Las Vegas Mayor Is the First Politician to Take on Role as a Celebrity Guest Photographer for Playboy.com
May 16 2005 - 11:10AM
PR Newswire (US)
Las Vegas Mayor Is the First Politician to Take on Role as a
Celebrity Guest Photographer for Playboy.com [**Media Note: This
feature is exclusively on Playboy.com. This pictorial is NOT a
feature in Playboy magazine.] NEW YORK, May 16 /PRNewswire/ -- What
happens in Las Vegas stays in Las Vegas ... unless you're its
Mayor. Oscar B. Goodman, the Mayor of Sin City, took on a heavenly
assignment recently as a Celebrity Guest Photographer for
Playboy.com. One would think this would be an easy task for the
former Mafia lawyer who once defended reputed hitman Tony "The Ant"
Spilotro (immortalized by Joe Pesci in Casino) but Goodman remarked
to Playboy.com: "I was as nervous as a cat on a hot tin roof when I
came in here." Goodman -- who enjoys an unbelievable 86% approval
rating as the Mayor of Las Vegas -- made history as the first
politician to be retained as a Playboy.com Celebrity Guest
Photographer. He photographed Miss January 2001 Irina Voronina in
the luxurious Hugh Hefner suite atop the Palms Hotel & Casino
in early May. "I had a great time shooting this pictorial for
Playboy.com," said Mayor Goodman. "The city of Las Vegas has a
terrific relationship with Playboy and the company is even opening
a casino here at the Palms early next year. Personally, I have
always been a fan of Playboy and the way they celebrate and honor
the beauty of women. It was a wonderful experience and I learned a
great deal about photography too. Only in Las Vegas folks!" The
Mayor's pictorial of Irina Voronina plus behind-the-scenes
photographs from the sessions can be seen only in the Playboy Cyber
Club (http://cyber.playboy.com/), Playboy.com's subscription site,
beginning today, Monday, May 16. Playboy.com's Celebrity Guest
Photographer feature is enjoying increasing popularity with some of
today's top names in entertainment angling to get in on the action.
Previous celebrity photographers include multi-platinum rapper
Nelly, DMX, Ja Rule, Xzibit, NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt Jr., Carmen
Electra, rocker Tommy Lee, Korn frontman Jonathan Davis and
Grammy-winning duo OutKast. DATASOURCE: Playboy.com CONTACT: Media,
Jay Jay Nesheim of Playboy.com, +1-212-261-4933,
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