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Hugh Hefner's Widow: 'I Must've Been Brainwashed'

Crystal Hefner talks to 'NYT' ahead of new memoir, in which she notes she wasn't 'in love' with Hef

(Newser) - Crystal Hefner, widow of the late Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, has a memoir coming out Tuesday on life in the Playboy Mansion—but don't expect it to be any kind of rose-tinted hagiography. The title of the 37-year-old former Playmate's book, Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and ...

Former Playboy Playmate Dead at 33
Former Playboy
Playmate Dead at 33

Former Playboy Playmate Dead at 33

Ashley Mattingly committed suicide amid substance abuse battle

(Newser) - Former Playboy playmate Ashley Mattingly has died at 33. Believed to have committed suicide on Wednesday, Mattingly was found unresponsive at her home outside of Austin, Texas, by police on Thursday after a friend requested a wellness check, reports People . "We learned late Thursday night that it is believed...

RNC Figure Resigns Over Payout to Playmate

Elliott Broidy's deal was arranged by Trump attorney Michael Cohen

(Newser) - A top fundraiser for President Trump has resigned from the Republican National Committee following a report that he paid $1.6 million to a Playboy playmate he had an affair with. Elliott Broidy told RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel Friday that he was resigning immediately, an RNC official familiar with the...

Letter Details Trump's Alleged Affair With Ex-Playmate

Friend of Karen McDougal provides it to Ronan Farrow of the 'New Yorker'

(Newser) - A few days before the 2016 election, the Wall Street Journal reported that the owner of the National Enquirer paid $150,000 for a story alleging an affair between Donald Trump and a former Playboy Playmate for the express purpose of burying it. Now, Ronan Farrow of the New Yorker...

Playboy Model's Hail Mary Doesn't Work

Dani Mathers will head to trial at the end of May

(Newser) - "The court finds the statute is constitutional and not void for vagueness." And with that, Judge Gustavo Sztraicher closed the door on Playboy Playmate Dani Mathers' bid to get out of a trial in her body-shaming photo case. The 30-year-old pleaded not guilty in November after being charged...

Report: Trump Had an Affair With Former Playboy Playmate

And the 'National Enquirer' allegedly paid $150K to keep it quiet

(Newser) - The National Enquirer paid $150,000 to keep a former Playboy model's 10-month affair with Donald Trump out of the news, the Wall Street Journal reports. Sources tell the Journal that Trump, while married to Melania, had an affair with Karen McDougal, 1998 Playmate of the Year, in 2006...

Police Track Down Woman Body-Shamed by Model

70-something victim reportedly wants legal justice for Dani Mathers' photo

(Newser) - A woman who was body-shamed by Playboy model Dani Mathers at an LA Fitness gym has been found—and Mathers may be facing jail time for her actions, TMZ reports. The celebrity site says the LAPD located the woman, said to be in her 70s, and she's willing to...

This Playboy Model Just Did a Really Ugly Thing

Dani Mathers posted a photo of a nude woman at the gym

(Newser) - Dani Mathers says she became a Playboy model because she loves the female body. She had a funny way of showing it Thursday when she posted a photo to Snapchat of a nude woman in a locker room at an LA Fitness in Los Angeles, with the caption, "If...

Heads Roll After Pilots Let Playmate Fly a Plane

Surprise: Both pilots are now out of a job

(Newser) - Two pilots for Argentine carrier Austral Lineas Aereas are out of a job after they acted a little too generously with a passenger who just so happened to be a Playboy model. Victoria Xipolitakis tweeted photos, since removed, showing her sandwiched between pilots Patricio Zocchi Molina, 33, and Federico Matias...

Cleavage Throws Mexican Presidential Debate a Curve

Election panel so sorry for aide's revealing dress

(Newser) - A televised Mexican presidential debate looked more like an episode of Wheel of Fortune thanks to a babealicious production assistant's cleavage-baring gown. She was so eye-popping that Mexico's election commission apologized. "We are sorry about the production error associated with the clothing of one of the assistants,...

Hef's Son Must Stay Away From Playmate Girlfriend

Marston Hefner ordered to attend violence intervention program

(Newser) - Hugh Hefner's son has been ordered to attend a 52-week domestic violence intervention program after he was charged with attacking his Playmate girlfriend . Marston Hefner, 21, pleaded no contest to charges of corporal injury after Playmate of the Year Claire Sinclair told police he punched her and kicked her...

Hugh Hefner's Son Arrested
Hugh Hefner's Son Arrested

Hugh Hefner's Son Arrested

Marston Hefner allegedly beat up Playmate of the Year Claire Sinclair

(Newser) - Hugh Hefner's son is making headlines, but not for a good reason: Marston, Hef's 21-year-old son, was arrested last night for allegedly attacking last year's Playmate of the Year … who also just so happens to be his girlfriend. Police were called to the California pad where...

10 Playboy Playmates Who Had Run-Ins With the Law

They're not all perfect citizens...

(Newser) - Shocking as it may be, not all Playboy Playmates are “bastions of class and social distinction,” writes Olivia Allin in The Frisky . Ten who found themselves on the wrong side of the law:
  • Angela Dorian: The 1968 Playmate shot her husband during an argument last year—in the
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Crystal Harris: Sorry, Hugh Hefner, Two-Second Sex Slam Was 'Harsh'
 Crystal Harris: Sorry, Hef 
sex slam 'harsh'

Crystal Harris: Sorry, Hef

Two-second sex slam was 'harsh,' she admits

(Newser) - Okay, maybe "two seconds" was a bit mean: Crystal Harris has apologized to Hugh Hefner for her recent slam of his sexual prowess . "The Stern interview scared me, he's harsh," Harris tweeted . "I was unprepared and blurted out things I shouldn't have said, I'...

How You Get to Be a Playboy Playmate
 How You Get to Be a Playmate 

How You Get to Be a Playmate

About a thousand girls audition each year to be the next Pamela Anderson

(Newser) - Just where does Playboy dig up the shapely women who grace its pages? It's actually something like an audition for American Idol, the Atlantic reports, but, you know, with a lot less clothes. Playboy holds a handful of casting calls throughout the US annually, each attracting a hundred or...

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...

In Recession, Curves Are Beautiful
 In Recession, 
 Curves Are Beautiful 
STUDY OF PLAYMATES FINDS

In Recession, Curves Are Beautiful

Tough times add weight to Americans' ideal beauty

(Newser) - During recessions, Americans’ idea of female beauty has more curves. That’s according to a pair of studies, which compared the waist, bust and other measurements of popular actresses and Playboy Playmates to yearly economic data. And in down cycles, the extra few inches associated with maturity and strength are...

Kendra: I Didn't Shower, Brush Teeth After Baby
 Kendra: I Didn't 
 Shower, 
 Brush Teeth 
 After Baby 
POST-PARTUM DEPRESSION

Kendra: I Didn't Shower, Brush Teeth After Baby

Wilkinson recalls post-partum depression

(Newser) - Kendra Wilkinson wasn’t in any condition to pose for Playboy in the weeks after giving birth. “I never brushed my hair, my teeth, or took a shower. I looked in the mirror one day and was really depressed,” she tells OK! , adding that the second season of...

Grady Sizemore Wants Nudie Pics Off Web ... Now
 Grady Sizemore 
 Wants Nudie Pics 
 Off Web ... Now 
caught stealing?

Grady Sizemore Wants Nudie Pics Off Web ... Now

Suddenly modest Indians outfielder sent risqué photos to girlfriend

(Newser) - Clearly unfamiliar with the saying about closing the barn door after the naked pictures are out, Cleveland Indian Grady Sizemore wants his racy cellphone photos back. The All-Star outfielder shared the steamy self-portraits with his girlfriend; how they wound up all over the Web is now a matter for investigators...

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