At a Spike TV Playboy Mansion Party (more photos here) | Photo by Zach Behrens/LAist The answer is yes and no for the famed good times at the mansion in Holmby Hills. Yes, as Fox News' Pop Tarts feature says, the economy has had an effect on Playboy too: After decades and decades of wild nights, we hear Hef is calling it a day and that Playboy Enterprises has decided that [the Shakespearean themed......

Going to the Playboy Mansion is like watching an episode of HBO's Entourage. You walk in and there are celebrities everywhere, almost like they are extras to your party going experience. McLovin' is chilling with the two girls of Superbad, Tila Tequila is hanging out by the sushi table, Jeremy Piven is chatting by the pool, Anna Ferris is waiting in line to use the bathroom, Obama Girl is relaxing on a couch and the......

You’re probably wondering why we’ve waited so long to cover the first episode of E!’s reality series The Girls Next Door: Season 4. I would wonder too. But thanks to the nearly bi-nightly syndication of each new episode, there’s no reason to fret, and I’m happy to be able to bring you a little Wednesday coverage of Episode 1: "Patriot Dames"! But first, a little history. Despite the fact that Hef’s girlfriends Bridget, Holly and......

Monday Dave Isay, from StoryCorps, presents Listening Is an Act of Love 7pm @ Vroman's Johan Lehrer presents Proust Was a Neuroscientist 7pm @ Dutton's Nigella Lawson presents The Domestic Goddess 7pm Borders, Torrance Tom Brokaw presents Boom! Voices of the Sixties 7:30pm @ Temple Emanuel Tuesday Clive Barker presents Mister B. Gone 7pm @ Vroman's Gregory Rodriguez presents Mongrels, Bastards, Orphans & Vagabonds 7pm @ Central Library Susanne Daniels presents Season Finale 7pm @......

I had never seen a Snoop Dog show, or Dolomite either. So when i was assigned to see them and write them up, i had to admit i was star struck by the whole thing. How many rappers can say they even have their own special edition of Girls Gone Wild?! Snoop Dogg is a living legend, and so is Dolomite who is a comedian and the opening act. Dolomite literally had his electric......

- State trooper pulls over a female blogger in Tennessee. She has been drinking, has drugs and was speeding. He throws away her drugs and watches porn with her on the patrol car laptop before engaging in sexual acts. She blogs about it. Oh yeah, she's pornstar Barbie Cummings who is moving LA and somehow, she still ended up with a $159 ticket she has to pay for not showing up in court. - He......

- Hugh Hefner said, "I am very saddened to learn about Anna Nicole's passing. She was a dear friend who meant a great deal to the Playboy family and to me personally. My thoughts and prayers are with her friends and loved ones during this difficult time." - Playboy.com - Playboy photo editor Gary Cole blogged, "And now she is suddenly gone, like with Marilyn and Jayne Mansfield, taken too quickly. Perhaps Billy Joel......

Why Hugh Hefner is calling up Cindy Margolis to ask her to pose for Playboy is beyond us, but someone in that mansion needs to update bro's speed dial. Every couple (of) years, when Mr. (Hugh) Hefner would call, I would very graciously decline, because my mom would kill me, and I thought it was more mysterious keeping my clothes on. But, this year, when I got the call from Mr. Hefner, it was......

Let's take a look back at a week that raised this Zen koan: if Kevin Federline got into a wrestling ring with a wrestler, who would you root for? Austinist was in an entertainment state of mind as they covered the dickens out of the Austin Film Festival, depicted all the Big 12 football coaches as South Park characters, and interviewed Jose Gonzalez. Chicagoist talked about the passion as they bid adieu to Bell's......

Google and MySpace team up. Playboy's Hugh Hefner is immortal. The octogenarian denies a mini-stroke this past weekend. Internet use for extreme local community activism at its best: PaveMyStreet.com (via LAVoice via Curbed L.A.) More laughing at crappy singers to come as American Idol auditions were held today at the Rose Bowl. Lake Balboa in the Valley is a fake lake. Today's Transit Coalition e-newsletter talks up more than we can dish out. But......

"I've been trying to go to Iraq with Hillary Clinton for so long," Local 20 year old Lindsay Lohan told Elle Magazine, People reports. "Hillary was trying to work it out, but it seemed too dangerous." The article also claims that the Mean Girl is practicing her marksmanship at the gun range. Talk about friendly fire. Living in LA has inspired Madonna to renew her vows with her Guy... in England. Female First has......

Tsar, Killola, Boatel @ Safari Sam's Bloc Party, Broken Social Scene, Mew @ Greek Dengue Fever @ Tangier Al Green @ Hollywood Bowl Drums & Tuba @ Viper Room Starfuckers @ The Cat Club Yellowcard, Matchbook Romance @ Wiltern Free Love (Michael Des Barres) @ The Mint Meet Hugh Hefner at Tower Sunset as he signs the recently released 3 DVD set of "Playboy After Dark" at 6:30p......

The Girls Next Door: Season 2 starring Hugh Hefner, Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt, and Kendra Wilkinson E!, Sundays at 9pm Who knew Hef would let the cameras into the fabled Playboy Mansion last year - and after the ho-hum season that they had, who knew they'd be back? The problem last year was despite the initial thrill of being (sorta) in the mansion, what we discovered was Hef isnt really the player he once......

buns in the oven? Anna Nicole Smith, who just had the Supreme Court side with her (sort of) against her nasty stepson, is rumored to be pregnant — with twins. Our favorite part of the story is the name of her lawyer, who issued a non-denial of the pregnancy yesterday: he's Howard K. Stern. Disney hottie While we're talking about centerfolds, Kara Monaco, a former staff cast member of Walt Disney World, who used......

THURSDAY • The Fiery Furnaces and Great Northern play tonight at the Troubadour. Tickets are $20; doors open at 8 PM. • For those who didn't get tickets to their sold out show at the Troub, Supergrass will be performing at a free in-store at Amoeba Music tonight at 7 PM. • The New Pornographers are at the Henry Fonda Theater tonight. Doors open at 7:30 PM. Tickets are $16. • David Rakoff (writer......