hugh hefner

Legendary magazine publisher Hugh Marston Hefner was born on April 9, 1926 in Chicago Illinois. Hugh served in the U.S. Army and worked as a copywriter for Esquire before launching Playboy magazine in December 1953. The inaugural issue featured iconic screen actress and entertainer Marilyn Monroe.

In 1959 Hugh Hefner divorced his wife of 10 years (and mother of his two children), Mildred Williams. He continued heading Playboy as a bachelor until 1989, when he married Playmate of the Year Kimberley Conrad in an extravagant wedding at the Playboy Mansion. The couple would go on to have two children together before separating in 1999.

In 2005, reality TV invaded the Playboy Mansion when the E! network launched The Girls Next Door, a reality-based show that followed around three of Hefner’s main girlfriends at the time - Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt and Kendra Wilkinson.

Hefner's authorized biography, Mr. Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American Dream, was released in October of 2008. The book documents Hugh Hefner's life and examines his undeniable influence on American culture.

Hugh Hefner celebrated the 55th anniversary edition of Playboy magazine on December 12, 2008.

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• Holly Madison is Jealous

  
  Webster's Is My Bitch — Authority: 596
  Holly Madison gave an interview to Fox News Pop Tarts and said that she doesnt watch the new episodes of "The Girls Next Door" featuring the Hefs new girlfriends Crystal Harris and twins Kristina and Karissa Shannon. "The girls need to focus on what makes them unique and not doing the same things Bridget, Kendra and ...
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• Holly Madison Is Mad At Hugh Hefner’s New Girlfriends!

  
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    Holly Madison isn’t exactly a fan of ‘The Girls Next Door!’ Madison says that Hugh Hefner’s new girlfriends, Crystal Harris and The Shannon Twins , are copying what she did on the old show with Bridget Marquardt and Kendra Wilkinson .  Madison says: “I had a great time with Hef and the ...
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• Hugh Hefner’s Uranus Return

  
  Mystic Medusa — Authority: 483
  I was sitting at my desk snivelling last night – my cold is getting heaps better thank you – and i saw some article about Hugh Hefner. It looked so totally the same as the rest of the five zillion articles on HH (dressing gown, peanut butter sandwiches, Playboy mansion has some mould in it, likes blondes with big ...
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• Holly Madison reveals she doesn’t watch Girls Next Door

  
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  Holly Madison, star of Girls Next Door and former girlfriend of Hugh Hefner, is loving Las Vegas after the success of her new topless revue Peep Show. However, Holly has revealed she doesn’t tune into the hit E! Entertainment show, which made her a household name alongside Bridget Marquardt and Kendra Wilkinson, ...
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  •  Since us single folk are missing out on all those hilariously uncomfortable-looking sex positions featured each month in Cosmo , heres a helpful chart of sex positions for the lonely . Were digging the Abe Lincoln. •  •  According to an independent group in Britain, the number of abortions performed on ...
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• Hugh Hefner has made most of his dreams

  
  Celeb Binge Blog — Authority: 131
  Playboy legend Hugh Hefner has said that he has managed to make most of his dreams come true over his life. The 83-year-old founded the US magazine in 1953 and still runs it today, and he admitted that his dreams over the years have come true. He said: “But I’ve managed to dream impossible dreams and make most ...
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• Holly Madison Calls Hugh Hefner’s New Girlfriends Copycats

  
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  Holly Madison is lashing out at Hugh Hefner’s new girlfriends, calling them copycats for doing the same things that she, Kendra Wilkinson , and Bridget Marquardt did for their reality show. Holly said, “I had a great time with Hef and the girls when they came to see ‘Peepshow’ and hang out in Vegas. I ...
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• Finally! A Scandy Halloween-y of a Good Time!

  
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  My neighbors Halloween Party began last week after the Gray Fox and I ditched reluctantly left our 2 spawn at home with a frozen pizza and a pack of matches Disney video.
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• Holly Madison Gets Mad If She Watches Girls Next Door

  
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  Holly Madison, who used to be Hugh Hefner’s main girlfriend, and starred in “Girls Next Door”. Holly says she doesn’t bother watching the new season that features the new ladies Crystal Harris and the Shannon twins.  Read more of what Holly said below. Holly Madison is now working in Las Vegas and said she ...
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• Exclusive: Holly Madison Gets Annoyed by New Girls Next Door

  
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  Hugh Hefners former girlfriend refuses to watch the new season of her old show.
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• First lesbian Playmate set to get married to a ’successful man’

  
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  Obviously she had guys lined up around the corner waiting for her to come back to dating men. Hit the jump for more pics..via NYPostStephanie Adams, Miss November 1992, was the first and only Playboy Playmate to declare herself a lesbian. But she’s switched teams. Adams — named “best NYC lesbian sex symbol” in ...
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• The Girls Next Door

  
  Karebear Central — Authority: 118
  Maybe I’m a snob, maybe I’m loyal, but I do not like the new Girls Next door. I miss Kendra, Bridget and Holly. The new girls, Crystal and the twins (can’t even remember their names) are not as entertaining as the original. The twins do not have any personality–the only personality they seem to have is that ...
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• Catching Up With The Full House Cast On Twitter [Tweet Beat]

  
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  Today in Tweet Beat , Bob Saget remembers old times, Candace Cameron has new shoes, Jane Fonda is hanging out with Cat Stevens, and the Fort Hood tragedy reminds Hugh Hefner —and us—how freaking old he is.
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• Krupa thinks feminists are "pathetic" for not supporting her Playboy shoot. Well, the feelings mutual.

  
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  What to do about Joanna Krupa? Just when it seemed safe to support her on Dancing With the Stars (she and Derek totally ruled Team Tango, after all) she goes and does an interview with Fox News and starts trash-talking feminism . You see, Krupa (a swimsuit model by trade) will be featured on the cover of next ...
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• My Favorite Playboy Playmates: Karen Price

  
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  Continuing a series begun in May, this week were featuring another of my favorite Playboy Playmates, Karen Price.
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• Lindsay Lohan Responds To Fathers Release Of Voicemails [Tweet Beat]

  
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• Fun Celebrity Tweets on Twitter Land for Nov 4

  
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  Fun celebrity tweets on Twitter Land for the day. Find out what celebrities are tweeting on Twitter. Today we have fun tweets from Jon Gosselin, Playboy Mogul Hugh Hefner, the Kardashian sisters: Kim and Khloe & Paris Hilton.fun tweets after the jump…What’s cooking with them? Jon is spending them with his ...
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• ‘World’s largest budgie smuggler’ parade to be held Down Under

  
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• Dolly Parton Goes To The Chiropractor Because Of Her Breasts [Tweet Beat]

  
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• Join The Mile High Club

  
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  What is it about airplanes? Why are they so annoying now? You are on a ten hour flight coming back from wherever youve been -- from a secret location vacation. Thats what I like to call my vacations: secret location vacations. (We had a great time on ours by the way). So we are nearly at the end of our ten hour ...
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