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Hugh Hefner

Hugh Hefner, known as "Hef," never saw his mission as pushing the envelope. Instead, he pushed a lifestyle, attempting to, as he once put it, "change the world" by connecting with the daring hipster in every young American man. In December, 1953, at age 27, Hefner produced the first issue of Playboy magazine from his South Side Chicago apartment.

The first 51,000 copies of Playboy magazine sold out, and Hefner went on to become the living embodiment of America's sexual revolution. Being a cool cat with a circular bed, a fab mansion and beautiful women all around turned out to be lucrative. He took Playboy Enterprises public in 1971, making himself one of America's wealthiest media mo...  Show more »
Hugh Hefner, known as "Hef," never saw his mission as pushing the envelope. Instead, he pushed a lifestyle, attempting to, as he once put it, "change the world" by connecting with the daring hipster in every young American man. In December, 1953, at age 27, Hefner produced the first issue of Playboy magazine from his South Side Chicago apartment.

The first 51,000 copies of Playboy magazine sold out, and Hefner went on to become the living embodiment of America's sexual revolution. Being a cool cat with a circular bed, a fab mansion and beautiful women all around turned out to be lucrative. He took Playboy Enterprises public in 1971, making himself one of America's wealthiest media moguls. By its 25th anniversary at the end of 1978, Playboy had "bunny" clubs with nearly a million "keyholders" and a magazine that sold 5.5 million copies every month. It ran a book publisher, a limo service and a four-star resort in Lake Geneva, Wis. Hef endured a business reversal that forced him to sharply curtail his corporate holdings, and suffered a serious stroke in 1985. But both he and the company recovered. Lately, he has enjoyed renewed popularity. For his 80th birthday on April 9, 2006, Hef held a weeklong celebration at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles, including a pajama and lingerie party with Playboy Playmates and nearly 1,000 partygoers.  « Show less

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    Oct 12, 2011 |Story| KIAH-LTV

  1. Playboy Host Casting Call

    Hugh Hefner apparently loves the beautiful ladies of Texas. The buxom bunny made its way to H-Town, looking for new playmates looking for the combination of beauty and (ahem) brains.
    KIAH
    Hugh Hefner apparently loves the beautiful ladies of Texas. The buxom bunny made its way to H-Town, looking for new playmates looking for the combination of beauty and (ahem) brains. The 'talent' search was held at the Westin in West Houston. The...
    2. Jun 15, 2011 |Story| KIAH-LTV

  2. Online Dish: Hef's Betrothed Bunny May Have Hopped On with Dr. Phil's Son

    Runaway Bunny! Hugh Hefner's betrothed bunny, Crystal Harris, has called off the wedding. Hefner, 85, and Harris, 25 were supposed to get hitched at the Playboy mansion, this Saturday, but they confirmed their surprise split on Twitter, Tuesday.
    KIAH
    Runaway Bunny! Hugh Hefner's betrothed bunny, Crystal Harris, has called off the wedding. Hefner, 85, and Harris, 25 were supposed to get hitched at the Playboy mansion, this Saturday, but they confirmed their surprise split on Twitter, Tuesday. The...

    Tags: Crystal Harris, Twitter, Inc., Health, Health and Medical Professionals, Phil McGraw

    3. Jun 15, 2011 |Story| KIAH-LTV

  3. Ultimate Playboy Got Played

    The feelings have obviously changed.  The ultimate Playboy got played!
    KIAH
    The feelings have obviously changed.  The ultimate Playboy got played! Everything was set for Hugh Hefner and 25-year-old Crystal Harris to say I-do in front of 300-guest this weekend. That fairly tail came to an abrupt halt when Hef tweeted that his...

    Tags: Crystal Harris, Bones and Joints

    4. Nov 16, 2009 |Story| KIAH-LTV

  4. Search for Next Playboy Centerfold

    Monday and Tuesday, The Westin Galleria in Houston was the site for the search for the next Playboy centerfold.
    KIAH
    Monday and Tuesday, The Westin Galleria in Houston was the site for the search for the next Playboy centerfold. Women 18 and older registered online before showing up to interview with Hugh Hefner's crew. Playboy is currently on a tour to find new...
    5. Mar 19, 2010 |Story| KIAH-LTV

  5. Online Dish: Cougars...Hot or Not?

    So what do you think about Cougars? Our 39 viewers dished on Cougars. And it seems like not everyone thinks being "mauled" by a Cougar is a bad thing. Here's what's tweeting…
    KIAH
    So what do you think about Cougars? Our 39 viewers dished on Cougars. And it seems like not everyone thinks being "mauled" by a Cougar is a bad thing. Here's what's tweeting… Danielaugo: Age is just a number by the way. What matters is the love between...
    6. May 23, 2012 |Story| South Bend Tribune

  6. 'Eternity' investing: Monaghan talks business, philanthropy, getting to heaven

    DETROIT -- Around the time he sold Domino's Pizza and the Detroit Tigers about 20 years ago, Tom Monaghan stopped doing most interviews. He devoted himself to Catholic education, most prominently by founding Ave Maria University, now based near Naples, Fla., where he spends much of his time these days raising money for the school.
    Detroit Free Press
    DETROIT -- Around the time he sold Domino's Pizza and the Detroit Tigers about 20 years ago, Tom Monaghan stopped doing most interviews. He devoted himself to Catholic education, most prominently by founding Ave Maria University, now based near Naples,...

    Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Religious Education, Pizzas, Roman Catholicism, Foods and Beverages

    7. May 15, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. Voice of the People, May. 15

    Swine suffering This is in response to Tribune columnist Steve Chapman's "Investigating a pig's life; A firsthand look at modern swine production" (Commentary, May 3). When asked about the mental well-being of pigs who spend most of their lives...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Standards, Lifestyle and Leisure, Philip Morris USA, Steve Chapman

    8. May 11, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Los Angeles Philharmonic's 'Don Giovanni' stars the music

    There've been commedia dell'arte versions of "Don Giovanni" and a 3-D version of "Don Giovanni." Mozart's terminally debauched antihero has been reimagined as a kind of peruked Hugh Hefner and as a junkie with a hypodermic needle stuck in his arm and aMcDonald's hamburger on his breath.
    There've been commedia dell'arte versions of "Don Giovanni" and a 3-D version of "Don Giovanni." Mozart's terminally debauched antihero has been reimagined as a kind of peruked Hugh Hefner and as a junkie with a hypodermic needle stuck in his arm and...

    Tags: Kirsten Dunst, Walt Disney, Frank Gehry, Darren Aronofsky, Natalie Portman

    9. May 10, 2012 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  9. Weekend preview: Getting tanked, rocked and Flocked

    A South Florida resident on a reality TV show is no big deal anymore. But how about five locals on a single show?
    Sun Sentinel
    A South Florida resident on a reality TV show is no big deal anymore. But how about five locals on a single show? When Nat Geo Wild's “Fish Tank Kings” shines a light on the world of luxury aquariums in its debut episode at 10 p.m. Saturday,...

    Tags: Coral Gables, Kendra Wilkinson, Dining and Drinking, Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Television Industry

    10. May 11, 2012 |Story| Zap2It

  10. Jaclyn Swedberg named 'Playmate of the Year' for 2012

    The chief rabbit has spoken. <a href=&quot;http://people.zap2it.com/p/hugh-hefner/80744">Hugh Hefner</a> named Jaclyn Swedberg Playboy's 2012 Playmate of the Year on Thursday (May 10).
    Zap2it
    The chief rabbit has spoken. Hugh Hefner named Jaclyn Swedberg Playboy's 2012 Playmate of the Year on Thursday (May 10). The 21-year-old Swedberg received the honor from Hef and his son Cooper at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles. At they same time...

    Tags: Anna Nicole Smith, Jenny McCarthy

    11. Apr 29, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  11. Playboy leaves town

    Chicago has always had some ... ambivalence ... about sex. Politicians and business leaders (indeed newspaper editors and reporters) were regulars at the Everleigh Club, the infamous turn-of-the-century brothel in what is now the South Loop that was protected by Ald. Michael &quot;Hinky Dink" Kenna and "Bathhouse" John Coughlin. Regulars, that is, until Mayor Carter Harrison II shut the place down in 1911.
    Chicago has always had some ... ambivalence ... about sex. Politicians and business leaders (indeed newspaper editors and reporters) were regulars at the Everleigh Club, the infamous turn-of-the-century brothel in what is now the South Loop that was...

    Tags: Playboy Enterprises, Inc., Christie Hefner, Marilyn Monroe, Hyde Park, The Second City

    12. Apr 30, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. A roundup of provocative newspaper punditry from around the globe

    The Washington Post lit a fire under Republicans with an op-ed Friday by Brookings Institution senior fellow Thomas E. Mann and American Enterprise Institute scholar Norman J. Ornstein titled <a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/lets-just-say-it-the-republicans-are-the-problem/2012/04/27/gIQAxCVUlT_story_3.html" target="_blank">"Let's just say it: The Republicans are the problem."</a> The gist: The party's rightward shift has broken Congress. This isn't exactly new ground; other pundits and politicians have complained about the problem and other academics have studied it, including a <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/04/10/150349438/gops-rightward-shift-higher-polarization-fills-political-scientist-with-dread" target="_blank">pair of professors</a> who spent decades digging through historical archives and declared today's Republican Party the most conservative it has been in a century. The Post's conservative commentator Jennifer Rubin is <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/post/ornstein-and-manns-op-ed-blaming-republicans-it-was-a-parody-right/2012/04/30/gIQABq0qrT_blog.html" target="_blank">having none of it,</a> arguing that Democrats are just as partisan and uncompromising as today's Republicans. Mann and Ornstein conclude that reporters should stop trying to treat the two parties objectively through the "even-handed, unfiltered presentation of opposing views" and simply tell the truth as they see it, pointing out who's telling the truth and who's stonewalling. Actually, we've already got a media outlet that does that: It's called Fox News, and it's not a good idea. The professors seem unclear on the concept that truth is in the eye of the beholder, and reporters are better off reporting what's said and done and leaving the interpretation up to readers. As for Rubin, she appears so blinded by ideology that she genuinely can't see the harm being wrought by a party that stridently refuses to reach across the aisle and ignores any scientific or policy analysis that contrasts with its world view.
    The Washington Post lit a fire under Republicans with an op-ed Friday by Brookings Institution senior fellow Thomas E. Mann and American Enterprise Institute scholar Norman J. Ornstein titled "Let's just say it: The Republicans are the problem." The gist:...

    Tags: Democratic Party, Playboy Enterprises, Inc., Facebook, Companies and Corporations, Cancer

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