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 ›

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 ›

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 initial "cluster of reports" of people falling ill after attending a four-day conference in Los Angeles has increased dramatically since Sunday with more than 170 people now affected by what's being described as a "suspected respiratory infection outbreak," reports LA Now. more ›

Los Angeles County health officials are investigating Hugh Hefner's legendary Holmby Hills home "after reports that dozens of visitors contracted a mysterious respiratory illness after attending a fund-raiser" at the Playboy Mansion earlier this month, notes LA Now. 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 ›

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 ›

Details are emerging in the case of the dead body found just outside the Playboy Mansion this weekend, as the investigation into the curious incident continues. Authorities believe that 36-year-old Santa Monica resident Anthony Washington "may have been trying to get onto the grounds of the mansion," by climbing onto the grounds via a tree on the adjoining property "when a branch he was on broke," reports LA Now. more ›

The body of an unidentified man was discovered near the back fence of the Playboy Mansion on the grounds of a neighboring Holmby Hills golf course and country club. KTLA reports LAPD homicide detectives do not suspect foul play. The L.A. County Coroner's office will conduct an autopsy to determine a cause of death. Early reports suggest he may have been injured during an attempt to sneak into a club event. more ›

Today's subjects are Gabriel Landau and Ron Eigen, partners in LA based production company - Diligent. Ron and Gabe run Diligent, a new kind of production company that creates branded entertainment, original programming, and online experiences. They work with brands, agencies, and distributors to create engaging work that gets audiences talking, laughing and sharing with their friends. more ›

Neverland Ranch is now someone else's problem. Michael Jackson gave the Santa Barbara County pad earlier this year and has moved into the Playboy Mansion neighborhood of Holmby Hills. He didn't buy a new home, though, he's renting... for the reasonable price of $100,000 a month. The $38 million home has seven bedrooms, 13 baths, 12 fireplaces, a screening room a wine cellar, garden, swimming pool and guest house, finds TMZ. more ›

The Mel’s Diner blog over at Broadcasting & Cable magazine (not to be confused with the actual diner of the same name) includes posts on everything from who dines where (see their 'Fly on the Wall' sightings series) to proper etiquette for working meals. more ›

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: more ›

What can we say? The Playboy mansion loves LAist. After a highly amusing bout at Spike TV's Guy's Choice Awards afterparty, we were invited back to check out the 3rd annual Marijuana Policy Project fundraiser. With Perry Farrel of Jane's Addiction at the turntables and celebrities swarming the grounds, hundreds flocked to the Mansion with the sole intention to raise awareness about the importance of marijuana legalization. Well that, and obviously to flirt with this year's playmates. more ›

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 list goes on. more ›

Exclusive parties are thrown all the time at the Playboy Mansion, but yesterday's luncheon was a bigger event for Playboy -- Playmate of the Year. This time around, the annual event's honoree is January 2007's model, the 22-year-old Jayde Nicole. She is the first Canadian Playmate of the Year in 26 years. more ›

Could you imagine Los Angeles without the Getty Museum? If that serene white chunk of Italian marble nestled above the 405 suddenly removed its bulk to some other parts, would you notice? Would you care? more ›

Quote of the week: 'Who are YOU?" said the Caterpillar. This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. Alice replied, rather shyly, 'I - I hardly know sir, just at present - at least I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.' – from Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Good Benefits The Players Toast Awards at the... more ›

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- 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... more ›

- The #1 downtown landowner, and major contributer of Mayor Tony's sure has a curious history of allegedly doing some horrible things - LA Weekly - Homelessness up in Downtown! - LA Times - Verizon's "Unlimited" EVDO plan is actually 5 Gigs a month - Cybernet - Keith Richards is now flipflopping on his snorting of coke laced with dad story - MTV - Britney to KFed "You’re the biggest mistake I’ve ever made,... more ›

We've never been bigger Bruins fans during March Madness, and we're not talking about basketball. Hundreds -- possibly thousands -- of coeds stripped down for the traditional UCLA Undie Run. This edition had a slightly modified course that kept the run on campus, starting in front of the fraternities and ending in a fountain by Royce Hall. LAist was on the scene to provide complete coverage of the uncoverage. In this post you'll find... more ›

120 year old Indian woman died this week. She claimed that smoking marijuana every day was the reason for her long life. - All Headline News "Weeds" star and Hollywood Blvd. preacher, Craig X, was arrested last month for distributing marijuana. He says the "sacrament" that he sold to people at Temple 420 on Hollywood Blvd. is protected under the freedom of religion and Prop 215. The LAPD, who officially pressed charges this week,... more ›

Last week Michael Richards hired a mouthpiece because his mouth was clearly defective. PR genius Howard Rubenstein (David Blaine, Worldwide Pants, Danielle Steel, News Corp) was called in to put out the fire and one of the first things that he addressed was the issue that the actor most-commonly known as Kramer went off in April on an anti-Semitic rant while on-stage. Rubenstein basically said it was kosher because Richards "is Jewish. He's not... more ›

"NBA Basketball" (KCAL, 7:00 p.m.) Lakers @ Trailblazers "Jericho" (CBS, 8:00 p.m.) The Mayor, who went wandering around the nuclear wilderness, gets sick - who'da thunk? "The War" (PBS, 8:00 p.m.) Ken Burns has a new mini-series about WWII, the "War to End All Wars". Expect the FCC to fine all PBS stations who air the 7-parter due to adult language. "The Biggest Loser" (NBC, 8:00 p.m.) "They're Back" - nuff said "America's Next... more ›

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