NEW CAST ADDITIONS FOR "LOVELACE": ONE OF TWO LINDA LOVELACE FILMS IN-PRODUCTION

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LINDSAY LOHAN "PLAYBOY" ISSUE TO ARRIVE EARLY

Lindsay Lohan on January-February 2012 Issue of Playboy

Just a couple days after Lindsay Lohan's January-February 2012 Playboy Cover hit the Internet, Hugh Hefner confirmed today that the Issue will be released early.  Photos from the Spread by Yu Tsai surfaced earlier today and as per Hefner on Twitter, "Because of the interest & the Internet leak, we're releasing the Lindsay Lohan Issue early.".  There still is no exact confirmed date though for release.

The Photos once again have Lohan channeling Marilyn Monroe once again as she had in her 2008 New York Magazine Spread. 

If I were to weigh-in, I'd say Tsai's Photos are done as tastefully as the term can be applied and Lohan is flattered by the Art Direction and Styling.  Curious to see if this will spike sales for the suffering Magazine and Covergirl....

(Photo credit: Playboy/Yu Tsai)

THE CAST OF "TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT" VISIT THE PLAYBOY MANSION

Teresa Palmer, Topher Grace, Hugh Hefner & Anna Faris

I’m a total sucker for Coming-of-Age stories and Take Me Home Tonight marks the first time in a while we’ve seen That 70’s Show’s Topher Grace on the big screen. The Comedy centers around a College Graduate named Matt (Grace) who pursues a Girl, Tori (Teresa Palmer) at a Labour Day Weekend. Over the course of the night his Best Friend Barry (Dan Fogler) and his Twin Sister Wendy (Anna Faris) are forced to grapple with their own newfound status as Adults in this world.

Grace, Faris and Palmer visited The Playboy Mansion yesterday and hung out with none other than Hugh Hefner himself. Funnygirl Faris of course is friends with Hefner after working together with him in 2008’s hilarious The House Bunny, in which she plays a Bunny who gets ousted out of the Mansion. Soon after she becomes a Sorority Mother to a group of geeky Girls who are dangerously close to being evicted from their Home.

This also comes hot on the heels of NBC launching a new Playboy-inspired Drama Series and also the re-launch of various Playboy Clubs across the U.S. Indeed, it is the Year of the Rabbit.

NBC DEVELOPING "PLAYBOY" SERIES

The iconic Playboy Logo

Variety Magazine reports that NBC is developing a Television Series set in 1960s New York City, about a group of young Women employed at the legendary Playboy Club.

The Series which tentatively is titled Playboy, formerly was known as Bunny Tales. Playboy itself is said to be planning a relaunch of the popular Gentlemen's Clubs, so the timing of this Series would definitely aid their cause.

Playboy isn't the only '60s-themed Series in the works as ABC also is developing Pan Am, about that Airline's notoriously wild employees. The renewed interest in the '60s definitely can be attributed to the Emmy Award-winning success of AMC's Mad Men which has featured a number of scenes set at the Playboy Club.

Read the Article by Michael Schneider in full here.

TIFF DAY 3 - HUGH HEFNER BIOPIC REVIEW

Day three of TIFF has been the most exciting yet! I wound up not going to see the new Almodovar film Broken Embraces after all and will wait for its theatrical release December 11, 2009. My friend Cathy and I decided to scope out the Press Conference for the new Michael Douglas film Solitary Man. Douglas who arrived a little groggy but nonetheless co-operative, did a round of photos and autographs. He even posed for a quick photograph for me as per request and signed my copy of Fatal Attraction (best. movie. ever.)!

Shortly after, the celebfest continued with George Clooney promoting his second film at this year's TIFF titled Up In The Air. The film, directed by Jason Reitman (Juno), screens at Ryerson Theatre tonight. And get this, I even tagged along for a photo with Clooney along with my TIFF friend S! Too hot for words!

I also got to chat quickly with Jason Bateman who also stars in Up In The Air and as expected, he was very approachable, adding his signature to my DVD copy of Juno which Diablo Cody had signed yesterday. If this weren't enough, Reitman arrived shortly after and a third signature was added to the DVD. The collection will be complete when Juno alumni Jennifer Garner, Ellen Page and Michael Cera all arrive later this week.

Cathy and I trekked down to Elgin Theatre to catch Oscar-winning director Brigitte Berman's documentary based on the life of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner. The Canadian-funded film, titled Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel is an in-depth look at Hefner's active involvement in policitics, philanthropy and social activism. The film wasn't so much a look at his personal life persay, as much as it was about the great things he did. Regardless, it was fascinating.