Hugh Hefner
Date of birth
9th April, 1926
Occupation
Businessman
Sex
Male
Height
1.75
Hugh Hefner (born 09.04.26) Hugh Hefner is an American magazine publisher and the chief creative officer for Playboy Magazine.
Net Worth: According to Celebrity Net Worth in 2013, Hugh Hefner has a net worth of 43 million USD.
Childhood: Hugh Hefner was born in Chicago, Illinois to teachers Grace Caroline and Glenn Lucius Hefner. Hefner studied at Sayre Elementary School before moving on to Steinmetz High School. Between 1944 and 1946, Hefner served as a writer for a military newspaper. Following this, Hefner studied a B.A. in psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.
Career Hefner: began working as a copywriter for 'Esquire' magazine, but left them in 1952 due to payment issues. The following year, he mortgaged his furniture and gathered together investors to help him fund 'Playboy' magazine. The first issue was published in December 1953, and featured images from Marilyn Monroe's 1949 naked photo shoot, which drew in a huge number of readers. The magazine continued, steadily gaining a reputation for the infamously informative interviews and it's determined stance on racial, sexual and gender equality, although this was often overshadowed by the more obvious pornographic aspects of the magazine. While respected throughout the 1960s, the magazine was soon viewed as little more than a porn magazine, leading to it being banned in several countries. In addition to the magazine, Hefner hosted his own variety and talk show, 'Playboy's Penthouse', which first aired on 24th October, 1959. The show ran for two seasons, ending in 1961. The show was followed up by 'Playboy After Dark' which first aired in 1969 and again ran for two seasons. It took on the same variety and talk show format of 'Penthouse', and the combined two shows earned Hefner as star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Personal Life: In 1949, Hefner married university student Mildred Williams, and the couple had two children called Christie and David, before divorcing in 1959. In 1989, he married Kimberley Conrad and they remained together until 2010. Conrad had been 'Playmate of the Year' the year before their marriage, and the couple had two children, Marston and Cooper. On 31st December, 2012, Hefner Crystal Harris, despite their 60-year age difference. In addition to his three wives, Hefner has had several partners. Between 1969 and 1976, Hefner dated Barbi Benton. He then dated Brande Roderick for a year in 2000, before dating Tina Marie Jordan from 2001 to 2002. Hefner then dated Holly Madison from 2003 to 2008.
Can You See Jared Leto As Playboy Founder Hugh Hefner?
By Holly Mosley in Movies / TV / Theatre on 04 October 2017
The actor is set to play the millionaire in a new biopic.
It's been a week since the death of Playboy legend Hugh Hefner, and already plans have been unveiled for a biopic of his life. Jared Leto is thought to be playing the multi-millionaire in the forthcoming movie, which has been in production for several years now.
The Academy Award winner will be portraying the magazine mogul in a project helmed by by the Emmy nominated Brett Ratner. After Hugh's death at the age of 91 last week, it seems only right that the film come to the big screen as soon as possible.
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Playboy Founder Hugh Hefner Has Died Aged 91
By Ed Biggs in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 28 September 2017
Hefner, who established Playboy in 1953 and sold seven million copies a month at its peak, has passed away.
Hugh Hefner, the iconic American entrepreneur and founder of Playboy magazine, has died at the age of 91.
Hefner passed away at his home, the Playboy Mansion in Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, on Wednesday (September 27th), the Playboy publication announced.
Cooper Hefner, his son and the current chief creative officer of Playboy Enterprises, said in a statement yesterday: “My father lived an exceptional and impactful life as a media and cultural pioneer and a leading voice behind some of the most significant social and cultural movements of our time in advocating free speech, civil rights and sexual freedom. He defined a lifestyle and ethos that lie at the heart of the Playboy brand, one of the most recognizable and enduring in history.”
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That Didn't Last Long: Playboy Is Going Back To Featuring Naked Models
By Stephanie Chase in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 14 February 2017
The magazine published what it said would be its final naked pictorial last year.
Playboy magazine has announced it’s bringing back naked models, one year after declaring the era of nude pictorials had come to an end.
The magazine’s chief creative officer Cooper Hefner, has admitted the decision to stop using naked models was ‘a mistake’ and says the brand is now ‘taking our identity back’.
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Hugh Hefner Shuts Down Deathbed Rumours On Twitter
By Stephanie Chase in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 01 October 2016
The 90-year-old Playboy founder was rumoured to be gravely ill earlier this week.
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner is alive and well, despite reports to the contrary.
The 90-year-old took to twitter on Friday to dispel rumours concerning his health, after his death was falsely reported to several news sites.
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Holly Madison Responds To Kendra Wilkinson's Twitter Attack: 'I've Been Dealing With Slut Shaming For So Long'
By Stephanie Chase in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 18 May 2016
The former ‘Girls Next Door’ co-stars have been at war, ever since Madison opened up about life inside the Playboy mansion.
Last week former ‘Girls Next Door’ star and ex-girlfriend of Hugh Hefner Kendra Wilkinson, launched an explicit twitter attack on her former friend Holly Madison, in response to Holly’s most recent claims about life inside the Playboy mansion. But speaking on Jenny McCarthy's SiriusXM podcast, Holly said she won’t be retaliating against Kendra in the same manner.
In the now deleted tweets, Kendra hit back at Holly’s claim to People magazine that she was ‘living in fear’ during her time at the mansion, when she was Hugh Hefner’s main girlfriend. "Now Holly is on cover of People mag sayin she lived in fear at the mansion," Kendra had tweeted. "She wasn't in fear with that d*** in her a** for a paycheck.”
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Hugh Hefner Named As Conspirator In Bill Cosby Sexual Assault Case
By Holly Williams in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 18 May 2016
The Playboy giant is being accused of 'encouraging' Cosby's behaviour.
A new chapter of the Bill Cosby abuse scandal has opened, this time naming Playboy's Hugh Hefner as a co-conspirator in a case which saw then-18-year-old model Chloe Goins allegedly molested by Cosby at the Playboy Mansion during a party back in 2008, with the new lawsuit suggesting that Hefner was fully aware of the depraved events.
Chloe Goins, 26, has taken out a new civil action against Playboy magnate Hefner accusing him of having 'encouraged, aided and ratified' an alleged sexual assault by Cosby eight years ago and throwing up potential charges for sexual battery, gender violence and emotional distress.
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Playboy Will Stop Publishing Nude Photos As Of 2016
By Elinor Cosgrave in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 14 October 2015
After 63 years, Playboy will end its practice of featuring explicit nude photographs in 2016.
Playboy will no longer be publishing nude photos of women. As of next year, as part of the magazine’s redesign, no explicit nude photographs will appear within its pages. Feminists across the World may be celebrating the shift away from such images – the battle still wages with The Sun over its Page Three – but Playboy’s decision does not appear to have been made with quashing sexism in mind.
Read More: Hugh Hefner Responds To Claims Made By Holly Madison In Autobiography Down The Rabbit Hole.
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Hugh Hefner Responds To Claims Made By Holly Madison In Autobiography 'Down The Rabbit Hole'
By Stephanie Chase in Movies / TV / Theatre on 22 June 2015
The Playboy founder has hit back following the shocking claims made by his former girlfriend in her new book.
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner has hit back at his former girlfriend Holly Madison and the allegations she’s made against the 89 year old in her autobiography, Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny.
"Life inside the notorious Mansion wasn’t a dream at all—and quickly became her nightmare," US Weekly reports the book’s promotional material as stating. "After losing her identity, her sense of self-worth, and her hope for the future, Holly found herself sitting alone in a bathtub contemplating suicide.”
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Wolf Of Wall Street's Margot Robbie Rejects Playboy Cover Offer
By Jack de Aguilar in Movies / TV / Theatre on 04 February 2014
No playboy cover for Robbie...
Margot Robbie has come a long way from the quiet Australian suburban paradise that is Neighbours – the former Ramsey Street resident recently starred alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill in Martin-Scorcese-directed The Wolf of Wall Street, and is, as you can imagine, in quite some demand.
The confident actress isn’t willing to do anything though. For instance, just because she appeared nude in Scorsese’s Oscar-nominated 3-hour debauchery festival, doesn’t mean she’s stripping off for anyone, as Hugh Hefner found out when she flat-out rejected the chance to do a Playboy spread.
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Crystal Hefner and Hugh Hefner - Playboy Magazine's 2013 Playmate of the Year ceremony held at the Playboy Mansion. - Holmy Hills, California, United States - Thursday 9th May 2013
Hugh Hefner - Hugh Hefner, guest, Los Angeles, California - at 'The Rum Diary' premiere held at the LACMA Bing Theater - Arrivals Thursday 13th October 2011
Hugh Hefner - Saturday 25th June 2011 at Playboy Mansion Los Angeles, California
Hugh Hefner and Crystal Harris - Hugh Hefner with fiancee Crystal Harris (Centre R) London, England - Playboy Club London Gala Opening Event held at the Playboy Club in Mayfair - Arrivals. Saturday 4th June 2011
Hugh Hefner, Chris Clark and Playboy - Thursday 21st April 2011 at Disneyland Los Angeles, California