NEWS LITE : HEFNER'S DAUGHTER DEFENDS DAD'S `JOB'.While Playboy founder Hugh Hefner Hugh Marston Hefner (born April 9, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois), also referred to colloquially as Hef,[1] is the founder, editor-in-chief, and Chief Creative Officer of Playboy Enterprises[2]. He is the majority owner of Playboy Enterprise Inc. was gallivanting with a multitude of blondes in France at the 52nd Cannes Film Festival Cannes Film Festival Film festival held annually in Cannes, France. First held in 1946 for the recognition of artistic achievement, the festival came to provide a rendezvous for those interested in the art and influence of the movies. , back in the U.S.A. his daughter was defending dear old dad. The questions ``What the heck does Hef do, anyway?'' and ``Why does he make so much money?'' came up at a Big Apple stockholders meeting Wednesday. ``Hugh Hefner's salary is outrageous,'' Richard Ash griped. And fellow stockholder Harry Korba noted that last year Hef got $868,916, ``but the last time he attended an annual stockholders' meeting was Nov. 10, 1987.'' Well! Christie Hefner Christie Ann Hefner (born November 8, 1952 in Chicago, Illinois) is the chairman and chief executive officer of Playboy Enterprises Inc., the company created by her father Hugh Hefner. Under Ms. Hefner, Playboy has acquired business units such as Spice Network, Adult. , CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Playboy Enterprises Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: PLA), also organized as New Playboy, Inc. (NYSE: PLAA), is the company founded by Hugh Hefner to manage the Playboy magazine empire. It was created in 1953 as the HMH Publishing Co., Inc. , said her old man ``is not just the editor in chief, but is involved in . . . the kind of promotional sizzle siz·zle intr.v. siz·zled, siz·zling, siz·zles 1. To make the hissing sound characteristic of frying fat. 2. To seethe with anger or indignation. 3. that attracts the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio and Cameron Diaz.'' She added: ``Playboy was founded on his lifestyle and that's what we're leveraging.'' Add some spots to your star map From around the Southland come these reports on the glitteratis' nesting ways: Ben Affleck procured a Hollywood Hills home for about $1.7 million. Tim Roth is moving to Pasadena for $1.9 million, Rachel Hunter (of Rod Stewart) casts her sights on Beverly Hills, $1.7 million. Garbo's remains won't be alone long Greta Garbo's ashes will be buried in the city of her birth. The reclusive re·clu·sive adj. 1. Seeking or preferring seclusion or isolation. 2. Providing seclusion: a reclusive hut. film star died in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. in 1990 at age 84. She was cremated and the ashes have been kept at a New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of mortuary while her niece and sole heir, Gray Reisfield, decided what to do with them. She has decided on Skogskyrkogaarden, the cemetery in Stockholm, Sweden, where Garbo's parents are buried. Disneyland banishing its more violent video games Disneyland is pulling the plug on 30 violent video arcade games in the amusement park and two Disney-owned hotels in response to the school massacre in Colorado. All of the games were to be unplugged by Friday and then removed by a vendor, the park said. Disneyland did not provide a list of titles. The new policy distinguishes between games in which humans are targets and those that are simple accuracy contests. ``We just don't think there's any place for violent video games at Disneyland,'' park spokesman Ray Gomez said. ``This has probably been under consideration for a while, but the events in April brought it to the forefront of our thinking.'' Brooks feels home among Gary's folk Millions of TV viewers might know him as the Federation's Capt. Benjamin Sisko, but in Gary, Ind., Avery Brooks is just one of the folks - and that's the way he likes it. ``This is what it is all about,'' Brooks said. ``I am home again. I am not a big star, just another brother.'' The deep-voiced actor is wrapping up a seven-year run as Sisko, commander of a strategic space station on ``Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.'' Brooks was awarded an honorary doctorate of theater arts from Indiana University Northwest Academics As of 2003, there were about 5,100 undergraduate and graduate students at IUN and about 360 full-time faculty. The university offers Indiana University degrees in more than 30 different academic programs. on Thursday in Gary. News Lite is compiled by Karen Duffy from Daily News staff and wire reports. CAPTION(S): 3 Photos PHOTO (1) POURING ON THE PRINCE Britain's Prince Charles lowers his umbrella before boarding a car on a rainy Friday outside London. (2) Hugh Hefner enjoys the attention of Playboy playmates in France. (3) BROOKS |
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