Pamela Anderson Praises Playboy

The former Baywatch star calls Playboy founder Hugh Hefner “a pioneer” in a post on her official website, adding he “fought tirelessly for freedom of expression and for human rights – Playboy was one of the first magazines to put an African American woman on the cover. While his detractors were accusing him of exploiting women he actually did more for the women’s movement than any other man of his generation.”

She continues, “I am delighted and honored that my breasts and I were able to play a role in helping this freedom-fighter achieve so many of his goals… I love him, I admire him and I am very proud to call him one of my dearest friends.”

Holly Madison: I’m Single And Loving It

Following two high-profile break-ups in a row, Holly Madison claims she’s loving the single life saying, “I’m never dating anybody again.”

Hugh Hefner’s former number one girlfriend, who also recently split with illusionist Criss Angel, tells PEOPLE, “I’m just not interested in dating anybody… I don’t need a man. I’m really happy with myself and being with my friends.”

She adds, “I’m focused on forwarding my career. I’m working on producing my own shows. Girls Next Door was a great place to start but it was somebody else’s show. I’m just ready to move on.”

Holly Madison is Single... Again?

A rep for Holly Madison and Criss Angel confirmed rumors that the pair have split after four months together.

“Criss and Holly are no longer a couple,” Steve Flynn told PEOPLE. ”They remain very close friends and wish each other the very best.”

Madison called off her relationship to Playboy founder Hugh Hefner and moved out of the Mansion to be with the illusionist, after the pair went public on October 31 last year.

“This is one of the most special evenings for me in my life and I can not think of a more beautiful person, a more special person, inside and out, than Holly to spend it with,” Angel said on the red carpet of his Las Vegas show.

Kendra: I Cheated on Hef For Sex

Life at the Playboy Mansion wasn't always a party, according to Kendra Wilkinson. As for sex ... well, she got it elsewhere.

"I had to have sex every now and then, so I had to kind of sneak it," Hugh Hefner's 23-year-old ex tells Us Weekly.

The buxom blonde says "of course" she and the Playboy founder were intimate, but notes she often only saw him once a day - in passing.

"Besides the nights we went out, I only saw Hef, like, once a day walking through the halls to his office. There were never solo dates," she said.

"The most we kind of say to each other is, 'I love you,' 'Love you too,' 'I hope you have a good day,' 'Did you have a good day?' "

Despite the lack of face time, Wilkinson says fellow ex-girlfriend and "Girls Next Door" star Bridget Marquardt never strayed from their boyfriend.

"Bridget told me that she's been faithful all these years, and I was like, 'How the hell can you do that?' I had to have [sex] so I could feel my age,like a healthy human being."

Life at the Mansion was "way more strict than my life has ever been," according to Wilkinson.

Staff members would keep track of when she, Marquardt and fellow girlfriend Holly Madison left and returned to the Mansion in a book, Wilkinson says - and Hefner would pour over it every morning, which made her "insane."

Spending holidays away from the Mansion were also big no-nos, Wilkinson says, and the girlfriends received a $1,000 allowance once a week.

"I hate putting my hand out, but we couldn't have jobs other than getting appearance fees," she says.

Pitfalls aside, Hef's youngest ex maintains that she enjoyed life with her 82-year-old beau. "Hef was kind of like my best friend, but a sugar daddy at the same time ... Hef made me feel beautiful."

Wilkinson, who is now engaged to Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Hank Baskett, announced her split from Hefner in October. She began dating Baskett in June and plans to marry her fiance at the Mansion this summer.

Says Wilkinson: "Now I'm totally against [Hefner's] way of life, with three girlfriends and all of that."

Kendra: I Cheated on Hef For Sex

Life at the Playboy Mansion wasn't always a party, according to Kendra Wilkinson. As for sex ... well, she got it elsewhere.

"I had to have sex every now and then, so I had to kind of sneak it," Hugh Hefner's 23-year-old ex tells Us Weekly.

The buxom blonde says "of course" she and the Playboy founder were intimate, but notes she often only saw him once a day - in passing.

"Besides the nights we went out, I only saw Hef, like, once a day walking through the halls to his office. There were never solo dates," she said.

"The most we kind of say to each other is, 'I love you,' 'Love you too,' 'I hope you have a good day,' 'Did you have a good day?' "

Despite the lack of face time, Wilkinson says fellow ex-girlfriend and "Girls Next Door" star Bridget Marquardt never strayed from their boyfriend.

"Bridget told me that she's been faithful all these years, and I was like, 'How the hell can you do that?' I had to have [sex] so I could feel my age,like a healthy human being."

Life at the Mansion was "way more strict than my life has ever been," according to Wilkinson.

Staff members would keep track of when she, Marquardt and fellow girlfriend Holly Madison left and returned to the Mansion in a book, Wilkinson says - and Hefner would pour over it every morning, which made her "insane."

Spending holidays away from the Mansion were also big no-nos, Wilkinson says, and the girlfriends received a $1,000 allowance once a week.

"I hate putting my hand out, but we couldn't have jobs other than getting appearance fees," she says.

Pitfalls aside, Hef's youngest ex maintains that she enjoyed life with her 82-year-old beau. "Hef was kind of like my best friend, but a sugar daddy at the same time ... Hef made me feel beautiful."

Wilkinson, who is now engaged to Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Hank Baskett, announced her split from Hefner in October. She began dating Baskett in June and plans to marry her fiance at the Mansion this summer.

Says Wilkinson: "Now I'm totally against [Hefner's] way of life, with three girlfriends and all of that."

Holly Madison and Criss Angel?

Following her highly-publicized split with Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, Holly Madison has made her first public appearance with illusionist Criss Angel at the opening of his new Cirque Du Soleil show in Las Vegas.

Photos of the couple kissing have circulated around gossip blogs over the past couple of weeks, however, a confirmation of their relationship has yet to be forthcoming.

Walking the red carpet of ‘Believe’ on Friday night (October 31), Angel told People, “This is one of the most special evenings for me in my life and I can not think of a more beautiful person, a more special person, inside and out, than Holly to spend it with.”

Angel and Hefner’s former number one girlfriend held hands and even indulged the photographers by kissing for the cameras.

Hugh Hefner Looking For New Bunnies

Hugh Hefner has confirmed his split with number one playmate Holly Madison, with another of his girlfriends, Kendra Wilkinson, revealing she too has split with the Playboy millionaire.

During a chat on Wednesday, Hefner responded to an online video of Madison announcing the spit saying, “If Holly says it’s over, I guess it’s over. She’s still here in the house. Until a few days ago, we were still sharing the same bed.”

He adds, “Quite frankly, we thought when the time came, we would make a combined statement and we expected that combined statement would be somewhere in the weeks and months ahead.”

Hefner revealed to Usmagazine that, “We tried to have a baby earlier this year and it didn’t work out. She became very depressed.”

Wilkinson also confirmed her split with the 82-year-old Playboy founder on late night talk show ‘Chelsea Lately,’ although she has yet to move out of the mansion.

“There’s been moments that I’ve been down in the dumps about all this,” Hefner explains. “And (personal assistant) Mary (O’Connor) told me to cheer up and pointed out that there are girls lined up outside the front gate. At my age, that’s hard to believe, but it seems to be true.”

Hef Set To Marry

The buzz during one of the Oscar parties was that Hugh Hefner is getting married before the end of the year to Holly Madison, one of his three girlfriends.

"This is very secret, but the word is 'yes,'" one insider told Page Six, "Hef has decided he will marry Holly, and he wants it for his show, 'The Girls Next Door.'

Hef thinks business all the time, and looks for a new hook, although he also does really love Holly... Hef sees that she is the most dedicated. Kendra is never there, and they both hate each other, and Bridget is hanging on by being very friendly to Holly."

Hahaha, and if anyone ever needed an example of what money can buy - I mean Hugh is now what, 120-years-old (in actual fact he's 81) and she's 28! What possible reason could ANYONE want to MARRY someone like him (apart from the obvious)?!? Jesus the things women will [do] for fame and money!!!

Scarlett Johansson Tops Playboy's List

Playboy magazine sure is taking some big risks these days.

Last year, Jessica Alba was Playboy's #1, and this year Playboy chose Scarlett Johansson as their sexiest celebrity of the year. Yeah, not ground-breaking choices, but it's better than Sports Illustrated putting Beyonce on the cover of the Swimsuit Issue.

The Sun has Playboy's statement on why Scarlett Johansson was chosen this year:

Scarlett Johansson is the apex of beauty and sensuality - from her porcelain skin to her fully feminine figure to her mysterious charisma, which is at once palpable and indefinable.

Other notable women on the list were:

Angelina Jolie, Beyoncé Knowles, Carmen Electra, Charisma Carpenter, Christina Aguilera, Cindy Margolis, Denise Richards, Diora Baird, Jaime Pressly, Jenna Jameson, Jennifer Lopez, Jenny McCarthy, Jessica Alba, Joanna Krupa, Kara Monaco, Kelly Monaco, Lindsay Lohan, Mansion Playmates Holly, Bridget and Kendra, Mercedes McNab, Pamela Anderson, Paris Hilton, Pussycat Dolls, Vida Guerra, Willa Ford

Las Vegas: Playground To The Stars

HEADLINE stars Kevin Spacey and Kate Bosworth, who are about to start an eight-week shoot of their new '21' movie all around Vegas, did "research" at the Playboy Club at the Palms.

Kevin took a quick walk through, but Kate stayed most of the night playing blackjack and enjoying Dom Perignon champagne and Grey Goose vodka at a reserved booth in the middle of the gaming lounge.

'21' is the true story of the Boston college students who created an infallible mathematical solution to beat Vegas casinos. Ironically, the Vegas gambling haunts that booted the real troublemakers from town are now hosting the movie maker stars! The cast is shooting at the Aladdin, Hard Rock and Red Rock using some of our city's real-life dealers.

Meanwhile across town...

Happy Birthday congratulations to Lisa-Marie Presley, who celebrated her 39th birthday bash over the weekend with mom Priscilla in tow and Roseanne Barr in the party group.

They dined at TAO and then hit the upstairs TAO nightclub watching all the dancing revelers from an upper-deck VIP skybox rather than in the VIP dance floor section. Next night, Priscilla and Lisa-Marie sat up until 2:30AM, sipping cocktails at Caramel ultra lounge in the Bellagio.

Elsewhere, to celebrate four sold out shows at the Luxor this weekend, comedian Artie Lange partied at the Hard Rock's Body English nightclub with co-producer Jeff Beacher and a flock of audience members they'd invited over from his last late show.

Partying with them was Wesley Snipes, Jamie Lynn Sigler, Laura Prepon, Tito Ortiz and Jenna Jameson to name just a few.

Mariah Carey Does Playboy

Mariah Carey looks so steamy in the upcoming issue of Playboy, she might even be hotter than Eminem's head. "Something is clearly askew with him," Mimi tells the gentlemen's mag, "and I'm not quite sure what it is."

In the March issue of Playboy magazine, the curvy songstress finally discusses her long-standing feud with Eminem, her near career-ending nervous breakdown and offers her two cents on the latest celebrity phenomenon: wardrobe malfunctions.


Mariah on her breakdown in '01: "What happened was that people made a big deal of when my old publicist pulled the microphone out of my hand because I was venting about Howard Stern. Howard Stern had said a lot of mean stuff about me that morning, as he does about everybody every morning, and I think it really got to me. So I gained five pounds. It’s not the end of the freakin’ world. But I was exhausted, and I did collapse later. Then everybody blew it out of proportion.”

Mariah on Eminem's apology: "Something is clearly askew with him, and I’m not quite sure what it is. I just heard something else he recently said about me. I’m curious as to why he’s so obsessed with me. I never got an apology letter, by the way; I don’t know what they’re talking about. Then again, I wasn’t exactly searching my mailbox for it."

Mariah on 'American Idol': "I know everybody thinks I’m the poster child for American Idol, but I was really shy when I first came out as a performer....Randy Jackson of American Idol has worked with me since my first record. I’ve known him for so long, and now he’s a huge star. It’s just weird to me. We’ll get mobbed walking down the street. You know how the band is introduced at a show? My little joke used to be that he was Michael Jackson’s brother, and the crowd would believe me and go crazy."

Mariah on wardrobe malfunctions: "Oh please, there have been so many. On this tour there was a really bad malfunction... It was this little top with a hook and eye on the front. It was a nightmare. The top was so tight that night because we girls have moments when the top might be tighter, but I caught it, and that’s how you know a pro."

Mariah on 'Gliter': "I try to avoid it."

So do we Mariah. So do we...