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...many bad movies. After her 1943 divorce from Judson came Orson Welles, but "Orsie," with whom she had a daughter Rebecca, was devoted mostly to Orsie. "I'm tired of being a 25% wife," she later said. In 1949, with the whole world looking on, she wed the playboy Aly Khan, with whom she had her second daughter Yasmin. The match lasted only two years, but she remembered him fondly: "The world was magical when you were with him." There were two more marriages (to Crooner Dick Haymes and Producer James Hill), neither happy. "They fell in love with Gilda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rita Hayworth: 1918-1987: The All-American Love Goddess | 5/25/1987 | See Source »

...Heflin ("You've probably heard about him because he's a famous actor and he's going to be a Big Movie Star as soon as the movie he's doing now comes out"). But Mother V. pressures her into marrying Pat De Cicco, an undercapitalized Hollywood playboy who is tall, dark and abusive. Eventually the search for daddy leads to Conductor Leopold Stokowski, 42 years her senior. Gloria also holds hands with Orson Welles and spends some wee, small hours of the morning with Frank Sinatra. The armor of such black, white and occasional gray knights is not deeply...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bookends: Apr. 27, 1987 | 4/27/1987 | See Source »

Only a small segment of American society is actually opposed to pornographic expression in videos and magazines like Playboy, said the 34-year old chief executive officer of Playboy Enterprises...

Author: By Gordon M. Burnes, | Title: Hefner Criticizes Meese Commission | 4/8/1987 | See Source »

Hefner also criticized the ReaganAdministration for what she said was "bad socialpolicy," referring to a letter the Commission sentto merchants across the nation condemningpornography. The letter resulted in theSeven-Eleven chain pulling Playboy off itsshelves...

Author: By Gordon M. Burnes, | Title: Hefner Criticizes Meese Commission | 4/8/1987 | See Source »

Questions to Hefner ranged from her personalinvolvement with Playboy to the ethics ofpublishing semi-nude pictures of Vanna White, theletter-flipper on the popular television game showWheel of Fortune. Hefner defended the decision toprint the pictures, even though White objected andhas filed a suit against Playboy...

Author: By Gordon M. Burnes, | Title: Hefner Criticizes Meese Commission | 4/8/1987 | See Source »

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