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more about #penthouse more comments → ms_priestypants: I want a smut castle so bad. more » miss_msry: Smut Castle is now the official name of my fish camp on the Gulf of Mexico. And don't be dissing Eames. more » AzureTexan: The Hanging Gardens of Babylon more » RollsRoyceRevenge: I really don’t give a damn for Guccione’s interiors, but it would be a shame to remove the ivy on the façade. more » depardoo: The ivy looks like Guccione's chest-hair. more » SeaBassTian: Having passed a public auction of a kosher bakery yesterday, this "erotic" assortment comes as quite a jolt. But what else would you expect from the m... more » Spirit Fingers: And of course... more » Swifter: The Pillars of NonSociety. more » Imogen Quest: I wouldn't blame anyone for not believing me, because I don't really believe it myself, but my elementary school's chorus sang at a Christmas party at... more » Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate: What a boob. more » City_Dater: Whoever bought the toilets is "totally removing the seats and sticking them down the end of the driveway, full of yellow mums -- gawgeous!" more » chiquitabanana: that would be an odd statue of liberty version of the Ephesus Artemis - one of the originals is in the Vatican museum... the auction house didn't know... more » valet_of_the_dolls: He was so proud of 'Caligula' that he wanted to live on the set permanently. more » BookishLookish: I was inside that "mansion" once. It was like everywhere you looked, there was something so wrong it was back around to right, but when you really loo... more » Spirit Fingers: Wait, am I in Brooklyn?! I swear I just passed this place where they sold everything up there in white lacquer. more » -
#sadthings
Upper East Side Smut Castle Ruined by Uptight Hedge Funder
The Brooks Brothers-clad financistas are going to ruin everything that is awesome in Manhattan, including Penthouse founder Bob Guccione's Upper East Side den of sin. New owner Philip Falcone is going to renovate and remove all the awesomest details.
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#artifacts
Gross Leftovers From the Fall of the House of Guccione
Last night we mentioned a creepy auction of the Plato's Retreat-era marble fixtures that adorned Penthouse publisher Bob Guccione's notorious apartment. Here, from the auction house's web site, is a visual taste of how the Gooch lived in his heyday. More » -
#bobguccione
Estate Auction Patrons Shocked By Legendary Smut-Peddler's Poor Taste
Yesterday in Norwalk, Connecticut the contents of former Penthouse publisher Bob Guccione's massive former townhouse were auctioned off for charity. Not surprisingly, some of the items in the auction were, uh, different, which somehow caught some potential buyers by surprise. More » -
#lawsuits
The New Penthouse Letters: HR Exec Files FriendFinder Suit
FriendFinder Networks, the publisher of Penthouse and operator of adult-classifieds websites, is facing a sexy legal scandal. A former top executive who went public with her grievances has now filed a lawsuit. More » -
#rumormonger
Penthouse Magazine Closing? CEO Says No, COO Says Yes
Internet porn has devastated old-fashioned smut rags. We now hear a top executive at FriendFinder Networks, the publisher of Penthouse, wants to close the money-losing magazine down. But his boss denies it.
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#lawsuits
FriendFinder's Latest Scandal Sexier Than a Penthouse Letter
A porn star draping boobs over an employee's head. Lapdances on the company dime. $50 million in back taxes. These are just some of the charges Penthouse publisher FriendFinder Networks is facing from an ex-employee.
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#jackpot
Penthouse Porn IPO to Pay for Adult FriendFinder Founder's Car
Andrew Conru, a geeky mechanical engineer turned porn baron who founded one of the Web's raciest personals site, made out well when Penthouse bought Adult FriendFinder. He even unloaded a $125,000 car on the operation. -
