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PLAYBOY Magazine has announced that it is cancelling its proposed photo spread “The Girls of the Intifada” that was to feature naked Palestinian lovelies from the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. The Los Angeles chapter of the B'nai B'rith had denounced the feature, saying that it justified terrorism and hate. The B'nai B'rith was tipped off about the feature by a PLAYBOY insider, who leaked a piece of doggerel that was going to be used to illustrate the photo spread:

We are the girls of the Intifada!
To all Jews we're definitely nada!
We'll yield not an inch of land
But there's one catch –
Only selfless Muslim martyrs
Shall colonize our snatch!

PLAYBOY editor-in-chief Philboyd Studge denied that the venerable magazine, which debuted in 1954 with a nude Marilyn Monroe as its “Sweetheart of the Month,” had any intention of making light of the tense situation in Israel with light-hearted verse.

“The reports that we intended to caption the photos with patently offensive, nay, anti-Semitic poetry are nonsense,” Studge said.

Hugh Hefner, the founder and nominal publisher of PLAYBOY, was unavailable for comment. His daughter, Christie Hefner, the president of Playboy Enterprises, issued a terse statement saying that she supported Studge and was sorry for any aspirations against Israel the feature might have caused. No criticism of Israel was intended.

Studge said that PLAYBOY never intended to entitle a proposed spread of girls from the Middle East as representing the Intifada. He believes that an internal trickster was responsible for the rumors.

“I tell you, it's not even decent doggerel, let alone poetry,” an irritated Studge complained. “The metonymy, is so meretricious…. How could anyone believe it was authentic PLAYBOY doggerel, ferkrissakes!”

Studge had been an editor at the New Yorker, were her oversaw the stories of a stable of writers including John Cheever, E.L. Doctorow and Kurt Vonnegut. He also briefly worked as an editor at Doubleday, where he was exhausted by epic editing sessions of William Safire's BrobdingnagianCivil War-themed historical novel Freedom. His exhaustion drove him back into the magazine biz.

Tapped as the fiction editor at PLAYBOY in the late '80s, Studge eventually was named editor-in-chief in 1999. Hired originally hired to bring “class” to a magazine more synonymous, during the Reagan Era, with ass, Studge has toiled to reclaim the cultural cache PLAYBOY Magazine had enjoyed in the 1960s, which it squandered a decade later, as part of the fallout from the mid-'70s Pubic Wars (not to be confused with the 17th Century “Beaver Wars” Century).

An anonymous source at the Playboy Building in Chicago said that Hugh Hefner's attempts to mediate the dust-up carried little water. The basic thrust of Hefner's attempt at negotiation, an offer to run a countervailing “Girls of the B'nai B'rith” was rejected out of hand as “preposterous.”

“Do you think the defamed want to be further defamed by the defamer,” the source said, characterizing the attitude of the Anti-Defamation League official who handled the imbroglio.

The Playboy Philosophy & The Western World

Liz Smith was the latest to address the controversy. A friend of Hugh Hefner's, she asked his opinion of the Middle Eastern situation during a general discussion of the publisher's own Playboy Philosophy in its sixth decade. It's Hefner's contention that his philosophy changed America, and thus the Western World. As he seeks new markets for PLAYBOY and its offshoots, the online Web Site and its cable programming, he has become a proselytizer for the worldwide benefits of the Playboy Philosophy loosening up the tigher-assed corners of the world.

Smith was careful to avoid any mention of the “Girls of the Intifada” ruckus, but the issue definite was addressed. Hef blamed the problems in the Middle East squarely on religion.

“One of the problems with organized religion is that it has always kept women in a second-class position,” the PLAYBOY publisher said. “They have been viewed as the daughters of Eve.”

Speaking as to how the puritanical Muslim countries have put into effect extraordinary means to control their sexuality of their women, Hefner said that they must realize that, “Sex is the driving force on the planet. We should embrace it, not see it as the enemy.

As for the rift between the Muslims and the Jews, he contends, “We're separated by our myths.”

Did Hef think he was going to heaven or hell when he died, seeing as that for the past 50-odd years, he has lived in his own version of heaven-on-earth.

“I've always felt I was on the side of the angels,” he concluded.

She is known for her disdain of photographers and Twilight star Kristen Stewart confirmed her position on a promotional trip in Australia on Sunday.

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The 20-year-old was spotted smoking a cigarette on her hotel balcony in Sydney — and RadarOnline.com has all the photos.

The woman behind Twilight’s Bella Swan babe was not impressed with the lensmen attention and delivered a one finger salute.

Later, Stewart and co-star Taylor Lautner went out for a jet boat cruise on Sydney Harbour.

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After docking, Stewart had another run in with the paparazzi.

“She was just in a bad mood because of the photographers,” one fan, who asked for a picture but was refused, said. “She sprinted along the wharf trying to get away.

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“She was swearing at them and tried running into a restaurant, but the door was locked.

“She was saying, 'Stop taking my picture'.”

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Stewart reportedly dropped her sunglasses while trying to evade the cameramen, but they were picked up by a member of her personal security detail.

Which Colorado newsmakers earned the long weekend? It's time for our weekly look at the week's biggest winners. Don't forget to check out our list of losers as well.

Bill Ritter: As the chorus of outrage over the BP oil spill grows louder every day, it becomes increasingly difficult to criticize the Governor for implementing tougher regulations. Even political opponents who have spend the better part of the last year and a half slamming Ritter for regulating the industry have suddenly warmed up to the idea of regulations on drilling.

Jared Polis: Polis has shown leadership in Washington this week, helping to broker a compromise deal on the repeal of the Don't Ask Don't Tell law. Additionally, he continues to endear himself to his constituency by publicly backing the medical marijuana community. This week, he wrote a letter to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner urging him to prevent banks from discriminating against medical marijuana dispensaries

Kyle Orton: Calls for the Broncos to trade last year's starting quarterback seemingly began as soon as the team drafted Tim Tebow in the first round of April's draft. It would have been easy for Orton to respond with indignation, but Orton has proved the consummate pro. The veteran has said all the right things at the Broncos' passing camp over the last two weeks, and continues to be entrenched as the team's starting QB. Time will tell whether that's a win for Orton, but his no-drama approach in the wake of some controversial front-office moves must be refreshing for Broncos fans.

from: Hughstons Weblog