The company still publishes online with the occasional print product.įollow David Ng on Twitter Have a tip? Contact me at Social Justice Bretman Rock LGBT Playboy Playboy shut down its print edition last year at the height of the coronavirus pandemic after nearly seven decades as the country’s premier adult magazine for men. The year before, a Muslim journalist became the first woman to pose in a hijab for the magazine. The magazine announced its first transgender playmate in 2017, putting male-to-female French model Ines Rau on its centerfold spread. Diane Hunter was one of the early 1950's most popular pinup models, having been featured in several calendars and finally the November 1954 issue of Playboy. It won't be news to anyone, but the first couple of years worth of Playboy magazines are worth something today. Playboy, which has always been left-wing in terms of politics and social issues, has grown increasingly woke since the late founder Hugh Hefner stepped down from the company. 10 November 1954 - Centerfold: Diane Hunter. The first Penthouse celebrity cover was Donna Summer in July 1979plus they were the first and only magazine to publish nudes of Madonna. The beauty influencer has amassed millions of social media followers for his styling and makeup tips, as well as his workouts and interactions with family members.
He also appeared in the YouTube Originals series 30 Days With: Bretman Rock, which followed him and his friends on their adventures in the wilderness. Rock, 23, currently stars in his own MTV reality show that streams on YouTube. And I’m so pretty.” for Playboy: /3NJGp4J9wU A total ‘is this even fucking happening right now?’ type of vibe. “For Playboy to have a male on the cover is a huge deal for the LGBT community, for my brown people community and it’s all so surreal. Playboy 1953 first ever issue, reprint 2014, only difference is it has three Staples instead of two Magazine is brand-new still sealed in package it came in when no. ? Introducing the October 2021 digital cover with icon more: “A total ‘is this even fucking happening right now?’ type of vibe. “For Playboy to have a male on the cover is a huge deal for the LGBT community, for my brown people community and it’s all so surreal,” Rock said. The photo and accompanying video show Rock posing in Playboy’s traditional bunny costume, complete with high heels, rabbit ears, and bushy tail. The once-iconic magazine is celebrating Bretman Rock’s cover spot as a milestone for the LGBT community. Strangely enough, Hefner will be laid to rest beside Marilyn Monroe in Westwood Village Memorial Park, located in Los Angeles, California. He bought the crypt next to Monroe's for $75,000 in 1992, according to The Guardian.Playboy has put a male bunny on its latest cover, making Filipino-born beauty influencer Bretman Rock its October digital cover model. And it didn't seem to negatively affect her career at all. She also developed a close relationship with Hefner. (Hefner didn't come up with his idea for "Playmate of the month" until about a year after the magazine's launch.)Īfter the publication, Monroe made the decision to do an interview in which she explained that she had been desperate for money when she posed for the nude photos. View all items in Books, Maps & Manuscripts. Hefner made Monroe his first ever centerfold, or "Sweetheart of the Month," as it was called at the time. Playboy Magazine 1953 (Limited Edition Reprint of the 1st Issue) 2527. In 1950, Monroe appeared in two films, "Asphalt Jungle," and "All About Eve," and the starlet finally began to gain recognition.įour years later, Monroe's images resurfaced when Hefner purchased Kelley's photographs of Monroe with "nothing but the radio on" from the Chicago calendar maker for $500, according to the LA Times. Only a year later, things turned around for the actress when her career finally began to take flight. A first issue of Playboy magazine (HMH Publishing, 1953) featuring Marilyn Monroe on the cover. First Playmate to be younger than Playboy: Monica Tidwell (Miss November 1973) was born in January 1954, when Playboys second issue was on the newsstand.