In a heartfelt column published in the Chicago Tribune over the weekend, Hugh Hefner bid farewell to Chicago as he announced that the Playboy offices will be consolidating in Los Angeles. In the article, Hef wrote that Chicago helped shape Playboy, since, being in the heartland, the city represents real American men. more ›

Marston Hefner, Hugh Hefner's 21-year-old son, was charged with inflicting corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant and vandalism on Tuesday after allegations that he punched and kicked his girlfriend, Playboy Playmate Claire Sinclair, during an argument at their Pasadena apartment, and damaged her computer. more ›

Hugh Hefner's son, Marston Hefner, was taken into custody after his girlfriend, 2011 Playmate of the Year Claire Sinclair, told police that Martson beat her. TMZ reports that officers showed up to the Pasadena house that Sinclair, 20, and Marston, 21, share at about 11:15 p.m. last night. more ›

Strap on your bunny ears and tie that bow tight, Beverly Hills. Playboy's Chicago headquarters are reportedly moving west on April 30. Originally, only the magazine's publishing team had plans to head to Los Angeles, but now the entire office will pack up and set up shop in one of L.A.'s most affluent cities by May 2012. more ›

We've been following Lindsay Lohan's travels closely these days, as she's gone from jail, to the Downtown Women's Center, to the morgue. Now, the young actress has made her way to the pages of Playboy, and while the pictures were expected to debut on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" next week, someone has leaked the cover shot to the world wide web. more ›

We now understand why Lindsay Lohan has been late to almost all of her community service appointments. The 25-year-old troubleton has been busy posing for Playboy. The spread, which has been in the works for months, will reward LiLo with nearly $1 million for her efforts. more ›

A California dude is shocked, absolutely SHOCKED that the Playboy Mansion charged him $1,000 to attend a "Leather Meets Lace" party, while letting the ladies in for a free (or reduced) rate, according to Law360. He's filed a class action in court, claiming that Playboy Enterprises Inc. is engaging in illegal gender-based pricing. more ›

Victoria Rathgeb, also and probably better known as Angela Dorian, pleaded no contest today to attempted voluntary manslaughter. The 1968 Playboy Playmate of the Year shot and wounded her husband in their Hollywood apartment complex in October 2010. more ›

A woman who attended a party at the Playboy Mansion in 2008 claims that she was clocked in the nose while there, then promptly escorted to a bus, reports TMZ. Alessandra Mendes says that German rapper Giwar Hajabi, a.k.a. Xatar, was drunk and disorderly on the dance floor during the party... more ›

Good news for adult entertainment dabblers! Hollywood's Jumbo's Clown Room is featured in Playboy's After Midnight, a magazine feature tallying America's best late-night bars. The article lists 14 American watering holes where bartenders serve up stiff drinks during all hours of the day and night. Featured in Playboy's August issue, the piece includes establishment descriptions along with criteria for making the cut. more ›

Playboy founder Hugh Hefner may not be making it to the altar to wed Playmate Crystal Harris. Rumor has it Harris bolted from the famous Holmby Hills manse, and the nuptials are to be nevermore. more ›

Yvette Vickers was a blond-haired, blue-eyed model who graced the coveted centerfold of Playboy magazine in July 1959. Sadly, the mummified corpse of the 1928-born beauty has been discovered inside her Beverly Hills home, and "investigators believe the state of her body suggests she may have been dead for close to a year," according to TMZ. more ›

Health officials have confirmed the presence of Legionella bacteria at a water source at Hugh Hefner's Holmby Hills Playboy Mansion during their investigation of a suspected Legionnaires’ disease outbreak that affected visitors attending a convention fundraiser in February. more ›

The publisher of Playboy magazine announced Monday that it agreed to founder Hugh Hefner and Icon Acquisition Holdings taking the company private. "The price of $6.15 a share is an 18 percent premium over Friday’s closing price and values the company at about $207 million," reports CBS Local. more ›

"When it turns midnight on New Year's Eve, it will be the best night ever," says Anna Sophia Berglund. "I'll be like, 'My month is here!'" It's true: the next time the clock strikes twelve, and 2010 morphs into 2011, the Playmate of the Month title will peacefully transfer, as it has for over 50 years, from Miss December to the 24-year-old Palos Verdes Peninsula High School grad for a constitutional term of 31 days. And she plans to appreciate each one. more ›

Big announcements from the Playboy Mansion's Bermuda triangle of sexuality, peacocks and water hazards: Hugh Hefner, 84, has asked his 24-year-old girlfriend Crystal Harris to be his wife. Hopefully this means another House Bunny movie is in the works. "The eyes are the nipples of the face." Remember that. more ›

A new gallery show opening tomorrow at Copro Gallery features the work of more than 40 emerging and established artists who were asked to reinterpret the iconic Playboy Bunny as part of the worldwide, year-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Playboy Bunny and the Playboy Clubs. more ›

PEN Center USA's annual awards were held at The Beverly Hills Hotel on Wednesday night and many luminaries were honored for their work, including Hugh Hefner who received an Award of Honor for his editorial prowess and the First Amendment Award for his ongoing efforts to fight censorship. more ›

New York's Christie's will host an auction event next month dubbed "The Year of the Rabbit," to sell over 100 pieces of art from the Playboy collection, reports the AP. Playboy Founder Hugh Hefner explains that art has long played a role in Playboy's legacy, and Playboy has helped change the face of art in America. more ›

A 1968 Playboy playmate of the year has been charged with attempted murder of her husband, who is currently listed in grave condition after being shot Saturday, according to the LA Times. 68-year-old Victoria Rathgeb, who posed under the name Angela Dorian (and is also known as Victoria Vetri), told police that a drug dealer shot her husband, but investigators concluded that she pulled the trigger. more ›

And it's done! Playboy-owner Hugh Hefner has donated $900,000 to the Save the Peak campaign, triggering a $500,000 match from the Tiffany & Co. Foundation and Aileen Getty, the Trust for Public Land announced this morning. The land will eventually be donated to the city to become part of Griffith Park. more ›

Playboy has named UC Santa Barbara as one of the country's Top 10 Party Schools of 2010. The only California campus to make the cut, at UCSB their #8 ranking is credited to their "perfect mix of sun goddesses, sand and studying." Of course, being included in this 5th annual list isn't purely academic. Okay, so it's not really academic at all. Notes Playboy: "UCSB grads go on to do great things after their six years in college." So who's summa cum laude for the 2010 party class? It's the deep thinkers of the University of Texas at Austin. One LA school earned an honorable mention: USC, for the "hottest cheerleaders." Trojan pride, indeed. Previously: UCSB Ranked 10th Best Party School in the Nation (2008). more ›

With the ongoing recession and continued threat of piracy, 2009 may have been tough for the multi-billion dollar adult industry, but it was also Sasha Grey's most prominent thus far. With the leading role in Steven Soderbergh's labeled her "The Dirtiest Girl in the World" and Fleshbot included her in their Top Ten Crush Objects of 2009 (NSFW). So it's no surprise that she will be honored with The Jenna Jameson Crossover Star of the Year at the AVN Awards this Saturday at the Pearl Theater inside the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. more ›

Reportedly a month in the making, pornstar-directors Belladonna and Kimberly Kane have organized a star-studded holiday-themed "Winter Wonderland" fundraiser, benefiting the beleaguered Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation, this Saturday night at Busbys East. more ›

Reports yesterday out of Toronto indicating that murder suspect Ryan Alexander Jenkins was arrested after arriving to the Canadian city by air turned out to be a miscue after authorities determined the had the wrong man. The search continues across the border for the reality show contestant who is believed to have killed his wife, model and Playboy rep Jasmine Fiore, then left her mutilated body in a suitcase in Buena Park dumpster before reporting her missing and fleeing. more ›

Neko Case at the Greek Theatre on Friday and the 31st Annual Playboy Jazz Festival Saturday and Sunday at the Hollywood Bowl reminded us of how much we appreciate the summer outdoor concert season. more ›

Gutierrez holds a degree from the School of Electronic Engineering in Medellin, Colombia. He serves on the Board of Directors for Eyes of Innocence, a charity that benefits children worldwide. more ›

Playboy has been struggling as of late, but today they celebrate with their 55th Anniversary Issue that has one of their most popular girls ever, Carmen Electra, on the cover. She's appeared in the magazine four times since 1996, twice as a cover girl. more ›