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Argentina
Argentina
i/ˌɑrdʒənˈtiːnə/, officially the Argentine Republic (Spanish: República Argentina [reˈpuβlika aɾxenˈtina]), is a country in South America, the continent's second largest by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires. It is the eighth-largest country in the world by land area and the largest among Spanish-speaking nations.
Argentina's continental area is between the Andes mountain range in the west and the Atlantic Ocean in the east. It borders Paraguay and Bolivia to the north, Brazil and Uruguay to the northeast, and Chile to the west and south. Argentine claims over Antarctica, as well as overlapping claims made by Chile and the United Kingdom, are suspended by the Antarctic Treaty of 1961. Argentina also claims the Falkland Islands (Spanish: Islas Malvinas) and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, which are administered by the United Kingdom as British Overseas Territories.
A recognised middle power, Argentina is Latin America's third-largest economy, with a "very high" rating on the Human development index. Within Latin America, Argentina has the fifth highest nominal GDP per capita and the highest in purchasing power terms. Analysts have argued that the country has a "foundation for future growth due to its market size, levels of foreign direct investment, and percentage of high-tech exports as share of total manufactured goods", and it is classed by investors as middle emerging economy. Argentina is a founding member of the United Nations, Mercosur, the Union of South American Nations, the Organization of Ibero-American States, the World Bank Group and the World Trade Organization, and is one of the G-15 and G-20 major economies.
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Austria
Austria (i/ˈɒstriə/ or /ˈɔːstriə/; German: Österreich [ˈøːstɐˌʁaɪç] (
listen)), officially the Republic of Austria (German: 
Republik Österreich (help·info)), is a landlocked country of roughly 8.47 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Hungary and Slovakia to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The territory of Austria covers 83,855 square kilometres (32,377 sq mi) and has a temperate and alpine climate. Austria's terrain is highly mountainous due to the presence of the Alps; only 32% of the country is below 500 metres (1,640 ft), and its highest point is 3,798 metres (12,461 ft). The majority of the population speak local Austro-Bavarian dialects of German as their native language, and German in its standard form is the country's official language. Other local official languages are Burgenland Croatian, Hungarian and Slovene.
The origins of modern-day Austria date back to the time of the Habsburg dynasty when the vast majority of the country was a part of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. During the 17th and 18th centuries, Austria became one of the great powers of Europe and, in response to the coronation of Napoleon I as the Emperor of the French, the Austrian Empire was officially proclaimed in 1804. In 1867, the Austrian Empire was reformed into Austria-Hungary.
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Brazil
Brazili/brəˈzɪl/ (Portuguese: Brasil, IPA: [bɾaˈziw]), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: República Federativa do Brasil, listen (help·info)), is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people. It is the only Portuguese-speaking country in the Americas and the largest lusophone country in the world.
Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a coastline of 7,491 km (4,655 mi). It is bordered on the north by Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and the French overseas region of French Guiana; on the northwest by Colombia; on the west by Bolivia and Peru; on the southwest by Argentina and Paraguay and on the south by Uruguay. Numerous archipelagos form part of Brazilian territory, such as Fernando de Noronha, Rocas Atoll, Saint Peter and Paul Rocks, and Trindade and Martim Vaz. It borders all other South American countries except Ecuador and Chile.
Brazil was a colony of Portugal from the landing of Pedro Álvares Cabral in 1500 until 1815, when it was elevated to the rank of kingdom and the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves was formed. The colonial bond was in fact broken in 1808, when the capital of the Portuguese colonial empire was transferred from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro, after Napoleon invaded Portugal.Independence was achieved in 1822 with the formation of the Empire of Brazil, a unitary state governed under a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary system. The country became a presidential republic in 1889, when a military coup d'état proclaimed the Republic, although the bicameral legislature, now called Congress, dates back to the ratification of the first constitution in 1824. Its current Constitution, formulated in 1988, defines Brazil as a Federal Republic. The Federation is formed by the union of the Federal District, the 26 States, and the 5,564 Municipalities.
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Brunei
Bruneii/bruːˈnaɪ/, officially the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace (Malay: Negara Brunei Darussalam, Jawi: نڬارا بروني دارالسلام), is a sovereign state located on the north coast of the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia. Apart from its coastline with the South China Sea, it is completely surrounded by the state of Sarawak, Malaysia, and it is separated into two parts by the Sarawak district of Limbang. It is the only sovereign state completely on the island of Borneo, with the remainder of the island belonging to Malaysia and Indonesia. Brunei's population was 401,890 in July 2011.
The official national history claims that Brunei can trace its beginnings to the 7th century, when it was a subject state of the Srivijayan empire under the name P'o-li. It later became a vassal state of Majapahit empire before converting to Islam in the 15th century. At the peak of its empire, the sultanate had control that extended over the coastal regions of modern-day Sarawak and Sabah, the Sulu archipelago, and the islands off the northwest tip of Borneo. The thalassocracy was visited by Ferdinand Magellan in 1521 and fought the Castille War in 1578 against Spain. Its empire began to decline with the forced ceding of Sarawak to James Brooke and the ceding of Sabah to the British North Borneo Chartered Company. After the loss of Limbang, Brunei finally became a British protectorate in 1888, receiving a resident in 1906. In the years after the Japanese wartime occupation during World War II, it formalised a constitution and fought an armed rebellion. Brunei regained its independence from the United Kingdom on 1 January 1984. Economic growth during the 1970s and 1990s, averaging 56% from 1999 to 2008, has transformed Brunei Darussalam into a newly industrialised country.
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Bulgaria
Coordinates: 42°45′N 25°30′E / 42.75°N 25.5°E / 42.75; 25.5
Bulgariai/bʌlˈɡɛəriə/ (Bulgarian: България, IPA: [bɤ̞ɫˈɡarijɐ]), is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and the Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south and the Black Sea to the east. With a territory of 110,994 square kilometres (42,855 sq mi), Bulgaria is Europe's 14th-largest country. Its location has made it a historical crossroad for various civilisations and as such it is the home of some of the earliest metalworking, religious and other cultural artifacts in the world.
Prehistoric cultures began developing on Bulgarian lands during the Neolithic period. Its ancient history was marked by the presence of the Thracians, and later by the Greeks and Romans. The emergence of a unified Bulgarian ethnicity and state dates back to the First Bulgarian Empire, which dominated most of the Balkans and functioned as a cultural hub for Slavic peoples during the Middle Ages. With the downfall of the Second Bulgarian Empire in 1396, its territories came under Ottoman rule for nearly five hundred years. The Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 resulted in the Third Bulgarian State, recognised in 1908. The following years saw several conflicts with its neighbours, which prompted Bulgaria to align with Germany in both World Wars. In 1946 it became a Communist republic with a single-party system until 1989, when the Communist Party allowed multi-party elections. After 1990 Bulgaria transitioned to democracy and a market-based economy.
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Chicago
Chicago (
i/ʃɪˈkɑːɡoʊ/ or /ʃɪˈkɔːɡoʊ/) is the largest city in the US state of Illinois and the third most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles. The city has around 2.7 million residents. Its metropolitan area, sometimes called "Chicagoland", is the third largest in the United States, with an estimated 9.8 million people. Chicago is the county seat of Cook County, though a small portion also extends into DuPage County.
Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837, near a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed. Today, Chicago is listed as an alpha+ global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, and ranks seventh in the world on the 2012 Global Cities Index. The city retains its status as an international hub for finance, industry, telecommunications and infrastructure, with O'Hare International Airport being the second busiest airport in the world in terms of traffic movements. In 2008[update], the city hosted 45.6 million domestic and overseas visitors. Among metropolitan areas, Chicago has the 4th largest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the world, ranking just behind Tokyo, New York City, and Los Angeles. Chicago is one of the most important Worldwide Centers of Commerce and trade.
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Colombia
Colombia (
/kəˈlʌmbiə/ kə-LUM-biə, or /kəˈlɒmbiə/ kə-LOM-biə), officially the Republic of Colombia (Spanish: República de Colombia [reˈpuβlika ðe koˈlombja]), is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the northwest by Panama; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean. Colombia has maritime borders with Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela, Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Colombia is the 26th largest country by area and the fourth largest in South America after Brazil, Argentina and Peru. With over 46 million people, Colombia is the 27th largest country in the world by population and has the second largest population of any Spanish-speaking country in the world, after Mexico. Colombia is a middle power, with the fourth largest economy in Latin America, and the third largest in South America. Colombia is famous for the production of coffee, flowers, emeralds, coal, and oil. All of these products make up the primary sector of economy.
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Croatia
Croatia (i/kroʊˈeɪʃə/ kroh-AY-shə; Croatian: Hrvatska pronounced [xř̩ʋaːtskaː]), officially the Republic of Croatia (Croatian: Republika Hrvatska listen (help·info)), is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of Central Europe, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers 56,594 square kilometres (21,851 square miles) and has diverse, mostly continental and Mediterranean climates. Croatia's Adriatic Sea coast contains more than a thousand islands. The country's population is 4.29 million, most of whom are Croats, with the most common religious denomination being Roman Catholicism.
In the early 7th century the Croats arrived in area of present-day Croatia. They organised the state into two dukedoms by the 9th century. Tomislav became the first king by 925 AD, elevating Croatia to the status of a kingdom. The Kingdom of Croatia retained its sovereignty for nearly two centuries, reaching its peak during the rule of Kings Peter Krešimir IV and Dmitar Zvonimir. Croatia entered a personal union with Hungary in 1102. In 1527, faced with Ottoman conquest the Croatian Parliament elected Ferdinand I of the House of Habsburg to the Croatian throne. In 1918, after World War I, Croatia was included in the short-lived State of Slovenes, Croats, and Serbs that declared independence from Austria–Hungary and co-founded the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. A Croatian state briefly existed during World War II as a fascist puppet state. After the war, Croatia became a founding member and a federal constituent of the Second Yugoslavia, a socialist state. In June 1991, Croatia declared independence, which came into effect on 8 October of the same year. The Croatian War of Independence was fought successfully during the four years following the declaration.
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Czech Republic
The Czech Republic (i/ˈtʃɛk/ CHEK;Czech: Česká republika, pronounced [ˈtʃɛskaː ˈrɛpuˌblɪka] ( listen), short form Česko Czech pronunciation: [ˈtʃɛskɔ]) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the north, Germany to the west, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east. Its capital and largest city, with 1.3 million inhabitants, is Prague.
It is a pluralist multi-party parliamentary representative democracy, a member of the European Union, NATO, the OECD, the OSCE, the Council of Europe and the Visegrád Group.
The Czech state, formerly known as Bohemia, was formed in the late 9th century as a small duchy around Prague, at that time under dominance of the powerful Great Moravian Empire (which reached its greatest territorial extent during the reign of Svatopluk I from the House of Mojmír). After the fall of the Empire in 907, the centre of power was transferred from Moravia to Bohemia, under the Přemyslids. During the rule of Přemyslid dukes/kings and their successors, the Luxembourgs, the country reached its greatest territorial extent (13th–14th century). Life in the country was significantly affected by the Hussite wars, during which it faced economic embargo and crusades from all over Europe. Following the Battle of Mohács in 1526, the Crown of Bohemia was gradually integrated into the Habsburg monarchy as one of its three principal parts alongside the Archduchy of Austria and the Kingdom of Hungary. The Bohemian Revolt (1618–20) led to the further centralization of the monarchy including forced recatholization and Germanization. During radical reforms in the 18th century the Bohemian Crown was even de facto abolished (1749). In the 19th century the Czech lands became the industrial powerhouse of the monarchy and the core of the Republic of Czechoslovakia which was formed in 1918, following the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian empire after World War I.
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France
France (Englishi/ˈfræns/ FRANSS or /ˈfrɑːns/ FRAHNSS; French: [fʁɑ̃s] ( listen)), officially the French Republic (French: République française [ʁepyblik fʁɑ̃sɛz]), is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. It is often referred to as l’Hexagone ("The Hexagon") because of the geometric shape of its territory. It is the largest western European country and it possesses the second-largest exclusive economic zone in the world, covering 11,035,000 km2 (4,260,000 sq mi), just behind that of the United States (11,351,000 km2 / 4,383,000 sq mi).
Over the past 500 years, France has been a major power with strong cultural, economic, military and political influence in Europe and around the world. During the 17th and 18th centuries, France colonised great parts of North America and Southeast Asia; during the 19th and early 20th centuries, France built the second largest colonial empire of the time, including large portions of North, West and Central Africa, Southeast Asia, and many Caribbean and Pacific Islands.
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Germany
Germany (i/ˈdʒɜrməni/), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland, pronounced [ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant] ( listen)), is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With 81.8 million inhabitants, it is the most populous member state and the largest economy in the European Union. It is one of the major political powers of the European continent and a technological leader in many fields.
A region named Germania, inhabited by several Germanic peoples, was documented before AD 100. During the Migration Period, the Germanic tribes expanded southward, and established successor kingdoms throughout much of Europe. Beginning in the 10th century, German territories formed a central part of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th century, northern German regions became the centre of the Protestant Reformation while southern and western parts remained dominated by Roman Catholic denominations, with the two factions clashing in the Thirty Years' War, marking the beginning of the Catholic–Protestant divide that has characterized German society ever since. Occupied during the Napoleonic Wars, the rise of Pan-Germanism inside the German Confederation resulted in the unification of most of the German states into the German Empire in 1871 which was Prussian dominated. After the German Revolution of 1918–1919 and the subsequent military surrender in World War I, the Empire was replaced by the Weimar Republic in 1918, and partitioned in the Treaty of Versailles. Amidst the Great Depression, the Third Reich was proclaimed in 1933. The latter period was marked by Fascism and World War II. After 1945, Germany was divided by allied occupation, and evolved into two states, East Germany and West Germany. In 1990 Germany was reunified.
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Greece
Greecei/ˈɡriːs/ (Greek: Ελλάδα, Ellada, IPA: [eˈlaða] ( listen) historically in Katharevousa and Ancient Greek: Ἑλλάς, Hellas, IPA: [eˈlas] and [helːás] respectively), officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία, Elliniki Dimokratia, IPA: [eliniˈci ðimokraˈtia]), is a country in Southern Europe, politically considered part of Western Europe.Athens is the capital and the largest city in the country (its urban area also including Piraeus). The population of the country is around 11 million.
Greece has land borders with Albania, the Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of mainland Greece, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the 11th longest coastline in the world at 13,676 km (8,498 mi) in length, featuring a vast number of islands (approximately 1,400, of which 227 are inhabited), including Crete, the Dodecanese, the Cyclades, and the Ionian Islands among others. Eighty percent of Greece consists of mountains, of which Mount Olympus is the highest at 2,917 m (9,570 ft).
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Hong Kong
Coordinates: 22°16′42″N 114°09′32″E / 22.27833°N 114.15889°E / 22.27833; 114.15889
Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港) is one of two special administrative regions (SARs) of the People's Republic of China (PRC), the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is known for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour. With a land mass of 1,104 km2 (426 sq mi) and a population of seven million people, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated areas in the world. Hong Kong's population is 95 percent ethnic Chinese and 5 percent from other groups. Hong Kong's Han Chinese majority originate mainly from the cities of Guangzhou and Taishan in the neighbouring Guangdong province.
Hong Kong became a colony of the British Empire after the First Opium War (1839–42). Originally confined to Hong Kong Island, the colony's boundaries were extended in stages to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 and then the New Territories in 1898. It was occupied by Japan during the Pacific War, after which the British resumed control until 1997, when China resumed sovereignty. The region espoused minimum government intervention under the ethos of positive non-interventionism during the colonial era. The time period greatly influenced the current culture of Hong Kong, often described as "East meets West", and the educational system, which used to loosely follow the system in England until reforms implemented in 2009.
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Hungary
Hungaryi/ˈhʌŋɡəri/ (Hungarian: Magyarország [ˈmɒɟɒrorsaːɡ] ( listen)) is a country, which is located in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The country's capital, and largest city, is Budapest. Hungary is a member of the European Union, NATO, the OECD, the Visegrád Group, and is a Schengen state. The official language is Hungarian, also known as Magyar, which is part of the Finno-Ugric group and is the most widely spoken non-Indo-European language in Europe.
Following a Celt (after c. 450 BC) and a Roman (AD 9 - c. 430) period, the foundation of Hungary was laid in the late 9th century by the Hungarian prince Árpád, whose great-grandson Saint Stephen I was crowned with a crown sent by the pope from Rome in 1000 AD. The Kingdom of Hungary lasted for 946 years, and at various points was regarded as one of the cultural centres of the Western world. After about 150 years of partial Ottoman occupation (1541–1699), Hungary was integrated into the Habsburg Monarchy, and later constituted half of the Austro-Hungarian dual monarchy (1867–1918).
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Hyde Park, Chicago
Hyde Park is a neighborhood and community area located on the South Side of Chicago, in Cook County, Illinois, United States, seven miles (11 km) south of the Chicago Loop. Established in the 1850s by Paul Cornell, Hyde Park Township was incorporated in 1861 and independent of Chicago until it was annexed to the city in 1889.
As a neighborhood, Hyde Park's definition has been restricted to the core area of the former township centered on Cornell's development on E 53rd Street and the lakefront. Today, the name Hyde Park is officially applied to E 51st Street-E Hyde Park Blvd. to the Midway Plaisance (between E 59th and 60th), with eastern and western boundaries being Lake Michigan and Washington Park.
Other definitions consider Hyde Park to include a section to the north, between E 47th and 51st Street-E Hyde Park Blvd., although this area is actually the south half of the Kenwood community area. The area encompassing Hyde Park and South Kenwood is also referred to as Hyde Park-Kenwood. Hyde Park hosts the University of Chicago and two of the four Chicago Registered Historic Places from the original October 15, 1966 National Register of Historic Places list (Chicago Pile-1 and Robie House). Part of the neighborhood comprises the Hyde Park-Kenwood Historic District.
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India
India (i/ˈɪndiə/), officially the Republic of India (Bhārat Gaṇarājya), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the south-west, and the Bay of Bengal on the south-east, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west;China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north-east; and Burma and Bangladesh to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; in addition, India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.
Home to the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation and a region of historic trade routes and vast empires, the Indian subcontinent was identified with its commercial and cultural wealth for much of its long history. Four of the world's major religions—Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism—originated here, whereas Zoroastrianism, Christianity, and Islam arrived in the 1st millennium CE and also helped shape the region's diverse culture. Gradually annexed by and brought under the administration of the British East India Company from the early 18th century and administered directly by the United Kingdom from the mid-19th century, India became an independent nation in 1947 after a struggle for independence that was marked by non-violent resistance led by Mahatma Gandhi.
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Indonesia
Indonesia (i/ˌɪndəˈniːʒə/ IN-də-NEE-zhə or /ˌɪndoʊˈniːziə/ IN-doh-NEE-zee-ə), officially the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesian: Republik Indonesia Indonesian pronunciation: [rɛpʊblɪk ɪndɔnɛsɪa]), is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 17,508 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an elected legislature and president. The nation's capital city is Jakarta. The country shares land borders with Papua New Guinea, East Timor, and Malaysia. Other neighboring countries include Singapore, Philippines, Australia, and the Indian territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Indonesia is a founding member of ASEAN and a member of the G-20 major economies. The Indonesian economy is the world's 17th largest economy by nominal GDP.
The Indonesian archipelago has been an important trade region since at least the 7th century, when Srivijaya and then later Majapahit traded with China and India. Local rulers gradually absorbed foreign cultural, religious and political models from the early centuries CE, and Hindu and Buddhist kingdoms flourished. Indonesian history has been influenced by foreign powers drawn to its natural resources. Muslim traders brought Islam, and European powers brought Christianity and fought one another to monopolize trade in the Spice Islands of Maluku during the Age of Discovery. Following three and a half centuries of Dutch colonialism, Indonesia secured its independence after World War II. Indonesia's history has since been turbulent, with challenges posed by natural disasters, corruption, separatism, a democratization process, and periods of rapid economic change.
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Iran
Coordinates: 32°N 53°E / 32°N 53°E / 32; 53
Iran (i/ɪˈrɑːn/ or /aɪˈræn/;Persian: ایران [ʔiˈɾɒn] ( listen)), officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (Persian: جمهوری اسلامی ایران Jomhuri-ye Eslāmi-ye Irān), is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran", which in Persian means "Land of the Aryans", has been in use natively since the Sassanian era. It came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia ( /ˈpɜrʒə/ or /ˈpɜrʃə/). Both "Persia" and "Iran" are used interchangeably in cultural contexts; however, "Iran" is the name used officially in political contexts.
The 18th-largest country in the world in terms of area at 1,648,195 km2 (636,372 sq mi), Iran has a population of around 79 million. It is a country of particular geopolitical significance owing to its location in the Middle East and central Eurasia. Iran is bordered on the north by Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan. As Iran is a littoral state of the Caspian Sea, which is an inland sea, Kazakhstan and Russia are also Iran's direct neighbors to the north. Iran is bordered on the east by Afghanistan and Pakistan, on the south by the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, on the west by Iraq and on the northwest by Turkey. Tehran is the capital, the country's largest city and the political, cultural, commercial and industrial center of the nation. Iran is a regional power, and holds an important position in international energy security and world economy as a result of its large reserves of petroleum and natural gas. Iran has the second largest proven natural gas reserves in the world and the fourth largest proven petroleum reserves.
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Italy
Italyi/ˈɪtəli/ (Italian: Italia [iˈtaːlja]), officially the Italian Republic or the Republic of Italy (Italian: Repubblica italiana), is a unitary parliamentary republic in south-central Europe. To the north, it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia along the Alps. To the south, it consists of the entirety of the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Sardinia–the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea–and many other smaller islands. The independent states of San Marino and the Vatican City are enclaves within Italy, while Campione d'Italia is an Italian exclave in Switzerland. The territory of Italy covers some 301,338 km2 (116,347 sq mi) and is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. With 60.6 million inhabitants, it is the fifth most populous country in Europe, and the 23rd most populous in the world.
Rome, the capital of Italy, was for centuries a political and religious centre of Western civilisation as the capital of the Roman Empire and site of the Holy See. After the decline of the Roman Empire, Italy endured numerous invasions by foreign peoples, from Germanic tribes such as the Lombards and Ostrogoths, to the Byzantines and later, the Normans, among others. Centuries later, Italy became the birthplace of Maritime republics and the Renaissance, an immensely fruitful intellectual movement that would prove to be integral in shaping the subsequent course of European thought.
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Las Vegas Valley
The Las Vegas Valley is a metropolitan area in the southern part of the US state of Nevada, and is the heart of the Las Vegas–Paradise, NV MSA also known as the Las Vegas–Paradise–Henderson MSA which includes all of Clark County, Nevada. The Valley is defined by the Las Vegas Valley landform, a 600 sq mi (1,600 km2) basin area that contains the largest concentration of people in the state. The history of the Valley significantly intertwines with the history of the city of Las Vegas and one of the two primary cities (as used by the census bureau) in the MSA, with the other being Paradise. The valley is home to the three largest incorporated cities in Nevada: Las Vegas, Henderson and North Las Vegas.
The names Las Vegas and Vegas are used to indicate the valley, the strip, the city and are used as a brand by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and used to denominate the entire region. The metropolitan area's population was at 741,459 in 1990. The population was approximately 2 million in 2010 (estimated). The valley is an area generally defined by the Spring Mountains on the west, Sheep Mountains to the north, Muddy Mountains and Lake Mead to the east, and the Black Mountains to the south.[citation needed]
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Latvia
Latviai/ˈlætviə/ (Latvian: Latvija), officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvian: Latvijas Republika), is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia (border length 343 km), to the south by Lithuania (588 km), to the east by the Russian Federation (276 km), to the southeast by Belarus (141 km), and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden. With 2,067,887 inhabitants and a territory of 64,589 km2 (24,938 sq mi) it is one of the least populous and least densely populated countries of the European Union. The capital of Latvia is Riga. The official language is Latvian and the currency is called Lats (Ls). The country has a temperate seasonal climate.
The Latvians are a Baltic people, culturally related to the Lithuanians. Together with the Finno-Ugric Livs (or Livonians), the Latvians are the indigenous people of Latvia.Latvian is an Indo-European language and along with Lithuanian the only two surviving members of the Baltic branch. Indigenous minority languages are Latgalian and the nearly extinct Finno-Ugric Livonian language. In terms of geography, territory and population Latvia is the middle of three Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Latvia and Estonia share a long common history: historical Livonia, times of German (Teutonic Order), Polish-Lithuanian, Swedish, Russian, Nazi German and Soviet rule, 13th century Christianization and 16th century Protestant Reformation. Both countries are home to a large number of ethnic Russians (26.9% in Latvia and 25.5% in Estonia) of whom some are non-citizens. Latvia is historically predominantly Protestant, except for the region of Latgalia in the southeast which is historically predominantly Roman Catholic.
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Lebanon
Lebanon (i/ˈlɛbənɒn/ or /ˈlɛbənən/; Arabic: لبنان Libnān or Lubnān, Lebanese Arabic: [lɪbˈneːn]), officially the Lebanese Republic (Arabic: الجمهورية اللبنانية al-Jumhūrīyah al-Libnānīyah, Lebanese Arabic: [elˈʒʊmhuːɾɪjje l.ˈlɪbneːnɪjje]), is a country in the East Mediterranean. It is bordered by Syria to the north and east, and Israel to the south. Lebanon's location at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian hinterland has dictated its rich history, and shaped a cultural identity of religious and ethnic diversity.
The earliest evidence of civilization in Lebanon dates back more than 7,000 years—predating recorded history. Lebanon was the home of the Phoenicians, a maritime culture that flourished for nearly 2,500 years (3000–539 BC). Following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire after World War I, the five provinces that comprise modern Lebanon were mandated to France. The French expanded the borders of Mount Lebanon, which was mostly populated by Maronite Catholics and Druze, to include more Muslims. Lebanon gained independence in 1943, and established a unique political system, known as confessionalism, a power-sharing mechanism based on religious communities – Bechara El Khoury who became independent Lebanon's first President and Riad El-Solh, who became Lebanon's first prime minister, are considered the founders of the modern Republic of Lebanon and are national heroes for having led the country's independence. French troops withdrew from Lebanon in 1946.
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Lithuania
Lithuania (i/ˌlɪθuːˈeɪniə/ or /ˌlɪθjuːˈeɪniə/; Lithuanian: Lietuva), officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Respublika) is a country in Northern Europe, the largest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark. It borders Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and a Russian exclave (Kaliningrad Oblast) to the southwest. Lithuania has an estimated population of 3.2 million as of 2011, and its capital and largest city is Vilnius. The Lithuanians are a Baltic people, and the official language, Lithuanian, is one of only two living languages (together with Latvian) in the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family.
For centuries, the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea was inhabited by various Baltic tribes. In the 1230s the Lithuanian lands were united by Mindaugas, who was crowned as King of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the first Lithuanian state, on 6 July 1253. During the 14th century, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was the largest country in Europe: present-day Belarus, Ukraine, and parts of Poland and Russia were territories of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. With the Lublin Union of 1569, Lithuania and Poland formed a voluntary two-state union, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Commonwealth lasted more than two centuries, until neighboring countries systematically dismantled it from 1772 to 1795, with the Russian Empire annexing most of Lithuania's territory.
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Louisiana
Louisiana (i/luːˌiːziˈænə/ or i/ˌluːziˈænə/; French: État de Louisiane, [lwizjan] ( listen); Louisiana Creole: Léta de la Lwizyàn) is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Louisiana is the 31st most extensive and the 25th most populous of the 50 United States. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties. The largest parish by population is East Baton Rouge Parish, and the largest by land area is Cameron Parish.
Much of the state was formed from sediment washed down the Mississippi River, leaving enormous deltas and vast areas of coastal marsh and swamp. These contain a rich southern biota; typical examples include birds such as ibis and egrets. There are also many species of tree frogs, and fish such as sturgeon and paddlefish. In more elevated areas, fire is a natural process in the landscape, and has produced extensive areas of longleaf pine forest and wet savannas. These support an exceptionally large number of plant species including many species of orchids and carnivorus plants.
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Macedonia (country)
Coordinates: 41°36′N 21°42′E / 41.6°N 21.7°E / 41.6; 21.7 Macedonia (i/ˌmæsɨˈdoʊniə/ mas-i-DOH-nee-ə; Macedonian: Македонија), officially the Republic of Macedonia (Република Македонија, transliterated: Republika Makedonija [rɛˈpublika makɛˈdɔnija] ( listen)), is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991. It became a member of the United Nations in 1993 but, as a result of a dispute with Greece over its name, it was admitted under the provisional reference of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, sometimes abbreviated as FYROM.
A landlocked country, the Republic of Macedonia is bordered by Kosovo to the northwest, Serbia to the north, Bulgaria to the east, Greece to the south and Albania to the west. It constitutes approximately the northwestern half of the larger geographical region of Macedonia, which also comprises parts of Greece and Bulgaria. The country's capital is Skopje, with 506,926 inhabitants according to a 2002 census. Other cities include Bitola, Kumanovo, Prilep, Tetovo, Ohrid, Veles, Štip, Kočani, Gostivar, Kavadarci and Strumica. It has more than 50 lakes and sixteen mountains higher than 2,000 m (6,562 ft). Macedonia is a member of the UN and the Council of Europe. Since December 2005 it has also been a candidate for joining the European Union and has applied for NATO membership.
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Malaysia
Malaysia (i/məˈleɪʒə/ mə-LAY-zhə or i/məˈleɪsiə/ mə-LAY-see-ə) is a federal constitutional monarchy in Southeast Asia. It consists of thirteen states and three federal territories and has a total landmass of 329,847 square kilometres (127,350 sq mi) separated by the South China Sea into two similarly sized regions, Peninsular Malaysia and Malaysian Borneo. Land borders are shared with Thailand, Indonesia, and Brunei, and maritime borders exist with Singapore, Vietnam, and the Philippines. The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government. In 2010 the population exceeded 27.5 million, with over 20 million living on the Peninsula.
Malaysia has its origins in the Malay Kingdoms present in the area which, from the 18th century, became subject to the British Empire. The first British territories were known as the Straits Settlements, whose establishment was followed by the Malay kingdoms becoming British protectorates. The territories on Peninsular Malaysia were first unified as the Malayan Union in 1946. Malaya was restructured as the Federation of Malaya in 1948, and achieved independence on 31 August 1957. Malaya united with Sabah, Sarawak, and Singapore on 16 September 1963, with si being added to give the new country the name Malaysia. However, less than two years later in 1965, Singapore was expelled from the federation. Since independence, Malaysia has had one of the best economic records in Asia, with GDP growing an average 6.5% for almost 50 years. The economy has traditionally been fuelled by its natural resources, but is expanding in the sectors of science, tourism, commerce and medical tourism.
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Mexico
Mexico (i/ˈmɛksɨkoʊ/; Spanish: México, IPA: [ˈmexiko] ( listen)), officially the United Mexican States (Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos (help·info)), is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States of America; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Covering almost two million square kilometres (over 760,000 sq mi), Mexico is the fifth largest country in the Americas by total area and the thirteenth largest independent nation in the world. With an estimated population of over 113 million, it is the eleventh most populous country and the most populous Spanish-speaking country. Mexico is a federation comprising thirty-one states and a Federal District, the capital city.
In Pre-Columbian Mexico many cultures matured into advanced civilizations such as the Olmec, the Toltec, the Teotihuacan, the Zapotec, the Maya and the Aztec before the first contact with Europeans. In 1521, Spain conquered and colonized the territory from its base in México-Tenochtitlan, which was administered as the Viceroyalty of New Spain. This territory would eventually become Mexico as the colony's independence was recognized in 1821. The post-independence period was characterized by economic instability, the Mexican-American War and territorial cession to the United States, a civil war, two empires and a domestic dictatorship. The latter led to the Mexican Revolution in 1910, which culminated with the promulgation of the 1917 Constitution and the emergence of the country's current political system. Elections held in July 2000 marked the first time that an opposition party won the presidency from the Institutional Revolutionary Party.
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Moldova
Moldovai/mɒlˈdoʊvə/, officially the Republic of Moldova (Moldovan/Romanian: Republica Moldova pronounced [reˈpublika molˈdova]) is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe located between Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991 as part of the dissolution of the Soviet Union. On 29 July 1994, the new constitution of Moldova was adopted. A strip of Moldova's internationally recognized territory on the east bank of the river Dniester has been under the de facto control of the breakaway government of Transnistria since 1990.
The nation is a parliamentary republic with a president as head of state and a prime minister as head of government. Moldova is a member state of the United Nations, Council of Europe, WTO, OSCE, GUAM, CIS, BSEC and other international organizations. Moldova currently aspires to join the European Union, and has implemented the first three-year Action Plan within the framework of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP).
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Netherlands
The Netherlands (i/ˈnɛðərləndz/; Dutch: Nederland [ˈneːdə(r)lɑnt] or [ˈneɪ̯də(r)lɑnt] (
listen); West Frisian: Nederlân; Papiamento: Hulanda) is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with some islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders with Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom. It is a parliamentary democracy organised as a unitary state. The country capital is Amsterdam and the seat of government is The Hague. The Netherlands in its entirety is often referred to as Holland, although North and South Holland are actually only two of its twelve provinces (a case of pars pro toto; see terminology of "the Netherlands").
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Pakistan
Pakistan (i/ˈpækɨstæn/ or i/pɑːkiˈstɑːn/; Urdu: پاکستان) (Urdu pronunciation: [paːkɪˈst̪aːn] ( listen)), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (Urdu: اسلامی جمہوریۂ پاکستان), is a sovereign country in South Asia. It sits at the crossroads of the strategically important regions of South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046-kilometre (650 mi) coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by India to the east, Afghanistan to the west and north, Iran to the southwest and China in the far northeast. It is separated from Tajikistan by Afghanistan's narrow Wakhan Corridor in the north, and it shares a marine border with Oman.
The territory of modern Pakistan was the site of several ancient cultures, including the Neolithic Mehrgarh and the Bronze Age Indus Valley Civilisation, and has undergone invasions or settlements by Hindu, Persian, Indo-Greek, Islamic, Turco-Mongol, Afghan and Sikh cultures. Thus the area has been ruled by numerous empires and dynasties, including the Indian Mauryan Empire, the Persian Achaemenid Empire, the Arab Umayyad Caliphate, the Mongol Empire, the Mughal Empire, the Durrani Empire, the Sikh Empire and the British Empire. As a result of the Pakistan Movement led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah and India's struggle for independence, Pakistan was created in 1947 as an independent nation for Muslims from the regions in the east and west of India where there was a Muslim majority. Initially a dominion, Pakistan adopted a new constitution in 1956, becoming an Islamic republic. A civil war in 1971 resulted in the secession of East Pakistan as the new country of Bangladesh.
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Playboy Mansion
The Playboy Mansion (also known as the Playboy Mansion West) is the home of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner. Located in the Holmby Hills area of Los Angeles, California, next to the Beverly Hills. The mansion became famous during the 1970s through media reports of Hefner's lavish parties.
The 21,987-square-foot (2,042.7 m2) house is described as being in the "Gothic-Tudor" style by Forbes magazine, and sits on 5.3 acres (2.1 ha). It was built by architect Arthur R. Kelly in 1927 and acquired by Playboy from Louis D. Statham (1908–1983), an engineer, inventor and chess aficionado, in 1971 for $US1.1 million ($US5.5 million in 2007 dollars). In early 2011 it was valued at $US54 million. It sits close to the northwestern corner of the Los Angeles Country Club, near UCLA and the Bel-Air Country Club. Fifteen million dollars has been invested in renovation and expansion.
The mansion has 22 rooms including a wine cellar, a game room, a zoo and aviary (and related pet cemetery), tennis courts, a waterfall and a swimming pool area (including a patio and barbecue area, a grotto, a sauna and a bathhouse). These features and others have been shown on television.
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Poland
Polandi/ˈpoʊlənd/ (Polish: Polska), officially the Republic of Poland (Polish: Rzeczpospolita Polska; Kashubian: Pòlskô Repùblika; Silesian: Polsko Republika), is a country in Central Europe, bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north. The total area of Poland is 312,679 square kilometres (120,726 sq mi), making it the 69th largest country in the world and the 9th largest in Europe. Poland has a population of over 38 million people, which makes it the 34th most populous country in the world and the sixth most populous member of the European Union, being its most populous post-communist member. Poland is a unitary state made up of 16 voivodeships. Poland is a member of the European Union, NATO, the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), European Economic Area, International Energy Agency, Council of Europe, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, International Atomic Energy Agency, G6, Council of the Baltic Sea States, Visegrád Group, Weimar Triangle and Schengen Agreement.
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Portugal
Portugali/ˈpɔrtʃʉɡəl/ (Portuguese: Portugal, IPA: [puɾtuˈɣaɫ]), officially the Portuguese Republic (Portuguese: República Portuguesa) is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula . Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira are part of Portugal. The country is named after its second largest city, Porto, whose Latin name was Portus Cale.
The land within the borders of the current Portuguese Republic has been continuously settled since prehistoric times: occupied by Celts like the Gallaeci and the Lusitanians, integrated into the Roman Republic and later settled by Germanic peoples such as the Suebi, Swabians, Vandals and the Visigoths. In the 8th century most of the Iberian Peninsula was conquered by Moorish invaders professing Islam, which were later expelled by the Knights Templar under the Order of Christ. During the Christian Reconquista, Portugal established itself as an independent kingdom from León in 1139, claiming to be the oldest European nation state.
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Republic of Ireland
Ireland (/ˈaɪərlənd/ or /ˈɑrlənd/; Irish: Éire, pronounced [ˈeːɾʲə] ( listen)) is a sovereign state in Europe occupying about five-sixths of the island of Ireland. Its capital is Dublin. The population of the state was 4.59 million in 2011. It is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy, with an elected president serving as head of state. In the 1937 constitution, the name of the state is given as simply "Ireland". The Constitution of Ireland (Article 4) and the Republic of Ireland Act 1948 provides that the "Republic of Ireland" (Irish: Poblacht na hÉireann) is "the description of the state".
Ireland is a member of the European Union, the Council of Europe, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the World Trade Organisation and the United Nations. A developed country with the seventh highest Human Development Index, Ireland is also highly ranked for press freedom, economic freedom and democracy and political freedom.
The modern Irish state was established in 1922 as the Irish Free State, a dominion within the British Empire, following the Anglo-Irish Treaty which brought an end to the Irish War of Independence. The partition of Ireland had already been provided for in previous British legislation in 1921 in response to opposition to Irish Home Rule or independence by Unionists, who formed a majority in the north-eastern part of the country. Six of the nine counties in the northern province of Ulster were established under that legislation as Northern Ireland, part of the United Kingdom, with which the Irish state shares its only land border. The state is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the Celtic Sea to the south, St George's Channel to the south east, and the Irish Sea to the east.
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Romania
Romania (i/roʊˈmeɪniə/ roh-MAY-nee-ə; dated: Roumania; or Rumania;Romanian: România [romɨˈni.a] ( listen)) is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea. Romania shares a border with Hungary and Serbia to the west, Ukraine and Moldova to the northeast and east, and Bulgaria to the south.
At 238,400 square kilometers (92,000 sq mi), Romania is the ninth largest country of the European Union by area, and has the seventh largest population of the European Union with over 19 million people. Its capital and largest city is Bucharest, the tenth largest city in the EU with about two million people.
The Kingdom of Romania emerged when the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia were united under Prince Alexander Ioan Cuza in 1859. Independence from the Ottoman Empire was declared on 9 May 1877, and was internationally recognized the following year. At the end of World War I, Transylvania, Bukovina and Bessarabia united with the Kingdom of Romania. Greater Romania emerged into an era of progression and prosperity that would continue until World War II. By the end of the War, many north-eastern areas of Romania's territories were occupied by the Soviet Union, and Romania forcibly became a socialist republic and a member of the Warsaw Pact.
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Russia
Russiai/ˈrʌʃə/ or /ˈrʊʃə/ (Russian: Россия, tr. Rossiya; IPA: [rɐˈsʲijə] ( listen)), also officially known as the Russian Federation (Russian: Российская Федерация, tr. Rossiyskaya Federatsiya; IPA: [rɐˈsʲijskəjə fʲɪdʲɪˈratsɨjə] ( listen)), is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects. From northwest to southeast, Russia shares borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both via Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, and North Korea. It also has maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk, and the US state of Alaska by the Bering Strait. At 17,075,400 square kilometres (6,592,800 sq mi), Russia is the largest country in the world, covering more than one eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area. Russia is also the eighth most populous nation with 143 million people. It extends across the whole of northern Asia and 40% of Europe, spanning nine time zones and incorporating a wide range of environments and landforms. Russia has the world's largest reserves of mineral and energy resources and is the largest producer of oil and natural gas globally. Russia has the world's largest forest reserves and its lakes contain approximately one-quarter of the world's fresh water.
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Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia (i/ˌsaʊdi əˈreɪbi.ə/ or i/ˌsɔːdiː əˈreɪbi.ə/; Arabic: السعودية as-Su‘ūdīyah[citation needed] or incorrectly as-Sa‘ūdīyah, officially known as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Arabic: المملكة العربية السعودية al-Mamlakah al-‘Arabīyah as-Su‘ūdīyah Arabic pronunciation (help·info)), is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab world, after Algeria. It is bordered by Jordan, and Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south. The Red Sea lies to its west, and the Persian Gulf lies to the east. Saudi Arabia has an area of approximately 2,250,000 km2 (870,000 sq mi), and it has an estimated population of 27 million, of which 9 million are registered foreign expatriates and an estimated 2 million are illegal immigrants. Saudi nationals comprise an estimated 16 million people.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was founded by Abdul-Aziz bin Saud (known for most of his career as Ibn Saud) in 1932, although the conquests which eventually led to the creation of the Kingdom began in 1902 when he captured Riyadh, the ancestral home of his family, the House of Saud, referred to in Arabic as the Al Saud. The Saudi Arabian government, which has been an absolute monarchy since its inception, refers to its system of government as being Islamic, though this is contested by many due to its strong basis in Salafism, a minority school of thought in Islam. The kingdom is sometimes called "The Land of the Two Holy Mosques" in reference to Al-Masjid al-Haram (in Mecca), and Al-Masjid al-Nabawi (in Medina), the two holiest places in Islam.
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Serbia
Serbiai/ˈsɜrbiə/, officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: Република Србија / Republika Srbija, pronounced [rɛpǔblika sř̩bija]), is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans. Serbia borders Hungary to the north; Romania and Bulgaria to the east; the Republic of Macedonia to the south; and Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro to the west; additionally, it borders Albania through Kosovo, whose status as part of Serbia is disputed. Serbia covers an area of 88,361 km2 and has a population of just over 7.1 million, while the capital and largest city is Belgrade.
The arrival of the Serbs to the Balkans in the 7th century, established several states, eventually forming the Serbian Empire in the 14th century. By the 16th century, Serbia was conquered and occupied by the Ottoman Empire, at times interrupted by the Habsburgs. In the early 19th century the Serbian revolution re-established the country as the region's first constitutional monarchy, which subsequently expanded its territory and pioneered the abolition of feudalism in the Balkans. The former Habsburg crownland of Vojvodina united with Serbia in 1918. Following World War I, Serbia formed Yugoslavia with other South Slavic peoples which existed in several forms up until 2006, when the National Assembly of Serbia declared independence and the legal succession to the former State Union. In February 2008 the parliament of UNMIK-governed Kosovo, Serbia's southern province, declared independence, with mixed responses from international governments.
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Singapore
Singapore (i/ˈsɪŋəpɔər/ SI-ngə-pohr), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, 137 kilometres (85 mi) north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the Singapore Strait to its south. Singapore is highly urbanised but almost half of the country is covered by greenery. More land is being created for development through land reclamation.
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Slovakia
The Slovak Republic (short form: Slovakiai/sloʊˈvɑːkiə/ or /sləˈvækiə/; Slovak: Slovensko (help·info), long form Slovenská republika (help·info)) is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about 49,000 square kilometres (19,000 sq mi). Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south. The largest city is the capital, Bratislava, and the second largest is Košice. Slovakia is a member state of the European Union, NATO, United Nations, OECD and WTO among others. The official language is Slovak, a member of the Slavic language family.
The Slavs arrived in the territory of present day Slovakia in the 5th and 6th centuries during the migration period. In the course of history, various parts of today's Slovakia belonged to Samo's Empire (the first known political unit of Slavs), Principality of Nitra (as independent polity, as part of Great Moravia and as part of Hungarian Kingdom), Great Moravia, Kingdom of Hungary, the Austro-Hungarian Empire or Habsburg Empire, and Czechoslovakia. A separate Slovak state briefly existed during World War II, during which Slovakia was a dependency of Nazi Germany between 1939 and 1944. From 1945 Slovakia once again became a part of Czechoslovakia. The present-day Slovakia became an independent state on 1 January 1993 after the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia.
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Slovenia
Slovenia (i/sloʊˈviːniə/ sloh-VEE-nee-ə, Slovene: Slovenija), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Republika Slovenija, [reˈpublika sloˈveːnija]) is a Slavic nation state, situated in South-Central Europe, at the crossroad of main European cultural and trade routes. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Croatia to the south and southeast, and Hungary to the northeast. It covers 20,273 square kilometres (7,827 sq mi) and has a population of 2.05 million. It is a parliamentary republic, member of the European Union and NATO. Relative to its geography, history, economy, culture, and language, it is a very diverse country distinguished by a transitional character. It is characterised by a high economic and social level. Its capital and largest city is Ljubljana.
The territory of Slovenia is mainly hilly or mountainous and has an exceptionally high landscape and biological diversity and a mosaic structure, which are a result of natural attributes and the long-lasting presence of humans. Four major European geographic units interweave here: the Alps, the Dinaric Alps, the Mediterranean, with a small portion of coastline along the Adriatic Sea, and the Pannonian Plain. The climate is temperate and significantly influenced by the variety of territory, with a strong interaction of the continental climate, the sub-Mediterranean climate and Alpine climate across most of the country. The country is one of the water-richest in Europe, with a dense river network, a rich aquifer system, and significant karstic underground watercourses. Over half of the territory is covered by forest.
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South Africa
Coordinates: 30°S 25°E / 30°S 25°E / -30; 25
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of Africa. It is divided into nine provinces and has 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi) of coastline. To the north of the country lie the neighbouring territories of Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe; to the east are Mozambique and Swaziland; while Lesotho is an enclave surrounded by South African territory.
South Africa is multi-ethnic and has diverse cultures and languages. Eleven official languages are recognised in the constitution. Two of these languages are of European origin: South African English and Afrikaans, a language which originated mainly from Dutch that is spoken by the majority of white and Coloured South Africans. Though English is commonly used in public and commercial life, it is only the fifth most-spoken home language. All ethnic and language groups have political representation in the country's constitutional democracy comprising a parliamentary republic; unlike most parliamentary republics, the positions of head of state and head of government are merged in a parliament-dependent President.
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Spain
Spain (i/ˈspeɪn/ SPAYN; Spanish: España, pronounced: [esˈpaɲa] ( listen)), officially the Kingdom of Spain (Spanish: Reino de España), is a sovereign state and a member of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Its mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar; to the north and north east by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the northwest and west by the Atlantic Ocean and Portugal.
Spanish territory also includes the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean, the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the African coast, and two autonomous cities in North Africa, Ceuta and Melilla, that border Morocco. Furthermore, the town of Llívia is a Spanish exclave situated inside French territory. With an area of 504,030 square kilometres (194,610 sq mi), it is the second largest country in Western Europe and the European Union after France, and the fourth largest country in Europe after Russia, Ukraine and France.
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Thailand
Thailand ( /ˈtaɪlænd/ TY-land or /ˈtaɪlənd/;Thai: ประเทศไทย, RTGS: Prathet Thai), officially the Kingdom of Thailand (Thai: ราชอาณาจักรไทย, RTGS: Ratcha Anachak Thai; IPA: [râːt.tɕʰā ʔāːnāːtɕàk tʰāj] ( listen)), formerly known as Siam (Thai: สยาม; RTGS: Sayam), is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and the southern extremity of Burma. Its maritime boundaries include Vietnam in the Gulf of Thailand to the southeast, and Indonesia and India in the Andaman Sea to the southwest.
The country is a constitutional monarchy, headed by King Rama IX, the ninth king of the House of Chakri, who, having reigned since 1946, is the world's longest-serving head of state and the longest-reigning monarch in Thai history. The king of Thailand is titled Head of State, Head of the Armed Forces, the Upholder of the Buddhist religion, and the Defender of all Faiths.
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The Playboy Mansion
The Playboy Mansion (also known as the Playboy Mansion West) is the home of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner. Located in the Holmby Hills area of Los Angeles, California, next to the Beverly Hills. The mansion became famous during the 1970s through media reports of Hefner's lavish parties.
The 21,987-square-foot (2,042.7 m2) house is described as being in the "Gothic-Tudor" style by Forbes magazine, and sits on 5.3 acres (2.1 ha). It was built by architect Arthur R. Kelly in 1927 and acquired by Playboy from Louis D. Statham (1908–1983), an engineer, inventor and chess aficionado, in 1971 for $US1.1 million ($US5.5 million in 2007 dollars). In early 2011 it was valued at $US54 million. It sits close to the northwestern corner of the Los Angeles Country Club, near UCLA and the Bel-Air Country Club. Fifteen million dollars has been invested in renovation and expansion.
The mansion has 22 rooms including a wine cellar, a game room, a zoo and aviary (and related pet cemetery), tennis courts, a waterfall and a swimming pool area (including a patio and barbecue area, a grotto, a sauna and a bathhouse). These features and others have been shown on television.
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Trademark
A trademark, trade mark, or trade-mark is a distinctive sign or indicator used by an individual, business organization, or other legal entity to identify that the products or services to consumers with which the trademark appears originate from a unique source, and to distinguish its products or services from those of other entities.
A trademark may be designated by the following symbols:
A trademark is typically a name, word, phrase, logo, symbol, design, image, or a combination of these elements. There is also a range of non-conventional trademarks comprising marks which do not fall into these standard categories, such as those based on color, smell, or sound.
The owner of a trademark may initiate legal proceedings for trademark infringement to prevent unauthorized use of that trademark. Most countries require formal registration of a trademark in order to pursue this type of action. A few countries, including the United States, recognize common law trademark rights, which means action can be taken for trademark that is in use but not registered. In the United States, registration is not required, but it increases the legal protections offered to the trademark holder.
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Turkey
Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye), known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( Türkiye Cumhuriyeti (help·info)), is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia (mostly in the Anatolian peninsula) and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe. Turkey is bordered by eight countries: Bulgaria to the northwest; Greece to the west; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan (the exclave of Nakhchivan) and Iran to the east; and Iraq and Syria to the southeast. The Mediterranean Sea and Cyprus are to the south; the Aegean Sea is to the west; and the Black Sea is to the north. The Sea of Marmara, the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles (which together form the Turkish Straits) demarcate the boundary between East Thrace and Anatolia; they also separate Europe and Asia.
Turkey is one of the six independent Turkic states. The vast majority of the population are Muslims. The country's official language is Turkish, whereas Kurdish and Zazaki languages are spoken by Kurds and Zazas, who constitute 18% of the population.
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Ukraine
Ukraine (i/juːˈkreɪn/ yew-KRAYN; Ukrainian: Україна, transliterated: Ukrayina, [ukrɑˈjinɑ]; Russian: Украина; Crimean Tatar: Ukraina) is a country in Central and Eastern Europe. Ukraine borders the Russian Federation to the east and northeast, Belarus to the northwest, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west, Romania and Moldova to the southwest, and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south and southeast, respectively. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after the Russian Federation.
According to a popular and well established theory, the medieval state of Kievan Rus was established by the Varangians in the 9th century as the first historically recorded East Slavic state which emerged as a powerful nation in the Middle Ages until it disintegrated in the 12th century. By the middle of the 14th century, Ukrainian territories were under the rule of three external powers—the Golden Horde, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Kingdom of Poland. After the Great Northern War (1700–1721) Ukraine was divided between a number of regional powers and, by the 19th century, the largest part of Ukraine was integrated into the Russian Empire with the rest under Austro-Hungarian control. A chaotic period of incessant warfare ensued, with several internationally recognized attempts at independence from 1917 to 1921, following World War I and the Russian Civil War. Ukraine emerged from its own civil war, and on December 30, 1922 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic became one of the founding republics of the Soviet Union. The Ukrainian SSR's territory was enlarged westward during the civil war shortly before, and after World War II, and further south in 1954 with the Crimea transfer. In 1945, the Ukrainian SSR became one of the founding members of the United Nations.
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United States
The United States of America (commonly abbreviated to the United States, the U.S., the USA, America, and the States) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west, across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Pacific and Caribbean.
At 3.79 million square miles (9.83 million km2) and with over 312 million people, the United States is the third or fourth largest country by total area, and the third largest by both land area and population. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries. The U.S. economy is the world's largest national economy, with an estimated 2011 GDP of $15.1 trillion (22% of nominal global GDP and over 19% of global GDP at purchasing-power parity). Per capita income is the world's sixth-highest.
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University of Miami
The University of Miami (informally referred to as UM, U of M, U Miami, Miami, or The U) is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 with its main campus in Coral Gables, Florida, a medical campus in Miami city proper at Civic Center, and an oceanographic research facility on Virginia Key.
As of 2009[update], the university currently enrolls 15,629 students in 12 separate colleges, including a medical school, law school, and a school focused on the study of oceanography and atmospheric sciences. These colleges offer approximately 115 undergraduate, 114 master’s, 51 doctoral, and two professional areas of study. Over the years, the University's students have represented all 50 states and close to 150 foreign countries. With more than 13,000 full and part-time faculty and staff, UM is the sixth largest employer in Miami-Dade County.
Research is a component of each academic division, with UM attracting $326 million per year in sponsored research grants. UM also offers a large library system with over 3.1 million volumes and exceptional holdings in Cuban heritage and music. UM also offers a wide range of student activities, including fraternities and sororities, a student newspaper and radio station. UM's intercollegiate athletic teams compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, and its football team has won five national championships.
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Venezuela
Venezuela (i/ˌvɛnɨˈzweɪlə/ VEN-ə-ZWAY-lə), officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish: República Bolivariana de Venezuela [repuˈβlika βoliβaˈɾjana ðe βeneˈswela]), is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south. Its northern coastline of roughly 2,800 kilometres (1,700 mi) includes numerous islands in the Caribbean Sea, and in the north east borders the northern Atlantic Ocean. Caribbean islands such as Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, Curaçao, Bonaire, Aruba and the Leeward Antilles lie near the Venezuelan coast. Venezuela's territory covers around 916,445 square kilometres (353,841 sq mi) with an estimated population of 29,105,632. Venezuela is considered a state with extremely high biodiversity, with habitats ranging from the Andes mountains in the west to the Amazon Basin rainforest in the south, via extensive llanos plains and Caribbean coast in the center and the Orinoco River Delta in the east.
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Alex Haley
Alexander Murray Palmer Haley (August 11, 1921 – February 10, 1992) was an African-American writer. He is best known as the author of Roots: The Saga of an American Family and the co-author of The Autobiography of Malcolm X.
Haley was born in Ithaca, New York, on August 11, 1921, and was the oldest of three brothers and a sister. Haley lived with his family in Henning, Tennessee, before he returned to Ithaca with his family when he was five years old. Haley's father was a professor of agriculture at Alabama A&M University. The younger Haley always spoke proudly of his father and the obstacles of racism he had overcome. Alex Haley was enrolled at Alcorn State University at age 15. Two years later he returned to his parents to inform them of his withdrawal from college. Simon Haley felt that Alex needed discipline and growth and convinced his son to enlist in the military when he turned 18. On May 24, 1939, Alex Haley began his twenty-year enlistment with the Coast Guard.
He enlisted as a mess attendant and then became a Petty Officer Third Class in the rate of Steward, one of the few rates open to African Americans at that time. His Coast Guard service number was 212-548. It was during his service in the Pacific theater of operations that Haley taught himself the craft of writing stories. It is said that during his enlistment he was often paid by other sailors to write love letters to their girlfriends. He talked of how the greatest enemy he and his crew faced during their long sea voyages wasn't the Japanese but boredom.
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Amanda Beard
Amanda Ray Beard (born October 29, 1981) is an American swimmer and a seven-time Olympic medalist (two gold, four silver, one bronze). She is a former world record holder in the 200-meter breaststroke (long course).
Beard's success have earned her the American Swimmer of the Year Award twice. She has won a total of twenty-one medals in major international competition, five gold, thirteen silver, and three bronze spanning the Olympics, the World Championships, the Pan Pacific Championships, and the Summer Universiade.
Beard made her first Olympic appearance at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games at the age of 14, while still a student at Irvine High School in Irvine, California. She was often photographed clutching her teddy bear, even on the medal stand. Beard became the second-youngest Olympic medalist in American swimming history when she won three medals in Atlanta—one gold and two silver.
At the 2000 Summer Olympics, Beard won a bronze a medal in the 200 m breaststroke.
Beard attended the University of Arizona where she won an individual NCAA Division I championship in 2001. In 2003, she became the world champion and American record holder in the 200-meter breaststroke.
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Amy Acuff
Amy Lyn Acuff (born July 14, 1975, Port Arthur, Texas) is a track and field athlete from the United States. A high jump specialist, she competed in the 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008 Summer Olympics as a member of USA Track and Field. Her best Olympic performance came at the 2004 Games, where her jump of 1.99 m earned her fourth place in the final.
She established herself domestically with wins at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 1995 and 1997. At the age of 22, she became the Universiade champion, edging out Monica Iagăr in the 1997 high jump final. Acuff was the winner of the 1998 Hochsprung mit Musik meeting in Arnstadt, Germany, becoming the first non-European winner in the history of the event. She went on to win at the national championships in 2001, 2003, and 2005.
Her personal best is 2.01 m, which she achieved in Zürich on August 15, 2003.
While in high school in 1993 she was named the named the national Girl's "High School Athlete of the Year" by Track and Field News.
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Annie Leibovitz
Anna-Lou "Annie" Leibovitz ( /ˈliːbəvɪts/; born October 2, 1949) is an American portrait photographer.
Born in Waterbury, Connecticut, Leibovitz is the third of six children. She is a third-generation American whose great-grandparents were Jewish immigrants, from Central and Eastern Europe. Her father's parents had emigrated from Romania. Her mother, Marilyn Leibovitz, was a modern dance instructor of Estonian Jewish heritage; her father, Sam Leibovitz, was a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force. The family moved frequently with her father's duty assignments, and she took her first pictures when she was stationed in the Philippines during the Vietnam War.
In high school, she became interested in various artistic endeavors, and began to write and play music. She attended the San Francisco Art Institute, where she studied painting. For several years, she continued to develop her photography skills while working various jobs, including a stint on a kibbutz in Amir, Israel, for several months in 1969.
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Art Paul
Art (Arthur) Paul (born January 18, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American graphics designer, Art Director of Playboy through its first 30 years of publication, and the designer of the Playboy rabbit-head logo.
Art Paul was born in the Southwest Side of Chicago, but his family later moved to Rogers Park. There, while attending Roger C. Sullivan High School, an art teacher recognized that he was talented enough to earn a scholarship at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, which he attended from 1940-1943. After World War II service in the Army Air Corps, he attended the Institute of Design, known as the "Chicago Bauhaus" and now part of Illinois Institute of Technology, where he studied with László Moholy-Nagy.
Paul was working as a freelance graphic designer and illustrator in a small office under the Chicago 'L' tracks when in 1953 he was contacted by Hugh Hefner. Hefner needed an art director for a magazine he was developing, and learned of Paul through a mutual acquaintance. At the time, Hefner planned to call the magazine "Stag Party". The initial dummy, designed by cartoonist Arv Miller, resembled movie star/screen magazines of the time. Hefner wanted a different, more innovative and sophisticated look. Together, Paul and Hefner created the first issue of Playboy, with Paul creating the look of the magazine.
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Arthur C. Clarke
Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE, FRAS, Sri Lankabhimanya, (16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008) was a British science fiction author, inventor, and futurist, famous for his short stories and novels, among them 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), and as a host and commentator in the British television series Mysterious World. For many years, Robert A. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, and Clarke were known as the "Big Three" of science fiction.
Clarke served in the Royal Air Force as a radar instructor and technician from 1941–1946. He proposed a satellite communication system in 1945 which won him the Franklin Institute Stuart Ballantine Gold Medal in 1963. He was the chairman of the British Interplanetary Society from 1947–1950 and again in 1953.
Clarke emigrated to Sri Lanka in 1956 largely to pursue his interest in scuba diving; that year, he discovered the underwater ruins of the ancient Koneswaram temple in Trincomalee. He lived in Sri Lanka until his death. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1998, and was awarded Sri Lanka's highest civil honour, Sri Lankabhimanya, in 2005.
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Arthur Koestler
Arthur Koestler CBE (5 September 1905, Budapest – 1 March 1983, London) was a Hungarian-British author and journalist. Koestler was born in Budapest and, apart from his early school years, was educated in Austria. In 1931 Koestler joined the Communist Party of Germany but, disillusioned by Stalinist atrocities, he resigned in 1938. In 1940 he published his novel Darkness at Noon, an anti-totalitarian work, which gained him international fame.
Over the next 43 years from his residence in Great Britain, Koestler espoused many political causes and wrote novels, memoirs, biographies, and numerous essays. In 1968, he was awarded the prestigious Sonning Prize "for outstanding contribution to European culture" and, in 1972, he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). In 1976, Koestler was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and, in 1979, with terminal leukaemia. In 1983 he and his wife committed suicide at home in London.
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Ashley Harkleroad
Ashley Harkleroad (born May 2, 1985), is an American tennis player. Born in Rossville, Georgia, Harkleroad reached a career-high ranking of no. 39 on June 9, 2003. Her career prize money to date is $1,022,094. Harkleroad was the first WTA tennis player to pose naked for the American men's magazine Playboy.
Harkleroad turned pro on June 12, 2000, and was quickly billed as the next American tennis star. Her debut was at the ITF tournament in Largo, Florida, in 1999. The following year she played her first WTA qualifying event in Miami, Florida and her first Grand Slam at the U.S. Open. In 2001, she returned to the same events while improving her status on the ITF Circuit. In 2002, she won her first tour matches, reaching the second round at San Diego, Hawaii, and Bratislava, where she made her first doubles semifinal with partner María Emilia Salerni. She ended 2002 in the top 200 for the first time in her career.
Her breakthrough year was 2003, when at Charleston she defeated three top-20 players (no. 16 Elena Bovina, no. 19 Meghann Shaughnessy, and no. 9 Daniela Hantuchová), losing just 11 games along the way to reach her first tour semifinal, before losing to Justine Henin-Hardenne. She became the lowest-ranked semifinalist (no. 101) in the event's history since unranked Jennifer Capriati reached the finals in 1990.
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Austria
Austria (i/ˈɒstriə/ or /ˈɔːstriə/; German: Österreich [ˈøːstɐˌʁaɪç] ( listen)), officially the Republic of Austria (German: Republik Österreich (help·info)), is a landlocked country of roughly 8.47 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Hungary and Slovakia to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The territory of Austria covers 83,855 square kilometres (32,377 sq mi) and has a temperate and alpine climate. Austria's terrain is highly mountainous due to the presence of the Alps; only 32% of the country is below 500 metres (1,640 ft), and its highest point is 3,798 metres (12,461 ft). The majority of the population speak local Austro-Bavarian dialects of German as their native language, and German in its standard form is the country's official language. Other local official languages are Burgenland Croatian, Hungarian and Slovene.
The origins of modern-day Austria date back to the time of the Habsburg dynasty when the vast majority of the country was a part of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. During the 17th and 18th centuries, Austria became one of the great powers of Europe and, in response to the coronation of Napoleon I as the Emperor of the French, the Austrian Empire was officially proclaimed in 1804. In 1867, the Austrian Empire was reformed into Austria-Hungary.
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Belinda Carlisle
Belinda Jo Carlisle (born August 17, 1958) is an American singer who gained worldwide fame as the lead vocalist of the Go-Go's, one of the most successful all-female bands of all time and the first such group whose members wrote their own songs and played their own instruments. Topping the Billboard charts with the Go-Go's, she sold more than seven million albums in just three years and later went on to a successful solo career with hits "Mad About You", "Summer Rain", "I Get Weak", "Circle in the Sand", "Leave a Light On" and "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" among others, which were major successes in the United States and United Kingdom as well as internationally. Her autobiography, Lips Unsealed, published in June 2010, reached No. 27 on the The New York Times Best Seller list and received favorable reviews. On August 11, 2011, she received, as a member of the Go-Go's, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Belinda Carlisle was born in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles to Harold, a travelling salesman (he sold vacuum cleaners) and his wife Joanne, who raised the children at home. The first of seven siblings, with three brothers and three sisters, she was five years old when her father abandoned the family and upon her mother's second marriage, did not have a close relationship with her stepfather, Duke Kurczeski. Growing up in Ventura County's Thousand Oaks, a part of the Greater Los Angeles Area, she was a cheerleader at Newbury Park High School and, at the age of 19, left home.
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Bernard Malamud
Bernard Malamud (April 26, 1914 – March 18, 1986) was an author of novels and short stories. Along with Saul Bellow and Philip Roth, he was one of the great American Jewish authors of the 20th century. His baseball novel, The Natural, was adapted into a 1984 film starring Robert Redford. His 1966 novel The Fixer, about antisemitism in Tsarist Russia, won both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.
Bernard Malamud was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Max and Bertha (Fidelman) Malamud, Russian Jewish immigrants. A brother, Eugene, was born in 1917 . Malamud entered adolescence at the start of the Great Depression. From 1928 to 1932, Bernard attended Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn. During his youth, he saw many films and enjoyed relating their plots to his school friends. He was especially fond of Charlie Chaplin's comedies.
Malamud worked for a year at $4.50 a day as a teacher-in-training, before attending college on a government loan. He received his B.A. degree from City College of New York in 1936. In 1942, he obtained a Master's degree from Columbia University, writing a thesis on Thomas Hardy. He was excused from military service in World War II because he was the sole support of his widowed mother. He first worked for the Bureau of the Census in Washington D.C., then taught English in New York, mostly high school night classes for adults.[citation needed]
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Bunny Yeager
Bunny Yeager (born Linnea Eleanor Yeager; March 13, 1930) is an American photographer and former pin-up model.
Born in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. Yeager became one of the most photographed models in Miami. After retiring from modeling, she began her career behind the camera. She met Bettie Page in 1954, and took most of the photographs of her that year. Along with photographer Irving Klaw, Yeager played a role in helping to make Page famous, particularly with her photos in Playboy magazine. Yeager is also credited with discovering the model Lisa Winters.[citation needed] Following Page's retirement, Yeager remained a successful photographer. She took the well-known still images of Ursula Andress on the beach in the 1962 James Bond film Dr. No, and discovered many other notable models. In 1968 she played the role of a Swedish masseuse opposite Frank Sinatra in Lady In Cement.
Yeager was played by Sarah Paulson in the 2005 film The Notorious Bettie Page. She was also featured on a CNN story about the 60th anniversary of the bikini. In the 1950's Mrs. Yeager appeared on America's Number One Game Show, What's My Line, and she stumped the panel.
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Carnie Wilson
Carnie Wilson (born April 29, 1968) is an American singer and television hostess, perhaps best known as a member of the pop music group Wilson Phillips.
The daughter of American 1960s pop icon Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys, and his first wife, former singer Marilyn Rovell of The Honeys, she co-founded Wilson Phillips with her younger sister Wendy and childhood friend Chynna Phillips when they were in their teens. They released two albums, Wilson Phillips and Shadows and Light, sold 12 million albums, and charted three #1 singles and six top 20 hits before breaking up in 1993.
Carnie & Wendy Wilson continued to record together, releasing the Christmas album Hey Santa! in 1993, and they joined with their father for a critically successful (yet commercially unsuccessful) 1997 album, The Wilsons. She also sang "Our Time Has Come" with James Ingram for the 1997 animated film Cats Don't Dance.
In 2003, Carnie attempted to launch a solo music career with the album For the First Time. The album featured a remake of the Olivia DiNucci penned Samantha Mumba ballad "Don't Need You To (Tell Me I'm Pretty)," retitled "I Don't Need You To," as its first single. However, the single failed to gain interest and the album was ultimately shelved when Carnie regrouped with Wendy and Chynna as Wilson Phillips in 2004.
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Cheryl Tiegs
Cheryl Rae Tiegs (born September 25, 1947) is an American model and actress.
Tiegs was born in Breckenridge, Minnesota, but raised in Alhambra, California, and she graduated from Alhambra High School in 1965. She also attended the California State University, Los Angeles and became a little sister to the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. By the time she was 17 years old, she appeared on the cover of Glamour magazine. Other covers followed, including Harper's Bazaar, Elle, Time, and Vogue.
Tiegs appeared in Vincent Gallo's controversial film The Brown Bunny, and played herself in two episodes of the TV comedy series Just Shoot Me as well as the Moonlighting episode "It's a Wonderful Job".
Tiegs is appearing in the HGTV series Living With Ed.
Tiegs is referenced on several occasions as past love interest of Glenn Quagmire in the television series Family Guy. She voices herself in the episode "Tiegs for Two".
The unrated DVD version of Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story includes scenes cut from the theatrical version of Tiegs playing a late-1970s version of herself, briefly married to the title character and using the name "Cheryl Cox-Tiegs". It is implied she has a rivalry with model Cheryl Ladd, also appearing as herself.
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Christie Hefner
Christie Ann Hefner (born November 8, 1952 in Wilmette, Illinois) is the former chairwoman and chief executive officer of Playboy Enterprises, the company created by her father, Hugh Hefner. She stepped down from her position at Playboy on January 30, 2009. She has often worked with the progressive political organization Center for American Progress. Their site describes her as having "long been involved in electing progressive candidates, advancing women, first amendment issues, and advancing treatment for people with HIV/AIDS."
Christie Hefner is the daughter of Mildred Williams and Hugh Hefner. Her parents had separated by the time she was five. When her mother remarried, she moved to Wilmette, Illinois. There she graduated from New Trier High School. She attended the Interlochen Center for the Arts.[citation needed]
She graduated summa cum laude from Brandeis University with a Bachelors degree in English and American literature in 1974. She was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in her junior year.[citation needed]
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Chuck Palahniuk
Charles Michael "Chuck" Palahniuk ( /ˈpɔːlənɪk/; born February 21, 1962) is an American transgressional fiction novelist and freelance journalist. He is best known for the award-winning novel Fight Club, which was later made into a feature film. He maintains homes in the states of Oregon and Washington.
Palahniuk was born in Pasco, Washington, the son of Carol and Fred Palahniuk, and grew up living in a mobile home in nearby Burbank, Washington with his family. His parents separated when he was 14 and subsequently divorced, often leaving him and his three siblings to live with their maternal grandparents at their cattle ranch in Eastern Washington. His paternal grandfather was Ukrainian and immigrated to New York from Canada in 1907. Palahniuk's father began a relationship with another woman; her ex-boyfriend murdered the couple. Palahniuk's mother died of cancer.
In his twenties, Palahniuk attended the University of Oregon's School of Journalism, graduating in 1986. While attending college he worked as an intern for National Public Radio member station KLCC in Eugene, Oregon. He moved to Portland soon afterwards. After writing for the local newspaper for a short while, he began working for Freightliner as a diesel mechanic, continuing in that job until his writing career took off. During that time, he also wrote manuals on fixing trucks and had a stint as a journalist (a job he did not return to until after he became a successful novelist). After casually attending a free, introductory seminar held by an organization called Landmark Education, Palahniuk quit his job as a journalist in 1988. Palahniuk performed volunteer work for a homeless shelter; later, he also volunteered at a hospice as an escort; he provided transportation for terminally ill people and brought them to support group meetings. He ceased volunteering upon the death of a patient to whom he had grown attached.
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Chyna
Chyna (born Joan Marie Laurer; December 27, 1970) is a former American professional wrestler, actress, pornographic actress and former bodybuilder. She is best known for her career with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) from 1997 to 2001, where she was billed as "Chyna: 'The Ninth Wonder of the World'" (André the Giant was already billed as the eighth). She began her WWF career as Paul "Triple H" Levesque's on-screen bodyguard, and the duo also dated in real-life. They were both members of the popular D-Generation X stable, a storyline alliance of several wrestlers, until 1999.
Chyna holds the distinction of being the only Diva in WWE history to compete, full time, in the men's division. She was the first woman to enter the Royal Rumble, qualify for the King of the Ring tournament, and be the number one contender for the WWF Championship. In 1999, she became the first and only woman to hold the WWF Intercontinental Championship, which she held twice. She also held the WWF Women's Championship once, before leaving the company in 2001. She claims that Levesque's affair with Stephanie McMahon, daughter of WWF owner Vince McMahon, was a factor in her departure. After originally retiring from professional wrestling in 2004, Chyna made a return in May 2011 by joining Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).
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Claudia Christian
Claudia Ann Christian (born August 10, 1965) is an American actress, writer, singer, musician, and director, best known for her role as Commander Susan Ivanova on the science fiction television series Babylon 5.
Christian was born in Glendale, California.[citation needed]
Christian's first role on television was a guest appearance on Dallas, followed by a series regular role as Melody Hughes on the short-lived drama Berrenger's. She performed feature film roles such as a stripper possessed by an alien serial killer in The Hidden (1987), a police department psychologist Susan Riley in Maniac Cop 2 and as model Hexina in Hexed (1993).
In 1994–1998 she appeared as Commander Susan Ivanova, one of the series leads, in the first four seasons of Babylon 5. She left unexpectedly when contract negotiations for the fifth and final season — aggravated by the possibility that there would not be one — broke down. J. Michael Straczynski, the series' creator, maintains that she chose to leave on her own. She appeared in the fifth season's series finale, which had been filmed during the fourth season, when it seemed likely that the series would end prematurely.
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David Sheff
David Sheff is an American author of the New York Times best-selling memoir Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction. In 2009, Sheff was included in the Time Magazine Time 100, The World's Most Influential People, and Beautiful Boy was named the best nonfiction book of the year by Entertainment Weekly. The book also won the Barnes & Noble "Discover Great New Writers Award" for nonfiction and was an Amazon Best Book of the Year (2008).
Beautiful Boy was based on Sheff's article, "My Addicted Son," that first appeared in the New York Times Magazine. The article won an award for "Outstanding Contribution to Advancing the Understanding of Addictions" from the American Psychological Association.
Sheff, a journalist, has written for The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Playboy, Wired, Fortune, and National Public Radio's "All Things Considered." His interview subjects have included John Lennon, Frank Zappa, Steve Jobs, Keith Haring, David Hockney, Jack Nicholson, Ted Taylor, Carl Sagan, Betty Friedan, Barney Frank, Fareed Zakaria, and many others. In addition to Beautiful Boy, Sheff wrote the books Game Over, China Dawn, and All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono. He has also been an editor of New West, California, and other magazines.
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Deborah Gibson
Deborah Ann "Debbie" Gibson (born August 31, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. In 1988 she was pronounced the youngest artist to write, produce, and perform a #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100, with her song "Foolish Beat" and she remains the youngest female to write, record, and perform a #1 single. She has gone on to starring roles on Broadway and touring musicals, as well as independent film and television work. She continues to record, and reached the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart as high as #24 during 2006 in a duet with Jordan Knight titled "Say Goodbye". In 2010, the album Ms. Vocalist, from Sony Japan was Top 10 on the Japanese Billboard chart and the first single from the album, “I Love You”, hit #1.
Debbie Gibson was born in Brooklyn, New York, the third daughter of four for Diane and Joseph Gibson. She grew up in the Long Island suburb of Merrick and was raised Catholic. At the age of five, she began performing in community theater with her sisters Karen, Michele, and Denise, and cousin T.J Normandin and wrote her first song, "Make Sure You Know Your Classroom". At age eight, she sang in the children's chorus at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. She began playing the ukulele and taking piano lessons soon after, including with American pianist Morton Estrin. She said that her household was probably the only one where bystanders would hear kids fighting over piano playing time.
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Denise Richards
Denise Lee Richards (born February 17, 1971) is an American actress and former fashion model. She has appeared in films including Starship Troopers, Wild Things, and The World Is Not Enough. She appeared on the reality TV show, Denise Richards: It's Complicated, which was carried by American cable channel E!.
Richards was born in Downers Grove, Illinois, the daughter of Joni, a coffee shop owner, and Irv Richards, a telephone engineer. She has one sister, Michelle, and grew up in both Mokena and Downers Grove, Illinois. She graduated in 1989 from El Camino High School in Oceanside, California. As a child, she was the "only girl on the baseball team."
Before she was an actress, Richards was signed by the Judith Fontaine Modeling & Talent Agency as a model.[citation needed]
She spent the majority of the 1990s appearing in lower-budget films and TV shows such as Saved by the Bell, television movies, and guest starring in episodes of several television shows such as Married with Children (1991), a five-second walk through. She later made guest appearances in shows such as Beverly Hills, 90210 (1992), Seinfeld (1993), Lois and Clark (1994) and a guest-arc in Melrose Place (1996).
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Doris Lessing
Doris May Lessing CH (née Tayler; born 22 October 1919) is a Zimbabwean-British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer and short story writer. Her novels include The Grass Is Singing, The Golden Notebook, The Good Terrorist, and five novels collectively known as Canopus in Argos.
Lessing was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature. In doing so the Swedish Academy described her as "that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny". Lessing was the eleventh woman and the oldest ever person to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.
In 2001, Lessing was awarded the David Cohen Prize for a lifetime's achievement in British Literature. In 2008, The Times ranked her fifth on a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".
Lessing was born in Iran, then known as Persia, on 22 October 1919, to Captain Alfred Tayler and Emily Maude Tayler (née McVeagh), who were both English and of British nationality. Her father, who had lost a leg during his service in World War I, met his future wife, a nurse, at the Royal Free Hospital where he was recovering from his amputation. Alfred Tayler and his wife moved to Kermanshah, Iran, in order to take up a job as a clerk for the Imperial Bank of Persia and it was here that Doris was born in 1919. The family then moved to the British colony of Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 1925 to farm maize, among other plants, when her father purchased around one thousand acres of bush. Lessing's mother attempted to lead an Edwardian lifestyle amidst the rough environment, which would have been easy had the family been wealthy; in reality, such a lifestyle was not feasible. The farm failed to deliver any monetary value in return .
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Drew Barrymore
Drew Blyth Barrymore (born February 22, 1975) is an American actress, film director, screenwriter, producer and model. She is a member of the Barrymore family of American actors and granddaughter of John Barrymore. She first appeared in an advertisement when she was 11 months old. Barrymore made her film debut in Altered States in 1980. Afterwards, she starred in her breakout role in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. She quickly became one of Hollywood's most recognized child actresses, going on to establish herself in mainly comic roles.
Following a turbulent childhood which was marked by drug and alcohol abuse and two stints in rehab, Barrymore wrote the 1990 autobiography, Little Girl Lost. She successfully made the transition from child star to adult actress with a number of films including Poison Ivy, Bad Girls, Boys on the Side, and Everyone Says I Love You. Subsequently, she established herself in romantic comedies such as The Wedding Singer and 50 First Dates.
In 1995, she and business partner Nancy Juvonen formed the production company Flower Films, with its first production the 1999 Barrymore film Never Been Kissed. Flower Films has gone on to produce the Barrymore vehicle films Charlie's Angels, 50 First Dates, and Music and Lyrics, as well as the cult film Donnie Darko. Barrymore's more recent projects include He's Just Not That into You, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Everybody's Fine and Going the Distance. A recipient of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Barrymore appeared on the cover of the 2007 People magazine's 100 Most Beautiful issue.
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Eldon Dedini
Eldon Dedini (June 29, 1921 – January 12, 2006) was an American cartoonist whose work has appeared in Esquire, The New Yorker, Playboy and elsewhere.
Fantagraphics Books published a collection of his work, An Orgy of Playboy's Dedini, ISBN 1-56097-727-2 in 2006. The book is bundled with a documentary "Dedini: A Life of Cartoons" by Anson Musselman. His work is raunchy and humorous, but never pornographic, and is liberally sprinkled with leering satyrs and wide-eyed, amply-endowed young nymphs.
While his hometown was Carmel, California and he was born in King City, California, the nearby town of Salinas, California, hosted an exhibition, Broccoli & Babes: The Cartoons and Posters of Eldon Dedini, which ran from November 4, 2005 until January 20, 2006 at the Sasoontsi Gallery.
He received the National Cartoonists Society's Gag Cartoon Award in 1958, 1961, 1964 and 1988.
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Farrah Fawcett
Farrah Fawcett (February 2, 1947 – June 25, 2009) was an American actress and artist. A multiple Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominee, Fawcett rose to international fame when she first appeared as private investigator Jill Munroe in the first season of the television series Charlie's Angels, in 1976. Fawcett later appeared Off-Broadway to critical approval and in highly rated and critically acclaimed television movies, in roles often challenging (The Burning Bed; Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story; Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story; Margaret Bourke-White) and sometimes unsympathetic (Small Sacrifices). Fawcett was a sex symbol whose iconic poster, released the same year Charlie's Angels premiered, broke sales records, making her an international pop culture icon. Her hairstyle was emulated by young women in the 1970s and 1980s.
Ferrah Leni Fawcett was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, the younger of two daughters. Her mother, Pauline Alice (née Evans; January 30, 1914 – March 4, 2005), was a homemaker, and her father, James William Fawcett (October 14, 1917 – August 23, 2010), was an oil field contractor. Her sister was Diane Fawcett Walls (October 27, 1938 – October 16, 2001), a graphic artist. She was of Irish, French, English, Choctaw Native American, and Lebanese Arab ancestry. Fawcett once said the name "Ferrah" was "made up" by her mother because it went well with their last name; she later changed the spelling.
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G. Barry Golson
Barry Golson is an American editor, journalist, and author. A graduate of Yale and Stanford University, he served as editor-in-chief at World Press Review for two years, Playboy for 12 years, and TV Guide for four years. He helped launch both Yahoo! Internet Life and ForbesTraveler.com, serving as both their editors. While at Playboy, he co-authored and edited a number of influential interviews, including John Lennon and Jimmy Carter. He also edited The Playboy Interviews with John Lennon and Yoko Ono and The Playboy Interview, both originally published in 1981. He authored Gringos in Paradise, a 2006 book detailing his and his wife's attempted retirement to Mexico, and Retirement Without Borders, a 2008 guide book detailing pros and cons of retiring to exotic locales. He was awarded the Lowell Thomas Travel Writing Award in 2004 for his article in AARP Magazine.
Golson attended Phillips Exeter Academy for high school and Yale University as an undergraduate, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. While there, he started a weekly lifestyle section for the campus newspaper, the Yale Daily News. He later attended Stanford University on a Ford fellowship.
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Gabrielle Reece
Gabrielle Allyse Reece (born January 6, 1970) is an American professional volleyball player, sports announcer, fashion model and actress.
Reece was born in La Jolla, California and raised in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. She returned to the U.S. mainland for the eleventh grade, when she took up sports. She accepted a volleyball scholarship from the Florida State University, where she majored in communications, and in volleyball she led the league in kills four times and blocks once. In 1989, she moved to New York City to pursue more rigorously a parallel career as a sports fashion model and also continue in her pro volleyball career. In 1997, she was selected for induction into the Florida State University Athletic Hall of Fame. Reece set two school volleyball records in solo blocks (240) and total blocks (747), both of which still stand. FSU inducted Reece into the Florida State University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1997. Her father, who was Afro-Trinidadian "a native of Trinidad and Tobago", was killed in a plane crash when Gabrielle was five.
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Hong Kong
Coordinates: 22°16′42″N 114°09′32″E / 22.27833°N 114.15889°E / 22.27833; 114.15889
Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港) is one of two special administrative regions (SARs) of the People's Republic of China (PRC), the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is known for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour. With a land mass of 1,104 km2 (426 sq mi) and a population of seven million people, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated areas in the world. Hong Kong's population is 95 percent ethnic Chinese and 5 percent from other groups. Hong Kong's Han Chinese majority originate mainly from the cities of Guangzhou and Taishan in the neighbouring Guangdong province.
Hong Kong became a colony of the British Empire after the First Opium War (1839–42). Originally confined to Hong Kong Island, the colony's boundaries were extended in stages to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 and then the New Territories in 1898. It was occupied by Japan during the Pacific War, after which the British resumed control until 1997, when China resumed sovereignty. The region espoused minimum government intervention under the ethos of positive non-interventionism during the colonial era. The time period greatly influenced the current culture of Hong Kong, often described as "East meets West", and the educational system, which used to loosely follow the system in England until reforms implemented in 2009.
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Hugh Hefner
Hugh Marston "Hef" Hefner (born April 9, 1926) is an American magazine publisher, founder and Chief Creative Officer of Playboy Enterprises.
Hefner was born in Chicago, Illinois, being the elder of two sons born to Grace Caroline (née Swanson; 1895–1997) and Glenn Lucius Hefner (1896–1976), both teachers. Hefner's mother was of Swedish descent and his father had German and English ancestry. On his father's side, Hefner is a direct descendant of Plymouth governor William Bradford. He has described his family as "conservative, Midwest, Methodist." He went to Sayre Elementary School and Steinmetz High School, then served as a writer for a military newspaper in the U.S. Army from 1944 to 1946. He later graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign with a B.A. in psychology with a double minor in creative writing and art in 1949, earning his degree in two and a half years. After graduation, he took a semester of graduate courses in sociology at Northwestern University but dropped out soon after.
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Ian Fleming
Ian Lancaster Fleming (28 May 1908 – 12 August 1964) was an English author, journalist and Naval Intelligence Officer. Fleming is best known for creating the fictional spy James Bond and the series of twelve novels and nine short stories about the character. Fleming was from a wealthy family, connected to the merchant bank Robert Fleming & Co. and his father was MP for Henley from 1910 until his death on the Western Front in 1917. Educated at Eton, the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst and the universities of Munich and Geneva, Fleming moved through a number of jobs before he started writing.
The Bond books are among the biggest-selling series of fictional books of all time, having sold over 100 million copies worldwide. Fleming also wrote the children's story Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang and two works of non-fiction. While working in British Naval Intelligence during the Second World War, Fleming was involved in the planning stages of Operation Mincemeat and Operation Golden Eye, the former of which was successfully carried out. Fleming was also involved in the planning and overseeing of two active service units, 30 Assault Unit and T-Force.
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Irwin Shaw
Irwin Shaw (February 27, 1913 – May 16, 1984) was a prolific American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story author whose written works have sold more than 14 million copies. He is best known for his novel, The Young Lions (1948) about the fate of three soldiers during World War II that was made into a film starring Marlon Brando. Though Shaw's work received widespread critical acclaim, the success of his commercial fiction ultimately diminished his literary reputation.
Shaw was born Irwin Gilbert Shamforoff in the South Bronx, New York City, to Russian-Jewish immigrants. His parents were Rose and Will. His younger brother, David Shaw (died 2007), became a noted Hollywood producer. Shortly after Irwin's birth, the Shamforoffs moved to Brooklyn. Irwin changed his surname upon entering college. He spent most of his youth in Brooklyn, where he graduated from Brooklyn College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1934. Shaw died in Davos, Switzerland on May 16, 1984, aged 71, after undergoing treatment for prostate cancer.
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J. P. Donleavy
James Patrick Donleavy (born 23 April 1926, New York City) is an Irish American author.
Born to Irish emigrant parents, he served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. After the war ended he moved to Ireland. In 1946 he began studying at Trinity College, Dublin, but left before taking a degree. He was first published in the Dublin literary periodical, Envoy. He gained critical acclaim with his first novel, The Ginger Man, which is one of the Modern Library 100 best novels. Correctly or incorrectly, his initial works are sometimes grouped with the Kitchen Sink artists as well as the "Angry Young Men". Although not in the Beat tradition (while overlapping with it), The Ginger Man has been compared to Jack Kerouac's On the Road in that, just as Kerouac based his central character of Dean Moriarty on Neal Cassady,[who?] Donleavy based his central character Sebastian Dangerfield on a fellow American emigrant to Dublin, Gainor Crist.[who?]
Donleavy lives at Levington Park, a country house on 200 acres (0.81 km2) directly on Lough Owel, near Mullingar, County Westmeath. He received his education at various schools in the U.S.A. and at Trinity College, Dublin (1946-49).
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Jack Cole (artist)
Jack Ralph Cole (December 14, 1914 – August 13, 1958) was an American comic book artist and Playboy magazine cartoonist best known for creating the comedic superhero Plastic Man.
He was posthumously inducted into the comic book industry's Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1991 and the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 1999.
Born in New Castle, Pennsylvania, Cole—the third of six children of a dry goods-store owner and amateur-entertainer father and a former elementary school-teacher mother—was untrained in art except for the Landon School of Illustration and Cartooning correspondence course. At age 17, he bicycled solo cross-country to Los Angeles, California and back. Cole recounted this adventure in an early self-illustrated professional sale "A Boy and His Bike" (which has often been cited as appearing in Boy's Life magazine, but in fact the source of this article is unknown, but speculated to have likely appeared in Cole's hometown newspaper). Back home, Cole took a job at American Can and continuued to draw at night.
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Jayne Mansfield
Jayne Mansfield (born Vera Jayne Palmer; April 19, 1933 – June 29, 1967) was an American film, television and theater actress. In February 1955, she became one of the early Playmates. Keeping her first husband's last name, Mansfield worked in Hollywood and on Broadway. A leading sex symbol during the late 1950s, she was one of the original blonde bombshells. Mansfield starred in several popular Hollywood films which emphasized her platinum-blonde hair, hourglass figure and cleavage-revealing costumes. 20th Century Fox signed a six-year contact with Mansfield to replace Marilyn Monroe as their resident blonde sex symbol. Throughout her career, she was compared by the media to Monroe and another sex symbol, Mamie Van Doren. Mansfield was a Playboy Playmate of the Month and appeared in several issues of the magazine.
Although many people have never seen her movies, Jayne Mansfield remains, long after her death, one of the most recognizable icons of 1950s celebrity culture. Her statuesque figure (she claimed dimensions of 40-21-35), her unique sashaying walk, and her breathy baby talk made history. "From 1955 until the early 1960s, Mansfield reigned as Hollywood's gaudiest, boldest D-cupped B-grade actress" and was known as "the working man's Monroe".
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Jimmy Carter
James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States (1977–1981) and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office. Before he became President, Carter served as a U.S. Naval officer, was a peanut farmer, served two terms as a Georgia State Senator and one as Governor of Georgia (1971–1975).
During Carter's term as President, two new cabinet-level departments were created: the Department of Energy and the Department of Education. He established a national energy policy that included conservation, price control, and new technology. In foreign affairs, Carter pursued the Camp David Accords, the Panama Canal Treaties, the second round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT II), and returned the Panama Canal Zone to Panama. Throughout his career, Carter strongly emphasized human rights. He took office during a period of international stagflation, which persisted throughout his term. The end of his presidential tenure was marked by the 1979–1981 Iran hostage crisis, the 1979 energy crisis, the Three Mile Island nuclear accident, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (at the end of 1979), 1980 Summer Olympics boycott by the United States of the Moscow Olympics and the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens.
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Joey Heatherton
Davenie Johanna "Joey" Heatherton (born September 14, 1944) is an American actress, dancer, and singer.
Heatherton was raised in Rockville Centre, New York, a suburb of New York City. There she attended St. Agnes Cathedral School, a Catholic grade and high school. Her father Ray Heatherton was a Broadway star (Babes in Arms) and television pioneer.
Heatherton began her career as a child actress, appearing in 1959 as a member of the ensemble and an understudy in the original Broadway production of The Sound of Music, and received her first sustained national exposure that same year as a semi-regular on The Perry Como Show, playing an exuberant teenager with a perpetual crush on Perry Como. She also appeared extensively on The Dean Martin Show; Dean Martin invited her to perform numerous times on the show, starting with the premiere episode of September 16, 1965. From June to September 1968, along with Frank Sinatra, Jr., she co-hosted Martin's summer substitute musical comedy hour, Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers. She also made multiple appearances on 1960s television shows such as The Andy Williams Show, The Hollywood Palace, The Ed Sullivan Show, and This Is Tom Jones. She first appeared on television on her father's show The Merry Mailman, a popular children's show in New York.
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John Cheever
John William Cheever (May 27, 1912 – June 18, 1982) was an American novelist and short story writer. He is sometimes called "the Chekhov of the suburbs." His fiction is mostly set in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, the Westchester suburbs, old New England villages based on various South Shore towns around Quincy, Massachusetts, where he was born, and Italy, especially Rome. He is "now recognized as one of the most important short fiction writers of the 20th century." While Cheever is perhaps best remembered for his short stories (including "The Enormous Radio," "Goodbye, My Brother," "The Five-Forty-Eight," "The Country Husband," and "The Swimmer"), he also wrote a number of novels, such as The Wapshot Chronicle (National Book Award, 1958),The Wapshot Scandal (William Dean Howells Medal, 1965), Bullet Park (1969), and Falconer (1977).
His main themes include the duality of human nature: sometimes dramatized as the disparity between a character's decorous social persona and inner corruption, and sometimes as a conflict between two characters (often brothers) who embody the salient aspects of both – light and dark, flesh and spirit. Many of his works also express a nostalgia for a vanishing way of life (as evoked by the mythical St. Botolphs in the Wapshot novels), characterized by abiding cultural traditions and a profound sense of community, as opposed to the alienating nomadism of modern suburbia.
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John Irving
John Winslow Irving (born John Wallace Blunt, Jr.; March 2, 1942) is an American novelist and Academy Award-winning screenwriter.
Irving achieved critical and popular acclaim after the international success of The World According to Garp in 1978. Some of Irving's novels, such as The Cider House Rules and A Prayer for Owen Meany, have been bestsellers. Five of his novels have been adapted to film. Several of Irving's books (Garp, Meany, A Widow for One Year) and short stories have been set in and around Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire. He won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in 1999 for his script The Cider House Rules.
Irving was born John Wallace Blunt, Jr. in Exeter, New Hampshire, the son of Helen Frances (née Winslow) and John Wallace Blunt, Sr., a writer and executive recruiter. Irving grew up in Exeter, as the stepson of an Exeter faculty member, Colin F.N. Irving (1941), and nephew of another, H. Hamilton "Hammy" Bissell (1929). Irving was in the Exeter wrestling program both as a student athlete and as an assistant coach, and wrestling features prominently in his books, stories and life. Irving's biological father, whom he never met, had been a pilot in the Army Air Forces and during World War II was shot down over Burma in July 1943, but survived (an incident incorporated into the novel The Cider House Rules). Irving did not find out about his father's heroism until 1981.
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John Lennon
John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founder members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Together with Paul McCartney, he formed one of the most celebrated songwriting partnerships of the 20th century.
Born and raised in Liverpool, Lennon became involved as a teenager in the skiffle craze; his first band, The Quarrymen, evolved into The Beatles in 1960. As the group disintegrated towards the end of the decade, Lennon embarked on a solo career that produced the critically acclaimed albums John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine, and iconic songs such as "Give Peace a Chance" and "Imagine". After his marriage to Yoko Ono in 1969, he changed his name to John Ono Lennon. Lennon disengaged himself from the music business in 1975 to devote time to raising his infant son Sean, but re-emerged with Ono in 1980 with the new album Double Fantasy. He was murdered three weeks after its release.
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John Updike
John Hoyer Updike (March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009) was an American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, and literary critic.
Updike's most famous work is his Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom series (the novels Rabbit, Run; Rabbit Redux; Rabbit Is Rich; Rabbit At Rest; and the novella "Rabbit Remembered"), which chronicles Rabbit's life over the course of several decades, from young adulthood to his death. Both Rabbit Is Rich (1981) and Rabbit At Rest (1990) received the Pulitzer Prize. Updike is one of only three authors (the others were Booth Tarkington and William Faulkner) to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once. He published more than twenty novels and more than a dozen short story collections, as well as poetry, art criticism, literary criticism and children's books. Hundreds of his stories, reviews, and poems appeared in The New Yorker, starting in 1954. He also wrote regularly for The New York Review of Books.
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Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16, 1938) is an American author. Oates published her first book in 1963 and has since published over fifty novels, as well as many volumes of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction. Her novel them (1969) won the National Book Award, and her novels Black Water (1992), What I Lived For (1994), and Blonde (2000) were nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. As of 2008, Oates is the Roger S. Berlind '52 Professor in the Humanities with the Program in Creative Writing at Princeton University, where she has taught since 1978.
Oates was born in Lockport, New York, the daughter of Carolina (née Bush), a homemaker, and Frederic James Oates, a tool and die designer. She was raised Catholic but is now an atheist. A brother, Fred Junior, was born in 1943, and a sister, Lynn Ann, who is severely autistic, was born in 1956. Oates grew up in the working-class farming community of Millersport, New York, and characterized hers as "a happy, close-knit and unextraordinary family for our time, place and economic status". Her paternal grandmother, Blanche Woodside, lived with the family and was "very close" to Joyce. After Blanche's death, Joyce learned that Blanche's father had killed himself and Blanche had subsequently concealed her Jewish heritage; Oates eventually drew on aspects of her grandmother's life in writing the 2007 novel The Gravedigger's Daughter. Her mother was of Hungarian descent.
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Jules Feiffer
Jules Ralph Feiffer (born January 26, 1929) is an American syndicated cartoonist, most notable for his long-run comic strip titled Feiffer. He has created more than 35 books, plays and screenplays. In 1986, he won the Pulitzer Prize for his editorial cartooning in The Village Voice.
Raised in The Bronx, New York City, New York, where he graduated from James Monroe High School in 1947, Jules Feiffer won a John Wanamaker Art Contest medal for a crayon drawing of the radio Western hero Tom Mix. Interested in an early age at cartooning, he wrote in 1965 about his childhood:
He read comic strips in the New York World-Telegram newspaper that his father brought home, including Our Boarding House, Alley Oop "and my favorite at the time, Wash Tubbs, with the 'soldier of fortune' hero, Captain Easy". When his father switched to the evening edition of the New York Post, Feiffer absorbed other strips, including Dixie Dugan, The Bungle Family, Nancy (then titled Fritzi Ritz), "and that masterpiece of sentimental naturalism, Abbie an' Slats. I studied that strip — its [Preston] Sturges-like characters, its [William] Saroyanesque plots, its uniquely cadenced dialogue. No strip other than Will Eisner's Spirit rivaled its structure. No strip, except [Milton] Caniff's Terry [and the Pirates], rivaled it in atmosphere."
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Karina Smirnoff
Karina Smirnoff (Ukrainian: Карiна Смiрнова; Russian: Кapинa Cмиpнoвa; born Karina Smirnova; January 2, 1978) is a Ukrainian professional ballroom dancer. She is best known for her appearances on Dancing with the Stars, where she held a runner-up title, a semi-final title, and several quarter final titles. Smirnoff finally became the champion professional partner in the thirteenth season, when she was partnered with army veteran and soap opera star J.R. Martinez.
She is also a five-time U.S. National Champion, World Trophy Champion, and Asian Open Champion. Smirnoff has won the title at the UK Open, is a three-time champion at the US Open, two-time champion at the Asian Open, five-time champion at the Dutch Open, and five-time US National Professional Champion. She has taken second at the British Open Blackpool Dance Festival and she is the first woman to also ever make the "British Professional Final" with three different partners.
Smirnoff was born Karina Smirnova in Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union on January 2, 1978. When she was five years old, she began taking ballet lessons, followed by gymnastics, aerobics, figure skating, ballroom dancing and piano. She chose to pursue ballroom dancing. In 1992, Smirnoff immigrated to the United States.
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Katarina Witt
Katarina Witt (born 3 December 1965) is a German figure skater and model. In Germany she was commonly called "Kati" in the past, but today her full name is used more often.
She won two Olympic gold medals for East Germany, first in the 1984 Sarajevo Olympics and the second in 1988 at the Calgary Olympics. She won the World Championships four times (in 1984, 1985, 1987 and 1988), and six consecutive European Championships (1983–1988). She won silver medals at both the 1982 and 1986 World Figure Skating Championships. Her competitive record makes her one of the most successful figure skaters of all time.
Witt was born in Staaken in East Germany, just outside of West Berlin, which is today part of Berlin. Her mother worked in a hospital as a physiotherapist and her father was a farmer. She went to school in Karl-Marx-Stadt (which today has reverted to its pre-war name of Chemnitz). There she attended Kinder- und Jugendsportschule, a special school for athletically talented children. She represented the club SC Karl-Marx-Stadt for the GDR (East Germany). Jutta Müller began coaching her in 1977. Witt trained six days a week, sometimes for seven hours a day with three hours spent on compulsory figures.
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Ken Marcus
Ken Marcus (born October 2, 1946 in Hollywood, California) is an American photographer, known for his glamour photography with Penthouse and Playboy magazines. For over 30 years he has produced hundreds of centerfolds, editorials, album covers, and advertisements. His work is shown in galleries, published in books and magazines. He was an artist-in-resident at the Yosemite National Park Museum. Marcus also lectures and conducts workshops internationally. He has an adult fetish and BDSM site.
Ken's formal fine-art photographic training began at age 13. Ken studied with Ansel Adams in Yosemite National Park for the next 13 years as well as with Brett Weston, Paul Cappinegro, Wyn Bullock, Imogen Cunningham and Judy Dater, all of whom influenced his early work.
While still in high school, Ken attended the Art Center College of Design studying fashion and advertising photography. He later attended Brooks Institute of Photography.
In 1965, Ken established his studio on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, where his business continues today. Ken's earliest commercial work consisted of product shots, catalogs, corporate and editorial assignments.
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Kiana Tom
Kiana Tom is a television host, fitness expert, author, actress, and businesswoman.
Kiana Tom, born 1965, is part Hawaiian, Chinese and Irish. Her name in Hawaiian means “calm water” or "moon goddess".
She was the star and founder of the fitness series, Kiana's Flex Appeal on ESPN, author of Kiana's Body Sculpting book (St. Martin's Press, NY) and recipient of the United States Sports Academy Award. She was interviewed on behalf of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, Emcee to the Governor's Ball at the inaugural X Games in Newport RI, Ms. Shape Magazine. She was also a cheerleader for the Oakland Raiders.
In 1995, Tom created, hosted and co-produced her fitness series, Kiana's Flex Appeal, a lifestyle, health and fitness program on ESPN. Tom wrote numerous exercise routines and created the segments: home gym, pro gym, target training, aqua flex training. The show ended in 2001.
Due to Kiana Tom's Flex Appeal's initial high ratings, ESPN chose to develop other shows around Kiana Tom, including Kiana's Too Fit 2 Quit, Summer Sizzle with Kiana & Hot Summer Nights with Kiana.
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Kim Basinger
Kimila Ann "Kim" Basinger ( /ˈbeɪsɪŋər/ BAY-sing-ər, often mispronounced /ˈbæsɪndʒər/ BASS-in-jər; born December 8, 1953) is an American actress, singer, and former fashion model.
She is known for her portrayals of Domino Petachi, the Bond girl in Never Say Never Again (1983), and Vicki Vale, the female lead in Batman (1989). Basinger received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture nomination for her work in The Natural (1984). She won an Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in L.A. Confidential (1997). Basinger also acted in the movies 9½ Weeks (1986) and 8 Mile (2002).
Basinger was born in Athens, Georgia. Her father, Donald Wade Basinger, was a big band musician and loan manager who as a U.S. Army soldier landed in Normandy on D-Day (June 6, 1944). Her mother, Ann (née Cordell), was a model, an actress, and a swimmer who appeared in several Esther Williams films. The third of five children, she has two brothers, Mick and Skip, and two sisters, Ashley and Barbara. Basinger's ancestry includes German, Swedish, Irish and Native American, and she was raised a Methodist.
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Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. ( /ˈvɒnɨɡət/; November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was a 20th century American writer. His works such as Cat's Cradle (1963), Slaughterhouse-Five (1969), and Breakfast of Champions (1973) blend satire, gallows humor, and science fiction. As a citizen he was a lifelong supporter of the American Civil Liberties Union and a critical leftist intellectual. He was known for his humanist beliefs and was honorary president of the American Humanist Association.
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, to third-generation German-American parents, Kurt Vonnegut, Sr. and Edith Lieber. Both his father and his grandfather Bernard Vonnegut attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology and were architects in the Indianapolis firm of Vonnegut & Bohn. His great-grandfather Clemens Vonnegut, Sr. was the founder of the Vonnegut Hardware Company, an Indianapolis institution. Vonnegut graduated from Shortridge High School in Indianapolis in May 1940 and matriculated into Cornell University that fall. Though majoring in chemistry, he was Assistant Managing Editor and Associate Editor of The Cornell Daily Sun. He was a member of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity, as was his father. While at Cornell, Vonnegut enlisted in the U.S. Army. The Army transferred him to the Carnegie Institute of Technology and the University of Tennessee to study mechanical engineering.
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L. L. Clover
Leander Louis Clover, known as L. L. Clover (April 4, 1902–May 3, 1975), was an American Baptist Association clergyman who in 1952 established Louisiana Missionary Baptist Institute and Seminary in Minden, Louisiana. He founded and served as editor of the newsletter Missionary Baptist News for more than two decades.
Clover, who was of Choctaw descent, was born in rural Curtis in Clark County near Arkadelphia in southern Arkansas to Josiah Manley Clover (ca. 1859-1916) and the former Agnes Walton (born ca. 1882; date of death unavailable). Josiah Clover died when Leander was still thirteen. Leander also lost a younger brother, Joe Cole Clover, who died in 1906 at the age of two. Reared in Clark County, Clover attended public schools and subsequently received a Bachelor of Theology degree from Missionary Baptist Seminary in Little Rock, the successor to an earlier institution in Sheridan in Grant County, Arkansas. Clover was the pastor of five Missionary Baptist churches in Arkansas, including the New Prospect congregation in Colt in St. Francis County near the Mississippi River.
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La Toya Jackson
La Toya Yvonne Jackson (born May 29, 1956) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, television personality, actress, businesswoman, philanthropist, activist and former model. She is the fifth child of the Jackson family. She maintained a career as a singer throughout the 1980s and 1990s, and returned to music in 2004 with her Billboard charting songs "Just Wanna Dance" and "Free the World". An EP called Starting Over was released on June 21, 2011.
Born on her sister Rebbie's 6th birthday on May 29, 1956, in Gary, Indiana, La Toya Jackson is the fifth of nine children born to Joseph and Katherine Jackson and the middle female child between Rebbie and Janet. Growing up, La Toya was a shy homebody. After her mother became a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses in 1965, La Toya, along with the rest of her siblings followed. She would spend some of her time (alongside her mother) preaching door-to-door. "Every morning, Michael and I witnessed, knocking on doors around Los Angeles, spreading the word of Jehovah." By 1972, at sixteen, La Toya joined her brothers in the spotlight with a tap dancing routine when her father arranged for them to perform shows in Las Vegas, among other cities. Jackson aspired to be an attorney specializing in business law. She attended college for a short time before her father insisted that she pursue a career in show business like the rest of the family.
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Lena Soderberg
Lena Söderberg (born 31 March 1951 in Sweden) appeared as a Playmate in the November 1972 issue of Playboy magazine, under the name Lenna Sjööblom. Her centerfold was photographed by Dwight Hooker.
Her photo (known as Lenna) is often used to test algorithms in digital image processing. She was a guest at the 50th annual Conference of the Society for Imaging Science and Technology in 1997 where she gave a presentation about herself.
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Lena Söderberg
Lena Söderberg (born 31 March 1951 in Sweden) appeared as a Playmate in the November 1972 issue of Playboy magazine, under the name Lenna Sjööblom. Her centerfold was photographed by Dwight Hooker.
Her photo (known as Lenna) is often used to test algorithms in digital image processing. She was a guest at the 50th annual Conference of the Society for Imaging Science and Technology in 1997 where she gave a presentation about herself.
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Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan ( /ˈloʊ.ən/; born July 2, 1986) is an American actress, recording artist, and model. She began her career as a child fashion model before making her motion picture debut in Walt Disney's 1998 remake of The Parent Trap at the age of 11. Lohan gained further fame with leading roles in the films Freaky Friday (2003), Mean Girls (2004), and Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005). In 2006 she appeared in independent films including Robert Altman's A Prairie Home Companion and Emilio Estevez's Bobby. In 2004, Lohan launched a second career as a recording artist with her debut album Speak, which was followed by A Little More Personal (Raw) in 2005.
In 2007, her career was interrupted when two driving under the influence (DUI) incidents and three visits to rehabilitation facilities led to the loss of several movie deals. Resuming her career, she guest starred in the TV series Ugly Betty in 2008, and starred in the TV comedy film Labor Pains in 2009. In 2010, she appeared in Robert Rodriguez's film Machete. She has attracted a great deal of publicity, particularly surrounding her personal life.
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Mainland China
Mainland China, the Chinese mainland or simply the mainland, is a geopolitical term that refers to the area under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The term generally excludes the PRC Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau.
There are two terms in Chinese for "mainland". Namely, Dalu (simplified Chinese: 大陆; traditional Chinese: 大陸), which means "continent", and Neidi (内地 / 內地), literally "inner land". In the PRC, the usage of the two terms are generally interchangeable and there is no prescribed method of reference in any jurisdiction. To emphasize "equal footing" in cross-strait relations, the term is used in official contexts with reference to Taiwan, with the PRC referring to itself as "the mainland side" (as opposed to "the Taiwan side"). But in its relations with Hong Kong and Macau, the PRC government refers to itself as "the Central People's Government".
By 1949, the Communist Party of China's (CPC) People's Liberation Army had largely defeated the Kuomintang (KMT)'s National Revolutionary Army in the Chinese Civil War on the mainland. This forced the Kuomintang to relocate the Government and institutions of the Republic of China to the relative safety of Taiwan, an island which was placed under the control of the Republic of China after the surrender of Japan at the end of World War II in 1945. With the establishment of the People's Republic of China on October 1, 1949, the CPC-controlled government saw itself as the sole legitimate government of China, competing with the claims of the Republic of China, whose authority is now limited to Taiwan and other islands. This has resulted in a situation in which two co-existing governments compete for international legitimacy and recognition as the "government of China".
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Malcolm X
Malcolm X ( /ˈmælkəm ˈɛks/; May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965), born Malcolm Little and also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Arabic: الحاجّ مالك الشباز), was an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist. To his admirers, he was a courageous advocate for the rights of African Americans, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans. Detractors accused him of preaching racism, black supremacy, antisemitism, and violence. He has been called one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history.
Malcolm X's father died—killed by white supremacists, it was rumored—when he was young, and at least one of his uncles was lynched. When he was thirteen, his mother was placed in a mental hospital, and he was placed in a series of foster homes. In 1946, at age 20, he went to prison for breaking and entering.
In prison, Malcolm X became a member of the Nation of Islam and after his parole in 1952 he quickly rose to become one of its leaders. For a dozen years Malcolm X was the public face of the controversial group, but disillusionment with Nation of Islam head Elijah Muhammad led him to leave the Nation in March 1964. After a period of travel in Africa and the Middle East, he returned to the United States, where he founded Muslim Mosque, Inc. and the Organization of Afro-American Unity. In February 1965, less than a year after leaving the Nation of Islam, he was assassinated by three members of the group.
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Mara Corday
Mara Corday (born Marilyn Joan Watts on January 3, 1930 in Santa Monica, California) is a showgirl, model, actress,Playboy Playmate and a 1950s cult figure.
Wanting a career in films, Mara Corday came to Hollywood while still in her teens and found work as a showgirl at the Earl Carroll Theatre on Sunset Boulevard. Her physical beauty brought jobs as a photographer's model that led to a bit part as a showgirl in the 1951 film Two Tickets to Broadway. She signed on as a Universal International Pictures (UI) contract player where she met actor Clint Eastwood with whom she would remain lifelong friends. With UI, Corday was given small roles in various B-movies and television series. In 1954 on the set of Playgirl she met actor Richard Long. Following the death of Long's wife, the two began dating and married in 1957.
Her roles were small until 1955 when she was cast opposite John Agar in Tarantula, a Sci-Fi B-movie that proved a modest success. She had another successful co-starring role in that genre (The Black Scorpion) as well as in a number of Western films. Respected film critic Leonard Maltin said that Mara Corday had "more acting ability than she was permitted to exhibit."
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Margaret Atwood
Margaret Eleanor Atwood, CC OOnt FRSC (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, and environmental activist. She is among the most-honored authors of fiction in recent history. She is a winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award and Prince of Asturias award for Literature, has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize five times, winning once, and has been a finalist for the Governor General's Award seven times, winning twice. Atwood has increasingly been mentioned as a potential candidate for the Nobel Prize for Literature.
While she is best known for her work as a novelist, she is also a poet, having published 15 books of poetry to date. Many of her poems have been inspired by myths and fairy tales, which have been interests of hers from an early age. Atwood has published short stories in Tamarack Review, Alphabet, Harper's, CBC Anthology, Ms., Saturday Night, and many other magazines. She has also published four collections of stories and three collections of unclassifiable short prose works.
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Marilyn Monroe
Norma Jeane Mortensen Baker (June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962), professionally recognized as Marilyn Monroe, was an American actress, model, and singer, who became a major sex symbol, starring in a number of commercially successful motion pictures during the 1950s and early 1960s.
After spending much of her childhood in foster homes, Monroe began a career as a model, which led to a film contract in 1946 with Twentieth Century-Fox. Her early film appearances were minor, but her performances in The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve (both 1950) drew attention to her. By 1953, Monroe had progressed to a leading role in Niagara (1953), a melodramatic film noir that dwelt on her seductiveness. Her "dumb blonde" persona was used to comic effect in subsequent films such as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) and The Seven Year Itch (1955). Limited by typecasting, Monroe studied at the Actors Studio to broaden her range. Her dramatic performance in Bus Stop (1956) was hailed by critics and garnered a Golden Globe nomination. Her production company, Marilyn Monroe Productions, released The Prince and the Showgirl (1957), for which she received a BAFTA Award nomination and won a David di Donatello award. She received a Golden Globe Award for her performance in Some Like It Hot (1959). Monroe's last completed film was The Misfits, co-starring Clark Gable with screenplay by her then-husband, Arthur Miller.
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Mario Casilli
Mario A. Casilli (January 22, 1931 - April 25, 2002) was a photographer for Playboy magazine.
From 1962 until 1981 he photographed 57 Playmate pictorials, including Playmates of the Year Linda Gamble, Christa Speck, Jo Collins, Connie Kreski, Claudia Jennings and Dorothy Stratten. He also photographed several covers for Playboy, as well as celebrities such as Valerie Perrine, Victoria Principal, Joan Collins and Mariel Hemingway.
In addition to his work with Playboy, Casilli also contributed stills to the films Star 80 (1983) (which was about murdered Playmate Dorothy Stratten) and Nuts (1987). He died in Altadena, California.
Casilli also photographed many album covers, including The Judds 1985 album Rockin' with the Rhythm.
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Michael Crichton
John Michael Crichton ( /ˈkraɪtən/; rhymes with frighten; October 23, 1942 – November 4, 2008), best known as Michael Crichton, was an American best-selling author, producer, director, and screenwriter, best known for his work in the science fiction, medical fiction, and thriller genres. His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and many have been adapted into films. In 1994, Crichton became the only creative artist ever to have works simultaneously charting at #1 in television, film, and book sales (with ER, Jurassic Park, and Disclosure, respectively).
His literary works are usually based on the action genre and heavily feature technology. His novels epitomize the techno-thriller genre of literature, often exploring technology and failures of human interaction with it, especially resulting in catastrophes with biotechnology. Many of his future history novels have medical or scientific underpinnings, reflecting his medical training and science background. He was the author of, among others, Jurassic Park, The Andromeda Strain, Congo, Travels, Sphere, Rising Sun, Disclosure, The Lost World, Airframe, Timeline, Prey, State of Fear, Next (the final book published before his death), Pirate Latitudes (published November 24, 2009), and a final unfinished techno-thriller, Micro, which was published in November 2011.
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Nancy Sinatra
Nancy Sandra Sinatra (born June 8, 1940) is an American singer and actress. She is the daughter of singer/actor Frank Sinatra, and remains best known for her 1966 signature hit "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'".
Other defining recordings include "Sugar Town", the 1967 number one "Somethin' Stupid" (a duet with her father), the title song from the James Bond film You Only Live Twice, several collaborations with Lee Hazlewood such as "Jackson", and her cover of Cher's "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)", which features during the opening sequence of Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill.
Sinatra began her career as a singer and actress in the early 1960s, but initially achieved success only in Europe and Japan. In early 1966 she had a transatlantic number-one hit with "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'", which showed her provocative but good-natured style, and which popularized and made her synonymous with go-go boots. The promo clip featured a big-haired Sinatra and six young women in tight tops, go-go boots and mini-skirts. The song was written by Lee Hazlewood, who wrote and produced most of her hits and sang with her on several duets, including the critical and cult favorite "Some Velvet Morning". In 1966 and 1967, Sinatra charted with 13 titles, all of which featured Billy Strange as arranger and conductor.
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P. G. Wodehouse
Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, KBE ( /ˈwʊd.haʊs/; 15 October 1881 – 14 February 1975) was an English humorist, whose body of work includes novels, short stories, plays, poems, song lyrics and numerous pieces of journalism. He enjoyed enormous popular success during a career that lasted more than seventy years and his many writings continue to be widely read. Despite the political and social upheavals that occurred during his life, much of which was spent in France and the United States, Wodehouse's main canvas remained that of pre-1914 English upper-class society, reflecting his birth, education and youthful writing career.
An acknowledged master of English prose, Wodehouse has been admired both by contemporaries such as Hilaire Belloc, Evelyn Waugh and Rudyard Kipling and by modern writers such as Stephen Fry,Douglas Adams,Zadie Smith,[citation needed]J. K. Rowling, and John Le Carré .
Best known today for the Jeeves and Blandings Castle novels and short stories, Wodehouse was also a playwright and lyricist who was part author and writer of 15 plays and of 250 lyrics for some 30 musical comedies, many of them produced in collaboration with Jerome Kern and Guy Bolton. He worked with Cole Porter on the musical Anything Goes (1934), wrote the lyrics for the hit song "Bill" in Kern's Show Boat (1927), wrote lyrics to Sigmund Romberg's music for the Gershwin – Romberg musical Rosalie (1928) and collaborated with Rudolf Friml on a musical version of The Three Musketeers (1928). He is in the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
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Pompeo Posar
Pompeo Posar (February 21, 1921 – April 5, 2004) was a Playboy magazine staff photographer who photographed many centerfold spreads and accompanying pictures of women featured as playmate of the month. Notably, he was responsible for the December 1968 centerfold of Cynthia Myers and the March 1975 centerfold of Janet Lupo.
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Ray Bradbury
Ray Douglas Bradbury (born August 22, 1920) is an American fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery writer. Best known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953) and for the science fiction stories gathered together as The Martian Chronicles (1950) and The Illustrated Man (1951), Bradbury is one of the most celebrated among 20th and 21st century American writers of speculative fiction. Many of Bradbury's works have been adapted into television shows or films.
Bradbury was born in 1920 in Waukegan, Illinois to Esther Moberg Bradbury, a Swedish immigrant, and Leonard Spaulding Bradbury, a power and telephone lineman.
Ray Bradbury is related to the American Shakespeare scholar Douglas Spaulding. He is also directly descended from Mary Bradbury, who was tried, convicted and sentenced to hang as a witch in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. She was married to Captain Thomas Bradbury of Salisbury, Massachusetts.
Bradbury was a reader and writer throughout his youth who was greatly influenced by the writings of Edgar Allan Poe. Bradbury was especially impressed with Poe's ability to draw readers into his works. In his youth, he spent much time in the Carnegie library in Waukegan, Illinois, reading such authors as H.G. Wells, Jules Verne, and his favorite author, Edgar Rice Burroughs who wrote novels such as Tarzan of the Apes and The Warlord of Mars. He loved Burroughs' The Warlord of Mars so much that at the age of twelve he wrote his own sequel. An aunt read him short stories when he was a child. He used this library as a setting for much of his novel Something Wicked This Way Comes, and depicted Waukegan as "Green Town" in some of his other semi-autobiographical novels—Dandelion Wine, Farewell Summer—as well as in many of his short stories.
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Richard Fegley
Leon Richard Fegley (November 29, 1936 - September 15, 2001) was a professional photographer who worked for Playboy magazine for 30 years.
Fegley started taking photos during a stint in the United States Air Force, and eventually attended the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. In 1971 he joined Playboy as a freelance photographer. His first Playboy Playmate was Carol O'Neal, for the July 1972 issue. In all he photographed 91 Playmates, including Shannon Tweed, Kimberley Conrad, Erika Eleniak, Kelly Monaco and Karen McDougal. Fegley also photographed many covers for Playboy, as well as several celebrities, including adult film star Marilyn Chambers.
He died on September 15, 2001 in Chicago after a long illness.
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Robie Macauley
Robie Mayhew Macauley (May 31, 1919 – November 20, 1995) was an editor, novelist and critic whose literary career spanned over 50 years.
Robie Macauley was born on May 31, 1919 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was the older brother of the noted photographer and film producer C. Cameron Macauley. His father owned and published the Hudsonville newspaper, The Ottawa Times, and Macauley used the printing press to publish his first books of fiction and poetry. At age 18 he printed and bound a limited edition of Solomon's Cat, a previously unpublished poem by Walter Duranty, setting the type and engraving the illustrations.
As an undergraduate at Olivet College, he studied under Ford Madox Ford (describing him as "my first teacher and editorial mentor.") and then won a three-year literary prize scholarship and transferred to Kenyon College to study under John Crowe Ransom. There he lived in a writer's house with Robert Lowell,Peter Taylor, and Randall Jarrell. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in February 1941, and the same year was awarded a fellowship to attend the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference. He graduated summa cum laude from Kenyon in June 1941.
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Sam Wu
Sam Wu is an American photographer of the 1950s and 1960s.
Wu worked for adult magazines such as Playboy and Modern Man. He photographed Playboy centerfolds of Rusty Fisher, Pat Sheehan and Christa Speck. He also filmed Pat Sheehan's centerfold and Tania Velia movie pics.
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Samantha Fox
Samantha Karen "Sam" Fox (born 15 April 1966) is an English dance-pop singer, actress, and former glamour model. In 1983, at the age of 16, she began her topless modelling career on Page Three of The Sun, and went on to become a popular pin-up girl. In 1986, she launched her pop music career with her debut single "Touch Me (I Want Your Body)", which became a Number 1 hit in 17 countries. She has since sold over 30 million albums worldwide. Fox has also appeared in a number of films and reality television shows, and has occasionally worked as a television presenter.[citation needed]
The eldest daughter of the late John Patrick Fox and Carole Ann Wilken, Samantha Karen Fox comes from a family of market traders from Chapel Market, Islington, London. She has a sister, Vanessa, who is six years younger, a half-sister, Frederica, and a half brother, Frankie, from her father's second marriage.[citation needed]
Fox attended St Thomas More RC School, Haringey and took an interest in the theatre from an early age. She first appeared on a theatre stage at the age of three, and was enrolled in the Anna Scher Theatre School from the age of 5. Her first television appearance came in 1976, at the age of 10, in a BBC play entitled No Way Out.[citation needed] Following on from this, she started at the Mountview Theatre School, near her home in Haringey, at the age of 11.[citation needed]
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Saul Bellow
Saul Bellow (June 10, 1915 – April 5, 2005) was a Canadian-born American writer. For his literary contributions, Bellow was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the Nobel Prize for Literature, and the National Medal of Arts. He is the only writer to win the National Book Award for Fiction three times and he received the Foundation's lifetime Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters in 1990.
In the words of the Swedish Nobel Committee, his writing exhibited "the mixture of rich picaresque novel and subtle analysis of our culture, of entertaining adventure, drastic and tragic episodes in quick succession interspersed with philosophic conversation, all developed by a commentator with a witty tongue and penetrating insight into the outer and inner complications that drive us to act, or prevent us from acting, and that can be called the dilemma of our age." His best-known works include The Adventures of Augie March, Henderson the Rain King, Herzog, Mr. Sammler's Planet, Seize the Day, Humboldt's Gift and Ravelstein. Widely regarded as one of the 20th century's greatest authors, Bellow has had a "huge literary influence."
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Sean O'Faolain
Seán Proinsias Ó Faoláin (22 February 1900– 20 April 1991) was an Irish short story writer. He was elected Saoi of Aosdána in 1986.
Born as John Francis Whelan in Cork City, County Cork, Ireland, Sean Ó Faoláin wrote his first stories in the 1920s. Through 90 stories, written over a period of 60 years, Ó Faoláin charts the development of modern Ireland. His Collected Stories were published in 1983, eight years before his death on 20 April 1991, in Dublin.
Ó Faoláin was educated at the Presentation Brothers Secondary School in Cork. He fought in the War of Independence. He received M.A. degrees from the National University of Ireland and from Harvard University, was a Commonwealth Fellow from 1926 to 1928 and a Harvard Fellow from 1928 to 1929.
From 1929 to 1933 Ó Faoláin lectured at St Mary's College, Strawberry Hill, during which period he wrote his first two books.
He served as director of the Arts Council of Ireland from 1956 to 1959, and from 1940 to 1990 he was a founder member and editor of the Irish literary periodical The Bell. The list of contributors to The Bell included many of Ireland's foremost writers, among them Patrick Kavanagh, Patrick Swift, Flann O'Brien, Frank O'Connor and Brendan Behan.
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Shel Silverstein
Sheldon Allan "Shel" Silverstein (September 25, 1930 – May 8/9, 1999), was an American poet, singer-songwriter, musician, composer, cartoonist, screenwriter and author of children's books. He styled himself as Uncle Shelby in his children's books. Translated into more than 30 languages, his books have sold over 20 million copies.
Born in Chicago, Silverstein began drawing at age 12 by tracing the works of Al Capp. He told Jean Mercier of Publishers Weekly: "When I was a kid—12 to 14, around there—I would much rather have been a good baseball player or a hit with the girls, but I couldn't play ball. I couldn't dance. Luckily, the girls didn't want me. Not much I could do about that. So I started to draw and to write. I was also lucky that I didn't have anybody to copy, be impressed by. I had developed my own style; I was creating before I knew there was a Thurber, a Benchley, a Price and a Steinberg. I never saw their work till I was around 30. By the time I got to where I was attracting girls, I was already into work, and it was more important to me. Not that I wouldn't rather make love, but the work has become a habit."
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Stephen Wayda
Stephen Wayda is an American professional photographer. He has shot many pictorials of Playboy Playmates.
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Susie Feldman
Susie Feldman (birth name Sussanah Sprague) (born June 7, 1982 in San Bernardino, California) is a former participant in the celeb-reality television series The Two Coreys and the former wife of Corey Feldman. She also appeared in Playboy magazine.
Sprague's parents, Sue Egberts and Scott Sprague, separated when Susie was two years old. She subsequently lived with her father until his death. Her father was murdered, according to her website. While living with her father, they lived in Northern and Southern California, Hawaii, and Spain.[broken citation]
Upon the death of her father, Sprague moved in with her mother. During this time, Sprague attended junior high and high school in Corona, California, and graduated from Santiago High School in 2000.[broken citation]
Sprague first met Corey Feldman when she was celebrating her 19th birthday with several of her friends at Las Palmas in Hollywood. She became a vegetarian after they started dating, since Corey Feldman is a vegetarian. Corey Feldman proposed on Valentine’s Day 2002.[broken citation]
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Suzanne Somers
Suzanne Somers (born as Suzanne Marie Mahoney on October 16, 1946) is an American actress, author, singer and businesswoman, known for her television roles as Chrissy Snow on Three's Company and as Carol Lambert on Step by Step.
Somers later became the author of a series of best-selling self-help books, including Ageless: The Naked Truth About Bioidentical Hormones (2006), a book about bioidentical hormone replacement therapy. She has also released two autobiographies, four diet books, and a book of poetry entitled "Touch Me" (1980). She currently features items of her design on ShopNBC.[citation needed]
She is criticized for her views on some medical subjects and her advocacy of the Wiley Protocol, which has been labelled as "scientifically unproven and dangerous". Her promotion of alternative cancer treatments has received criticism from the American Cancer Society.
Born Suzanne Marie Mahoney in San Bruno, California, Somers was the third of four children in an Irish Catholic family. Her mother, Marion Elizabeth (née Turner), was a medical secretary, and her father, Francis Mahoney, was a laborer (loading beer into boxcars) and gardener. Her family attended church at St. Robert's Catholic Church in San Bruno.
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Suze Randall
Suze Randall (born May 18, 1946) is an English model, photographer, and pornographer. She has been one of the world's leading erotic photographers for more than 35 years.
Suze was the first female staff photographer for both Playboy and Hustler. She is the one of the early female porn film directors, making Kiss and Tell in 1980. She is President of one of the worlds biggest adult content websites, Suze Network.
Working first as a nurse, then as a fashion model in the early 1970s, Randall gained attention for erotic photographs she took of her fellow model friends. In 1972 she played an au pair in Éric Rohmer's film Love in the Afternoon. She gave up modeling and devoted her time to erotic photography becoming the first female to shoot Page Three for The Sun (United Kingdom). After working for years in top adult magazines like Penthouse and Playboy, she now continues her career as a freelance photographer. In recent years her work has included a lot of bondage imagery.
Her breakthrough came when she spotted the pinup model Lillian Müller and photographed her for "Playboy". Müller was chosen as Playmate Of The Month in August 1975 and subsequently Playmate of the Year in 1976. In a pictorial in Playboy's May 1976 issue, Randall was both photographer and model. She went on to shoot a much more explicit self-portrait in a June 1977 Hustler pictorial.
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Svetlana Khorkina
Svetlana Vasilyevna Khorkina (Russian: Светлана Васильевна Хоркина, born January 19, 1979 in Belgorod, Russia) is a popular Russian gymnast and seven-time Olympic medalist, who is now a deputy at the Russian State Duma. With an unprecedented nine gold, eight silver, and three bronze World Championships medals, she is one of the most successful female gymnasts of her era and has been cited as a fan favorite in various polls in gymnastics magazines. Khorkina is also notable because she was able to continue competing and winning medals for more than a decade, participating in three Olympics and three changes to the Code of Points. She won her final World Championships all-around title at the age of 24 in 2003 which tied her with Věra Čáslavská as the second oldest female World Champion, second to Larisa Latynina who won her second World All Around title in 1962 at the age of 27. In her career she won 47 World,Olympic and European medals. Khorkina won more medals in major All-Around Championships than any other gymnast — male or female - 10 ( 7 Gold,3 Silver).
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Tanja Szewczenko
Tanja Szewczenko (born July 26, 1977, Düsseldorf, West Germany) is a German figure skater and actress. She is the 1994 World bronze medalist and 1998 European bronze medalist.
Tanja inherited her Ukrainian surname from her father. Her mother, Vera Küke, was a German from Russia. In 1994, at only 16 years old, Szewczenko won her first international competition, at the prestigious Nations Cup in Germany, defeating the reigning world champion Oksana Baiul. A few weeks later, she won her first national title, defeating the figure skating legend Katarina Witt. Her most prominent success occurred in the mid-nineties, when she won a bronze medal in the 1994 World Figure Skating Championships. After finishing 6th place at the 1996 World Figure Skating Championships, Szewczenko contracted a near-deadly combination of viral infections that took her out of competition for nearly two years.
She made a successful comeback in the fall of 1997, winning on home ice at Sparkassen Cup on Ice in Gelsenkirken, Germany over eventual World Champion, Irina Slutskaya. She went on to defeat former World Champion Chen Lu and eventual World Champion Maria Butyrskaya at the NHK Trophy in Nagano, Japan, and in doing so, earned a spot to the Grand Prix Final in Munich, Germany. She finished 2nd behind American Tara Lipinski in what is regarded as the greatest performance of her career.
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Tiffany (singer)
Tiffany Renee Darwish (born October 2, 1971), known popularly as Tiffany, is an American singer and former teen icon. She is most notable for her 1987 remake of "I Think We're Alone Now", originally recorded by Tommy James and the Shondells in 1967. Released as the second single from her eponymous album, Tiffany, the song quickly became a teen anthem. Thanks to an original mall tour, "The Beautiful You: Celebrating The Good Life Shopping Mall Tour '87", Tiffany became a pop sensation; both the single and the album peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200 charts, respectively. The singles, "Could've Been" and "I Saw Him Standing There", a feminine cover version of The Beatles' "I Saw Her Standing There", followed soon after, with the former also claiming the number one position on the Billboard Hot 100.
Although Tiffany's second album, Hold an Old Friend's Hand managed to chart in 1988, it failed to replicate the success of her debut album. The 1990s saw two additional releases, 1990's New Inside and the Asia-exclusive Dreams Never Die, both of which failed to rekindle substantial interest. Tiffany returned in 2001 with her first album in six years, The Color of Silence. While the album received some minor critical success, it failed to achieve any significant standing. Since then, Tiffany recorded four additional full-length albums, including an album of 80s cover songs, focusing on a variety of genres including country and dance, and she continues to tour. Outside of music, Tiffany posed nude in Playboy and guest-starred in several television shows, including Hit Me, Baby, One More Time, Celebrity Fit Club and Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling, and the movies Necrosis and Mega Python vs. Gatoroid, the latter co-starring fellow 80s teen idol and musical rival, Debbie Gibson.
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Torrie Wilson
Torrie Anne Wilson (born July 24, 1975) is a retired American professional wrestler, fitness competitor and model. She is best known for her tenures in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where she worked on both their SmackDown and Raw brands throughout her eight-year run.
As a fitness competitor, Wilson won the Miss Galaxy competition in 1998. Shortly after, she was signed by World Championship Wrestling, where she stayed from 1999 until 2001. In 2001, she began appearing on World Wrestling Federation (WWF) television as part of The Invasion storyline. Her most high profile storyline took place in 2003 when she feuded with Dawn Marie. Wilson has also been a part of the all-female stable, or group of affiliated wrestlers, known as Vince's Devils, which ended its run in 2006.
Aside from wrestling, Wilson has been on the cover of several magazines, including FHM and Playboy, which she posed for twice.
Wilson was born in Boise, Idaho. She claims that while growing up she was painfully shy as a child. Wilson found her niche in many school activities, including cheerleading, dance, and was very competitive in track and field.
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Ursula Andress
Ursula Andress (born 19 March 1936) is a Swiss actress and sex symbol of the 1960s. She is known for her role as Bond girl Honey Ryder in the first James Bond movie, Dr. No (1962), for which she won a Golden Globe. She later starred as Vesper Lynd in the Bond-parody Casino Royale (1967).
Andress was born in Ostermundigen, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, the daughter of Anna, who was Swiss, and Rolf Andress, a German diplomat who was expelled from Switzerland for political reasons. He disappeared during World War II.
Andress became famous as Honey Ryder, a shell diver and James Bond's object of desire in Dr. No (1962), the first Bond movie. In a well-known scene, she rises out of the Caribbean Sea in a white bikini. The scene made Andress the "quintessential" Bond girl, and is now considered iconic. "My entrance in the film wearing the bikini on that beautiful beach made me world famous as 'the Bond girl'", she said, and the bikini from this "classic moment in cinema and Bond history" sold for £35,000 at auction in 2001. In 2003, in a UK Survey by Channel 4, her entrance in Dr. No was voted #1 in "the 100 Greatest Sexy Moments".
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Victor Lownes
Victor Aubrey Lownes III (born 17 April 1928, Buffalo, NY, USA) An executive with Playboy Enterprises in various capacities, various vice-presidencies, always a close confidant of Hugh Hefner. Headed Playboy Europe and the UK Playboy Clubs from the mid-sixties until his dismissal in the early eighties. During this time he was Britain's highest paid executive, drawing a salary of $113,800 and was Playboy Enterprises second biggest shareholder. He was constantly in the gossip magazines and tabloid newspapers for his antics. Where Hefner always seemed in the grip of his obsession, Lownes, in contrast, was an immensely attractive and shrewd philanderer. It was said that he used to have five girls a day, sometimes two at a time. He remarked “What is a playboy? It is usually someone who is getting more sex than you are.”
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Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (Russian: Влади́мир Влади́мирович Набо́ков, pronounced [vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr nɐˈbokəf] ( listen); 22 April [O.S. 10 April] 1899c – 2 July 1977) was a multilingual Russian novelist, poet and short story writer. Nabokov's first nine novels were in Russian. He then rose to international prominence as a writer of English prose. He also made serious contributions as a lepidopterist and chess composer.
Nabokov's Lolita (1955) is frequently cited as among his most important novels and is his most widely known, exhibiting the love of intricate word play and synesthetic detail that characterised all his works. The novel was ranked at No. 4 in the list of the Modern Library 100 Best Novels.Pale Fire (1962) was ranked at No. 53 on the same list. His memoir, Speak, Memory, was listed No. 8 on the Modern Library nonfiction list.
Nabokov was born on 22 April 1899 (10 April 1899 Old-Style), in Saint Petersburg,b to a wealthy and prominent Saint Petersburg family of the minor nobility. He was the eldest of five children of liberal lawyer, statesman, and journalist Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov and his wife, Elena Ivanovna née Rukavishnikova. His cousins included the composer Nicolas Nabokov. He spent his childhood and youth in St. Petersburg and at the country estate Vyra near Siverskaya, south of the city.
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Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko (born 18 July 1933) is a Soviet and Russian poet. He is also a novelist, essayist, dramatist, screenwriter, actor, editor, and a director of several films.
Yevtushenko was born Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Gangnus (later he took his mother's last name, Yevtushenko) in the Irkutsk region of Siberia in a small town called Zima Junction on 18 July 1933 to a peasant family of mixed Russian, Ukrainian and Tatar heritage. "His great-grandfather, Joseph Yevtushenko, a suspected subversive, was exiled to Siberia after the 1881 assassination of Emperor Alexander II and died en route. Both of Yevtushenko's grandfathers were arrested during Stalin's purges as "enemies of the people" in 1937." His maternal grandfather, Ermolai Naumovich Yevtushenko, had been a Red Army officer during the Russian Revolution and the Civil War. Yevtushenko's father, Aleksandr Rudolfovich Gangnus, was a geologist, as was his mother, Zinaida Ermolaevna Yevtushenko, who later became a singer. The boy accompanied his father on geological expeditions to Kazakhstan in 1948, and to Altai, Siberia, in 1950. Young Yevtushenko wrote his first verses and humorous songs "chastushki" while living in Zima, Siberia. "His parents were divorced when [he] was 7 and he was raised by his mother." "By age 10 he had cranked out his first poem. Six years later a sports journal was the first periodical to publish his poetry. At 19, he published his first book of poems, The Prospects of the Future."
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Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono (オノ・ヨーコ（小野 洋子）, Ono Yōko?, born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese artist, author, and peace activist, known for her work in avant-garde art, music and filmmaking as well as her marriage to John Lennon. Ono brought feminism to the forefront in her music which prefigured New Wave music and is known for her philanthropic contributions to the arts, peace and AIDS outreach programs.
Yoko Ono was born in Tokyo in 1933 to mother Isoko Ono, the great-granddaughter of Zenjiro Yasuda of the Yasuda banking family, and to father Yeisuke Ono, a banker and one-time classical pianist who was a descendant of an Emperor of Japan. The name "Yoko" means "ocean child". Two weeks before she was born, her father was transferred to San Francisco by his employer, the Yokohama Specie Bank. The rest of the family followed soon after and Yoko met her father when she was two. Her younger brother Keisuke was born in December 1936. In 1937, her father was transferred back to Japan and Ono was enrolled at Tokyo's Gakushuin (also known as the Peers School), one of the most exclusive schools in Japan.
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Playboy After Dark
Cast
- Nanci Roberts
- Chris Cranston
- Hugh M. Hefner
- Bill Cosby
- Don Adams
- The Checkmates Ltd.
- Vic Damone
- Jackie Gayle
- Steppenwolf
- Frankie Randall
- Bill Medley
- Rich Little
- Mort Sahl
- Charlie Brill
- Sid Caesar
- John Stewart
- Michael Monarch
- Pete Barbutti
- Marty Ingels
- Joe Williams
- James Brown
- The Chambers Brothers
- Fito De la Parra
- John Russell Morgan
- The Blossoms
- Season 1
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Episode 1: (#1.1)
USA:18 January 1969...
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Episode 2: (#1.2)
USA:31 January 1969...
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Episode 3: (#1.3)
USA:2 February 1969...
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Episode 4: (#1.4)
USA:7 February 1969...
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Guest 'Harry Nilsson' (qv) joked to 'Hugh M. Hefner' (qv) that the "real meaning" of his song "Good ...
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USA:21 February 1969...
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Episode 7: (#1.7)
CBS Television City - 7800 Beverly Blvd., Fairfax, Los Angeles, California, USA...
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USA:7 March 1969...
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USA:15 March 1969...
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USA:21 March 1969...
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Episode 11: (#1.11)
USA:22 March 1969...
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Episode 12: (#1.12)
USA:28 March 1969...
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USA:29 March 1969...
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USA:11 April 1969...
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USA:12 April 1969...
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Episode 16: (#1.16)
USA:18 April 1969...
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USA:2 May 1969...
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Episode 18: (#1.18)
USA:9 May 1969...
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USA:16 May 1969...
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USA:30 May 1969...
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USA:31 May 1969...
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USA:28 June 1969...
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USA:19 July 1969...
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USA:10 October 1969...
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Episode 25: (#1.25)
USA:7 November 1969...
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CBS Television City - 7800 Beverly Blvd., Fairfax, Los Angeles, California, USA...
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Episode 1: (#2.1)
USA:27 January 1970...
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Episode 2: (#2.2)
USA:3 February 1970...
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Episode 3: (#2.3)
USA:10 February 1970...
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USA:17 February 1970...
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USA:24 February 1970...
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USA:3 March 1970...
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USA:10 March 1970...
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USA:17 March 1970...
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USA:24 March 1970...
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USA:31 March 1970...
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USA:7 April 1970...
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USA:14 April 1970...
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USA:21 April 1970...
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USA:28 April 1970...
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- Season
- Episode : (1970-05-15)
USA:15 May 1970...- Episode : (1970-01-08)
USA:8 January 1970...
Playboy Shootout
Cast
- Brande Roderick
- Stephen Wayda
- Cara Zavaleta
- Arny Freytag
- Cassandra Dawn
- Shanna Mclaughlin
- Olivia Paige
- Morgan Chapman
- Eric LaCour
- Kate Romero
- Tad Frank
- Tiffany Fallon
- Sara Jean Underwood
- Kevin M. Klein
- Ida Ljungqvist
- Traci Bingham
- Adrianne Curry
- Carmella DeCesare
- Deanna Brooks
- Season 1
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Episode 1: (#1.1)
- Episode 2: (#1.2)
- Episode 3: (#1.3)
- Episode 4: (#1.4)
- Episode 5: (#1.5)
- Episode 6: (#1.6)
- Episode 7: (#1.7)
- Episode 8: (#1.8)
- Episode 9: (#1.9)
Playboy's Penthouse
Cast
- Buddy Greco
- Joyce Nizzari
- Rona Jaffe
- Bob Newhart
- Lenny Bruce
- Joe E. Lewis
- Bob Gibson
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Hugh M. Hefner
- Anita O'Day
- Nat 'King' Cole
- Forrest Tucker
- Cy Coleman
- Larry Storch
- Jack E. Leonard
- Season 1
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Episode 1: (#1.1)
OFM:Video...
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USA:31 October 1959...
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Episode 3: (#1.3)
USA:7 November 1959...
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USA:14 November 1959...
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- Wynn Stewart
- Playa
- Lloyd Banks
- Hot Chip
- Adam Ant
- Dwight Yoakam
- Eddie Cochran
- Lil' Bow Wow
- Buck Owens
- Richie Rich
- Roger Miller
- Machiavel
- Marvelettes
- Adam & The Ants
- Charity Brown
- Candy Coated Killahz
karaoke
They call me a playboy
As I'm makin' my rounds
Chasing the bright lights
Of each night spot in town
Though I never show it
My heart's breaking in two
They call me a playboy
But I'm just lonesome for you
I once had a real love
That was when I had you
But I'll never feel love
With somebody new
This false front I'm wearing
Is just to cover my blues
They call me a playboyWhoa, babygirl
You ain't been with someone like this
Had chills like this
Tell me how would it feel
You know what
Bet you ain't never
Never met a playboy like me
I'll lick you from head to toe
First thing in the morning, morning
Before you know it
Girl you be shaking at the knees
I know my love's off the hease
You better believe it shorty
You can say I'm like drugs
Cause after I've given my love
Girl I bet you be fiending, fiending
I have them things
Recognize that I am that man
I hope you've been peeping game
I'm trying to tell you baby
I know you ain't never
Met a playboy like me
I know cause you cuss a lot
And with me you're smiling, yeah
My love don't play
(This is your lucky day)
Ooh girl I can hardly wait
Wait to see you shorty
And so it seems
(You've been moping around)
Don't let yourself get you down
(Don't get discouraged baby)
Ooh baby I got you
(Better days headed your way)
I think we should celebrate
I bet you ain't ready baby
1 - I know you ain't never
Never met a playboy like me
I bet you've been cheated
Don't worry I got you covered shorty
I know I ain't perfect
From head to toe I'm real as can be
And I know I'm up in your mind
Lovin' is on your mind
I know you have never felt like this till you holla
Never known a playboy like me
Let me sweep you off your feet
I know how to get you heated shorty
Send you chills from your head to your feet
You best to believe it girl
I know you ain't never
Never met a playboy like me
I'm searching you for your spot
(I'm a get'cha horny shorty)
If you don't got one
Well that's okay oh girl cause I'll feel you up
(You better tell her Smoke yeah)
Nothing like a hand in your butt
Wait till you fall in love
Cause I be giving it to you
Give it to you love
(Wait till I do you baby)
You see even if I ain't your type
I know I'm gonna get'cha right
You better believe in shorty
Repeat 1
2 - Rub ya, rub ya, rub ya
Kiss ya, kiss ya, kiss ya
Do ya, do ya, do ya
Feel like nothing before
Love ya, love ya, love ya
Calling, calling, calling
Running, running, running
Running back for moreAw man , can I get a raw please
Is y’all ready, is y’all ready
For the main event, Damn
Lloyd Banks
Guess who’s the man this winter straight out the land of sinners
The Range with hella spinners check out the white wrist
Roll with the damn winners or you and your man’s finished
You and your Rams fitted turn off the light switch
Holdin’ my torch down even when the force ‘round
You let your wife roll she want a divorce now
You niggas ain’t this gully playas’ll paint ya skully
You’ll never take this from me
The riders and the gangstas with me
God Damn)
You shouldn’t be a problem I ain’t be a problem
See ya later, I read ya head you be a Rodman (What)
I know ya type, hoppin all over the beat screamin’
You call it hypin’ yaself up I call it street dreamin’
I do it for all of the haters the playas ball with the gators
They lookin’ forward to favors gossip is all they gave us
You niggas wasn’t quiet, meet the whales and fishes (Whoo)
You lit the precinct up playin’ tattle tale with the snitches
Even my momma knows I got all kind of hoes
They wait outside the show stripped after the diner closed
I’ll be designer clothes without the winer woes
Take off my baby blue mink and Carolina bowls
Come here, take a look inside a entertainer’s closet
I never trust a bitch, I blame Lorainna Bobbit
Niggas stay and pocket
I know you’re made at me but shit ain’t all peaches and cream
And I ain’t Sara Lee bitch (C’mon)
Don’t ice me
You starin’ at the wrong one
There’s a lot of girls here
Go and get up on one (What)
We at the bar poppin’ bottles ‘til they all gone
If you ain’t leavin’ here wit us
You gon’ walk home (Whoo)
Go someone else where
They know how we ride
If you a playboy, you got one on each side
Keep your mouth closed, we don’t let the beef ride
(What)
Ride
(What)
Ride
(What)
Ride
(God Damn Let’s Go)
I do this for the hood, niggas stuck in the slammer
I smile cuz I’m good, you act tough for the camera (Whoo)
Learn from the hood kids, they ain’t fuckin’ wit Santa
Cuz they like Tupac more, (Word) Word to my grandma
I figure I might as well leave here with my glock drawn
Cuz they’ll take you to jail even when you not wrong
Dog your not this flashy, dogs you got to blast me
Every rock is classy, nobody on your block can match me (Whoo)
You shouldn’t want to fight, unless you wanna fight
For your life in the Hospital for hundred nights
I know your type, run behind your girlfriend rushin’
You call it quality time, I call it handcuffin’
I’m on the beach in Miami, cellular reachin’ my family
All the weekend in panties from Puerto Rican canny
You niggas wasn’t tough, I should’ve snapped some pics
You wear ya pants tight, play pitty pat wit the chicks (Damn)
Even my father knows where the revolver goes
I bring the beef to ya front door like Dominoes
And my diamonds froze that means my time froze
Be in the club from when it’s poppin’ ‘til the time it close (What)
Half of these so-called real niggas’ll probably sing
Naw I ain’t pullin’ over, learned that from Rodney King
So tell ya homey chill you know I hold the steel
Everything from jabs to hooks and you ain’t Holyfield, nigga (Damn)
Don’t ice me
You starin’ at the wrong one (Whoo)
There’s a lot of girls here
Go and get up on one
We at the bar poppin’ bottles ‘til they all gone
If you ain’t leavin’ here wit us
You gon’ walk home
Go someone else where
They know how we ride
If you a playboy, you got one on each side
Keep your mouth closed, we don’t let the beef ride
Everybody on the left get yo hands up (Get ya hands up)
Everybody on the right get yo hands up (Get ya hands up)
Everybody up front get yo hands up (Get ya hands up)
And everybody out back get yo hands up (What)
And if you in here wit a strap get yo hands up (What)
Now put ‘em up (Put ‘em up)
Now put ‘em up (Put ‘em up)
Now put ‘em up (Put ‘em up)
Now put ‘em up (Put ‘em up)
Now put ‘em up (Put ‘em up)
What, man fuck what he said
Man put ‘em up (Put ‘em up)
Now put ‘em up (Put ‘em up)
Now put ‘em up (Put ‘em up)
Now put ‘em up (Put ‘em up)
Now put ‘em up (Put ‘em up)
Now put ‘em up (Put ‘em up)
OhhhhhhhhApril, the cruelest month
I reckon this much could be a contender
There's only so much sorrow a man can take
I can't change my face, don't you remember
You know when I was on the road
That me and you was on the rocks, so low
Should never have got talkin' all that jive
Now there's only one way for me to stay alive
Drivin' in my Peugeot, hey
20 inch rims with the chrome now, hey
Blazin' out yo La Tengo, hey
Drivin' 'round poppin' with the top down, hey
Drivin' in my Peugeot, hey
20 inch rims with the chrome now, hey
Blazin' out yo La Tengo, hey
Drivin' 'round poppin' with the top down, hey
So long to contentedness
I reckon next time I'll march in favor
So long I've felt a blessedness
No more is this a taste I want to savor
I know how I dig you on
You can know only see, so far
But never was there more to say
Less, to do, before, turn away
Drivin' in my Peugeot, hey
20 inch rims with the chrome now, hey
Blazin' out yo La Tengo, heyAdam Ant/Marco Pirroni
What do you wear in bed?
Some headphones on my head
What do you like to hold?
My breath, she said.
(He's a playboy)
Hi there, haven't I seen you somewhere before?
Was it in my dreams, I'm not too sure
The way you look seems so unfair
All that beauty, golden hair.
You dance like someone heaven blessed
All wrapped up in gorgeous dress
I just want you to catch me when I fall...
Has anyone ever told you you've got the most
Beautiful eyes?
I really do mean it.
D'you like fast cars?...
She like Johnny, she likes Joe
But they both ignore her so
Mister Playboy sing your songThey call me a playboy
As I'm making my rounds
Chasing the bright light
Of each night spot in town
Thought I never show it
My heart's breaking in two
They call me a playboy
But I'm just lonesome for you
I once had a real love
That was when I had you
Now, I'll never feel love
With somebody new
This false front I'm wearing
Is just to cover my blues
They call me a playboyI just wanna be a playboy, play it night an' day boy
Just wanna have lots of fun
Chase the girls and spend lots of mon...
I just wanna be a playboy, 'cause that's the only way boy
To really get a lotta lovin' done, while I'm still young
I don't especially want a limousine
I don't especially want a Cadillac
I just want a hot rod machine and really wreck a back
I just wanna be a playboy, just wanna be the real McCoy
I don't really want a steady girl
I kinda like to give 'em all the whirl
I just wanna be a playboy, I just wanna spread lots of joy(Lil' Bow Wow)
Playboy
Uh ha, yeah
Uh ha, oh
My name is Bow Wow check me out now
(R.O.C.)
Uh-ohh, you then crossed the line
Beware of the dog is right there on the sign
You gotta muscle now, get em up and um
Put em up don't drop em
To the ceiling let, me see you get drunk bounce
Ugh, it will never be another one
Wit his style he' pound oh bow wow
From the eighteenth letter
And this Playboy representin it forever
Can't no body do it better?
Never, when-ever, where-ever, who-ever
However who-ever touch you'll never breath again ever
So whatever
I'm a pass the mic down to the B-O-W W-O-W you
You in trouble
(Lil' Bow Wow)
Uh, ain't nothing like a young cat wit his mind right
And a lime like chasing a dream
At the same time making some cream
Nickname 'Scary', cause I know how to make em scream
(Is that right?) Every time I'm seen, I'm full of flash
Every time I'm out pockets full of cash
And about my crew ain't no need to ask
We steady, steady keep puttin' down a smash
I was a thing thing before I be 17
I know that market folds instead of cones of ice cream.
And that's why I don't care who you are
When it come to the beat you gotta raise the bar because…
Chorus: (JD)
This playboy, he gets crunk
Keep that bang off in the trunk
With a nick-nac-paddy-whack, throw me a bone
An this playboy gon' bring it ya heard
(Big Duke)
Ugh ha
Yes sir
Now Think bout the lock down these holds southeast
Pull cards like teeth lang names like a reef
I wish one of you bustas would spark some beef
I swear to god it's goin' be hard for your mom to sleep
See when I fall up in the club haters still show me love
With dap, cheese and hugs that's the life of a thug
I walk it like I talk it
Told it cause I spark it
Straight take you suckers boy ice and go and holk it
I'm on the patio blowin' cleanin' my gun
While Bow Wow in the front shootin' hoops, wit my son
Big Duke be representin' for the hole Eastside
J.D. made me lieutenant now watch how we ride
Chorus: (JD)
This playboy (playboy), he gets crunk
Ugh ha - keep that bang off in the trunk (bounce)
With a nick-nac-paddy-whack, throw me a bone (bone,bone,bone)
An this playboy gon' bring it ya heard
This playboy (playboy), he gets crunk
Ugh ha, ugh ha ugh ha (get it crunk)
Keep that bang off in the trunk
Ugh ha, ugh ha, yeah, bounce shorty bounce, bounce shorty bounce)
With a nick-nac-paddy-whack, throw me a bone (bone, bone, bone)
An this playboy gon' bring it ya heard me
(Ooh Bounce shorty Bounce ugh ha)
(Lil' Bow Wow)
I'm tryin to have yall wait to see what I sell
And a block full screamin' up at TRL
Another thing I want yall niggas to know
I ain't one of them lil cats that's goin' come and go
I got somethin' to show and ah somethin' to say
And knockin' down anything in my way
I don't want haft a plate I want the whole thing
I'm tryin' to escort Aaliyah or somebody on Soul Train
If you so free, I'm tryin' to do five
And be the first kid, on the cover of VIBE
So if you at number one you better save a that
Cause once I get it, it ain't never comin' back 4 sho
Chorus:(JD)
This playboy (playboy), he gets crunk (Ugh ha)
(Ugh ha Ugh ha oh) Keep that bang off in the trunk (oh oh yeah)
(Ugh ha ugh ha)With a nick-nac-paddy-whack, throw me a bone
(ugh ha ugha ha ugha ha Yeah) (Let me touch it let me touch it)
An this playboy gon' bring it ya heard
This playboy (Ugh ha Ugh ha), he gets crunk
(Get it crunk shorty, get it crunk shorty)
Keep that bang off in the trunk
(ugh ha, ugh ha) (ugh ha ugha ha ugha ha)
With a nick-nac-paddy-whack, throw me a bone
(Throw it to me baby, Throw it to me baby) (ugh ha, ugh ha)They call me a playboy while I'm makin' my rounds
Chasing the bright lights of every night spot in town
Though I never show love my heart's breakin' in two
They may call me a playboy but I'm just lonesome for you
I once had a real love that was when I had you
Now I'll never feel love for anyone new
This false front I'm wearin' is just to cover my blues
They may call me a playboy but I'm just lonesome for you
They may call me a playboy but I'm just lonesome for you[Richie Rich]
Come out and play...
[Woman's Voice]
Playboy...
[Richie Rich laughing]
[Woman's Voice]
Playboy...
[Richie Rich]
Whatchu know about that? Ahhhh...
All bad bitches, lock windows
lock doors
Fake pimps lock hoes
Niggas with diet game too late stole clothes
Real bitches fuck with deez and not those
When I'm at the club and they pop the doze
Nigga keep ya eyes open, watch the hoes
Could it be the walk foo?
The shoes, or the clothes?
Or maybe they be bound to the game i throw
Its the raspy, genuine, into mine
When I'm on the field keep him on the sideline
That soft shit you spit, it ain't tight
I never known the hoes to bite on game light
Cuz it ain't right
To slide through in S Fish
Lauren's a dish and deals with the best bitch
Trick I shoots this
Like Marcus Ray-Boy
I bring it to life cuz I'm a true playboy nigga...
[Chorus]
Playboy, he's runnin the game straight raw
Playboy, he's givin you much much more
Playboy, he's runnin the game straight raw
Playboy, he's givin you much much more...
[Richie Rich]
I just knocked a euro-bitch in a mazarate
See Rich pimp hoes in tennis shoes and gym clothes
But I'll boot a bitch
Who got ass like she's black
Love to fuck me, Bruce Lee sucky-sucky
Now I run hoes of all nationalities
And when I'm in the zone
Her breasts might be silicone
Might catch me on the stroll with a bad bitch
I'm checkin' loot
Nigga listen to the game I shoot
When I'm out alone
I seem to knock straight hoes
Be on the lo-lo
But niggas screamin dat's they hoe
You come and get this bitch
Cuz double-R got more
And what I do
My stable stays stuffed like glew
I put my vocal on it
And call me raspy nigga
9 hoes, fine hoes
Don't even ask me nigga
I ace 'em up
My shoes, my bitches, lace 'em up
It's the real McCoy
A O.G. Playboy foo'
[Chorus]
[Some beat boxing]
[Richie Rich]
Since I'm gonna be
Heres a map, for the wanna-be's
The game pick up niggas
Stick away quick
Why push 19s, when I could slip on dubs
And check this
Once or twice a day switch fits
Be a heat packer
Safe from the street jackers
I rock ice
The type of cat to hit a block twice
Call up once, sac run up, baby no fronts
Smoke blunts
Only let her hit the light once
Compare
So damn different than a playa
The first one
He be the worst one
Bitches to the left
Me and my cat Hew Hef
Play me
Ya lose the L and pay me in ?? toes
Thats the type of shit I tell hoes
Prefer puppies
That drown in the game like guppies
Now they swimmin
Straight lakes, born to chase women
Play it slow
My lifestyle's smoother than Trojan niggaWELL THEY CALL ME A PLAYBOY--WHILE I'M MAKIN' MY ROUNDS
CHASING THE BRIGHT LIGHTS--OF EVERY NIGHT SPOT IN TOWN
THO' I NEVER SHOW IT--MY HEARTS BREAKING IN TWO
YES THEY CALL ME A PLAYBOY--BUT I'M JUST LONESOME FOR YOU
I ONCE HAD A REAL LOVE--THAT WAS WHEN I HAD YOU
BUT I'LL NEVER FEEL LOVE--WITH SOMEBODY NEW
THIS FALSE PRIDE I'M WEARING--IS TO COVER MY BLUESplayboy by Machiavel
Who is this man just in front of me?
He will be mine, he will be mine
This man is just my kind of man
He is my kind, he is my kind
Who is this man just in front of me?
He will be mine, he will be mine
I'm gonna tell him he is so fine
He is so fine, he is so fine
C'mon babe don't hesitate
I got no time, I got no time
Hey girl don't get excited,
do you wanna drink something with me?
Hey girl don't get excited, sit down,
Be cool and let's tae it easy!
Don't talk about anything I feel ready
You will be mine, you will be mine
Don't move that way you're like fire
I burn inside, I burn inside
Hey girl don't get excited, come on,
relax and sit down with me
Hey girl don't get excited, sit down,
Be cool and talk all this through!
You don't care what I'm talking about
Takin' it easy
No you don't care not at all
Takin' it easy
No you don't care not at all
Takin' it easy
No you don't care not at all
I don't like when you laugh at me!
(c) published by Ardmore & BleechwoodWatch out! Oh girls you know we've got to
Watch out! Girls you know we've got to
Watch out here comes that playboy
Watch out here comes that playboy
Watch out here comes that playboy
Playboy get away from my door
I heard about the lovers you had before
You took their love for a game of joy Oh yeah
And tossed their hearts around as though it was a toy
Playboy
Well, Playboy find yourself another toy
Cause this is one heart you won't destroy
Cause I can't stand for what you're puttin down
Fooling around with every girl in town
Playboy
Well,you ain't saying nothing in my book
Cause this is one fish you'll never ever hook
You left the others standing with their hearts in pain
And now you're coming 'round trying to do me the same
So Playboy I've seen your kind
Winning every girl with that same old line
So Playboy stay away from my door
I know about the lovers you had before
Playboy
Whoa you know you've got to
Watch out here comes that Playboy
Yes you know you've got to
Watch out here comes that Playboy
Oh you've got to
Watch out here comes that Playboy
You better,watch out you better,watch out
repeat-3rd verse
So Playboy I've seen your kind
Winning every girl with that same old line
So Playboy stay away from my door
I know about the lovers you had before
Playboy
Whoa you know you better
Watch out here comes that Playboy
Watch out here comes that Playboy
Watch out for de Playboy
He's bringing you false joy
Watch out here comes that PlayboyWhat do you wear in bed?
Some headphones on my head
What do you like to hold?
My breath, she said
(He's a Playboy)
Hi there, haven't I seen you somewhere before?
Was it in my dreams, I'm not too sure
The way you look seems so unfair
All that beauty, golden hair
You dance like someone heaven blessed
All wrapped up in gorgeous dress
I just want you to catch me when I fall
Has anyone ever told you you've got the most
Beautiful eyes?
I really do mean it
D'you like fast cars?
She like Johnny, she likes Joe
But they both ignore her so
Mister Playboy sing your songWatch out!
Oh girls! You know you got to
Watch out!
Hey, ey, ey
Playboy get away from my door
I heard about the lovers you had before
You took their love for a game of joy, Oh yeah
And tossed their hearts around as if it was a toy
Playboy
Well, Playboy find yourself some other toy
Cause this is one heart you won't destroy
Cause I can't stand for what you're puttin' down
Oh yeah, You fool around with every girl in town
Playboy
Well, You ain't saying nothing in my book
Cause this is one fish you'll never ever hook
You left the others standing with their hearts in pain
And now you're coming round trying to do me the same
So Playboy I've seen your kind
Winning every girl with that same old line
So Playboy stay away from my door
Oh yeah, I know about the lovers you had before
Playboy
Oh, You know you got to Watch out
Yes, You know you got to Watch out
Oh, You got to Watch out
You Better watch out
You Better watch out
You ain't saying nothing in my book
Cause this is one fish you'll never ever hook
You left the others standing with their hearts in pain
And now you're coming round trying to do me the same
So Playboy I've seen your kind
Winning every girl with that same old line
Cause I can't stand for what you're puttin' down
Oh yeah, You fool around with every girl in town
Playboy
Oh you know you better Watch out
Watch out! Watch out! Watch out
Watch out here comes that PlayboyVerse 1 (Tosha)
Every time I think Im gettin closer to you baby, oh no,
I hear some bird chirpin sayin' how she got her ass tow,
You got no self-control when youre in the mood,
Careful baby, word gets around even faster than you...
And I know Im the queen of the libertines,
but I hope he dont come for me,
Cuz hes double, double trouble mama,
with the lovin come the drama
He gon fill your life with the crazy
Chorus
Cuz he's a Playboy babe, a play a playboy
He's a Playboy babe (He's a two-timer)
He's a Playboy babe, a play a playboy
He's a Playboy babe (He gon' two-time ya)
(ch)
(Icon: Im a playboy, Tosha: Yeah, hes a playboy)
Verse 2 (Icon)
Every girl I meet be packin something that I wanna get with
So forgive my nature, baby, I cant seem to help it,
I got no self-control, Im insatiable,
Dont let it hurt Im just a playboy, girl, I do what I do
And I know Im the queen of the libertines,
but I hope he dont come for me,
Cuz hes double, double trouble mama,
with the lovin come the drama
He gon fill your life with the crazy
Chorus (Repeat)
(Icon:)
I-I-I- I'm a Playboy
I-I-I- I'm a Playboy
I-I-I- I'm a Playboy
(Tosha)
Ain't no angel baby I'm a rude girl I love to bubble
Not with a guy like you, you 100% trouble
Ain't no angel baby I'm a rude girl I love to bubble
Uh-uh, no no, don't need a guy like you
Ya heard right if ya heard that I love to bubble,
word on the street is you 100% trouble
(Icon:) come on girl cut a player some slack,
if the ladies don't love it why they always coming back?!
Chorus (Repeat)
(Icon) I'm a playboySend this Playlist by SMSEmail this Page
Playboy's Party Girl: Air Sex 101- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:58
- Updated: 27 Nov 2012
www.playboy.com Suzy McCoppin learns how to do air sex from the 2009 world champion.http://wn.com/Playboy's_Party_Girl_Air_Sex_101
Playboy's Twenty 10s in 2010- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:50
- Updated: 27 Nov 2012
www.playboy.com We picked out 20 sexy Playmates and Playboy models to help you get the new decade off to the right start.http://wn.com/Playboy's_Twenty_10s_in_2010
Midsummer Night's Dream Playboy Mansion Party 2011- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:06
- Updated: 26 Nov 2012
Hef's Midsummer Night's Dream Playboy Mansion Party 2011 gets crazy! There's celebrities, Playmates, dancing girls, painted girls, and more! Check out a sneek peek of the best party ever! Midsummer's was sponsored by Sobieski Vodka.http://wn.com/Midsummer_Night's_Dream_Playboy_Mansion_Party_2011
Playboy Playmate, Jessica Burciaga Behind the scenes shoot w/ Charlie Langella- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:01
- Updated: 27 Nov 2012
www.facebook.com Hey guys welcome to my channel! I made this channel for my fans who are so loyal and always supportive. You guys mean the world to me! I made this channel to keep you guys posted with real live footage from everything I'm currently working on. I hope you guys subscribe and share it with all your friends. Feel free to drop me a message on this channel, facebook or twitter! I will be posting exclusive content from; Photo shoots Make up tutorials Weekly Vlogs and Q&A; videos twitter.com www.facebook.com Leave me a message I will try my best to reply to everyone! Music by Mirimage soundcloud.com Photographer Charlie Langella, MUA Rokael Lizama, Wardrobe by SWIMGERIE SWIMWEAR-www.swimgerie.com, Video Production by Stephen Camargo,http://wn.com/Playboy_Playmate,_Jessica_Burciaga_Behind_the_scenes_shoot_w_Charlie_Langella
Jodie Marsh - Playboy Video 2- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:01
- Updated: 28 Nov 2012
www.playboytv.co.uk Jodie Marsh - Playboy invited Jodie Marsh to be 'laid bare'. We take Jodie back to a natural hair colour and sophisticated style. Join today to see her exclusive fully nude videos and pictorials. httphttp://wn.com/Jodie_Marsh_Playboy_Video_2
Playboy Girl - UnseenTV- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:16
- Updated: 21 Nov 2012
UnseenTV Presents This Hot sexy Playboy Girl Check out Our Website for more.Subscribe for More UnseenTV Babes, Interviews & Parties. ★ ★ ♥ ♥ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ FOLLOW ME ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ♥ ♥ ★ ★ facebook: www.facebook.com twitter: twitter.com My Site: UnseenTV.tv Myspace www.myspace.com Blog: www.unseentv.tv HOW TO SUPPORT ME ★- Favorite My videos. ★- Comment on My videos. ★- Post My videos to your blog, MySpace, facebook and other sites. ★- Post video responses to My videos. ★- Check daily for updates. ★- Subscribe to UnseenTVCrew ★- Make your own fan page.http://wn.com/Playboy_Girl_UnseenTV
Playboy.com Lara Martin's Sexy Cyber Girl Shoot- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:10
- Updated: 28 Nov 2012
Sexy Playboy Cyber Girl Lara Martin plays guitar naked. Watch her behind the scenes video here and catch her sexy nude pictorial: bit.lyhttp://wn.com/Playboycom_Lara_Martin's_Sexy_Cyber_Girl_Shoot
Playboy Model Search 2/24/11- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:14
- Updated: 27 Nov 2012
Playboy Model Search 2/24/11http://wn.com/Playboy_Model_Search_2_24_11
Playboy Playmate Bracket - NC Double D Video - Sexy Playmate Video- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:24
- Updated: 23 Nov 2012
brackets.playboy.com Playboy Playmate NC Double D bracket lets you predict the winner of the favorite Playmate. Take a look at this free sexy Playmate video featuring some of the hot Playmates to appear in the NCDD Playmate Bracket 2011.http://wn.com/Playboy_Playmate_Bracket_NC_Double_D_Video_Sexy_Playmate_Video
Playboy Karissa's B**B Malfunction- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:59
- Updated: 24 Nov 2012
Karissa Shannon is showing off exactly why playboy came calling years ago...literally! While walking the red carpet at Lila Vida, wearing a skin tight red dress with cut outs..the sexy blonde had a malfunction.http://wn.com/Playboy_Karissa's_B**B_Malfunction
Playboy's Party Girl and Playmate Kayla Collins: Sexy Cut T-Shirts- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:50
- Updated: 28 Nov 2012
www.playboy.com Playboys notorious Party Girl Suzy McCoppin and Playboy Playmate Kayla Collins get sexy custom cut Ed Hardy t-shirts, designed by celebrity T-shirt designer Adam Saaks. See Adam in action with his scissors as he turns standard Ed Hardy t-shirts into hot tops for Kayla and Suzy.http://wn.com/Playboy's_Party_Girl_and_Playmate_Kayla_Collins_Sexy_Cut_T-Shirts
Jodie Marsh - Playboy Photoshot- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:01
- Updated: 26 Nov 2012
www.playboytv.co.uk Playboy invited Jodie Marsh to be 'laid bare'. We take Jodie back to a natural hair colour and sophisticated style. The infamous Jodie Marsh makes her Playboy debut in our first ever Laid Bare special. The loudmouth Essex girl gets the Playboy treatment and in an amazing series of photo shoots reveals the stunning inherent beauty she hides behind a façade of makeup and skimpy outfits. httphttp://wn.com/Jodie_Marsh_Playboy_Photoshot
Playboy Playmate Spencer Scott's Hot Bikini- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:04
- Updated: 26 Nov 2012
Playboy playmate Spencer Scott blazes in her hot pink bikini.http://wn.com/Playboy_Playmate_Spencer_Scott's_Hot_Bikini
Playboy's Hottest Women in the World!- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:05
- Updated: 27 Nov 2012
Some of the hottest women in the world have posed for Playboy. Check out this video clip featuring some of the hot girls from around the world.http://wn.com/Playboy's_Hottest_Women_in_the_World!
Playboy's Hot Laps - Bikini Car Wash- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:52
- Updated: 21 Nov 2012
Pilar Lastra and Playboy models Cassie Keller, Kat Kohls and Amanda Leggett show the right way to wash a car. See more at www.playboy.comhttp://wn.com/Playboy's_Hot_Laps_Bikini_Car_Wash
Playmate Jessica Burciaga exclusive Playboy.com pictorial- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:04
- Updated: 27 Nov 2012
www.facebook.com My latest Playboy.com photo shoot. This video was shot by Playboy, you can find the original video on the Playboy YouTube channel. Link is below.. www.youtube.com Don't forget to subscribe to my channel and leave a comment! www.MsJessicaBurciaga.com www.twitter.com/JessicaBurciagahttp://wn.com/Playmate_Jessica_Burciaga_exclusive_Playboycom_pictorial
Playboy's Shauna Sand & Taylor Wane Get Nasty on the Beach!- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:24
- Updated: 22 Nov 2012
Guess who we caught in action hitting the beaches of Florida to spruce up her tan, Shauna Sand and Taylor Wane was spotted on the beach in Miamihttp://wn.com/Playboy's_Shauna_Sand_Taylor_Wane_Get_Nasty_on_the_Beach!
Playboy March 2012 Covergirl Brittney Palmer- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:59
- Updated: 27 Nov 2012
Go behind-the-scenes with UFC ring girl and accomplished painter Brittney Palmer during her hot session in the gym by way of her sexy celebrity pictorial for the March 2012 issue of Playboy. See the pictures here: www.playboy.comhttp://wn.com/Playboy_March_2012_Covergirl_Brittney_Palmer
Playboy Playmate Miss August 2011 - Iryna Ivanova- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:46
- Updated: 28 Nov 2012
See NSFW photos of Iryna here - www.playboy.com Playmate Miss August 2011 Iryna Ivanova lets you take a look into her awesome life! See her Playmate photo shoot and what she loves most about her body. Hint: It's her boobs.http://wn.com/Playboy_Playmate_Miss_August_2011_Iryna_Ivanova
Playboy Mansion Masquerade Party 2010- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:45
- Updated: 16 Nov 2012
The hottest models and Playmates turn out for the 2010 Kandyland Masquerade Party at the Playboy Mansion. Watch sexy girls in barely-there costumes dance and party all night at www.playboy.comhttp://wn.com/Playboy_Mansion_Masquerade_Party_2010
Playboy Cover Girl: Sherlyn Chopra Goes Nude For The Magazine- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:22
- Updated: 28 Nov 2012
Playboy Cover Girl: Sherlyn Chopra Goes Nude For The Magazine Sherlyn Chopra's bold antics is surely taking her places. Sherlyn will soon get featured in one of world's most famous magazines 'Playboy'.And if the starlet is to be believed then she won't get featured as a playmate in the inside pages, but will be the cover girl of the magazine. This will make her the first Indian to get featured on the cover page of the glossy. It's a well known fact that models who feature in the erotic magazine have to shed all their inhibitions and it sure won't be a tough task for Chopra as she's already bared it all for one of her photo shoots, in the past. Sherlyn completed her five day photo shoot, recently and also posted her stark naked pictures from the shoot on Twitter last night.. While a few pictures are with her teammates, she is drenched in colour for the magazine shoot. The 'outrageous' girl is having a gala time and she also stayed at the magazine's head honcho Hugh Hefner's LA mansion and the hottie just can't stop gushing about the 86-year-old. Sherlyn says that he is a charming and compassionate man. Sherlyn is all ready to take the world by storm and now that she's joined the league of stars like Pamela Anderson, Lindsay Lohan, Carmen Electra, Denise Richards, Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian to name a few, we wonder what a certain Poonam Pandey has to say on this.http://wn.com/Playboy_Cover_Girl_Sherlyn_Chopra_Goes_Nude_For_The_Magazine
Playboy.com Cyber Girl Andrea Leilani's Sexy Shoot- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:07
- Updated: 23 Nov 2012
Go behind the scenes with sexy lingerie wearing Andrea Leilani as she shoots her steamy pictorial for Playboy Plus. See her nude: bit.lyhttp://wn.com/Playboycom_Cyber_Girl_Andrea_Leilani's_Sexy_Shoot
Playboy TV Live Stream | Watch Playboy Channel | Playboy Online Free- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:02
- Updated: 27 Nov 2012
Live Playboy TV @ nowwatchtvlive.com - also watch all 18+ Channels Free @ http - onlinetvmaster.comhttp://wn.com/Playboy_TV_Live_Stream_|_Watch_Playboy_Channel_|_Playboy_Online_Free
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Playboy Radio Minute- The Playmate Debate for President- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:51
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
This week on the Playboy Radio Minute, Playmates Miriam Gonzalez and Pilar Lastra debate the merits of Obama vs. Clinton and try to score some points with the judges. Stay tuned to YouTube for more Playboy Radio Minutes and check out more at http://www.playboy.comhttp://wn.com/Playboy_Radio_Minute_The_Playmate_Debate_for_President
Playboy Radio Minute - The Karate Chop- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:07
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
This week on the Playboy Radio Minute Kevin tries to Karate chop a hole is a piece of artwork belonging to Playboy Nightcalls host Dirty Marie live on air on The Playboy Morning Show, Playboy Radio - Sirius Channel 198. See more crazy Playboy Radio Minutes here and at http://www.playboy.comhttp://wn.com/Playboy_Radio_Minute_The_Karate_Chop
Playboy Radio Minute - The Spray Tan- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:22
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Brand NEW!! The Playboy Radio Minute debuts on YouTube! Join Kevin, Andrea, and a bunch of other crazy characters from The Playboy Morning Show for a sneak peak at one of the wildest and most popular shows on Playboy Radio, Sirius Channel 198. Check back here for more Playboy Radio Minutes and at http://www.playboy.comhttp://wn.com/Playboy_Radio_Minute_The_Spray_Tan
Playboy Radio Minute - The Match Game- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:04
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
This week on the Playboy Radio Minute, Playboy Special Editions Model of the Year Breann McGregor stops by for the Match Game. Stay tuned to YouTube for more Playboy Radio Minutes and check out more at http://www.playboy.comhttp://wn.com/Playboy_Radio_Minute_The_Match_Game
Playboy Radio Minute - Fakin' It!- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:04
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
This week's Playboy Radio Minute comes from the Playmate Hour's Miriam Gonzalez who welcomes the stunning Playmate Qiana Chase to the show to share stories of faking orgasms! See more of Miriam, Qiana and hundreds of other Playmates at http://www.playboy.comhttp://wn.com/Playboy_Radio_Minute_Fakin'_It!
Kelly Brook talks "Piranha Double-D" on Playboy Radio- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:22
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
The U.K.'s hottest brunette talks with Playboy Radio about her explosive pictorial in the September issue and the just-released "Piranha 3-D." Hear what Kelly has to say about her nude scenes in the movie and her idea for a new title. See her hot nude Playboy pictorial at http://www.playboy.com/brook.http://wn.com/Kelly_Brook_talks_Piranha_Double-D_on_Playboy_Radio
Playboy Radio: Jenny McCarthy on Sex in her 30's- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:00
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Jenny McCarthy calls in to Playboy Radio to talk sex in her 30s, the wild things she's seen at the Playboy Mansion parties, and more.http://wn.com/Playboy_Radio_Jenny_McCarthy_on_Sex_in_her_30's
Playboy Radio: Allison Torres on Brett Favre's D*ck Pic Rumors- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:06
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
One of Playboy's Real Girls of Jersey Shore, Allison Torres, talks to Playboy Radio about the dirty pics Brett Favre allegedly sent to her friend and model Jenn Sterger and some dirt on other famous athletes. See Allison's nude "Jersey Shore" parody pics at http://www.playboy.com/jerseyshorehttp://wn.com/Playboy_Radio_Allison_Torres_on_Brett_Favre's_D*ck_Pic_Rumors
Joslyn James Talks Tiger Woods' Penis on Playboy Radio- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:58
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
How big is Tiger Woods? Joslyn James talks on Playboy Radio about sex with Tiger and how endowed the pro golfer really is. See more of Joslyn James at http://www.playboy.com/girls/celebrities/features/joslyn-james/joslyn-james.html.http://wn.com/Joslyn_James_Talks_Tiger_Woods'_Penis_on_Playboy_Radio
Playboy Radio's Frat Contest - Win a Date with Andrea- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:05
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
From http://www.playboyu.com Playboy Radio and Playboy U at the University of Michigan where Frat Boys compete to win a date with Playboy Radio's Andrea Lowell.http://wn.com/Playboy_Radio's_Frat_Contest_Win_a_Date_with_Andrea
Playboy Radio Minute - Ernie Hudson- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:03
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
http://www.playboy.com This week's Playboy Radio features an interview of star Ghostbuster Ernie Hudson.http://wn.com/Playboy_Radio_Minute_Ernie_Hudson
Playboy Radio Minute - A Shocker! Part 4- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:04
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
http://www.playboy.com This week's Playboy Radio minute is a real shocker!http://wn.com/Playboy_Radio_Minute_A_Shocker!_Part_4
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Party Girl - Midsummer Night's Dream 2010- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
What's the craziest thing you've ever done under the influence of vodka? It probably pales in comparison to what the guests of the Midsummer Night's Dream party have done. Guess who's scissored with Playmates, who's had threesomes, and who's fibbed about being a virgin. Then check out more videos and hot pics at http://www.playboy.com/articles/midsummer-nights-dream-party-2010-coverage/index.html.http://wn.com/Party_Girl_Midsummer_Night's_Dream_2010
Mansion Party: Celebrity Poker- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:38
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Celebrities and Playmates head to the Mansion for the SportsDream Celebrity Poker Party. See more Mansion Update videos at www.playboy.comhttp://wn.com/Mansion_Party_Celebrity_Poker
Hef's Fourth of July at the Mansion- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:00
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Hef hosted his annual Fourth of July party at the Playboy Mansion recently. Don't miss this video of all of the hottest Playmates and celebrities stopping by for a jump on trampoline and a go on the slip 'n' slide. For more updates from the Mansion, check out http://www.playboy.com/articles/mansion-blog-mansion-update-video-dispatches/index.html.http://wn.com/Hef's_Fourth_of_July_at_the_Mansion
Party at the Mansion- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:42
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Playmates in Bunny costumes and babes in bodypaint party with Hef at the Mansion for the Castle in the Clouds party. See more updates on parties and videos from the Mansion at http://www.playboy.com/articles/mansion-blog-mansion-update-video-dispatches/index.html.http://wn.com/Party_at_the_Mansion
Mansion Stars and Stripes- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:32
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Bless America! Hugh Hefner hosts the 2nd annual Stars and Stripes Fundraiser at the Playboy Mansion with some of the hottest Playboy models and Playmates in attendance. Check out more Mansion party videos on the Mansion Blog at http://www.playboy.com/articles/mansion-blog-mansion-update-video-dispatches/index.html.http://wn.com/Mansion_Stars_and_Stripes
Easter at the Playboy Mansion- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:06
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Hef invites his celebrity friends and Playmates to the annual Easter egg hunt at the Playboy Mansion. See more videos of Hef's goings-on at the Playboy Mansion at http://www.playboy.com/articles/mansion-blog-mansion-update-video-dispatches/index.htmlhttp://wn.com/Easter_at_the_Playboy_Mansion
Hef's Haunted Halloween 2008 - Playboy Mansion- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:25
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Highlights from Hef's star-studded spooktacular at the Playboy Mansion. Sponsored by Harley Davidson. See more Playboy Mansion events at http://www.playboy.comhttp://wn.com/Hef's_Haunted_Halloween_2008_Playboy_Mansion
YouTube Search Winners Visit the Playboy Mansion- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:20
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
The six winners of Playboy's 55th Anniversary YouTube Search visit the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles. See all the YouTube winners nude in the club http://cyber.playboy.comhttp://wn.com/YouTube_Search_Winners_Visit_the_Playboy_Mansion
Happy Fourth of July from Playboy!- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:41
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
http://www.playboy.com See how Hef & the Girls have celebrated our nation's independence in the past at one of the Playboy Fourth of July bashes at the mansion.http://wn.com/Happy_Fourth_of_July_from_Playboy!
Jayde Nicole - Playboy Playmate of the Year Luncheon- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:46
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Stunning Canadian Playmate Jayde Nicole is crowned the 2008 Playmate of the Year at a star-studded luncheon at the Playboy Mansion. See much more of Jayde and hundreds of other Playmates at http:www.playboy.comhttp://wn.com/Jayde_Nicole_Playboy_Playmate_of_the_Year_Luncheon
Jenny McCarthy and Jennifer Madden - Playboy Shoot- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:33
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Jenny McCarthy steps behind the lens to snap sizzling pics of sexy Playboy model Jennifer Madden as a Playboy.com Celebrity Guest Photographer. See much more of Celebrity Photographers at http://www.playboy.comhttp://wn.com/Jenny_McCarthy_and_Jennifer_Madden_Playboy_Shoot
Hef celebrates with Three 6 Mafia - Playboy- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:28
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Oscar heroes Three 6 Mafia brought down the house with a live set and a special Playboy birthday to Hef. See more at http://www.playboy.comhttp://wn.com/Hef_celebrates_with_Three_6_Mafia_Playboy
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Heating up the Summer Night at the Playboy Jazz Festival- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:09
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Playboy.com Cyber Girls Dani Mathers and Lauren Elise head to the Hollywood Bowl to check out the talent and chat with Hugh Hefner at this year's Playboy Jazz Festival. See more on Playboy.com: http://bit.ly/KPx3Bwhttp://wn.com/Heating_up_the_Summer_Night_at_the_Playboy_Jazz_Festival
Playboy's Carnival Mystique Party in Indianapolis- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:29
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Every year at the climax of the NFL playoff's, Playboy throws one of the largest parties in the host city. In 2012 Indianapolis hosted over 2000 of the sexiest women and men including our Playmates, Mark Cuban, Shaq, Aaron Rodgers & R&B; singer Ne-Yo. Music: The Knocks - Dancing with the Dj (http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/dancing-with-the-dj-ep/id406694693)http://wn.com/Playboy's_Carnival_Mystique_Party_in_Indianapolis
Stoli Brings the Party to Chicago- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:50
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
One of the newest additions to Chicago's nightlife scene played host to another rocking Playboy x Stoli event to celebrate the launch of Stoli's new Chocolat Razberi flavored vodka. The celebration held at The Ogden in December invited VIP's and guests to sip on specialty Chocolat Razberi cocktails and enjoy gourmet hors d'oeuvres. While the Stoli flowed, partygoers danced the night away to the eclectic beats of S.K.A.M. artist DJ Rick Rude, who flew in from LA after spinning at Seth MacFarlane's private birthday party. Of course, the night wouldn't be complete without a Playmate presence. Miss May 2009 Crystal McCahill, Playmate of the Year 2003 Christina Santiago, Miss November 2001 Lindsey Vuolo and Miss June 2007 Shannon James were all on hand to mingle and pose for photos with guests and, of course, look as sexy as ever. See more about this party and a photo gallery here: http://www.playboy.com/nightlife/stoli-brings-the-party-to-chicagohttp://wn.com/Stoli_Brings_the_Party_to_Chicago
Stoli Brings the Party to South Beach- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:51
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
This month's Playboy x Stoli event in Miami's Dream Hotel called on leaders from the world of nightlife and hospitality, together with socialites, tastemakers and a rooftop of partygoers to celebrate the launch of Stoli's new Chocolat Razberi cocktail. Hosted by Playmates Hiromi Oshima, Crystal McCahill, Shannon James and Cassandra Lynn, plus live poolside turntabling by DJs Graham Funke & Stonerokk http://www.playboy.com/nightlife/stoli-brings-the-party-to-south-beachhttp://wn.com/Stoli_Brings_the_Party_to_South_Beach
Midsummer Night's Dream 2010- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:32
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
The Playboy Mansion's Midsummer Night's Dream party is always the hottest of the year. Watch the video to see why, then check out all of the pics and more at http://www.playboy.com/articles/midsummer-nights-dream-party-2010-coverage/index.html.http://wn.com/Midsummer_Night's_Dream_2010
Wildest Party School - University of Texas- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:40
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Playboy named its top Party Schools for 2010, then traveled to winners' campuses to throw them awesome parties. Check out footage from the party for winning school University of Texas, Austin, and don't miss the photos here: http://www.playboy.com/articles/party-schools-2010-top-party-school-texas/index.html.http://wn.com/Wildest_Party_School_University_of_Texas
Playboy 2009 Rockstar Brunch- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:27
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
To see more coverage of Playboys Rockstar Brunch, visit www.playboy.comhttp://wn.com/Playboy_2009_Rockstar_Brunch
NEW!! Playboy's South by Southwest Party 2009- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:04
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Visit http://www.playboy.com/rock to see the full version and tons of other great Playboy entertainmenthttp://wn.com/NEW!!_Playboy's_South_by_Southwest_Party_2009
Jayde Nicole's All-girl Playboy Bunny House Party- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:37
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
http://www.playboy.com/girl/jayde-nicole/ Check out the coverage of 2008 Playboy Playmate of the Year Jayde Nicole's all-girl poolside after-party where the Playmates get wet 'n wild at the Bunny House. See much more of Jayde and hundreds of other playmates at http://www.playboy.comhttp://wn.com/Jayde_Nicole's_All-girl_Playboy_Bunny_House_Party
Playboy presents "SDSU Reggae Sun Splash Party"- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:00
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
From http://www.playboyu.com San Diego State has been crowned as a Playboy Party School three times. Easy to see why in this video. Each May they turn Sigma Chi into mini-Jamaica for the Reggae Sun Splash party. Video produced by Matthew Koppelhttp://wn.com/Playboy_presents_SDSU_Reggae_Sun_Splash_Party
Playboy Spring Break Party Nights- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:52
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
From http://www.playboyu.com New Spring Break video featuring Playmates, Models, party animal spring breakers and a trip inside the women's bathroom!http://wn.com/Playboy_Spring_Break_Party_Nights
Playboy's Rock The Rabbit at SXSW 2008- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:13
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Playboy's Rock The Rabbit and ten Playboy Playmates headed down South to throw the second annual late night party during South By Southwest. Performances by The Heavy, MGMT, Moby and Justice Got The Party Started. We set up a video booth on site to capture some of the late night revelry. For more, visit http://www.rocktherabbit.comhttp://wn.com/Playboy's_Rock_The_Rabbit_at_SXSW_2008
Playboy Costume Party at The Palms- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:10
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Hef heads to Las Vegas to unveil the new Playboy Bunny costume. See more Playboy parties at http://www.playboy.comhttp://wn.com/Playboy_Costume_Party_at_The_Palms
Playboy Party at SXSW 2007- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:01
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Check out the scene from our first ever SXSW party. Bands, Bunnies, booze and tunes going all night long. Featured performers were Ghostland Observatory, Illinois, Monsters are Waiting, Stars Align, DJ Omar and a set by Kele from Bloc Party. Wish you were there. See more at http://www.playboy.comhttp://wn.com/Playboy_Party_at_SXSW_2007
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Playboy Playmate Mixologist - Mojito- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:37
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Playboy Playmate of the Year 2007 Sara Jean Underwood shows us how to make one of the most popular drink of recent years, the Mojito. See much more of Sara Jean and the Playmate Mixologist at http://www.playboy.comhttp://wn.com/Playboy_Playmate_Mixologist_Mojito
Playboy Playmate Mixologist - Cosmoquila- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:37
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Sara Jean Underwood, Playboy Playmate of the Year 2007, makes a delicious Cosmoquila from fine Patron tequila. See much more of Sara Jean and the Playmate Mixologist at http://www.playboy.comhttp://wn.com/Playboy_Playmate_Mixologist_Cosmoquila
Playboy Playmate Mixologist - Twisted Gimlet- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:19
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Sara Jean Underwood,Playboy Playmate of the Year 2007, demonstrates how to make Gimlet... with a twist. See much more of Sara Jean and the Playmate Mixologist at http://www.playboy.comhttp://wn.com/Playboy_Playmate_Mixologist_Twisted_Gimlet
Playboy Playmate Mixologist - Tequila Seabreeze- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:26
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Sara Jean Underwood,Playboy Playmate of the Year 2007, teaches us what goes into the delicious exotic drink Tequila Seabreeze. See much more of Sara Jean and the Playmate Mixologist at http://www.playboy.comhttp://wn.com/Playboy_Playmate_Mixologist_Tequila_Seabreeze
Playboy Playmate Mixologist - Rearbuster- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:23
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Playboy Playmate of the Year 2007 Sara Jean Underwood shows us how to make a lesser known but incredible delicious drink, the Rearbuster. See much more of Sara Jean and the Playmate Mixologist at http://www.playboy.comhttp://wn.com/Playboy_Playmate_Mixologist_Rearbuster
Playboy Playmate Mixologist - Long Island Iced Tea- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:40
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Playboy Playmate Lindsey Vuolo, Miss November 2001, shows us how to make a Long Island Iced Tea and tells us where its peculiar name comes from. See more of Lindsey Vuolo and the Playmate Mixologist at http://www.playboy.comhttp://wn.com/Playboy_Playmate_Mixologist_Long_Island_Iced_Tea
Playboy Playmate Mixologist - Piña Colada- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:21
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Playboy Playmate Lindsey Vuolo, Miss November 2001, teaches as a thing or two about the popular tropical drink Piña Colada. See more of Lindsey and the Playmate Mixologist at http://www.playboy.comhttp://wn.com/Playboy_Playmate_Mixologist_Piña_Colada
Playboy Playmate Mixologist: Pimm's Cup- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:34
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Miss November 2001 Lindsey Vuolo shows how to make the perfect Pimm's Cup. See more of Lindsey and the Playmate Mixologist at http://www.playboy.comhttp://wn.com/Playboy_Playmate_Mixologist_Pimm's_Cup
Playboy Playmate Mixologist: Mojito- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:44
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Miss November 2001 Lindsey Vuolo shows how to make the perfect mojito. See more of Lindsey and the Playmate Mixologist at http://www.playboy.comhttp://wn.com/Playboy_Playmate_Mixologist_Mojito
Playboy Playmate Mixologist - Daiquiri- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:32
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Just in time for summer, Playboy Playmate Lindsey Vuolo, Miss November 2001, shows us a thing or two about the family of drinks known as daiquiris. See more of Lindsey Vuolo and the Playmate Mixologist at http://www.playboy.comhttp://wn.com/Playboy_Playmate_Mixologist_Daiquiri
Playboy Playmate Mixologist - Dark & Stormy- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:31
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Playboy Playmate Lindsey Vuolo, Miss November 2001, shows us how to make Dark & Stormy, a rum-based drink she thinks is the next big summer drink! See more of Lindsey Vuolo and the Playmate Mixologist at http://www.playboy.comhttp://wn.com/Playboy_Playmate_Mixologist_Dark_Stormy
Playboy Playmate Mixologist - Mai Tai- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:53
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Playboy Playmate Lindsey Vuolo, Miss November 2001, shows us how to make a delicious Mai Tai. See more of Lindsey Vuolo and the Playmate Mixologist at http://www.playboy.comhttp://wn.com/Playboy_Playmate_Mixologist_Mai_Tai
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Playboy Radio Minute- The Playmate Debate for PresidentThis week on the Playboy Radio Minute, Playmates Miriam Gonzalez and Pilar Lastra debate t...published: 11 Apr 2008author: playboyPlayboy Radio Minute- The Playmate Debate for PresidentThis week on the Playboy Radio Minute, Playmates Miriam Gonzalez and Pilar Lastra debate the merits of Obama vs. Clinton and try to score some points with the judges. Stay tuned to YouTube for more Playboy Radio Minutes and check out more at http://www.playboy.com
- published: 11 Apr 2008
- views: 62804
- author: playboy
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Playboy Radio Minute - The Karate ChopThis week on the Playboy Radio Minute Kevin tries to Karate chop a hole is a piece of artw...published: 13 Mar 2008author: playboyPlayboy Radio Minute - The Karate ChopThis week on the Playboy Radio Minute Kevin tries to Karate chop a hole is a piece of artwork belonging to Playboy Nightcalls host Dirty Marie live on air on The Playboy Morning Show, Playboy Radio - Sirius Channel 198. See more crazy Playboy Radio Minutes here and at http://www.playboy.com
- published: 13 Mar 2008
- views: 24954
- author: playboy
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Playboy Radio Minute - The Spray TanBrand NEW!! The Playboy Radio Minute debuts on YouTube! Join Kevin, Andrea, and a bunch o...published: 13 Mar 2008author: playboyPlayboy Radio Minute - The Spray TanBrand NEW!! The Playboy Radio Minute debuts on YouTube! Join Kevin, Andrea, and a bunch of other crazy characters from The Playboy Morning Show for a sneak peak at one of the wildest and most popular shows on Playboy Radio, Sirius Channel 198. Check back here for more Playboy Radio Minutes and at http://www.playboy.com
- published: 13 Mar 2008
- views: 232197
- author: playboy
2:04
Playboy Radio Minute - The Match GameThis week on the Playboy Radio Minute, Playboy Special Editions Model of the Year Breann M...published: 09 May 2008author: playboyPlayboy Radio Minute - The Match GameThis week on the Playboy Radio Minute, Playboy Special Editions Model of the Year Breann McGregor stops by for the Match Game. Stay tuned to YouTube for more Playboy Radio Minutes and check out more at http://www.playboy.com
- published: 09 May 2008
- views: 24943
- author: playboy
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Playboy Radio Minute - Fakin' It!This week's Playboy Radio Minute comes from the Playmate Hour's Miriam Gonzalez who welcom...published: 24 May 2008author: playboyPlayboy Radio Minute - Fakin' It!This week's Playboy Radio Minute comes from the Playmate Hour's Miriam Gonzalez who welcomes the stunning Playmate Qiana Chase to the show to share stories of faking orgasms! See more of Miriam, Qiana and hundreds of other Playmates at http://www.playboy.com
- published: 24 May 2008
- views: 97439
- author: playboy
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Kelly Brook talks "Piranha Double-D" on Playboy RadioThe U.K.'s hottest brunette talks with Playboy Radio about her explosive pictorial in the ...published: 03 Sep 2010author: playboyKelly Brook talks "Piranha Double-D" on Playboy RadioThe U.K.'s hottest brunette talks with Playboy Radio about her explosive pictorial in the September issue and the just-released "Piranha 3-D." Hear what Kelly has to say about her nude scenes in the movie and her idea for a new title. See her hot nude Playboy pictorial at http://www.playboy.com/brook.
- published: 03 Sep 2010
- views: 34518
- author: playboy
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Playboy Radio: Jenny McCarthy on Sex in her 30'sJenny McCarthy calls in to Playboy Radio to talk sex in her 30s, the wild things she's see...published: 03 Sep 2010author: playboyPlayboy Radio: Jenny McCarthy on Sex in her 30'sJenny McCarthy calls in to Playboy Radio to talk sex in her 30s, the wild things she's seen at the Playboy Mansion parties, and more.
- published: 03 Sep 2010
- views: 9661
- author: playboy
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Playboy Radio: Allison Torres on Brett Favre's D*ck Pic RumorsOne of Playboy's Real Girls of Jersey Shore, Allison Torres, talks to Playboy Radio about ...published: 03 Sep 2010author: playboyPlayboy Radio: Allison Torres on Brett Favre's D*ck Pic RumorsOne of Playboy's Real Girls of Jersey Shore, Allison Torres, talks to Playboy Radio about the dirty pics Brett Favre allegedly sent to her friend and model Jenn Sterger and some dirt on other famous athletes. See Allison's nude "Jersey Shore" parody pics at http://www.playboy.com/jerseyshore
- published: 03 Sep 2010
- views: 64829
- author: playboy
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Joslyn James Talks Tiger Woods' Penis on Playboy RadioHow big is Tiger Woods? Joslyn James talks on Playboy Radio about sex with Tiger and how e...published: 03 Sep 2010author: playboyJoslyn James Talks Tiger Woods' Penis on Playboy RadioHow big is Tiger Woods? Joslyn James talks on Playboy Radio about sex with Tiger and how endowed the pro golfer really is. See more of Joslyn James at http://www.playboy.com/girls/celebrities/features/joslyn-james/joslyn-james.html.
- published: 03 Sep 2010
- views: 37299
- author: playboy
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Playboy Radio's Frat Contest - Win a Date with AndreaFrom http://www.playboyu.com Playboy Radio and Playboy U at the University of Michigan whe...published: 03 Sep 2010author: playboyPlayboy Radio's Frat Contest - Win a Date with AndreaFrom http://www.playboyu.com Playboy Radio and Playboy U at the University of Michigan where Frat Boys compete to win a date with Playboy Radio's Andrea Lowell.
- published: 03 Sep 2010
- views: 12059
- author: playboy
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Playboy Radio Minute - Ernie Hudsonhttp://www.playboy.com This week's Playboy Radio features an interview of star Ghostbuster...published: 03 Sep 2010author: playboyPlayboy Radio Minute - Ernie Hudsonhttp://www.playboy.com This week's Playboy Radio features an interview of star Ghostbuster Ernie Hudson.
- published: 03 Sep 2010
- views: 1371
- author: playboy
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Playboy Radio Minute - A Shocker! Part 4http://www.playboy.com This week's Playboy Radio minute is a real shocker!...published: 03 Sep 2010author: playboyPlayboy Radio Minute - A Shocker! Part 4http://www.playboy.com This week's Playboy Radio minute is a real shocker!
- published: 03 Sep 2010
- views: 5766
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Killer (Model: Leanna Decker)From my recent photo shoot with the gorgeous Playboy model, Leanna Decker, shot here in Da...published: 17 May 2011author: Jose LuisKiller (Model: Leanna Decker)From my recent photo shoot with the gorgeous Playboy model, Leanna Decker, shot here in Dallas, TX. (Music: "Killer" by Dev) www.joseluisphoto.com / www.leannadecker.com4:06
Eugenia Diordiychuk, MorningModel - Eugenia Diordiychuk Photographer - Dmitry Baranov Makeup - Elena Dotsenko Video - ...published: 01 Jun 2011author: Eugenia DiordiychukEugenia Diordiychuk, MorningModel - Eugenia Diordiychuk Photographer - Dmitry Baranov Makeup - Elena Dotsenko Video - Dmitry Diordiychuk Barry White - Practice What You Preach1:12
One Gamehttp://confessionlab.com Confession NO. 4 Model: Rosie follow us tw twitter.com/confessio...published: 08 Feb 2012author: Confession LabOne Gamehttp://confessionlab.com Confession NO. 4 Model: Rosie follow us tw twitter.com/confessionlab fb facebook.com/ConfessionLab3:03
Sandra G.Sandra G. walkin nude through Barcelona. Yesterday Sandra had a dream, today is reality. ...published: 27 Sep 2009author: Edgar LledóSandra G.Sandra G. walkin nude through Barcelona. Yesterday Sandra had a dream, today is reality. Visit her blog http://sandrageroticmodel.blogspot.com/
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Party Girl - Midsummer Night's Dream 2010What's the craziest thing you've ever done under the influence of vodka? It probably pales...published: 16 Dec 2011author: playboyParty Girl - Midsummer Night's Dream 2010What's the craziest thing you've ever done under the influence of vodka? It probably pales in comparison to what the guests of the Midsummer Night's Dream party have done. Guess who's scissored with Playmates, who's had threesomes, and who's fibbed about being a virgin. Then check out more videos and hot pics at http://www.playboy.com/articles/midsummer-nights-dream-party-2010-coverage/index.html.
- published: 16 Dec 2011
- views: 66803
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Mansion Party: Celebrity PokerCelebrities and Playmates head to the Mansion for the SportsDream Celebrity Poker Party. S...published: 03 Sep 2010author: playboyMansion Party: Celebrity PokerCelebrities and Playmates head to the Mansion for the SportsDream Celebrity Poker Party. See more Mansion Update videos at www.playboy.com
- published: 03 Sep 2010
- views: 7098
- author: playboy
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Hef's Fourth of July at the MansionHef hosted his annual Fourth of July party at the Playboy Mansion recently. Don't miss thi...published: 03 Sep 2010author: playboyHef's Fourth of July at the MansionHef hosted his annual Fourth of July party at the Playboy Mansion recently. Don't miss this video of all of the hottest Playmates and celebrities stopping by for a jump on trampoline and a go on the slip 'n' slide. For more updates from the Mansion, check out http://www.playboy.com/articles/mansion-blog-mansion-update-video-dispatches/index.html.
- published: 03 Sep 2010
- views: 12581
- author: playboy
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Party at the MansionPlaymates in Bunny costumes and babes in bodypaint party with Hef at the Mansion for the C...published: 03 Sep 2010author: playboyParty at the MansionPlaymates in Bunny costumes and babes in bodypaint party with Hef at the Mansion for the Castle in the Clouds party. See more updates on parties and videos from the Mansion at http://www.playboy.com/articles/mansion-blog-mansion-update-video-dispatches/index.html.
- published: 03 Sep 2010
- views: 31607
- author: playboy
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Mansion Stars and StripesBless America! Hugh Hefner hosts the 2nd annual Stars and Stripes Fundraiser at the Playbo...published: 03 Sep 2010author: playboyMansion Stars and StripesBless America! Hugh Hefner hosts the 2nd annual Stars and Stripes Fundraiser at the Playboy Mansion with some of the hottest Playboy models and Playmates in attendance. Check out more Mansion party videos on the Mansion Blog at http://www.playboy.com/articles/mansion-blog-mansion-update-video-dispatches/index.html.
- published: 03 Sep 2010
- views: 116118
- author: playboy
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Easter at the Playboy MansionHef invites his celebrity friends and Playmates to the annual Easter egg hunt at the Playb...published: 03 Sep 2010author: playboyEaster at the Playboy MansionHef invites his celebrity friends and Playmates to the annual Easter egg hunt at the Playboy Mansion. See more videos of Hef's goings-on at the Playboy Mansion at http://www.playboy.com/articles/mansion-blog-mansion-update-video-dispatches/index.html
- published: 03 Sep 2010
- views: 91415
- author: playboy
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Hef's Haunted Halloween 2008 - Playboy MansionHighlights from Hef's star-studded spooktacular at the Playboy Mansion. Sponsored by Harle...published: 03 Sep 2010author: playboyHef's Haunted Halloween 2008 - Playboy MansionHighlights from Hef's star-studded spooktacular at the Playboy Mansion. Sponsored by Harley Davidson. See more Playboy Mansion events at http://www.playboy.com
- published: 03 Sep 2010
- views: 207841
- author: playboy
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YouTube Search Winners Visit the Playboy MansionThe six winners of Playboy's 55th Anniversary YouTube Search visit the Playboy Mansion in ...published: 03 Sep 2010author: playboyYouTube Search Winners Visit the Playboy MansionThe six winners of Playboy's 55th Anniversary YouTube Search visit the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles. See all the YouTube winners nude in the club http://cyber.playboy.com
- published: 03 Sep 2010
- views: 118661
- author: playboy
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Happy Fourth of July from Playboy!http://www.playboy.com See how Hef & the Girls have celebrated our nation's independence i...published: 03 Sep 2010author: playboyHappy Fourth of July from Playboy!http://www.playboy.com See how Hef & the Girls have celebrated our nation's independence in the past at one of the Playboy Fourth of July bashes at the mansion.
- published: 03 Sep 2010
- views: 45075
- author: playboy
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Jayde Nicole - Playboy Playmate of the Year LuncheonStunning Canadian Playmate Jayde Nicole is crowned the 2008 Playmate of the Year at a star...published: 03 Sep 2010author: playboyJayde Nicole - Playboy Playmate of the Year LuncheonStunning Canadian Playmate Jayde Nicole is crowned the 2008 Playmate of the Year at a star-studded luncheon at the Playboy Mansion. See much more of Jayde and hundreds of other Playmates at http:www.playboy.com
- published: 03 Sep 2010
- views: 55435
- author: playboy
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Jenny McCarthy and Jennifer Madden - Playboy ShootJenny McCarthy steps behind the lens to snap sizzling pics of sexy Playboy model Jennifer ...published: 03 Sep 2010author: playboyJenny McCarthy and Jennifer Madden - Playboy ShootJenny McCarthy steps behind the lens to snap sizzling pics of sexy Playboy model Jennifer Madden as a Playboy.com Celebrity Guest Photographer. See much more of Celebrity Photographers at http://www.playboy.com
- published: 03 Sep 2010
- views: 225390
- author: playboy
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Hef celebrates with Three 6 Mafia - PlayboyOscar heroes Three 6 Mafia brought down the house with a live set and a special Playboy bi...published: 03 Sep 2010author: playboyHef celebrates with Three 6 Mafia - PlayboyOscar heroes Three 6 Mafia brought down the house with a live set and a special Playboy birthday to Hef. See more at http://www.playboy.com
- published: 03 Sep 2010
- views: 15903
- author: playboy
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Killer (Model: Leanna Decker)From my recent photo shoot with the gorgeous Playboy model, Leanna Decker, shot here in Da...published: 17 May 2011author: Jose LuisKiller (Model: Leanna Decker)From my recent photo shoot with the gorgeous Playboy model, Leanna Decker, shot here in Dallas, TX. (Music: "Killer" by Dev) www.joseluisphoto.com / www.leannadecker.com4:06
Eugenia Diordiychuk, MorningModel - Eugenia Diordiychuk Photographer - Dmitry Baranov Makeup - Elena Dotsenko Video - ...published: 01 Jun 2011author: Eugenia DiordiychukEugenia Diordiychuk, MorningModel - Eugenia Diordiychuk Photographer - Dmitry Baranov Makeup - Elena Dotsenko Video - Dmitry Diordiychuk Barry White - Practice What You Preach1:12
One Gamehttp://confessionlab.com Confession NO. 4 Model: Rosie follow us tw twitter.com/confessio...published: 08 Feb 2012author: Confession LabOne Gamehttp://confessionlab.com Confession NO. 4 Model: Rosie follow us tw twitter.com/confessionlab fb facebook.com/ConfessionLab3:03
Sandra G.Sandra G. walkin nude through Barcelona. Yesterday Sandra had a dream, today is reality. ...published: 27 Sep 2009author: Edgar LledóSandra G.Sandra G. walkin nude through Barcelona. Yesterday Sandra had a dream, today is reality. Visit her blog http://sandrageroticmodel.blogspot.com/
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Heating up the Summer Night at the Playboy Jazz FestivalPlayboy.com Cyber Girls Dani Mathers and Lauren Elise head to the Hollywood Bowl to check ...published: 24 Jul 2012author: playboyHeating up the Summer Night at the Playboy Jazz FestivalPlayboy.com Cyber Girls Dani Mathers and Lauren Elise head to the Hollywood Bowl to check out the talent and chat with Hugh Hefner at this year's Playboy Jazz Festival. See more on Playboy.com: http://bit.ly/KPx3Bw
- published: 24 Jul 2012
- views: 17699
- author: playboy
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Playboy's Carnival Mystique Party in IndianapolisEvery year at the climax of the NFL playoff's, Playboy throws one of the largest parties i...published: 09 Feb 2012author: playboyPlayboy's Carnival Mystique Party in IndianapolisEvery year at the climax of the NFL playoff's, Playboy throws one of the largest parties in the host city. In 2012 Indianapolis hosted over 2000 of the sexiest women and men including our Playmates, Mark Cuban, Shaq, Aaron Rodgers & R&B; singer Ne-Yo. Music: The Knocks - Dancing with the Dj (http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/dancing-with-the-dj-ep/id406694693)
- published: 09 Feb 2012
- views: 27270
- author: playboy
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Stoli Brings the Party to ChicagoOne of the newest additions to Chicago's nightlife scene played host to another rocking Pl...published: 13 Jan 2012author: playboyStoli Brings the Party to ChicagoOne of the newest additions to Chicago's nightlife scene played host to another rocking Playboy x Stoli event to celebrate the launch of Stoli's new Chocolat Razberi flavored vodka. The celebration held at The Ogden in December invited VIP's and guests to sip on specialty Chocolat Razberi cocktails and enjoy gourmet hors d'oeuvres. While the Stoli flowed, partygoers danced the night away to the eclectic beats of S.K.A.M. artist DJ Rick Rude, who flew in from LA after spinning at Seth MacFarlane's private birthday party. Of course, the night wouldn't be complete without a Playmate presence. Miss May 2009 Crystal McCahill, Playmate of the Year 2003 Christina Santiago, Miss November 2001 Lindsey Vuolo and Miss June 2007 Shannon James were all on hand to mingle and pose for photos with guests and, of course, look as sexy as ever. See more about this party and a photo gallery here: http://www.playboy.com/nightlife/stoli-brings-the-party-to-chicago
- published: 13 Jan 2012
- views: 10900
- author: playboy
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Stoli Brings the Party to South BeachThis month's Playboy x Stoli event in Miami's Dream Hotel called on leaders from the world...published: 07 Dec 2011author: playboyStoli Brings the Party to South BeachThis month's Playboy x Stoli event in Miami's Dream Hotel called on leaders from the world of nightlife and hospitality, together with socialites, tastemakers and a rooftop of partygoers to celebrate the launch of Stoli's new Chocolat Razberi cocktail. Hosted by Playmates Hiromi Oshima, Crystal McCahill, Shannon James and Cassandra Lynn, plus live poolside turntabling by DJs Graham Funke & Stonerokk http://www.playboy.com/nightlife/stoli-brings-the-party-to-south-beach
- published: 07 Dec 2011
- views: 13220
- author: playboy
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Midsummer Night's Dream 2010The Playboy Mansion's Midsummer Night's Dream party is always the hottest of the year. Wat...published: 03 Sep 2010author: playboyMidsummer Night's Dream 2010The Playboy Mansion's Midsummer Night's Dream party is always the hottest of the year. Watch the video to see why, then check out all of the pics and more at http://www.playboy.com/articles/midsummer-nights-dream-party-2010-coverage/index.html.
- published: 03 Sep 2010
- views: 37297
- author: playboy
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Wildest Party School - University of TexasPlayboy named its top Party Schools for 2010, then traveled to winners' campuses to throw ...published: 03 Sep 2010author: playboyWildest Party School - University of TexasPlayboy named its top Party Schools for 2010, then traveled to winners' campuses to throw them awesome parties. Check out footage from the party for winning school University of Texas, Austin, and don't miss the photos here: http://www.playboy.com/articles/party-schools-2010-top-party-school-texas/index.html.
- published: 03 Sep 2010
- views: 83363
- author: playboy
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NEW!! Playboy's South by Southwest Party 2009Visit http://www.playboy.com/rock to see the full version and tons of other great Playboy ...published: 03 Sep 2010author: playboyNEW!! Playboy's South by Southwest Party 2009Visit http://www.playboy.com/rock to see the full version and tons of other great Playboy entertainment
- published: 03 Sep 2010
- views: 5416
- author: playboy
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Jayde Nicole's All-girl Playboy Bunny House Partyhttp://www.playboy.com/girl/jayde-nicole/ Check out the coverage of 2008 Playboy Playmate ...published: 03 Sep 2010author: playboyJayde Nicole's All-girl Playboy Bunny House Partyhttp://www.playboy.com/girl/jayde-nicole/ Check out the coverage of 2008 Playboy Playmate of the Year Jayde Nicole's all-girl poolside after-party where the Playmates get wet 'n wild at the Bunny House. See much more of Jayde and hundreds of other playmates at http://www.playboy.com
- published: 03 Sep 2010
- views: 2093525
- author: playboy
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Playboy presents "SDSU Reggae Sun Splash Party"From http://www.playboyu.com San Diego State has been crowned as a Playboy Party School th...published: 03 Sep 2010author: playboyPlayboy presents "SDSU Reggae Sun Splash Party"From http://www.playboyu.com San Diego State has been crowned as a Playboy Party School three times. Easy to see why in this video. Each May they turn Sigma Chi into mini-Jamaica for the Reggae Sun Splash party. Video produced by Matthew Koppel
- published: 03 Sep 2010
- views: 63443
- author: playboy
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Playboy Spring Break Party NightsFrom http://www.playboyu.com New Spring Break video featuring Playmates, Models, party ani...published: 03 Sep 2010author: playboyPlayboy Spring Break Party NightsFrom http://www.playboyu.com New Spring Break video featuring Playmates, Models, party animal spring breakers and a trip inside the women's bathroom!
- published: 03 Sep 2010
- views: 522435
- author: playboy
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Playboy's Rock The Rabbit at SXSW 2008Playboy's Rock The Rabbit and ten Playboy Playmates headed down South to throw the second ...published: 03 Sep 2010author: playboyPlayboy's Rock The Rabbit at SXSW 2008Playboy's Rock The Rabbit and ten Playboy Playmates headed down South to throw the second annual late night party during South By Southwest. Performances by The Heavy, MGMT, Moby and Justice Got The Party Started. We set up a video booth on site to capture some of the late night revelry. For more, visit http://www.rocktherabbit.com
- published: 03 Sep 2010
- views: 5898
- author: playboy
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Playboy Costume Party at The PalmsHef heads to Las Vegas to unveil the new Playboy Bunny costume. See more Playboy parties a...published: 03 Sep 2010author: playboyPlayboy Costume Party at The PalmsHef heads to Las Vegas to unveil the new Playboy Bunny costume. See more Playboy parties at http://www.playboy.com
- published: 03 Sep 2010
- views: 112479
- author: playboy
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Playboy Party at SXSW 2007Check out the scene from our first ever SXSW party. Bands, Bunnies, booze and tunes going ...published: 03 Sep 2010author: playboyPlayboy Party at SXSW 2007Check out the scene from our first ever SXSW party. Bands, Bunnies, booze and tunes going all night long. Featured performers were Ghostland Observatory, Illinois, Monsters are Waiting, Stars Align, DJ Omar and a set by Kele from Bloc Party. Wish you were there. See more at http://www.playboy.com
- published: 03 Sep 2010
- views: 81697
- author: playboy
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Killer (Model: Leanna Decker)From my recent photo shoot with the gorgeous Playboy model, Leanna Decker, shot here in Da...published: 17 May 2011author: Jose LuisKiller (Model: Leanna Decker)From my recent photo shoot with the gorgeous Playboy model, Leanna Decker, shot here in Dallas, TX. (Music: "Killer" by Dev) www.joseluisphoto.com / www.leannadecker.com4:06
Eugenia Diordiychuk, MorningModel - Eugenia Diordiychuk Photographer - Dmitry Baranov Makeup - Elena Dotsenko Video - ...published: 01 Jun 2011author: Eugenia DiordiychukEugenia Diordiychuk, MorningModel - Eugenia Diordiychuk Photographer - Dmitry Baranov Makeup - Elena Dotsenko Video - Dmitry Diordiychuk Barry White - Practice What You Preach1:12
One Gamehttp://confessionlab.com Confession NO. 4 Model: Rosie follow us tw twitter.com/confessio...published: 08 Feb 2012author: Confession LabOne Gamehttp://confessionlab.com Confession NO. 4 Model: Rosie follow us tw twitter.com/confessionlab fb facebook.com/ConfessionLab3:03
Sandra G.Sandra G. walkin nude through Barcelona. Yesterday Sandra had a dream, today is reality. ...published: 27 Sep 2009author: Edgar LledóSandra G.Sandra G. walkin nude through Barcelona. Yesterday Sandra had a dream, today is reality. Visit her blog http://sandrageroticmodel.blogspot.com/
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Playboy Playmate Mixologist - MojitoPlayboy Playmate of the Year 2007 Sara Jean Underwood shows us how to make one of the most...published: 24 May 2008author: playboyPlayboy Playmate Mixologist - MojitoPlayboy Playmate of the Year 2007 Sara Jean Underwood shows us how to make one of the most popular drink of recent years, the Mojito. See much more of Sara Jean and the Playmate Mixologist at http://www.playboy.com
- published: 24 May 2008
- views: 220424
- author: playboy
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Playboy Playmate Mixologist - CosmoquilaSara Jean Underwood, Playboy Playmate of the Year 2007, makes a delicious Cosmoquila from ...published: 30 Apr 2008author: playboyPlayboy Playmate Mixologist - CosmoquilaSara Jean Underwood, Playboy Playmate of the Year 2007, makes a delicious Cosmoquila from fine Patron tequila. See much more of Sara Jean and the Playmate Mixologist at http://www.playboy.com
- published: 30 Apr 2008
- views: 49951
- author: playboy
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Playboy Playmate Mixologist - Twisted GimletSara Jean Underwood,Playboy Playmate of the Year 2007, demonstrates how to make Gimlet... ...published: 21 Apr 2008author: playboyPlayboy Playmate Mixologist - Twisted GimletSara Jean Underwood,Playboy Playmate of the Year 2007, demonstrates how to make Gimlet... with a twist. See much more of Sara Jean and the Playmate Mixologist at http://www.playboy.com
- published: 21 Apr 2008
- views: 58128
- author: playboy
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Playboy Playmate Mixologist - Tequila SeabreezeSara Jean Underwood,Playboy Playmate of the Year 2007, teaches us what goes into the delic...published: 11 Apr 2008author: playboyPlayboy Playmate Mixologist - Tequila SeabreezeSara Jean Underwood,Playboy Playmate of the Year 2007, teaches us what goes into the delicious exotic drink Tequila Seabreeze. See much more of Sara Jean and the Playmate Mixologist at http://www.playboy.com
- published: 11 Apr 2008
- views: 70289
- author: playboy
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Playboy Playmate Mixologist - RearbusterPlayboy Playmate of the Year 2007 Sara Jean Underwood shows us how to make a lesser known ...published: 03 Jun 2008author: playboyPlayboy Playmate Mixologist - RearbusterPlayboy Playmate of the Year 2007 Sara Jean Underwood shows us how to make a lesser known but incredible delicious drink, the Rearbuster. See much more of Sara Jean and the Playmate Mixologist at http://www.playboy.com
- published: 03 Jun 2008
- views: 51724
- author: playboy
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Playboy Playmate Mixologist - Long Island Iced TeaPlayboy Playmate Lindsey Vuolo, Miss November 2001, shows us how to make a Long Island Ice...published: 13 Mar 2008author: playboyPlayboy Playmate Mixologist - Long Island Iced TeaPlayboy Playmate Lindsey Vuolo, Miss November 2001, shows us how to make a Long Island Iced Tea and tells us where its peculiar name comes from. See more of Lindsey Vuolo and the Playmate Mixologist at http://www.playboy.com
- published: 13 Mar 2008
- views: 92660
- author: playboy
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Playboy Playmate Mixologist - Piña ColadaPlayboy Playmate Lindsey Vuolo, Miss November 2001, teaches as a thing or two about the po...published: 13 Mar 2008author: playboyPlayboy Playmate Mixologist - Piña ColadaPlayboy Playmate Lindsey Vuolo, Miss November 2001, teaches as a thing or two about the popular tropical drink Piña Colada. See more of Lindsey and the Playmate Mixologist at http://www.playboy.com
- published: 13 Mar 2008
- views: 148528
- author: playboy
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Playboy Playmate Mixologist: Pimm's CupMiss November 2001 Lindsey Vuolo shows how to make the perfect Pimm's Cup. See more of Li...published: 13 Mar 2008author: playboyPlayboy Playmate Mixologist: Pimm's CupMiss November 2001 Lindsey Vuolo shows how to make the perfect Pimm's Cup. See more of Lindsey and the Playmate Mixologist at http://www.playboy.com
- published: 13 Mar 2008
- views: 16549
- author: playboy
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Playboy Playmate Mixologist: MojitoMiss November 2001 Lindsey Vuolo shows how to make the perfect mojito. See more of Lindsey...published: 13 Mar 2008author: playboyPlayboy Playmate Mixologist: MojitoMiss November 2001 Lindsey Vuolo shows how to make the perfect mojito. See more of Lindsey and the Playmate Mixologist at http://www.playboy.com
- published: 13 Mar 2008
- views: 20028
- author: playboy
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Playboy Playmate Mixologist - DaiquiriJust in time for summer, Playboy Playmate Lindsey Vuolo, Miss November 2001, shows us a th...published: 25 Jun 2008author: playboyPlayboy Playmate Mixologist - DaiquiriJust in time for summer, Playboy Playmate Lindsey Vuolo, Miss November 2001, shows us a thing or two about the family of drinks known as daiquiris. See more of Lindsey Vuolo and the Playmate Mixologist at http://www.playboy.com
- published: 25 Jun 2008
- views: 32198
- author: playboy
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Playboy Playmate Mixologist - Dark & StormyPlayboy Playmate Lindsey Vuolo, Miss November 2001, shows us how to make Dark & Stormy, a ...published: 23 Jul 2008author: playboyPlayboy Playmate Mixologist - Dark & StormyPlayboy Playmate Lindsey Vuolo, Miss November 2001, shows us how to make Dark & Stormy, a rum-based drink she thinks is the next big summer drink! See more of Lindsey Vuolo and the Playmate Mixologist at http://www.playboy.com
- published: 23 Jul 2008
- views: 21373
- author: playboy
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Playboy Playmate Mixologist - Mai TaiPlayboy Playmate Lindsey Vuolo, Miss November 2001, shows us how to make a delicious Mai T...published: 23 Jul 2008author: playboyPlayboy Playmate Mixologist - Mai TaiPlayboy Playmate Lindsey Vuolo, Miss November 2001, shows us how to make a delicious Mai Tai. See more of Lindsey Vuolo and the Playmate Mixologist at http://www.playboy.com
- published: 23 Jul 2008
- views: 51533
- author: playboy
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Killer (Model: Leanna Decker)From my recent photo shoot with the gorgeous Playboy model, Leanna Decker, shot here in Da...published: 17 May 2011author: Jose LuisKiller (Model: Leanna Decker)From my recent photo shoot with the gorgeous Playboy model, Leanna Decker, shot here in Dallas, TX. (Music: "Killer" by Dev) www.joseluisphoto.com / www.leannadecker.com4:06
Eugenia Diordiychuk, MorningModel - Eugenia Diordiychuk Photographer - Dmitry Baranov Makeup - Elena Dotsenko Video - ...published: 01 Jun 2011author: Eugenia DiordiychukEugenia Diordiychuk, MorningModel - Eugenia Diordiychuk Photographer - Dmitry Baranov Makeup - Elena Dotsenko Video - Dmitry Diordiychuk Barry White - Practice What You Preach1:12
One Gamehttp://confessionlab.com Confession NO. 4 Model: Rosie follow us tw twitter.com/confessio...published: 08 Feb 2012author: Confession LabOne Gamehttp://confessionlab.com Confession NO. 4 Model: Rosie follow us tw twitter.com/confessionlab fb facebook.com/ConfessionLab3:03
Sandra G.Sandra G. walkin nude through Barcelona. Yesterday Sandra had a dream, today is reality. ...published: 27 Sep 2009author: Edgar LledóSandra G.Sandra G. walkin nude through Barcelona. Yesterday Sandra had a dream, today is reality. Visit her blog http://sandrageroticmodel.blogspot.com/
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27 Nov 2012M23 rebels controlling the eastern city of Goma in the DR Congo have said they are not about to withdraw as demanded by regional leaders. The rebels said on Tuesday there were still in charge of Goma, just hours after General Aronda Nyakairima, the head of the Ugandan military, was quoted by the Reuters news agency as saying that their leader, Sultani Makenga, had told him he would pull out of Goma and Sake. ... Al Jazeera And Agencies. ... ....(size: 17.7Kb)The Guardianphoto: UN / Jan Golinski
27 Nov 2012Doha conference is warned that climate models do not yet take account of methane in thawing permafrost. Frozen ground in Siberia. Permafrost covers nearly a quarter of the northern hemisphere. Photograph: Francis Latreille/Corbis. The United Nations sounded a stark warning on the threat to the climate from methane in the thawing permafrost as governments met for the second day of climate change negotiations in Doha, Qatar. ... ....(size: 5.3Kb)STL Todayphoto: AP / George Osodi
25 Nov 2012Twin suicide car bombs exploded Sunday at a church inside one of Nigeria's top military bases, killing at least 11 people and wounding another 30 in an embarrassing attack showing the continued insecurity that haunts Africa's most populous nation. ... This attack in Jaji on Sunday, however, happened inside a barracks home to the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, one of the country's most important military colleges. ... Gen. ... ___. ... ....(size: 4.1Kb)WorldNews.comphoto: AP / Henry Griffin
26 Nov 2012Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. "In our opinion and from our experience," declared John Kerry in 1971, "there is nothing in South Vietnam which could happen that realistically threatens the United States of America. And to attempt to justify the loss of one American life in Vietnam, Cambodia or Laos by linking such loss to the preservation of freedom..is to us the height of criminal hypocrisy...". ... The U.S....(size: 6.4Kb)Huffington Postphoto: AP / Sepahnews
27 Nov 2012WASHINGTON -- The drone wars are here. While President Obama ponders new legal and moral guidelines to govern America's growing use of armed robot aircraft, the world outside the White House is engaged in a revolutionary frenzy of building, arming and flying killer drones. ... More than 50 countries operate surveillance drones and, increasingly, are fitting them with weapons. The U.S. ... spy drone was shot down last December. ... On Oct. ... On Nov. ... Like....(size: 8.4Kb)
The Miami Herald28 Nov 2012The former Playboy model started her Twitter binge by writing: Hello this is Erica love John, he loves you all, I guess its ok if I send you all a naked photo or two dont tell my love.. She continued to write suggestive tweets referring to her modeling past and hinting that shed taken over Bolaris account while he slept, the newspaper reported. This is Erica, I did pose in Playboy so what, she wrote. ... 1 | |. ....(size: 3.4Kb)The Miami Herald28 Nov 2012The former Playboy model started her Twitter binge by writing, âHello this is Ericaâ¦love John, he loves you all, I guess itâs ok if I send you all a naked photo or twoâ¦donât tell my love.â. She continued to write suggestive tweets referring to her modeling past and hinting that sheâd taken over Bolarisâ account while slept, the newspaper reported. âThis is Erica, I did pose in Playboyâ¦so what,â she wrote. ... 1 | |. ....(size: 3.4Kb)Huffington Post28 Nov 2012Former Playboy model and billionaire's widow Anna Nicole Smith was finally laid to rest at a pink-splashed funeral in the Bahamas 02 March 2007 following three weeks of legal battles over her body. ... The private funeral ceremony followed bitter legal battles over custody of the body that in life had won Smith Playboy fame and a marriage to an 89-year-old billionaire....(size: 19.3Kb)DNA India28 Nov 2012Global Beauty Leader and Multi-Platinum Recording Artist to Develop Innovative New Line of Fragrances. NEW YORK, Nov. ... Perry joins Coty's impressive list of brands that include Calvin Klein, Chloe, Marc Jacobs and Playboy, among many others. ... About Coty Inc. ... Coty's product offerings include such global brands as adidas, Calvin Klein, Chloe, Davidoff, Marc Jacobs, OPI, philosophy, Playboy, Rimmel and Sally Hansen. ... About Katy Perry. ... ....(size: 3.7Kb)Starpulse28 Nov 2012 . If the couple makes it official, it will be the rocker's third marriage - he was previously wed to Playboy Playmate Brandi Brandt and Baywatch actress Donna D'Errico. ... ....(size: 0.9Kb)Chicago Sun-Times28 Nov 2012The Examiner28 Nov 2012Nikki Sixx announced his engagement to blogger, Courtney Bingham. Sixx, 53 and Bingham, 27 have been dating for over 2 years. ... Barts. ... Sixx was formerly married to "Playboy" playmates Brandi Brandt and Donna D'Errico. ... ....(size: 1.2Kb)IMDb28 Nov 2012IMDb28 Nov 2012You know Ben Whishaw. ... You may have seen him as doomed poet John Keats in 2009’s Bright Star or as doomed playboy Sebastian Flyte in the remake of Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited. ... ....(size: 0.9Kb)Huffington Post28 Nov 2012"He’s always been very encouraging, but there was no 'Tuesdays With Morrie' kind of relationship between him and I," Sudeikis told Playboy magazine in July 2011. ... In the summer of 2011, Daisy appeared on the front cover of <em>Playboy</em>, in which she said of her father: "My whole life I thought my father was someone different......(size: 12.0Kb)The Australian28 Nov 2012The People's Daily Online reported, apparently in all seriousness, that The Onion had crowned Kim Jong-un, the rogue hermit state's playboy leader, this year's top international heart-throb. Also in this story. ... User Login Username *. Password *. ... Login. ... ....(size: 4.4Kb)The Wrap28 Nov 2012Print this page Tweet. View the discussion thread. Sign Up For First Take. Get Our Daily Email, and Receive Invitations to Our Screenings Series. Start your day with all of the news worth knowing. Your email...:. What's First Take?. Most Popular. Today This Week All Time. ... Do Ashton Kutcher, Jon Cryer, and Angus T. ... Lindsay Lohan's Full Nude Playboy Spread Leaks Online -- Playboy 'Freaking' (Warning: NSFW). ... Obits. ... ....(size: 6.6Kb)The Wrap28 Nov 2012Print this page Tweet. View the discussion thread. Sign Up For First Take. Get Our Daily Email, and Receive Invitations to Our Screenings Series. Start your day with all of the news worth knowing. Your email...:. What's First Take?. Most Popular. Today This Week All Time. ... Do Ashton Kutcher, Jon Cryer, and Angus T. ... Lindsay Lohan's Full Nude Playboy Spread Leaks Online -- Playboy 'Freaking' (Warning: NSFW). ... Obits. ... ....(size: 6.6Kb)This article is about the magazine. For the lifestyle that inspired the magazine's name, see Playboy (lifestyle). For other uses, see Playboy (disambiguation).Playboy File:Pb1253.jpg
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(2011)1,509,982[1] Year founded October 1, 1953[2] First issue December 1953 Country United States Language English, many others Website Playboy Playboy UK ISSN 0032-1478 Playboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother.[3] The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with a presence in nearly every medium. Playboy is one of the world's best known brands.[4] In addition to the flagship magazine in the United States, special nation-specific versions of Playboy are published worldwide.
The magazine has a long history of publishing short stories by notable novelists such as Arthur C. Clarke,[5] Ian Fleming,[5] Vladimir Nabokov,[6] Chuck Palahniuk, P. G. Wodehouse[5] and Margaret Atwood.[5] With a regular display of full-page color cartoons, it became a showcase for notable cartoonists, including Jack Cole,[7] Eldon Dedini,[8] Jules Feiffer,[9] Shel Silverstein,[10] Erich Sokol[5] and Rowland B. Wilson.[11]
Playboy features monthly interviews of notable public figures, such as artists, architects, economists, composers, conductors, film directors, journalists, novelists, playwrights, religious figures, politicians, athletes and race car drivers. The magazine generally reflects a liberal editorial stance.[12]
Contents
History[link]
By spring 1953, Hugh Hefner — a 1949 University of Illinois psychology graduate who had worked in Chicago for Esquire magazine writing promotional copy; Publisher's Development Corporation in sales and marketing; and Children's Activities magazine as circulation promotions manager[13] — had planned out the elements of his own magazine, that he would call Stag Party.[14] He formed HMH Publishing Corporation, and recruited his friend Eldon Sellers to find investors.[14] Hefner eventually raised just over $8,000, including from his brother and mother.[15] However, the publisher of an unrelated men's adventure magazine, Stag, contacted Hefner and informed him it would file suit to protect their trademark if he were to launch his magazine with that name.[13][16] Hefner, his wife Millie, and Sellers met to seek a new name, considering "Top Hat", "Gentleman", "Sir'", "Satyr", "Pan" and "Bachelor" before Sellers suggested "Playboy".[16]
The first issue, in December 1953, was undated, as Hefner was unsure there would be a second. He produced it in his Hyde Park kitchen. The first centerfold was Marilyn Monroe, although the picture used originally was taken for a calendar rather than for Playboy. The first issue sold out in weeks. Known circulation was 53,991.[17] The cover price was 50¢. Copies of the first issue in mint to near mint condition sold for over $5,000 in 2002. The novel Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, was serialized in the March, April and May 1954 issues of Playboy.
The logo, the stylized profile of a rabbit wearing a tuxedo bow tie, was originally designed by art designer Art Paul for the second issue to be used as an endnote, but was adopted as the official logo and has appeared ever since.[18][19] A running joke in the magazine involves hiding the logo somewhere in the cover art or photograph. Hefner said he chose the rabbit for its "humorous sexual connotation," and because the image was "frisky and playful."
An urban legend started about Hefner and the Playmate of the Month because of markings on the front covers of the magazine. From 1955 to 1979 (except for a six month gap in 1976), the "P" in Playboy had stars printed in or around the letter. The legend stated that this was either a rating that Hefner gave to the Playmate according to how attractive she was, the number of times that Hefner had slept with her, or how good she was in bed. The stars, between zero and 12, actually indicated the domestic or international advertising region for that printing.[20]
File:Playboy Staff in 1970.jpgThe Editorial Board of Playboy in 1970. Back, left to right: Robie Macauley, Nat Lehrman, Richard M. Koff, Murray Fisher, Arthur Kretchmer; front: Sheldon Wax, Auguste Comte Spectorsky, Jack Kessie.From 1966 to 1976 Robie Macauley was the Fiction Editor at Playboy. During this period the magazine published fiction by Saul Bellow, Sean O'Faolain, John Updike, James Dickey, John Cheever, Doris Lessing, Joyce Carol Oates, Vladimir Nabokov, Michael Crichton, John LeCarre, Irwin Shaw, Jean Shepherd, Arthur Koestler, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Bernard Malamud, John Irving, Anne Sexton, Nadine Gordimer, Kurt Vonnegut and J. P. Donleavy, as well as poetry by Yevgeny Yevtushenko.[21] Macauley also contributed all of the popular Ribald Classics series published between January 1978 and March 1984.
Since reaching its peak in the 1970s, Playboy has seen a decline in circulation and cultural relevance because of competition in the field it founded — first from Penthouse, Oui (which was published as a spin-off of Playboy) and Gallery in the 1970s; later from pornographic videos; and more recently from lad mags such as Maxim, FHM, and Stuff. In response, Playboy has attempted to re-assert its hold on the 18–35 male demographic through slight changes to content and focusing on issues and personalities more appropriate to its audience — such as hip-hop artists being featured in the "Playboy Interview".
Christie Hefner, daughter of the founder Hugh Hefner, joined Playboy in 1975 and became head of the company in 1988. She announced in December 2008 that she would be stepping down from leading the company, effective in January 2009, and said that the election of Barack Obama as the next President had inspired her to give more time to charitable work, and that the decision to step down was her own. “Just as this country is embracing change in the form of new leadership, I have decided that now is the time to make changes in my own life as well,” she said.[22]
The magazine celebrated its 50th anniversary with the January 2004 issue. Celebrations were held at Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York, and Moscow during the year to commemorate this event.
The magazine runs several annual features and ratings. One of the most popular is its annual ranking of the top "party schools" among all U.S. universities and colleges. For 2009, the magazine used five considerations: bikini, brains, campus, sex and sports in the development of its list. The top ranked party school by Playboy for 2009 was the University of Miami.[23]
In June 2009, the magazine reduced its publication schedule to 11 issues per year, with a combined July/August issue and on August 11, 2009, London's Daily Telegraph newspaper reported that Hugh Hefner had sold his English Manor house (next door to the famous Playboy Mansion) for $18 m ($10 m less than the reported asking price) to a Daren Metropoulos and that due to significant losses in the company's value (down from $1 billion in 2000 to $84 million in 2009) the Playboy publishing empire is up for sale for $300 m.[24] In December 2009, they further reduced the publication schedule to 10 issues per year, with a combined January/February issue.
On July 12, 2010, Playboy Enterprises Inc. announced Hefner's $5.50 per share offer ($122.5 million based on shares outstanding on April 30 and the closing price on July 9) to buy the portion of the company he does not already own and take the company private with the help of Rizvi Traverse Management LLC. The company derives much of its income from licensing rather than the magazine.[25] On July 15, Penthouse owner FriendFinder Networks Inc. offered $210 million (the company is valued at $185 million), though Hefner, who already owns 70 percent of voting stock, does not want to sell.[26] January 10, 2011 The publisher of Playboy magazine has agreed to a sweetened offer by founder Hugh Hefner to take the company private for $6.15, 18 percent premium over the price of the last previous day trading. A tender offer is expected to initial by January 21, 2011 and the deal is expected to close by the end of the first quarter.[27][dated info]
The Playboy Interview[link]
Besides its centerfold, a major part of Playboy for much of its existence has been the Playboy Interview, an extensive (usually several thousand-word) discussion between a notable individual and an interviewer (historian Alex Haley, for example, served as a Playboy interviewer on a few occasions; one of his interviews was with Martin Luther King Jr.; he also interviewed Malcolm X, then coauthored his autobiography). One of the magazine's most notable interviews was a discussion with then-presidential candidate Jimmy Carter in the November 1976 issue in which he stated "I've committed adultery in my heart many times."[28][29] David Sheff's interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono appeared in the January 1981 issue, which was on newsstands at the time of Lennon's murder; the interview was later published in book format.
Another interview type section, entitled "20Q" (a play on the game of Twenty Questions), was added in October 1978. Cheryl Tiegs was the first interviewee for the section.[30]
Circulation[link]
File:Lenna.pngImage of Lena Soderberg used in many image processing experiments.The best-selling Playboy edition was the November 1972 edition, which sold 7,161,561 copies. One-quarter of all American college men were buying the magazine every month.[31] On the cover was model Pam Rawlings, photographed by Rowland Scherman.
Perhaps coincidentally, a cropped image of the issue's centerfold (which featured Lena Söderberg) became a de facto standard image for testing image processing algorithms. It is known simply as the "Lenna" (also "Lena") image in that field.[32]
In 1970, Playboy became the first gentleman's magazine to be printed in braille.[33]
[edit] Bans on the sale of Playboy
Many in the American religious community opposed the publication of Playboy. The Louisiana pastor and author L. L. Clover wrote in his 1974 treatise Evil Spirits Intellectualism and Logic that Playboy encouraged young men to view themselves as "pleasure-seeking individuals for whom sex is fun and women are play things." [34]
In many parts of Asia, including India, mainland China, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Brunei, sale and distribution of Playboy is banned. In addition, sale and distribution is banned in most Muslim countries (except Lebanon[35][36] and Turkey) in Asia and Africa, including Iran, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. Despite the ban on the magazine in these countries, the official Playboy brand itself can still appear on various merchandise such as perfume and deodorants.
While banned in mainland China, the magazine is sold in Hong Kong. In Japan, where genitals of models cannot be shown, a separate edition is published under license by Shueisha.[citation needed] An Indonesian edition was launched in April 2006, but controversy started before the first issue hit the stands. Though the publisher said the content of the Indonesian edition will be different from the original edition, the government tried to ban it by using anti-pornography rules.[citation needed] A Muslim organization, the Islamic Defenders Front (IDF), opposed Playboy on the grounds of pornography. On April 12, about 150 IDF members clashed with police and stoned the editorial offices. Despite this, the edition quickly sold out. On April 6, 2007 the chief judge of the case dismissed the charges because they had been incorrectly filed.[37]
In 1986, the American convenience store chain 7-Eleven removed the magazine. The store returned Playboy to its shelves in late 2003. 7-Eleven had also been selling Penthouse and other similar magazines before the ban.[citation needed]
In 1995 Playboy was returned to shelves in Ireland after a 36-year ban, despite staunch opposition from many women's groups.[38]
In bookstores throughout the world it is common for Playboy, as well as other adult publications, to be wrapped in opaque plastic bags and put on a higher shelf than other magazines, keeping them out of the reach of curious children. Before the late 1980s, Playboy was usually covered with a heavy paper wrapping, similar to paper bags commonly found in grocery stores, with the famous bunny head logo printed in jet black on both sides; however, up to and into the 1970s in the United States, mailed issues using the "plain brown wrapper" did not indicate the Playboy name or logo.[citation needed]
Playboy was not sold in the state of Queensland, Australia during 2004 and 2005 but returned as of 2006. Due to declining sales, the last Australia-wide edition of Playboy was the January 2000 issue.[citation needed]
Litigation[link]
On the January 14, 2004, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that Playboy Enterprises Inc.'s (PEI) trademark terms "Playboy" and "Playmate" should be protected in the situation where a user typing "Playboy" or "Playmate" in a browser search was instead shown advertisements of companies that competed with PEI. (The decision reversed an earlier district court ruling.) The suit started on April 15, 1999, when Playboy sued Excite Inc. and Netscape for trademark infringement.[39]
Photographers[link]
Many notable photographers have contributed to Playboy, including Ken Marcus,[40] Richard Fegley,[41] Arny Freytag,[42] Ron Harris,[43] Tom Kelley,[40] David Mecey,[44] Russ Meyer,[45] Pompeo Posar,[46] Suze Randall,[47] Herb Ritts,[48] Stephen Wayda,[49][50] Sam Wu,[51] Mario Casilli,[52] Annie Leibovitz,[48] Helmut Newton,[48] and Bunny Yeager.[53]
Celebrities[link]
- For a full listing, please see List of people in Playboy 1953–1959, 1960–1969, 1970–1979, 1980–1989, 1990–1999, 2000–2009, 2010–2019.
Many celebrities (singers, actresses, models, etc.) have posed for Playboy over the years. This list is only a small portion of those who have posed. Some of them are:
Film:
- Marilyn Monroe (December 1953) (Never actually posed for Playboy itself)
- Jayne Mansfield (February 1955)
- Mara Corday (October 1958)
- Ursula Andress (June 1965)
- Carol Lynley (March 1965)
- Kim Basinger (February 1983)
- Janet Jones (March 1987)
- Drew Barrymore (January 1995)
- Denise Richards (December 2004)
- Lindsay Lohan (January 2012)
Music:
- La Toya Jackson (March 1989/Nov 1991)
- Fem2fem (December 1993)
- Nancy Sinatra (May 1995)
- Samantha Fox (October 1996)
- Joey Heatherton (April 1997)
- Linda Brava (April 1998)
- Belinda Carlisle (August 2001)
- Tiffany (April 2002)
- Carnie Wilson (August 2003)
- Deborah Gibson (March 2005)
Sports:
- Svetlana Khorkina (November 1997 Russian edition)
- Katarina Witt (December 1998)
- Tanja Szewczenko (April 1999 German Edition)
- Joanie Laurer (November 2000 and January 2002)
- Gabrielle Reece (January 2001)
- Kiana Tom (May 2002)
- Torrie Wilson (May 2003 and March 2004 [the latter with Sable])
- Amy Acuff (September 2004)
- Amanda Beard (July 2007)
- Ashley Harkleroad (August 2008)[54]
Television:
- Linda Evans (July 1971)
- Suzanne Somers (February 1980 and December 1984)
- Shannen Doherty (March 1994 and December 2003)
- Farrah Fawcett (December 1995 and July 1997)
- Women of Baywatch (June 1998)
- Claudia Christian (October 1999)
- Shari Belafonte (September 2000)
- Brooke Burke (May 2001 and November 2004)
- Susie Feldman (August 2008)
- Karina Smirnoff (May 2011)
International editions[link]
This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (June 2007) 
This map shows the countries where Playboy is published. The dark pink indicates the countries where regional editions of the magazine are produced today and the lighter pink indicates the countries where regional editions of Playboy were once published.
(starting at the accompanying date, or during the accompanying date range)
Current:
- Argentina (1985–1995, 2006–)
- Austria (2012–)
- Brazil (1975–) — see specific article
- Bulgaria (2002–)
- Colombia (2008–)
- Croatia (1997–)
- Czech Republic (1991–)
- Estonia (2007–)[55]
- France (1973–)
- Germany (1972–)[56]
- Greece (1985–)
- Hungary (1989–1993, 1999–)
- Italy (1972–2003, 2008-)[57]
- Latvia (2010-)[58]
- Lithuania (2008-)
- Macedonia (2010- )[59]
- Mexico (1976–1998, 2002–)
- Moldova (2012-) [60]
- Netherlands (1983–)
- Philippines (2008-)[61]
- Poland (1992–)[62]
- Portugal (2009, 2012–) [63]
- Romania (1999–)
- Russia (1995–)
- Serbia (2004–)[56]
- Slovakia (1997–2002, 2005–)
- Slovenia (2001–)
- South Africa (1993–1996, 2011–)[62]
- Spain (1978–)
- Thailand (2012–)
- Ukraine (2005–)
- United States (1953–)
- Venezuela (2006–)
Former:
- Australia (1979–2000) — see specific article
- Georgia (country) (2007–2009)[64]
- Hong Kong (1986–1993)
- Indonesia (2006–2007)[56]
- Japan (1975–) — see specific article
- Norway (1998–1999)
- Singapore
- Sweden (1998–1999)
- Taiwan (1990–2003)
- Turkey (1986–1995)
Other editions[link]
The success of Playboy magazine has led PEI to market other versions of the magazine, the Special Editions (formerly called News Stand Specials), such as Playboy's College Girls[65] and Playboy's Book of Lingerie, as well as the Playboy video collection.
The growth of the Internet prompted the magazine to develop an official web presence called Playboy Online or Playboy.com, which is the official website for Playboy Enterprises, and an online companion to Playboy magazine. The site has been available online since 1994.[66] As part of the online presence, Playboy developed a pay web site called the Playboy Cyber Club in 1995 which features online chats, additional pictorials, videos of Playmates and Playboy Cyber Girls that are not featured in the magazine. Archives of past Playboy articles and interviews are also included. In September 2005, Playboy launched the online edition of the magazine Playboy Digital.
The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) has published a Braille edition of Playboy since 1970.[67] The Braille version includes all the written words in the non-Braille magazine, but no pictorial representations. Congress cut off funding for the Braille magazine translation in 1985, but U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Hogan reversed the decision on First Amendment grounds.[68]
In 2010 Playboy introduced "The Smoking Jacket", a safe-for-work website designed to appeal to young men, while avoiding nude images or key words that would cause the site to be filtered or otherwise prohibited in the workplace.[69]
In May 2011 Playboy introduced i.playboy.com, a complete, uncensored version of its near 700 issue archive, targeting the Apple iPad. By launching the archive as a web app, Playboy was able to circumvent both Apple's App Store content restrictions and their 30% subscription fee.
See also[link]
- Hugh Hefner
- Playboy TV
- Playboy UK
- List of men's magazines
- List of Playboy Playmates of the Month
- List of Playboy Playmates of the Year
- List of people in Playboy 1953–1959
- List of people in Playboy 1960–1969
- List of people in Playboy 1970–1979
- List of people in Playboy 1980–1989
- List of people in Playboy 1990–1999
- List of people in Playboy 2000–2009
- List of people in Playboy 2010–2019
- List of Playboy Playmates by birthplace
- List of Playboy videos
- Playboy: The Mansion
- The Playboy Mansion
- Playboy Club
- Playboy Studio West
- Playboy Playmate
- Playboy Dolls
- Playboy's Book of Forbidden Words
- Playboy Enterprises
- Pubic Wars
Books[link]
- General compilations
- Nick Stone, editor. The Bedside Playboy. Chicago: Playboy Press, 1963.
- Anniversary collections
- Jacob Dodd, editor. The Playboy Book: Forty Years. Santa Monica, California: General Publishing Group, 1994, ISBN 1-881649-03-2
- Playboy: 50 Years, The Photographs. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2003, ISBN 0-8118-3978-8
- Nick Stone, editor; Michelle Urry, cartoon editor. Playboy: 50 Years, The Cartoons. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2004. ISBN 0-8118-3976-1
- Gretchen Edgren, editor. The Playboy Book: Fifty Years. Taschen, 1995. ISBN 3-8228-3976-0
- Interview compilations
- G. Barry Golson, editor. The Playboy Interview. New York: Playboy Press, 1981. ISBN 0-87223-668-4 (hardcover), ISBN 0-87223-644-7 (softcover)
- G. Barry Golson, editor. The Playboy Interview Volume II. New York: Wideview/Perigee, 1983. ISBN 0-399-50768-X (hardcover), ISBN 0-399-50769-8 (softcover)
- David Sheff, interviewer; G. Barry Golson, editor. The Playboy Interviews with John Lennon and Yoko Ono. New York: Playboy Press, 1981, ISBN 0-87223-705-2; 2000 edition, ISBN 0-312-25464-4
- Stephen Randall, editor. "The Playboy Interview Book: They Played the Game". New York: M Press, 2006, ISBN 1-59582-046-9
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Born Jodie Louise Marsh
(1978-12-23) 23 December 1978 (age 33)[1]
South Weald, Brentwood, Essex, EnglandEthnicity British Height 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)[citation needed] Spouse Matt Peacock (2007, divorced)[citation needed] Jodie Marsh (born 23 December 1978[1]) is an English media personality, bodybuilder and glamour model. She has appeared topless in some tabloid newspapers and has appeared (clothed) in her own reality show, Totally Jodie Marsh.
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Early life[link]
Jodie Louise Marsh's[2] parents are John and Kristina[3] and she was born in Brentwood, Essex.[2] Her father runs a building contractors company, and she was educated at the independent Brentwood School.[4] She has a brother, Jordan.[5] She first came to prominence in the reality TV programme Essex Wives in 2002.[citation needed]
Modelling career[link]
At the beginning of her career, Marsh often posed for magazines such as FHM, Loaded, Nuts and Zoo.[citation needed]
Marsh was a page 3 girl for The Sun on six occasions.[6][dead link] She also appeared in photo shoots for the newspapers The Daily Sport, Daily Star and News of the World.[citation needed]
In June 2009, Marsh appeared on the cover of Zoo,[7] In November 2010, she appeared on a special edition double cover for the magazine.[8]
In April 2011, Marsh completed another photoshoot for the same magazine; she appeared on the cover of the magazine for a special 3-D edition of the weekly.[9]
Television, film, and voice appearances[link]
Marsh has also taken part in many reality television shows, including Trust Me - I'm A Holiday Rep, Channel 4's The Games, E4's Fool around...with Jodie Marsh on two occasions,[10] as a house guest in the short lived Five series Back to Reality as well as starring in and winning Channel 4's popular show Come Dine With Me.[11]
Jodie appeared on, and won, a celebrity version of The Weakest Link in 2006.[12] Marsh had a cameo role in the first episode of Channel 4's Friday night comedy showThe Kevin Bishop Show.[13]
After competing in Celebrity Big Brother, Marsh appeared on several of the spin off shows including: Big Brother's Little Brother, Big Brother's Big Mouth and Big Brother's EForum.[14]
In its second UK series, Marsh showed viewers around her home on MTV's Cribs in 2008.[15] Also in 2008, Marsh appeared on Channel 4's documentary It's Me or the Dog. She was given training tips at home to deal with her four dogs.[16]
Marsh appeared as a contestant in Channel Five's reality show The All Star Talent Show, hosted by Myleene Klass and Andi Peters.[17] Following this, Marsh began presenting her own television series, Get A Life for Living TV on 1 March 2007. It was cancelled after two episodes, due to poor viewing figures.[18]
In October 2008, she appeared on the first episode of London Ink' on TV channel Discovery Real Time.[19] The following year, Marsh appeared on the popular BBC Three show Snog Marry Avoid?, hosted by Jenny Frost. Marsh came face to face with the computer overhaul device named POD where she received a make-under.
On 11 November 2009 she made a cameo appearance in the first episode of The Kevin Bishop Show as herself.
In April 2010, Marsh made her third appearance on The Podge and Rodge Show in Dublin, Ireland.[14]
On 14 September 2010, Marsh appeared on Channel 4's Celebrity edition of Come Dine With Me. She won £1,000 for her charity.[20]
On 29 September 2010, Marsh appeared in the one-off documentary Jodie Marsh Tattoo Apprentice which was screened on the channel DMAX.[21]
Marsh appeared as a guest on Channel 5's Big Brother spin off show Big Brother's Bit on the Side in August 2011.[22]
On 25 January 2012, Marsh appeared on Channel 5's Bullied: My Secret Past. She spoke of the effect bullying had on her and how it has made her who she is today. She also met other victims of bullying.
[edit] Celebrity Big Brother
In January 2006, Marsh appeared on Celebrity Big Brother in the UK. On 13 January, Marsh was first to be voted out of the Big Brother house — with 8 out of 10 possible nominations from her fellow housemates, and 42% of the public vote.[23]
[edit] Totally Jodie Marsh
In May 2007, the website Marry Me Jodie Marsh was launched with the teaser "I'm getting married this September... Only problem is that I don't have a man!". Men were invited to submit an application for a series of open auditions for the chance to marry Marsh that September. MTV filmed the search and subsequent wedding.[24]
The reality series featuring Marsh entitled Totally Jodie Marsh: Who'll Take Her Up the Aisle?, premiered in July 2007 documenting Marsh's search to find a husband.[25] Marsh eventually chose Matt Peacock, an ex-boyfriend of fellow glamour model Jordan.[26]
In the final episode of the show, MTV executives confronted Marsh and Peacock with taped footage of Peacock's audition claiming he and Marsh had been dating for months and living together for three months, contrary to the show's claims. After the MTV executives left the room, Peacock accused Marsh of lying to MTV.[27]
The couple married on 1 September 2007 at Sugar Hut, a nightclub in Brentwood, Essex. A second ceremony in her mother’s back garden was shown on MTV on 2 September 2007.[28] It was later revealed that Marsh had the wedding paid for by sponsors who believed that the wedding was genuine.[29] The couple split up in December 2007.[30] Marsh later admitted to Love It in their 8 January 2008 issue that ".. the marriage was for TV. It was never for real" and "I'm not hiding the fact I did the TV show for money. Of course I did".[31]
Bodybuilding[link]
In 2009, Marsh became interested in bodybuilding and developed a muscular physique working under a personal trainer.[32]
At the end of January 2010, Marsh was featured on LA Muscle TV in an hour long show called 6 pack in 4 weeks. Jodie's work on the show, resulted in a photoshoot for Muscle and Fitness magazine.[33]
In October 2011, Marsh entered the Natural Physique Association Bodybuilding Championships in Sheffield where she placed 5th overall.[34]
Writing[link]
In 2005, Marsh published her autobiography Keeping It Real.[35] The hardback was released in 2005, followed by a paperback version in 2006. The hardback version reached the top 10 on the best-sellers list.[36]
Marsh wrote a weekly column for celebrity gossip magazine Sneak until its closure in August 2006[citation needed] and was previously Zoo Weekly magazine's "sexpert", advising men on sex-related issues. Her choice as an agony aunt angered some established professionals. She defended herself against these claims stating, "I haven't exactly got a degree in psychology, but I just love sex, don't I?"[37]
Personal life[link]
In December 2006, Marsh announced her engagement to Brentwood DJ David Doyle, after dating for 11 days.[38] Eschewing the traditional engagement ring, Marsh instead tattooed Doyle's full name on her hand and the couple appeared together in OK! magazine announcing their plan to marry in a fetish ceremony in a dungeon.[39] The relationship ended between late December and mid-January 2007 with Doyle blaming Marsh's constant drinking and poor personal hygiene.[40] Marsh, however, claimed Doyle had been unfaithful.[41]
Briefly in 2008, Marsh reportedly dated a woman, known as Nina, a hairdresser.[42] In the November issue of the UK edition of Star magazine, Marsh gave a full interview about their relationship and recreated the iconic Vanity Fair front cover depicting Cindy Crawford shaving k.d. lang.
She is a vegetarian and she participated at the Peta campaign "All animals have the same parts".[43]
Marsh works with the Essex Air Ambulance Flight for Life campaign and created a 2012 calendar with the charity.[44]
Other controversy[link]
In 2004, Marsh sold a story to the News of the World claiming that she had a sexual liaison with Chelsea F.C. midfielder Frank Lampard. Lampard denied the claims and filed a complaint with the Press Complaints Commission.[45]
On 24 March 2006, Liberal Democrats education spokesman Phil Willis questioned Schools Minister Jacqui Smith in Parliament as to whether Marsh should be permitted access to schools in promoting her BeatBullying work, describing her blog as "the language of an appalling bully". Smith responded that, "Jodie Marsh does not represent the Department for Education and Skills in any way. Decisions about giving people access to pupils in schools are a matter for individual head teachers and governing bodies."[46] Marsh described Willis as "just a sad, past-it old wannabe trying to get famous off my back." Willis later told the Daily Mail, "I just think we are descending really to the lowest common denominator when we are actually putting people on a pedestal like Jodie Marsh to send into our schools. I think we could find better role models."[46]
On 11 August 2006, Marsh was booed by spectators at the annual Jersey Battle of Flowers Parade where she was a celebrity guest. The combined fee for Marsh and the parade's other celebrity guest, Andy Abraham, was estimated as £20,000. It has been suggested that this expense and the quality of the celebrity it bought contributed to the negative reception, but it was also noted a very small minority of people that were involved in the booing.[47]
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Lara Martin is a musician, songwriter and former worship pastor of the Christian Abundant Life Church in Bradford, England. Lara moved away from the church, for personal reasons, in 2008 to Romania to help with disadvantaged street children. She is now based in Northampton at Elim Christian Centre.
Her songs are featured on some of the church's albums, DVDs, music books and television programmes. The albums and DVDs are distributed in the UK by the Christian label Kingsway Music. The albums Higher, Divine Exchange, God Is Here, Sing, How Loved and Send Me all feature tracks written by her. She also led worship and sang on Let the World See Jesus.
Some of Martin's more popular songs have been included on Christian compilation albums such as Virgin's The Best Worship Songs... Ever! and are frequently covered live by other artists.
Lara Martin was born as Lara Hughes in Belfast but relocated to Bradford with her parents in the 1970s.[1] Prior to becoming worship pastor, she worked in a jewellers and then became a receptionist at the church. The leaders became aware of her music skills as she would often sing around the office. When the previous worship leader left the church in 1999, Paul Scanlon, the senior pastor, offered her the job of Worship Pastor.[2]
Martin is a mezzo-soprano singer and guitarist. She is also a member of the Nashville Songwriters Association International.
She is married with two sons.
Albums[link]
- Higher (2000)
- Divine Exchange (2002)
- God Is Here (2003)
- How Loved (2004)
- Sing (2004)
- Let the World See Jesus (2005)
- Send Me (2007)
Songs[link]
- Always
- As for Me/I Have Decided, co-written with Mark Stevens
- Best Thing, co-written with Jock James
- Blessed to Be a Blessing
- Forever Faithful, co-written with Dan Brummitt
- God is Here
- He's Real, co-written with Dan Brummitt
- How Amazing
- How Loved Am I
- Incredible
- I Trust in You
- Joined by Angels
- Miracle of Life
- More of You
- My Inspiration
- On Earth As in Heaven
- Peace, co-written with Mark Stevens
- The Voice of Hope
- We Crown You Now, co-written with Mark Stevens
- You Are My God
- You Are There
- You Never Fail Me
- You Take Up All of Me
- Your Grace Covers Me
References[link]
- ^ Martin, Lara. "My Space - Lara Martin", "MySpace", October 2, 2008. Accessed October 1, 2008
- ^ McCabe, Helen (May 2002). "Abundant Worship - Abundant Life". Cross Rhythms (68). http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/music/Abundant_Worship/16013/p1/.
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Shauna Sand 
Shauna Sand April 25, 2009Playboy centerfold appearance May 1996 Preceded by Gillian Bonner Succeeded by Karin Taylor Personal details Born (1971-09-02) September 2, 1971 (age 40)
San Diego, California, U.S.A.[1]Measurements Bust: 33D[1]
Waist: 22
Hips: 33Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[1] Weight 110 lb (50 kg; 7.9 st) Shauna Sand (born September 2, 1971)[1] is an American actress and Playboy Playmate.
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Early life[link]
Starting at age five, Sand studied ballet, jazz and theatre. At 11, she enrolled in The School of Creative and Performing Arts, and by 13 she received a dance scholarship with Ballet West in Salt Lake City, Utah.
She began modeling at the age of nine after being approached by a local photographer. She signed with the Elite/Petite agency, in New York, at the age of 15. She took time off from modeling and went to Paris and earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in International Business Administration from The American University of Paris and became fluent in French.[2]
Career[link]
Sand submitted photos to Playboy's Los Angeles photo editors. She did a test shoot that Hugh Hefner approved and became the Playmate of the Month for May 1996.[2]
Sand began her acting career with a guest appearance alongside future husband Lorenzo Lamas in his TV show Renegade.
After their divorce, she appeared in TV shows such as Charmed, and in movies such as the comedy The Deviants (2004).
Personal life[link]
Sand was married to actor Lorenzo Lamas from April 27, 1996, until their divorce on October 8, 2002. They have three daughters together: Alexandra (b. November 22, 1997), Victoria (b. April 24, 1999), and Isabella (b. February 2, 2001).[2]
She was married to Romain Chavent for two years, until their divorce in 2008.[3]
She married 25-year-old Laurent Homburger in January 2011 and filed for divorce four months later. She requested a restraining order against Homburger after a fight between the couple on May 18 that resulted in two arrests. Shauna was accused of felony domestic violence and Homburger was charged with spousal battery and criminal threats.[4]
Filmography[link]
Year Title Role Notes 1995–1997 Renegade Lake Bradshaw / Ashley/Brunette 5 episodes 1997 Black Dawn Thumper (as Shauna Sand-Lamas) 1998 The Chosen One: Legend of the Raven Emma Back to Even Nurse Air America Dominique 3 episodes 2001 Dark Realm Mercedes 1 episode 2002 The Circuit 2: The Final Punch Nurse 2003 Charmed Sienna 1 episode 2004 Las Vegas Stripper #1 1 episode The Deviants Mrs. Jones Ghost Rock unknown (as Shauna Sand-Lamas) 2007 Succubus: Hell Bent Jacuzzi Woman 2009 Leave it to Lamas Herself 2009 Shauna Sand Exposed [5] Herself References[link]
- ^ a b c d "Playmate listing". http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Adatebrowse&key=1996&limit=0. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
- ^ a b c Shauna Sand's personal pages at Playboy.com
- ^ "Playboy Playmate Shauna Sand arrested for domestic violence after 'spraying mace at toyboy husband'". Daily Mail (London). May 19, 2011. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1388826/Playboy-Playmate-Shauna-Sand-husband-arrested-domestic-violence.html. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
- ^ "Shauna Sand pushes her bikini to breaking point as she soaks up the sun in St Barts". Daily Mail (London). April 20, 2012. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2132630/Shauna-Sand-wears-cheeky-bikini-dip-St-Barts.html. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^ http://www.shaunasandexposeds.com
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Persondata Name Sand, Shauna Alternative names Short description Actress, model Date of birth September 2, 1971 Place of birth San Diego, California Date of death Place of death http://wn.com/Shauna_Sand
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Born (1968-08-27) August 27, 1968 (age 43)[1]
Gateshead, England, United Kingdom[1]Other names Taylor Wayne, Joanna, Joanna G, Fayrin Heitz, Farran Heights[1] Ethnicity English Height 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)[1] No. of adult films 247 Website http://www.taylorwane.com/ Taylor Wane (born August 27, 1968 in Gateshead, England) is the stage name of a British pornographic actress, director, and model. She was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2005.[2]
Wane initially wanted to be a teacher.[3] However, at age 18, her mother entered her into a calendar girl competition, which she won.[3] This led to her wanting to become a model, and she was soon signed by an agency.[3] After moving to London, her career headed towards topless modeling.[3] She then moved to Los Angeles, where she spent over a year modeling for men's magazines, before entering the adult film industry at the age of around 21.[3] In June 1994 she was the Penthouse Pet of the Month.[citation needed]
Wane has appeared on television programs including Baggage,Howard Stern On Demand, Mind of the Married Man, Gene Simmons Family Jewels, Nip/Tuck and My Bare Lady.[3] She has written columns for Swank, Leg Pleasure, and XXX Erotic film guide.[3]
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Partial filmography[link]
- X Factor: The Next Generation (1991)
- The Blonde and the Beautiful (1993)
- Dirty Deeds (1996)
- More Than a Handful 10 (2001)
- Interactive Sex with Secretary (2005)
- The Breastford Wives (2007)
Awards[link]
- 1992 AVN Award – Best Couples Sex Scene, Film – X Factor - The Next Generation[4]
- 2005 AVN Hall of Fame inductee[2]
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References[link]
- ^ a b c d "Taylor Wane". IAFD.com. http://www.iafd.com/person.rme/perfid=TWayne/gender=f/Taylor-Wane.htm. Retrieved 2008-09-14.
- ^ a b "Hall of Fame". AVN Awards. http://www.avnawards.com/index.php?center=hall-of-fame. Retrieved 2008-03-13. [dead link]
- ^ a b c d e f g "Taylor Wane AVN autobiographical essay". AVN.com. http://www.avn.com/porn-stars/51764.html. Retrieved 2008-09-14.
- ^ "AVN Awards Past Winners". AVN Awards. pp. (see 1992). http://www.avnawards.com/index.php?center=pastwinners. Retrieved 2008-03-13. [dead link]
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- Taylor Wane at the Adult Film Database
- Taylor Wane on Twitter
Persondata Name Wane, Taylor Alternative names Short description British pornographic film director-actor Date of birth August 27, 1968 Place of birth Gateshead, England, United Kingdom Date of death Place of death http://wn.com/Taylor_Wane
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