playboy's No. 1 Fan? This 44-Year-Old Chicago Woman

Peggy Wilkins moderates fan list, and even has Hef's ear

(Newser) - One might think Playboy’s biggest fan is a teen boy getting his first forbidden glimpse—but in reality, it’s a 44-year-old Chicago woman who’s bought every issue for the past 30 years, and keeps a spare apartment just to house the collection. And Peggy Wilkins is proud...

Playmates Doubled
as Call Girls: Madam

STEAMY TELL-ALL

Nov 24, 2009 9:55 AM CST

Playmates Doubled as Call Girls: Madam

Michelle Braun hooked up rich clients and Playboy bunnies

(Newser) - The Playboy Playmates are just sweet, girls-next-door types who happen to show a little skin every now and then—right? Wrong, according to one Hollywood madam. Michelle Braun is planning a tell-all flushing that myth right down the toilet, along with—possibly—the reputations of her high-profile clients. She claims...

Hef Hurt My Self-Esteem: Holly

Sep 2, 2009 1:01 PM CDT

Hef Hurt My Self-Esteem: Holly

Ex-Playmate also talks plastic surgery

(Newser) - Now that former Playmate Holly Madison is no longer a girl next door, she's opening up about how ex Hugh Hefner damaged her self-esteem. She also tells Life & Style why she turned to plastic surgery, PopEater reports.

On Hef: "Living with Hef brought down my self-esteem a lot.

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Hef Ex, Beau
Marry at
Playboy
Mansion

Jun 28, 2009 5:03 AM CDT

Hef Ex, Beau Marry at Playboy Mansion

Baby On the Way

(Newser) - Kendra Wilkinson went from girl next door to something of an honest woman yesterday, reports E! Online, exchanging vows with beau and soon-to-be babydaddy Hank Baskett at the Playboy Mansion in front of 500 guests, swirling paparazzi, and 83-year-old ex Hugh Hefner. Wilkinson's fellow Girls Next Door co-stars served...

Hef Party Pad
Up for Sale at $28M

Mar 29, 2009 5:45 AM CDT

Hef Party Pad Up for Sale at $28M

Original playboy downsizes as sons head to college

(Newser) - Octogenarian player Hugh Hefner and wife, Kimberly, have put their plush pad next to the Playboy Mansion up for sale for $28 million, reports the Los Angeles Times. The "sister party house" is a 7300-square-foot English Manor-style home. It features a hand-carved staircase, leaded windows, five bedrooms, seven bathrooms,...

Without His Girls, Hef Slides

Mar 5, 2009 12:46 PM CST

Without His Girls, Hef Slides

Playboy icon aged 10 years in a month: insider

(Newser) - Masquerade ball attendees at the Playboy mansion last weekend were appalled to discover the aging face on Hugh Hefner was no mask. "He looked so old, like he had aged 10 years in the last month," an insider tells Fox News. The 83-year-old made a brief appearance...

Hef's Ex Lands
Own Reality Show

Feb 4, 2009 11:22 AM CST

Hef's Ex Lands Own Reality Show

Girls Next Door may star Hef's new squeezes

(Newser) - Kendra Wilkinson is saying goodbye to the Playboy Mansion and hello to her own reality show, the Daily News reports. Kendra will follow Wilkinson as she adjusts to life without Hugh Hefner and plans her wedding to Hank Baskett of the Philadelphia Eagles. But no worries: The Girls Next Door...

Hef Too
'Busy' to
Miss Exes

Jan 29, 2009 9:34 AM CST

Hef Too 'Busy' to Miss Exes

May add even more girlfriends

(Newser) - Hugh Hefner is too busy with his replacement girlfriends to miss his three exes—and he might ask even more to join the brood, E! reports. “The best solution to lost love is new love,” the Playboy magnate said. As for rumors he’s scouting for more gal...

Kendra 'So Sorry'
About Hef Sex Diss

Jan 18, 2009 8:25 AM CST

Kendra 'So Sorry' About Hef Sex Diss

But she 'can't take back' revelation that she had to find sex elsewhere

(Newser) - Hugh Hefner's ex "girlfriend" is now so sorry she blew his playboy cover by revealing she had to sneak sex elsewhere while living with the octogenarian publisher at the Playboy mansion. As for her revelation, Kendra Wilkinson can't "take that back," she admits. But "I'm so...

Hef's Bed No
Passion Pit: Ex

Jan 15, 2009 5:02 AM CST

Hef's Bed No Passion Pit: Ex

"Healthy" Wilkinson had to "kind of sneak" sex elsewhere

(Newser) - It turns out 82-year-old Hugh Hefner isn't such a playboy after all, dishes an ex girlfriend who reveals she had to find sex elsewhere because she wasn't getting what she needed in Hef's bed, reports the New York Daily News. "I had to have sex every now and then,...

Hef's New
Girlfriends
Move In

Jan 13, 2009 9:32 AM CST

Hef's New Girlfriends Move In

Three latest gal pals live in the Mansion now

(Newser) - Just days after Hugh Hefner’s last ex moved out of the Playboy Mansion, his three newest gal pals moved in, the New York Daily News reports. And apparently model Crystal Harris and 19-year-old twins Karissa and Kristina Shannon may not be enough to keep the 82-year-old busy: “There...

3rd Hef
Girlfriend
Moving On

Jan 10, 2009 10:04 AM CST

3rd Hef Girlfriend Moving On

Playmate ditches Hefner pad to hit the road for Travel Channel

(Newser) - The last of the Girls Next Door has closed the door of the Playboy Mansion behind her. Bridget Marquardt is following in the steps of Hugh Hefner exes Holly Madison and Kendra Wilkinson and getting her own place, she tells Us Magazine. Marquardt still has a "special relationship" with...

Hef: I Almost
Choked on
Sex Toy

Dec 17, 2008 10:32 AM CST

Hef: I Almost Choked on Sex Toy

Playboy founder opens up to Extra

(Newser) - The most shocking part of Hugh Hefner’s recently released autobiography is “probably an incident that occurred back in the late ‘70s where I almost swallowed a sex toy,” the Playboy founder tells Extra during a tour of his mansion to air Friday. Less shockingly, Hef reveals...

Hef Is Like a Dad to Ex Kendra

Nov 13, 2008 8:37 AM CST

Hef Is Like a Dad to Ex Kendra

Playboy founder will give former lover away

(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...

Holly: I'm 'Too Old' for Hef

Nov 4, 2008 10:16 AM CST

Holly: I'm 'Too Old' for Hef

Hefner's ex says she wants a family, kids

(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...

Marcia: 'I Traded Sex for Drugs'

Oct 14, 2008 4:45 AM CDT

Marcia: 'I Traded Sex for Drugs'

Brady Bunch darling reveals struggle with addiction, depression

(Newser) - The actress who played the nation's perky darling Marcia in the wholesome Brady Bunch TV family once traded sex for drugs during years in the abyss of depression and drug addiction, reports E! Online. Maureen McCormick, now 52, reveals her very un-Brady life in her new memoir, Here's the Story:...