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...RUSS MEYER, 82, soft-core-porn director whose work set the tone for late 20th century pop culture at its most cheerfully leering; in Los Angeles. Always a picture taker and picture maker, he was an Army cameraman who shot World War II footage; the photographer of several early Playboy centerfolds; and a soft-core Spielberg whose first feature, the nudie comedy The Immoral Mr. Teas, grossed $1 million on a $24,000 budget. In the '60s he shifted to melodramas (Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!), to which he later added color and an insane pace, creating the nutty masterpiece Beyond...
...Apparently people like it better than 'be good.'" LARRY PAGE, Google co-founder, explaining the company motto, "Don't Be Evil," to Playboy magazine. The interview has troubled investors, as it may have violated laws requiring a "quiet period" before the Internet firm's initial public offering
...with a recently-published memoir of his still-unfinished musical career getting raves in venues including The New York Times, the Washington Post and Playboy, Slichter is making one more bid for the public’s attention...
...superficial attraction of Sin City for TV is obvious--sin. "People go there with a certain desire to let go of their inhibitions," says Jack Orman, an executive producer of CBS's forthcoming Dr. Vegas, with Rob Lowe (The West Wing) as a playboy casino doctor. "That generally leads to trouble, which leads to dramatic situations." But for all the sex and show girls, a closer look at the programs reveals Bennettian contradictions: libido and law, hedonism and moralism, revelry and regret. They let the audience, vicariously, be bad and get spanked...
...magazine, she added that it did help the magazine’s bottom line. The business staff of the magazine featured quotes from national newspapers on the magazine’s website in order to attract national advertisers, Hrdy said. The magazine ran full-page advertisements from businesses including Playboy and Daedalus...