Hugh Hefner was known as the founder of the lifestyle magazine Playboy, which was known for its models and n*dity. Hefner founded the company in 1953 and built the empire from the ground up. The entrepreneur was known for hosting lavish parties and celebrations at his infamous Playboy mansion, in which he lived until his death in 2017.
When Hefner passed away, the world was shocked to know that his net worth was extremely low compared to the lifestyle he led and the value of the Playboy company. It was also revealed that Hefner had sold the infamous Playboy mansion to Daren Metropolous for $100 million and that the Playboy founder did not even own the mansion in the first place.
Hugh Hefner Did Not Own The Playboy Mansion The Playboy mansion | Credits: Glenn Francis
Hugh Hefner’s infamous Playboy mansion has been the subject of many controversies and celebrity-attended parties. Hefner...
When Hefner passed away, the world was shocked to know that his net worth was extremely low compared to the lifestyle he led and the value of the Playboy company. It was also revealed that Hefner had sold the infamous Playboy mansion to Daren Metropolous for $100 million and that the Playboy founder did not even own the mansion in the first place.
Hugh Hefner Did Not Own The Playboy Mansion The Playboy mansion | Credits: Glenn Francis
Hugh Hefner’s infamous Playboy mansion has been the subject of many controversies and celebrity-attended parties. Hefner...
- 3/9/2024
- by Nishanth A
- FandomWire
Get ready for a revealing and thought-provoking episode of “Secrets of Playboy” as Season 1 Episode 12, titled “The Aftermath,” airs on Vice at 8:00 Pm on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. In this captivating installment, former Playmates, girlfriends, and employees, including Sondra Theodore, Susie Krabacher, Lisa Loving Barrett, and Audrey Huskey, come together to share their experiences and struggles stemming from their time in the Playboy world.
Audiences will be drawn into the intimate and candid conversations as these women open up about the highs and lows of their involvement with Playboy. From the glamour and allure to the darker side of the industry, “The Aftermath” offers a rare glimpse into the real-life stories behind the iconic brand.
Through firsthand accounts and personal reflections, viewers will gain insight into the complex dynamics at play within the Playboy empire and the lasting impact it has had on those who were part of it. Don’t...
Audiences will be drawn into the intimate and candid conversations as these women open up about the highs and lows of their involvement with Playboy. From the glamour and allure to the darker side of the industry, “The Aftermath” offers a rare glimpse into the real-life stories behind the iconic brand.
Through firsthand accounts and personal reflections, viewers will gain insight into the complex dynamics at play within the Playboy empire and the lasting impact it has had on those who were part of it. Don’t...
- 2/27/2024
- by Jules Byrd
- TV Everyday
Get ready for an eye-opening episode of “Secrets of Playboy” titled “Predator Number One.” As the series delves deeper into the world of Hugh Hefner and the Playboy Mansion, viewers are confronted with the stark reality behind the glamorous facade.
In this episode, the spotlight shines on Hefner’s public image versus the harsh truth. Despite his claims of protecting the “girls next door,” revelations surface that paint a different picture. Playmate Susie Krabacher, along with mansion employees Stefan and Stella Tetanbaum and Sondra Theodore, bravely step forward to unveil unsettling truths about Hefner’s failures to safeguard those within his inner circle.
As the narrative unfolds, viewers are invited to witness the complexities and contradictions within the Playboy empire. Don’t miss “Predator Number One,” airing on Vice at 8:00 Pm on Tuesday, February 27, 2024, as the secrets of Playboy continue to unravel before our eyes.
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In this episode, the spotlight shines on Hefner’s public image versus the harsh truth. Despite his claims of protecting the “girls next door,” revelations surface that paint a different picture. Playmate Susie Krabacher, along with mansion employees Stefan and Stella Tetanbaum and Sondra Theodore, bravely step forward to unveil unsettling truths about Hefner’s failures to safeguard those within his inner circle.
As the narrative unfolds, viewers are invited to witness the complexities and contradictions within the Playboy empire. Don’t miss “Predator Number One,” airing on Vice at 8:00 Pm on Tuesday, February 27, 2024, as the secrets of Playboy continue to unravel before our eyes.
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- 2/20/2024
- by Jules Byrd
- TV Everyday
Get ready for a revealing and powerful episode of “Secrets of Playboy” airing on Vice at 8:00 Pm on Tuesday, February 20th. In Season 1, Episode 5, titled “The Circus,” viewers will witness an intimate account from Hefner’s former number-one girlfriend, Sondra Theodore.
After decades of silence, Sondra bravely shares her story, shedding light on her experiences and the dark realities of her time with Hefner. She opens up about how she was groomed by him to participate in his increasingly abusive sex life, offering viewers a raw and unfiltered look into the inner workings of the Playboy empire.
As Sondra recounts her journey, viewers will be taken on an emotional rollercoaster, grappling with the complexities of power, manipulation, and abuse. Her courage in speaking out serves as a beacon of hope for survivors everywhere, inspiring conversations and sparking important discussions about consent, coercion, and accountability.
Don’t miss this eye-opening...
After decades of silence, Sondra bravely shares her story, shedding light on her experiences and the dark realities of her time with Hefner. She opens up about how she was groomed by him to participate in his increasingly abusive sex life, offering viewers a raw and unfiltered look into the inner workings of the Playboy empire.
As Sondra recounts her journey, viewers will be taken on an emotional rollercoaster, grappling with the complexities of power, manipulation, and abuse. Her courage in speaking out serves as a beacon of hope for survivors everywhere, inspiring conversations and sparking important discussions about consent, coercion, and accountability.
Don’t miss this eye-opening...
- 2/14/2024
- by Jules Byrd
- TV Everyday
Francesca Eastwood (Old, Awake) and Milo Gibson (Hacksaw Ridge, The Outpost) lead the cast of the upcoming Clawfoot, directed and produced by Michael Day (As They Made Us) and written by April Wolfe (Black Christmas). Clawfoot will be having its World Premiere at Newport Beach Film Fest this weekend. Director Michael Day will be in-person along with cast-members Francesca Eastwood, Milo Gibson and Olivia Culpo.
While you wait, check out the exclusive poster reveal (along with imagery) below.
From the producers of the smash hit Becky and written by April Wolfe, Clawfoot is said to be “a clever thrill ride brimming with darkly vicious humor and pulse-racing tension.”
In this wild thriller, an upper-class suburban housewife, Francesca Eastwood (M. Night Shyamalan’s Old), is psychologically terrorized by a manipulative contractor, Milo Gibson (The Outpost) remodeling her bathroom… until she partners with her Bff to turn the tables and a twisted...
While you wait, check out the exclusive poster reveal (along with imagery) below.
From the producers of the smash hit Becky and written by April Wolfe, Clawfoot is said to be “a clever thrill ride brimming with darkly vicious humor and pulse-racing tension.”
In this wild thriller, an upper-class suburban housewife, Francesca Eastwood (M. Night Shyamalan’s Old), is psychologically terrorized by a manipulative contractor, Milo Gibson (The Outpost) remodeling her bathroom… until she partners with her Bff to turn the tables and a twisted...
- 10/13/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Jackrabbit Media is presenting the supernatural horror film Baby Blue to potential international distributors at the European Film Market. Directed by Adam Mason, the movie is already set to receive a North American release from XYZ Film sometime this spring.
Mason wrote the screenplay with Simon Boyes, crafting the story of a group of teens who stumble across the story of the dead serial killer Baby Blue. When they turn him into the subject of a podcast they soon learn that his murder spree never ended and they are being targeted from beyond the grave.
Filmed in Los Angeles and produced by Microdose Entertainment, Baby Blue stars Dylan Sprayberry (Sick), Lia McHugh (Eternals), Michole Briana White (Malignant), Ally Ioannides (Synchronic), Cyrus Arnold (Mr. Harrigan’s Phone), Aramis Knight (Ms. Marvel), Oliver Cooper (Project X), Khylin Rhambo (47 Meters Down: Uncaged), Anthony Turpel (Play Dead), Sal Lopez (Return of the Living Dead III...
Mason wrote the screenplay with Simon Boyes, crafting the story of a group of teens who stumble across the story of the dead serial killer Baby Blue. When they turn him into the subject of a podcast they soon learn that his murder spree never ended and they are being targeted from beyond the grave.
Filmed in Los Angeles and produced by Microdose Entertainment, Baby Blue stars Dylan Sprayberry (Sick), Lia McHugh (Eternals), Michole Briana White (Malignant), Ally Ioannides (Synchronic), Cyrus Arnold (Mr. Harrigan’s Phone), Aramis Knight (Ms. Marvel), Oliver Cooper (Project X), Khylin Rhambo (47 Meters Down: Uncaged), Anthony Turpel (Play Dead), Sal Lopez (Return of the Living Dead III...
- 2/20/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Jackrabbit Media will begin sales talks at EFM this week on supernatural horror Baby Blue, ScreenDaily reports this morning. Additionally, the website reports that Baby Blue will get its North American release via XYZ Films this coming Spring.
In the film from Microdose Entertainment and director Adam Mason, “A group of teens stumble across the story of the dead serial killer Baby Blue. When they turn him into the subject of a podcast they soon learn that his murder spree never ended and they are being targeted from beyond the grave.”
Simon Boyes (Songbird, Hangman) wrote the script for Baby Blue, which was Executive Produced by Johannes Roberts, who horror fans know as the director of 47 Meters Down, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, and even The Strangers: Prey at Night.
The film stars Aramis Knight (“Ms. Marvel”), Ally Ioannides (Synchronic), Cyrus Arnold (Mr. Harrigan’s Phone, Zoolander 2), Lia Mchugh...
In the film from Microdose Entertainment and director Adam Mason, “A group of teens stumble across the story of the dead serial killer Baby Blue. When they turn him into the subject of a podcast they soon learn that his murder spree never ended and they are being targeted from beyond the grave.”
Simon Boyes (Songbird, Hangman) wrote the script for Baby Blue, which was Executive Produced by Johannes Roberts, who horror fans know as the director of 47 Meters Down, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, and even The Strangers: Prey at Night.
The film stars Aramis Knight (“Ms. Marvel”), Ally Ioannides (Synchronic), Cyrus Arnold (Mr. Harrigan’s Phone, Zoolander 2), Lia Mchugh...
- 2/14/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Holly Madison is opening up about life with Hugh Hefner.
The former Playboy Playmate appeared this week on the “Girls Next Level” podcast, and she talked about the the first time she ever had sex with the late Hefner.
Read More: Hugh Hefner’s Ex Karissa Shannon Says Sex With Late ‘Playboy’ Mogul Was ‘Like Rape’
Recalling the evening in August 2001, before she had moved into the Playboy Mansion full time, Madison said she had been invited on a night out by a “recruiter” and were supplied with drinks.
She also remembered Hefner offering her a quaaluude.
“I said, ‘No, I don’t really do drugs,'” she said, adding that Hefner referred to the dugs as “thigh openers.”
Madison was then invited into another room with other women, recalling, “When we went back into the room, I have a hard time even remembering it because I was that wasted.
The former Playboy Playmate appeared this week on the “Girls Next Level” podcast, and she talked about the the first time she ever had sex with the late Hefner.
Read More: Hugh Hefner’s Ex Karissa Shannon Says Sex With Late ‘Playboy’ Mogul Was ‘Like Rape’
Recalling the evening in August 2001, before she had moved into the Playboy Mansion full time, Madison said she had been invited on a night out by a “recruiter” and were supplied with drinks.
She also remembered Hefner offering her a quaaluude.
“I said, ‘No, I don’t really do drugs,'” she said, adding that Hefner referred to the dugs as “thigh openers.”
Madison was then invited into another room with other women, recalling, “When we went back into the room, I have a hard time even remembering it because I was that wasted.
- 8/22/2022
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
A&e is expanding its documentary series “Secrets of Playboy” with two additional episodes that will delve further into Hugh Hefner and his legacy through conversations with women who have never spoken up before.
“Secrets of Playboy” examines Hefner’s Playboy empire, unearthing allegations of coercion, sexual assault, drugging and manipulation from various women over decades. Since its premiere this past January, it has become A&e’s most-watched series launch in more than five years.
“Secrets of Playboy” airs Monday nights. The two new hourlong episodes will begin airing on March 28 and won’t be documentary style, like the current 10-episode series has been formatted. Instead, they will present new conservations, hosted by investigative journalist and former Playboy model Lisa Guerrero.
The new episodes will explore “The Girls Next Door” chapter of Hefner’s reign, taking a look into the E! series that aired in the 2000’s and revolved around Hefner’s younger girlfriends,...
“Secrets of Playboy” examines Hefner’s Playboy empire, unearthing allegations of coercion, sexual assault, drugging and manipulation from various women over decades. Since its premiere this past January, it has become A&e’s most-watched series launch in more than five years.
“Secrets of Playboy” airs Monday nights. The two new hourlong episodes will begin airing on March 28 and won’t be documentary style, like the current 10-episode series has been formatted. Instead, they will present new conservations, hosted by investigative journalist and former Playboy model Lisa Guerrero.
The new episodes will explore “The Girls Next Door” chapter of Hefner’s reign, taking a look into the E! series that aired in the 2000’s and revolved around Hefner’s younger girlfriends,...
- 3/7/2022
- by Elizabeth Wagmeister
- Variety Film + TV
Hugh Hefner was revolutionary. Praised for his part in the sexual revolution of the 1960s, the Playboy founder was ahead of his time as an early proponent of gay rights, abortion and birth control. He was progressive with inclusion at his company when racism was rampant.
But, according to a new docuseries, Hefner was also a monster — one who would drug women, coerce them into sex, secretly record them in the bedroom and use his power and connections to blacklist and silence them into fear.
A&e’s 10-part “Secrets of Playboy,” which is airing Monday nights and had the network’s biggest premiere since Leah Remini’s Scientology series in 2016, re-examines Hefner and his Playboy Enterprises through the lens of 2022.
“I think that Hef had two sides to him and they were radically different,” says the doc’s director Alexandra Dean, who also directed Paris Hilton’s YouTube Originals documentary,...
But, according to a new docuseries, Hefner was also a monster — one who would drug women, coerce them into sex, secretly record them in the bedroom and use his power and connections to blacklist and silence them into fear.
A&e’s 10-part “Secrets of Playboy,” which is airing Monday nights and had the network’s biggest premiere since Leah Remini’s Scientology series in 2016, re-examines Hefner and his Playboy Enterprises through the lens of 2022.
“I think that Hef had two sides to him and they were radically different,” says the doc’s director Alexandra Dean, who also directed Paris Hilton’s YouTube Originals documentary,...
- 2/7/2022
- by Elizabeth Wagmeister
- Variety Film + TV
If walls could talk, Hugh Hefner would be in some trouble. In the A&e docuseries Secrets of Playboy, which premieres Jan. 24, numerous individuals speak about their alleged experiences at the Playboy Mansion, where the founder hosted star-studded parties and lived with his girlfriends. And though it seemed like a place of endless fun and excitement, playmates such as Holly Madison and Sondra Theodore claim that bad things took place behind closed doors. "The reason I think the mansion was very cult-like looking back on it is because we were all kind of gaslit and expected to think of Hef as like this really good guy," Madison, who dated Hefner from 2001...
- 1/22/2022
- E! Online
A+E Network is releasing Secrets of Playboy in early 2022, a documentary about the hidden truths behind the Playboy empire viewed through a modern lens produced by Industrial Media’s The Intellectual Property Corporation.
“The fantasy world of Playboy has been shrouded in secrecy for decades and we are proud to lift the veil on these long-hidden stories,” said Elaine Frontain Bryant, Executive Vice President and Head of Programming for A&e in a statement. “Breaking down barriers and exposing the truth, Secrets of Playboy is a masterful example of brave storytelling that takes an unflinching look at the personal effects of Hugh Hefner’s empire, while also exploring his legacy’s larger influence on our society and modern-day views of sexuality.”
The project will feature archival footage and exclusive interviews with insiders including Director of Playmate Promotions Miki Garcia; past girlfriends of Hefner’s including Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt,...
“The fantasy world of Playboy has been shrouded in secrecy for decades and we are proud to lift the veil on these long-hidden stories,” said Elaine Frontain Bryant, Executive Vice President and Head of Programming for A&e in a statement. “Breaking down barriers and exposing the truth, Secrets of Playboy is a masterful example of brave storytelling that takes an unflinching look at the personal effects of Hugh Hefner’s empire, while also exploring his legacy’s larger influence on our society and modern-day views of sexuality.”
The project will feature archival footage and exclusive interviews with insiders including Director of Playmate Promotions Miki Garcia; past girlfriends of Hefner’s including Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt,...
- 8/17/2021
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
A&e Network’s “Secrets of Playboy” is not here to play, boy. The upcoming docuseries, which unveiled its trailer Tuesday during the cable channel’s TCA (Television Critics Association) press tour day, aims to dive into the “ugly” side of Hugh Hefner’s outwardly “beautiful world,” as one of its interview subjects puts it. The side that “nobody wants to talk about,” another adds.
“He really did believe he owned these women,” Miki Garcia, a former playmate and director of playmate promotions, says in the trailer.
Watch the trailer via the video above.
“Secrets of Playboy” will look back at Hef’s media empire “through a modern-day lens,” A&e’s logline reads. It continues: “The series delves into the complex world Hugh Hefner created and examines its far-reaching consequences on our culture’s view of power and sexuality. Unravelling the glamourous mythology created by the brand over several decades,...
“He really did believe he owned these women,” Miki Garcia, a former playmate and director of playmate promotions, says in the trailer.
Watch the trailer via the video above.
“Secrets of Playboy” will look back at Hef’s media empire “through a modern-day lens,” A&e’s logline reads. It continues: “The series delves into the complex world Hugh Hefner created and examines its far-reaching consequences on our culture’s view of power and sexuality. Unravelling the glamourous mythology created by the brand over several decades,...
- 8/17/2021
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Latest: An embarrassing sex experience that almost cost Playboy boss Hugh Hefner his life is to be exposed in a new book.
Hefner sat for a series of lengthy interviews with author Steven Watts for what will become Mr. Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American Dream.
The tome details the Playboy boss' history of shocking sexual escapades.
And Watts reveals not all the aging publishing mogul's romps were as steamy as admirers might imagine - Hefner once almost choked on a sex toy.
A source tells the National Enquirer, "Hefner divulges he almost died doing what he loves best while he was dating Playboy Playmate Sondra Theodore."
The incident is said to have occurred in 1977 when the pair were using a small sex toy that fell into Hefner's mouth.
The insider adds, "Hef began choking and was about to pass out. Sondra quickly started pumping his chest until the toy was dislodged."
The book is scheduled for release in October.
Hefner sat for a series of lengthy interviews with author Steven Watts for what will become Mr. Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American Dream.
The tome details the Playboy boss' history of shocking sexual escapades.
And Watts reveals not all the aging publishing mogul's romps were as steamy as admirers might imagine - Hefner once almost choked on a sex toy.
A source tells the National Enquirer, "Hefner divulges he almost died doing what he loves best while he was dating Playboy Playmate Sondra Theodore."
The incident is said to have occurred in 1977 when the pair were using a small sex toy that fell into Hefner's mouth.
The insider adds, "Hef began choking and was about to pass out. Sondra quickly started pumping his chest until the toy was dislodged."
The book is scheduled for release in October.
- 7/4/2008
- WENN
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