<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - hugh-hefner</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/hugh-hefner</link><description>Newsvine - hugh-hefner</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 23:58:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 20:04:54 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Settlement approved in lawsuit over Playboy buyout</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Delaware judge has approved the settlement of a class-action lawsuit over Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner's successful bid to take the company private.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Randall Chase]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Randall Chase]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17376248-settlement-approved-in-lawsuit-over-playboy-buyout</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17376248-settlement-approved-in-lawsuit-over-playboy-buyout</guid><category>us</category><category>buyout</category><category>settlement</category><category>playboy</category><category>us-news</category><category>hugh-hefner</category><category>hefner</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 23:57:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Playboy an inspiration for McCarthy show</title>
<description><![CDATA[Jenny McCarthy says she's looking to Hugh Hefner's old "Playboy After Dark" as an inspiration for her new talk show.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/05/16371938-playboy-an-inspiration-for-mccarthy-show</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/05/16371938-playboy-an-inspiration-for-mccarthy-show</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>tv</category><category>mccarthy</category><category>hugh-hefner</category><category>jenny-mccarthy</category><category>after-dark"</category><pubDate>Sun, 6 Jan 2013 01:33:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Playboy Hugh Hefner marries his 'runaway bride'</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hugh Hefner's celebrating the new year as a married man once again.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/01/16285002-playboy-hugh-hefner-marries-his-runaway-bride</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/01/16285002-playboy-hugh-hefner-marries-his-runaway-bride</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>people</category><category>us</category><category>hugh-hefner</category><category>hefner</category><category>marries</category><pubDate>Tue, 1 Jan 2013 18:02:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d19999a7-1eb4-4ac7-b09b-f15739cb9622.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="252" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d19999a7-1eb4-4ac7-b09b-f15739cb9622.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this April 26, 2010 file photo, Hugh Hefner, left, and Crystal Harris arrives at the premiere of &quot;Iron Man 2&quot; at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles. The 86-year-old Playboy magazine founder exchanged vows with his &quot;runaway bride,&quot; Crystal Harris, at a private Playboy Mansion ceremony on New Year's Eve. Harris, a 26-year-old &quot;Playmate of the Month&quot; in 2009, broke off a previous engagement to Hefner just before they were to be married in 2011. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Hugh Hefner, fiancee obtain marriage license</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hugh Hefner and Crystal Harris are again taking steps toward the altar, more than a year after the centerfold canceled their previous engagement and was branded a "runaway bride" in Playboy.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/04/15679355-hugh-hefner-fiancee-obtain-marriage-license</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/04/15679355-hugh-hefner-fiancee-obtain-marriage-license</guid><category>people</category><category>us</category><category>us-news</category><category>hugh-hefner</category><category>hefner</category><category>crystal-harris</category><pubDate>Tue, 4 Dec 2012 23:16:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=231884c3-0e1b-4338-b0f2-e2b2e9b3c8a4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="252" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=231884c3-0e1b-4338-b0f2-e2b2e9b3c8a4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this April 26, 2010 file photo, Hugh Hefner, left, and Crystal Harris arrive at the premiere of &quot;Iron Man 2&quot; at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles.  Hefner and Harris obtained a marriage license in Beverly Hills, Calif. on  Tuesday Dec. 4, 2012, roughly a year-and-a-half after the centerfold called off the couple's previous engagement. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Hefner thanks Chicago as Playboy moves to LA</title>
<description><![CDATA[Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner is officially bidding Chicago goodbye.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/23/11350746-hefner-thanks-chicago-as-playboy-moves-to-la</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/23/11350746-hefner-thanks-chicago-as-playboy-moves-to-la</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>people</category><category>us</category><category>hugh-hefner</category><category>hefner</category><pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:20:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Hugh Hefner's son pleads in domestic violence case</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hugh Hefner's 21-year-old son has pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor domestic violence charge stemming from an incident with his girlfriend at their Pasadena home.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/20/10782719-hugh-hefners-son-pleads-in-domestic-violence-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/20/10782719-hugh-hefners-son-pleads-in-domestic-violence-case</guid><category>us</category><category>arrest</category><category>son</category><category>us-news</category><category>hugh-hefner</category><category>hefner</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 01:17:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Hefner's son arrested in domestic violence case</title>
<description><![CDATA[The 2011 Playmate of the Year on Monday sought a restraining order against the 21-year-old son of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, after the son was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence, the Pasadena Star-News reported.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/13/10400035-hefners-son-arrested-in-domestic-violence-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/13/10400035-hefners-son-arrested-in-domestic-violence-case</guid><category>us</category><category>arrest</category><category>son</category><category>southern-california</category><category>us-news</category><category>hugh-hefner</category><category>hefner</category><category>pasadena-star-news</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:06:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Playboy adds 'Runaway Bride' sticker to July issue</title>
<description><![CDATA[Playboy is making a last-minute addition to the cover of its July issue after founder Hugh Hefner's fiancee called off their wedding. Chicago-based Playboy says it is affixing red and yellow stickers over the cover image of 24-year-old Crystal Harris. The stickers say, "Runaway Bride in this issue!" The 85-year-old Hefner announced Tuesday that the pair will not wed.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/16/6874523-playboy-adds-runaway-bride-sticker-to-july-issue</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/16/6874523-playboy-adds-runaway-bride-sticker-to-july-issue</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>playboy</category><category>us-news</category><category>hugh-hefner</category><category>issue</category><category>july-issue</category><category>chicago-based-playboy</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:19:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b6147f12-7be0-4d89-8274-d827f4ff56e2.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="379" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b6147f12-7be0-4d89-8274-d827f4ff56e2.jpg" width="120" height="162" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated photo provided Thursday, June 16, 2011, by Chicago-based Playboy Enterprises Inc., shows the July 2011 issue of Playboy with a red-and-yellow sticker affixed over the cover image of 24-year-old Crystal Harris. Playboy is making a last-minute addition to the cover after Harris called off her wedding to founder Hugh Hefner. The pair were to be married Saturday at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles. The issue is due on newsstands Friday, June 17. (AP Photo/Playboy Enterprise Inc.)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Playboy's Hefner says Playmate called off wedding</title>
<description><![CDATA[Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner says his fiancee has called off their wedding.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/14/6858653-playboys-hefner-says-playmate-called-off-wedding</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/14/6858653-playboys-hefner-says-playmate-called-off-wedding</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>people</category><category>us</category><category>hugh-hefner</category><category>hefner</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 20:03:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Hefner succeeds in bid to take Playboy private</title>
<description><![CDATA[A partnership led by Hugh Hefner has succeeded in taking Playboy private.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/04/6189738-hefner-succeeds-in-bid-to-take-playboy-private</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/04/6189738-hefner-succeeds-in-bid-to-take-playboy-private</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>buyout</category><category>playboy</category><category>hugh-hefner</category><pubDate>Fri, 4 Mar 2011 18:01:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Playboy Mansion visitors hit with mystery illness</title>
<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County health officials are investigating dozens of reports of respiratory illnesses by people who attended a fund-raising event at Hugh Hefner's famed Playboy Mansion earlier this month, according to media reports.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/12/6041913-playboy-mansion-visitors-hit-with-mystery-illness</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/12/6041913-playboy-mansion-visitors-hit-with-mystery-illness</guid><category>health</category><category>mansion</category><category>playboy</category><category>los-angeles-county</category><category>los-angeles</category><category>los-angeles-times</category><category>hugh-hefner</category><category>infectious-diseases</category><category>playboy-mansion</category><category>attendees</category><category>respiratory</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>hefner's</category><pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2011 01:20:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/110212-playboy-hmed-5p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/110212-playboy-hmed-5p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A view of the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles, California February 10, 2011.   REUTERS/Fred Prouser  (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Hugh Hefner's ex not happy about his engagement</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hugh Hefner's ex-girlfriend Holly Madison tells Life & Style magazine she's not OK with his engagement plans.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/12/5821418-hugh-hefners-ex-not-happy-about-his-engagement</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/12/5821418-hugh-hefners-ex-not-happy-about-his-engagement</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>people</category><category>us</category><category>hugh-hefner</category><category>madison</category><category>holly-madison</category><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 11:01:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/53a3a5a4-7250-499d-bca2-fcfd2701be90.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="368" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/53a3a5a4-7250-499d-bca2-fcfd2701be90.jpg" width="120" height="167" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2008 file photo, Holly Madison, left, and Hugh Hefner arrive at the Fox Reality Channel Really Awards in Los Angeles.  (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Playboy agrees to Hefner buyout offer</title>
<description><![CDATA[The publisher of Playboy magazine said Monday it has agreed to a sweetened offer by founder Hugh Hefner to take the company private.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/10/5804070-playboy-agrees-to-hefner-buyout-offer</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/10/5804070-playboy-agrees-to-hefner-buyout-offer</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>buyout</category><category>playboy</category><category>us-news</category><category>hugh-hefner</category><category>hefner</category><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:32:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a8de4ea4-be58-4e27-bc6a-a0f82d086d6b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="252" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a8de4ea4-be58-4e27-bc6a-a0f82d086d6b.jpg" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this April 26, 2010 file photo, Hugh Hefner, left, and Crystal Harris arrives at the premiere of &quot;Iron Man 2&quot; at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles. The publisher of Playboy magazine said Monday, Jan. 10, 2011, that it has agreed to a sweetened offer by founder Hugh Hefner to take the company private. A group led by Penthouse magazine has also made an offer for Playboy Enterprises Inc. valued at $210 million. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title></title>
<description><![CDATA[The publisher of Playboy says it has agreed to Hugh Hefner's offer to take the company private.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/03/5756753-</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/03/5756753-</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>apnewsalert</category><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>us-capitol</category><category>progress-energy</category><category>us-news</category><category>hugh-hefner</category><category>democrat-nancy-pelosi</category><category>gabrielle-giffords</category><category>william-daley</category><category>republican-john-boehner</category><category>obama-at</category><category>corrects-ap</category><pubDate>Mon, 3 Jan 2011 15:01:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Playboy's Hefner gets engaged to a Playmate again</title>
<description><![CDATA[Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner says he's gotten engaged again.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/26/5715370-playboys-hefner-gets-engaged-to-a-playmate-again</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/26/5715370-playboys-hefner-gets-engaged-to-a-playmate-again</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>people</category><category>us</category><category>us-news</category><category>hugh-hefner</category><category>hefner</category><pubDate>Sun, 26 Dec 2010 11:18:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/fb09cdd8-6818-42b5-8bee-5b9e5427b04d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="252" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/fb09cdd8-6818-42b5-8bee-5b9e5427b04d.jpg" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - Hugh Hefner, left, and Crystal Harris arrives at the premiere of &quot;Iron Man 2&quot; at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles in this April 26, 2010 file photo. Hefner says he's gotten engaged again. Hefner said in a Twitter message early Saturday Dec. 24, 2010 that he'd given a ring to girlfriend and Playmate Crystal Harris, saying she burst into tears. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Playboy art sold at NYC auction</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Dali watercolor of a reclining nude that hung in Hugh Hefner's bedroom was among 125 artworks Playboy magazine offered at Christie's on Wednesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ula Ilnytzky]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ula Ilnytzky]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/08/5614875-playboy-art-sold-at-nyc-auction</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/08/5614875-playboy-art-sold-at-nyc-auction</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>art</category><category>new-york</category><category>playboy</category><category>hugh-hefner</category><category>playboy-art</category><pubDate>Thu, 9 Dec 2010 02:54:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c2583b24-4944-42f2-9633-b20c672a2995.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="314" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c2583b24-4944-42f2-9633-b20c672a2995.jpg" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2010 file photo, a picture provided by Christie's Images LTD. shows a 1967 oil painting by Tom Wesselmann titled &quot;Mouth #8.&quot; The painting was sold by Christies in New York for $1,874,500.00, on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010, at an auction of original art from the Playboy Enterprises archive entitled, &quot;The Year of the Rabbit.&quot; Nearly all the items in the sale have appeared in Playboy magazine, a cultural icon that helped liberate American sexual mores. (AP Photo/CHRISTIE'S IMAGES LTD., File) NO SALES&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Penthouse magazine founder Bob Guccione dies at 79</title>
<description><![CDATA[Bob Guccione tried the seminary and spent years trying to make it as an artist before he found the niche that Hugh Hefner left for him in the late 1960s. Where Hefner's Playboy magazine strove to surround its pinups with an upscale image, Guccione aimed for something a little more direct with Penthouse.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Terry Wallace]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Terry Wallace]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/20/5325886-penthouse-magazine-founder-bob-guccione-dies-at-79</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/20/5325886-penthouse-magazine-founder-bob-guccione-dies-at-79</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>obit</category><category>us-news</category><category>hugh-hefner</category><category>bob-guccione</category><category>guccione</category><category>where-hefner</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 01:35:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/285fe26a-2a7a-4bee-90b9-53a9865db1fd.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="373" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/285fe26a-2a7a-4bee-90b9-53a9865db1fd.jpg" width="120" height="165" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this May 14, 2002 file photo, &quot;Penthouse&quot; magazine publisher Bob Guccione leaves federal court in New York. (AP Photo/Robert Mecea, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/1209f0d7-f231-45cc-bffc-eaf81740127e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="349" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1209f0d7-f231-45cc-bffc-eaf81740127e.jpg" width="120" height="176" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this May 14, 1982 file photo, Penthouse magazine publisher Bob Guccione poses in his New York mansion with an over-sized gavel his daughter gave him after he was victorious in a California court battle. Guccione &amp;#8212; who erected an erotic corporate empire after founding Penthouse magazine only to see it crumble into bankruptcy died Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010. He was 79.  (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/77f7d76c-e1b0-4422-b525-50baee56d42e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="502" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/77f7d76c-e1b0-4422-b525-50baee56d42e.jpg" width="120" height="151" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this 1972 file photo, Bob Guccione, publisher of Penthouse magazine, is shown. Guccione &amp;#8212; who erected an erotic corporate empire after founding Penthouse magazine only to see it crumble into bankruptcy died Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010. He was 79.  (AP Photo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/25c5061c-4436-4d50-9ffa-1c8b45b9eae9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/25c5061c-4436-4d50-9ffa-1c8b45b9eae9.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this May 12, 2002 file photo, Penthouse magazine publisher Bob Guccione leaves federal court in New York. Guccione &amp;#8212; who erected an erotic corporate empire after founding Penthouse magazine only to see it crumble into bankruptcy died Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010. He was 79.  (AP Photo/Robert Mecea, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e4aff04a-a9da-4425-b2eb-00ebab0311f8.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="339" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e4aff04a-a9da-4425-b2eb-00ebab0311f8.jpg" width="120" height="181" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Sept. 30, 1981 file photo, Danielle Deneux, Penthouse &quot;Pet of the Year&quot; poses with publisher Bob Guccione at a poolside party in his townhouse in New York. Guccione &amp;#8212; who erected an erotic corporate empire after founding Penthouse magazine only to see it crumble into bankruptcy died Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010. He was 79. (AP Photo/File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d344f827-495d-484b-8b51-0bbc4ab32e46.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="276" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d344f827-495d-484b-8b51-0bbc4ab32e46.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this June 4, 1986 file photo, &quot;Penthouse&quot; publisher and founder Bob Guccione holds up his magazine Penthouse and Playboy magazine at a news conference announcing his anti-censorship campaign at Penthouse magazine offices in New York. Guccione &amp;#8212; who erected an erotic corporate empire after founding Penthouse magazine only to see it crumble into bankruptcy died Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010. He was 79.  (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Playboy narrows loss on lower expenses</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hugh Hefner's Playboy media empire managed to narrow its losses in the most recent quarter. But only because it booked fewer one-time expenses.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/05/4827633-playboy-narrows-loss-on-lower-expenses</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/05/4827633-playboy-narrows-loss-on-lower-expenses</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>earns</category><category>hugh-hefner</category><category>playboy-enterprises</category><pubDate>Thu, 5 Aug 2010 19:39:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Playboy forms panel to weigh Hefner's buyout bid</title>
<description><![CDATA[Playboy Enterprises Inc. said Tuesday its board of directors has formed a special committee to consider founder Hugh Hefner's proposal to buy out the rest of the company.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/03/4809285-playboy-forms-panel-to-weigh-hefners-buyout-bid</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/03/4809285-playboy-forms-panel-to-weigh-hefners-buyout-bid</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>buyout</category><category>playboy</category><category>hugh-hefner</category><category>playboy-enterprises</category><pubDate>Tue, 3 Aug 2010 22:05:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Penthouse owner makes competing bid for Playboy</title>
<description><![CDATA[The owner of Penthouse magazine made a formal, competing bid for the Playboy empire Thursday despite founder Hugh Hefner's insistence that he does not intend to sell the company and instead wants to buy the shares he doesn't already own.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Vanacore]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Andrew Vanacore]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/11/4661029-penthouse-owner-makes-competing-bid-for-playboy</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/11/4661029-penthouse-owner-makes-competing-bid-for-playboy</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>buyout</category><category>playboy</category><category>hugh-hefner</category><category>playboy-enterprises-inc</category><category>playboy-enterprises</category><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:52:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/be255856-417a-4b23-914e-4b0449165425.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="264" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/be255856-417a-4b23-914e-4b0449165425.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This file photo made June 19, 2004, shows the Playboy trademark image in Los Angeles. Playboy Enterprises Inc. said Monday, July 12, 2010, that its iconic founder Hugh Hefner is offering to buy the remaining shares of the media empire, taking the company private, in a deal that values the company at $185 million. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e3b52ec5-f93b-42a4-b9ea-d979c6ca6db7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="371" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e3b52ec5-f93b-42a4-b9ea-d979c6ca6db7.jpg" width="120" height="166" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this April 7, 2006 file photo, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner is photographed at the Playboy Mansion in the Holmby Hills area of Los Angeles. Playboy Enterprises Inc. said Monday, July 12, 2010, that its iconic founder is offering to buy the remaining shares of the media empire, taking the company private, in a deal that values the company at $185 million.(AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/aa309e84-347d-4930-8dfd-e8f7477dbdf5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="285" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/aa309e84-347d-4930-8dfd-e8f7477dbdf5.jpg" width="120" height="216" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this file photo made April 7, 2006, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner is photographed at the Playboy Mansion in the Holmby Hills area of Los Angeles. Playboy Enterprises Inc. said Monday, July 12, 2010, that its iconic founder is offering to buy the remaining shares of the media empire, taking the company private, in a deal that values the company at $185 million. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Fundraising spares Hollywood sign from sprawl</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Hollywood sign, a beacon to stars and star-struck alike, has been saved from urban sprawl under a land conservation pact announced Monday after a donation by Playboy founder Hugh Hefner capped a multimillion-dollar fundraising drive.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Wilson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jeff Wilson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/26/4206920-fundraising-spares-hollywood-sign-from-sprawl</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/26/4206920-fundraising-spares-hollywood-sign-from-sprawl</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>sale</category><category>for</category><category>hollywood</category><category>arnold-schwarzenegger</category><category>us-news</category><category>hugh-hefner</category><pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:44:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/eccf3640-3f77-45eb-9301-12eb190b4314.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/eccf3640-3f77-45eb-9301-12eb190b4314.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, left , joins Los Angeles City Councilman Tom LaBonge, right, and officials from the Trust for Public Land to announce the success of the &quot;Save the Cahuenga Peak&quot; campaign, after raising $12.5 million to acquire Cahuenga Peak, a 138-acre parcel of land just west of the landmark Hollywood sign on Monday, April 26, 2010, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/40ab46e6-8c08-4779-b278-2dfe7cad11c6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/40ab46e6-8c08-4779-b278-2dfe7cad11c6.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;U.S. Olympic Gold Decathlon medalist Rafer Johnson expresses his gratitude, as he joins officials with the Trust for Public Land to announce the success of the &quot;Save the Cahuenga Peak&quot; campaign, after raising $12.5 million to acquire Cahuenga Peak, a 138-acre parcel of land just west of the landmark Hollywood sign on Monday, April 26, 2010, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/84f67914-7def-4ffc-9ea0-3ba692ee9576.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="273" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/84f67914-7def-4ffc-9ea0-3ba692ee9576.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Officials from left : Will Rogers, President and CEO of The Trust for Public Land (TPL), California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Los Angeles City Councilman Tom LaBonge, and Chris Baumgart, chair of the Hollywood Sign Trust, join hands as they announce the success of the &quot;Save the Cahuenga Peak&quot; campaign, under the landmark Hollywood sign on Monday, April 26, 2010, in Los Angeles. A final $900,000 donation by Playboy founder Hugh Hefner completed the $12.5 million fundraising drive to protect the 138 acres behind the famous sign. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/656bad9f-10eb-4ff2-925b-28cd271683d0.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="332" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/656bad9f-10eb-4ff2-925b-28cd271683d0.jpg" width="120" height="185" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger joins a news conference under the Hollywood sign with Los Angeles city officials and members of the Trust for Public Land to announce the success of the &quot;Save the Cahuenga Peak&quot; campaign to acquire Cahuenga Peak, a 138-acre parcel of land just west of the landmark Hollywood sign on Monday, April 26, 2010, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Kendra: I wouldn’t dance with stars like Kate G.</title>
<description><![CDATA[Celebrity mom and former Hugh Hefner squeeze Kendra Wilkinson had some unsolicited advice for fellow reality show star Kate Gosselin Tuesday: Don’t go dancing when you have kids at home.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Celizic]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Celizic]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/17/4030080-kendra-i-wouldnt-dance-with-stars-like-kate-g</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/17/4030080-kendra-i-wouldnt-dance-with-stars-like-kate-g</guid><category>film</category><category>world</category><category>home</category><category>life</category><category>children</category><category>she</category><category>hugh-hefner</category><category>kendra</category><category>kendra-wilkinson</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>today-entertainment</category><category>kate-gosselin-tuesday</category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:46:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Hefner says children delayed divorce</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hugh Hefner said he waited more than ten years to complete his divorce "because of the children."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Carucci]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[John Carucci]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/12/3257098-hefner-says-children-delayed-divorce</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/12/3257098-hefner-says-children-delayed-divorce</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>people</category><category>hugh-hefner</category><category>hefner</category><category>cn</category><pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:36:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Hugh Hefner files for divorce in LA</title>
<description><![CDATA[After more than a decade of separation, Hugh Hefner is seeking an official return to his bachelor status. The Playboy founder filed for divorce on Friday from his wife and former Playmate, Kimberly.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anthony Mccartney]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Anthony Mccartney]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/09/3243739-hugh-hefner-files-for-divorce-in-la</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/09/3243739-hugh-hefner-files-for-divorce-in-la</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>people</category><category>us</category><category>hugh-hefner</category><category>hefner</category><pubDate>Wed, 9 Sep 2009 22:45:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a1553a98-96f5-4661-9f3d-e84c2a079521.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="364" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a1553a98-96f5-4661-9f3d-e84c2a079521.jpg" width="120" height="169" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2008 file photo, Hugh Hefner arrives at the Fox Reality Channel Really Awards in Los Angeles.  (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Picturing sex: Kinsey explores what turns us on</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Art historian and museum curator Jennifer Cahn wasn’t sure what to expect when she was asked by the Kinsey Institute to select the works for the organization’s fourth annual juried art show.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Alexander]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brian Alexander]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/28/2873104-picturing-sex-kinsey-explores-what-turns-us-on</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/28/2873104-picturing-sex-kinsey-explores-what-turns-us-on</guid><category>art</category><category>porn</category><category>sex</category><category>news</category><category>playboy</category><category>kinsey</category><category>hugh-hefner</category><category>homemade</category><category>kinsey-institute</category><category>sexploration----</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>jennifer-cahn</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 12:43:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/090527-JE4.125-vmed-511p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="314" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/090527-JE4.125-vmed-511p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="95" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Gary Laird (Houston, Texas)&lt;br /&gt;
La Source, after Ingres, 2008&lt;br /&gt;
Ultrachrome fine art print&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>