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Move Over, West Hollywood -- Silver Lake Is the True Gay Mecca

By Tyler Trykowski Could gays of the 1980s imagine what it would be like to be gay in 2013? From the Supreme Court pondering marriage equality to NFL players weighing how best to come out, the way we're gay today is nothing like it's ever been before. And for that modern gay man, West Hollywood ma ... More >>

Dave Navarro Made Me Cry

[Editor's note: Soon-to-be-award-winning gonzo music journalist Danielle Bacher prowls the late late night scene for West Coast Sound. For this installment, she hit the town with guitarist Dave Navarro, of Jane's Addiction and Camp Freddy.] 7:47 p.m.: I'm standing in the lobby of guitarist Dave Nav ... More >>

Fabian Thylmann, Porn King Opposing Condoms In L.A. Adult Video, Arrested

Updated at the bottom with reaction from the pro-condom camp. First posted at 9:07 a.m. The co-founder a company that backed the porn industry's fight against mandatory condoms in L.A. county was arrested in Brussels on suspicion of tax evasion, according to reports. The German publication Die Wel ... More >>

Addicted to Fame Review: Squeezing One Last Buck Out of Anna Nicole Smith

Rapper Wax on 'Rosana' and Little Mamacitas Who Don't Play

I recently meet up with local rap sensation Wax, whose raunchy hit "Rosana" is all over radio and YouTube. (Its equally raunchy video is below.) We're at Melgard Public House, and I'm informed that I just missed something newsworthy. "Just before you got here, there was a homeless guy that pulled do ... More >>

Jaclyn Swedberg, Chino Hills High School Graduate, Named Playmate of the Year

Updated with Jacyln Swedberg's top ten Facebook photos. Originally posted at 10:24am. Meet Jaclyn Swedberg, Playboy's newest Playmate of the Year. Or, if you're a graduate of Chino Hills High School, get re-acquainted with your former classmate. Swedberg, who was awarded the honor at a ceremony a ... More >>

Sex on Camera

Ashley Huizenga is an academic-minded singer and performance artist. She wants to get you off

Shag's 'Animal Kingdom': Where Furries, Anime and 1970s Halloween Costumes Collide

"When [Mad Men] first started, all of my friends, everyone who knows me, said, 'You've got to watch it. You'll love the costumes and the sets,'" says Josh Agle, the artist best known as Shag. Agle, though, wasn't necessarily interested in checking out the mid-20th-century costumes and interiors tha ... More >>

Aurora Snow, L.A. Porn Star, Sees Her Fully Clothed 'How to Make a Banana Happy' Video Censored by YouTube

Update: Here's the original, uploaded to Snow's personal site. Just as tame as she described it. Wrong day to err on the conservative side of content regulation, YouTube. (See: #StopSopa.) Los Angeles porn star Aurora Snow -- a real fan favorite, best known for her inimitable deep-throating skills ... More >>

Lindsay Lohan Owes $93,000 in Taxes: Let The Occupy Backlash Begin

Kim Kardashian was recently targeted by the Courage Campaign for her relatively low tax rate: Despite her $12 million income in 2010, she paid a rate slightly higher than someone who made $47,000 that year. "Tell Kim Kardashian to Pay Her Fair Share," the group declared. Turns out Kim K. isn't the ... More >>

LA Weekly's Top 11 News Stories of 2011

And here we thought 2010 was a sexy one for Los Angeles. Our most popular news stories in 2011 make last year's fare -- alleged John Travolta sightings at a gay spa, Vegas broads who sell sex to make rent -- look wholesome by comparison. Los Angeles was a blur of nude pics and racy murders these la ... More >>

Playboy Officially Moving Editorial Operations Where They Belong: L.A., Land of Hef's Girls

E!Hef's girls (and not a Latina in sight).​It's official. Following rumors about the transfer, Playboy magazine says it's official: It is moving its editorial operations from its Chicago birthplace to Los Angeles, the company confirmed to LA Weekly this morning. It's about time. Chicago hasn' ... More >>

Lindsay Lohan Nude Playboy Photos Leak One Week Early: Oops.

Editor's note: The photos of Lindsay Lohan previously published in this post have been removed at the request of Playboy Enterprises International, Inc. ("Playboy"), which did not grant permission for use of its materials. Updated at the bottom: Hef decides to release the issue early after making ... More >>

Lindsay Lohan Leaked Playboy Cover: As Nude and 'Classy' as Promised

TheInsider.comLarger-than-life version, below.​Sorry for caring, when there's real Los Angeles news on the line -- but the second we saw, via New York Post Tweet, that Lindsay Lohan's much-hyped Playboy cover had leaked, we couldn't help fawning over it a little. "It's a classic tribute, insp ... More >>

Cosplay Karaoke at Meltdown Comics' Nerdmelt With Dr. Strange, Lana Kane of Archer, Nicki Hunter as Lara Croft and More

For the debut evening of Cosplay Karaoke last month, the promo literature asked, "What would Harley Quinn sing if she had a chance? What would Peter Parker belt out? You have a chance to find out as NerdMelt hosts COSPLAY KARAOKE!" and warned "YOU MUST BE IN COSTUME IN ORDER TO SING!" The rules we ... More >>

Mike Edison's Book Dirty! Dirty! Dirty!: Five Dirtiest Secrets of the Porn Mag Industry, From Hugh Hefner to Larry Flynt

​ At first, the idea of a three-hundred page cultural history of dirty magazines seems quaint, like somebody writing a book-length ode to the telegram. After all, it's been a long time since Playboy stood for anything other than bad reality TV, and you couldn't purchase a Penthouse right now i ... More >>

Playboy Mansion Denies Claim of Unfair Cover Charges: Men Pay up, Average Women Are Half-Price, And Hotties Are Free

Brian WalshFree / pay / half price.​Seems to be a regular thing at the Playboy Mansion in Holmby Hills: Hot chicks get in for free; sugar daddies and not-so-attractive women pay -- a lot. Playboy Enterprises International Inc., owner of the grounds, says this week it has nothing to do with th ... More >>

Jeffrey Sarver Says 'The Hurt Locker' Was Based on His Iraq Experience: L.A. Judge Says so What

The Hurt Locker​A world of hurt came to the man who claimed he was the main inspiration for the war film The Hurt Locker. Sgt. Jeffrey S. Sarver claimed in a suit filed against the film's makers just before it won the Academy Award for Best Picture last year that he was the inspiration for th ... More >>

Six L.A. Neighborhoods With the Most Distinctive Fashion Styles

Jason Levesque​ How we dress can send messages not only about who we are and what we like but also where we're from. There is no singular "L.A. look," and Silver Lake isn't all beards and ironic T-shirts, either. Still, there are certain aesthetics -- in the form of everything from accessorie ... More >>

Party House Crackdown: New L.A. Ordinance Targets Notorious Ragers in the Hills

Lina Lecaro"Kandyland" at the Playboy Mansion​It's no secret: An almost institutionalized circuit of L.A. house parties has long operated in the sprawling estates above Ventura and Hollywood Boulevards. Druggy, boozy, Sheeny "privates" have become integral to city nightlife for a number of re ... More >>

Nude Photos, Video Taken of About One of Every Four Americans, Says Playboy Sex Survey

Christopher Lee.​We watch too much TV. Because Americans continually seem to have this distance between fantasy and reality. No, you're not a porn star. And "fit" doesn't mean 40 pounds overweight (although it could mean relatively fit in this country). But, damn, we love ourselves. Even nak ... More >>

Kiss and Pay Up: Drake Settles with Playboy

He's got money to blow, right?​Playboy gets (Young) Money. Last June, Playboy Enterprises Inc. sued rapper Drake for copyright infringement. The Hefner empire claimed that The Young Money/Cash Money Records artist's breakthrough song "Best I Ever Had" used samples from the 1975 song "Fallin' ... More >>

'Playboy' Magazine Moving to Los Angeles? Looks Like It

Here and now.​Is Playboy magazine moving to Los Angeles? What, you ask? You didn't even know the publication wasn't here? It's based in Chicago, its birthplace, with its "Studio West" offices in Santa Monica. And yeah, the founder, Hef, is here too, in his Holmby Hills Playboy Mansion, as we ... More >>

Pneumonia Outbreak at the Playboy Mansion: Could It Have Festered in the Grotto?

Girls of the Grotto: Worth subsequent diarrhea?​Updated after the jump: At least one "model" (is that what they're calling 'em these days?) who worked the Febuary 3 Playboy event contracted the bug. VIDEO of her harrowing tale, and more proof it came from the grotto. Update: The infection cou ... More >>

Class Action Lawsuit Accuses Playboy of Discriminating against Men

​You know how some night clubs and big party events charge guys more than women to get in? Well, David Long Jr. of California is calling bullshit. Long is pissed off that the fine folks over at Playboy had the gall to charge him hundreds more than women guests for a ticket to a bash at Hef's ma ... More >>

Hugh Hefner Can't Stop Tweeting About Engagement To 24-Year-Old Playmate Crystal Harris

Hugh Hefner's latest boob job​The horniest old man in history has never let age be more than a number, and his youthful Twitter account -- clocking in at 21 Tweets yesterday -- is further testament to the man's utterly ageless, uh, text-erity. (Unless he's got a Playmate on smart-phone duty, t ... More >>

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: A Square Dance of Bitchiness

bravotv.comCamille, friend DD and Allison DuBois, pre-electronic cigarette.​Fans of RHBH, please, please tell us you watched last night. Was this not the episode we've been waiting for? It was the climax; when tensions came to a head; the eruption of emotion in which our stars ended up at each ... More >>

Master of the House of Playboy

Hef, still doing it his way (does he really have a choice?)

LA Weekly Cover Story: Hugh Hefner Defiant In His Defense Of His Empire And The Playboy Lifestyle

Steve ApplefordHef and girlfriend Crystal Harris.​Amid a buyout attempt by the owner of rival Penthouse magazine and decreasing fortunes at the hands of free internet porn, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner remains defiant in his attempts not only to buy the portion of his nudie empire he doesn't ow ... More >>

Galaxina: Lost in Space

Playmate-turned-actress-turned–murder victim Dorothy Stratten's last role was in this cult not-quite-classic

BOGIE AT THE BIJOU

Playboy Magazine Could Move To L.A.

​We know -- you're thinking, Playboy already is in Los Angeles. Nope. That's just Hef, who's been known to approve proofs of the adult glossy from the comfort of his robe at home in Holmby Hills. The bread-and-butter work on America's nude-girl-next-door mag has been done out of editorial hea ... More >>

Entertainment for Men

Disco Bloodbath: LA's Freakiest, Creepiest, Trashiest Themed Halloween Dance Parties

​The clock is ticking, and even if you don't have a (clever) costume yet, it's time to brave your social fear and figure out what the Hell you're gonna do this Halloween weekend. As far as dance dens go, pretty much everything bubbling this weekend will have a creep factor (more than usual in ... More >>

RADIO GOO-GOO

IS IT ART? OR JUST NUDIES?

Last Night: Bowling For Boobies 2008 at Lucky Strike Lanes

Check out the Bowling for Boobies 2008 slideshow by clicking on the image above. digg_url = 'http://digg.com/people/Holly_Madison_Bowls_for_Boobies_in_Los_Angeles'; Monday night at Lucky Strike Lanes in Hollywood, I sat in a bowling booth next to Playboy's Holly Madison, Hugh Hefner's ex-main sq ... More >>

MTV Video Music Awards: Keeping Up With the Vamps

VIP = Very Irate People

National Endowment of the Parts: Pamela Anderson's New "Documentary" Series Pam, Girl on the Loose on E!

Boobular Gravitas: The forever Baywatch star keeps her kids away from the reality show's cameras as they capture her random acts of nakedness

Denise Richards: It's Really Not That Complicated

Immortal Mayhem

It's a mad, mad Marilyn world as cannibals, collectors and defenders battle over Monroe's platinum legacy

Theater Reviews

Snake Bites

Valhalla on a Tank of Gas

Sleepless in Hollywood

Venus de Me

The waxing of male beauty

Auctioneer Hef

Mope Springs Eternal

Daughter of the American Revolution

Karen Finley goes to the beach

Def Hef