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Ex Playboy Bunny Charged With Trying To Kill Hubby

Victoria Rathgeb was 1968 playmate of the year

(Newser) - OK, if she hadn't been playmate of the year in 1968, there wouldn't be a story here. Victoria Rathgeb is accused of shooting her husband, Bruce, last weekend in Los Angeles during an argument and is now charged with attempted murder. Her husband is in the hospital in "grave...

Playboy Editor in Indonesia Goes to Prison

He begins 2-year term for violating decency laws (with non-nude photos)

(Newser) - The former editor-in-chief of Playboy Indonesia began a 2-year prison sentence today for publishing pictures of scantily clothed women, riling free speech activists in the world's most populous Muslim nation. Erwin Arnada, 47, did not speak as he was escorted from the prosecutor's detainee car under tight security at the...

Playboy to Ines Sainz: Pose Nude For Us!

That's sure to make her feel better about this whole fiasco

(Newser) - Ines Sainz didn’t like being ogled by New York Jets players , but she certainly wouldn't mind being ogled by Playboy readers, right? The magazine must think so, because it extended a formal offer to the reporter to pose nude—and the payday is “pretty big,” a...

NFL Stars: Palin Better in Playboy Than White House

Oops, looks like more sensitivity training sessions needed

(Newser) - Sensitivity training for Jets players who ogled a Mexican reporter apparently hasn't had a ripple effect on other NFL athletes. Witness Bengals receivers Chad Ochocinco and Terrell Owens discussing Sarah Palin's body, and musing on whether she'd be better in the White House or ... Playboy. "I really don't want...

Michaele Salahi to Go Full-Frontal in Playboy

Gatecrasher to leave nothing to the imagination

(Newser) - If you're sick of seeing images of Michaele Salahi in that red sari, you're in ... luck? The White House gatecrasher will be photographed next in her birthday suit, for Playboy. And don't expect her to hold back, reports TMZ , who says she's planning on going full-frontal. The shoot will take...

Hef: Women Are Sex Objects
 Hef: Women Are Sex Objects 

Hef: Women Are Sex Objects

'That's why they wear lipstick,' says elderly blade

(Newser) - Here's a news flash from Hugh Hefner: All women are "sex objects." That's why "women wear lipstick and short skirts," the desicated 84-year-old Don Juan explains. "The notion that Playboy turns women into sex objects is ridiculous. Women are sex objects. If women weren't sex...

Playboy Launches SFW Website
 Playboy Launches SFW Website 

Playboy Launches SFW Website

As long as your boss doesn't mind lingerie pics

(Newser) - Good news for those of you who “only read it for the articles:” Playboy now has a safe-for-work website. TheSmokingJacket.com , named for one of Hugh Hefner’s favorite articles of clothing, still has lots of lingerie on the front page…but no nudity! “The ideal is...

Mad Men Actress Strips for Playboy

Crista Flanagan is frumpy on TV, not so much in skin mag

(Newser) - The first Mad Men actress to pose for Playboy is…the “nerdy and romantically-challenged switchboard operator.” Crista Flanagan, who plays Lois Sadler on the set-in-the-‘60s show, takes it off in an appropriately retro photo spread. “It's a modern-day Cinderella tale for the ‘Playboy world’—...

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...

Hugh Hefner: Viagra Is 'God's Little Helper'

At 84, he admits to indulging a few times a week

(Newser) - Hugh Hefner reflects on life and legacy with Deborah Solomon in her weekly "Questions for ..." interview in the New York Times Sunday magazine, and he doesn't dodge the Viagra question. "I make love a couple of times a week, and I take the Viagra when I’m...

Some Things Are Too Over the Top Even for Playboy

Portugal edition depicts Jesus with naked women

(Newser) - Playboy has terminated the publisher of its Portugal edition over a photo shoot depicting a Christ-like figure cavorting with naked women. The layout, intended to be an homage to Nobel prize-winning author Jose Saramago's book The Gospel According To Jesus Christ, went too far even for the folks at Playboy,...

Playboy Wants Bieber's Mom
 Playboy Wants Bieber's Mom 

Playboy Wants Bieber's Mom

Teen sensation will probably be mortified

(Newser) - One of the downsides of gaining heartthrob status at just 16: Your mom is still young enough to totally embarrass you by posing for Playboy. The skin mag offered Justin Bieber’s 34-year-old mother, Pattie Lynn Mallette, $50,000 to appear topless, Radar reports. No word on whether the single...

Playboy Puts Double-Ds in 3D
 Playboy Puts Double-Ds in 3D 

Playboy Puts Double-Ds in 3D

Hef promises it'll be hotter than blue aliens

(Newser) - Hugh Hefner has no use for dragons, flying meatballs or Na'vi. “What would people most like to see in 3D?” he muses. “Probably a naked lady.” That's why an upcoming issue of Playboy comes with those distinctive red-and-blue glasses, so its readers can get a more, shall...

Playboy to Launch 'Safe For Work' Site

TheSmokingJacket.com won't 'get you into hot water'

(Newser) - Playboy is looking to corner its own little piece of the "bored at work" market by launching a website that contains only work-friendly content. TheSmokingJacket.com will feature "everything you love about men's entertainment and the internet, minus the stuff that'll get you into hot water at the...

Hugh Hefner Chips in to Save Hollywood Sign

Hef donates $900K; $12.5M needed to buy land from developers

(Newser) - Hugh Hefner donated $900,000 to save the iconic Hollywood sign today, joining Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and other California notables who've stepped up to save the sign from real estate developers. The Tiffany Foundation has ponied up $500,000, but more is still needed: The Trust for Public Land estimates...

Silverman, King Agree: Palin Should Do Playboy

Talk show host is quick to agree with saucy comedian

(Newser) - On the slight chance Sarah Palin needs more money, or perhaps just wants to follow in her almost-son-in-law's footsteps, Larry King and Sarah Silverman have an idea for her: Take it off for Playboy. The apparent non sequitur came at the end of King’s interview with Silverman last night,...

Ashley Dupre Strips for Playboy
 Ashley Dupre Strips for Playboy 

Ashley Dupre Strips for Playboy

Talks escort gig origins, Eliot Spitzer

(Newser) - Oh, goody: more (much, much more) Ashley Dupre! The call girl-turned- advice columnist bares all in an eight-page Playboy spread out Friday, the New York Daily News reports. In case you’re one of those people who only reads it for the articles, she also talks about her early life...

Feelie Porn Book Published for Blind

Tome features braille, raised nudies

(Newser) - Explicit braille and raised images of nude men and women highlight a first-ever new book of pornography for the blind. "We're breaking new ground," Canadian author Lisa Murphy tells the Telegraph . Playboy has an edition with braille wording, but there are no pictures. The blind have been left...

No Playboy for Kate: Hef
 No Playboy for Kate: Hef 

No Playboy for Kate: Hef

He just doesn't think she's bunny material

(Newser) - Good news for anyone who thinks America has been seeing too much of Kate Gosselin: You won't be seeing all of her any time soon. “No! No!” Hugh Hefner says when asked about the very possibility of Kate gracing the pages of Playboy. And while he’s on...

Bunny Logo Multiplies, Collectors Disgusted

Push for licensing bucks annoys hard-core fans

(Newser) - Playboy bunny logos have been multiplying like rabbits, appearing on everything from tanning spray and lighters to drinks promising to boost the libido. But longtime bunny collectors-- people like Ken Ritchie of Memphis, whose collection of Playboy paraphernalia fills a wing of his house--are not impressed. "How many guys...

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