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Beverly Hills, CA – This week on E!... Hef turns 81 and the "Girls Next Door" have a special surprise in store. Hef’s birthday celebration includes a trip to the hottest destination on the strip, the Palms Casino; and a get together with friends and family back at the Playboy Mansion. At the Mansion during "Casablanca Night" the girls will present Hef with paintings of themselves by Hef’s favorite artist Allison Lefcort.

Lefcort was commissioned to paint the "Girls Next Door"; Holly, Bridget, and Kendra as a surprise for Hef’s 81^st birthday. These acrylic portraits on canvas are the perfect pieces to compliment Hef’s official portrait by Lefcort which hangs at the top of the stairs at the Mansion.

No stranger to the Mansion, Lefcort has been a guest of Hef at the Mansion, and most recently her portrait of Marilyn Monroe was sold at a Playboy Mansion party to benefit the Alzheimer’s Foundation. "A few years ago an artist named Allison Lefcort made a painting for Hef that he loves, it’s his absolute favorite" says Holly Madison.

After presenting the paintings to Hef, Holly joked "Now the only problem is, where to hang them" Hef’s response… "… we’ll have to get a bigger house".

Allison Lefcort’s paintings are part of the permanent collections of The Walt Disney Company, Universal Studios Orlando, Warner Brothers Studios, Viacom’s MTV & VH1, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Ellen DeGeneres, Barbra Streisand, Liza Minnelli, Her Royal Highness Queen Noor of Jordan, Luciano Pavarotti, Deborah Gibson, Dionne Warwick, Tears For Fears, and The Indigo Girls.

The Girls Next Door was created by executive producer Kevin Burns and Hugh Hefner, founder and editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine. The series focuses on the lives of Hugh Hefner's three girlfriends who live with him at the Playboy Mansion: Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt, and Kendra Wilkinson. Hefner and various other Playmates can be seen making cameo appearances.

CELEBRITY ARTIST ALLISON LEFCORT 

CAPTURES POP CULTURE ON CANVAS

Allison has captured pop culture on canvas for more than a decade with portraits currently hanging in the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Universal Studios, Warner Bros. Studios, The Walt Disney Company, and Viacom's MTV & VH1.  Among Allison's many collectors are Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Her Royal Highness Queen Noor of Jordan, Luciano Pavarotti, Hugh Hefner, Ben Vereen, Barbra Streisand, Liza Minelli, Deborah Gibson, Dionne Warwick,  Tears For Fears, The Indigo Girls, and Ellen Degeneres.

                          IN HER OWN WORDS:

              "My art has been greatly influenced by the boldness of  

Andy Warhol and simplicity of Keith Haring. That boldness and 

simplicity are the keys to unlocking the imagery. The vibrant colors of 

the background set the tone, as the shapes and shadows bring the 

portrayal to life."  

  CONTACT:  

 For more information, call Jay Taylor at 954-817-0273.