Its was all fun and games as usual this past weekend at the world famous home of Hugh Hefner, The Playboy Mansion, in Los Angeles, California, where he hosted the Playboy Summer Solstice Party 2010.

This year the party was held for the benefit of the Rescue Humanity Foundation. The event featured models and a fashion show from CopaWear International, Benchwarmer International, Dreamgirl International and AMI Clubwear, guided tours of the mansion grounds by Playboy playmates, sexy body painted models, a live and silent auction produced by Bang The Gavel, and over 250 gorgeous models from across the country in attendance.

Two of the main attractions at the party were past Playboy magazine cover girls, Bai Ling and Angelica Bridges who brought more than a splattering of glamour to the proceedings.

Angelica, already famous for her acting and singing career, made her Playboy debut when she was given a pictorial spread in Hef’s iconic magazine in the November 2001 issue when she was 27 and featured as the cover girl.

Bai Ling garnered Playboy attention following her appearance on the VH1 tv reality show, ‘But Can They Sing?’, where she became most famous for her risqué and raunchy get-ups and her performances of Madonna’s “Like a Virgin”. Bai appreared in yet another raunchy outfit on the cover of Playboy magazine in June 2005.

But, it seems that Playboy founder, Hugh Hefner, has a way of bouncing back and carrying on regardless so maybe, just maybe, Hef and his new girlfriend, little miss Crystal Harris, could be residing together at the manion for many more years to come.
 

But apart from the burning question as to Crystal’s future, there is the overwhelming question as to what will now happen to the much loved E! reality TV show, ‘The Girls Next Door’ now that Hef has whittled down his collection of beautiful blondes to consist of only…..Miss Harris.

Well, question and worry no longer because Mr Hefner himself has answered the query on his Twitter page, saying, “New episodes of GND will involve both the Playboy Mansion & the Bunny House across the street.”
 

So, it appears that the cameras will merely be set up across the street from The Playboy Mansion and give all the little bunnies living there a chance at the fame and fortune that all Playboy models crave.

Being the man at the top of Playboy magazine isn’t all fun, games and beautiful models. Sometimes it can be heady business management and Hugh Hefner is now revealing in his bid to control the enterprise that he founded back in 1953 with his all Marilyn Monroe issue of the magazine.

The iconic founder, now famous for his many beautiful girlfriends, red satin smoking jacket and endless issues of Playboy magazine, has made a proposal to it’s board to pay $5.50 for the outstanding shares. The price is at almost a 40 percent premium over Playboy’s closing price on Friday of $3.94. 

Hef owns 69.5 percent of Playboy’s Class A stock and 27.7 percent of its Class B shares, the company said. Mr. Hefner founded Playboy magazine in 1953 and turned the publication and its scantily clad models into a cultural mainstay, but the company has struggled in recent years.

In buy the remaining shares of the media empire, Mr Hefner would take the company private, in a deal that values the company at $185 million. Having spent the past 57 years building his empire, 84 year old Mr Hefner has made his magazine the most famous men’s magazine in history but in recent years, the company has faltered as advertising revenue dwindled with the onset of Internet popularity for all things written.

Hef plans to team up with private equity firm Rizvi Traverse Management LLC for the deal and based on the number of shares outstanding at the end of April 2010, the proposal offers $122.5 million, or $5.50 for each share Hefner doesn’t already own, which was a nearly 40 percent premium above a recent closing stock price of $3.94.

Playboy magazine August 2010

In his proposal letter to Playboy’s board of directors, Hefner said he has no plans to sell his shares or the company and also denied any suggestion that there should be a merger between Playboy and other potential suitors.

It appears that glamour model Jordan, now known as Katie Price, isn’t going down quietly in her 7^th decade, when it comes, if her recent remarks in People.co.uk are to be believed.

The 34 year old model told the The People, ‘I don’t think I will ever stop working, I can see myself going on until I am old and I mean old. I keep saying to myself that I want to, when I’m 70, pose for Playboy. I will have the best boobs even then, they’ll be better than any other Playboy models and my bum wont be bad either. There’ll be a few wrinkles but I can deal with that.’

Having appeared on the cover of Hugh Hefner’s Playboy’s Voluptuous Vixens 2003, Playboy Magazine September 2002 and several international Playboy issues Miss Price, now the mother of 3 children, is certainly extremely optimistic about her modeling future and now as an underwear designer, a dressage competitor, an author of children’s books and a mother, wife and model, Katie certainly has no intention of slowing down in life in general but if she continues to improve her boobs with updated methods of cosmetic surgery on offer to her, maybe her optimism will pay off.
 

Along with acting, a one woman stage show and impersonator, Crista Flanagan can now add to her resume the role of Playboy Model.

Hugh Hefner has cleverly revamped his Playboy magazine covers from 1960 and 1969 using the beautiful brunette from Mad Men as his model for August’s issue of his iconic magazine. Once again, Mr Hefner has produced a 2 cover month for his magazine. The first cover pictures Crista wearing a man’s tie and the second cover shows her making the famous Playboy ‘bunny’ logo with white gloves across her eyes shaped as glasses.

Crista, better known for her role on Madtv since 2005, comes originally from Mount Vernon, Illinois and as a student earned herself a Bachelor of Science in Theatre from the University of Evansville and later received a Master of Fine Arts from the University of California, Irvine where she appeared in plays including Fool for Love, The Time of our Life, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Marriage of Figaro and Oklahoma!.

Crista’s extensive background in theater led to the development of her one-woman show titled But wait…I have Impressions!

Crista best loved impersonations included Alex Hooser, Ellen Pompeo, Heidi Klum, Patricia Arquette as she played the role of Allison DuBois from the hit TV series Medium, Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks, and Miley Cyrus as both herself and as her alto ego Hannah Montana.
Today Crista plays the title character in Hope is Emo, an internet comedy podcast that satires the life of a struggling emo girl named Hope. The series was created by Crista.
Flanagan’s TV appearances include, The New Adventures of Old Christine (2009) as Andreea, Mad Men (2007–present) as Lois Sadler, MADtv (2005- 2009) as Various Characters, Curb Your Enthusiasm (2005) as Mrs. Seiderman’s Nurse, The Practice (2003) as Marcia, ER (2003) as Pam and Brothers & Sisters (2010) as Kevin’s former classmate.
Crista currently lives in Los Angeles.ernon, Illinois, Flanagan has a Bachelor of Science in Theatre from the University of Evansville