Delta Spirit Playboy Mansion May 10, 2013 Sometimes you have to go to grungy clubs to review rock bands. Fortunately, on this particular night, Delta Spirit was playing a private industry event at the Playboy Mansion. Sponsored by Jack Daniels, the event coincided with a fundraiser for Operation Gr ... More >>
Prior to parking my car on Day 2 of the NAMM convention (which incidentally was my first time ever), I'd already pumped myself up for a day full of musical exploration in this temporary gearhead paradise. But after scanning the parking lot on a rainy afternoon on my way into the Anaheim Convention ... More >>
David Giancola's documentary squeezes one last buck from Anna Nicole
First it was Oliver Stone smoking a joint on the cover of High Times magazine. Now it's Stone's Platoon buddy Charlie Sheen who's puffing the ganja.Except Sheen isn't smoking just any old cannabis indica or sativa, he's sampling his very own strain: Charlie Sheen OG.In an interview with Playboy maga ... More >>
Here's what Cypress native and Cal State Fullerton senior Nikki Leigh says about being Playboy's May 2012 Playmate of the Month:"As a 13-year-old, I would get a hold of my dad's Playboy magazines and thought the women were just stunning. . . . If being Miss May gives me another way to spread happin ... More >>
Sexed-up puppets, Nixon and more!
It's coming -- the famed Playboy casing call, a place where girls achieve their dreams and parents lose their dignity.The bunny empire is hunting for new talent in Costa Mesa next Monday at a location disclosed only to registered applicants, possibly to keep all the boys out of the yard. Those wh ... More >>
Anaheim-born Tiffany Toth is a former Canyon High School cheerleader who spent her days sunning on Orange Coast beaches and nights dreaming about one day becoming a Playboy Playmate.The 25-year-old Laguna Beach model's wish came true when she was named Miss September 2011.After the jump are five ... More >>
Larry Welborn has a fascinating piece on The Orange County Register site about the 26 claims serial killer Rodney Alcala filed against his Orange County jailers while he was holed up in Santa Ana defending himself in his third (and hopefully final) death-penalty trial.Among the items the jailhous ... More >>
Because there just aren't enough cat fights, Brazilian lesbians and talks of "vaginal rejuvenation" in regular life, The Real Housewives of Orange County are back--this Sunday at 10 p.m. on Bravo. It's been a while since the tanned and mostly toned ladies invaded our TV screens. Here's who ... More >>
In its infinite wisdom, CNN has hired Camille Donatacci--who you know better as Kelsey Grammer's most recent ex-wife Camille Grammer--to co-host its Oscar red carpet coverage Sunday. (And you thought Piers Morgan was stunt casting!)In honor of Newport Beach-born Donatacci-Grammer's gig, we presen ... More >>
Roderick Pullum/Dallas ObserverWhat'd you miss this weekend? We checked out the Tet Festival and Parade, Reverend Horton Heat's show in Anaheim, JFK of MSTRKRFT DJing at the newly named City National Grove of Anaheim... and our Dallas brethren has shared some awesome Super Bowl party shots with u ... More >>
UPDATE, Jan. 25, 2 P.M.: Kardashian's song "Turn It Up" will appear in Hype Williams-directed video. See bottom of post for more details. ORIGINAL ITEM, Jan. 4, 8:55 A.M.: Just because you're famous doesn't mean you should make music. Most of us have seen photos of Kim Kardashian with ridiculo ... More >>
Former Oakland A's pitcher, probable ex-husband of Playboy Playmate-turned-founding The Real Housewives of Orange County cast member Jeana Keough and current boozehound Matt Keough was sentenced today to a year of jail for his latest DUI incident.On the bright side, Keough was granted credit for ... More >>
U.S. News and World Report (they still exist) reported yesterday on a manufactured controversy by the Republican Party against their eternal llorona, Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez. Seems Playboy founder and publisher Hugh Hefner tweeted earlier this week that he was having lunch with Loretta at t ... More >>
I was 18 years old--"barely legal," in industry jargon--and halfway through my first year of college at UC Irvine, worried about the debt I was incurring. In search of a high-paying job that required very little of my time, I found a newspaper ad that read "Girls make 2,000/day." In much smal ... More >>
[Summer Guide] Flicks to help you enjoy the great indoors
It came not with a bang but a whimper. At around noon today, the Orange County Register officially announced that four score minus five years of ownership by the fracturing Hoiles family is now no more. Parent company Freedom Communications will continue to have a stake in the paper but not wi ... More >>
Perhaps this art photo by Nick Gaines is an example of the porn the newspaper company is trying to hide.Orange County Register business writer Mary Ann Milbourn boldly got out front of the story about her corporate overlords at Irvine-based Freedom Communications being accused of trying to keep d ... More >>
Not sure which stage of grief this falls under, but as the initial reports of Michael Jackson's death were coming out, what are assumed to be Orange County Register and/or Freedom Communications insiders were linking the King of Pop's departure from Earth with Freedom CEO Scott Flanders' departure f ... More >>
No, silly, Freedom Communications's CEO Scott Flanders isn't posing in the venerated skin mag -- we hope. But he is being considered to run it, according to The Wall Street Journal, via the Register's own business blog (wonder if Reg real estate guru Jon Lasner got permission from the top to link to ... More >>
There is one thing we can take solace in here at the Weekly: post something online about infighting at the Orange County Register and its Freedom Communications parent and it's sure to generate comments--from those doing the infighting. Our Publisher to Register Employees: Let Them Eat Hawaiian Brea ... More >>
Irvine Improv
Well, the above image is now outdated thanks to Bravo!'s brilliant decision to replace giraffe face Lauri with another housewife who (gasp!) is not blond. Way to break the mold, guys. The new soul-less attention whore's name is Lynne and she likes to work out. That's pretty much all they had to say ... More >>
Playboy Comedy
For whatever we thought art was, at three local galleries
Smith: Sad (AP) Hot off the Associated Press: Anna Nicole Smith's 20-year-old son died from a lethal combination of methadone and two antidepressant drugs, a U.S.-based pathologist who conducted a private autopsy said Wednesday. Toxicology tests showed Daniel Smith had methadone, Zoloft and Lexap ... More >>
July 12 - July 18
This Straight Girl feels for you
Debunking the Playboy-OCC urban legend
Pam Anderson comes to Costa Mesa
Upset about Carls Jr.s ads? Youre so old! And female!
Children shouldnt play with leering comedians in ugly catsuits
TVs The O.C. best captures whats really real about our town
String Zebrahead up, they still won't die
Devinn Lane returns to OC, sucks down a few frozen bananas, and talks about life before she became the den mother of porn
The naked life and veiled death of a Playboy Playmate
Choosing between metal and merengue at JC Fandango
El Toro Airport Watch No. 151
Sun, half-naked bunnies and a second chance
Watching Playboys Sex Court
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